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Have you ever noticed that your grandparents' old fridge just keeps on ticking, despite often being multiple decades old? Or the home screen of a new phone has a Christmas tree’s worth of lights and color on it for no good reason? Well, you aren’t alone.
Someone asked “What's a piece of 'obsolete' technology you still use today because it's better than the modern version?” and people gave their favorite examples. From good, old-fashioned knobs in their cars to, thankfully, not-smart home appliances, get comfortable before you read through, upvote your favorites and be sure to comment your own suggestions below.
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#1
Any non-“smart” things. Light bulbs, doorbell, washing machine, fridge, etc. I don’t need any of them to connect to the internet. Just do the basic job and don’t break or quickly become obsolete, please.
Agfox 2 years ago
Some top of the line models are apparently very complex & sophisticated. I recall reading a story about a family in Australia who had problems with one such brand/model that were severe enough to require an engineer in Europe to log in to their machine & download a software patch to resolve the issue
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LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
I'm not rich enough for smart s**t in my house. I'M barely smart: I don't need a lightbulb outdoing me. 😄
Valek Fermiga 2 years ago
High Five!! Thank you, you properly made me chuckle!!
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JJ 2 years ago (edited)
There was a German study released a couple of months ago that found out how smart homes can be a major help for disabled and elderly people in the future. Many people would rather live in a smart home than in a nursing home and this can be accomplished by smart appliances, robots helping to keep the house clean, easier keeping track of groceries, smart heating system (that actually saves you a whole lot of money, too, as it wastes less energy).. and I have to admit, the last time I broke my ankle and couldn't walk without crutches for six weeks, I was so damn glad husband installed some smart appliances and I was to be able to turn the light on and off and send the robot to clean the house.
TheAmericanAmerican 2 years ago
Ha! Better start advocating against the global capitalist system then, because Planned Obsolescence is a "innovative" feature of Capitalism, not a bug
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
I wish I had obsolete little Christmas lights. I absolutely hate the led ones, especially in the color blue. The leds blind me, and the blue ones seem like they both blind you but can’t be seen at the time. And I hate the ultra bright leds in stores and signs. Horrible on my eyes.
Jen 2 years ago
I have the same thing with the blue ones. They make my eyes feel weird. Sadly, my mom loves them, and I spend Xmas with her.
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Dave Hinckley 2 years ago
I assume that everything is vulnerable. I don't want someone getting into my network through a refrigerator, or a lightbulb.
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Grant Caldwell 2 years ago
I understand your point of view, I even agree with you about the fridge and washing machine, but I love my smart bulbs. I can have my house lit up when I arrive and dont have to think about it. And video doorbells are great for security for when you are away. Like anything it has its benefits.
Ammyshine Kim 2 years ago
What? You have to 'think' about turning a light on when you enter a dark house? Having it 'lit up' before you get home is a total waste of energy too.
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Liz Downing 2 years ago
Not only do I not need them to connect to the internet, I don't want them to.
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#2
Knobs in my car to control radio and heat/ac. So much safer than screens
Mark 2 years ago
Yes, especially if you’re driving, you don’t need to look at a touchscreen and can keep your eyes on the road
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
You will be frieght if you drive a truck and see almost 7 of 10 person's that pass you are reading or tiping on the cell phone . Then they have a car accident . Trust me I see it every day in the road . They are jerks ( both males and females )
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Joeshar 2 years ago
1- knobs are faster, you don't have to push +/- again and again. You don't have to take a look which degree/volume you are at while driving. 2- the panic when your hand/finger touches another setting by mistake
Sugar Shack 2 years ago
Volkswagen just announced they are adding buttons back into their line because they got so much blowback from customers. They went almost fully touchscreen.
Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
I. Hate. Touchscreens in cars they’re the worst… I can deal with voice controls a little bit like when it comes to tuning the radio.
Alex Ruddies 2 years ago (edited)
I'd rather have knobs myself. Much easier to replace a potentiometer than replace a display.
#3
Not exactly obsolete, but I've been told it's odd in 2023. I buy physical CDs, rip them to my hard drive, put a copy on my phone, and listen to my music without ad interruptions or subscription costs.
Edit: and for all you "bUt ThAt'S mOrE eXpEnSiVeR!" folks, no it ain't. I'm in my 40s. I listen to mostly the same s**t I listened to in the 90s, and I've already had most of my music collection for 25+ years. I'm buying 3 new CDs a year, max.
Victoria Howell 2 years ago
I never buy CDs. I purchased a software program a few years back that records anything coming into my computer. I find songs I like on the internet. Play it and record it, no ads and excellent sound quality. I love it!
Load More Replies... LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
I still prefer buying CDs and Blu-rays/DVDs as I know, once it's in possession, it'll always be mine to watch - no worrying over steaming rights or surprise disappearances from online platforms.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 2 years ago (edited)
Exactly, plus there is no way that I am going to repurchase my physical collection for a digital one. If the digital copy is included I might use it, but I will always prefer owning a physical copy. EDIT: plus no ridiculous monthly subscription costs!!!
Load More Replies... Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
remembering the days of having that giant book of CDs in the car with you, lol
Sue User 2 years ago (edited)
I had the holder that attached to the visor.
Load More Replies... Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
I go to 2nd-hand shops and get old LPs, clean them up, digitise them and add to my computerised collection. Costs around 25c each if you buy a dozen or so. Get stuff you just can't get on CDs or on-line, e.g. my 14 LPs of African tribal drum music.
Crybabyartist 2 years ago
DUDE!! I hope you found all my old "Atlas records" that I sold to Herm when i had to move in the coldest day
Load More Replies... VioletHunter 2 years ago
The people who say that's expensive don't count how much they pay for Spotify and Co. every year.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Besides, you can go to the library and borrow CDs/DVDs/Blu-Rays and copy them to your computer. Or you can buy MP3s from a number of sources.
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Diolla 2 years ago
I've got a big CD collection but never play them anymore. Spotify is so much easier and has greatly expanded my music horizon. After hearing the same CDs for years I like to hear other stuff.
Kaiti Yoder 2 years ago
Yeah I still have all my CDs but I wanted to found half my favorite bands if it wasn't for Pandora. I can only listen to the same song so many times.
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Gavin Johnson 2 years ago
I’m in my 40s, in fact I’ve barely got 10 months left as a ‘forties’, I am still hunting down new music, broadening horizons, listening to new music every week. I get that the old stuff makes you happy, comfortable and brings back memories, that’s fine but you’ll benefit from straying from your comfort zone, keep reading new books, looking for new artists, listening to new music. I promise it’ll keep you young, it’ll open your mind, you can go to small gigs, actually see the band members, probably meet them at the bar, £150 for a ‘big’ gig? Nah, £10-20 and you’ll get to the bar, the view will be better, you’ll support new bands, new music. PS Buy some merch, it keeps music alive.
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
Before MP3s, CDs, Cassettes, 8-Track, or Vinyl, there was family singing which is why suicide rates were so high back then.
#4
Paper menu… why you making take a picture of a square, go to a website and squint on my phone to see what you got to eat.
Regina Holt 2 years ago
My friends took me out to dinner, I'm waiting for the person to bring our menus, and my friends said it on their app. What the f***k? they had to download that square thing, to then download something else, I don't need all this c**p on my phone, I already disable a lot of the stuff on it, now I gotta add more, and it makes life harder? No Thanks
Mouse 2 years ago
I went to a restaurant like what you describe. Could only order on the APP & paid on the APP. Someone brought out beer & pizza. The APP defaulted to 30% tip at the end. I overrode it to 20% tip thinking to myself even that was too much. Food was great, never will I return.
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Chris Cristo 2 years ago
What if I don't have my phone with me or its battery is dead? Can't eat there?
RaroaRaroa 2 years ago
Anything that encourages people to stare at their phones, when they're meant to be socialising, has got to be a bad thing.
Al Fun 2 years ago
For every step that you have to do yourself at a restaurant, such as opening menu on the phone, ordering and paying on the phone, etc, there should be percentage deducted from the usual tip.
BrownTabby 2 years ago (edited)
I’ll probably need to turn in my New Zealander card for this, but leave the tip alone. The server didn’t decide this BS. (Actually, now I think about it, “you can’t withhold the money that covers the servers’ wages” is codified in New Zealand employment law.)
Load More Replies... Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Maaaaaan I m old. When I were to eat at restaurant the waitress knew me and say to me the menu , and we become friends . Now I have to become friend with my cellphone? This times confuses me
Kaiti Yoder 2 years ago
No, you just have to tell the waitress you want an actual menu.
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#5
Books. I take books out the library, read them, return them. Seeing what books are available on my “want to read list” is a fun game in itself.
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
I'm à great reader who likes to re-read,and being able to carry 300+ of my favorite books with me in a small, lightweight device is a blessing.
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Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Library saved my live in a very hard time I lived ....free entertainment . I love libraries :)
Sue Denham 2 years ago
Agree. I get enjoyment from being able to turn those paper pages. (Although I was so grateful for the library app during lockdown in 2020.)
Jeevesssssss 2 years ago
Gotta say I'm practically chemically bonded to my Paperwhite. I go through books so quickly (I read REALLY fast) and like to hoard them to reread, with notes. But I like to read when I'm eating, and I can just pop it in a zip lock bag (protecting it from sticky/greasy fingers) and rest it on my knee, and just tap it when I need to turn the page while otherwise leaving my hands free.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
An ebook is still a book. But ebooks are nowhere near replacing printed books. Their market share is well under 10%.
Carrie Laughs 2 years ago
Depends on where you get yout stats. According to these sources it's well over 10%. https://www.statista.com/outlook/dmo/digital-media/epublishing/ebooks/worldwide OR https://wordsrated.com/ebooks-sales-statistics/ Bear in mind some countries are going to drag that world figure down. In the UK the figure is over 28%.
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Manuel Delgado 2 years ago
I read very fast and I read a lot. When I got my first kindle I loved it. And my back did too. Eventually, I noticed that I whatever I read on paper left a deeper imprint, I'd locate quite easely whatever quote or scene, I remember the smell of the book itself, whatever was surrounding me while I was reading something... With the kindle some of my reads got a bit mushy in my memory, and the whole experience was less rich. I still use an e-reader almost daily, for a little while. But most of what I read today is on print, and I'm so happy with it.
Aileen Grist 2 years ago
E books are brilliant if your hands are bad (arthritis etc) but I do miss the smell and feel of a real book - and the inability to share books with friends
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Absolutely, Mr Auntriarch made me a little stand for mine, I don't even have to hold it
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Opening a damn web browser and going to a store's website instead of using an app, if the option is there.
Mike F 2 years ago
Unnecessary apps are terrible. They don't need my info to order a shelf set.
PlatinumThe8-BitCat 2 years ago
I do this for almost everything, I don’t even have the bored panda app, I just use the website
Molly Whuppie 2 years ago
Especially when the app just opens the website in their own self contained browser.
shankShaw deReemer 2 years ago
I don't want apps I may use only once crowding up my phone. The fewer apps the better!
