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Blink, and you might miss it.

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.

#1

Man in a yellow shirt holding microphone, gesturing during a speech, related to songs as ringtones concept. Politicians resigning after getting caught doing something bad.

crappy_ninja , Kairos Panamá Report

Earonn -
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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Still DG
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha! Now, it helps get you elected.

Winnie the Moo
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let alone have some grace and dignity

Ozymandias73
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nowadays, it seems only to make them more popular and bolster their base (cult-like) following : (

Chris
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes they resign, so that they can dedicate more time to making money off of the fools that want listen to them spout their lies.

Tom De Paul
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now they run for and win reelection.

Huddo's sister
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10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still happens in Australia, the most recent a Greens party member

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    #2

    Green gummy octopus on a colorful cereal background, symbolizing quirky forgotten trends like songs as ringtones. Toys in boxes of cereal.

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    Existing and stuff
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Children today don’t understand how exciting it was to get a metal license plate for your bike

    EWD
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The US government decided it was encouraging kids to eat sugary cereals….that they are still going to eat anyways

    BrownEyedPanda
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't forget records on the backs of cereal boxes. I'm in my 60's and I miss these.

    Mike F
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that a Wacky Wall walker? I haven't seen one of those in over 30 years.

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is that the ones that stretch and then stick to the wall? I didn't know they were called that. One of the kids I teach had one today and it got stuck on the top of the air conditioner!

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    Kat
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The last thing I got in cereal boxes was some awesome color changing star wars spoons almost 10 years ago.

    Johnnynatfan
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THis kind of thing should come back. Kids today are missing out

    K Tigress
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really enjoyed the Disney collectable stuff. Wish cereals in general would have those cool treasurer again.

    Nadine Debard
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And environment, too. How many of them were just thrown in the garbage?

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    Sue Denham
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This was the only reason I ate cereal.

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    #3

    Woman smiling at phone, outdoors with a drink, reflecting on songs as ringtones. Songs as ringtones.

    I used to spend ages picking my favourite bit of my favourite song as my ringtone.

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    Cin
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I make and use them still

    Scott Rackley
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same. I made one the other day of the swedish chef doing rapper's delight.

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    FlagCityDiva
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I must be a nerd (or something) because I not only still use songs as ringtones but try to match them with people. When I hear "We are family...) I know it's my sister.

    Jen Mart
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone I know has The Good The Bad The Ugly for his ex as he said he never knew which one she would be that day

    Amelia Jade
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a different ring tone for almost everyone on my contact list. They each have their own text tone too.

    Rose the Cook
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still use not songs as such but instrumental movie themes. The Mission, Dances With Wolves etc.

    Kiki Likes Sweets
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love my ringtone song!! Shame no one calls me.

    BrownEyedPanda
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still use them. "Somebody's Watching Me" by Stockwell for anonymous callers. "Overcomer" by Mandisa for medical calls. "Theme from Route 66" for my paratransit, and so on. Someone I know has "The Rodeo" for his brother.

    Reset Game
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have about 10. However, f√ck it all, might be staying for the next year minimum

    Katie Allen
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard a screaming baby ringtone on a bus. Why would anybody do that??!!

    tracy black
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i still have songs as ringtones sweet caroline

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    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.

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    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

    A dried flower in a glass jar on a wooden surface, surrounded by delicate fabric, conveying a vintage aesthetic. 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.

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    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Man, walking in Pier 1 used to knock you down.

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This went away with Gen X and Y. I didn't understand it growing up. My mom didn't bother much with it, but had it around if it was gifted to her. I had gotten potpourri when I was younger, for in the drawers. Just never understood what the fuss was.

    Blondie23
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so glad this is gone... My mother had it out in our house when I was growing up and I hated it!!!

    paddingtonvg
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One Christmas, my grandfather ate it, because it was in the middle of the snack table. He thought it was snacks!!😀😀😀

    Sven Grammersdorf
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife and I have potpourri in our house. I'm 40, she's 36

    Huddo's sister
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm fine with that going. I'm too sensitive to fragrances.

    Bec
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But we do still have those damn cinnamon broom and wreath things in stores at Christmas, usually unavoidable right as you walk in, so those of us who are sensitive to strong smells can experience a full on asthma attack while trying to do our shopping

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    #5

    “What Quietly Went Away Without Anyone Noticing?” (30 Answers) 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?

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    Brian Droste
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved those. I have a book of them. There is a newspaper in Mich that would produce one each week in the Sunday paper back in the day.

    Spellflinger
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They frustrated me so much. I never saw anything and hated people insisting I was just doing it wrong. Found out recently people with astigmatism can’t see the image. Guess why I wear glasses?

