50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using

Have you ever noticed that your grandparents' old fridge just keeps on ticking, despite often being multiple decades old? Or the home screen of a new phone has a Christmas tree’s worth of lights and color on it for no good reason? Well, you aren’t alone.

Someone asked “What's a piece of 'obsolete' technology you still use today because it's better than the modern version?” and people gave their favorite examples. From good, old-fashioned knobs in their cars to, thankfully, not-smart home appliances, get comfortable before you read through, upvote your favorites and be sure to comment your own suggestions below.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Any non-“smart” things. Light bulbs, doorbell, washing machine, fridge, etc. I don’t need any of them to connect to the internet. Just do the basic job and don’t break or quickly become obsolete, please.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Knobs in my car to control radio and heat/ac. So much safer than screens

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Not exactly obsolete, but I've been told it's odd in 2023. I buy physical CDs, rip them to my hard drive, put a copy on my phone, and listen to my music without ad interruptions or subscription costs.

Edit: and for all you "bUt ThAt'S mOrE eXpEnSiVeR!" folks, no it ain't. I'm in my 40s. I listen to mostly the same s**t I listened to in the 90s, and I've already had most of my music collection for 25+ years. I'm buying 3 new CDs a year, max.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Paper menu… why you making take a picture of a square, go to a website and squint on my phone to see what you got to eat.

Empty-Taste-2777 , cottonbro studio / pexels Report

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Books. I take books out the library, read them, return them. Seeing what books are available on my “want to read list” is a fun game in itself.

rustybeancake , Abby Chung / pexels Report

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Opening a damn web browser and going to a store's website instead of using an app, if the option is there.

Time_Significance , Andrea Piacquadio / pexels Report

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Paper and pencil.
Way better than trying to write or draw on an ipad

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Joeshar 11 months ago

Notebooks at school are about to extinct. So the beautiful handwring is.

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BrownTabby 11 months ago

Eh, I’ve always had doctor handwriting and I was born in the 80s.

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VioletHunter 11 months ago

Where would that be? All the first graders I know still have physical notebooks and print books. It's nuts to deprive little kids of that.

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Marie Frost 11 months ago

We're making so kids will ultimately not even know how to write.

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Grant Caldwell 11 months ago

At my Alma mater they are starting to phase out online essays due to A.I.

4points

ProbablyNotBehindYou (he/him) 11 months ago

My handwriting is an absolute mess

4points

OdetteB 11 months ago

That's not true. Schools can't afford digital equipment, they can barely afford pens, highlighters, library books; there's no way they can afford digital equipment.

2points

Kaddiss Ventorum 11 months ago

Not if you're neurodivergent and they can't read your writing.

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Karen Philpott 11 months ago

Are you Yoda?

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Baali Venomax 11 months ago

Hope they're gonna have free use tablets in those schools then for families who cannot afford to get their kid a smartphone.

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Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 11 months ago

Where? I hope so tho- less deforestation

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Kyllein MacKellerann 11 months ago

Yeah. Now we have "educated" people who record on paper like third-graders. Great work, schools!

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Definitely a Human 11 months ago

And apparently grammar too.

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magpookie1133 11 months ago

I have lots of artist friends that would disagree. You can't carry a paint set and watercolor set with you at all times but you can if you have an iPad.

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Barbara 11 months ago

Not to mention digitizing the work, if it is necessary to do so. Too much is lost in the process.

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LizzieBoredom 11 months ago

Rock, Digital File, Scissors is not the same.

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Skye Hammond 11 months ago

I am a disabled artist with extreme tremors. I can't draw on paper anymore because of my shaking and it causes too much pain. My ipad helps me continue to draw without pain and I am extremely grateful to have it.

4points

OogieBoogie 11 months ago

I use a pen and paper in meetings, others look at me oddly as I work in IT, but I find them to be the best tools for the job.

4points

not your average weirdo 11 months ago

I’m an artist and using an iPad to draw is just as valid as paper. It makes it so much easier and there are more ways to be creative with the different brushes and colors

4points

Nora Cook 11 months ago

Written word is so powerful

4points

Xitxarel•lo Panda 11 months ago

Blue ballpoint pen , pentel one. Best pen ever

4points

CatLady 11 months ago

I use paper and ink journals. I can take them camping, don't need to worry about keeping a device charged... etc.

