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The rate of change in the world has accelerated to the point where some people find it hard to cope. Preparing ourselves to deal with these rapid advancements is in our best interest, and we can start doing that by trying to pinpoint how tomorrow might be different from yesterday.
Such reflection allows us to paint a clearer image of reality, empowering us to make informed decisions and navigate the evolving landscape with greater understanding.
To get started, Reddit user Staclear made a post on the platform last month, asking everyone on it: "What slowly went away in the past decade that no one noticed?" Here are the answers that people related to the most.
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#1
Finding a recipe online that doesn’t involve the author’s life story, author’s pet’s life story, and the author’s pet’s squeaky toy’s life story. 😂
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#2
Here's a good one: HIV/AIDS deaths have fallen through the floor, partly due to improvements in medication, but also thanks to a herculean effort by the international community in concert with major drug manufacturers, largely coordinated by PEPFAR.
#7
Insects. My car used to get covered with dead insects during the summer. Now, it’s just one or two every so often. Lightning bugs, butterflies, moths flying around my porch light. They’re all gone.
#9
The intelligence of the average American. There's an awful lot of stupid people walking around these days.
#10
voicemail. Nobody bothers leaving one. I get about 1/10th the phone traffic I did a decade ago anyway, and people would rather text why they called now in lieu of a vm. "text/don't call" is one of Millennials' greatest contributions to society.
#13
Objective journalism. We used to know that some outlets were biased (Fox, NYT) but now for literally any story you have to: read between the lines of a conservative source, read between the lines of a liberal source to balance, read an independent Substack to see what both of them omitted... and its too much work to just find the basic facts of a story.
#14
In general, "third spaces" esp. for like teens, i feel bad for them. Not too many indoor places you can just hang out without paying for something
#15
Being able to see the stars at night. I live in a small college town. I have to drive several miles to get far enough away from the light pollution to see anything.
#19
Magazine shops. The ones that sold obscure magazines that you can’t get at Walmart or the grocery store or even the big box bookstore.
#22
Public pay telephones. Sucks for those in trouble that don't have a cell phone (with battery life).
Edit: Also sucks for Superman when he wants to make a quick clothing change.
Edit 2: It's cool that Australia turned theirs into free public phones.
And yes, I missed/ignored the "past decade" part of the question.
#28
Over 10 000 unique species and several hundred unique natural habitats. And that's probably a very conservative estimate...
#31
Land lines…products with quality…wood instead of particle board, leather, linen, cotton…what is that….food without fillers or preservatives…non cookie cutter bodies and faces…
#32
Having actual physical copies of music and movies. People are so used to just watching YT, or using streaming services. Not saying some people don’t, but it’s more for a “collection” than actually that being the only way to have the material. I hadn’t bought a CD since at least 2008, and the only reason I bought DVD’s at P**n Shops cheap AF was to build a collection.
#33
Waiting for things and being “bored” waiting.
Every minute we are multi tasking everything because everything is always available. We used to have time to get bored because there wasn’t enough to do at all times. Now we are inundated with on demand stuff and I no longer get time to daydream or be bored. I used to love having time with my thoughts.
#35
Regular TVs. 90% of the ones you can buy from big-box or online retailers are smart TVs. I just want a cheaper "dumb" TV that I can plug a Roku into.
#40
Having major sports games on even the most basic TV setup, instead of having to be subscribed to anything.
I'm not even a sports person and find this to be incredibly absurd. I'm fairly certain back in the day (maybe even longer than a decade ago) you can watch most of the major things even when you just had antenna.
Even when you're subscribed to MLB they block things out by region now. That's just stingy as heck.
Although I guess this isn't something nobody noticed, as an afterthought. But the fact it's so normalized...nobody should be okay with that.
#41
3D logo designs have pretty much vanished. I don’t know the exact timeframe, but basically every single major company’s logo has become minimalist over a very short period of time.
#44
Developing film from disposable cameras. I'm sure pretty much no one uses them anymore but my fiance put a few around at a baby shower and is having a helluva time getting them developed. No CVS no Walgreens. She had to go somewhere special and was charged $85 for 3.
#45
i suppose people have noticed, but no one has their phone with a ringtone anymore. It's mostly silent or for some poeple still on vibrate
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Jason Melvil 2 years ago
Decent text tutorials. In the old days you could look stuff up, find a decent guide and just scroll to the part you need. Now everything is annoying video tutorials that force you to watch and listen and include so much annoying unrelated stuff that you can't skip because you have no idea how it's indexed.
Lauren S 2 years ago
This is so true! My child is getting into Minecraft and I’m trying to play with him which he is beyond thrilled about but every time I search how to do something I scroll past dozens of videos looking for the “how to” “step by step” instructions written out. That’s my speed. And it’s the same with anything, how to get my phone to blank, how to buy a new garage door remote, what on earth is the difference between washers with and without agitators (our washer recently broke and this was our c**p we have to spend money we didn’t intend to incident). I can usually find the text, I just have to scroll and sometimes *gasp* click on page 2! lol
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Jason Melvil 2 years ago
Decent text tutorials. In the old days you could look stuff up, find a decent guide and just scroll to the part you need. Now everything is annoying video tutorials that force you to watch and listen and include so much annoying unrelated stuff that you can't skip because you have no idea how it's indexed.
Lauren S 2 years ago
This is so true! My child is getting into Minecraft and I’m trying to play with him which he is beyond thrilled about but every time I search how to do something I scroll past dozens of videos looking for the “how to” “step by step” instructions written out. That’s my speed. And it’s the same with anything, how to get my phone to blank, how to buy a new garage door remote, what on earth is the difference between washers with and without agitators (our washer recently broke and this was our c**p we have to spend money we didn’t intend to incident). I can usually find the text, I just have to scroll and sometimes *gasp* click on page 2! lol
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