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30 Things That The Current Generation Doesn’t Have Because They Disappeared So Gradually
Interview With Expert
Time keeps passing whether we’d like it to or not, and in the process, it brings about many changes in society and culture. Very often, the things that we grew up with stop being in fashion or popular and slowly get phased out.
This is a natural process of life, but it can be very surprising to suddenly come to that realization. The folks in this list share all those things that seem to have disappeared from everyday life within the last decade, and some of the examples are shocking.
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#1
In the least sarcastic sense possible, critical thinking and self-reflection. It’s really a struggle to engage with people these days who aren’t capable of putting their bias and personal beliefs aside to think big picture or critically about any issue. People just jump straight to personal insults, fallacies, and needing to feed their ego.
Auntriarch 10 months ago (edited)
They always did. It's just that with social media, we all get a ringside seat to it. And yes I am including BP in that definition.
geezeronthehill 10 months ago
Critical thinking has rarely been taught in school. People used to pick it up through personal interactions. Y'all remember personal interactions, right?
Crystalwitch60 10 months ago
I’m 60 lol n that is ligit nothing new 🤦♀️it’s why I don’t like people or leave the house bliss out in the sticks ❤️it’s more noticeable to people cos (my kids are 23 -20 n like me hate social media ) of social media way way way to many Karen’s n narcissists now a day all yelling on sm platforms . 🤦♀️🙈😂but it’s always been the same , but back in my day at my kids age we didn’t have sm lol
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#2
Small independent hardware stores. They used to be a small town staple, especially in the midwest. Almost every one used to be "The oldest business in town" having been open since like 1895.
Now, they're all mostly gone and your only alternative is a big-box hardware store or ordering on Amazon. It's incredibly depressing.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
Walmart closed many small local businesses before Amazon even arrived.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
I've seen a few around town. I think they make most of their money cutting keys and from folks living nearby needing the odd tool and don't want to go all the way to Canadian Tire or Home Hardware.
Heras buddy 10 months ago
You have to shop them to keep them in business. I shop my local hardware before I go to a big box store. I pay a little more but it helps to keep them in business.
Jack Hannon 10 months ago
I don't mind the stores being closed, per se... But, you USED to be able to walk into a hardware store and get really expert advice on just about anything in the store. Now, I go to Big Box Hardware and the kids there don't actually know how to DO anything with the hardware...
Julia Ford 10 months ago
I mind them being closed. Big box stores have ruined the economy.
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William Teach 10 months ago
I like that there is a small one near where my parents live, so, if I need something while visiting them I can get it there.
PunchinelloTX 10 months ago
There’s still one in my city but it’s become as hell of its former self, trying to keep up with big box pricing.
#3
Late to the party but, colour. Literally just colour. There's less of it now.
PunchinelloTX 10 months ago
Yes, it’s horrible. I think it points to a global weakening of happiness and comfort.
Definitely a Human 9 months ago
I think it's more just about standardization in manufacturing
Load More Replies... David 10 months ago
its because bland colors sell better on the resale market and get better prices when you sell your old car. Also in the old days people were more likely to wait for the car to come to the dealer from the company. Today most people want to drive off the lot the same day or week, so the dealers need to keep the most neutral or popular colors in stock. Between those both, cars tend to be more bland colors like this picture
Gianna B D 10 months ago
The guy at the kitchen remodeling store acted like I was slightly eccentric for wanting my cabinets to be . . . blue.
ucp 10 months ago
We have a fantastic red glass wall in our kitchen. Only positive reactions
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Robert T 10 months ago
Well my cars are black, white and silver. The silver one was bought when silver was just coming into fashion 26 year ago! The black one is 66 years old, though it's only been black for about 20 years! They both have red interiors though. We did have a bit of debate as to what colour to paint our apartment front doors - we are keeping the red. :D
wowbagger 10 months ago
I work in a quilt shop, and the other day a soon-to-be grandmother was stressing out trying to find super neutral fabrics for a baby quilt. Every beige we picked, she was like, no, that has specks of other colors in the pattern. The mother won't allow any color in the baby's things at all.
Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago
The picture is of autos. Ford, GM and Dodge still have blues and greens that are appealing.
ucp 10 months ago
On my street, it’s mainly blues. BMWs, a Porsche, a VW, a Peugeot, a Honda. Plus a red Kia. It’s lovely to behold
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BookFanatic 10 months ago
Yes. I've been car shopping and "a color that is not black, white, grey, or beige" is on my shopping list.
William Teach 10 months ago
COVID actually caused a problem with certain base colors, especially bright red and dark blue. Which is why you're seeing so many different blues and reds right now. Still not solved.
People in older generations used landlines, had physical photo albums, read newspapers, and listened to music on the radio. All those things have changed over the decades and been replaced by modern options or technology. This can feel overwhelming, especially if you’ve witnessed the changes firsthand.
Every new generation brings with it different standards, cultural ideas, and norms. This impacts people’s everyday lives in small and big ways. People in older generations might struggle at first to accept these changing patterns, but leaning into them is often the best approach. That way, you learn new things and also have fun doing it.
#4
The ability to read and comprehend something longer than a paragraph.
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 10 months ago
I was gifted a subscription to The Atlantic for Christmas a few years ago and regularly engaging with long form journalism has been awesome.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
Also disappearing - the willingness to read and comprehend something longer than a paragraph.
Tamra 10 months ago (edited)
Considering that every comment you make is basically a mish-mash of words thrown together without capitalization, proper spelling or punctuation, I hardly think you're in a position to throw stones, now are you?
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Bugs.
Cas P 10 months ago
Never mind climate change. Bees going extinct is more of a concern.
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Huddo's sister 10 months ago
D**n pesticides! Rarely seen a Christmas beetle since 2012. At least the bumble bee population has had a come back in the last couple of years. If we can help with them, we should be able to help other insects.
Crystalwitch60 10 months ago
I got tons in my gardens lol no pesticides in my gardens
Load More Replies... Robert T 10 months ago (edited)
This is noticable by the lack of squashed bugs on the front of the car after a long drive. In the past, the front of the car would be plastered. Now there are hardly any. Also there are a lot more invasive species - the ladybird in the picture is what ladybirds used to look like in the UK - they don't look like that anymore - a different species has pretty much wiped them out.
Leslie Victor 10 months ago
No kidding....butterflies are like the stars at night...you may see one or two...
Crystalwitch60 10 months ago
Not in my garden in uk in the sticks loads of em don’t half notice on the years there’s less mind like last yr
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My front garden here in a Cotswold village in uk is wildlife n bug friendly n I’m working on my huge back garden behind my poly tunnels n raised veg planters that’ backs up on to miles n miles of farm land is getting there 😋all for wildlife , but then I am farm born n bred , n wildlife etc. Ed’s out help !
#6
A real live person answering a business telephone. And if you don't believe me, press five to repeat this message.
PFD 10 months ago
A real live person answering a business telephone. And if you don't believe me, press five to repeat this message.
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Matheus S.M. 10 months ago
A real live person answering a business telephone. And if you don't believe me, press five to repeat this message.
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Matheus S.M. 10 months ago
A real live person answering a business telephone. And if you don't believe me, press five to repeat this message.
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whiterabbit 10 months ago
I try not getting angry but I just can't help it sometimes 😂 "SPEAK TO A REPRESENTATIVE!"
Crystalwitch60 10 months ago
Now that pisses me off lol I don’t wanna listen to an automated message I’d like to speak to a freaking human 😂I know I’m getting old now but ffs wasn’t aware we’d disappeared 😂
People seem to be using the Internet and technology a lot more than they used to before. Modern tech has helped make things incredibly convenient for people, which is why there are fewer physical shops, reduced socialization, and the creation of many new types of jobs.
To understand more about these societal and cultural shifts, Bored Panda reached out to Dr. Corey Seemiller (PhD). She is a professor in the Department of Leadership Studies in Education and Organizations at Wright State University.
With more than a quarter million views, her TED Talk on Generation Z showcased how Generation Z plans to make a difference in the world. We asked her what previously popular things seemed to have changed or disappeared slowly without folks noticing.