Beachbum 2 years ago
I f*****g hate apps!! My son and I used to eat at TGIF's a lot, I had they TGIF rewards card, gave it to the server, she said we don't use the card anymore, you have to use the app. I was pissed! I think I have been back once since then, I guess I just don't get rewards anymore
Michael Largey 2 years ago
On a web browser you can comparison shop by going from site to site. On an app, there is there. Wonder why they push the app?
Trey Frog 2 years ago
Commercial apps are spyware. They push the app to vacuum up as much data about you that they can grab, no matter how irrelevant to the transaction at hand.
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WonderWoman 2 years ago
I don't want an app - they sneak in all kinds of conditions and permissions that I don't/won't read and suddenly the ABC store knows way too much about me, has sold my information, and are running in the background of my phone eating my battery and my data. I will stick to the web browser and my check/balances I have installed within it.
#7
Paper and pencil.
Way better than trying to write or draw on an ipad
BrownTabby 2 years ago
Eh, I’ve always had doctor handwriting and I was born in the 80s.
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magpookie1133 2 years ago
I have lots of artist friends that would disagree. You can't carry a paint set and watercolor set with you at all times but you can if you have an iPad.
Barbara 2 years ago
Not to mention digitizing the work, if it is necessary to do so. Too much is lost in the process.
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I am a disabled artist with extreme tremors. I can't draw on paper anymore because of my shaking and it causes too much pain. My ipad helps me continue to draw without pain and I am extremely grateful to have it.
OogieBoogie 2 years ago
I use a pen and paper in meetings, others look at me oddly as I work in IT, but I find them to be the best tools for the job.
not your average weirdo 2 years ago
I’m an artist and using an iPad to draw is just as valid as paper. It makes it so much easier and there are more ways to be creative with the different brushes and colors
CatLady 2 years ago
I use paper and ink journals. I can take them camping, don't need to worry about keeping a device charged... etc.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
I always carry a notebook and a pen in my jacket ;)
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Wired headphones. Wireless airbuds make me irrationally angry, it just seems so frivolous and easy to lose.
Blue 2 years ago
A defiant no. Wired make me feel seriously 'tethered' up. I can't stand them. You just can't move! They can actually cause a panic attack! I've been using wireless for years. Only ever a single bud. So, as a cyclist, I can still hear what's right of me. But that's my choice all the way. Always. And if yours are falling out all the time, you just need to find the right fit. Like, I can't use those solid plastic ones because they do just fall straight out. I always get the ones with the different sized rubber buds included. Never had one fall out, even in an ear that is slightly wrong... Nope, wireless always for me.
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quentariel 2 years ago
I use wired earbuds too (not earphones, 'cause I like to walk with them and need to be able to take one ear off when in crowded places). Mostly because they are much cheaper and harder to lose. But the most important to me is that I don't need to charge them.
Kate 2 years ago
Okay, and how often do you have to replace them when the wire to one or the other has broken?
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roddeckf 2 years ago
How do you guys always lose your expensive things? Just treat them like a baby, then you won't lose them
Jenny Shmurak 2 years ago
I can never make them stay in my ear and not fall after any small movement. But phones no longer have a jack for wired so that's annoying.
Load More Replies... Jeevesssssss 2 years ago
I LOVE my wireless HEADphones. But you would literally have to pay me to use wireless earbuds. Earphones always fall out my ears - and I ended up being hit by a car because of them (I was sauntering across when the pedestrian crossing light was flashing/turning to red, wearing earphones which were covered by my ears so not visible and were preventing me from hearing oncoming traffic. A car came, assuming I'd hear and scoot out the way. I didn't and got hit at about 30mph. Happily I was fine apart from a bad break to my knee at point of impact, and 6 stitches in my head and concussion from landing - the poor driver was more shaken up than I was; I didn't sue as I'm in the UK so didn't have medical bills and honestly it was at least half my fault.)
doredde 2 years ago
How loud was your music to overhear a honking car? And do you not look, when crossing a road, especially when YOUR signals turn red? What has that to do with your headphones being wireless? Sorry for your accident, but seems to me to be more like a problem of carelessness. Poor driver that hit you. It´s not his job to look for wires on your head and to draw conclusions from that in milliseconds. Try to behave mindful and take responsibility for the consequences of your behaviour when in public, would be my advice...
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Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
Earbuds, period. They fall out, put too much noise directly into my ear canal. Give me regular, over-the-ear, well-fitting headphones.
2 years ago
With headphones, you can't hear ambient noise as well. When i'm in public, i like to hear what's going on around me for safety reasons.
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#9
100% all kitchen stuff like kitchenaids, mixing bowls, old Pyrex, old wooden spoons, Dutch ovens, ect all were better before the 90's newer items of all these things especially Pyrex are flimsy. The appliances have planned obsolescence and new Pyrex baking dishes I'm scared to even use in the oven because I've had 2 explode on me. My old ones I inherited from my grandmother never given me an issue
Regina Holt 2 years ago
I read an article a while ago that said there is a difference in "Pyrex" and "pyrex" The brand Pyrex sold their name to a company that makes cheap knockoffs, which has the lowercase "p" at the front of the name
Barong 2 years ago (edited)
The really old ones prior to the 1950’s used to be borosilicate glass. The new ones are tempered glass. The difference was seen as not enough to justify the cost especially since there competition was using tempered glass for a lot less money. We have a lot; 40 or so. They are between 20 and 2 years old. We use Pyrex for storage containers for mise en place, leftovers, kids lunches, freezing foods,, and various baking dishes (pie dishes are great for baking the crust and filling together.) and haven’t had any issues. (I’ve heard stories though.)The only complaint I’d you can call it one is the plastic lids crack after about 10 years or so which isn’t too bad. I’ve dropped a few over the years and it’s about a 50% chance of whether t will break. Sometimes they don’t break and it amazes me. So from my perspective, I’m quite happy.
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LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
Yeah, Pyrex of old are tanks - the newer stuff is c**p. My mom and I both have had pyrex pieces explode, crack, and shatter in basic cooking tasks. This is also why I love my heirloom wooden spoons and cast iron pans - history and quality wrapped together.
Betty Vanderhooven-SchmaaSchmaa 2 years ago
Does it have anything to do with farting?
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Stephanie L Thesing 2 years ago
I am often flustered by bakeware and measuring cups whose painted identification labels wear off after just a few washes. Especially helpful when your set of measuring cups and spoons are no longer legible and you are left guessing on amounts
David Wallin 2 years ago
The planned obsolescence thing is questionable. Yes, you can get a fantastic deal on an inexpensive appliance that may die soon. But, if you research and buy a quality item for not much more, you'll end up with a long lasting product. Or, at least I do.
CaptainSlapNTickle 2 years ago
This may prove helpful to some folks, I hope. I'm not all sass and sarcastic comments. "Pyrex is oven-safe up to 425 degrees. However, direct contact with heating elements can cause the glass to shatter or break. Pyrex is not oven-safe when used under the broiler or in a toaster oven."
#10
A few years ago I was really broke and had no car, so I bought a 1997 Buick Park Avenue with 200,000 miles on it. That car lasted all the way up to 350,000 miles. Yeah, stuff broke on it, but it was so easy to fix and parts were so cheap.
I had zero mechanical skills, and I was able to bring that car back from the dead on 3 separate occaisions with incredibly basic tools just by reading a manual.
They literally do not make cars like that anymore.
Mark 2 years ago
I’d love to see cars like this more often, as cars are often the most heavily used machines in your life, unless you take public transport. But alas, it shall not be so
Alpha_Snail 2 years ago
Subaru is pretty well known for being very reliable. I’ve seen ones from like the 90’s run just fine and they’re generally easy to fix
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Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
Look at how Cubans keep those old '40's and '50's cars running. No frills, so there's little that can't be fixed. When will auto makers give us a choice of simple, safe cars over the frilly, fragile, electronic money munchers?
Sue User 2 years ago
This is why VW round 2 didnt take off like expected. The originals were easy to fix/ modify.
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Oskar vanZandt 2 years ago
Agree on this point... That cars manufactured in 1970s/80s were built to last.
Andrea Delden 2 years ago
My son bought a car that has to go into the dealer to be fixed. The tools and parts aren't available to the public. Very expensive!
Sky Render 2 years ago
There's usually a reason why certain cars are still on the road 20+ years later. We're going to drive our 99 Corolla until it dies, so probably some time around 2099!
Unkeptwoman 2 years ago
Yup, my 2006 Corolla takes me from central Mexico to Montreal, Quebec and back every year.
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Pol Sigerson 2 years ago
Volvo 245 1986. AU$1500 in 2010. Starts every time and is indestructible.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
i would totally have an all analog dash for this same reason...i can easily replace all those parts by myself for a few bucks....but one thing goes wrong with the computerized dash, and you have to replace the whole thing for over $1K...i also loooooooove manual transmission for the same reason....though it is almost extinct in the u.s.
Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
Yes, but in deference to newER cars is a safety, reliability, and parts availability component to consider. I say "newER" because technology on NEW cars has gone overkill with distracting, complicated screens and such. I think that maybe 5-10 year old cars are the best compromise now, what do you think ?
Noreja 2 years ago (edited)
The distracting screens are mostly a feature on """high end""" models. I tried out all the EV that were popular/talked about/reviewed in Scandinavia last year, including Skoda Enyac, Hyundai Ionic, Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4 etc. Each and every one of them were pleasant to drive and insufferable to control. One big screen, and not a single physical k**b. So I "settled" for a Kia that were like €10k cheaper than most of those models. Turns out that physical buttons, paddles, knobs etc are still the default in that price range.
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#11
Can opener. The manual ones work just fine, I don't know why an electric one that takes up space on the counter 24/7 when it gets used for all of 10 seconds is necessary.
Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
My hands aren't strong enough for a manual anymore. Luckily, I seldom need to open cans. The cats eat kibble.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
I've been hunting up thrift stores for a Swing-a-way can opener! They work better than anything.
Andrea Delden 2 years ago
I recently bought an electric can opener because I have arthritis in my hands and it was getting too painful to use the hand one even though I prefer it!
Karen Grace 2 years ago
Electric is useful when your hands are affected by arthritis and autoimmune disease.
Howard Smith 2 years ago
I havent used a can opener for years all the tins i use have ring pulls
#12
I still use Adobe CS6 because paying monthly for software is some b******t.
Genevieve DeLangie 2 years ago
monthly payments and subscriptions on everything is b******t in general
Far Cough Khan 2 years ago
same. daughter said its called microsoft 360 and need to subscribe.
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S.Martin SM 2 years ago
Just try the Affinity (Design, Photo, Publisher) apps, you get all three of them for ~150$
Mint Sauce 2 years ago
This because most people don't need anything beyond CS6. This forces people to pay for stuff they don't need.
