# Say something that is true to a person in 1985 that will make you sound like a crazy person **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283 "2022-07-20T20:59:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 26
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/502 "2023-03-23T22:58:21Z")
Also, Roseanne Barr looks better now, and maybe even younger, than she did in 1985. That’s very strange. And it doesn’t really look like much plastic surgery, either. Just weight loss and a makeover. Maybe a little tuck around her eyes. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/503 "2023-03-23T23:36:25Z")
I’m nearly done digitizing 45-8mm films. It’s a box full. They will take up about 1/4 (if that) of a SanDisk that is smaller than a quarter and costs a few bucks. And I can make copies and send them to relatives and they can all play them on their computer when every they want. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/504 "2023-03-25T14:30:56Z")
Late to the thread, and have not read very far, so forgive if this has already been rehashed to death, but the single craziest concept I might have proposed in 1985 is that the Cold War will be won, Russia will embrace a capitalist structure, and what will emerge from that is an authoritarian system that is even worse and even more dangerous to the U.S. on Stalin’s craziest day. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/505 "2023-03-26T16:36:37Z")
Blatantly stolen from Brian Fitzpatrick on Mastadon. > **[Brian Fitzpatrick (@therealfitz@wandering.shop)](https://wandering.shop/@therealfitz/110087318957815758)** > > Exhibit A: 1985 film The Goonies spends over a minute on an extended joke about the genitals on Michelangelos's David, including close ups: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLEOfWYoz8Q&t=39s > > Exhibit B: 2023 Florida school board forces principal... The 1985 film _Goonies_, rated PG and starring Academy Award winner Ke Huy Quan, spends over a minute on [a joke about Michelangelo’s David’s genitals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLEOfWYoz8Q&t=39s). However in 2023 a [middle school principal was fired](https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/03/florida-principal-fired-michelangelo-david-statue.html) because a picture of the statue (an undisputed masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture) was shown in an art class. Truly crazy. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/506 "2023-03-30T00:03:55Z")
This post… [Stupidest product design you’ve experienced - #183 by Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-product-design-you-ve-experienced/981621/183#:~:text=My%20current%20car%20begins%20waking%20up%20a%20little%20when%20you%20touch%20the%20door%20handle%20to%20unlock%20it). ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/507 "2023-04-01T18:47:05Z")
I haven’t been following the thread recently, so apologies if this has been used before. I will periodically say, “Yahoo”, neither sarcastically nor joyously. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/508 "2023-04-01T19:00:11Z")
**In the future no one will remember that Bubble Memories was ever a thing.** In 1985 it was a leading edge technology. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/509 "2023-04-02T04:15:24Z")
You want to say something that would really make you sound like a lunatic in 1985? “The year is not 1985.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/510 "2023-04-02T22:21:59Z")
Maybe the person uses a weird calendar, as some religious groups do? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/511 "2023-04-02T22:28:13Z")
So, for example, the Jewish or Islamic calendars are ‘weird’ but the Christian calendar isn’t? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/512 "2023-04-03T00:03:01Z")
They are all weird. I meant that term ironically and in the lightest possible way. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/513 "2023-04-03T00:31:15Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Maybe the person uses a weird calendar, as some religious groups do? It’s not just religious groups. I was recently learning about coins from various countries and learned that a lot of countries put non-Gregorian dates on their currency. Iran, Thailand, and Japan were a free I learned about, but I’m sure there are many others ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2023, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/514 "2023-04-03T01:04:40Z")
I think we should go back to the Revolutionary calendar used briefly in France two centuries ago. Who cares if it only had 360 days so lacked sync. When you think about it, the idea of dividing time up in arbitrary ways is already pretty strange, as is having days named for long forgotten deities. _Lousy Smarch weather!_ ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/515 "2023-04-04T02:23:04Z")
At least one Revolutionary month name persists in relatively common use - the “Thermidor” in “Lobster Thermidor” refers to the month of Thermidor (a summer month obviously) ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/516 "2023-04-09T03:53:47Z")
I just plugged in the toilet, so give it a minute to boot up. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/517 "2023-04-09T05:08:09Z")
Discourse keeps re-formatting what I type, it’s really annoying. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/518 "2023-04-11T21:55:06Z")
> [@QMatic](#): > > I don’t think most people in 1985 would know who Ozzy Osbourne was. Apart from among genre specific music fans he wasn’t all that well known until his reality TV show. Poppycock. “Blizzard of Oz” went platinum in 1980. EVERYBODY knew “Crazy Train” and “Mr. Crowley”. He had something like five more platinum albums in the 80’s. The talk shows were all laser focused on “Suicide Solution” and later on his on-stage antics with the live animals. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/519 "2023-04-11T22:05:14Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Lousy Smarch weather! Don’t touch – Willie ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/520 "2023-04-11T23:32:59Z")
In my 60s I will be a chick magnet. That would have gotten a good laugh in 1985. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283/521 "2023-04-12T00:20:34Z")
“Hey, you know that irritating comedian that plays that space alien in that nit-wit show spun off from that other nit-wit show where the high school kids are really in their 30s? Name’s Robert Willi-something? Get this: he’ll have a successful movie career, win an Oscar for Best Actor, have a string of critically acclaimed and/or commercially lucrative films under his belt, everybody will love him and when he’s reached the pinnacle, he’ll commit suicide! And no one is really sure why.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-something-that-is-true-to-a-person-in-1985-that-will-make-you-sound-like-a-crazy-person/968283.md?page=27)