She said things like “the price of a Starbucks coffee has increased, subscription streaming channels (like Netflix and Hulu) have turned into defacto cable, packaged food has gotten smaller (the packaging hasn’t; just the food inside is less), and high schoolers being able to leave school grounds for lunch.”
#7
Ownership. You pay a subscription. You can't fix what you own because its proprietary. You can't buy outright. Our ownership of things has become a rental service, where they can break or completely remove what we purchased, without consent, at any time. Because it was in the terms of service.
Ace 10 months ago
You have a choice. I see complaints like this a lot but seriously, if you dislike the subscription model so much why did you sign up for it? I don't have anything like that, what is it that you need so badly and are unable to get in some other way?
Robert T 10 months ago
Largely because many of the things we want are not offered without subscription. Given the choice, I would take ownership over subscription every time. But ownership is not being offered.
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Skywitness 10 months ago
My sons bought some expensive goggles for me as a gift. They track my distance, time, calories burned and have a few swim routines built in and display everything in the right lens. After 1 year of ownership, I now need to pay an additional $200 for full forever access or I can spend $9.99/month for the privilege. I spend approximately 6 hours a week swimming but I feel this whole business model is extortion.
DadManBlues 10 months ago
I configured a $220k Mercedes EQS just for fun (I not yet won on lottery). The advanced functions of the headlights need a subscription. On a fully paid $220k Mercedes. It's fooking nonsense.
ucp 10 months ago
BMW backed down on the subscription heated seats, so hopefully others will on hardware. I understand live information (eg traffic info), but charging for stuff that’s already in the car, with the hardware needed already paid for, is just avarice.
Load More Replies... Sven Horlemann 10 months ago
I switched a lot products and services because I am not willing to go subscription (i.e. Adobe). Nope. Bought other software, and I am happy with it.
Heras buddy 10 months ago
I still buy physical media. My only subscription is for MLB radio to listen to my favorite team.
#8
Toys in cereal boxes.
Danger Muppet 10 months ago
The wacky wall crawler that left little stains. 8 year old me loved it and wouldn't mind having another.
Firstname Lastname 10 months ago
The last "toy" I found in a cereal box turned out to be some cheap cardboard cutout you were meant to assemble.
Little Bit 10 months ago
This ceased in the UK partly due to an incident back in the 1990s when my then stepson opened a packet of cereal and found a pack of pills. He thought they were sweets and his mum ONLY JUST managed to stop him from eating them. They turned out to be contraceptive pills and how they got into the cereal box was never discovered.
Definitely a Human 9 months ago
It's good we're not wasting plastic and contributing to landfill with this though
#9
Quality clothing and furniture.
Everything is plywood and polyester, even at the "better" stores. (Edit: I meant MDF and other particular boards).
Robert T 10 months ago
Plywood would be good, as at least it is real wood and is strong and durable. MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) and chipboard are okay as long as they are assembled using decent hardware, and assembled only once. People mock IKEA, but there better stuff is actually pretty solid, and the fixings they use are designed for the materials. Putting wood screws into chipboard just doesn't work. Just done two big wardrobes for my nephew and they were not cheap. I dread to think how much my solid pine furniture would cost now.
Breadcrumb. 10 months ago
Even the major brands in outdoor clothing are using cheaper thinner materials.
Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago
Yes of course there's cheap stuff available. But if you pay good money, you can get good quality. I've got several waterproof jackets made out of 100% synthetic materials. The cheap ones are made of cheap thin materials. The one that wasn't cheap, bought for a very specific role, is very sturdy and definitely not made out of cheap thin fabric. I could have got ten cheap jackets for the same price, only they wouldn't do the job.
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Ange Marsden 10 months ago
Board made from tiny scraps of wood held together with highly toxic (to the environment) glues which falls apart if you sneeze near it
Load More Replies... Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago
Hmm. Quality is still available where I live - if you want to pay for it... If you want it cheap, you'll get the cheap stuff. On the other hand, most of even the cheap clothing where I live is made at least in part out of natural fibres. The only 100% synthetic clothing I've got is made that way for practical reasons.
Cultural shifts often happen so slowly that people don’t tend to notice them, and they reshape the way we see the world around us. To get a glimpse into some of the things that disappeared or changed over the last few decades, we also reached out to Ashley Fell of McCrindle.
