# Things you don't "get" anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 24, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197 "2022-08-24T01:36:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/281 "2022-09-09T03:59:35Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > No matter where you go, it’s almost exactly the same. Unlike the beans, restaurants make no attempt to put their unique spin on the boring orange pile beyond a few crumbs of cotija. The best day of my life was when I discovered most places will let you substitute double beans for the rice. Yes! And in one of my many Mexican restaurants locally (we can’t get a decent burger, steak, or anything but Mexican & Pizza here) they brown the cheese on top- yum! 🧑‍🍳 > [@pulykamell](#): > > I mean, I “get” them in the sense of a filling, easy-to-eat Mexican or Tex-Mex or Cali-Mex dish, but it’s just too much crap in a tortilla for me. Just way too heavy, especially the rice-stuffed ones. We had a place in San Jose with what everyone called the “coma burrito” because if you ate the whole thing you went into a “food coma”… but they were sooooo good. And you could make them to order, so it was always “sin arroz, mas queso- por favor”. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/282 "2022-09-09T11:49:49Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > And you could make them to order, so it was always “sin arroz, mas queso- por favor”. Sure, but most of the ones in Chicago are without rice to begin with, and they are still a bit just too much for me (with a few exceptions.) Maybe when I was a ravenous teenager they were okay. (And, yeah, I know I don’t have to eat the whole thing, it’s just they feel out-of-balance to me.) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/283 "2022-09-09T12:39:13Z")
What I don’t get anymore is the obsession with ancestry. I was once fascinated with my own but shortly after I did the DNA thing, I couldn’t care less. Anyone more distant than a grandparent or a second cousin is a complete stranger to me and I can’t think of a single reason I should care more about the story of a Civil War soldier related to me than one who isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/284 "2022-09-09T23:05:13Z")
going back on track: **I don’t get Playlists** … I mean I understand them … you have one for parties, for working out, for reading, etc… but what happens to the 1000s of good songs that don’t really fit a category ??? You’d never hear them … yet I have some 400 CDs on my cellphone (well SD-card) and like to listen to Pink Floyd - DSOTM from start to end … because it was intended to be listened in such a way … my teenage daughters however … listen just to what I call “the tip of the ice-berg” … e.g they know (and like) ZZTop - La Gange … but they don’t know any other zztop songs … Manfred Mann’s - Blinded by the light … but no other MM works … so I understand them but playlists (of stored music or streaming) just doesn’t gel with me … 50+ if that matters 😉 ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/285 "2022-09-09T23:18:24Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > My family has given me grief my entire life for drinking while eating. It’s such a solidly ingrained superstition, and they can’t shut up about it. Have had the same experience since childhood in a bengali family too. I simply cant eat food without a drink to wash it all down. When I was little, I made the excuse that the food was too hot (too much chili peppers) and mom kept making food blander and blander 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/286 "2022-09-09T23:51:23Z")
> [@am77494](#): > > Have had the same experience since childhood in a bengali family too. I simply cant eat food without a drink to wash it all down. When I was little, I made the excuse that the food was too hot (too much chili peppers) and mom kept making food blander and blander 🙂 central european upbringing and family: same thing … you don’t drink while eating or you will fill your stomach with water (that’s what we were drinking back then) … and then you don’t finish your meal … also a no-no I always chalked it up to “post-war” upbringing of my parents iow at times where every calorie was welcome 😉 ---
**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:** [September 10, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/287 "2022-09-10T00:40:17Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > but what happens to the 1000s of good songs that don’t really fit a category I have a playlist for those. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/288 "2022-09-10T01:18:34Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > but what happens to the 1000s of good songs that don’t really fit a category ??? There’s no requirement that a playlist contain only songs that fit a certain category - I have a playlist on my phone and the only category those songs fit is " Songs that are on my phone that aren’t Christmas songs" ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/289 "2022-09-10T06:52:45Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > **I don’t get Playlists** … Me neither. Well, except for the playlist called an album. I do like shuffle. My old player shuffled everything, which led to segues from Bach to the Beatles to Captain Beefheart. Though when it cut from tracks that were supposed to go together it was frustrating. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/290 "2022-09-10T07:07:52Z")
I don’t get people who prefer boneless chicken wings to traditional chicken wings. They’re glorified chicken nuggets and dont have that “wing” taste which is the entire point of eating chicken wings. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/291 "2022-09-10T11:28:28Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > but what happens to the 1000s of good songs that don’t really fit a category ??? I have a really big playlist that I call “Radio”. It’s even set up for heavy rotation, medium rotation and light rotation. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/292 "2022-09-10T14:31:27Z")
"_I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you!"_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/293 "2022-09-10T15:34:27Z")
Good one. The entire _point_ to me of eating chicken wings is the crispy skin. Or rather the skin :meat ratio. I don’t like overly meaty wings any more than I like overly scrawny wings. There’s a sweet spot where it’s nirvana. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/294 "2022-09-10T15:58:58Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Now, what I don’t get is why so many shows have turned into soap operas. I thought Breaking Bad started off good. But then the writers decided there must be lots of marital drama between Walter and his wife. I stopped watching the series at that point. (As a side note, I wish movies would stay more focused on the plot and not have romantic side stories. The most “plot focused” movie I’ve ever seen is _All the President’s Men_. No family drama, no romance scenes. Just the plot.) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/295 "2022-09-10T18:18:40Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Good one. The entire _point_ to me of eating chicken wings is the crispy skin. Or rather the skin :meat ratio. I don’t like overly meaty wings any more than I like overly scrawny wings. There’s a sweet spot where it’s nirvana. There’s also the whole primal “gnawing on bones” experience. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/296 "2022-09-10T18:54:21Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I thought Breaking Bad started off good. But then the writers decided there must be lots of marital drama between Walter and his wife. I stopped watching the series at that point. Huh. I think that is exactly what would happen in real life. We haven’t finished the entire series yet. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/297 "2022-09-12T00:24:05Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > I have a really big playlist that I call “Radio”. It’s even set up for heavy rotation, medium rotation and light rotation. honest Q: how to you assign those 1000s of songs to a playlist? … one by one? if so - isnt that a lot of work? … I mean being album oriented like I am … when I want to hear Karin Carpenter, I click the album and go … If I want some pretty far-out jazz, I click on Jan Garbarek etc… ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/298 "2022-09-12T01:40:34Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > how to you assign those 1000s of songs to a playlist? … one by one? It took some time to do it. But, it was going down the list, selecting the songs I want. Then add them over as a group. I make playlists for groups, different types of music, etc. Or, play an album. And I won’t get into my spreadsheet where I keep track of my playlists, and when I heard them last, and my “schedule” that gives me suggestions on what to play next based on the frequency I want to hear the playlist. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/299 "2022-09-12T11:54:52Z")
I have exactly 10.762 songs on a 128 gb SD-card … I guess I am good as it is 😄 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/300 "2022-09-12T12:12:01Z")
Playlists are essentially just the modern version of a mix tape to me. (In fact, several of my playlists are duplicates of old mix tapes I got or made in the 90s and early 00s.) I’m much more album-oriented than the average listener, but many times I just don’t want to listen to a whole album from start to finish, but want some variety. And the decline of “the album” has been going on at least since I was kid, with folks buying singles or even taping songs off the radio, not interested at all in an artist’s complete work, just the hit song. This is especially so in pop and dance-oriented music. Who needs an entire album of LA Style, when “James Brown is Dead” is the only song they’re interested in? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=16)