# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/141 "2025-08-08T16:50:41Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > 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. There’s a difference between a “tab” being “your check for food and beverages during a visit, which your waitress leaves at your table, and which you pay at the end of your meal” and “an ongoing account of what you owe to the establishment for what you ate or drank over multiple visits, which you’ll settle up at some future date when you have some money.” The other posters are referring to the latter, I believe. ---
**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, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/142 "2025-08-08T20:14:11Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The other posters are referring to the latter, I believe. That’s my understanding. There used to be a dive bar I visited. I would drink there during the week without paying. I settled up about every 2 weeks. And honestly, you generally don’t pay for any restaurant food until after you eat. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/143 "2025-08-08T20:18:32Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > And honestly, you generally don’t pay for any restaurant food until after you eat. Sit-down/table-service restaurants, at least, absolutely. Fast-food places, you’re generally paying when you order, and some buffet places may have you pay before you can go to the buffet for the first time. ---
**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, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/144 "2025-08-08T20:25:17Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Sit-down/table-service restaurants, at least, absolutely. Right, I used that term intentionally. I just Googled restaurants near me and it included In-N-Out burger. Personally I don’t consider fast food places ‘restaurants’. ---
**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 8, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/145 "2025-08-08T20:56:39Z")
That’s just silly. One thing you would only have started hearing in 1975 was ‘let’s go through the drive-thru at McDonald’s’, as they didn’t have them until that year. ---
**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/146 "2025-08-08T21:57:28Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > You’re getting _coldplayed_ > > yeah, I made that word up > **["Coldplayed" Emerges as New Term in Online Lexicon - Scioto Post](https://www.sciotopost.com/coldplayed-emerges-as-new-term-in-online-lexicon/#google_vignette)** > > The online community has coined a new term, “Coldplayed,” following a viral video that exposed a CEO’s infidelity. The term is gaining traction as a verb, describing situations where individuals are caught cheating or being deceitful, often in public... ---
**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 9, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/147 "2025-08-09T14:23:38Z")
Pay before you pump. (yes, I know “pay-at-the-pump”) technology existed in 1973, but it wasn’t widely adopted until the 80s, and it wasn’t until the 90s, that paying before pumping was **required** at about 80% of self-serve pumps, and that you could use a debit card to do so) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/148 "2025-08-11T00:26:09Z")
I never answer the phone unless I recognize the number, too many robocalls. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/149 "2025-08-11T00:49:29Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Presciently, the movie _Soylent Green_ (1973)… Speaking of which… Never said in 1975: I am deeply concerned about the long term effects of our declining birthrate. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/150 "2025-08-11T00:53:47Z")
Dot com ---
**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:** [August 11, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/151 "2025-08-11T01:02:51Z")
“No, the _other_ guy who won an Oscar for playing The Joker.” ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/152 "2025-08-11T01:21:04Z")
Comfort food ---
**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:** [August 11, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/153 "2025-08-11T01:22:59Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > 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.” This one surprised me. But I checked and confirmed that the term serial killer did not enter popular usage until the eighties. (Although there apparently were some earlier appearances of the term in academic texts.) ---
**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:** [August 11, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/154 "2025-08-11T02:58:58Z")
Little\_Nemo wrote: > This one surprised me. But I checked and confirmed that the term serial killer did not enter popular usage until the eighties. (Although there apparently were some earlier appearances of the term in academic texts.). As I remember (and WIKI only halfway backs me up), Robert Ressler–FBI agent and pioneering profiler–coined the term specifically in reference to David Berkowitz circa 1978. Like someone watching movie serials in the 1940s, a serial killer tries to regain the thrill of the original murder but gets diminishing returns on each subsequent attempt. There is a German equivalent, _Serienmörder_, used in the 1930s-on, which Ressler may have picked up on when he was an MP in Germany in the late 50s, but he is believed to have originated the term in the US. ---
**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 11, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/155 "2025-08-11T17:46:04Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Comfort food Damn, now I’m hungry for chicken fried steak, mash potatoes and biscuits and gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Frilly\_Heck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@Frilly\_Heck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frilly_Heck)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/156 "2025-08-11T21:40:48Z")
That mustache is a little over the top, don’t you think? ---
**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 12, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/157 "2025-08-12T08:25:51Z")
What brand of diapers do you use? ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/158 "2025-08-12T15:42:24Z")
Let’s get sushi burritos for lunch! ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/159 "2025-08-12T16:13:12Z")
That girl has no hair on her vagina. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-no-one-said-in-1975/1021434/160 "2025-08-12T16:19:42Z")
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