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iPods? Gone. Tamagotchis? Collecting dust. Those weird fish pedicures? Nowhere to be found. Some things don’t go out with a bang—they just quietly slip away, fading from memory until someone brings them up, and suddenly, it’s like stepping back in time.
Redditors shared these and more that slowly disappeared over the years. See how many you forgot ever existed.
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#1
Politicians resigning after getting caught doing something bad.
Earonn - 10 months ago
But also no consequences at the voting booth Why should they step back as long as the voters obediently vote for them because "there is no one else"?
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Johnnynatfan 10 months ago
In the US its Republicans who have no shame and dont go away. Trump has made it ok to be a outward piece of trash and still hang on to power. This country is going to hell.
Sanfransweety 10 months ago
Thank you. Exactly. That's what bothers me most about Trump undermining democracy; it sets the bar so much lower for those in politics in years to come.
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Ozymandias73 10 months ago
Nowadays, it seems only to make them more popular and bolster their base (cult-like) following : (
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
Still happens in Australia, the most recent a Greens party member
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#2
Toys in boxes of cereal.
Existing and stuff 10 months ago
Children today don’t understand how exciting it was to get a metal license plate for your bike
#3
Songs as ringtones.
I used to spend ages picking my favourite bit of my favourite song as my ringtone.
It’s hard not to feel nostalgic when looking back at these items and experiences. At least for me. Especially the analogue objects that defined an era when the internet wasn’t an all-consuming, indispensable part of daily life. Things like music players or cheap, pirated DVDs, which were sold on every corner in Ukraine when I was a kid because licensed alternatives were scarce and expensive.
But reflecting on the past also makes me wonder about what’s ahead. What everyday essentials we rely on now will disappear in the next 20 years or even turn into sought-after collectibles? Will future generations chase after an iPhone 16 the way mine does 90s camcorders or Japanese film cameras?
Maybe, maybe not. But one thing is certain—nostalgia has a lasting influence.
#4
Potpourri. I swear it was in everyone’s house when I was a kid but I haven’t seen any in in about 15 years.
#5
Those strange pictures where if you looked at them in a different way, a 3D image of some s****y zebra popped out at you. I remember going into a shop with my mum looking at them and we came out with headaches. What were those f*****g pictures called?
“Nostalgia is big business,” Christina Goulding, Professor of Marketing at Birmingham Business School, tells Bored Panda. “More people are looking to items from the past for a number of different reasons—see the 1970s electronic gaming revival as an example. For some, they offer a connection to an earlier time and a sense of continuity; for others, they are a reaction against an increasingly digitalized way of living, among many other factors.”
While young people have traditionally been seen as the least likely to feel nostalgic, Goulding’s experience suggests otherwise. Some research even indicates that Gen Z is currently the most nostalgic generation, with Millennials following closely behind.
“I supervised an MSc student’s dissertation which looked at young people’s use of cameras from the 1930s–1970s. For them, these represented a more authentic experience which involved skill (in developing the pictures), anticipation (of the outcome), and aesthetic appreciation and pride in the end product,” said Goulding.
“These consumers reject the instant gratification of digital photography and the technological manipulation of the image. They want the physical and time-consuming engagement with the whole process. So, it does raise questions about assumptions that Gen Z are a homogenous group with a need for immediate gratification.”
#7
Charges against prince Andrew.
Susan Reid Smith 10 months ago
His mother effectively grounded him and then his brother told him to go to his room and reduced the size of the room.
#8
Affordable housing
Affordable Energy
Sub 8-hour ambulances
Covid.
#9
It’s been a while since I’ve seen eyelashes on a car.
What’s interesting is that my reaction—contemplating the future while reflecting on the past or present—is far from unique.
Last year, Christina Goulding introduced the concept of mellostalgia in her research, a term she coined to describe the opposite of nostalgia. While nostalgia is about longing for the past, mellostalgia is about looking forward to the future with anticipation, shaped by experiences in the present. The word comes from the Greek mellon (meaning “future”) and algia (meaning “longing”), capturing a proactive and positive emotion where people intentionally create moments they’ll later look back on fondly.
In her study, Goulding explored mellostalgia by observing and interviewing visitors at Port Isaac, the real-life filming location of the British TV drama Doc Martin, which follows Dr. Martin Ellingham, a grumpy doctor who moves from London to a small Cornish village (fictional Port Wenn) after developing a fear of blood, forcing him to give up surgery. The series presents an idyllic, close-knit community with little crime—a stark contrast to the fast-paced, impersonal nature of city life.
