# How "with it" are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892 "2012-03-26T23:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/21 "2012-03-27T01:49:30Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > Oh look - Zayn signed my CD - You? Who the fuck is Zayn? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/22 "2012-03-27T01:51:56Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Age 36. Never been “with it,” never gave a rat’s ass. > > I personally find it more inexplicably bizarre that somebody would waste their time on TV shows and whatnot they’re not interested in rather than just finding people to talk to that are into stuff they’re actually interested in. I see what you’re saying but I’m talking about interfacing with work people or whatever as opposed to things you actually enjoy. I find a need to mix both. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/23 "2012-03-27T01:53:01Z")
> [@aclockworkmelon](#): > > who the fuck is zayn? not with it! \<- ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/24 "2012-03-27T01:53:30Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Who the fuck is Zayn? [Glen Quagmire]Is this geometry class? 'Cause I see a square![/Glen Quagmire] (I don’t know who the fuck Zayn is, either. Told ya I’m not with it) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/25 "2012-03-27T01:54:46Z")
I suppose hanging out here on a regular basis probably improves my General With It Quotient by a dozen percentage points or more. I know I’m more with it than my coworkers and my neighbors in the apartment complex, but that’s not saying much. Do you need a smart phone to be with it? How about watching TV? ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/26 "2012-03-27T01:54:52Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I see what you’re saying but I’m talking about interfacing with work people or whatever as opposed to things you actually enjoy. I find a need to mix both. Ah. I’m lucky enough to have coworkers who are even lamer than I am 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/27 "2012-03-27T01:56:35Z")
I was never very with it even in my prime. But I like to think I haven’t fallen completely out of it. I was at work about ten years back and I was talking about how much I was enjoying the new White Stripes album. And somebody asked who the White Stripes were. I said I was fifteen years older than her and there was something wrong if I knew more about current music than she did. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/28 "2012-03-27T02:13:25Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > [Glen Quagmire]Is this geometry class? 'Cause I see a square![/Glen Quagmire] > > (I don’t know who the fuck Zayn is, either. Told ya I’m not with it) _snort_ But you are because ZAYN! [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo2t7318L1rncfvzo1_500.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzo2t7318L1rncfvzo1_500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/29 "2012-03-27T02:35:53Z")
I’m 26, and I’m not with it. The closest I get to listening to the latest pop hits are where I hear the house remixes. I spend enough time on the internet to know what’s going on there, and I watch enough TV to have some know when a big movie is coming out, but that’s about it. I generally don’t hang out with people who don’t share my interests, though so I’m doing OK. > [@jjimm](#): > > What if he was a hipster though? Not knowing who is #1 in the charts is totally hip. You knew, which exposes you as completely un-hip. Yes, but hipsters are terrible. They try to be cool by trying really hard to be the opposite of cool. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/30 "2012-03-27T02:38:19Z")
I am with it because I am curious about everything, even things I’m not interested in. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/31 "2012-03-27T02:40:21Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > “With it”? > My dear, I am the trend-setting innovator. People catch up with my tastes and interests. I am ahead of the curve, and by the time the “With It” people catch up with me, I wil have moved on to something more awesome. > I was wearing bow ties before Dr. Who declared them to be “cool.” I was drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon thirty years ago. When the Big Band sound comes back, people will be asking to copy my playlist. > I do not try to emulate what others think is “with it,” and I am happy that I have reached the stage of my life where I honestly do not give a damn whether anyone else watched the same thing on TV as I did. Hey, Dude, I got news for you…If Dr. Who declared something cool… ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/32 "2012-03-27T02:48:31Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > I am with it because I am curious about everything, even things I’m not interested in. ^5 Yeah I get enthused when other people are enthused. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/33 "2012-03-27T02:58:54Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > “With it”? > My dear, I am the trend-setting innovator. \ You sound like Prince - “Out of touch? My dear, I AM the touch.” 🙂 > [@voguevixen](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer > > That got kinda rambly, but my point is: in order to be “with it,” one must consume one’s media in a hipper way than I do. > > Yeah, I’m down with a social networking site where the first rule of said social networking site is “never mention social networking site” but then on Twitter Justin Bieber’s manager links to Tumblr so whatever. The cat is out of the bag.\ How did you manage to get my name on that quote? 😕 > [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](#): > > I\ > Yes, but hipsters are terrible. They try to be cool by trying really hard to be the opposite of cool. “Two Broke Girls” isn’t a great show, but I do like it when Max kicks hipsters out of her restaurant because she can’t stand them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/34 "2012-03-27T03:03:57Z")
But you forgot to tell us the most important part: Did you find the CD and show up the unhip worker? 😉 (And whether I’m “with it or not”? Hell if I know) ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/35 "2012-03-27T03:04:24Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > How did you manage to get my name on that quote? 😕 What is that I don’t even? (This happened to me recently too - internets!) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/36 "2012-03-27T03:11:15Z")
You broke the internets! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/37 "2012-03-27T03:16:06Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > I am with it because I am curious about everything, even things I’m not interested in. Yeah same here. I don’t wake up every morning and read the EW home page. But somehow I hear/read about stuff. Probably get to it a lot slower than someone half my age but I know enough about stuff here and there to realize what’s going on in the world of pop culture. Can’t say I’m in to most of it but I do not ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/38 "2012-03-27T03:16:14Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > “I was with it. But then they changed what it was. Now what I am with isn’t it and what’s it is new and scary to me.” > > - Abraham J. Simpson Yep. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/39 "2012-03-27T03:18:54Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > You broke the internets! 😃 AGAIN?!?! Dude (ess?) Did you just listen or WATCH too. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892/40 "2012-03-27T04:28:23Z")
Apparently watching the Ellen and Jimmy Kimmel shows are enough for me to keep up with things. While I’ve never seen an episode of Jersey Shore or any of the Kardashian shit, I know who all the morons are. I peruse the top YouTube music videos, and subscribe to Phil DeFranco, SourceFed, Ray William Johnson, and they keep me up with the current thoughts and memes, and I follow links my friends leave on FB. I guess that’s plenty. I haven’t had a “who’s that”? moment that I haven’t been able to pull off with a brush off about how lame it is if I don’t know. So, so far, so good I guess! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-with-it-are-you/616892.md?page=3)