3points

Xitxarel•lo Panda 11 months ago

I always carry a notebook and a pen in my jacket ;)

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Kira Okah 11 months ago

Drawing with whatever tools you want is valid. I use neither paper or an ipad for instance, I doodle on ms paint, with a mouse. Whatever works for you.

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Lame Llama 11 months ago

I lug 2 notebooks with me everywhere. They contain everything from phone numbers to recipes, to do lists. They get recycled when i have fully utilised both side of the pages.

2points

Sue Denham 11 months ago

Yes!

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Kaddiss Ventorum 11 months ago

Drawing in an iPad is a very personal preference and very biased to say paper and pencil are superior. I've met many a fine artist who can't use traditional medium JUST as many as who can't use digital mediums. This isn't a competition fam.

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Victoria Howell 11 months ago

But... how could I "doodle" while I'm on the phone? I'm also an artist/designer by trade. I look back at some of my old sketch books - it's wonderful.

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Teresa Spanics 11 months ago

I still use paper and pens to write out my grocery lists and other lists.

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Christine M Quigley 11 months ago

I love calligraphy!

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Baali Venomax 11 months ago

Sometimes its the act itself of writing something down on a piece of paper that makes you remember. Typing it out just or using a light pen just doesn't have the same effect.

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eykntspel 11 months ago

For me, drawing yes, writing no. My handwriting is incredibly bad and would prefer to type everything out.

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Marie BellaDonna 11 months ago (edited)

I think both can have their place. I'm a writer. Not professionally (YET). But it's my self-therapy. My happy place. I've got literally over 3,000 pages of written work, in the form of several novel-length stories, saved on my laptop (and backed up on several thumb drives, lol). It's my very happy hobby. Back when I was a teen, in the 90s, I handwrote, in notebooks, with blue or purple gel pen. And I loved that, too. Even today, a new, clean notebook inspires a feeling of happiness and anticipation within me that I simply can't describe. But now that I'm older, I just can't physically write longhand anymore. At least, not for any length of time. My hand cramps up, and my fingers lock. But I can type on my laptop for hours. Handwriting IS important, for sure. But digital writing can be very useful, too.

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Berni 11 months ago

I prefer to write out speeches. It annoys me when people are standing out in front at a function with their phone in their hand and reading, making no eye contact with the crowd.

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Duuuuuuude 11 months ago

As a paper-attracted person, I have found my Remarkable to be well worth the money.

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Kris Tyler 11 months ago

hard copies plz

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k sand 11 months ago

The friction of pencil on paper...there's something about it that my brain likes

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Steve Robert 11 months ago

At uni, I always wrote my papers in pencil because it made me feel more creative. When it was completed, then I had to type it up. Kids today just hit the print button and out it comes.

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taarna23 11 months ago

As someone who likes to take notes, write ideas, etc. and who has limited space, you can pry my iPad and off-brand pen from my cold, dead hands. 😁

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Riley Quinn 11 months ago

Yeah, I'm still old-school when it comes to using pencil and paper to sketch ideas. Granted, my shopping list is now on my phone that's playing music while I shop.

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Phillip Moderow 11 months ago

Heck yes.

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Marie Frost 11 months ago

Great (not) that kids are made to get stupider and stupider who can't write.

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JB 11 months ago (edited)

Kinda sad that teaching cursive/joined up writing appears to be obsolete. To be sure, many people don’t write “pretty” (especially doctors 🤣) and it isn’t, never was, actually important in so far as it’s better to write clearly than have perfect copperplate. My ex always wrote “print” in caps because otherwise his handwriting was indecipherable. But, yeah, I kinda miss cursive.

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Tameeza Joyce Lightowler 11 months ago

Pen and paper will always win for me because what if your device fails? Plus the joy of creating... I've tried drawing on my phone and it's hard. Using an iPad is very different to having actual artistic skills. Why? Because you can use the various functions to delete, paste other things onto the picture and it often doesn't take much skill whereas artists have a born skill.

