“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On

The world is accelerating fast and we — the consumers — are playing catch-up. New gadgets and software updates promise to make our lives better, so we follow the latest innovations with anticipation, hoping to find a way to integrate them into our daily routine.

But as the trends march onward, some people choose the opposite approach and reject them, opting for things they have already been using for years. So when a thread emerged on Reddit, asking everyone to share the "obsolete" piece of technology they refuse to relinquish, many had their say.

From vinyl records to physical maps, here's the list of "relics" that still have their place in our hearts and homes.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On I’m a school librarian - print books are nowhere near as obsolete as people seem to think. Kids still devour them!

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Regular buttons in a car instead of touch screen everything.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On I want my physical media. When all these companies start pulling licenses, selling them to new people, making it harder to access content, I want to be able to pull my Blu-ray, DVD, CD, or whatever other media it’s in off the shelf and watch it.

fuzzypyrocat , Julian Bracero / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On USB drives for data storage.

I have trust issues with cloud servers, and dislike the idea of personal data being stored on file servers that I do not own and control.

"The Cloud" is nearly impossible to avoid entirely; I just minimize my use of it in favor of local backups with planned resilience and redundancy.

RichardBonham , Karolina Grabowska / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Paper maps are considered by many to be obsolete, but they are essential for hiking or just being in an area away from civilization where cell service can be unreliable to nonexistent.

Edit: I've had about 100 replies informing me that maps can be saved so they work offline. I am aware of this. However it doesn't do much good when hiking on remote trails that aren't marked in any online maps. It doesn't help when you've unexpectedly driven into a large dead zone and didn't know to save maps in advance. And it doesn't help when leaving the phone behind for an overnight kayaking trip because of the risk of dropping the phone in the river. .

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On A notebook and pencil. I find writing down lists, making plans or doing financial analysis on paper so 'clarifying'. The pencil must have an eraser on the end.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Regular, non smart watches.

scoobyboobiemoo , Mister Mister / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Cast iron cookware. My $15 pan will outlast any nonstick pan you can buy. I can burn it, scrape it, and rust it out, and still recover it into new condition.

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161points

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Keys for opening my car door/starting the car.

I'm not down with the whole push-to-start/keyless entry thing.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Manual gearbox. Because it allows me to feel more involved in the driving process.

ellenmachine , Irhad Barucija / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On I prefer to spend cash. It helps my brain process the spending. I'm still bad with money but I got tired of swiping and praying.

A lot of venues are cashless now - hate it.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Handwritten agendas/planners. Writing s**t out by hand in general.

Comfortable_Bad_4843 , Lisa Fotios / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Books vs ebooks.

stormyknight3 , Yaroslav Shuraev / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Manual can openers. I hate the electric ones.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Hand held compass. Never runs out of battery and has saved my bacon many times.

SixicusTheSixth , Anastasia Shuraeva / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Any non-smart device other than a smartphone. To hell with those devices collecting my data, serving me ads, and being a pain to maintain.

Cyclone9232 , Oladimeji Ajegbile / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Notepad and txt files!

They have no formatting and work in all situations. Across every device and every piece of software. And by every, I mean that you can easily hit a txt file with a hex editor and fully understand and manipulate it. The file size is small.

Since notepad has no formatting options, you can paste in any modern day c**p and it will strip out the annoying bits. It kills things like hypertext, color, italics bolding, size, and other font changes. It even does a pretty good job of ignoring non human readable characters.

In other words, it works 100% of the time and returns only the content that you actually want with exactly nothing else.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On It is not obsolete really. But my 1999 VW Golf.

I despise new cars and refuse to get one even if I had the money for it.

All these mandatory driving assistance features you cannot permanently turn off like lane keeping assistance combined with the f*****g subscription s**t they are putting out and the fact that you cannot repair your car unless you have the software for it.

I want a car to be able to do 3 things. Have AC, have good sound system, be able to get me from point A to B without breaking down. I neither need nor want all these extra system and they'd be fine if I could disable them and never worry about them again. I cannot so I refuse to get any new car until I can.

Mad_Moodin , lil artsy / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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Libstak 8 months ago

My soul twin, I have a 2001 Corolla I call the beast cos it would survive an apocalypse.

33points

LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago

I’m not sure what insane person is downvoting peoples’ opinions of their OWN cars, but upvotes all around. I’m driving a 23-year-old Volkswagen Eurovan for the same reasons - it still runs, it’s tough as nails, and has zero touchscreens XD Ironically mine has a name too - “Fullbeast”! (My first car, an ‘86 Mazda 323, was named “Halfbeast”, hence why my van is “Fullbeast”.)