For many visitors, the show’s setting wasn’t just something to admire. It inspired them to imagine their own future experiences. Some saw it as a vision of retirement in a peaceful village, while others sought to create travel memories they could later cherish. In other words, as Goulding puts it, they were “looking forward to looking back.”
#10
Spontaneous human combustion.
8Yorkies-and-33cats 10 months ago
It was all about spontaneous combustion when I was growing up. Along with what to do when you're caught in quick sand and the Bermuda Triangle.
#11
Chuck Norris jokes.
Scott Rackley 10 months ago
Jesus Christ can walk on water, but Chuck Norris can swim through land.
#13
Those black glass TV stands that had us all under a chokehold at one point in the late 2000s.
#14
IPods. Only actually realised recently they stopped making the big ones all the way back in 2014, then the shuffles and nanos is 2017 and then last year they stopped making the touch. It was obvious it was going to happen because we all use our phones for music now but tell someone 15 years ago that Apple would stop making iPods and they would think you were crazy.
tldr: Apple stopped making iPods, nobody realised.
#17
Orange streetlights are vanishing so quickly round here. The new LED jobs make a huge difference to the feel of the UK at night I think.
#19
Those little minty strips you used to put on your tongue to dissolve.
#20
Google+. I remember lots of hype about it being "exclusive" and having to be invited by someone already on it or something, and then... It kind of just faded away.
#23
NHS dentist.
2x4b523p 10 months ago
I wish I dropped my NHS dentistry clinic earlier. I clung to them because I knew if I leave I will never find another one. One day had enough and went private, paid £200 for fixing a chipped tooth which the NHS dentist said is impossible to fix. Any problem I get next day appointment vs. next month if I’m lucky. Finding NHS dentist is a quest but finding good NHS dentist is like winning the jacpot.
#24
Toms, those little canvas shoes that were in for about three weeks in the early 2010s.
#26
Loom bands.
Bobert Robertson 10 months ago
Not at all! My 9 year old and all her friends loooooooove these
#27
Sausage, egg and cheese bagels from McDonalds.
#28
Blackberry phones, various alcoholic drinks (addlestones for example), FM radio.
#30
Those glass beads aunties and grandmas used to keep in random bowls around the house.
#32
Swine flu was an extremely hot topic for a brief while.
#33
Computer desks that form an L-shape in the corner of the room, with a slide out shelf for the keyboard.
#35
Monkey pox, we were all going to catch that for a while, now it's never mentioned! The media were loving it, it was like the new COVID for them.
#36
The right to roam and camp on dartmoor. Last place in England it’s allowed. Admittedly this may not be all of dartmoor (yet) but is a sad day, and likely to be the start of the end for hiking and camping for free in England (imo).
#38
Track and trace.
#39
Painting rocks and hiding them for people to find, then hide again.
#40
Those weird late night TV shows where Brian from Big Brother would ask a seemingly really simple question but the people calling in would always get them wrong.
I think they got banned because the phone lines were mega premium rate and the whole thing was a fix.
#42
What happened to Sunny D? And those drinks in the plastic bottles you had to twist the tops off.
#43
Mobile games.
Things like Candy Crush, Farmville and that word game that was all over social media for about 10 minutes.
#44
Those highstreet milkshake shops where you could basically get any sweet/chocolate bar/confection made into an ice cream milkshake.
#45
Lads mags like zoo and nuts magazines.
StrangeOne 10 months ago
I was surprised to see MAD magazine is still around. No one really mentions MAD anymore. At least some episodes of MAD TV have been uploaded.
#46
Milkyway crisp rolls.
She who must not be named 10 months ago
They have returned in the UK to Iceland Supermarkets. They arrived in my local one Monday morning, i went shopping at lunch time and they had one box left by the till with only 5 left inside so I bought them all. The employee said she'd never seen something be sold out so fast
#47
Might be wrong but theme parks? Seemed to be super popular among young people when I was around 14 but after covid barely hear of Chessington again.
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
Definitely plenty in Australia. The Gold Coast is still one of the most common places kids go for interstate holidays, so they can got to the theme parks. In Victoria there are ones that keep growing larger, like what used to be Gumbuya Park but is now Gumbuya World.
