How to make a random text generator

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#1

Idk what went wrong but it doesnt seem to want to work, for some reason.
Here’s my code:

local sentences = {
	"bro rlly stop dying",
	"is this thing on?",
	"michael jackson is dead",
	"beeschurger",
	"if you die, then stop dying"
}
local sentence = sentences[math.random(#sentences)]
local sentencechosen = sentences[sentence]
if sentencechosen ~= script.Parent.Text then
	sentencechosen = script.Parent.Text
end
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#2

You don’t need the sentencechosen variable as you have an array, as well as the fact that you never loop it so the value will only update once. I’d recommend something like such:

local running = true
local sentences = {
	"bro rlly stop dying",
	"is this thing on?",
	"michael jackson is dead",
	"beeschurger",
	"if you die, then stop dying"
}
local textLabel = script.Parent

while running do
   task.wait(2)
 
   local randomSentence = sentences[math.random(1, #sentences)] 
   if randomSentence ~= textLabel.Text then 
 
      textLabel.Text = randomSentence -- Set the textLabels text to the rand sentence
  
   end
end
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#3 
local sentences = {
	"bro rlly stop dying",
	"is this thing on?",
	"michael jackson is dead",
	"beeschurger",
	"if you die, then stop dying"
}
local sentence = math.random(#sentences)
local sentencechosen = sentences[sentence]
if sentencechosen ~= script.Parent.Text then
	sentencechosen = script.Parent.Text
end

Try this.

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#4

Thanks so much!
adding onto that, if there are any future people who visit this post, this is how to make the text generator only generate once:

local running = true
local sentences = {
	"bro rlly stop dying",
	"is this thing on?",
	"michael jackson is dead",
	"beeschurger",
	"if you die, then stop dying"
}
local textLabel = script.Parent

while running do
   task.wait(2)
 
   local randomSentence = sentences[math.random(1, #sentences)] 
   if randomSentence ~= textLabel.Text then 
 
      textLabel.Text = randomSentence -- Set the textLabels text to the rand sentence
    running = false
   end
end
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