She said that “some key changes include the rise of the ‘always-on’ lifestyle. The expectation of instant responses, real-time updates, and 24/7 availability has become the norm, blurring the boundaries between work and personal life.” Another is “the decline of unstructured play. Childhood has become more structured, with scheduled activities replacing spontaneous outdoor play.”
She also mentioned “the transition from ownership to access. Whether it’s music, transport, or even housing, we’ve moved from a mindset of owning assets to subscribing, sharing, and leasing. We now rely on technology to store information rather than committing it to memory, changing how we recall facts, directions, and even personal milestones.”
#10
24-hour businesses. Covid [ended] them and it seems a lot of them aren’t coming back.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
In Winnipeg, crime ended them. There are 7/11s in the roughest neigbourhoods that either closed down or drastically reduced their hours to just the day time. The convenient store near my work often locks their doors so they can control who comes in.
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
Never really had them in Australia, except McDonalds. Places like Kmart were open for 24-48hrs before Christmas Day but that's it. I'm fine with that, I don't see the need for 24hr shopping. If you HAVE to shop in the middle of the night then online should do.
Ace 10 months ago
Good. Wages in (US) retail are already bad enough without forcing people to work all night as well.
Brian Droste 10 months ago
Majority of people who work nights want sto work night shift so it is not like they are forced to work night shift.
Load More Replies... Robert T 10 months ago
We had a 24-hour supermarket here, and whilst shopping at 1am was very peaceful, it was a nightmare with cages everywhere stocking the shelves. They now open 6am-midnight six days and 10am-4pm on a Sunday. The pharmacy is open 8am-8pm. There is pretty much nothing that can't wait 6 hours, and there is one emergency pharmacy open somewhere in the town every day.
Heras buddy 10 months ago
We didn't have them before the 80s. They're not really a necessity. They are a convenience.
PhaseWitFact 10 months ago
We don't even have restaurants that are open 7 days a week here anymore. Like they all close on 1 or 2 random days
#11
Privacy.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
I sometimes wonder who has me in the backgrounds of their videos and photos, or if I've been posted online as that "sketchy" person walking in front of a house.
#12
Shame.
JSD 10 months ago
People have no same or feel embarrassment anymore. They don't care if they look like the biggest dip$hit.
Little Bit 10 months ago
There was a time when if you did something bad or something embarrassing happened to you, you hoped nobody saw or nobody would find out. These days as soon as someone does something stupid they're straight on social media to tell the world and see how many likes they get.
Some of the things mentioned on this list, like good quality furniture or online spaces for children, are important things that many people don’t want to see go. It’s hard to accept that these kinds of cultural shifts can happen even if they are still wanted by folks in society.
Dr. Corey explained that “even if the consumer likes something, if it doesn’t make enough money for the provider, companies will discontinue a product or service, or cut corners on quality to increase revenue (smaller packaging, less sturdy materials).”
“Society is more litigious, so terms to sign are longer, and everything needs some type of signature not to sue, or if they are deemed too litigious, they are simply discontinued. There has been a corporate takeover of shopping, consolidating product sales into a few pipelines (even small businesses doing transactions on Amazon are bound by Amazon’s sales goals and payouts),” she added.
#13
Ability to read a physical map.
M O'Connell 10 months ago
Nobody struggles with reading or understanding a physical map. What they struggle with is being able to locate themselves on a map using the details around them (as opposed to GPS simply dropping a pin).
Ron Man 10 months ago
Not being able to locate yourself on a map is a struggle with reading or understanding a map...
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Lady Eowyn 10 months ago
I miss physical maps. I could orient myself based on where I was a lot easier than I can with google maps. I don't have GPS.
Bored Trash Panda 10 months ago
I was the map reader most of the time on camping trips. I can gladly say that I still know how to read a map and will teach my son how to as well in case he ever needs to when the apocalypse happens.
Little Bit 10 months ago
I said when sat-nav first became available that it was the beginning of the end of people being able to think for themselves and i wonder how many people would be able to read a map in 20 years time because they're too reliant on technology.