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keyboardtek 8 months ago

If reincarnation is real, I want to come back as a Toyota Camry. They last forever.

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Steven Carter 8 months ago

I've got a 1990 defender has no abs, electric windows a simple key to open the doors and start it. I could break down anywhere in the world an d any person with the smallest mechanical knowledge could fry it going. I work as a mechanic and seem so many cars literally written off due to the cost of electronic modules that have gone wrong.

3points

YukiChou 8 months ago

My 1993 Corolla still goes strong. I love her!

3points

Garth 8 months ago

Oh...a Toyota Crayola...😂

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Grant Caldwell 8 months ago

Oh, people need to grow the heck up. There's nothing wrong with liking old cars. I love old cars. But please stop whining about safety features.

6points

whiterabbit 8 months ago

The lane assist is the stupidest thing to be added to a vehicle. If somebody is on the shoulder of the road I want to be able to swerve into the other lane without the car jerking the steering wheel the opposite direction.

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Robert T 8 months ago

Still driving my 1999 BMW. No AC, but the roof goes down. And that's the modern car - the classic was built in 1959. LOL.

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Jp@nda 8 months ago

Blinkers still work like new huh

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Jo Davies 8 months ago

I have a 2004 VW Polo and I approve of this entry.

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Cosmikid 8 months ago

Folks here; we need to send a committee to Cuba, to recruit a couple of gurus on preserving old autos to come to the US and teach us... they are the masters.

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Sera 8 months ago

Never salting the roads for snow is doing a lot of the heavy lifting.

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Ariadne Toms 8 months ago

I used to be like that....then I got a late model car...

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Stephanie Pereira 8 months ago

I had my 1994 VW golf for 23 years, and it was the car of my life. Unfortunately, I had to let it go, and I cried as if I lost my pet.. when looking for a new one, I felt like emerging from my cave as I discovered a brand new world of technology!

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Lou Brown 8 months ago

In the states like Ct with strict emissions forces you to sell those great reliable, easy to use, cars.

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Igor914624 8 months ago

I have a 1970 that has crank windows, point based ignition and carburetors. Even the radio does not have a microchip in it, just discrete transistors. It will keep running forever.

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Andy Frobig 8 months ago

My best cars/trucks were a '65 Cadillac, an '84 Toyota pickup, and my '05 and '06 xBs

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oddly_informed_raven 8 months ago

I want a vintage VW Beetle

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ROSESARERED 8 months ago (edited)

Love my 1990 Toyota corolla...so does my mechanic, except parts are getting harder to find sadly

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Nimitz 8 months ago

100%. Heated seats are a subscription service now for some manufacturers, so is the rate of acceleration. Soon it'll be AC and anything else they can think to screw us on

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Jay Gerding 8 months ago

I generally agree with this, although I do have one fairly new car. I didn't buy it because of all of the gadgets, I bought it because it has 710 horsepower and is hella fun to drive!!

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Scott Wilkins 8 months ago

We have to meet emissions and fuel consumption standards. That's where most of the added tech goes.

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Robin Childers 8 months ago

2011 Nissan Versa Hatchback here. Love it but I miss hand crank windows and locks on every door. So inconvenient having only one door lock on the driver's side. Puts you out in traffic in roadside parking.

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Mad CatMan 8 months ago

I drive 2004 Jeep KJ (Liberty/Cherokee). It has all I need; diesel engine with lots of torque, automatic transmission, a/c, 4x4 with high/low gears for offroading and cruise control for long highway trips. Lift springs (50mm), trailer hook and bigger wheels. It's a car, which does what I tell to it, not vice versa like in these modern android digi dingdong nerve crackers, which beep and scream, if you look at mirror longer than 2 seconds or nod your head over 5 degrees. My friend had a serious accident, when oncoming truck turned left, directly in front of him. As an experienced driver, used to slippery roads, he tried to evade the crash by throwing his new Citroen to side slide and go around from its back, but all these genius driving assistants just forced his car to the right front wheel of the truck. He survived with some broken ribs and huge bruises, car was total write-off.

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Bec 8 months ago

Can someone tell me if these features are really mandatory? Maybe on high-end or European cars, but my 5-year old Chevy only has a back up camera and blindside detection was not an automatically included feature

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stella rossa 8 months ago

My 1997 VW Polo !!!!