David Wallin 2 years ago
There is some jerk out there trying to figure out how to sell me a $100 washing machine that can only use a detergent cartridge that cost $5 a load.
Scott Rackley 2 years ago
Didn't know Hewlett Packard made washing machines
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Cynthia Carter 2 years ago
I'm hanging on to my Office 2003 and it's cd and printed manual, it's paid for and with the right setup will work on newer PCs. Same with Adobe Acrobat I bought in the early 2000's. I hate all the new subscription BS.
Sebastián Rodríguez 2 years ago
If a company only offers a subcription, I'm pirating that software.
#13
F*****g leaf rake.
Leaf blowers are a scourge. In most cases they save 10% of the time it takes to rake, while annoying 100 people at once.
VioletHunter 2 years ago
God yes. I swear a plane taking off is less loud.
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Daniel Tregant 2 years ago
Then don't rake at all. Leaf degrading provides cover for small animals, insects and nutrition for the lawn and trees.
Ross Shaw 2 years ago
I leave mine as habitat for little bitty things, then mulch the leaves with the first mowing of the spring. My lawn is usually greener and healthier than the neighbors who clear their yards of leaves.
Miranda Veracruz de la Joya Cardenal 2 years ago
Please fact check but I believe the leaves are the natural shelter of necessary bugs. So we should avoid raking leaves, or at least leave the backyard alone.
Kaisa 2 years ago
We should always leave some leaves behind for wildlife, but if you leave thick matt of leaves until spring then it will destroy grass underneath.
Load More Replies... LizzieBoredom 2 years ago (edited)
My cat Attila and I like to play 'Wizard of Oz' (or at least I do).
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geezeronthehill 2 years ago
My lawnmower is an old fashioned clickety clack (with a reel). It doesn't mulch leaves at all. That's why I bought the shredder vac. Rake them up into piles, shred for mulch. I rarely use the blower attachment. I have a tiny yard in the middle of a large forest.
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Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I used to live amongst Hank Hills. These were 1/3-acre subdivision plots on flat land, yet these knobs used riding mowers and then pulled out their leaf-blowers to remove the mower-blown grass clippings off their driveways. A rake and a broom would've sufficed. Use your imagination about their body shapes.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
i would agree for young and fully abled people but many people over 50 just cannot rake a full yard w/o injury or worse...
#14
My job is restoring/conserving obsolete objects (mechanical clocks), does that count?
Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
In this disposable culture we are immersed in, what you are doing is a rare and valuable skill. Please, be sure share your knowledge of clock building with others before you retire so the horologic art is not lost.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
It counts to me because I appreciate the ppl that can restore things or clothes , ppl get rid of clothes when are a little broke . I go to a sewer to fix my 18 years old jacket . I love my jacket is a good one so I fix it not throwing and buy a cheap one
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
I fix woodwind instruments for a living. Clarinets are based on designs from the 1840s, flutes from the 1850s, and most modern saxes trace their design to 1936
keyboardtek 2 years ago
I repaired electronic synthesizers. Finding obsolete parts was a challenge.
#15
Cash. I live in one of the most digitalized countries in the world and we are already so cashless that some places don't even accept cash anymore, even though they're still required to by law.
I still insist on paying with cash to everyones annoyance. It doesn't rely on power or internet and it's anonymeous, the latter being important to me.
Regina Holt 2 years ago
I do charge when I am eating out, but leave a cash tip for servers. I tell them, they don't have to claim it all on their taxes.(oops, any IRS folks out there?)
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
You don't have to tell them, they know. I always tip in cash for this reason. Ridiculous that when someone working a low wage job chooses to hustle a little harder to try and get ahead, the government then demands their cut of the extra effort. Because customer service jobs are just so rewarding!
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WonderWoman 2 years ago
I can stick to a budget much better when I use cash. I literally feel the spending as I am doing it.
Definitely a Human 2 years ago
I'm the opposite. I can track it easier if there's a bank statement
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Randy Sanders 2 years ago
Cash is freedom. Nobody's business but yours what you spend your money on.
OneHappyPuppy 2 years ago
My dad refuses to use cards. He says he doesn't need the bank to know what type of tp he uses...
VioletHunter 2 years ago
A country going completely digital currency is simply dangerous. A cyber atrack on the monetary system could bring the entire country to a grinding halt for weeks or even months.
Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
I once had a waitress CHANGE the amount of my tip on one of those portable credit card machines that they bring to your table. The service was lousy and I thought that 10% for her would be charity, but she somehow CHANGED IT to 18% !!! Cash only tips for me, and ONLY if they deserve it.
Ixanga Cancun 2 years ago
I had a waitress who was quite good change it from 18% to 30%. I didn't notice it until I got a cash receipt. I couldn't see her again so I went to the manager at the desk who gave me a cash refund. It took a while before we left as my bf has MS and moves very slowly. We saw the waitress outside. She said we'd lost her her job. Nope, she had lost the job herself. I wonder how many people she scammed who hadn't noticed? This was a few months ago in Miami.
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Cassie 2 years ago
If you have gone full digital in your everyday purchasing, you should still keep cash in small bills on hand in case of emergencies. We were in a hurricane several years ago and the power was out to the entire region for days (for us, it was two weeks, but they were getting power on sporadically across the region). Several stores were open, including the gas station and Target, but they were doing cash-only business. The gas station wasn't giving change, so that's why small bills are better.
Babs McGurk 2 years ago
I work on a college campus that hat gone totally cash-free, and I hate it. I take my lunch every single day now, as I will never let them 'win' by requiring a debit or credit card for an overprices lunch.
Sabbie Bradley 2 years ago
Fact check: No US law requires businesses to take cash, but local laws may mandate it. However, a bill has been introduced that would require businesses to accept cash: H.R. 4128: Payment Choice Act of 2023.
Appalachian Panda 2 years ago
What makes you think the OP is from the US?
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Books and traditional media. Harder to navigate than the online ones, but kind of stimulates the brain more with less distractions and more peace.
JoyfulZebra 2 years ago
I can read online books fine, but there's just something about holding a real book that can't be compared with digital.
PattyK 2 years ago
I prefer my Kindle. I’m constantly amazed at how small the type is, especially in paperbacks (and the newspaper, which I read on iPad).
VioletHunter 2 years ago
I hate books with large print and always use the smallest font option on my e reader but now all the fonts have become so broad I can't stand them anymore.
Load More Replies... Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
I love many books that are long out of print. Doubt they'll ever make it to online status.
Kraneia The Dancing Dryad 2 years ago
My gripe is online college textbooks. They cost as much as a physical book would have, and you usually lose access after the semester ends. And unlike physical ones where you can sometimes sell them back, you don't get ANY money back.
Andrea Delden 2 years ago
The only thing I like about reading on my iPad is that if there is a word I need to look up I only have to highlight it and boom the definition is there.
LizzieBoredom 2 years ago
'Why Cats Paint' by Heather Busch & Burton Silver. So suck it Kindle.
#17
A normal paper calendar. Idk why i just don't check the calendar on my phone, and I sometimes use a 50 something year old radio because it sounds nice, especially when my headphones run out of battery.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Not necessarily. A lot of transport agencies still gift calendars in Christmas ;)
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Steve Hall 2 years ago
I just printed a 2024 calendar last week, it only cost the 12 sheets of paper and the ink.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
SAME!!! I think it’s because you have to actively look at your calendar in a phone whereas a paper calendar is just there in your line of sight.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
Yeah but that only works if you don't move from the same spot all day every day. With my reminders app, I have the reminders on my phone, laptop, desktop computer, and watch, and as soon as I think of something I need to add I can easily do it no matter where I am. I also get the reminders when and where I need them.
Load More Replies... RaroaRaroa 2 years ago
I use a diary in the kitchen so that all members of the family can put their schedules in it - so we can all see at a glance who's in for dinner this week, or going to be away, or whatever.
Sue User 2 years ago (edited)
This. I have yet to see a phone calendar that syncs across different owner devices.
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Liz Downing 2 years ago
I prefer a paper calendar for home. We get a big deskpad one, and hang it in the kitchen. For work I use Outlook.
Pheebs 2 years ago
Same. I like my Outlook/Phone one because it reminds me of appointments, but my hubs and I still use a paper one in the kitchen so we know each other’s non-work stuff. We tried a digital one, but it got annoying trying to keep separate calendars from our work ones. I also still use a paper day planner at work to keep track of high-level tasks.
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whiterabbit 2 years ago
Same. I like to physically write and check things off in my calendar hanging on my fridge. Even when I was in college I'd look at my due dates online and write them in my notebook so I can check them off as I go. It's way easier for my brain to keep on top of stuff.
#18
Word and MS Office. NOT THE 365 subscription.
Zaphod 2 years ago
I still use my Windows Office 2007. They have not added any functionality that I need since. It irks me when my laptop automatically starts new documents in Office 365
Pieter LeGrande 2 years ago
As an IT support worker I can vouch for the fact that just about everyone wants their old software on the latest computer. Blindingly fast, but still easy to use
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Max Fox 2 years ago
I HATE the subscription. HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT!!!! It is a blatant money grab, and planned obsolescence in its worse possible form. The subscription is nothing more than a way to ensure that a person or company needs to keep on paying for a new one every single year.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
We're still on Office 2003. Sentences are sentences. Paragraphs are paragraphs.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
Very true. But I'm a mathematician, and nothing comes close to Microsoft Office's Equation Editor.
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My “in my head” Voice 2 years ago
Can I upvote this multiple times? I'm using a laptop for work that's got a few issues, but as soon as I upgrade, I have to go to Office 365. I can live with a dead port as long as I can keep using Excel 2016.
Minh Chau Do 2 years ago
I never subscribe to them. I use Google Docs, Spreadsheets and Slides. Problem solved.
All's Gravy 2 years ago
And one day you do one OS update and it turns out to be the one that throws MS Office Pro, Photoshop CS5, PremierePro and a bunch of other purchase, stably installed apps into quarantine!
#19
Vehicles without touchscreens.
Agfox 2 years ago
Up until recently, you had to use the Tesla touchscreen to open the glovebox. Now you can do it in one model (maybe in all) by a long press of one of the scroll wheels on the steering wheel. I guess that's 'progress'...
Jayjay 2 years ago
However, I DO like Google maps :) because when I was young, we had to buy and unfold miles of maps to get somewhere IF you read it right. The maps were difficult to handle, were torn easily, and took away all visibility from the car.
Sally Signup 2 years ago
I'm hopeless when it comes to navigating, so I use GPS/Google maps on my smart phone while driving my 19-year-old car.
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Solidhog 2 years ago
I don't mind touch screens, but A) Don't make it responsible for everything. Mine does SATNAV and entertainment. Everything else is with buttons. I don't want to navigate 3 different menus to just change the temperature by 2 degrees. B) STOP MAKING IT LOOK LIKE YOU GLUED AN IPAD TO THE DASH! I really hate this. I worry more about the styling of the inside of my car than I do the outside because I spend more time inside it than I do looking at the outside.