    Nadine Debard
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Indeed. I have a very strong astigmatism and I had to stretch my eyelids to barely see something for a micro second.

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    Kira Okah
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Magic eyes. Those were fun.

    Lilli Belisle
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had trouble getting them to go 3-D, but found out I have a vision problem nay be the reason why?

    Bec
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could never see them, I'm very nearsighted.

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    Anthorn
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These still exist and are made, no? But that aside, I remember them and they were so fun

    nottheactualphoto
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm very nearsighted. I have astigmatism. I've worn glasses since age 6. I love those magic eye things. I have no problem making them work.

    Paulina
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think they made a comeback last year. I've seen them often online

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    #6

    A man in a suit reads a document by a window, conceptually linked to "songs as ringtones." Public concern about the Panama Papers and tax evasion.

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    Seedy Vine
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This right here is why I believe in Hell and that many people are going.

    “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.

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    “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

    “What Quietly Went Away Without Anyone Noticing?” (30 Answers) Charges against prince Andrew.

    Short_Signal_5772 , Sora Shimazaki Report

    Susan Reid Smith
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His mother effectively grounded him and then his brother told him to go to his room and reduced the size of the room.

    Kira Okah
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was in the news in the last couple of days relating to investigation of his connection with Epstein.

    Earonn -
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's astonishing how little our "dear" royals care about girls if it's one of them who molested them. Which of course never happened, mommy's money said so.

    Crissy Newbury
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what about Trump?

    #8

    Person in a white shirt looking distressed while holding money, with a plant and bookshelf in the background. Ringtones theme implied. Affordable housing

    Affordable Energy

    Sub 8-hour ambulances

    Covid.

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    Jen Mart
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what is a sub 8 hour ambulance ?

    Amy S
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I presume they mean an ambulance that arrives less than 8 hours after it was called?

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    Pink kitty
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ambulances are supposed to reach you in minutes not hours! COVID is still around. Ask medical professionals especially in hospitals.

    Dav Carro-Ripalda
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    9 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you mean that even when they charge the ambulance service expensively, they do not arrive asap? I mean, your country is beautiful, and full of nice people, but you better be rich and healthy, otherwise you are done.

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    Paulina
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    COVID didn't go away. It's still happening, but there's less panicking now because of the vaccines and subsequent lowered death rates.

    El Dee
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    COVID didn't go away. It has reduced but is still killing people. The government and the press lost interest in it. One day they were reporting how many were dying, the next day Russia invaded Ukraine and the coverage never returned to it..

    L. Murphy
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Covid is still here. I just got the new strain!

    Robin DJW
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had to call an ambulance 3 times in the last 4 years. They arrived in less than 10 minutes every time.

    WindySwede
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sub 8-hour ambulances?

    Ubiquitous
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everything is affordable if you are rich enough

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    #9

    Car headlight with decorative pink eyelashes, symbolizing quirky trends similar to songs as ringtones. It’s been a while since I’ve seen eyelashes on a car.

    Harrry-Otter , Karen Roe Report

    Brian Droste
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    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never seen this before. First time I heard of this.

    Khavrinen
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    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, those "spinner" hubcaps. Only time I think about them these days is when I hear Weird Al's "White and Nerdy". ( "My rims never spin to the contrary; You'll find that they're quite stationary; All of my action figures are cherry; Stephen Hawking's in my library" )

    Boredandsomea
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    those where made illegal in most countries, they where pretty unsafe for other people

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    Bobert Robertson
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Go to Quebec. Older French ladies love them on their little Nissans and beetles

    Multa Nocte
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    10 months ago

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    If they are québécoise they are not French.

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    Rose the Cook
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It has been a while but not that long since I saw this.

    Midoribird Aoi
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know one quirky, lovely old lady with these in her car

    K Tigress
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Car nuts are gone too. At least I think?

    Pittsburgh rare
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think they're legal because it's the first time I hear about them, or maybe no one is that extra around here 😂

    Dee Rutherford
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s ‘cause I sold my Mini Cooper. 😂

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    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

    Flames rising against a dark background, evoking a sense of nostalgia for songs as ringtones. Spontaneous human combustion.

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    8Yorkies-and-33cats
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Huddo's sister
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was hardly a thing in the first place...

    LNB87
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm going to need you to cite proof here... because we all know we could just burst into flames at any second..

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    Katie Allen
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People don't smoke in bed much anymore

    StrangeOne
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure why you were down voted. You're not wrong.

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    StrangeOne
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's because this was solved as not combustion from internal, living bodies, but from an external source.

