puns

Watching M*A*S*H is so weird now.  Their light-speed puns were considered downright literary back in the day.  Hey, Shakespeare was a punster, too.  M*A*S*H was in good company.  But now I have to turn off the Sorkin switch in my head to watch.  The dialog is still great, but the puns make it dated, when for so long M*A*S*H was considered timeless.  Now puns just sound like memes -- great for t-shirts, but not for reasoned conversation.  Not that they aren't appreciated. George Takei's entire internet persona is pun-based.  And Snorg Tees is making a fortune off wordplay wear.  These three designs were released in the last month.  Puns aren't dead.  They just ______________________.  

Can you complete this with a pun?