# 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:** 9
**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 29, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/161 "2022-08-29T22:56:49Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > No offense, but you know that was a pretty weird rule, right? As I mentioned above, this is not unheard of. It’s a strong superstition in some cultures that drinking water while eating is bad for you. > **[Perspective | There’s a persistent myth that you shouldn’t drink water while...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/disregard-that-persistent-myth-you-can-drink-water-while-eating/2019/04/19/7f8f9b44-5ca6-11e9-a00e-050dc7b82693_story.html)** > > Claims that water will interfere with digestion are faulty. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/162 "2022-08-29T23:19:35Z")
I didn’t realize it was a cultural thing. I figured it for a quirky family rule. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/163 "2022-08-29T23:20:26Z")
In my house growing up, the edict applied to all beverages, not just water - coffee, tea, soda etc. I didn’t fully realize how weird it was until adulthood. ---
**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:** [August 29, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/164 "2022-08-29T23:24:20Z")
There’s also a belief in parts of Europe that drinking ice water is unhealthy. A Swiss friend once told me it’s a good way to catch a cold. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/165 "2022-08-29T23:29:43Z")
I’ve enjoyed (sic) warm beers in other countries for this reason. ---
**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 30, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/166 "2022-08-30T00:21:59Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > In my house growing up, the edict applied to all beverages, not just water - coffee, tea, soda etc. Yes, that would also apply. But in my family’s culture, coffee, tea, or soda would not be an option anyway. Those drinks would be for particular times of day, like snacktimes, not with meals. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/167 "2022-08-30T05:09:36Z")
> [@DocCathode](#): > > I love my mother- her cooking is a crime against humanity. Just pissed myself laughing. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/168 "2022-08-30T06:24:32Z")
> [@omenran](#): > > …Coke and Nestle started their push for selling water. There’s an interesting episode of the podcast series _Decoder Ring_ about this: > **[Why Do We Feel So Compelled To Lug Around Bottled Water Everywhere?](https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2021/04/decoder-ring-the-history-of-hydration)** > > How big water sprung from fitness, begat wellness, and helped form the cult of better skin. To those of you unfamiliar with _Decoder Ring_: it’s an entertaining (IMHO) series about pop culture. (ETA - I meant “popular culture,” not “soda pop culture” specifically.) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hakushon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hakushon/32/5503_2.png) [@Hakushon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakushon)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/169 "2022-08-30T06:49:35Z")
This is something I’ve _never_ really gotten: concerts. By the same token: recordings of concerts. I understand that many people enjoy the excitement of a live performance–as well as being part of history (“I was there for 'The ‘93 Tour!’”). But personally, I would much rather hear the performers’ music clearly, over headphones, as recorded in a studio…rather than through an echo-y sound system in a stadium where it gets drowned out by the people next to me yelling, “WOOOO!” at the tops of their lungs. Completely spoils the musical experience for me. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/170 "2022-08-30T07:01:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > What I don’t get is people who post and share every detail of their personal lives on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tik-Tok, YouTube, and probably a bunch of places I’ve never heard of. I mean posting every time your kid/dog/pet rabbit does something, sharing pictures of your plates of food at restaurants (I know people who do this), every book you buy (amazon has an option to do this), telling people where you are, what you’re doing, what you’re wearing, what you’re thinking pretty much during every waking moment. If people could figure out how to post while sleeping, they would probably do that. You can “share” your FitBit stats on the quality and details of your sleep, so there’s that. I’m with you. My son-in-law posted pictures of meals for a year. Why I can’t guess. I can’t imagine why anyone would be interested in what we eat, and we eat interesting stuff. My wife turns on captions on BritBox when she has trouble with the accents, and I’ve never noticed a lot of mistakes. Now, what I don’t get is why so many shows have turned into soap operas. Well, I understand why they try to hook viewers, but better scripts might work just as well. Things adapted from novels I get, but so many shows have to introduce big scary monsters or enemies to help them generate scripts instead of getting new ideas. We stopped watching Castle when it became less about solving murders and more about the conspiracy. And the resolution of these multi-season arcs seem to suck. I’m not against all arcs, just ones that take over the series. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/171 "2022-08-30T07:24:28Z")
When I was in the Boy Scouts they actively told me to stop bringing cold water or water with ice on hikes because “Cold water just makes you more thirsty and you wind up using more water in the long run”. That was the same place that told me “Soda contains salt so you actually LOSE hydration when you drink it” ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/172 "2022-08-30T07:28:32Z")
I don’t understand the obsession to bring up politics as a discussion starter amongst strangers or people who haven’t interacted in a while. What do you want to IMMEDIATELY start an angry debate right in public? ---
**Author:** ![Roger\_That](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roger_that/32/8505_2.png) [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/173 "2022-08-30T09:20:43Z")
> [@Hakushon](#): > > something I’ve _never_ really gotten: concerts. Hear, hear! I’ve attended a few hundred of the stupid things over the years, and from about Concert #3 on, I’ve never understood why people go, other than why I go: to be sociable. It was standing up in the Felt Forum listening to the Grateful Dead in 1973 when I first asked myself “Am I enjoying this interminable experience of standing up in a crowd shouting and screaming around me while the band plays songs I can barely make out 100 feet away from me?” ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/174 "2022-08-30T11:11:28Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Now, what I don’t get is why so many shows have turned into soap operas. This is a good one. I don’t understand it either, unless there’s simply a finite limit on creativity and every good show eventually devolves to this. It’s why we gave up on “Who’s Does Penny Next?”, although Sheldon was still funny. ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/175 "2022-08-30T11:27:58Z")
> [@Hakushon](#): > > where it gets drowned out by the people next to me yelling, “WOOOO!” at the tops of their lungs. Completely spoils the musical experience for me. I love live music, but, yeah, I wish everyone in the audience would sit down and shut up. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/176 "2022-08-30T11:36:55Z")
I noticed this thread some time ago, but have refrained from opining because I had to think about it some more. But, here it is. What I don’t “get” is how so many people who, as Americans, have enjoyed a privileged and, compared to billions around the world, opulent life, can not only accept but actively support a man who has openly showed himself to be a criminal and a traitor. This is a man who openly tried to overthrow our free democracy and basically install himself as a dictator. This is a man who openly hates minorities and who openly supports stripping women of their freedom to decide. This is a man who is leading a movement that would destroy the government that has allowed us to have all the things we have. I just don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/177 "2022-08-30T13:01:48Z")
I wonder exactly how deep the passion for this guy is. If he were to try to mobilize his MAGAt army to do something good or charitable, how many would say “meh” and just change channel? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/178 "2022-08-30T13:26:26Z")
We saw Joan Baez in the 70’s after Woodstock, in a new modern concert hall. We all sat and listened and applauded after each song politely, remaining in our seats. She said, ‘you’re a lovely audience - so PROPER’. I guess it was a new experience for HER, playing to an audience not rolling around sh!t-faced in the mud and screaming ‘Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down, wooooooo!’ ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/179 "2022-08-30T13:28:48Z")
I have an answer to this one! Easy! We were not allowed to drink milk (or anything else) with meals because ‘stop gulping down that milk, your stomach will get full and you won’t be able to finish your meal!’ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/180 "2022-08-30T14:10:08Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I’ve enjoyed (sic) warm beers in other countries for this reason beer snob mode\>Actually, in the US we seem conditioned to drinking beer very cold. If you go to a beer event, you’ll notice people cupping their glass, allowing the contents to warm a bit, while appreciating the aroma. If you are drinking good beer, try pouring three glasses at different temperatures and see if you can appreciate the difference. \ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197.md?page=10)