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    #11

    A person holding guns in an action scene, wearing a blue shirt, relating to songs as ringtones nostalgia. Chuck Norris jokes.

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    Scott Rackley
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jesus Christ can walk on water, but Chuck Norris can swim through land.

    Glenn Cuneo
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chuck Norris invented "Saturday." It's original name was "Chuckerday".

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    Jen Mart
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you spell Chuck Norris in Scrabble, you win. Forever.

    BrownEyedPanda
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not surprising. Chuck Norris makes onions cry.

    jeffrey champion
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chuck norris doesn't do pushups , he pushes the world down

    C .Hunger
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When Chuck Norris goes swimming he doesn't get wet, the water gets Chuck Norris.

    Canisteo
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They’re scared of him.

    Igor914624
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What would happen if Chuck Norris killed John Wick's dog? A black hole would be created that would swallow the earth.

    Otto Katz
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chuck Norris is a trump ball gargler. There, that's the joke.

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    #12

    People wearing 3D glasses in a movie theater, immersed in the experience, reminiscent of songs as ringtones nostalgia. 3D this and 3D that.

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    Chris
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one has come and gone many times, I'm not sure it won't find its way back again. Hopefully if it does, they will figure it out to do it without those terrible glasses!

    Brian Droste
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I seen a few 3 D movies but they weren't real 3 D. They had depth but they didn't jump off the screen.

    B Jones
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have my 65 inch 3d TV and a bunch of movies. A few old films get released now from film but I still enjoy the movies I have.

    Pittsburgh rare
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get sick with those. No thank you

    Roxy222uk
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    3D films were briefly all the rage when my mum was a teenager/early twenties - and she's now in her eighties, so I'm sure that'll be back around again in some guise.

    tracy black
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thank goodness it gave me a headache

    John Dilligaf
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and thank God for it. 3D movies pretty much suck

    Karizma Kaliko
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a 3d photo taking/game playing phone once

    #13

    Retro TV set in a basement with nearby shelving and stools, reminiscent of a time when songs were used as ringtones. Those black glass TV stands that had us all under a chokehold at one point in the late 2000s.

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    Rose the Cook
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Under my fish tank on the balcony right now.

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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've still got one. It's not holding a TV any more however; it's holding a small laptop that's connected to the TV via an HDMI cable. The TV moved onto the wall just beside the stand 5-6 years ago.

    Ozymandias73
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've got that exact one in the bedroom right now.

    Crissy Newbury
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Black furniture in general. My house was full of it.

    Bookworm
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TV stands in general. When I interned at a Habitat ReStore, TV stands were the worst, most frustrating thing we got in. The cheap ones that were half falling apart, the good ones I had to argue my coworker down about trashing because he didn't want to get rid of 'a nice piece of furniture,' the giant fake-wardrobe ones that took two or three people to move. No one wanted any of them. Mostly they ended up sitting for a few months before going in the dumpster.

    #14

    Classic iPod on a gray surface, highlighting music choices, reflecting nostalgia for songs as ringtones. 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.

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    Ursula S.
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have mine and it still works.

    hungryghost
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read somewhere that the music players are making a comeback due to people tired of subscription this and that

    Saeyoul Akiyune
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    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish I still had my IPod Touch (it melted) - music takes up so much space on my phone and paying for premium for Spotify s***s

    Boredandsomea
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ipods where the least usefull mp3-player around, why anyone thought it was a good thing is ridiculous.

    Lola Rogers
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I refuse to look at a screen just to listen to music. I have three ipods the size of postage stamps and they're so much better and more useful than a clunky, brick that is constantly insisting you look at it--and pay for the privilege.

    tori Ohno
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My nano still works. Last time I found it. Where is it? Obviously I don't care.

    Dorothy Reiser
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have my waterproof ipod shuffle for swimming, buy no way to add any more songs.

    Ham Fright
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have a working Zune

    Mike T
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer my Nano to using my phone. Smaller and easier to carry.

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    #15

    Stacks of CDs representing songs used as ringtones in a nostalgic collection. Pirate DVD sellers in car parks.

    leelam808 , Alfred Kenneally Report

    Kira Okah
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I go to certain cash and carry outlets. Yeah you can still find the pirate dvd sellers.

    Boredandsomea
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    where do you live and how fast could you move there?

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    B Jones
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No need for the middle man anymore.

    nottheactualphoto
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Arrr, so it's Disney you be wantin', aye?

    Crissy Newbury
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many people have moved on from dvds that you can get genuine ones in charity shops everywhere.