#14
People reading actual books in parks and public transport. It's a joy to see someone on the train with a book in their hands. I always smile and take a squiz at what they're reading and do a little squee if it's something I've read.
Edit 1: not saying people are illiterate. Just noticing the move from physical books to devices/audiobooks.
Edit 2: im Australian - "squiz" = look (give us a squiz = let me have a look).
panther 10 months ago
If someone is reading book in public please leave them alone, it can be very annoying to be interrupted while reading.
fluidmasterflapper 10 months ago (edited)
I understand your preference, but please don't speak for other people. I ONLY read in public -- I don't like reading at home. I spend two or three hours of my days off reading in coffeehouses. I read physical books instead of e-readers because I WANT to talk to people: I'm a very social person, and a book in hand is a good conversation starter. I LIKE being interrupted reading if it results in social interaction, and I find that people will start conversation if you're looking at a book, but not when you're just looking at a phone or e-reader. The key is to be cognizant of the other person's preferences -- if you start saying something and someone doesn't want to talk, drop it and leave it at that. That goes for all interaction, of course, and not just for people that are reading.
Load More Replies... Firstname Lastname 10 months ago
I love to read books, but don't read in parks because I'd have to squint in the sun and keep an ear out for predators.
2x4b523p 10 months ago
I love physical books and will happily read one if someone gifts it to me, but they just aren’t practical compared to e-readers. With kindle my arms don’t hurt even if I read lying on my back, I can have multiple books everywhere I go without added weight, they don’t gather dust once I’m done with them and I don’t need to keep my husband awake with a lamp.
Bored Trash Panda 10 months ago
Same. I love physical books, but my kindle is so much more convenient and cheaper.
Load More Replies... Little Bit 10 months ago
It's too cold and rainy where I live to be able to read a book in my local park, not to mention all the dr****ies and beggars that hang about. Public transport is usually crammed too full for you to be able to enjoy a book in peace.
William Teach 10 months ago
If I'm looking at my phone there's a 50/50 chance I'm reading my book
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
I certainly am reading less in public, mostly because I drive most places now. I still take a book if I'm out for the day with my mum, because I'm bound to have time waiting for her.
#15
Online spaces for kids.
When I was a child, we had several online places MADE for children. Every single children's TV channel had a website with games for kids, there were several online games geared towards children (like Club Penguin), etcetera.
Now if you're a 10 year old, you either rot your brain with s****y youtube videos or you rot your brain with social media.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
There's still some of those sites around. I don't think they were ever totally safe.
Phoenix 10 months ago (edited)
When I was a kid there was no online anything. We had roller skating rinks, bowling alleys, video arcades, etc. We actually spoke to other people and interacted with them. Or we went outside and played. It was great!
Alex Martin 10 months ago
Those are mostly gone now and they often don't allow unescorted young people anymore. We killed off public spaces.
Load More Replies...Trends come and go, but there are certain cultural things that folks wish wouldn’t just change over time. That’s why we asked why some stuff disappears from culture over time even if it’s useful.
Ashley mentioned that “as new innovations emerge, older solutions often become redundant. For example, ‘online spaces for kids’ were replaced by broader social platforms, even though a dedicated, safer environment might still be valuable. Local shops have declined as large retailers and e-commerce giants offer convenience and competitive pricing.”
“The value we place on things evolves. Privacy, once a given, has been deprioritized in favor of convenience, personalization, and hyper-connectivity. As new generations shape culture, they bring different preferences. What one generation values may not carry forward, leading to the gradual decline of traditions, habits, and even entire industries,” she added.
#16
Local Shops : Neighborhood stores are dwindling as big-box retailers and the convenience on online shopping take over the market.
Heras buddy 10 months ago
If you want to keep them , you need to shop them. And shop them on a regular basis not just once in a while. They need cash flow to survive.
Chewie Baron 10 months ago
What’s this shouting? We'll have no trouble here! This is a local shop for local people. We don’t serve your kind here.
#17
Childhood.
As a parent I feel fighting an uphill battle by keeping ours screen free: kids need to be taught how to play, how to interact with other humans, they don’t even go out to play with friends anymore, it’s all online. .
