25 Years Ago Almost Everyone Had These 34 Things, But Now They’re Gone

It's more the "and people being ok with it" part.

That only solves half the problem...

That's not so easy. Those who love you would worry for sure, those who don't would think you're being rude. Every one would wonder why on Earth your phone is off. At least until you make them understand it's a choice and it becomes an habit

Every night, do not disturb mode. I can still check messages if I so desire, but no constant notifications interrupting my sleep. The important people in my life have my land line phone number for real emergencies.

If it was that easy more people would do it, don’t you think?

But mooom my friends will think I'm being rude if I don't answer right away!

My house is at the wrong place and have to tell Google every 3-6 months. Taxis, deliveries, etc. they all go to the wrong place. Both our door is the same but the other one is a court, one part facing my avenue, so Google takes that as my house, one unit, vs. townhouse. The ladies, who don't speak English, are good sports about it when I go to retrieve my packages. Apps tell me the delivery is done and it's not at my door so I take my car over there. Taxi drivers call me when I don't answer the door. It's super annoying.

And absolutely worthless if you’re in an area without cell reception, and don’t have a satellite alternative like Garmin.

Once I was in Edmonton (🇨🇦) when the Anthony Henday highway was still being finished. I was supposed to meet my grandparents at a restaurant. I ended up in Leduc. Google maps was confused as hell. At one point it told me I was driving through a farmer’s field while I was still on the 6 lane highway.

I've actually spoken to Deliveroo about this because the riders were frequently ending up on the wrong side of the building. They were following Google maps. So my delivery instructions now contain the instructions on how to get to my street.

A few weeks ago it had me driving in a circle over and over again, never making it to my destination. 4 left turns puts you back where you started! I was so mad.

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And what happens when your phone dies and you don't have a charger and you can't just go buy one lol

Thomas Guides were the best.

Upvote for Galaxy Quest

I'm getting to be an old man, but Iron Giant will always make me cry like a baby

Upvote for Iron Giant

Very friendly note: Roger Ebert was one person

Same; it was in the planet mnemonic I learnt, therefore it's a planet!

If I recall correctly, there was something fishy about the vote to demote Pluto, that it was deliberately held at a time when attendance was low and that agreement amongst the members was not as unanimous as they made it out to be. In any case, since then, there have been several instances where holes in their new definition of a 'planet' have become apparent.

Same. I refuse to accept the do over Pluto got stuck with.

Eris, Haumea, Makemake, and Ceres are then invited to the Planet Party. Remember, Eris is bigger than Pluto...

me too!

Amen. Pluto is our baby planet and we can't just abandon her.

Same :D

team LakotaWolf !!! :)

Agreed!

Hard and fast divisions like this tend to run up against the fact that in real life, everything is a continuous spectrum, not nice neat discrete compartments. There are no 'separating lines', there is a blur as one thing gradually gives way to another.

Eris is bigger than Pluto... Shouldn't they be Erisians? (All Hail Discordia!)

I'm not sure how many of those under 45 yo would even know what a Rolodex is 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Were you a 30 year old manager when you were a kid? I had a Hello Kitty phone number organizer notebook.

And addresses. Twice now I’ve driven younger coworkers home from work (a 19YO and a 21YO) who could not tell me the directions or their address. One told me “I think you just keep driving until the highway ends” while we were on the trans-Canada highway in Vancouver BC. (The trans-Canada highway ends on the other side of the country almost 8,000 km/5,000 miles away lol). Not saying this is a young person thing but I can’t believe I’ve met 2 people now who didn’t know their own address.

Yeah my grandma’s original phone number when she was a kid in rural 1940s Alberta, Canada was 18 😅

In my times, we had real aluminium carapace! And a special furniture for the hifi system

I was always one for the metal and glass one with the magnetic catches... oooh, screamed sexy.

That was the BSR turntable & Realistic cassette deck. The Craig AM/FM/8-track amp combo was real wood. Or at least veneer over composite.

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Does a hand crank radio (does have a USB power source as well, but that is way less entertaining )with some old computer speakers I found on the side of the road count as a stereo? It works for my living room.

I used my sister's compact stereo to make mixtapes in '00 for my '98 Escort. I had 1500 CDs so ended up with 100+ cassettes in my car.