# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/61 "2022-08-24T21:06:23Z")
I understand tattoos but I don’t get the modern tattoos arms race where EVERYBODY needs to have as many tattoos as they can fit on their bodies. When I start regularly seeing “normal” people with face and neck tattoos that’s what’s finally weirding me out. Also the tattoos aren’t even good the vast majority of the time, why are you getting your name tattooed on your cheek? Why is your town of birth tattooed on the back of your neck? ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/62 "2022-08-24T21:13:44Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The value of the NFT isn’t the picture of the frog, the value of the NFT is the “idea” that something has value. To me, that’s like conceptual art. But only one NFT of anything in the world has to exist to make the conceptual point. NFTs for thing 1, thing 2, thing 3, … are redundant, even though the underlying “things” are not the same. The idea of an NFT is itself conceptual art. You don’t even have to make the actual NFT. ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/63 "2022-08-25T00:22:43Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I was thinking just the other day that I haven’t read a science fiction novel since _The Gripping Hand_ series by Larry Niven. I just figured that my tastes had changed. Maybe though there’s been no good SF since then. These books sell quite well so there are clearly people who like them. If I don’t connect with them, I don’t feel that’s a sign they’re not good. It’s just a difference in tastes. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/64 "2022-08-25T13:26:12Z")
I don’t get the millions of millions of people that go to crazy lengths and spend lots of money to inconvenience themselves. I’m talking about attending sporting events. I’ve got the best seat in the house, with better close up and multiple views. When I happen to watch one (been years). That seat is located in my living room. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/65 "2022-08-25T13:39:52Z")
Sometimes especially with college sports, it’s a sort of “event” that’s above and beyond the mere game. I mean, I’ve watched plenty of games in person, and plenty on TV, and for watching the actual _game_, TV usually has it beat. But for the spectacle, sound, songs, cheering, etc… associated with the game there’s nowhere like being in the stadium/arena with 70,000 like-minded people. Especially if your favorite team is one with a particularly passionate fan base. Watching LSU play someone on TV has to be an entirely different experience than going to Tiger Stadium(Death Valley) and seeing them play that same game live. Same for Texas A&M & Kyle Field (my school). ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/66 "2022-08-25T13:39:54Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I’m talking about attending sporting events. I feel sorry for those people! I’m lucky my hobby is much more portable and affordable. Goes for attending concerts too. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/67 "2022-08-25T13:47:49Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Same for Texas A&M & Kyle Field (my school). Howdy! 👋🏽 I’ve been to games at Kyle Field, and it’s like attending Mass at St. Peter’s in Rome. With as much (possibly more) ritual and tradition. 😉 My late husband was an Aggie-- Band and Corps. 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/68 "2022-08-25T14:04:00Z")
In the “don’t get anymore” category, I choose country music. It seems to have deteriorated into rap-like singers expressing moral superiority because they lived on a gravel road. Vince Gill, Alan Jackson, and Mary Chapin Carpenter mark the last era when I “got” this genre. I stopped “getting” Rock around the end of the Vietnam war (at least my record/CD collection infers this). > [@bump](#): > > Same for Texas A&M & Kyle Field (my school). Been there, done that (Aggie in the family). I don’t get why the stadium even has seats. ---
**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:** [August 25, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/69 "2022-08-25T14:21:00Z")
> [@Keeve](#): > > Several posters above said that they don’t “get” dressing up. Personally, I don’t get _them_. > > Sure, there are certain kinds of clothes that I feel very relaxed and comfortable in, and formal wear (no matter how you choose to define it) is NOT intended for being relaxed and comfortable. It’s intended for being fancy and formal. > > When I’m wearing something formal, I do agree, that it’s not extremely comfortable, and I might even complain a bit about this or that. But on top of all that, I feel fancy, I feel dressed up, I feel like this is a special occasion. And that’s (in my opinion) the purpose of formal wear. > > In my experience, people tend to act a little different depending on what they’re wearing. To take just one example, a person walking down the aisle at their own wedding should not have the same posture or gait as when they are walking down the boardwalk licking an ice cream cone, and what they wear will help with that. > > _You’re all free to disagree with any or all of what I wrote. But if you are among the people who don’t “get” formal clothing, I hope this has explained another point of view to you._ I agree. Most of the time I’m wearing comfy clothes, but I also love to dress up once in a while. I like feeling and looking a bit fancy. It’s fun to plan out what I’m going to wear and to pick out the jewelry and shoes that are going to go with the outfit. