I was thinking about all the viral and historical events that happened around the wold and wondered: who in the Offtopic community were a part of it or witnessed big events?
So tell us your story, Offftopic, it could be past or present, ranging from marching on Washington to surviving a school shooting. Or just being in the crowd of the Baltimore riots, nothing is too small!
Edit: Would prefer it to be truthful, but I guess I could laugh at some of your fables :p
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I firmly believe that I created the indie 'boat shoes trend' in the North West of England.
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Big events? I was merely just in my mother's womb during the war between Kosovo and Serbia. If my Mom died, I died too. They ran for god knows how long. We were even in the newspaper once. Born and raised in Canada though. <3 Canada.
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My uncle sherm could stick a whole watermelon up his nose.
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I converted oxygen to carbon dioxide.
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My great grandfather served alongside Fuhrer Adolf Hitler WWII
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I'm one of the people who started the trend of blocking your face with your hand in a picture. I don't like being on camera so I blocked my face. Then others in my school did that. Now, everyone does it. I helped start that... I hate that...
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My great grandfater was in D-Day
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I witnessed Ted Cruz announce his presidency at liberty university
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Alright, stay with me, this could be a long story now. It all started back in the late 50s. I had some issues running as a child, so I was bullied. My good friend and later wife helped me, and eventually I overcame my disabilities to become a football star. After college I enlisted and fought in Vietnam. I returned a changed man, I had won a Medal of Honor, but at the cost of my best friends life. I experienced the Civil Rights Movement, and the age of the hippies. I went into the shrimping business with my old commander from the army. We both became multimillionaires, and I never have to work again. I now have dedicated my life to raising my son. So yeah, I'm involved in a bit of history.
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I'll get back to you when I'm the first man on Mars
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Do self bumps no longer work?
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I served in the #Gaming wars.
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Not me, but I have some family that kind of was
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I gave Charlie Chaplin a hand job
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I was in the first gulf war and rode in the back of a Bradley Fighting Vehicle from Saudi Arabia through Iraq on into Kuwait. I was in Germany when the Berlin Wall came down and east and west reunited. I was in Orange County California during the L.A. riots. I could see the smoke from all the fires burning. I lived in Alaska and have experienced earthquakes. I've seen the northern lights.
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Was in Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan. It was the Afghan equivalent of fighting in Ramadi/Fallujah. Also fought in Sangin with the Brits during its worst times.
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Bump with a better title
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Bump because nighttime
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Not yet, but I will be.
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I'm going to be law that changes everything
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I have direct lineage to Robert Heath, one of the men that founded the Carolinas
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I make it a point to be present at important events, but I can't reveal most of them. The birth of a child...an exchange of money...a memory forgotten... But I did enjoy the Roman era. A grand old time for humans. An honest period for our species.
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I am the descendant of a Scotsman who crated one of the first British cranes.
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Nope. But I hope to be remembered as the dude who cloned Jesus using blood from the shroud he was buried in, thus forcing Christians to search for the Antichrist, and realizing what a lie they've been living when they can't find it.