Glen Ellyn 2 years ago
I'm sure I would, too. Very satisfied with my "dumb" car - almost 22 years old and still going strong.
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Never Snarky 2 years ago
Touch screens are dangerous because you have to take your eyes off the road. Many manufacturers are going back to buttons and dials for some features.
Kyllein MacKellerann 2 years ago
Just flat love them. Touch screens are not user friendly and get dirty and non reactive all too easily. Plus, they distract while you're driving.
Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
Our 2007 has a touchscreen for non-essential things so it's not the distraction that's found on most -- if not all -- new cars.
#20
Pen and paper works so much better than Android notes.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
As someone with doctor handwriting, the notes app has been a godsend for me tbh
Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
If your handwriting is so bad that even you can't read it, maybe practice a little more? If I'm writing notes for myself, I'll be able to read it, although no one else can. If I write notes for others, I make sure to write clean and clear. My main style of writing is a mixture of print and cursive, so it is an absolute mess, but I can always read it, and writing things down always helps me remember stuff. The only thing I absolutely have to write clearly, is numbers. I can't remember that part number even if I write it down. With numbers, I always write them big, like really big. They also go into the notes app it's much easier to copy/paste when looking up parts, you have the part number right there
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majandess 2 years ago
My family tried many ways of keeping a shopping list. Phone apps, Google assistant, white board... Best way turned out to be a clipboard mounted on the wall with paper and writing implement. So, that's what we use.
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Roxy222uk 2 years ago
It's **so** much quicker to write than to tap out one letter at a time on a phone. And I find that writing by hand helps memory in a way that tapping doesn't.
Melissa Harris 2 years ago
That's what I'm always telling my husband. He'll be trying to peck out an entire grocery list and take a eon to do so while I've finished the list and still have time to hand write out War and Peace.
Load More Replies... Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
I use a Pentel blue pen. Cause my handwriting is awful but this pen help me
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StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago
I remove my guilt by buying recycled paper ones, lol. The grandkids (14 & 7) love notebooks too, so it isn't just dinosaurs like me that appreciate them. 😊
Tameeza Joyce Lightowler 2 years ago
I sometimes write down things using a pen on my hand... You can't lose your hand!... Well, unless you're very unfortunate
iseefractals 2 years ago
Yeah, why take notes on something that you always have with you when you can support environmental destruction.
Imee Plateja 2 years ago
Because the production of phone is cery environmental friendly… I mean ypu can have a phone from recycled materials right?
Load More Replies... Pheebs 2 years ago
For work, I use a paper day planner, Rocket notebooks (erasable pen), and a Remarkable ePaper tablet. The planner is great for high level task tracking, and quick notes I reference later. The Rocket notebooks are good for meetings where I don’t want to carry much. If you feel like using the app, you can also take a picture of the pages in to a combined PDF and email the notes to yourself and others. My ePaper tablet is my workhorse note machine. It takes to handwriting really well, doesn’t have a million apps, and allows me to keep project notes organized without resorting to multiple physical notebooks or binders. It also has a built in feature to allow me to send notebooks or pages to people.
#21
If I can find something that’s not reliant on electricity to operate, I’ll opt for it. I have a hand coffee grinder instead of an electric one. I have a French press instead of a coffee maker. I have a hand crank pasta maker instead of a motor operated or a kitchenaid pasta attachment. I’ve gotten to a point where I’m trying to find items that can end up being heirlooms, that’s how well built they are. F**k planned obsolescence, honestly.
JessieJ&LilyLovebug 2 years ago
These people have never heard of the joint problems of old age...
Nicola Mawson 2 years ago
Or live in South Africa, where having power is a luxury
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Somebodys grandmother 2 years ago
I am 56. I have never lived in a home with a microwave and I don't own an airfryer.... and I live i denmark- I can easely afford both.... but I don't care - these things are useless for me...
Diolla 2 years ago
I don't have an airdryer, coffee machine or clothes dryer, but I could not do without my microwave.
Load More Replies... Maisey Myles 2 years ago
I use an Aero-Press for my coffee but I couldn’t live without my electric kettle
VioletHunter 2 years ago
I'm using my great grandparents' coffee grinder still. I see no reason to buy a new one that needs electricity and will probably break down in less than a decade.
somnomania 2 years ago
i buy pre-ground coffee and do cold brew, which requires no electricity and makes coffee with less acid in it, which my stomach appreciates.
#22
A manual transmission, for a given definition of "better"
Regina Holt 2 years ago
Every car I've ever bought was manual transmission. Easier and cheaper to drive and repair
Zaphod 2 years ago
And it is fun! (unless you are in bumper to bumper traffic)
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roddeckf 2 years ago
Automatic transmission is just much more hassle free for daily commutes. You're not on a race to work, no need for perfect shifting.
Skim Beebles 2 years ago
I don't drive stick shift because I'm pretending that I'm racing, I do it because I enjoy it. For me, it makes my daily commute more fun. You do you and I'll do me!
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Lady Gypsy Rain 2 years ago (edited)
It’s getting difficult to find a manual transmission these days. And they are so much better on gas and mine always had fewer transmission problems
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Well, here the automatic is a weird thing. Almost all card are manual. My truck is manual and have 16 gears plus back one and reducted one . My car also have five gears . I recognise trucks now are almost nee ones automatic but cars don't, and yes is better manual
Mark Howell 2 years ago
My Autistic brain can't cope with automatic cars, so when manuals are phased out I guess I'll walk
Jac Sp 2 years ago
I've only ever owned manuals which are the norm in the UK. I really dislike driving automatic. And they guzzle way more fuel.
Astro 2 years ago
“It’s a widely-held belief that automatic cars guzzle more petrol than their manual equivalents. While that used to be the case as older models were fitted with a slow, three-speed transmission, automatic technology has hugely improved in recent years. In many cases, you may even find that you’ll get more miles to the gallon in an automatic.” :)
Load More Replies... Zoe Belen 2 years ago
I hate automatic. I was forced to buy an automation when the tsunami in Japan happened (Toyota) and I just hate it. Also drove standard for twenty years in Canadian snowstorms, distance of 100 km one way, in a tiny standard Toyota, never had an accident. And they are so much better on hills in snow and ice!
Barbara Kayton 2 years ago
Repairable, serviceable cars that don’t require a computer setup to fix, period.
#23
DVD and Blu-ray. Streaming is almost never at anything approaching full resolution.
MrsFettesVette 2 years ago
I like that I can actually own media and never have to worry that a service will lose their license to carry it. I have bought some digital copies of films out of desperation (like being stuck in a hotel room during a storm) and I never feel like I really own the movie. Plus, the complex ins and outs of negotiating music rights for movie soundtracks means some films might never make it to streaming.
BrownTabby 2 years ago
Thisss. Also having all my movies and shows in one place instead of cobbling together a whole lot of different places that each only have some of them. Also sometimes the studios censor the movies later.
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Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Plus my DVDs and Blu rays will always be there, and I can choose to watch them months or even years after buying them. I don't like being railroaded into watching something right now just because it will be disappearing from the streaming service soon
Vasha 2 years ago
and DVDs have special features, alternate endings, director's explations, deleted scenes, etc.
Jossh Nine 2 years ago
I'm a big fan of commentaries. It's like watching a documentary about the movie, while you watch the movie.
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Anna Drever 2 years ago
TV series that one minute are on one streaming service and then they’re pulled because another one now has the rights… This is why I buy the DVDs and I can watch them whenever the heck I want.
KDS 2 years ago
And with dvds you don’t have to worry about the apps not working or constantly buffering when you want to watch something.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Or [censored] ads! I HATE when a [censored] ad interrupts a video I am watching. Looking at you, YouTube!
Load More Replies... CG 2 years ago
As a fan of the Gundam series, it's very hard to find a single streaming service that has every season/storyline since the 70's (and ongoing) in one place. While expensive, saving up the money to buy a physical copy goes a long way in keeping it for a long time, especially when the rights to retain the series is very stingy (looking at you, Netflix).
Poison Ivy/Boo 2 years ago
A few months ago I was cleaning out the eaves and I came across a box with our old dvds, and cleaned out the attic cupboard and found 2 old dvd players and a dvd/VCR player. Unfortunately the combo didn't work (bummer) but managed to fix one of the dvd players. Was over the moon. Still had to order a remote for it off eBay, but rather spend £12 than £40 on a new one.
Summer Woodsong 2 years ago
Yep, up here in the hills we don't have reliable streaming capacity. If it's a favorite I want hard media so I know I have it forever.
#24
Cast iron
Breadcrumb. 2 years ago
Nah, it was basically the only thing at one point.
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Lisa B 2 years ago
I am in that club, too, can never figure out how to keep everything from sticking to it, then when it does you aren't supposed to wash it? Too much.
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keyboardtek 2 years ago
Great if you like spending time caring for them and having to use lots of oil or butter so the food does not stick. There are plenty of safe non stick fry pans now that do not put teflon particles in the food.
Summer Woodsong 2 years ago
Look in the thrift stores and antique stores for the good ones. The newer ones strike me as less than well-seasoned and stickier.
#25
My fountain pen.
I have a Parker 51 from '69. It's just so smooth
Sue Denham 2 years ago
And classy. There's something so sophisticated about using a fountain pen.
Kyllein MacKellerann 2 years ago
I use a 1.1 mm Italic nib on mine. It gives my script just that slightest bit of polish and makes it pleasant to read.
Load More Replies... Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
Parker Duofold fountain pens ftw! Beautifully balanced Art Deco masterpieces.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Ah, yes I treated myself to one in the 80s, it's a joy
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Must Be Bored Again 2 years ago
Only pen I ever used for four years of high school. Once you learn to used them correctly, your learn why they are so beautiful to use for your writing.
Notme 2 years ago
Not if you’re part of the 10% of the population who’s left-handed. Absolute bloody nightmare for us.
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Minh Chau Do 2 years ago
Every elementary student in Vietnam has to write with one.
Load More Replies... Minh Chau Do 2 years ago
I have one from Ichi (Japan) Loved it, used it to make more classier handwritten stuff to decorate my notes every once in a while.
Maureen Matthew 2 years ago
I think I write more profound thoughts when I use my fountain pen probably not but that is ehat I think
#26
Cursive
Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
The person that wrote this note failed penmanship class or is high af. 😵💫
Maggie Fulton 2 years ago
I write cursive, but my notes are borderline illegible. Unfortunately, my printing is not much better.
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Cyndielouwhoo 2 years ago
Why did they stop teaching it? I mean it's something everyone should know. It's also a lot faster for handwriting, anything really.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
They still teach it in Australia. My state's compulsory handwriting is Victorian modern cursive, though usually kids just call it 'joined-up writing'. They still give out pen licences too.
Load More Replies... S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
Cursive is today's Morse Code. Kids today cannot write it or read it. My wife had a 22-year-old secretary who could not even begin to understand what anything written in cursive said. She literally just sat and stared at it, she asked my wife if she could please print it out for her. Really kind of sad.
