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I was thinking about sentences that can tell the entire story on their own. I have 2 common examples:

  • So, I started to play WOW
  • My husband was 20 older than me

I can already tell how is gonna develop and end. What other sentences you know that have this effect?

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[โ€“] TOModera@lemmy.world 71 points 11 months ago (10 children)

"I'm not racist, but" oh, they are going to say something racist.

[โ€“] kerplink@lemmy.sedimentarymountains.com 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

See also, "Nobody likes to say it out loud, but..."

[โ€“] PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

"The hard truth is..." something completely obvious.

[โ€“] ivanafterall@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago

Something completely untrue.

[โ€“] Justas@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"I'm not gay but..." proceeds to say the gayest thing you have ever heard.

Oh weird, I did that one constantly as a kid. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

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