# 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:** 28
**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 21, 2023, 2:29am 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/968283/542 "2023-04-21T02:29:49Z")
And in some situations it isn’t out of line to talk to people in person. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 2:39am 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/968283/543 "2023-04-21T02:39:58Z")
The head shops will all be gone but… In about half the US, or at least where half of the population lives, individual states will have legal marijuana, so you can buy pipes and papers where you buy actual pot. And unlike with alcohol prohibition 100 years ago, the federal government seems disinclined to assert the federal statute. But in other ways some of the liberated attitudes of the 1960s and '70s will have mostly vanished. For example They’ll have really doubled down on the nudity taboo. Nudist/clothing optional resorts and day use facilities will have been closing down all over. In movies, characters will f\*\*k eith 90% of their clothes still on just so as to avoid an R rating and losing the teenage audience. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 2:43am 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/968283/544 "2023-04-21T02:43:48Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > In movies, characters will f\*\*k eith 90% of their clothes still on just so as to avoid an R rating and losing the teenage audience. And the ones that _do_ have nudity use prosthetic dicks the majority of the time. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 2:20pm 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/968283/545 "2023-04-29T14:20:23Z")
Did you watch that show [Real People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_People)? [Byron Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Allen) is now a multimillionaire media mogul. And that kid that was on the show. Peter, did you see that Christmas movie he did? You didn’t? Oh yeah, it didn’t do well when it came out. Now it’s one of the most beloved Christmas movies of all time. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 10:57am 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/968283/546 "2023-05-05T10:57:43Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Thought of one the other day in the car: > Tom Hanks is considered one of the greatest dramatic actors of our time and maybe all time. Although if he made the LGBT-offensive show _Bosom Buddies_ today, he would likely be cancelled before his career began! ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 11:00am 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/968283/547 "2023-05-05T11:00:01Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > But in other ways some of the liberated attitudes of the 1960s and '70s will have mostly vanished. For example > > They’ll have really doubled down on the nudity taboo. Nudist/clothing optional resorts and day use facilities will have been closing down all over. In movies, characters will f\*\*k eith 90% of their clothes still on just so as to avoid an R rating and losing the teenage audience. Except nobody goes to the movies anymore but you can often find plenty, even gratuitous amounts of nudity on non-porn HBO programming. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 11:12am 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/968283/548 "2023-05-05T11:12:26Z")
1985: “You can work your way through college.” 2023: “If you can get a job as the president of a bank, you can work your way through college.” ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 11:16am 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/968283/549 "2023-05-05T11:16:58Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > They’d have looked at you even crazier if you told them those TVs cost less than $100 after adjusting for inflation. And also if you told them that one person could easily pick it up and carry it around. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 5:24am 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/968283/550 "2023-05-07T05:24:44Z")
the President of the United States arranged a major press conference in a shabby parking lot ,in front of a landscaping warehouse and a porn shop. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2023, 6:24pm 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/968283/551 "2023-05-12T18:24:30Z")
The Writers Guild of America is striking to prevent artificial intelligences from reading their scripts. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2023, 10:08pm 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/968283/552 "2023-05-12T22:08:48Z")
The former POTUS has been found liable for sexual assault in a court of law. There is very strong evidence that there was a string of similar assaults. Despite this being known to the public, he is popular enough that there is currently a strong possibility that he will win the next election. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2023, 8:45am 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/968283/553 "2023-05-13T08:45:49Z")
And the audience laughs when he brings it up on TV the day after being ruled against. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 5:21pm 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/968283/554 "2023-05-15T17:21:03Z")
Martha Stewart wasn’t famous yet in the 80s, but I think people would still boggle over her being a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model in _her_ 80s > **[Martha Stewart is the oldest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model at 81....](https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/martha-stewart-oldest-sports-illustrated-144533077.html)** > > "I was motivated by showing people that a woman my age could still look good, feel good, be good," Stewart told the magazine. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2023, 3:11am 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/968283/555 "2023-05-16T03:11:42Z")
It is probably a positive thing to include a wide variety of models. But I wonder if they sell as many magazines. ---
**Author:** ![EnolaStraight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2023, 1:46pm 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/968283/556 "2023-05-19T13:46:12Z")
That terrible, NOBODY character actor who fought The Fonz would acquire two Oscars. [(1) HAPPY DAYS - Fonzie’s Childhood Nemesis (Tom Hanks) Wants Revenge - 1982 - The Fonz - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q_Dxdrivew) ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 4:42am 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/968283/557 "2023-05-22T04:42:30Z")
“You’re blowing up on Tick-Tock.” ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2023, 6:24am 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/968283/558 "2023-05-22T06:24:22Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > The Writers Guild of America is striking to prevent artificial intelligences from reading their scripts. There’s a meme floating around Facebook: “Artificial intelligences writing books and doing art while children labour for less then minimum wage is not the future I wanted to have…” Come to think of it, “There’s a meme floating around Facebook” might qualify by itself… ---
**Author:** ![Blindmellowjelly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindmellowjelly/32/13920_2.png) [@Blindmellowjelly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blindmellowjelly)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:04am 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/968283/559 "2023-05-23T03:04:21Z")
“Weird Science” is real. I will go home, after going to prom alone and fuck my favorite VR Pornstar with cybernetic propylactics. With the most money, I can stimulate a naked woman, who is a stranger, with a remote vibrator as she “feels” you. Inducing pleasure and orgasm. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:11am 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/968283/560 "2023-05-23T03:11:03Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > The former POTUS has been found liable for sexual assault in a court of law. There is very strong evidence that there was a string of similar assaults. Despite this being known to the public, he is popular enough that there is currently a strong possibility that he will win the next election. What’s even crazier is it’s **not** Bill Clinton ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2023, 3:14am 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/968283/561 "2023-05-23T03:14:14Z")
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