SadieCat17 (she/her) 2 years ago
That literally is not true. Your cursive is bad if other people can't read it. I've only met a few people that struggle with reading mine because they don't know cursive.
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Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
I home schooled my daughter for a few years because she's gifted and the public schools here don't grade advance grade schoolers. They also stopped teaching cursive, but I didn't. It was a four year complement to spelling practice and her cursive is quite nice, but she never uses it. When she entered public school, it made her feel different, so she never uses it. It's painful for me to watch her write things in print.
Melissa Harris 2 years ago (edited)
If she writes sit down essays in university she'll thank you. You can write MUCH faster in cursive then in print. Which is critical when you have 2 hours to finish an essay worth a substantial part of your grade.
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The Short Lady 2 years ago
I don't understand why people think cursive is superior. I write in cursive but writing is writing.
majandess 2 years ago
Cursive uses different parts of your brain than print. And even more than typing. When it comes to learning, memory, and recall, how information connects in the brain is super important. I liken it to a map. If you learn something, you're building a cul de sac. You have the road that got you there, and it's the only way to get back to that info. But if you use more pathways to connect to that info, you start building streets and highways that connect to that piece, so there are more ways to return to it and recall what's stored there. Cursive, like printing, creates a sensory connection to what you write. But cursive also uses parts of the brain related, not just to language in the left side, but also to drawing in the right. It provides more connections in the act of creation, so whatever information isn't just a dead end road.
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Robin DJW 2 years ago
Pretty soon ANY manual writing will be obsolete. People who need to sign something will have to just make an X. This is better how?
Tabitha 2 years ago
THIS! You’re the only person in these comments to mention that cursive is useful in creating a distinct signature. Everyone should be able to sign their name, in their own unique style that someone else would find difficult to replicate, to legal documents. I guess the job of forensic handwriting analyst will be obsolete soon as well.
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Rae Rory 2 years ago
Learning cursive is important, not for writing, but so kids can read historical documents, Like the Constitution.
lawrence Andrew 2 years ago
The 1% that will ever need to read historical documents can lean ot then.
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#27
Actual address book. I have many in my phone. But when I’m doing Christmas cards/invitations/announcements, I go to the book every time.
RaroaRaroa 2 years ago
Christmas cards themselves are pretty obsolete, in my world anyway. I think we get about two and don't send any. The cost of postage became ridiculous years ago, for something that goes in the bin a few weeks later.
Breadcrumb. 2 years ago
It cost me 20 dollars to send my grannie a tin of my home made cookies. I did postage because I live to far to drive actually I live on a island so I'd have to take a boat or plane. The point is she could just get store bought cookies for cheap, but home made from your grand-daughter now that's a special kinda treat.
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Summer Woodsong 2 years ago
I love my older address books. It's like walking through history seeing all the names of people, businesses and family change over time.
#28
The old "unsafe" gas cans that don't leak gas all over the place.
David Long 2 years ago
My old ones always leaked. But the new ones have a spout that sticks out well past the edge of the can, so you can bump into it and knock the spout right off. And that's supposedly safer.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 2 years ago
Yup. I remove all the damn "safe" features and make it sort of like an old one.
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Bob Brooce 2 years ago
If you use a plastic bag it will fit on more places than any rigid container.
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There's a newer design that works much better and is more durable, but I think it's patented so only one company offers it: No-Spill.
Stymied Egan 2 years ago
The dripless design is a pain. The majority of the time I can't get them to work. On the rare occasion that they do, I can't see how much gas is getting into the tank until it overflows. I want a nice old fashioned flexible hose as a spout.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
I'm confused, what are the old ones and what are the new one? My dad's only had one jerry can my whole life (and probably 10 years before it) that looks a little like those plastic ones and it is fine.
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
Just don't fill them while they're sitting on the lined bed of a truck. A spark can be created and ignite the gas fumes. I've seen it happen on TV.
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Max Blancke 2 years ago
I use steel NATO cans made in the 40s-80s. They do not leak, even if you store them sideways. The metal spout snaps on, and pours perfectly. Nobody knows how long they last if moderately taken care of, because the earliest ones made are still usable. I do repaint them every ten years or so.
#29
My #7 Griswold cast iron skillet. Small logo so it isn’t that old, but it’s from 1938-1957. I use it to scramble eggs, bake cornbread, chocolate cornbread, quiche, and kielbasa, and I love it. It is way better than modern cast iron, the company polished the interior surface to make it super non-stick.
Regina Holt 2 years ago
Chocolate cornbread??? I have never heard of such gloriousness before. Now I NEED some!!
Tamara Augustine 2 years ago
They linked to the recipe! https://www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-cornbread-445669
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AndThenICommented 2 years ago
I love my old cast irons. They’ve been given to me by grandma and great aunts. I’ll inherit my mom’s as well. Simple to use (if you know how) and I find them far superior for a good, even heat on electric or gas stove. Favourite thing cool? Pancakes 🥞 Of course I have a good non-stick but that’s really for omelettes and such
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Yes, mine are gathering dust for that very reason. And nobody else wants them
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I still use my grandma's Griswold #8. TIL it is worth $150. Who knew? It reminds me of her and therefore it is worth much more than that.
Jeff Gabrisl 2 years ago
I have a#8, and the finish is top notch. It's so smooth and you can fry eggs without anything sticking. I have some new cast iron that can do that, but it took months to get them seasoned correctly
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Patricia Smith 2 years ago
Yes, things taste better in an iron skillet, depending on what you're cooking.
Lyone Fein 2 years ago
Cast iron is great. Can be used on the stove, in the oven, in a fireplace , or as self defense!
#30
Hardwired network connections.
Miss Pierce 2 years ago
I am still hardwired to the internet when I am at home... the connection is more stable, so I don't have to worry that I will get kicked off the internet when I am playing one of my games.
Teresa Spanics 2 years ago
I had to have my modem replaced after 8 years of service (SHAW which is now ROGERS-SHAW. I still use hardwire network connections for my desktop computer.
Catherine Spencer-Mills 2 years ago
I am using hard wired right now. It's faster than wifi and more reliable.
#31
Mechanical wrist watch. Technically keeps worse time than a $12 quartz Casio but they are amazing little machines/engines you can wear on your wrist (and are still only off by a few seconds a day).
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
Not to mention some of them are downright beautiful. I recently bought a NIB vintage Movado Museum watch from the nineties that I have wanted since they came out, but couldn’t afford back then. To me, it is absolutely beautiful and the epitome of simple elegance. My Apple watch, on the other hand, is the ugliest and clunkiest watch I have ever owned. Yes, it’s cool to be like D**k Tracy with the watch phone we all wished we had when we were kids, but other than that, it’s just fugly and way too big for my wrist. Oh, and there’s the thing now about kids who can’t read an analog clock. WTF is going on with that? There is still an abundance of analog clocks everywhere, especially those that were integrated into the design of buildings in past pre-digital eras, as well as those put up in the business districts of cities and towns all over the world. Many of those are actually considered works of art, and it would be a shame for future generations to not be able to understand them. It’s always good to have some knowledge of low tech options, since WiFi depends on the power being on. Having a backup that only requires either a battery or manually being wound to run may just be the best thing you could do for yourself someday.
Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
Automatic (self-winding) wristwatches are made by most of the better and older timepiece companies. One of my favorite models is the Hamilton Ventura. It has an asymmetrical case that resembles something out of The Jetsons. A self-winding watch movement has a rotor inside it that reacts to the action of your wrist. The rotor cranks up the mainspring as it spins. The ticking on a mechanical watch is smoother than that on a quartz movement, and they also feel satisfyingly heavier.
Karen Philpott 2 years ago
Nope. They refuse to work when I wear them. They speed up, slow down. Then stop. And yes, I do wind them.
Teresa Spanics 2 years ago
I still have my TIMEX mechanical watch. I don't wear it as I will need to replace the strap on it.
Lorraine Tilston-Brookes 2 years ago
my first watch was a Timex but my favorite was the swatch watch from the early 80's, if I had known they would end up so collectable I would have bought some as investments.
Keley Babs 2 years ago
And will still work, even if you lose power for a day or two because of crazy weather
#32
I still use a washer from the early 2000’s. It’s very analog. Parts are easy to replace and it keeps chugging along. We have a local appliance shop that still stocks parts.
My parents buy a new washer about every 2-3 years because of technology issues.
Mines ugly, but it works.
Now, that being said, if and when I upgrade. I’ll probably upgrade to a speed Queen.
Tams21 2 years ago
Planned obselescence is a great example of just how terrible humans can be. Make deliberately inferior products so the rich get more money whilst the rest have spend money unnecessarily. All while stripping the planet of resources it doesn't have and animals of their habitats. F**k planned obselescence and f**k the people getting rich from it.
Stuart 2 years ago
All hail our corporate masters! God, it makes me sick how they gouge us and how many of the poor (usually the right-leaning persuasion) defend them.
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Jan Rosier 2 years ago
Never heard of them being from Europe. Wow, these are expensive. For that price they should last at least 20 years. Do they last that long?
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Zaphod 2 years ago
I don't care if it is ugly. I buy my appliances at the "Scratch and Dent" warehouse. I don't care if it has a scratch on the side that you can't see when it is in place.
RagDollLali 2 years ago
100% with you on this! We got a brand new "smart" washer (the one with the little washer on top of the big one) and a brand new "smart" dryer from one of those places. They should have cost us about 2500 together, paid 800 including delivery instead. Best washer and dryer I've ever had, not one issue in seven years.
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Jessie Kate 2 years ago
If your parents are buying a new washer that often, the might just suck at laundry and are overloading the machine and/or never cleaning it.
Barong 2 years ago
The old ones last a long time. We had a Kenmore washer and dryer set that my parents gave me when I bought our first house. The set were theirs before and they upgrade a new set. We gave them to a friend when another friend gave us their practically new set when they moved. Anyway it’s 30 years old and still running.
Donna Peluda 2 years ago
Most older washing machines can be fixed with generic brand parts. Valves pumps, motors. I fixed my fridge last year. Coil fan assembly Daewoo 200 euros. Replace just the little 12volt motor and not the whole fan blade & duct 20 euros. While I waited for the part a pull the fridge out a bit and stuck a fan down the back.
LauraDragonWench 2 years ago
I have a front-loading LG washer and dryer from the early 2010s and they work as beautifully as they did new. I think a belt was replaced on the dryer once, and the washer motor balanced (?). As long as the repair is reasonable, I'd rather do that than buy a new set that won't last even a third as long
Chris Jones 2 years ago
I agree with you. I have an ancient AEG that gets repaired twice a year (or more - currently not working and waiting for parts!!) but I still prefer to keep it going rather than buy a new one that's not going to last the same length of time. Though if I have to wait much longer I may change my mind!!!
