Hey man , I like it . Its sort of sad and nerdy but not in a bad way , we all have our little things like that . Anyone who pretends they don ' t is lying to themselves . Its like the dad who saves some model toy from his childhood to build it with his future son , even though his future son probably isn ' t going to give two shits about a model airplane from 1972 with all the tech and cool new toys . The point isn ' t for the kid , its for the father to make a sentimental connection with a loved one and try to bridge the past with the present for just a moment in this short mine cart ride towards death we all share . tldr everyone else commenting is a jerk <| sep |> I don ' t think Onion Gang was goin ' all that deep . Seems like they just wanted to get across the idea that Steven didn ' t have a lot of friends his age and it just flopped somewhat as an episode . Most of the episodes about the Beach City humans are just that episodes trying to develop the humans as characters in their own right . They aren ' t just props for the gems or gem backstory .