StrangeOne 10 months ago (edited)
Kids can't even just pop over to their friends house anymore. It has to be a planned playdate. Heaven forbid a kid knocks at their friend's door because the parents don't like unexpected visitors. We did this all the time. And if it was a bad time, the parents would just tell you to come back later or the next day. No big deal.
Little Bit 10 months ago
It made me realise just how much things had changed a few years ago when my youngest daughter was about 8 and she asked if I ever had playdates when I was her age. I said no and that we just went outside and plated with whoever else was out playing or if there was no one out I would go to my friends' houses. I think its sad that these days you have to literally make an appointment just so that your kids can play together.
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nicholas nolan 10 months ago (edited)
Eh, why not? I'm in my 40s. I made one tactical error in 2007, and now I'll never own a home. My retirement plan is a multi-state car chase and a shootout with agents of the coming American Stazi. And I make more money than I EVER thought possible when I was in school. I'm gonna go ahead and play my video games and have as much fun with my kids as I can.
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#18
Coins on the sidewalk.
Don Adams 10 months ago
Must be the one I lost Congrats on your windfall!
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Arthur Waite 10 months ago
When I was a kid, my Father took me to a new store for a look-see, and coming out, I caried the package while he went through his change. He was tossing the pennies away, onto the sidewalk or on the street. He explained that he'd been doing this after he realized that the pennies had less and less value as time went on. He said: "this'll make someone's day." Time passing, pennies are gone (in Canada) and now I'm tossing nickels, and remembering my Dad.
Brian Droste 10 months ago
Probably because a lot of people use a credit card or a debit card and don't use or carry cash as much so coins are not dropped as much as when everyone carried cash.
PunchinelloTX 10 months ago
To this day, my father can spot a coin on the sidewalk seemingly at a great distance. He’s always finding things on the ground.
Since every generation brings with it some kind of changes, it’s important for us to get on board with the idea as fast as possible. Whether the differences in society are positive or negative, if we continue to gripe over them, it might only lead to us feeling stressed and nostalgic for the past.
The best thing to do when faced with big changes in life, society, or culture is to appreciate the things you still find familiar. Connecting with people who feel the same way as you can also make a big difference, as you can share your experiences and vent about the things that have changed or disappeared.
#19
Small phones. Remember the pre-smartphone era when manufacturers raced to make phones smaller and smaller. Then the iPhone was launched and everyone thought it was too big at the time but now even that looks tiny.
Now even cheap smartphones are huge, like mini tablets and barely fit into pockets.
Tabitha 10 months ago (edited)
Or hands. The last iPhone that comfortably fit in my small hands was the iPhone 5. We don’t all have ginormous paws, you know.
Gretchen Esquilin 10 months ago
I have a 13 mini & I LOVE it!!! My hands are freakishly small so it works great for me! Plus, I hate carrying big purses & w/ our limited pockets, I need a phone to fit. So many ppl comment on my tiny phone. LOL
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Huddo's sister 10 months ago
Mine is the cheapest smartphone I could get and it is pretty small. I would prefer a flip phone but I couldn't get a smart one cheap.
Featherytoad 10 months ago
I had to purchase a new flip from Verizon when everything went 5G. They didn't have the same one as I currently had, which was a nice small one. The one I have now, when you open it, it's as big as a smart phone, and it's ridiculous.
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Bored Sailor 10 months ago
Samsung Flip Z, I love mine, fits in my front pocket fine, even with the car keys. Can sit down no problem.
detective miller's hat 10 months ago
This is why I'm still clinging to my SE. I hate that most phones are the size of a small television. AND I MISS BUTTONS
Arthur Waite 10 months ago
And couldn't they put a decent textured surface, you know, for grip? And maybe even a ring on it for a lanyard. Be a lot fewer videos of people dropping their phones.
#20
My hair.
geezeronthehill 10 months ago
I don't mind getting thin on top, but why has my hair migrated to my cheekbones?
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Michael Largey 10 months ago
I'm 74, and I have all the hair on my head that I had at 24. It's everything below my hair that leaving me.
nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
Purple toupee will show the way / After the hair has gone away
#21
There have been tons of grammatical shifts as texting has become prioritized; nobody uses semicolons anymore. .