Load More Replies... Regina Holt 2 years ago
I have a fridge from the 90's. every so often I have water leaking from freezer to fridge because something blocked in the freezer. The second time I got it fixed, I asked if I should get a new fridge. The guy said heck no, mines great, the ones they make now break down so much more, and in more expensive ways. Stick to what I've got. He made quite a point.
Patricia the Grey 2 years ago
I am curious about the circumstances under which this photo was taken
#33
My wife recently cancelled Disney+ and brought out this massive collection of old VHS tapes to make the kids go through. I had forgotten how awesome it is actually owning a copy of a piece of media, instead of having to search online to see what platforms it might be streaming on.
madbakes 2 years ago
VHS quality is too low at this point, by comparison. I like the idea for DVDs
Tim Callahan 2 years ago
How can someone get nostalgic about VHS? The bulky size, the crappy resolution, not being able to quickly fast forward or jump to a scene?
Shaunn Munn 2 years ago
Who sells VHS machines? We can't find anyone to fix ours and can't buy anything to play our tapes on.
Lorraine Tilston-Brookes 2 years ago
I still have a machine that plays videos & dvd's and it still works
#34
I enjoy talking to a person with instead of doing something purely online. (Some banking, customer service, general questions about product...etc...)
Joshua 2 years ago
I might agree with this if I don't have to spend an hour trying to negotiate with a robot to speak with a customer service rep. As it stands now you gotta sell a kidney, promise to name your first born child Siri, or sacrifice a goat to the AI god.
Lorraine Tilston-Brookes 2 years ago
I saw a family of 6 out walking in a park to other day and both parents and the 3 older children were all walking along glued to their mobile/cell phones, no one was talking to each other or paying attention to the youngest child
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
Whenever I call a service, I keep repeating "human" or "representative" or "agent" until I eventually get a human.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Don't worry about robots/AI taking over all our jobs. We still want to deal with actual human beings. This is why "voice jail" where you keep having to select options, when all you want to do is talk to a person, grinds my gears. I don't have time to listen to your male bovine feces!
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
Up vote because of your interpretation of b******t
Load More Replies... James Tuttle 2 years ago
I do this with my supplements. The supplement store near my house has such good customer service, that I buy them in person.
Five Years 2 years ago
Even the old farts at the eye doctor's office had their faces glued to their "smart" phones.
#35
Older vehicles, easily repaired, fraction of the cost of new
Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
At 17 I learned to drive in a 1971 Mercedes Benz belonging to friends of the family— and old Betsy Benz is still up and running today!
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
And they belch emissions unless designed to run lean, like late 60s Chryslers. But they are temperamental as f**k to tune up.
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El Dee 2 years ago
Having owned both very old and brand new the disadvantage of the 'classic' is constantly having to repair them. Weird things break after 30 or 40 years and they're never easy to get replacements for..
Superb Owl 2 years ago
Depends on the car. An 80s Chevy truck for example, the parts are cheap and easy to get. I think every part of those is available as a spare. But yeah, old cars break more often than new ones.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
Fraction of the cost, fraction of the safety features. Life-saving safety features.
Kevin J. Henning 2 years ago
The metal used in the old cars is the safety feature. If a 1957 Cadillac hits a brand new car the driver of the new car is going to need the airbags not the Cadillac driver.
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iseefractals 2 years ago
Pollution spewing death machines that facilitate the every increasing girth of certain countries. But who cares about a future when you have a fast food order to pick up, right?
Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
...AND STYLE ! The 1950s (1953?) Cadillac shown above had STYLE along with a five body trunk. Back in the day, I could identify the car in my rearview mirror at night, at a glance, just by the shape of its headlights (1970s Datsun 240z) and many others.
OogieBoogie 2 years ago
Also a damn sight safer, all new cars seem to be made out of cardboard and flip over at the slightest obstacle.
Paulsible deniability 2 years ago
No pollution control equipment, no crumple zones (saw a guy die when his steering wheel/column crushed his chest in an accident), no air bags, no anti-lock brakes, AM/FM only radio, carburetors that don't electronically adjust the fuel/air mixture at higher altitudes so you power declines the higher you go, no shoulder harnesses...
#36
I still have a micro cassette player that i have since 1988. I recorded my dad, my mum, who have passed away, myself when I was 18. It’s priceless. It stopped working recently but I just replaced the belt and it works now perfectly.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Awwwww. I miss my walkman Sony .........my best years at highschool
Terri-Georgia Print 2 years ago
I still have mine, my son was fascinated when i showed him it
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The third high end cassette deck I bought had 3 heads, Dolby S noise reduction. It sat in my stereo cabinet unused for years. When I finally checked to see if it worked before I took it to the p**n shop, the rubber belts had melted!
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My mum has cassettes of my brothers and I when we were little. Knowing her, she probably has a cassette player to play them too. I would like to get them recorded to my portable hard drive though just in case.
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I still have (and use) my dad's old DAT recorder. Makes much better audio recordings of live shows than a phone or digital video camera.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
Pfft, none of that modern rubbish, a stylus and clay tablet will last a lifetime, actually hundreds of lifetimes!
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#37
Old tools. My garage sale planes are as good as anything made today. My panel saw is perfect. Now, there's a bunch of survivorship bias and sharpening going on here, but I love them.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Old tools are always good. The guy that fix's my truck have almost 70 years and have old tools and he is awesome fixing trucks and sometimes I help him and learn. Don't underrate old tools or old ppl, they are wise .
Harold O 2 years ago
Well, old doesn’t mean wise, necessarily. I’d say it’s more like “with age comes the opportunity for wisdom”
Load More Replies... Victoria Howell 2 years ago
I love tools. Good tools. I have some antique hand tools. With the right tool I can do almost anything. By myself.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
Yup. I know the feel of using a correct good tool, not the ones they are selling tight now :)
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Keira Pendragon 2 years ago
I disagree about the bias. As capitalism has progressed, Planned obsolescence has become absolutely ubiquitous. They want things wearing out faster than we can afford to replace them so they make more money.
Xitxarel•lo Panda 2 years ago
That's the point .you buy a cheap tool and it will broke fast to buy a new one . That's the s**t society and greed we have now ....
Load More Replies... Scott Rackley 2 years ago
I'm a tool and die maker like my great grandfather. I have a bunch of his tools and some I still use. His C mikes are still dead on.
kath morgan 2 years ago
Sharpest knife in my house is one I got in a batch of mismatched cutlery from an antique store (my in-laws were thinking to bolster my still life painting inventory by giving me random bits and bobs but that one ended up in the kitchen!)
Kylie 2 years ago
Sounds like my go to carbon steel wood handle kitchen knife
Load More Replies... Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My mum still has my grandad's planes and other tools, but I don't know if my stepdad ever uses them.
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I inherited all my father's carpentry tools when he died. All these years later, I still have most of the hand tools.
#38
Record player (vinyl)
Solidhog 2 years ago
This is one thing I do not agree with. Even as ex-DJ who had thousands of records. It's not "warmth", "character" or "natural", it is crackling, scratching and interfering noise. I prefer a digital version where you can hear the real clarity of a singer or hear the guitarists fingers sliding on the strings.
Danish Susanne 2 years ago
But with a well kept LP on a good record player, that is what you hear, not scratching.
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These are actually gaining in popularity again. I guess djs must be fueling new business here.
Beachbum 2 years ago
My daughter and her boyfriend just bought one of these, they love it. I bought them an album for Christmas, I think it was either Another brick in the wall, or Dark side of the Moon by Pink Floyd, they love it ! I so wish I would have kept all my albums from back in the 80's!
Baali Venomax 2 years ago
I still have a few Vinyl left but my record player hasnt worked in ages so I cant play them anymore. Still I will keep them and my cassettes(there's a ghetto blaster in the building somewhere that still works) and my CDS. I'm Gen X. Some things are worth keeping.
#39
I love analogue photography!
I recognize that a digital camera is better in most respects like resolution (unless you're using large format cameras or special film), number of images, image rate, immediate results, ability to delete images without recourse, and so on.
But I have yet to handle a camera that feels as nice as a solid all metal mechanical marvel from decades ago, still working fine today. Even if not, these can still be serviced and handed down for generations.
Plus you can try many different types and formats of cameras for a fairly low price.
Linnoff 2 years ago
Check out "I'm Back Film" it's a new company making a digital insert for film cameras so you can use your old camera but capture pictures onto an sd card.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
I don't see a realistic upside. The biggest advantage of even an inexpensive digital isn't using a card instead of film. It's all the other stuff a modern camera is capable of.
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David 2 years ago
The cameras can be had for a fairly low price. (I'll sell you my old Canon AE1 Program for cheap) - but the FILM and DEVELOPING will make up the difference in price compared to a good digital. Which is why I'm using my older Nikon D90 instead of the much older Canon.. Digital camera cost is all on the front end - followed by thousands and thousands of free photos.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
And you can use a film camera as long as your format is available. It's the film that is updated more than the machine; a Leica or Super Ikonta from the 1930s can still take breathtaking pictures
detective miller's hat 2 years ago
Yeah digital resolution is nice, but there is nothing like that nice grain of film.
Stan Chung 2 years ago
As much I love the nostalgia. Not going back to film. Turnaround, misses, cost of processing and digitising. Fun for awhile but utterly frustrating.
Lorraine Tilston-Brookes 2 years ago
I remember the anticipation and excitement of finally getting the prints back fron the developers, companies like Kodak, trueprint or bonus print here in the UK
#40
Ipod classic. F**k apple for ending it.
PHOTOBOB 2 years ago
I just bought a renewed one last year. Have over 25K songs on it. Many are not Vailable for streaming. I will never give it up as long as it still works. And yes. I might go months without hearing the same song twice.
Baali Venomax 2 years ago
Are those preselect or have you actually managed to add 25k songs to it?
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DragonofMordor 2 years ago (edited)
They've now ended Ipods altogether. I'm annoyed. That's how I listen to music. Phones don't work the same when you have a lot of music. I use the 256 GB ipod and still can't fit all my music.
Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
I have a 12-year-old iPod that still works, despite being dropped on tarmac once. I use it to listen to music in my car. I'll use it till it goes bye-bye.
Lola Rogers 2 years ago (edited)
I have replaced my old iPod shuffle twice with refurbished ones. It's the size of a postage stamp, weighs almost nothing, and you don't have to look at it to use it. Discontinuing these clever devices in order to make you listen on a brick of a phone that weighs you down, demands looking at a screen just to operate it, extracts rent, surveils you, and can take away what you've bought and paid for is a glaring example of the ensh***ification of tech.
Crybabyartist 2 years ago
I also completely miss my shuffles. If only I could find a battery.
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Greg Baughman 2 years ago
I got mine about 16 years ago? A friend said her 2 year old had whipped it against the wall. Sure enough, hard drive "click of death". I told her that I could replace the hard drive, and she said "Nah... I'll buy an iPod Touch... keep it." So, I ordered a new hard drive, as well as a new battery (since I was going to have it open anyway). Still going. I leave it in my van, plugged into USB... and it just keeps on working.
