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.
Facebook
May it be buried in an unmarked grave next to Twitter.
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Actually, I have had a great time on Facebook joining interest groups like Bonsais, woodworking, landscaping, stone carving, etc. I have asked and answered questions, very collaborative. My experience has been great on Facebook. I can't think of an alternative to this, books can't cover everything.
I joined a little over a year ago to connect with some people that I met on another site. Between those few and a handful of groups I get to enjoy the little time that I spend there. I can imagine it becoming a hassle if someone follows a lot of politics, celebrities, and stuff like that.
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I got rid of any social media where it's harder to be anonymous, I only use Reddit, BP and Buzzfeed and have different usernames for each, it has done my mental health so much good. I also now know who my real friends are, I'm down to 3 and I'm ok with that.
Mostly same. Got rid of fb 5 years ago and it was awesome. Concocted a few others to join me. It was like a fog being lifted. Same with Twitter but to a lesser extent. Social media has done a lot of harm, and only a little good.
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If this post gets 1 million likes and shares, Jesus will close facebook down by selling it to Elon Musk.
The world will be a much better place when we finally put Facebook behind us. If people want to realize it or not Facebook has ruined allot of lives in a million different ways. And honestly I've never understood why people want to put their whole life on display in the first place.
well that really depends on how you use it. I never share anything personal. But I use it as means of communication with everyone be it my high school classmates, my university classmates, my international friends I met while traveling or people from my previous work. I also use it for specialized groups (like fans of board games, people who like gardening or my local city group). I cannot see how it can be replaced.
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Good riddance! It baffles me that people are still so addicted to FB. I have to log on to answer customer questions for my job on our company. (Even though the the requests are becoming fewer and far between, thank God!) I immediately get pisssed at the b.s. people still post on there! Like, we know you're so full of it. He is the 5th "love of your life" in 2 years.
That would be nice. It just seems like a cesspool for crazies and angries. Ah yes.. I can hear the screams of Farmville players across the nation losing their s**t. Lol
Personally my husband and I haven't had Facebook in over 8 years now it caused more problems then good in our relationship and were going strong almost 9 years later couldn't be happier.
I got rid of almost all of my social medias, Facebook in particular about 5 years ago and it's one of the best things I've ever done.
Facebook has it's place, I use it to advertise my sculpting and STL files for sale. There's also a private groups for sculptors so we can talk about work, techniques, companies etc. Sure there are other platforms like Discord but all social media platforms can be just as toxic as any other.
Nonsense. It's still the biggest social media platform with 2.9 BILLION users. Instagram is on 1.4 billion. This is according to Hootsuite.
2.9 billion accounts, you have to exclude the inactive ones, the multiple accounts made up by a single person and so on
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I actually really like facebook. I don't use it all the time, but it is good for keeping in touch with friends now that I have moved further away from them. Plus I use facebook messenger as my primary method of contacting friends and family if I can. I also am part of some great groups, like upcycling, permaculture etc.
Haha we can only hope the hotbed for anti vax cultists, flat earthers, seditious conspiracies and other lunacy finally disappears
It wouldn' t bother me if all social media disappeared. Don't use them anyway.
I'm slowly shutting down mine. I'm down to 28 people out of over 700. Yes, I did know that many people. Huge family and Community involvement in my lifetime. One thing Facebook taught me, just how many people stabbed me in the back in life. But, I also have a photography page that I love and am working on removing all of the photos first
Facebook's not bad The problem with Facebook is that everybody thinks their opinion matters. Facebook was supposed to be this place for sort of a version of freedom of speech which is understandable but what we should have been doing this whole time is just interacting with each other and not using it as a social distraction or substitute
Amen! Not a bad thing at all! Let's add Twitter and, please God, Elon musk to this list! I get it, it's a business but do you need to be such a freaking b*****d about it?
And (hopefully) Twitter, after Elon fired most of staff off rip, then gave ultimatum, work hard long hours same pay or quit with 3 mo severance, 3 days to make choice...Thursday another 50% -ish took option two Thursday morning...
Social media causes so much anxiety and depression in children and adults. Not to mention riots and abuse. Needs to b gone all together. I deleted FB app out of my phone four years ago just because I thought people were ridiculous, realized I was so much less anxious and had to more time on hands when gone.
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Facebook was an Obama era thing; when we wanted to connect with other people still.
Hate it. Only used it briefly when my sister insisted she set up an account for me. Something about it creeped me out back then. People coming out of the woodwork to be friends with you now. Well, how come you didn’t make an effort to keep in touch back in the day? Getting birthday messages from a zillion people you don’t know. Weird.
But why did people join or sign up to these things in the first place? Facebook sounded awful right from the start but geez people went crazy it for it. Human psychology is not that hard to work out is it and it certainly worked, and continues to work. Against us all. They set the scene and we are the obliging actors.
Well I've joined it to communicate with people all around the world (friends I've met while traveling), how else was I supposed to communicate with them? Call them? That wouldnt work. There was nothing else when Facebook came to existence, sure there were things like Skype or ICQ but that was slowly disappearing. And still, Facebook for me is the best way how to communicate with people I don't see every day.
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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.
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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