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Matt 8 months ago

Hey, not sure if you put the pic up but that's a mk1 golf doubt it'd be 99 but could be deregister I suppose. Think that's 79 to 84 ish in UK xx

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Matt 8 months ago

Fkn solid car either way

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Elizabeth Joseph 8 months ago

My peeps! I have a 2005 Chrysler Minivan and love it. Not getting rid of it any time soon.

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Upstaged75 8 months ago

A friend was driving her kids around in a 25 year old car because it was "solid" so she assumed it was therefore safer than newer cars. Which is totally incorrect, and she was horrified when she learned the truth. I'd never put kids in something without airbags and crumple zones. Newer cars are supposed to get crushed when they get hit. It saves lives. If you don't believe me go read the research on injuries in old cars vs newer ones. I'm not saying old cars aren't great, but if you're counting on them for safety you're mistaken.

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Sid*o*licious 8 months ago

My car is a 2020 and it doesn't have a subscription and I can turn off the lane keep assist. My husband can repair it just fine. No software update needed.

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Blyss Blyssylb 8 months ago

I have a 2002 Camry. Wish it had the old school crank windows. However, it's just old enough that I can still work on it and I can drive without the distracting tech that newer cars come with

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Carole Genovesi 8 months ago

1977 vw. 3 buttons and manual gears control all I need

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Otto Katz 8 months ago

i had to replace the brakelights in my 2012 Fiat this weekend, $9. Last month my husband had to replace the LED headlight in his newish EV. $1,400.

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Brian Droste 8 months ago

I have a 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Doesn't have all the modern electronics on it. Love it. It has some small to semi small things wrong with it but nothing major. The heater and the ac works. It has power windows. Those work. Driver side has seat has power controls, those work. Automatic locks that works. Has knobs/buttons for the radio.

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Sven Horlemann 8 months ago

Word!

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Rostit.. . 8 months ago

I love my 02 Golf diesel. Its wonderful now that I replaced the headliner.

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Queeqec 8 months ago

This!

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Regina Holt 8 months ago

Your last paragraph spoke to my soul. Those three things are all anyone needs.

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Forrest McCanless 8 months ago

Brotha' man! 1991 Accord with 320K is my daily driver - in that time I've bought and sold three Mercedes.

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MP 8 months ago

I like old cars too but OP would definitely have new cars if money wasn’t an object.

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Mbarrera 8 months ago

I prefer older vehicles too. Howeverrrr, I do like the miles/ gas indicator? (Idk what you call that ),telling you how many miles you're able to drive based on the amount of gas you have in your tank. I would stretch it out till the last 2 miles sometimes.

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Sera 8 months ago

I have a 2008 Prius that shows me my mileage and miles traveled since the last time I filled up but makes me do the math myself :(

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Speedgoat 8 months ago

One thing I will never understand is touch screen anything in cars. No buttons no knobs no sensory feedback at all. There's enough distraction as it is without having to take your eyes off the road, answer a questionnaire, watch an ad for raycon or raid shadow legends, and then make an adjustment to your radio or climate control. Hyperbolic, but it feels that way, for sure if the controls are unfamiliar.

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Sera 8 months ago

I've been driving the same car with the same touchscreen for ten years and I still have to look at the screen to hit the buttons correctly while driving. Even familiarity doesn't make up for the difference between a touchscreen and tactile controls you don't need to look at. I love my car but hate the touchscreen.

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Papa 8 months ago

I don't disagree, but I do like the feature that will automatically slow the vehicle down when you get behind a slower moving vehicle with cruise control on, and then it brings you back up to the set speed when you change lanes.

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LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago

I have that feature too! It’s my foot, which I use on the gas and brake pedals XD

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I’ll have a treble thanks. 8 months ago

Buy a no frills Dacia, some electrics but the engine is capable of being fixed by a mechanic not a computer!

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Verena 8 months ago

Old Volvo. The mechanics in the garage are all waiting for me to buy a new one. Sorry guys, they don't make them like this anymore.

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 8 months ago

I couldn't agree more with this one. I drive a 2003 mk1 Renault Scenic, and I'm dreading the time I have to replace it. It's cheap to run and repair and does everything that I need. All the latest gizmos are just unnecessary, and you don't even get a choice.

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Timbob 8 months ago

Methinks, soon, ye shall be walking !

