# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/101 "2022-08-26T16:20:18Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Also, the subtitles will often give you dialogue that is whispered that no one could hear anyway. Sometimes I turn on the subtitles for movies because often the dialogue is very very low volume, and everything else is SUPER LOUD. So I keep the volume at a reasonable level but turn on the subtitles so I can actually know what the actors are saying. I most recently experienced this issue with “13 Lives” on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![john\_b\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@john\_b\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/john_b_2)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/102 "2022-08-26T18:01:49Z")
I (literally) got it, Thelma Lou, and thanks. ---
**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 26, 2022, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/103 "2022-08-26T18:24:43Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Sometimes I turn on the subtitles for movies because often the dialogue is very very low volume, and everything else is SUPER LOUD We noticed this with a lot of the UK-produced shows we watch. Mumbly, low volume talking and **blasting** music. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/104 "2022-08-26T18:31:01Z")
I haven’t worn jeans in decades. Even when I was young and slimmer, I had the wrong figure for them - short and squat. I am presently retired and lounging about the house in an old-fashioned housecoat. A cheap nursing home classic, complete with snaps up the front (though there are very pretty muu-muus available to buy out there). No one sees me. I will change clothes when leaving the house, though. ---
**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 26, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/105 "2022-08-26T18:33:41Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > We noticed this with a lot of the UK-produced shows we watch. Mumbly, low volume talking and **blasting** music. Yes, for some reason, I find the sound quality on British shows to be terrible, with frequently inaudible dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/106 "2022-08-26T19:11:29Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Hip-hop music. I was into it since the old school 80s, rocked it through the new school and gangsta 90s, mostly stayed with it through the 00s, but it passed me by around 2010. I never understood the southern crunk thing or any of that Florida stuff with all the yelling. Yeah. I guess there is a difference between Hip-Hop and Rap. I really don’t know. I’m a classic rock guy. So is my wife. But, what is interesting is that the Punk(?) rock Blondie, had one of the very first Rap songs. The song is named Rapture. It’s great. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/107 "2022-08-26T22:01:03Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Unboxing videos of mundane crap I guess it depends on the definition of “mundane”, but these videos can be quite useful. Last year I bought a heavy generator which took 3 people to load into the pickup. I watched an unboxing video before trying to get it unpacked. It showed me a lot of details about what was packed where (careful use of boxcutters) and how to ensure all the metal shipping-bracing was disassembled. After watching the youtuber unpack it, I decided to hoist it on the jib crane and work on the underside from there. I had all the tools ready and it went smoothly. The video really saved me a lot of effort and time, so there’s a purpose to some of them. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/108 "2022-08-26T23:39:35Z")
We subscribe to [BritBox](https://www.britbox.com/au/) which is the streaming service of BBC and ITV and I always watch it with captions for that very reason but they seem to have been done by computer with no human oversight and the frequent nonsensical errors make them more distracting than helpful. I expect more from the BBC. We won’t be keeping it after we run through a couple more shows. ---
**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 26, 2022, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/109 "2022-08-26T23:54:38Z")
More like I never got it to begin with, but as I said back in this thread [Piercing: What's the attraction?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/piercing-whats-the-attraction/13951), piercing never did anything for me. One thing I don’t get anymore, although I’m aware that this is entirely on me, is that somewhere along the line I lost almost all interest in film and television. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/110 "2022-08-27T00:03:11Z")
Link? Nothing at all shows up in a quick Google search. PIckleball comes up a lot, but it’s because a certain phrase: “the sweet sport with a sour name.” ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/111 "2022-08-27T00:18:34Z")
I’m having deja vu all over again. (Hint: link posted upthread, post #80.) [Why is boxing called “the sweet sport”?](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=why+is+boxing+called+%22the+sweet+sport%22+-spot) * * * * * * > [@Thylacine](#): > > We subscribe to [BritBox](https://www.britbox.com/au/) which is the streaming service of BBC and ITV and I always watch it with captions for that very reason but they seem to have been done by computer with no human oversight and the frequent nonsensical errors make them more distracting than helpful. I expect more from the BBC. We won’t be keeping it after we run through a couple more shows. Aw, c’mon, cut 'em some slack. 🙄 Do you really expect a person to oversee all captioning? How would that possibly be practical or cost-effective? Computer-generated text is usually pretty darned good. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/112 "2022-08-27T00:27:16Z")
If it was good or even ok I wouldn’t be complaining. I watch a lot of captioned media and Britbox is extraordinarily bad and very often bears no relation to what is actually been said at all. ---
**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 27, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/113 "2022-08-27T00:37:52Z")
Fascinating. I watch almost nothing _but_ BritBox (with captions which I have on everything all the time), and my experience is completely different from yours. Weird, eh? We inhabit two different realities. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/114 "2022-08-27T00:53:02Z")
The other cool thing about closed captioning is you catch things like _eerie music playing_ and _eerie music intensifies_. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/115 "2022-08-27T01:03:04Z")
Perhaps we are watching different shows or being on different continents with different spelling conventions receive different captions? I’m glad it works for you. It doesn’t for me. ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/116 "2022-08-27T01:17:41Z")
Why not pay a person to at least review the captioning for movies and series? If they actually gave a shit, you’d think they could expend that small effort. Some shows and movies are better than others. Live tv, like the news, has the worst captioning. But that’s somewhat understandable. My grandson is hard of hearing so we have captioning on all the time. I benefit because I’m a PBS British tv show watcher and I’m getting older, but I mostly care on his behalf. His cochlear is great for a lot of things but hearing speech from the tv is not one of them. I don’t get a lot of things, but it’s mostly personal preference stuff and I get that. ---
**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 27, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/117 "2022-08-27T02:08:21Z")
> [@Thylacine](#): > > …being on different continents with different spelling conventions receive different captions… That’s certainly possible. ---
**Author:** ![omenran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omenran/32/3318_2.png) [@omenran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omenran)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/118 "2022-08-27T02:57:59Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’m having deja vu all over again. (Hint: link posted upthread, post #80.) > > [Why is boxing called “the sweet sport”?](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=why+is+boxing+called+%22the+sweet+sport%22+-spot) When I have followed you link, I get absolutely no results for _why_ it’s called the sweet sport. Instead I can get [explanations for “sweet science”.](https://blog.joinfightcamp.com/fight-news/sweet-science-the-sweetness-of-boxing-and-its-coined-term/) Every link has “sweet sport” in the little bit of exerpted text from the web page. But not a one is anything but a reference to boxing. So a link to something besides a Google search can help those who are looking for an answer. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/119 "2022-08-27T07:33:27Z")
I don’t understand why so many people wear sandals in public now. Mainly because I see people walking around in big cities wearing sandals where their feet are in danger of getting all sorts of disgusting stuff getting splashed or dropped on their bare feet. What’s the advantage of wearing sandals anyway? Like at the beach yeah I get that, but you want the wind through your toes next to an idling truck? ---
**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:** [August 27, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/120 "2022-08-27T13:16:34Z")
> [@Asuka](#): > > I don’t understand why so many people wear sandals in public now. Global warming. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=7)