    DetriMentaL (It/That)
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Meh. Now that most have smart tv's or media boxes, its easier and cheaper to download "somewhat" legal apps for streaming *cough-myfamilycinema-cough*

    Lilli Belisle
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These pirates live in my apartment building!

    BrownEyedPanda
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can still find them at flea markets. I don't touch the things; I don't like ripping people off.

    Binky Melnik
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    10 months ago (edited)

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    I think it’s a good thing they’re gone; they were sold to finance terrorist activités, and who the hell needs that? Besides, movies made in phones have mono sound, and that wrecks most movies. And finally, who wants to watch a movie with heads and silhouettes of people getting up in the middle of a scene? TL;DR: Most pirated movies are cr@p. Why ruin a good movie by watching the absolute worst version of it? It’ll be streaming soon enough anyway.

    Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You haven't met a proper pirate then, my dear. My copies are always pristine and finance my designer handbag habit.

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    #16

    Hand holding a black fidget spinner against a marble surface, representing items like songs as ringtones. Fidget Spinners.

    UnexpectedRanting , charlesdeluvio Report

    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have one. I spin it once in a great while.

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those have been replaced with those bubble, waffle looking things.

    Pink kitty
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many of them are still available especially in $2 shops

    Isabella
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still buy them - my cat's fav toy :D

    Pittsburgh rare
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now kids are bringing those squishable things shaped as different animals to class

    Reset Game
    Community Member
    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now it's all about death scrolling

    Damned_Cat
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought they were dumb until I received one in a swag bag I got at a conference. I loved that thing!

    Saeyoul Akiyune
    Community Member
    1 month ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still have mine and use it :D I also use the cubes and other fidget thinggies

    Saeyoul Akiyune
    Community Member
    7 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have the spinner and a couple of other, newer fidgets.

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    #17

    Streetlight glowing at dusk against a gradient sky, symbolizing nostalgic moments like using songs as ringtones. 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.

    anon , Mehdi MeSSrro Report

    Kira Okah
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whole town here has shaded LED lights, they also turn off at 2am except on the main road for less impact on the birds. Rural area that is not perfect dark, but 3am on a clear night is amazing.

    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One thing I miss with the new LEDs , is on a sub-zero night the rays of light reflecting straight up off the ice crystals.

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    Kelly Scott
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate the LED light craze. The streets used to look at least a little peaceful. Now they're lit up like the inside of a nighttime Walmart. Businesses and houses are putting those million watt outside lights up and for what reason? They're blinding to look at and all they do is contribute to light pollution. We have city slickers move out to the country and leave bright lights on all night long. If you're so scared of the dark, go back to the suburbs, you nincompoops. We have so much light pollution around now, you can't see the Milky Way unless you're a hundred miles from any town in America. People have forgotten that their eyes will dark adapt, that you can see in starlight, and that under the Milky Way, you'll see your shadow at night. I just have a real contempt for selfish people who need to have lights on all the time, disrupting nature and making it hard on anyone else who may want to sleep or just look at the night sky.

    juni
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you, nothing to add. Would love to see the milky way again.

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    Data1001
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate all the light pollution in major cities. In my LA apartment, it's never dark outside because of all the lights in the building next door.

    Jen Mart
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they always reminded me of the aliens in War of the Worlds 1953

    Pascale Laroche
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my city, the mayor replaced all the street lights with LED street lights. But these LEDs are made to reduce light pollution.

    Will Cable
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had the local government install these to save money, apparently to save nearly 20%, they then installed extra lights to compensate for the more shaded areas. the one outside out house (new light installation) is so intense it lights through 3 lots of window dressing.

    WubiDubi
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They go wrong more often, not failing but flashing. Rain or indecisions about if it's dark enough..

    Ana Ferreira
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's something about those oranges lights that messes with my depth perception. Used to hate driving in the areas that had them, but hadn't even noticed that they have been disappearing.

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    #18

    Feet in a fish spa with small fish nibbling, surrounded by stones. Fish pedicures.

    mysilvermachine , Alison_Winchcombe Report

    Shane S
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because it’s not sanitary or humane. The fish are starved and they carry bacteria from one person’s foot to another.

    John Boy
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    10 months ago

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    Proof please? These fish are actually a version of piranhas, and they thrive on the dead skin off your feet. They don't "transmit" anything, they eat the junk off your feet.

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    Lilli Belisle
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not everything on Earth should be exploited for human vanity or gain.

    K Tigress
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can get a body cleanse by those guys for free in a fresh water lake.