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#19

“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Magnifying lenses. Why use a digital camera when you can use a magnifying lens that doubles as a solar death ray?

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#20

“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Wired headphones.

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#21

“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Are wallets and billfolds becoming obsolete? I have friends who make fun of me for not just using a phone case that holds everything.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Records. I still love the sound of them better than anything I've heard.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On CDs. I don’t pay for satellite radio so I just play them on repeat in my car.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Wired mice on my PC. No need worrying about a battery dying and it’s not like I need to walk around the room far away from my keyboard carrying my mouse. Alas, they’re becoming less common. 😕

(Wireless headphones are useful though.).

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75points

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On My 20 year old TI-83 calculator. So many good features.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Fountain pens. I take a lot of notes because I do a lot of research and writing. I mean hours at a time. Featuring details I have to learn as I go. Fountain pens are the only kind of writing instrument I can use that doesn't tire out my hand. Or my brain. It gets out of my way and stays out of my way.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On I wear a wristwatch. Not only is it not a smartwatch, it's not even quartz! It's mechanical, full of gears and springs and stuff.

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#28

“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Typewriters because they're just so beautiful.

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60points

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Ipod Classic. 160GB with a clicky wheel.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On The Bialetti moka pot. Hard to beat, unless you have coffee shop grade espresso machine.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Wired headset, keyboard, mouse. Not interested in charging or needing to change any batteries.

Disastrous_Visit9319 , Huy Phan / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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49points

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Oh man I am a total retro grouch. Vinyl records, old steel bicycles, safety razors, film cameras, the whole hipster gamut.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Physical game cartridges.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On My landline telephone. It always works. No need to worry about a getting a, signal or needing a charge. I even have one corded one so I never need electricity. I did just get upgraded to fiber from copper however, not VOIP though so I'm certainly hoping all the same benefits are there. AT&T is deprecating the copper in the area and said "switch or be cut off." The technician made the switch and ran off before I got to really ask him anything!

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Analogue Mixer. I've had an all digital mixer (X-Air XR12) and it stressed me out. I play in a duo and it's much easier for me to just reach to the fader half blind than trying to move a line on a touch screen.

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#36

“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Winamp. Still my favorite audio player.

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#37

“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Wired headphones. They're superior.

I will not be taking questions at this time.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Love my dad's 100 year-old hand drill. Much better control for small jobs like putting anchors in drywall or making pilot holes for wood screws.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Cassette tapes. Recordings (of music specifically) sound so much better. Hard to re-create that lo-fi sound.

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“It Works 100% Of The Time”: 35 “Obsolete” Things These People Haven’t Given Up On Windows XP.

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Papa 8 months ago

I have one that I don't think was mentioned above (at least not specifically). When I go to the grocery store, I still prefer a written grocery list instead of a list on my phone. The written list is always right there. My phone keeps shutting down, so I have to enter my password every time I want to check the list.

12points

censorshipsucks 8 months ago

yes. I tried this and gave up. Also, you're likely to have it snatched in some areas.

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Will Cable 8 months ago

I don't know if what I'm about to say really fit shere but..... my mum doesn't have internet connection, she barely has a phone signal but every medical appointment, referral to some medical service, access to local government etc requires that she needs an internet connection, just phoning someone to make an appointment or speaking to a human is now impossible. How long before they start adding other things you 'need' in order to do anything making accessing service impossible for so many people.

12points

DB 8 months ago

Catalogs. 35 years in auto parts. When the kids can't find it in the computers grandpa and his ancient technology come to the rescue.

4points

James Hagan 8 months ago

I would add a good old fashioned plumb bob and line levels. Builders have used them forever for a reason

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Guess Undheit 8 months ago (edited)

T9 phones, aka Featurephones, aka "Dumb" phones are making a comeback. Many young people want phones without social media or constant internet access, they just want to make and take calls. Featurephones make up 20% of the market in India, went up to more than 1% in the US, and rising in other markets. The primary driver of this increase in every market is TEENAGERS, so it's not "old people who can't handle tech".

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Guess Undheit 8 months ago (edited)

Bicycles. As proven by the 2017 Mexico City earthquake, the 2011 Sendai quake, after numerous typhoons and hurricanes, AND when oil hit $150 per barrel (in 2011, and soon in 2024-2025), bicycles became invaluable. They're cheaper than cars, more efficient, can go everywhere, and are fast enough. Cars are temporary, bicycles will still be around in a century. The only danger to riding a bike are cars.

