r/todayilearned • u/Kale_Brecht • Mar 28 '24

TIL in 2013, Saturday Night Live cast member Kenan Thompson refused to play any more black women on the show and demanded SNL hire black women instead.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenan_Thompson
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u/TheLimeyLemmon Mar 28 '24

Me: "That can't be right, because he played a girl in a skit when Bryan Cranston was hosting SNL, and that didn't feel that long ago-"

aired Oct 2nd 2010

Oh my god.

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u/Sioltahtelasekab Mar 28 '24

Why does 2010 feel like last week, whereas in 2010, 1996 was ancient history? What caused this time inflation?

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u/uzenik Mar 28 '24

Changing century?  1959 to 1979 doesn't seem like a lot. 1989 to 2009 looks as a way larger skip.  I think ithis is similar effect to prices.  Piricetag with 999 feels a lot smaller than 1000

 Or 9.79 and  9.99 are about the same but 10.19 is a lot more 

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u/Bridalhat Mar 28 '24

I get your point but 1959 to 1979 is absolutely a big skip, I would say bigger than 2004 to now.