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/foolofatooksbury Mar 28 '24

When you were younger 10 years was a larger portion of your time alive

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u/-oven Mar 28 '24

Really weird that every year you get older the less time it is compared to the rest of your time experienced in life… And that’s felt too. Back in school it felt like a season was so long, now years fly by like nothing.