Brownie points in modern usage are a hypothetical social currency, which can be acquired by doing good deeds or earning favor in the eyes of another, often one's superior.

Based on this passage, what does it mean to get brownie points? Let's think fast. Stream of consciousness:
To answer this question, we should know that: Brownie points in modern usage are a hypothetical social currency, which can be acquired by doing good deeds or earning favor in the eyes of another, often one's superior. So the final answer is a hypothetical social currency , which can be acquired by doing good deeds or earning favor in the eyes of another , often one 's superior.