# Things no one said in 1975 **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 28, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434 "2025-07-28T17:32:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/121 "2025-07-30T08:38:26Z")
“That zit pop video was very, how shall I say, _satisfying!”_ “Come watch my improv troupe this weekend!” (There were improv troupes back then, but not featuring anybody you personally knew.) “Sounds like the work of a serial killer!” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/122 "2025-07-30T11:30:58Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > “Sounds like the work of a serial killer!” I can vouch for this one. I watched a rerun of _Match Game_ from around 1975 a while ago, and the game where the contestant tries to match the audience survey had the word “\_\_\_\_\_ killer.” The choices the celebrity panel gave were “Lady killer,” “Man killer,” and “Mood killer.” Lady killer was number 1. Neither of the other two were Serial killer. Kinda gave me a start, since my one and only thought was “Serial killer.” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/123 "2025-07-30T21:37:53Z")
“You know, it sounds like he’s gaslighting you.” I was going to post this, since the use of gaslighting as a verb exploded 10 years ago or so, but I found an article with citations from the 60s, earlier than I expected. > **[The Grammarphobia Blog: Gaslighting: The ‘in’ word?](https://grammarphobia.com/blog/2019/01/gaslighting.html)** > > The dramatic origins of the trendy word "gaslighting." ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/124 "2025-07-30T21:45:11Z")
Oh, how wonderful! Hashtag “Blessed!” ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/125 "2025-07-31T01:05:52Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > > > It’s a phrase in Klingon. I think it translates to “I study Klingon.” > > I read it as ‘I speak Klingon’. But then, I’m not a native speaker. “I speak Klingon”, in the sense “I know how to speak Klingon”, would be _tlhIngan Hol vIjatlhlaH_. Or you could just say _tlhIngan Hol vIjatlh_, but that is more like “I am speaking Klingon” rather than “I know how to speak Klingon”. Lucas\_Jackson’s phrase _tlhIngan Hol vISaH_ means “I care about Klingon”. “I study Klingon” would be _tlhIngan Hol vIHaD_. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/126 "2025-07-31T01:43:46Z")
“I bet people will still be watching Saturday Night Live in 50 years!” ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/127 "2025-07-31T01:47:23Z")
"I saw your [social media post] and gave it a like (or 👍 or ❤ or whatever). ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/128 "2025-07-31T09:16:32Z")
They finally nailed me for back child-support. I couldn’t get my contractor’s license renewed until I signed up for automatic bank deduction. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/129 "2025-07-31T10:53:03Z")
Who’s your favourite K-pop idol? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/130 "2025-08-02T12:49:58Z")
The _next_ black president…" ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/131 "2025-08-05T01:32:00Z")
Some day we’ll have computers in our pockets. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/132 "2025-08-05T02:04:53Z")
Lol, _just today_ I finished a re-read of Niven/Pournelle’s **A Mote in God’s Eye** (1974) which mentions pocket computers quite often. It was to my amusement that none of these computers were used for communications. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/133 "2025-08-05T02:17:29Z")
I think they might have been referring to this vintage gem. Stylus not included. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6l3zCWL1y3Q/sddefault.jpg) ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6l3zCWL1y3Q/sddefault.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/134 "2025-08-07T04:05:08Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > In 1955 no diner would let an out of towner put his meal on a tab. And now they will? Someone will start a ongoing tab for a total stranger? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/135 "2025-08-07T16:34:46Z")
I don’t know if personal tabs are a thing at all anywhere any more. Didn’t national credit cards totally take over from that? BTW, it was a reference to Back to the Future . ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/136 "2025-08-07T17:24:20Z")
“You could get $50K more if it wasn’t for that sunken living room.” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/137 "2025-08-08T00:38:30Z")
MMORPG . . . . . . . and characters for the machine ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/138 "2025-08-08T03:01:02Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > “You could get $50K more if it wasn’t for that sunken living room.” Ok, that made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/139 "2025-08-08T10:47:22Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Ok, that made me laugh. me too ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/140 "2025-08-08T11:26:23Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > And now they will? Someone will start a ongoing tab for a total stranger? “What’ll ya have?” “Meatloaf special. Mashed potatoes, right? Coffee?” “Sure thing. Coming right up.” Then later, “That’ll be all?” “That apple pie looks real nice. Can I get a slice? With some cheddar cheese? And more coffee?” “You got it. Cheese is a buck extra, you know that?” “Yeah, bring it on.” “Sure thing.” “Damn, that was nice. Can I get my tab?” “Here you go.” Slaps down the tab. Drop your tip on the table, pay the cashier at the front. Total stranger in a truck stop. I’ve been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. Total stranger, but as long as I am in there, that’s how these places work. I may not be known there, but I can run a tab. North American diners. Gotta love them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434.md?page=8)