# Things you don't "get" anymore

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**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")\
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**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 24, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-get-anymore/970197/45 "2022-08-24T19:32:49Z")

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> [@batsto](#):
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> I had to look up what a ‘hosta’ is. I had no idea they existed, let alone that they were a big thing.

I’m amazed at how many things I’ve never heard of are Big Things to other people. But more power to them.

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> [@Moonrise](#):
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> But to be honest, I avoid these terms as much as possible because I’m afraid of involuntarily using the wrong one and offending people.

I totally get what you’re saying. Sometimes I feel very out of it.

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