    Pink kitty
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Co-worker went overseas to Bali or Thailand? I forget which country but they had this

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    #19

    “What Quietly Went Away Without Anyone Noticing?” (30 Answers) Those little minty strips you used to put on your tongue to dissolve.

    anon , inavanbytheriver Report

    B Jones
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved those, but slowly forgot. I need to get more.

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    Pink kitty
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Listerine ones? They are still around

    PenguinEmp
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh you mean paper mints. Just have a regular mint or tick tack.

    cbk128
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Use them everyday still. Found them on Amazon last year and was delighted!

    Hassel Davidhoff
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to use those. Saw some wild shït!

    #20

    “What Quietly Went Away Without Anyone Noticing?” (30 Answers) 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.

    Rich6-0-6 , Jopwell Report

    Data1001
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I liked Google+. It was a nice alternative to Zuck's POS social media service.

    Binky Melnik
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It didn’t “fade away”; no one used it and so the project was killed fairly quickly.

    Nina
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about Google Glass

    Thatkamloopsguy
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you had to be invited by someone who was already on it, how would the first person get on it to start the invite?

    WubiDubi
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was clean but not popular. Nobody had time for multiple platforms. Until now.

    #21

    Pink digital keychain pet, reminiscent of nostalgic items gone from reality. Tamagotchi’s.

    anon , Brett Jordan Report

    Karma Black
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have two Tamagotchi Unis, a Pix, and a Pix Party. They definitely haven't disappeared.

    DetriMentaL (It/That)
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's retrending, at an eye watering price

    WubiDubi
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kids got given one and it's so cheaply made (not cheap though) that loses power if you so much as tap it and puts you back to the start. Encouraged gentleness!

    Dorothy Reiser
    Community Member
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I babysat one for a friend and killed it.

    Kit Black
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That made a comeback recently in the age group that liked them the first time... I think the reason people think they disappeared is that they outgrew the damn things and they haven't got kids who are into it yet

    KombatBunni
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still have the one I snatched when I worked at a charity shop and it was going to be thrown out :)

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are also popular now. Most of these are just that the people who used to use them have grown away from them and don't have kids the right age to be interested now.

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    #22

    “What Quietly Went Away Without Anyone Noticing?” (30 Answers) This will probably age me horrifically but Pogs, I still have mine.

    IntrovertedArcher , musicfromadventures Report

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were called Tarzos in Australia. One of the major supermarkets had similar ones as give aways at the moment.

    Ru Bee
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    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had pogs in the UK which you had to buy but we also had Tazos which came free with crisps and featured warner brothers characters like the tazmanian devil and bugs bunny.

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    DetriMentaL (It/That)
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really really miss the Pokémon edition you'd get in chips. Still have a few in their booklets

    #23

    Dentists in blue scrubs, one holding dental tools, performing a checkup. NHS dentist.

    Western-Mall5505 , Cedric Fauntleroy Report

    2x4b523p
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    WubiDubi
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Going to the next county for your dentist is a bit mad.

    MoMcB
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still got one, grimly hanging on.

    UKDeek
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not gone away. My dentist is a NHS one, and I've been going there for over 20 years now. Granted, they aren't as common as they once were, but they are still around

    #24

    Black canvas shoes on a Whole Foods bag, promoting "Songs As Ringtones" concept with eco-friendly packaging. Toms, those little canvas shoes that were in for about three weeks in the early 2010s.

    snorom , artistmac Report

    Blondie23
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still love these shoes! I am wearing a version right now!

    Matt Upchuck
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could never bring myself to buy shoes that look like I made them.

    Toothless Feline
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I own two pairs and love them to death!

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    May not be the same brand but the style of shoe is still popular in Australia.

    Lilli Belisle
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Find them in Amazon, they are comfortable and I think some of the sale money goes for charity. Another pair of shoes for someone in Africa or Albania or something.

    hilary 10
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love my toms!!

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think the ballet flats went away more silently. Those weren't the most comfortable shoes.

    Pittsburgh rare
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The ballet flats were the ones you carried in your purse to change your heels after a few hours. Now that you can wear sneakers with practically anything they make little sense.

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    #25

    A hand holding a smartphone displaying the Pokémon GO login screen, emphasizing the use of songs as ringtones. Pokemon go.

    Orange_fan1 , Pixabay Report

    Kira Okah
    Community Member
    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Partner still plays it every day, so does my mother. The gyms in this tiny town are crazy competitive.

    Kat
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My partner and I still play every day as well

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    Khavrinen
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really wish "Pokemon Go to the polls" hadn't been so very cringe. Things might not have ended up the way they are.

    Bored Trash Panda
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was playing it for a while, then ran out of spots for new Pokemon and backpack space and I ain't paying money for that c**p.

