# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/301 "2022-09-12T15:12:02Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > > [@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" That’s mine too! I have one that’s titled “My Faves” and one titled “Christmas”. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/302 "2022-09-12T20:46:20Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > (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.) You’d like _The Martian_, then. No romance, not much interpersonal conflict. There’s not even a “bad guy” - the whole plot is the protagonist’s struggle to stay alive on Mars, and NASA’s attempts to get him home. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/303 "2022-09-14T00:51:17Z")
> [@Toxylon](#): > > Watching somebody play a game you have yourself, and can start playing on a moment’s notice 24/7/365 is a very different deal Well there’s your mistake. How tf am I going to play Minecraft at a moment’s notice? I’m at grandma’s house all Thanksgiving weekend and all I have is my mom’s phone. I can’t play Madden, my algebra teacher is like 3 steps away. It’s Monday night; like Dad’s everrrrrrrrrrrrr going to turn off the Packers so I can play Skyrim. Sus, fam. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/304 "2022-09-14T01:08:03Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > Didn’t get it, I am (and shall stay) firmly in the **/s camp** That’s a completely different thing. The caps/no-caps text is called sarcasm text. It’s used to mock the direct speech of others. The /s is to mark your own speech as sarcastic. Examples: Your friend claims he’ll bowl a perfect 300 game and immediately throws a gutter ball: “I’m GoNnA bOwL a PeRfEcT gAmE!” See? You’re imitating his words but sarcastically. It’s similar to that deep, slow voice you use to give the impression of being an idiot. “Duuuurrrr, I bang screw wid hammur.” Like that. You don’t go “I’m gonna bowl a perfect game /s” because it’s a direct or paraphrased quote of theirs, not yours. The /s makes no sense. But your ugly friend says he’ll ask the hot girl to prom? “That’ll go well /s”. You’re not imitating their speech, so you don’t use the sarcasm text. You use the /s. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/305 "2022-09-14T03:26:15Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > 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. I completely agree. They used to be super cheap, too. When I was on a budget I could get quite a few fried wings for the cost of a 2 piece special. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2022, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/306 "2022-09-14T04:51:06Z")
Sigh. I remember when wings would go on sale for 29 cents a pound. I’d say those were the days, but in those days I was broke enough to really appreciate anything at 29 cents a pound. ---
**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 14, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/307 "2022-09-14T09:32:36Z")
I recall my college days … 1 Big Mac $1.00 2 Big Macs: 99c (for the two) and boy, did I eat a lot of cheap big macs in those days … fwiw: 1992-93 ish ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/308 "2022-09-15T18:29:45Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > You’d like _The Martian_, then. No romance Well, not **no** romance, but what there is is a romance subplot of a couple of crew members (and it gets maybe 3 minutes of screen time (complete guess, probably less than that actually)). ---
**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 15, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/309 "2022-09-15T18:31:45Z")
A man living alone with no other company than a potato? The romance is implied, man! ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/310 "2022-09-15T18:41:57Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > > > You’d like _The Martian_, then. No romance > > Well, not **no** romance, but what there is is a romance subplot of a couple of crew members (and it gets maybe 3 minutes of screen time (complete guess, probably less than that actually)) There was a scene when Lewis is reallocating berths aboard the _Hermes_, and reveals that she knows Beck and Johansson are sleeping together; Martinez high-fives them both for “getting down in space”. But it was left on the cutting-room floor. You can find it on YouTube, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=15)