What is a sentence that makes you predict the rest of the story?

vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 66 points –

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

It's fun to put "I'm not racist but" in front of totally innocuous statements.

I'm not racist but there's a blue Hyundai parked outside my building.

It still works. If I heard that my first thought would be "who are they racist against?"

“I’m not racist but the weather is nice today“

I use something similar often. "I'm not racist but the color of the bread is white."

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

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