#41
A double edged razor. Much better and closer shave, it eliminated razor bump and ingrown hairs for me, new blades are $.10 when purchased 100 at a time from many online vendors.
Trisec Tebeakesse 2 years ago
Heh, even older - I shave with a straight razor! I work in South Boston and drive by Gillette every day. Phooey on your 9-blade, $20/each replacement costs!
Gerald Ogden 2 years ago
Here Here! My eldest bought me a good one 10 years ago... still have it. Still use it every day. Replacement blades are cheap, best shave I've ever gotten. Between that and bar soap/brush? If you haven't yet, you really don't know what you're missing...
CaptainSlapNTickle 2 years ago
Hell, they sell them @ Dollar Tree for $1.25, including the razor and double edged blades. I think that you get ten replacement blades.
Randy Sanders 2 years ago (edited)
Used one my whole life. 60+ years and counting. I use Feather blades and an old Rockwell razor.
Paul Gerrard 2 years ago
I use the best rated blades. Cost 3c. And are sharp reliable and cause no rash. Those throw away flive blade lubericated lies are aweful
Steve Robert 2 years ago
As the old SNL commercial said " Trac 3. Why? Because you'll buy anything!"
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
I love my Harry's razor. I love the weight and balance and how it fits in my hands. The shave is always smooth, even for a heavy beard (according to my ex), and the razors last for quite a number of shaves.
Potato Puffin 2 years ago
Love my pink Edwin Jagger razor. It's longer handled for shaving legs, and works brilliantly with feather blades. i was so scared of cutting myself but I've only had a couple of tiny nicks due to me rushing, in all of 6 years using it. Recommend Geo F Trumper violet shaving soap in a wooden bowl (can buy refills for it) too. Smells lovely!
#42
I have a really nice binder that holds 3-4 small notebooks in it that I use for work.
I transfer the major projects and such to Microsoft ToDo or OneNote, but for day to day note-taking, absolutely nothing beats pen and paper.
Christian Kastö 2 years ago
Personally I have come to LOVE my ReMarkable tablet. Best of both worlds!
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Sue Rogers 2 years ago
My son just bought a "Trapper Keeper" (remember them?) to use for work.
Baali Venomax 2 years ago
I still have Arch Level binders that contain information from previous eras. It is useful particularly if you are a tabletop gamer, you put your character sheet in a plastic sheet to protect it and then store them in the binder to keep them safe.
Šimon Špaček 2 years ago
Each has it's place. For saving and sharing manuals, OneNote is great. For thinking about what you are doing and preparing those manuals, paper is much better. Also for quick notes, pen and paper will usually win (because switching from one window to another takes time and concentration). And for checking storage, pen and paper was absolutely amazing, without post-it notes AND excel sheet and cross-checking them, we would never find the two computers with the same serial number.
Puppy Dancing! 2 years ago
Hands stopped working , so much easier to take notes without pain typing with your knuckles.
#43
Original Nintendo DS. Never once has that video game device given me an ounce of trouble or forced me to buy some subscription service to be able to play my games. Maybe not the most advanced, but definitely the best-lasting tech gadget I’ve ever been gifted.
Elizabeth Brown 2 years ago
These things are heroes. 3DS is fairly chonky too but my first 3DS had a shoulder button break a couple years in. My DS Lite had a *shoulder* (right hinge) break and a little super glue later still functioned like a champ. I tested it this month and almost cried since the touch screen didn't work. Removed the screen protector and voila, it was just trapped dirt
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Elizabeth Brown 2 years ago
Bonus points for the DS Lite as well, GBA games rock! The worst things about the DS imo was the over use of touch screen early on when the game should really have allowed normal buttons, and the small amount of 3D in games does NOT look good
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D. Pitbull 2 years ago
I.. LOVE my DS... actually... they got super cheap... so I bought, like, 3 more... for when I inevitably wear one down/out... and if anyone comes over and they wanna play mario kart. :D
#44
Old dumb tv. Turn it on and it works. My smart TV takes minutes to turn on and load, download and install mandatory update, freeze up, restart, play ads, then freeze up again when I try to select what I want to actually watch.
RaroaRaroa 2 years ago
Pretty sure these TVs don't work in our country anymore. NZ has only digital TV since 2013. OK if you're just watching DVDs, but otherwise, no TV.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
When we switched from analog to digital in Australia, there was a huge market in set top boxes (STBs) so that people could still use the older TVs. When people eventually upgraded to digital TVs they offloaded their STBs to the op shops. So I've been able to pick up STBs dirt cheap for hooking up to older TVs, which are also useful for recording free-to-air shows (to skip over the ads which are at saturation levels over here)
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SM 2 years ago (edited)
I got to wonder about what kind of smart TV he has. Mine is a few years old, and it only takes a few seconds, and there isn't any way you can compare a say 25"(65 cm) TV to a 60"(153cm) one, especially when you consider the resolution is so much better. And as for ads and such that definitely depends on what you choose to watch, and our (USA) over the air channels are certainly filled with ads. Updates are generally done in the night and very infrequently, and they don't take a long time.
Graham Berry 2 years ago
Mine did an update and now automatically plays ads on the home screen if just turned on or left to sit for more than a few minutes. It can be really annoying 😭.
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I got a flat screen tv. I have cats. I saw a problem coming, so when I put it on wire shelf, I bungie corded that thing and it won't even move in an earthquake.
Lady Gypsy Rain 2 years ago
Sounds like a pretty c**p smart tv to me. I have no such issues with either of mine.
StumblingThroughLife 2 years ago (edited)
Play ads? I've never seen that happen on mine (I'm in the UK, btw). But yes to constant updates and how slow it can be to load (although I turn it off at the wall every night, so...).
Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
When I change sources, I have to wait while my smart tv and my smart dvd player have a dumb argument.
#45
Analog alarm clock. No electricity no problem. And the alarm is gentle.
Joshua 2 years ago
I don't agree that the alarm is "gentle". My parents bought me one years ago when I said I needed a new alarm clock. That thing scared the s**t out of me every morning when it went off. But, hey, I never overslept.
David 2 years ago
You might like a 'fancy' wind up I used in the early 70s. I think the actual clock was from the 50s - not sure - part of our old farm house. It was your classic round with two bells on top similar to the photo but the 'fancy' part is it would first start ringing very softly. Just sort of a very light - ding ding ding. Then if you did not shut it off, after a few seconds it went to the DING! DING! DING! ring. I thought that was kind of cool since it was a totally mechanical, very old clock.
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Lady Gypsy Rain 2 years ago
Interesting take on those alarms. I find them to be the loudest and most obnoxious of the bunch. Plus no snooze features.
IamMe 2 years ago
I need my phone alarms. If it's the same sound every time (including a scary bell), my brain gets used to it, and incorporates it into my dreams. I have to set two, different ones, five minutes apart. Then, switch them out, with a new annoying sound, when I start to sleep through one of them. Only, the most annoying sounds will do.
Paul Gerrard 2 years ago
Who has a physical clock? Oh thats right my phone has one. It even flips daylight savings, alarms and sych calendars and reminders across time zones
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
My alarm is set to the radio, so I can press snooze once and then when it goes off again I can listen to the news. Not analogue, but not a 'new' technology either as I've had it since I was a teenager.
#46
I use VLC media player. It's been around since like 2000, and it's much better than the built-in video player which doesn't even support streaming or any advanced features that VLC has.
Clément D. 2 years ago
And also, you can directly stream radio links with it on your smartphone
Baali Venomax 2 years ago
I do too. Good for mp4s and other formats :) Takes up less space than windows media player and is more reliable than the Quicktime player which works when it WANTS to.
iseefractals 2 years ago
VLC launched in early 2001.....but that doesn't make it obsolete, it's still being updated regularly, even supporting Nvidia's latest VSR (video super-resolution upscaling) It's very light weight and feature rich. The ability to automatically pull subtitles and cover images from the internet for a given file is endlessly handy.
#47
Printer with no wifi
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
Shout out to all the brother mono laser printer owners. That beast of a printer will never die
RaroaRaroa 2 years ago
Having a hard wired printer requires space where you use your laptop to also put a printer. Or a very long cable. :-D So I can see why this would become obsolete. My printer is in my hallway. I'm not using my laptop there.
xczechr 2 years ago
Put the printer on the network using a wired connection and you're good.
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Teresa Spanics 2 years ago
Same here. My printer only copies, prints, and scans. That is all it needs to do for me.
iseefractals 2 years ago
Wi-fi printers have been a thing since 1993. I have happily run ethernet wires to every room of every place i've lived for the past 25 years, but wireless printers are one of the best implementations of the tech. We have 3 printers that run off 3-5000 prints per month, all wireless, all function perfectly.
#48
I just really wish I still had a blackberry. Damn i LOVED that keyboard!
Graham Berry 2 years ago
Yeah, the black berry was actually pretty terrible but that tactile keyboard on any model phone was way better than touch screen.
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detective miller's hat 2 years ago
I miss my Palm Pre phone with the full keyboard. I clung to that thing until it finally gave up in like 2015. Currently clinging to my iphone SE because at least it has one button.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
Me too! I hate using a virtual keyboard but gave up my Blackberry when they stopped supporting them.
D. Pitbull 2 years ago
I'm so mad at RIM for letting their sh** (R&D) slide. Lazy ba***rds got all arrogant and let the proprietary-happy Apple take over (which is what leads to the stupid 'smartphones' now all being $1k or more) - I loved those keyboards too.
#49
VCR player.
Kar Red Roses 2 years ago
We have three VCRs here and a huge library of tapes. One of the VHS players is a backup still sealed in the box. One is for our regular movie watching, and occasional recording TV. The last one is a dual DVD/VHS burner player thingamabob. We use that to convert one type of obsolete media into another :)
timhood 2 years ago
I'd support this if it was BluRy at least, but VHS video quality is total c**p. It was even crappy when it was first invented. (Beta was better, but Sony didn't want to be associated with porn, so producers went to VHS and the rest was history.) VHS is the equivalent of about 400x300 resolution. TVs are 4K today, or about 70 TIMES better resolution.
Definitely a Human 2 years ago
*VCR. It's not a VCR player, it doesn't play VCRs, it plays VHSs
Teresa Spanics 2 years ago
I have one, but I am afraid to use it as it cannot be fixed or replaced.
#50
I used to wear a smartwatch. I travel internationally a lot for work now, and it was annoying that I had to connect to the internet to access the app to change time zones. So now I just wear a $20 Casio that lets me cycle time zones at the push of a button. Extra bonus is I don't need to charge it, which is convenient on its own and one less cord I need to bring.
edit: Never knew it was even called this, but after many comments: yes, it is a Casio Royale. Never even knew it was a whole thing, it was just what I grabbed off of Amazon at some point. Love the thing though.