StrangeOne 10 months ago
I do sometimes, but semicolons were never that commonly used, unless you were writing a thesis, or an essay with point paragraphs.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
The most important letter I ever wrote in my life would have carried much less impact if I hadn't used semicolons. They set the tempo of the text.
April Pickett 10 months ago
or commas, periods, capital letters, or quotation marks. Some of the material here is just one giant paragraph.
Life will keep on evolving, and we must either evolve with it or get stuck in the past. As you can see from the examples shared by most of the folks on this list, they seem to have accepted that each generation brings its own positives and challenges, and that’s okay.
We would love to hear your examples of what has disappeared from society in the last decade. Please share your ideas in the comments below.
#22
Mid-career jobs. “The Great Flattening.”.
Ron Man 10 months ago
You are confusing mid-career jobs with middle management. Not the same.
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Probably Redbox. They used to be all over the place. I don’t think they even exist at this point.
JSD 10 months ago
The old machines sit out in front of grocery stores and gas stations rotting away, no longer functional.
a person who likes books 9 months ago
yeah there is this Redbox outside my local 7-11 it stopped working a while ago
Load More Replies... Alex Martin 10 months ago (edited)
I looked it up. They went bankrupt in July 2024 and shut down. How did I not know this? I still see the boxes around town. It appears they have all been abandoned and some have been looted. I guess the wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead.
#24
First hand knowledge of the Roaring Twenties, and Great Depression.
nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
Seriously. We still have half of the twenties left, and there's a reasonable chance of a depression happening under the current "bold leadership."
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Bobbie McMasters 10 months ago
Unfortunately, we are much too close to repeating the experience.
Lara Verne 10 months ago (edited)
We havethe roaring twenties right now. It definitely started with a roar back in 2020 . And Great depression- don't worry, we're working on it
Geoffrey Scott 10 months ago
As a billionaire works tirelessly to destroy those things that ensured such drastic measures are unneeded is underway. Do our priorities need realigning? Yes, but not in the direction it's going.
Brian Droste 10 months ago
Thats been 100 years ago. As time goes by so course the younger generation is not going to be interested in history. I wasn't interested in history when I was young.
#25
There are no DVD departments in stores anymore, which feels strange.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
We have record stores here, thrift shops and p**n shops have DVDs, and Walmart still has them, I think.
Phantom Phoenix 10 months ago
'Come' on, BP, take a few 'secs' & get yourselves a dictionary; 'bone' up on the word spelled p a w n. You're censoring an innocent word because it's a homophone of one you don't like. It's tiresome - and I, for one, am already totally 'pooped'
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 10 months ago
Not in department stores, but I still buy them from electronic/entertainment stores. I just bought the complete Rugrats box set the other day.
Michael Largey 10 months ago
One of my former students worked for Target at their headquarters in Minneapolis, helping to select which DVDs Target would offer in their stores. I wonder what she's doing these days.
Ace 10 months ago
DVDs? Bloody youngsters. Racks and racks of proper LP records, if you please.
nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
LPs... I only have a few hundred, but I bought another one less than a week ago. I also have my mother's 78s, but no way to play them.
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Isn’t it weird ten years ago means 2015 and not 2010 or 2005.
nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
Hey, do you remember last summer - oh wait, it was 20 years ago.
Phantom Phoenix 10 months ago (edited)
Feels like Y2K happened (ya know, about 10 years ago); hit differently than expected; left us in a time-warped alternate dimension
#27
Skype.
#28
3D and Curved TVs.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
Giant TVs. I recently bought a smaller one. It left some "wall-estate" to put a large painting above my new TV.
john doe 10 months ago
I have a curved TV in my living room, bought it about 9 years ago, it's perfect for my living room because it sits in the corner of the room allowing it to be viewed from the sides better, you don't notice your watching at an angle really, it seems to feel straight on at a wider angle. My living room is small and has a weird layout, so it works for me.