    Katie Allen
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know people who still play it

    Amelia Jade
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone on our local reddit was just asking people today about a specific gym at one of the parks in town.

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    #26

    Colorful rubber band bracelets on wrist, similar to trends like using songs as ringtones. Loom bands.

    dollyblue101 , Luna443 Report

    Bobert Robertson
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not at all! My 9 year old and all her friends loooooooove these

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was literally teaching kids how to do these today! They never really went away, just the ones who were interested originally grew up and the next group got interested.

    Potterhead934
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still wear them from time to time

    Dimp1961
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband bought two for me from two girls who were selling them on a stand. 50p well spent

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a box full of ones my daughter made years ago. Unfortunately, the elastics would disintegrate, get hard and crumble. Not even snap. Not sure if it's a body chemistry thing. She' still has her loom stuff and wants to get back into it.

    Spellflinger
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked at Michaels when that damn loom came out. Complete and utter chaos.

    WindySwede
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now it's paracord instead?

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    #27

    Bagels with egg and cheese on a white plate, set on a wooden outdoor table. Sausage, egg and cheese bagels from McDonalds.

    ally140992 , BlankVerse Report

    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I prefer the croissants from BK. Bagels are to chewy to me.

    John Ambrose-Hemmingway
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're advertising these for $9 at my local McDonald's (not a combo). Remember $6 burgers at Carl's Jr? Named so because that's what you'd pay IF you were at an actual restaurant.

    Katie Allen
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    get the Jimmy Dean ones, they taste better. (I know I sound like a commercial)

    Mary Kelly
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe b/c referring to that rubber donut as a "bagel" was a crime against humanity

    TappyBanceDare
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They came back last year here in San Francisco!!! I was so excited! The steak, egg, and cheese, was always my favorite. then they got rid of them for years. So happy they're back!

    John morrison
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    McDonald’s near me still serves them.

    Johnnynatfan
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We still have the bagels at McDonalds in the Washington DC area.

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure we ever got the bagels in Australia, though I rarely went to Maccas for breakfast so maybe they did.

    Sylvia Harris
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They still have them. Had one just last week.

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    #28

    BlackBerry phone displaying the time, related to "songs as ringtones" nostalgia. Blackberry phones, various alcoholic drinks (addlestones for example), FM radio.

    Ornery-Rip-9813 , Alejandro Mendoza Report

    Paulina
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FM radio? Really? Maybe it's different in the USA, but it's still pretty common to listen to the radio in the car in Europe.

    Kit Black
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's definitely still a very active part of media, it's just that there are about seven companies that own almost all of the stations.

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    Spellflinger
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will never be as fast on the on screen keyboard as I was on my BlackBerry.

    Bec
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hubs hates his current smartphone (too big). He always laments the loss of his phone that had the slide out keyboard

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    Katie Allen
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never listen to the radio if I can avoid it. I prefer to choose what music I listen to.

    geezeronthehill
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm listening to FM radio right now, but haven't listened to AM in years. Did you mean AM?

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FM radio is still around in Australia, though it has got lower ratings. The station I listen to (considered the 'youth' station though they have plenty of older listeners) uses youtube and instagram to post content too, as well as digital radio that has 3 connected stations on it too. I listen to music mostly in the car, so on the fm station.

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think Blackberry was very big in Australia and have never heard of addlestones so doubt it was popular here either.

    Deborah
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    FM radio? It's still around as far as I know, it's on my clock-radio and car radio.

    NapQueen
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Caribbean Twist.....can't find that in the shops anymore :(

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    #30

    Colorful eye-shaped beads, symbols for protection, reflect cultural traditions. Those glass beads aunties and grandmas used to keep in random bowls around the house.

    numediumlearning , Ali Yasar isgoren Report

    Bookworm
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    Premium
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mother still has these

    Ece Cenker
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not at all. I wear a necklace with one almost every day.

    Lost Panda
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You mean damage counters? I'm going to say they mean damage counters XD

    Binky Melnik
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    10 months ago

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    A neighbor nce gave me a handful and asked me to make a necklace out of ‘em for him. I thought they were ugly, but got out my tools to do it until he mentioned they’re “evil eyes.” I lost all interest then and handed ‘em back. If, in fact, they’re “evil eyes,” why would grandmas have bowls of ‘em?

    Karma Black
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they're used to protect the owner from the evil eye, not to cast it.

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    #31

    Bowl of chocolate cereal with milk being poured, evoking nostalgic memories akin to songs as ringtones. Free cereal Bowls in boxes of coco pops.

    coraIinejones , cyclonebill Report

    #32

    Swine flu was an extremely hot topic for a brief while.