#48
Buttons on mobile phones.
Brown/yellow coloured cars.
Big pet dogs.
New build bungalows and maisonettes.
Front lawns.
Moustaches.
Using landline phones.
Red ants.
#49
Reasonable prices for camera kit and darkroom kit now even 2nd hand is far too expensive to buy nowadays.
The pro kit costing £3k and up ok I do want one set that will cost me £10k z9 and 2 lenses. On film days that would have been around £1200-1500.
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Will Cable 10 months ago (edited)
Resale cost apparently. I'm old enough to remember when buying a car in either red, white, light blue, dark blue, green, yellow was a no cost option but black cost a bit more and then there were the metallic paints that cost the most. Sadly in some cases people would rather spend the money having the metallic paint rather than spending less for an added option of a safety feature. My parents were in the motor trade so ..
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Trisec Tebeakesse 10 months ago
Common Sense, Intelligence, Human Decency, Compassion, Empathy...
Seedy Vine 10 months ago
Nature! Didn't like 70% of it disappear since the '70s? Also Beaujolais wine. I can't find the stuff anywhere.
Nadine Debard 10 months ago
Depends on where you live. There have been many bad years so exportation dropped, add taxes and you end with a standard wine that costs more than 25€ outside of France, nobody would buy it. As I live in Lyon, France, I can still find it rather cheap, but prices have increased a lot.
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Rose the Cook 10 months ago
So many of these things are in general use in China today. Guess we must be behind the times.
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
Many around in Australia. Might be because it comes from China, but I think it's more that people who grew up and stopped using these things just don't have kids or spend time around the people that still use them now.
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Binky Melnik 10 months ago (edited)
Is this a joke article and I don’t get the joke? Or was it so stupid people have something to read, too? Whatever happened to “Friends”? It was the number one TV show and then it went away. Where did Lawn Darts go? Everyone usta want a Delorean, but you never see them on the road anymore. And chicken pox: They usta be a rite of passage, but now no one gets it anymore. (Am I doing this right? Is it stupid enough? Is BP pulling our legs, and I took it seriously? Have I had a stroke? What’s going on?)
mhoulden 10 months ago
The list comes from a question that was asked in the Reddit sub /r/AskUK 2 years ago. It gets asked pretty regularly so I thought they'd have gone for a more up to date one.
Load More Replies... Will Cable 10 months ago (edited)
Resale cost apparently. I'm old enough to remember when buying a car in either red, white, light blue, dark blue, green, yellow was a no cost option but black cost a bit more and then there were the metallic paints that cost the most. Sadly in some cases people would rather spend the money having the metallic paint rather than spending less for an added option of a safety feature. My parents were in the motor trade so ..
Load More Replies... Trisec Tebeakesse 10 months ago
Common Sense, Intelligence, Human Decency, Compassion, Empathy...
Seedy Vine 10 months ago
Nature! Didn't like 70% of it disappear since the '70s? Also Beaujolais wine. I can't find the stuff anywhere.
Nadine Debard 10 months ago
Depends on where you live. There have been many bad years so exportation dropped, add taxes and you end with a standard wine that costs more than 25€ outside of France, nobody would buy it. As I live in Lyon, France, I can still find it rather cheap, but prices have increased a lot.
Load More Replies... Rose the Cook 10 months ago
So many of these things are in general use in China today. Guess we must be behind the times.
Huddo's sister 10 months ago
Many around in Australia. Might be because it comes from China, but I think it's more that people who grew up and stopped using these things just don't have kids or spend time around the people that still use them now.
Load More Replies... Binky Melnik 10 months ago (edited)
Is this a joke article and I don’t get the joke? Or was it so stupid people have something to read, too? Whatever happened to “Friends”? It was the number one TV show and then it went away. Where did Lawn Darts go? Everyone usta want a Delorean, but you never see them on the road anymore. And chicken pox: They usta be a rite of passage, but now no one gets it anymore. (Am I doing this right? Is it stupid enough? Is BP pulling our legs, and I took it seriously? Have I had a stroke? What’s going on?)
mhoulden 10 months ago
The list comes from a question that was asked in the Reddit sub /r/AskUK 2 years ago. It gets asked pretty regularly so I thought they'd have gone for a more up to date one.
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