The world is never the same place as it was the day before. Whether we're talking about environmental, societal, or other changes, it always keeps evolving.
So when Reddit user Firewire64 made a post on the platform, asking its users to name the things that are slowly phasing out in 2022, they received a lot of interesting insights.
We often miss prolonged, subtle processes. Having an opportunity to discuss them, even if it's online, can allow us glimpses into the direction we're all heading. So continue scrolling and check out the answers to Firewire64's question.
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Women’s’ rights
Yeah, I don’t understand why this is downvoted either… do people not think women’s rights are in jeopardy? I mean, if they don’t live in the US maybe nothing has changed in their world so this doesn’t impact them. Being American, Roe v Wade being overturned is terrifying to me.
Affordable food at the grocery store. It’s fine, it’s not like I need food to survive.
Privacy
Yep. In china, everything you do once you set foot out of ur home is recorded.
Social acceptance for cigarette smoking in public. Like the old-fashioned light-them-on-fire tobacco smokes.
I go all over for work, and it’s a noticeable event if someone smells like smoke. No buildings seem to have smoking areas anymore, even the butt cans are rare sightings. Can you even imagine someone lighting up *inside a restaurant*? People still do it, but they almost have to hide it, only smoking at home or in their cars or vaping while out and about. When you come out of a store and you smell cigarette smoke, it’s noticeable because it’s not always there. The difference from 10 years ago is huge. 20 years ago this would be unimaginable.
I am severely asthmatic and if I have to walk through some employee's cigarette smoke to enter a business, I turn around and take my business elsewhere. Not worth it.
NFTs
And I hope they continue to fall in popularity because honestly they weren’t even popular to begin with, just a fad peddled by the rich.
Faith in the future of humanity
I disagree. I come on boardpanda on a regular basis and I find my faith in humanity restored regularly
Leisure time. Unless you're wealthy it's shocking to have any time off. Monday I had my first sick day in over a year and I was told I still need to make up my hours even if it means working overtime.
Even when you aren't working, shifts are so long it feels like you're losing your whole day and your days off are the only chance you have to catch up on cleaning and doctor's appointments and maintaining your life that it's hard to find the time to do any leisure activities. Just watching TV or making a meal feels like such a time investment because there's so little time to waste.
DVDs.
It’s been going on for a bit now but it’s still crazy how fast they went from king to nothing
Given the cost of living crisis a lot of folks are cancelling their streaming subscriptions. Many are either buying 2nd hand discs and /or ripping their media to have portable collections - that they actually own 😃
Cash… 2022 has seen a sharp rise in card only transactions
Honestly? Cheap and neat finds at antique/thrift stores. Most places upcharge outrageous amounts for the items they get in, especially if it's a legitimate antique or unique item. On top of that, a lot of what's being sold now are nicknacks and decorative items that were made cheap at the time, and no one wants anymore.
I think we're also phasing out of the cheap product phase for everything, or at least slowing down. More and more people are choosing to repurpose their items or try and fix them, rather than just tossing and buying something new. Repurposing is even easier than ever thanks to the internet, it's no longer a struggle to figure out how to fix s**t and to buy missing parts and tools that you'd need to get the job done.
My local op shop has two buildings, one is the usual cheap things and cheap clothes and the other is the higher end stuff like vintage clothes or collectibles. It works well.
Term lengths of UK pm's
I've heard they've installed a revolving door at #10 Downing 😉
Having a savings account.
24 hour Walmarts
I live in a 24hr city, and I feel for those who work nights and struggle to do their shopping now.
I think the straw has broken the camel's back on laughtrack sitcoms; How I Met your Father is the first one ive seen in years to use one and its... not good
Its jarring to see
So id say those are finally phasing out, with the norm being laughteack free funnies (which have existed for years now ofc, but are becoming the standard)
Manned registers.
not in africa, we have too many unemployed people. We need job creation.
Physical menus at restaurants.
I agree on this one. However, I have completely stopped looking at drive thru menus. Screw that. I prefer pre ordering for those type of places.
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I'm a digital native and QR codes still make me look like a grandma.
Load More Replies... Nothing like going out with a group and the first thing you need to do involves everyone staring at their phones.
How much time did you spend reading the menu? 5 mins? 10 mins? If you have all the day even 15 mins, but then you give back the physical menu and the dinner is the dinner, if even once decided what to order your group will stay on the phone... It seems like a very bad group to spend time with😅😅
Load More Replies... I love IT products but I always demand a physical menu when I go to a restaurant and they try make me view the menu from a QR code. I mean, I love QRs as well, but making me download a menu and scroll on my phone is not convenient.
This bothers me because I can't afford data on my phone and would not assume that they would let me use their WiFi. How am I supposed to know what kind of food you have? Unless it's online on the restaurant's website. What does this mean for people with allergies?
There’s usually a qr code which takes you to the menu or you have to download an app. They alway have allergy info in the U.K. because it’s a legal requirement, I assume it’s similar for other countries. Unfortunately, quite often the wifi doesn’t work and there’s no signal inside so you can’t get online anyway. Even if it works, if you’re ordering as a family, you end up passing the one phone which has managed to get online around so it takes longer to order, the menu is badly arranged so it’s hard to find everything and the small screen is a real problem. It’s an annoying and frustrating experience all round and that is from someone who loves her tech stuff!
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So restaurants encourage people to stare at their phones instead of talking to each other? I'd rather not eat there then.
If I need an app to eat here (different if it's a favorite spot you go regularly to) and it's a one off I'll walk out and get a fast food burger instead. F**k that and I'm 31.