    WuTangFlan_ Report

    Paulina
    Community Member
    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hi, Internet Explorer! The rest of the world is already past bird flu. We've been through bird flu, SARS, MERS, Ebola, Covid and now back onto the regular flu 🤧

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    #33

    Computer desks that form an L-shape in the corner of the room, with a slide out shelf for the keyboard.

    jungleddd Report

    Data1001
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually just bought an L-shaped desk... but I don't have it in the corner. Go figure, lol.

    Rose the Cook
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sitting at an L shaped desk now but without a slide out shelf. I doubt it is what you had in mind though.

    Alex Helm
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a big L corner desk, but it doesn’t have a slide out shelf! The desk suits my needs well - I have by big multiple monitor gaming rig set up on the long side, and then the short side is for my work laptop, or hobby stuff etc.

    Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw.
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe you are about something different than I'm thinking of, or maybe you aren't in the US, but glory these are everywhere

    Shaggy
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just bought a standing one. It is adjustable with the touch of a button, has shelves and everything..

    #34

    A person wearing 3D glasses and headphones, reflecting on "songs as ringtones" and nostalgic memories. 3D TV, especially football on sky.

    otherpeoplesthunder , Sigmund Report

    #35

    A shirtless man with vitiligo spots on hands looks at them, set against a plain background. 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.

    anon , Getty Images Report

    JohninND
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It wasn't scary enough They're conjuring up new terrors.

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard it mentioned in the news about two weeks ago in Australia. This week it's been warnings about measles though.

    Lilli Belisle
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    10 months ago

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    It jumped from a monkey to a man, so had a name change, it's still around possibly. It's another 'gay" men's disease so they keep quiet about that.

    John Boy
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    10 months ago

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    This is a disease passed through homosexual contact, so it became unpopular to address because of wokeism. Still a thing, I believe it's now called something else (mpox?).

    #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).

    Gabbaandcoffee Report

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    #37

    Emo haircuts.

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    Data1001
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now it's those stupid 'broccoli' haircuts.

    Mike F
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a school bus stop next door and my dog comes unglued when it spits out the shrieking kids almost half of whom are sporting that style.

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    #38

    Track and trace.

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    Amy S
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tracking and tracing Civid infections. During the pandemic in the UK people who caught Covid would register and people from the NHS (I think) or the app would contact the people the covid-haver had been in physical contact with for the previous few days to ask them to isolate in case they contracted it.

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    Miriam Insidecor
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was only meant to run for 2-3years.

    #39

    Painting rocks and hiding them for people to find, then hide again.

    amitherumham Report

    Cin
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still happening

    WindySwede
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OP must be hiding under a, rock..

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    Otto Katz
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still happening! Found one a couple months ago on a walk!

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw this about 6 years ago at the gardens in Assiniboine Park. Thought it was amusing. "Rock Me Amadeus" one said.

    #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.

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    #41

    Person using a smartphone, possibly selecting songs as ringtones, wearing a white shirt in a well-lit environment. Orange (the mobile network provider).

    Azovmena , NordWood Themes Report

    Pernille
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where? I still have Orange for both internet, landline, and mobile.

    Kira Okah
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw what happened with them, they used to be my provider. Merger iirc, with T-mobile to make EE.

    Pittsburgh rare
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're still around here, but can't compete with any other company, really. Plus there was this scandal a few years ago in France when several workers took their own lives because of the unbearable pressure. That resonated here and a lot of people changed companies

    Birb
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the Netherlands it went from Orange to T mobile to Odido

    Laura Osborne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to have the 1-2-1 network!

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    #42

    What happened to Sunny D? And those drinks in the plastic bottles you had to twist the tops off.

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    Chris
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw Sunny D in the supermarket just the other day, but it was in a big bottle, not an individual bottle.

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    i see Sunny D all the time. It's just not good, fake orange juice.

    Montanavanna
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They sell them at Costco. My son loves them but they are just a once in a while drink in our house. I have to literally hide them so he doesn't drink them all when I'm not looking.

    Jan
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw them at my Walmart neighborhood market place a week ago. With the cost of groceries these days though it's just not a priority. We drink water.

    #43

    Person sitting on a couch, smiling while looking at a phone, suggesting the nostalgia of songs as ringtones. Mobile games.

    Things like Candy Crush, Farmville and that word game that was all over social media for about 10 minutes.

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    Cin
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    10 minutes? LOL people still play those

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a bunch of games downloaded. Get ads for games all the time.