Lew k 10 months ago
3d tv was a cool concept I had one at one point. The problem is/was no content. There was only a handful of movies released in 3D and you couldn't watch most streaming stuff in 3d so it was kind of pointless. I still have a curved TV and I agree. I don't get it. I keep hoping it will die so I have an excuse to replace it but for what it cost at the time it seems silly to replace it when it still works and it's not terrible just no real benefit to it. The much cheaper tv in our bedroom has a better picture IMO.
#29
Physical checks as payment. I see less and less of those in my business. Cash was on it's way out as well, but we have seen an increase in that.
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
I've never even had a cheque account! I did get my pay in cheques in 2009, but haven't seen one since then.
Load More Replies... Ace 10 months ago
I haven't written a cheque in decades. Chequebooks don't even exist here in Switzerland, since at least 2000 when I moved here. I used to occasionally see people in French supermarkets using them but even that has faded away to almost nothing.
Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago
(Another sillly downvote. There are some miserable wossnames out there. Upvoted, because)
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
I still have to write checks now and then. It's what the appliance repairman, the plumber and the fence builder want for payment. How do these more enlightened countries handle such things? Do the tradies accept Apple Pay? What if I'm an Android user?
StrangeOne 10 months ago (edited)
I like getting direct deposit. Less hassle of trying to make it to the bank so I can cash at the teller without worrying about most of the funds being put on a 5 day hold.
Forrest Hobbs 10 months ago
(Why are these remarks getting downvoted? There are some miserable wossnames out there. Upvoted, because)
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Kathy Richardson 10 months ago
I worked at a convenience store that phased out accepting checks, not because people were writing less, but because bad checks increased and it got harder and harder (and more expensive) to collect on them. A lot of businesses lost a lot of money because of bad checks. Debit cards are a blessing for business.
whiterabbit 10 months ago
My water bill has to be paid by check or cash and they're only open on Wednesdays from 8-12 so that kinda limits my ability to pay cash.
geezeronthehill 10 months ago
Post Helene, I wrote a check to my computer wallah because the net was down. I had to explain several of the features to him because he hadn't seen one in years.
#30
Ringtone, everyone now keeps their phones on silent.
William Teach 10 months ago
I've always kept it on silent, easier to feel the buzz than the tone. But, I do have a Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Buffett as tones when necessary
What do you think ?
Warren Peece 10 months ago
There is a pay phone about three miles from my house. They are still in some towns in the USA - especially in areas that have a population of Amish and/or Old Order Mennonites.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
I have a "Trade Credit Voucher" from Tower. Evidently I returned a King Crimson album in the summer of 1997.
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BlahBlobLa 10 months ago
The ability to find a way to entertain yourself when you're bored that has nothing to do with a screen.
Trisec Tebeakesse 10 months ago
Common Courtesy. Everybody is so d**n entitled these days - I think a lot of that has to do with COVID, tbh. We forgot how to behave as a society in a matter of weeks, and never re-learned.
Warren Peece 10 months ago
#1 A good work ethic. "What, you want me to so some work!? I thought having a job meant playing on my phone all day and getting paid."
nicholas nolan 10 months ago
In my experience, good work ethic is there right up until the moment the younger generation realizes there isn't a living wage to be had at an organization, unless you were grandfathered in. Can't say as I blame 'em.
Load More Replies... Warren Peece 10 months ago
There is a pay phone about three miles from my house. They are still in some towns in the USA - especially in areas that have a population of Amish and/or Old Order Mennonites.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 10 months ago
I have a "Trade Credit Voucher" from Tower. Evidently I returned a King Crimson album in the summer of 1997.
Load More Replies... BlahBlobLa 10 months ago
The ability to find a way to entertain yourself when you're bored that has nothing to do with a screen.
Trisec Tebeakesse 10 months ago
Common Courtesy. Everybody is so d**n entitled these days - I think a lot of that has to do with COVID, tbh. We forgot how to behave as a society in a matter of weeks, and never re-learned.
Warren Peece 10 months ago
#1 A good work ethic. "What, you want me to so some work!? I thought having a job meant playing on my phone all day and getting paid."
nicholas nolan 10 months ago
In my experience, good work ethic is there right up until the moment the younger generation realizes there isn't a living wage to be had at an organization, unless you were grandfathered in. Can't say as I blame 'em.
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