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LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 10 days ago

What's a completely normal sentence today that would have made no sense 50 years ago?

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What's a completely normal sentence today that would have made no sense 50 years ago?

LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 10 days ago
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    I replaced the clock on my phone, because I didn’t agree with the privacy policy of the old one.

    • guy@piefed.social
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      9 days ago

      “What’s privacy?”

    • Master@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      Now im wondering if my clock is spying on me :(

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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    “Poland is asking germany to build more tanks”

    • Treczoks@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      And “Poland is inviting German military to protect it’s borders”.

  • cron@feddit.org
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    “Where are you?” is a pretty new one.

    • MurrayL@lemmy.world
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      Only in the specific scenario of being on a phone call. Historically a perfectly normal sentence in other contexts.

      • GreenMartian@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Even in the communications context. We’ve had two-way radio comms for a really long time. Walkie-talkies have been around for almost 90 years.

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          You’re right, while it was less common than today, it would have made sense in some contexts.

        • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
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          10 codes are from the 30s. 10-20 is where are you.

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    “Donald Trump is President of the USA.”

    • NeedyPlatter@lemmy.ca
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      “This is Donald Trump’s second time in office, and this time around, his administration is using AI generated videos to mock protesters who are outraged by his policies responsible for kidnapping innocent people and implying he should be in office for eternity.”

      If you told this to someone 50 years ago they would have put you in a mad house.

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    There’s actually a pretty good example. In the tv show Two And A Half Men, Charlie Sheen attempts to do laundry. He asks “how will I know when it’s done”. Jon Cryer then responds “It’ll call you on your cell phone”, facetiously.

    I do not only get a notification on my phone, I get one on my watch. So 50 or even 20 years ago saying the washing machine would call you when it’s done or answering the doorbell with your watch were insane statements. Today that is very possible.

  • MelonYellow@lemmy.ca
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    Well German Lemmy waking up is my cue to go to sleep

    • Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org
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      10 days ago

      Gute Nacht! 🌙

      • MelonYellow@lemmy.ca
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        10 days ago

        Danke! 🙏😴

        • squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de
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          10 days ago

          Schlaf gut 🛌

    • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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      DIE ASS DE LAUB

      • squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de
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        The ace of foliage?

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          pik? IDK german wikipedia gave several options. I’m pretty sure you can guess the word from context : Lemmy, the ace of ???

  • LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zoneOP
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    “What’s the WiFi password?”

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    “I’m getting sick and tired of having to pay for multiple streaming services that I’m going to start pirating movies again through torrent.”

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    I got two

    While running a speed test on my fridge, I discovered it was involved in a Denial of Service attack that took down the Fox part of Disney’s library, which explains why some of the Marvel movies weren’t loading on my phone.

    I have to pay for my pizza in installments since views have been down on Only Fans foot videos.

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      I have to pay for my pizza in installments since views have been down on Only Fans foot videos.

      — fartographer

      We truly are living in the future.

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    “how to kill a parent without killing the child?”

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      This is a programming qustion, right?

      …

      Right?

  • VoldemortsHorcrux@lemmy.world
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    Slide into my DMs and we can Netflix and chill

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    I’m so tired of the President of the United States doing commercials for his private line of cheap Chinese products from the White House.

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    Meredith tooted Signal is down because of AWS

  • Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    “Apple or Android?”

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    You gotta wonder what the answer to this question is, when asked 50 years ago.

    It really makes you think.

    Hmm mmmm!

    Anyway, “I’m going to nut” is my answer.

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