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

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

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[-] [email protected] 72 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

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

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