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/70 "2022-08-25T14:34:28Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I agree. Most of the time I’m wearing comfy clothes, but I also love to dress up once in a while. I like feeling and looking a bit fancy. It’s fun to plan out what I’m going to wear and to pick out the jewelry and shoes that are going to go with the outfit. And, also, with costumes, whether for Halloween or costume parties or [larping](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game) or cosplay at conventions, there’s the fun of make believe, of putting on a different persona. And that can also be combined with the idea of attracting the kind of attention that one doesn’t normally attract. The last time I went to the Ren Faire, I took my real SLR camera (not just my phone camera) and when I would see people dressed up really well (and they weren’t obviously pre-occupied with something), I would ask whether I could take a photograph. Ninety percent were delighted to be asked and many of them put forth extra effort to pose in character, be acrobatic, be alluring, etc. Fun was had by all. And it’s the same at the comic convention. The people who are dressed up most elaborately (or sexily) generally love to pose for photographs. They want at least some degree of attention for it. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/71 "2022-08-25T14:37:17Z")
sadly, this is my feeling too. I have been a proponent of gay rights for a long time (I even marched with the Stonewall 25th anniversary in 1994 in NYC), but the language around the movement these days has become so exclusionary and elitist that I now just feel confused and frustrated. I can’t keep up with all the latest terminology, and there is so much indignation around it that I just want to hide… Yup, I definitely don’t “get it” anymore… ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/72 "2022-08-25T14:51:54Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > I choose country music. It seems to have deteriorated into rap-like singers expressing moral superiority because they lived on a gravel road. Preach it. I was somewhere where the background music was local country station KNIX (the one formerly owned by Buck Owens, so you’d think it would know country). It was horrible. I couldn’t believe how bad it was, and every song was the same. I know not all Hip Hop is the same, but this modern country sounded like hip hop. But I’m an old skool country fan. Johnny, Hank sr, Tammy. These new comers Alan Jackson, Randy Travis, Garth Brooks…posers. Imitators. Usurpers! 🙂 I thought country “lost it” when they started doing covers of the evil rock and roll songs. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/73 "2022-08-25T15:10:39Z")
curious, what do you think of Chris Stapleton? I know nothing at all about country music (I am mostly a prog and hard rock fan), but heard a lot of him recently at my brother’s place and I liked him a lot. He is relatively new isn’t he? ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/74 "2022-08-25T15:53:21Z")
Believe it or not, we do sometimes sit down on the alumni side. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/75 "2022-08-25T17:05:46Z")
> [@Orville\_mogul](#): > > curious, what do you think of Chris Stapleton? I was just going to mention him. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/76 "2022-08-25T17:13:24Z")
> [@bump](#): > > But for the spectacle, sound, songs, cheering, etc… associated with the game there’s nowhere like being in the stadium/arena with 70,000 like-minded people. Especially if your favorite team is one with a particularly passionate fan base. Watching LSU play someone on TV has to be an entirely different experience than going to Tiger Stadium(Death Valley) and seeing them play that same game live. Same for Texas A&M & Kyle Field (my school). I see you’ve been to Memorial Stadium and seen the Nebraska Cornhuskers play Oklahoma. Go Big Red!!🏈🌽🏈 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/77 "2022-08-25T17:17:43Z")
We can’t watch some of the local sports teams when they play home games because they are blacked out. The only way to watch them is to go in person — or pay for some expensive viewing option. Also, the view isn’t the point. Of course the view is better at home. It’s the atmosphere of the crowd that makes it an event. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/78 "2022-08-25T17:53:27Z")
Heh. attending a Raiders football game was quite an experience. I was a bit surprised at just how many of the fans cosplayed. Different indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/79 "2022-08-25T18:18:06Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > It’s also called the sweet sport. I researched that before I posted. I’m not making this up. Carry on. I’m not seeing it in two minutes of searching on Duck Duck Goose. But I’ll agree there isn’t much sweet about boxing. (And the linked article above was more BS than elucidation.) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/80 "2022-08-25T18:25:33Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > We can’t watch some of the local sports teams when they play home games because they are blacked out. The only way to watch them is to go in person — or pay for some expensive viewing option. Fair enough. If it was my kid in a sporting event, I would be there no matter what (I don’t have kids). I did, of course, support my Wife in her IronMan events. I’m her Sherpa. Gives me something to do though. Mostly, I got to wait and worry. > [@suranyi](#): > > Also, the view isn’t the point. Of course the view is better at home. It’s the atmosphere of the crowd that makes it an event. I think it’s 90% the atmosphere of the crowd that kills it for me. My Wife and I would much prefer a game of chess, a couple of beers and some classic rock. What ever floats your boat or trips your trigger is my approach. Not understanding the desire to go to such events is not in any way derision on those that do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=5)