I love physical menus. I can order everything on my phone when I'm at home or at work. A physical menu makes the dining experience more "real".
I can't really understand this..... And I'm a book reader so I know the pleasure of reading on paper, but a menu is something you see in 5 minutes and then order, that's just the beginning of the dinner but then once ordered you don't see the menu anymore, both physical or digital😅
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Is this a thing now? Haven't been to a restaurant without real menus as of yet.
Definitely a hill I will choose to die on! How many menu apps do you want on your ph9ne anyway? Bring me a physical menu dammit lol
I despise those damn code thingies. I'm a dinosaur and I want a real menu, damn it!
Depends on where you are. In larger cities maybe, but a small city diner could never go without physical menus.
Any restaurant that wants me to scan a QR code instead of showing me a physical menu? That's when I get up and NOPE my way out of that place.
My favorite is when the restaurant blocks cell service inside so you can't even use your phone. Who will tell you what's on the menu then?
How can a place block cell service? Do they kidnap you?
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personally i enjoy virtual menus they’re quite convenient and it’s harder to drop them on the floor
You can still drop your phone on the floor tho 🙃
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I want to go to restaurant, feel the menu with my hands and be really happy.
Luckily even during the pandemic they did have physical menus available for those that insisted
"I didn't bring my phone to the restaurant, that's my policy when I'm eating it's all about that and the people I'm with"
If you, a restaurant give me a QR code to scan, no thanks. You're just lazy
I get wanting to save paper and cost but I think every table should come with at least one menu if they're going to go to QR code route. I bought my phone less than a year ago and it doesn't have a QR code reader standard. And between all the apps that I need to have to keep up with my job, my kids school, and my bank. Not to mention all the apps that I can't uninstall on my phone, I'm not going to put yet another app on my phone just for the one time every 3 months that I go out to eat. It's an interesting idea but not well thought out.
Very simple, if they can't give me a menu I can't give them my business.
If I have to use a QR code or download an app to see a menu, I leave if I can. They jsck up the price to use that technology.
I'm not going to clog up my phone with menus from poor quality places. Some fancy places I've been to focus more on the looks of their restaurant rather than the food quality. I once spent $30 on pasta (thinking for that price, it'd be fit for a royal to eat it) and I swear I've never put something so revolting in my mouth. It was a wagu beef spaghetti something and it was so bitter, it tasted like tomato seeds and the quantity was only enough for a child. I don't care if I sound like a Karen stereotype, but I was so disgusted that I asked to talk to the chef and I gave him cooking advice on how to actually make the dish edible. I'm not usually fussy, but some of the foods I've bought in my life, not even my dog would eat it. I've loved cooking since I was a kid and I've won lots of cooking awards, I also have the qualifications and quality to run my own kitchen. I swear I'm not boasting, I'm just proving I have the experience to back up my opinions.
Would love to add:. Affordable new and used cars. Paying 30% more now for the same car on the lot two years ago is crushing
Here it is more expensive to get a used car than a new one because you have to wait 9 months for a new one to come in from the manufacturer (18 months for hybrids)!
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Anything giving an individual pleasure and or joy will soon be phased out because it will offend someone else.
DVDs (I'm going to include Blu-ray here as well) have been mentioned. Physical media for games and production S/w that one owns is disappearing as well. Depending on an unreliable Internet connection to prove ownership much less access to the software (and the user generated files) is a rip off. Mind you one could foresee this with Tax software in the '90s that made your income tax forms locked to the software.
Now I'm really depressed. Too much pessimism for me as an old person nearing 80. 😢
It's true though this is the world now. It's not pessimistic it's facts
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I thought it would be like technology but instead it's just pessimistic nonsense
Newspapers. One can still buy them, but why bother when everything is online?
True but reading an actual newspaper used to be a pleasure. And looking forward to the colour comics as a child? Good times! Too bad they are gone…
Load More Replies... I was just coming to say "people having different opinions and being civil about it". Freaking ridiculous how polarized everything is, and how much people dislike not being an echo chamber.
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I don't think anyone of reasonable intelligence has a problem with diversity of opinions, as long as they're backed up with rational arguments.
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Would love to add:. Affordable new and used cars. Paying 30% more now for the same car on the lot two years ago is crushing
Here it is more expensive to get a used car than a new one because you have to wait 9 months for a new one to come in from the manufacturer (18 months for hybrids)!
Load More Replies... Anything giving an individual pleasure and or joy will soon be phased out because it will offend someone else.
DVDs (I'm going to include Blu-ray here as well) have been mentioned. Physical media for games and production S/w that one owns is disappearing as well. Depending on an unreliable Internet connection to prove ownership much less access to the software (and the user generated files) is a rip off. Mind you one could foresee this with Tax software in the '90s that made your income tax forms locked to the software.
Now I'm really depressed. Too much pessimism for me as an old person nearing 80. 😢
It's true though this is the world now. It's not pessimistic it's facts
Load More Replies... I thought it would be like technology but instead it's just pessimistic nonsense
Newspapers. One can still buy them, but why bother when everything is online?
True but reading an actual newspaper used to be a pleasure. And looking forward to the colour comics as a child? Good times! Too bad they are gone…
Load More Replies... I was just coming to say "people having different opinions and being civil about it". Freaking ridiculous how polarized everything is, and how much people dislike not being an echo chamber.
Load More Replies... I don't think anyone of reasonable intelligence has a problem with diversity of opinions, as long as they're backed up with rational arguments.
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