# Most dated (and obscure) tech reference in song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [November 30, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-and-obscure-tech-reference-in-song/975774 "2022-11-30T04:18:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 97
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> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Is there some rule that whenever someone says “I’m surprised no one mentioned X”, X actually will have been mentioned in that thread? I have proposed this months, if not years ago. It seems to be a natural law. Actually, Aug of ‘21. You were in the thread a few posts later, too! > [@In every thread about xxxx, someone always posts yyyy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-every-thread-about-xxxx-someone-always-posts-yyyy/947462/128): > > Related to this, in any type of IMHO thread where one is asked to name a favorite/best/worst/etc XXXX, someone will chime in with “I CAN’T BELIEVE NOBODY MENTIONED [YYYY]!!!”, where YYYY had, in fact, already been mentioned, possibility multiple times, and often in the OP itself. (Actually, that’s a bit of a forced formulation of the law to follow the OP’s structure in the subject line. It’s more that whenever a poster starts a sentence with “I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned” or “I can’t bel… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-dated-and-obscure-tech-reference-in-song/975774)._