    Laura Osborne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to love farmville. Haven't seen it for about 5 years now. (I bet my farm's well overgrown by now :) )

    Michael Vickery
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mobile games are still the biggest games platform.

    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My wife got mad at me for asking our tax pro about a deduction.. "What deduction is it for?" "Agricultural, she plays Farmville all the time"..."Ummm no"

    BrownEyedPanda
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Candy Crush gives me a migraine, even with the sound off.

    #44

    Those highstreet milkshake shops where you could basically get any sweet/chocolate bar/confection made into an ice cream milkshake.

    ExoticExchange Report

    Katie Allen
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Covid killed those because they don't take well to takeout.

    Mecha_Phed
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That reminded me of those rolled ice creams made on the cold sheet of stainless steel, is this gone too?

    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shakeaways! 🥤

    #45

    Lads mags like zoo and nuts magazines.

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    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    TiNaBoNiNa
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the US there is Highlights, National Geographic Kids, Ranger Rick, and Cricket.

    #46

    Milkyway crisp rolls.

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    She who must not be named
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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

    She who must not be named
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They also had Twix ones and I noticed today in a small newsagents they had Bounty ones too although they sell a lot of imported sweets/drinks so not sure if they're available readily in the UK.

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    Ru Bee
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    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can get oreo ones in the UK, they are not great.

    Kira Okah
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Those are returning soon I think

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw Milkyway everything in Manchester last year. McDonalds had Milkyway McFlurries and other stuff. I thought Canada has milkyway. It looks familiar. But it's actually Galaxy bars we have at Dollarama. Yeah, not really as good as it's hyped up to be.

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    #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.

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    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    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.

    Hassel Davidhoff
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I haven't lived in Australia for 20+ years. Is Luna Park still around?

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    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not so much a theme park, but the Red River Exhibition is still an annual event in Winnipeg. It's not as good as it once was. Actually, there have always been problems with violence. It used to be set up more in the city, at the, now torn down, football stadium next to Polo Park. My mom refused to take me there because of all the problems she heard about. Then the amusement park gets set up just west of of the St. James Perimeter. It still hasn't made it safer. The last time we went, the park had set up tall, chain link fencing and guards to prevent people from sneaking in. This is why these parks are becoming less and less popular.

    Ellinor
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's because they are SUPER expensive

    #48

    A yellow Mini Cooper parked on a street next to a tree and building. Buttons on mobile phones.

    Brown/yellow coloured cars.

    Big pet dogs.

    New build bungalows and maisonettes.

    Front lawns.

    Moustaches.

    Using landline phones.

    Red ants.

    EssexGuyUpNorth , Jacob Morch Report

    Amy
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m really confused by half this list

    Kira Okah
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, landline, you're invisible again! Ours is still active and operational.

    Janissary35680
    Community Member
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    10 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still use the landline for ADSL. I can't remember the last time I used it for a phone call. The ringer's been turned off for years in fact.

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    Dusty's mom
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My neighborhood is full of big dogs. Houses all around me have them. Maybe they all moved here?

    Dusty's mom
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We all have front lawns. Big thing in the U.S.

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    Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw.
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mustaches? They're everywhere! In my patch of the world - Midwest US - every guy between the age of puberty and 30 has one. Good Lord are they terrible. They are either patchy, pathetic little things (18 yo son) or fat caterpillars right out of 70s corn with a "p" movies. My 16 yo son is sitting across from me right now basking in the glory of his (it is pretty amazing) and creating a new emoji to accurately reflect same. Please, please let this facial hair fad pass.

    Hiram's Friend
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Let's get rid of the scruffy look at the same time. Every actor now looks like he's 3 days hungover and hasn't shaved.

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    Brian Droste
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back in the seventies and eighties there used to more various colored cars. Plus I think in the late seventies and early eighties two tone colors.cars.

    StrangeOne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still have a landline. What I haven't seen in a long time, a few decades, are those red spider mites you would see on the windowsills.

    Katie Allen
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lots of people have big dogs

    Alex Helm
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Colored cars in general! I hate the boring monochrome you get now. When I bought my current car, it was a choice of black, white or grey only. :(

    Laura Osborne
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the UK, you won't be able to have a landline at all in about a year. Apparently nobody is building new bungalows any more as they take up too much room - councils would rather build blocks of flats instead.

    PenguinEmp
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do you live on another planet all of those are still around. Even landlines

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    #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.

    mchphoto2022 Report

    Fellfromthemoon
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My translation: analogue camera body with two lenses and all the necessary instruments and reagents for a dark room.

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    John Ambrose-Hemmingway
    Community Member
    10 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't even get me started on the cost of a transcontinental telegraph starter kit!