SM 2 years ago
I don't wear a watch anymore (I don't like things on my wrist), but one thing that amazed me when I did own a cheap Casio (had stopwatch, was waterproof, ...) is that the battery in it lasted for something like 25 years!
Sammie 19 2 years ago
I've got an old watch that was my husband's before he passed away 29 years ago. I've replaced the strap once but the batteries die within days. I just keep it now because it reminds me of him
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CaptainSlapNTickle 2 years ago
I enjoy my Citizen Eco-Drive watches with their Atomic Clock synchronization. There's still something about a serious time piece that's well made, with some weight and is powered by the sun. I swear by their Bluetooth, actual watches, also. Just a top tip.
Teresa Spanics 2 years ago
I wear two Casio watches. The reason is that when I do Salvation Kettle Hosting and ring the bells is to check the time as I will change hands when ringing the bells so my wrists don't get sore.
Ellen Lanser 2 years ago
don't buy on amazon! JB is not only screwing the workers but also the sellers!!
Flora Porter 2 years ago
The interesting thing about not wearing a watch is that you quickly find you usually know what time it is anyway.
Lady Gypsy Rain 2 years ago
When did you own a smart watch? Back in the nineties when the first one came out and was less powerful than a calculator and difficult to navigate? Cuz Apple Watches are designed to be able to go online with ease and can use your phone to access stuff if you don’t have Wi-Fi available and don’t wish to pay an extra $5 per month for a cellular plan for the watch. Plus, my Apple Watch has saved my life more than once. Same could not be said about old fashioned watches.
Mario Strada 2 years ago
Actually, in the early 80s I had a late-70s casio with a mini-keyboard, a memory for almost 100 tel numbers and a calculator. I still have it in a drawer someplace. By the definition of "smart Watch" that wasn't even the first one.
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Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
This is peak reddit pretentiousness. Almost nothing listed is "outdated", it's just a bunch of redditors trying to beef up their egos. "oooh, I use a paper calendar not an app" - yeah, so do millions of others buddy. That's why there's calendar stores in every shopping mall before xmas.
Ash 2 years ago
I would say that many young people WOULD consider many of the things on this list "outdated". There's a difference between "outdated" ("most people I know don't use that anymore") and "obsolete" ("you cannot buy this in stores anymore"). It's more a generational thing than a pretentious thing.
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Phil Vaive 2 years ago
For a lot of them, though, they automatically back up the data so if something happens, you're not totally boned. If you lose a physical daytimer, you have no idea what your appointments were. House fire? All your physical photos are gone. Whereas if my phone breaks, all the photos are still in my apple account. If my laptop quits on me, my schedule still exists. I don't lose any info because it's all backed up. That's one of the major conveniences of using technology. I agree there are a lot of downsides, but I think we tend to over-romanticize the past without remembering the downfalls there too.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
Practical effects in movies... and music! This is sort of cool: I always thought of Pink Floyd as a synth band because they were so cutting-edge in sound. But it turns out they use synth a lot less than I thought. Shine On You Crazy Diamond was recorded with 500 crystal glasses. They also used a clavinet, which is an amped clavichord, a Wurlitzer piano, a Rhodes piano, glass harmonicas (spinning crystal glasses), pedal steel guitars, tape effects, a Hammond. Don't get me wrong: they also used a minimoog and two different EMS synthesizers. The difference is that when bands like Styx went Hi-def they suddenly sounded cheesy, because the synths weren't designed for such realism, but higher-fidelity music players just make Pink Floyd sound better and better. (Although a 67 RPM vinyl stil sounds awesome.). Yeah, those crystal glasses so beautiful in Shine On Pt 1!
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
(Wurlitzer and Rhodes pianos LOOK like synthesizers, but they're actually based on amplifying the noise of tuning forks struck by hammers.)
Load More Replies... Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
Grocery list. We've tried different digital approaches, but a good old pad of paper attached to the fridge still works best. Also, passwords on paper. I don't keep any important passwords on anything connected to the internet, ever.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Same on both counts, though it is annoying having to remember to put my list in the recycling rather than have it accumulate in my purse.
Load More Replies... Andrea Delden 2 years ago
I was born in 1946 and most of the things mentioned here are way beyond my comfort level! I think that I'm still back in the dark ages, although I do appreciate my washer and dryer over the wringer washer and line drying, especially in the winter! I also prefer a refrigerator to an ice box and an electric stove to one I have to feed wood to, especially in the summer. I agree that the more bells and whistles the more there is to break! We've come a long way and I appreciate everything especially the advances in medicine!
Dilly Millandry 2 years ago
I'm currently plunged into the dark ages laundry-wise! Waiting on parts for my washer machine and so did some hand washing and it's drip drying on the line right now!
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Phil Vaive 2 years ago
I actually think a lot of these are "special millennials" (and gen x and gen z) who think they're better than everyone else
Load More Replies... Ash 2 years ago
I love obsolete items. Candle snuffers, lanterns, whetstones, analog clocks. They're beautiful little objects.
Dave Hinckley 2 years ago
I have my great-grandfather's scythe. I use it rarely to cut tall grass, just on general principle. He used it to cut hay for his 2 horses that pulled the plow. He was a farmer. The thing looks like the Grim Reaper's scythe. You can see the hammer marks from when it was made.
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wowbagger 2 years ago
Paper maps. When I move to a new city, I start with a paper map so I can get a good overview of the layout of the city. I try not to use GPS until I've lived there for a month or two. Also, I use a road atlas for long car trips. I've noticed that people who rely on GPS a lot often lack a mental birds-eye-view of their own city or of where they actually are on a road trip.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
One thing I do love about google maps though is street view. I can plan ahead for where I'm going by actually looking at where I have to go, where to turn (take a left at the esso!) and best of all, LOOK at where I need to park so I'm not totally overwhelmed when I get there. I do agree that I should be relying on GPS less, though.
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David Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
Unix. It's still around as Linux. And programs such as "eyes", now "xeyes", are still on there to help you find the cursor. That was written in about 1981. ImageMagic on Unix was released in 1990. Unix as Linux is still the operating system of choice for supercomputers. Because you can't do any serious number-crunching on Windows, Apple or Android.
Dave Hinckley 2 years ago
I wonder how many banking and insurance programs that were written in COBOL are still in use.
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Gene Perry 2 years ago
An answering machine. Mine is from the '90's and still records phone messages just fine. P.S. I still have a land line!
Rayne OfSalt 2 years ago
This is peak reddit pretentiousness. Almost nothing listed is "outdated", it's just a bunch of redditors trying to beef up their egos. "oooh, I use a paper calendar not an app" - yeah, so do millions of others buddy. That's why there's calendar stores in every shopping mall before xmas.
Ash 2 years ago
I would say that many young people WOULD consider many of the things on this list "outdated". There's a difference between "outdated" ("most people I know don't use that anymore") and "obsolete" ("you cannot buy this in stores anymore"). It's more a generational thing than a pretentious thing.
Load More Replies... Phil Vaive 2 years ago
For a lot of them, though, they automatically back up the data so if something happens, you're not totally boned. If you lose a physical daytimer, you have no idea what your appointments were. House fire? All your physical photos are gone. Whereas if my phone breaks, all the photos are still in my apple account. If my laptop quits on me, my schedule still exists. I don't lose any info because it's all backed up. That's one of the major conveniences of using technology. I agree there are a lot of downsides, but I think we tend to over-romanticize the past without remembering the downfalls there too.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
Practical effects in movies... and music! This is sort of cool: I always thought of Pink Floyd as a synth band because they were so cutting-edge in sound. But it turns out they use synth a lot less than I thought. Shine On You Crazy Diamond was recorded with 500 crystal glasses. They also used a clavinet, which is an amped clavichord, a Wurlitzer piano, a Rhodes piano, glass harmonicas (spinning crystal glasses), pedal steel guitars, tape effects, a Hammond. Don't get me wrong: they also used a minimoog and two different EMS synthesizers. The difference is that when bands like Styx went Hi-def they suddenly sounded cheesy, because the synths weren't designed for such realism, but higher-fidelity music players just make Pink Floyd sound better and better. (Although a 67 RPM vinyl stil sounds awesome.). Yeah, those crystal glasses so beautiful in Shine On Pt 1!
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
(Wurlitzer and Rhodes pianos LOOK like synthesizers, but they're actually based on amplifying the noise of tuning forks struck by hammers.)
Load More Replies... Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
Grocery list. We've tried different digital approaches, but a good old pad of paper attached to the fridge still works best. Also, passwords on paper. I don't keep any important passwords on anything connected to the internet, ever.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Same on both counts, though it is annoying having to remember to put my list in the recycling rather than have it accumulate in my purse.
Load More Replies... Andrea Delden 2 years ago
I was born in 1946 and most of the things mentioned here are way beyond my comfort level! I think that I'm still back in the dark ages, although I do appreciate my washer and dryer over the wringer washer and line drying, especially in the winter! I also prefer a refrigerator to an ice box and an electric stove to one I have to feed wood to, especially in the summer. I agree that the more bells and whistles the more there is to break! We've come a long way and I appreciate everything especially the advances in medicine!
Dilly Millandry 2 years ago
I'm currently plunged into the dark ages laundry-wise! Waiting on parts for my washer machine and so did some hand washing and it's drip drying on the line right now!
Load More Replies... Phil Vaive 2 years ago
I actually think a lot of these are "special millennials" (and gen x and gen z) who think they're better than everyone else
Load More Replies... Ash 2 years ago
I love obsolete items. Candle snuffers, lanterns, whetstones, analog clocks. They're beautiful little objects.
Dave Hinckley 2 years ago
I have my great-grandfather's scythe. I use it rarely to cut tall grass, just on general principle. He used it to cut hay for his 2 horses that pulled the plow. He was a farmer. The thing looks like the Grim Reaper's scythe. You can see the hammer marks from when it was made.
Load More Replies... wowbagger 2 years ago
Paper maps. When I move to a new city, I start with a paper map so I can get a good overview of the layout of the city. I try not to use GPS until I've lived there for a month or two. Also, I use a road atlas for long car trips. I've noticed that people who rely on GPS a lot often lack a mental birds-eye-view of their own city or of where they actually are on a road trip.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
One thing I do love about google maps though is street view. I can plan ahead for where I'm going by actually looking at where I have to go, where to turn (take a left at the esso!) and best of all, LOOK at where I need to park so I'm not totally overwhelmed when I get there. I do agree that I should be relying on GPS less, though.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago (edited)
Unix. It's still around as Linux. And programs such as "eyes", now "xeyes", are still on there to help you find the cursor. That was written in about 1981. ImageMagic on Unix was released in 1990. Unix as Linux is still the operating system of choice for supercomputers. Because you can't do any serious number-crunching on Windows, Apple or Android.
Dave Hinckley 2 years ago
I wonder how many banking and insurance programs that were written in COBOL are still in use.
Load More Replies... Gene Perry 2 years ago
An answering machine. Mine is from the '90's and still records phone messages just fine. P.S. I still have a land line!
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