2points

Falcon on Dizzy 8 months ago

man I'm 16 and I also prefer older stuff. new stuff is great, but old stuff is so much cooler. being able to listen to metallica and iron maiden on my wireless headphones is great, but it sounds so much better on vinyl! also with the car stuff, I'm also a mechanic, and yeah I hate the computers and stuff too. I'm a mechanic, not an IT specialist!

2points

Corvus 8 months ago

I still keep my 20-year-old laptop with WinXP. Works fine for the most part, though it does show its age.

2points

Scott Wilkins 8 months ago

As modern tech tries to see just how inexpensive you can produce something it doesn't care if it only last an unreasonably short time...thus making it even more expensive and wasteful.

1point

Blyss Blyssylb 8 months ago

Look, I'm the one person who prefers to have both a mobile phone and a landline. Yeah, streaming is ok but nothing beats a VHS/DVD/CD/cassette/vinyl/8 track as THESE items don't Advertise me to Death! They don't need an app nor updates nor WiFi to operate

1point

Floeckchen 8 months ago

Most things on the list aren't obsolete at all

1point

censorshipsucks 8 months ago

well they are if you have a smartphone. But the point of the list is that people still like them.

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XenoMurph 8 months ago

Don't criticise new stuff, just because you prefer old stuff. You prefer the old stuff, fine. You don't have to make up reasons why the new stuff is bad. New stuff is often also fine. You're allowed your preference.

1point

Tracy Wallick 8 months ago

It depends. Planned obsolence is, unfortunately, a thing that exists and it's rampant.

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Barbara Chester-Wills 8 months ago

I give up on Cards been hacked 3 times so am back to Cash & coin.

0points

Sunny Day 8 months ago

I have an alarm clock-radio. I can set it and it will go off at the same time every morning. I don't have to worry about recharging or forgetting to set it, or that I had it set to "silent" (all excuses I have heard for being late to work).

0points

Aiden Brough 8 months ago

It's what you prefer I guess? I've never liked vynyl and always prefered modern formats, I prefer physical games and not downloaded ones, and I have a smart watch but torn with my nice non-smart watches... We're all different.

0points

Pat Curran 8 months ago

Wow, there's a lot of hate for new things flying around in this article! Hate this, can't stand that, despise these things, just because they're new and different from what you may be accustomed to. I understand appreciation for tried-and-true things, and sometimes shiny new things don't work out, but all this unbridled disgust with new things just makes you sound... old.

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Andy Frobig 8 months ago

Does it help if I don't like old things OR new things?

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censorshipsucks 8 months ago

yes and no. I think objectively some of these are correct. For example streaming video. Many movies can be hard to find online but not on your DVD collection. Etc.

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Papa 8 months ago

12points

censorshipsucks 8 months ago

yes. I tried this and gave up. Also, you're likely to have it snatched in some areas.

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Will Cable 8 months ago

12points

DB 8 months ago

Catalogs. 35 years in auto parts. When the kids can't find it in the computers grandpa and his ancient technology come to the rescue.

4points

James Hagan 8 months ago

I would add a good old fashioned plumb bob and line levels. Builders have used them forever for a reason

2points

Guess Undheit 8 months ago (edited)

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Guess Undheit 8 months ago (edited)

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Falcon on Dizzy 8 months ago

2points

Corvus 8 months ago

I still keep my 20-year-old laptop with WinXP. Works fine for the most part, though it does show its age.

2points

Scott Wilkins 8 months ago

As modern tech tries to see just how inexpensive you can produce something it doesn't care if it only last an unreasonably short time...thus making it even more expensive and wasteful.

1point

Blyss Blyssylb 8 months ago

1point

Floeckchen 8 months ago

Most things on the list aren't obsolete at all

1point

censorshipsucks 8 months ago

well they are if you have a smartphone. But the point of the list is that people still like them.

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XenoMurph 8 months ago

1point

Tracy Wallick 8 months ago

It depends. Planned obsolence is, unfortunately, a thing that exists and it's rampant.

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Barbara Chester-Wills 8 months ago

I give up on Cards been hacked 3 times so am back to Cash & coin.

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Sunny Day 8 months ago

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Aiden Brough 8 months ago

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Pat Curran 8 months ago

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Andy Frobig 8 months ago

Does it help if I don't like old things OR new things?

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censorshipsucks 8 months ago

yes and no. I think objectively some of these are correct. For example streaming video. Many movies can be hard to find online but not on your DVD collection. Etc.

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