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TheDemonicCat 11 months ago (edited)

I would argue that it takes almost as much skill as traditional art forms, yes you can paste images or other things onto the artwork but majority of digital artists don't rely on that. And yes, there is a delete button, but it's really just a very effective and quick way to erase things or start over. As someone who dabbles in both digital and traditional art, if I had a "delete" option for traditional art I would be ecstatic. Both take loads of skill and time to achieve a good finished project and both have pros and cons.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Wired headphones. Wireless airbuds make me irrationally angry, it just seems so frivolous and easy to lose.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using 100% all kitchen stuff like kitchenaids, mixing bowls, old Pyrex, old wooden spoons, Dutch ovens, ect all were better before the 90's newer items of all these things especially Pyrex are flimsy. The appliances have planned obsolescence and new Pyrex baking dishes I'm scared to even use in the oven because I've had 2 explode on me. My old ones I inherited from my grandmother never given me an issue

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using A few years ago I was really broke and had no car, so I bought a 1997 Buick Park Avenue with 200,000 miles on it. That car lasted all the way up to 350,000 miles. Yeah, stuff broke on it, but it was so easy to fix and parts were so cheap.

I had zero mechanical skills, and I was able to bring that car back from the dead on 3 separate occaisions with incredibly basic tools just by reading a manual.

They literally do not make cars like that anymore.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Can opener. The manual ones work just fine, I don't know why an electric one that takes up space on the counter 24/7 when it gets used for all of 10 seconds is necessary.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I still use Adobe CS6 because paying monthly for software is some b******t.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using F*****g leaf rake.
Leaf blowers are a scourge. In most cases they save 10% of the time it takes to rake, while annoying 100 people at once.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using My job is restoring/conserving obsolete objects (mechanical clocks), does that count?

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Cash. I live in one of the most digitalized countries in the world and we are already so cashless that some places don't even accept cash anymore, even though they're still required to by law.

I still insist on paying with cash to everyones annoyance. It doesn't rely on power or internet and it's anonymeous, the latter being important to me.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Books and traditional media. Harder to navigate than the online ones, but kind of stimulates the brain more with less distractions and more peace.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using A normal paper calendar. Idk why i just don't check the calendar on my phone, and I sometimes use a 50 something year old radio because it sounds nice, especially when my headphones run out of battery.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Word and MS Office. NOT THE 365 subscription.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Vehicles without touchscreens.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Pen and paper works so much better than Android notes.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using If I can find something that’s not reliant on electricity to operate, I’ll opt for it. I have a hand coffee grinder instead of an electric one. I have a French press instead of a coffee maker. I have a hand crank pasta maker instead of a motor operated or a kitchenaid pasta attachment. I’ve gotten to a point where I’m trying to find items that can end up being heirlooms, that’s how well built they are. F**k planned obsolescence, honestly.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using A manual transmission, for a given definition of "better"

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using DVD and Blu-ray. Streaming is almost never at anything approaching full resolution.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Cast iron

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using My fountain pen.
I have a Parker 51 from '69. It's just so smooth

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Cursive

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Actual address book. I have many in my phone. But when I’m doing Christmas cards/invitations/announcements, I go to the book every time.

meadow_chef , Mx. Granger / wikipedia Report

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138points

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#28

50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using The old "unsafe" gas cans that don't leak gas all over the place.

snack__pack , Thiemo Schuff / wikipedia Report

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using My #7 Griswold cast iron skillet. Small logo so it isn’t that old, but it’s from 1938-1957. I use it to scramble eggs, bake cornbread, chocolate cornbread, quiche, and kielbasa, and I love it. It is way better than modern cast iron, the company polished the interior surface to make it super non-stick.

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120points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Hardwired network connections.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Mechanical wrist watch. Technically keeps worse time than a $12 quartz Casio but they are amazing little machines/engines you can wear on your wrist (and are still only off by a few seconds a day).

Conundrum1911 , Philip Lindvall / pexels Report

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I still use a washer from the early 2000’s. It’s very analog. Parts are easy to replace and it keeps chugging along. We have a local appliance shop that still stocks parts.

My parents buy a new washer about every 2-3 years because of technology issues.

Mines ugly, but it works.

Now, that being said, if and when I upgrade. I’ll probably upgrade to a speed Queen.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using My wife recently cancelled Disney+ and brought out this massive collection of old VHS tapes to make the kids go through. I had forgotten how awesome it is actually owning a copy of a piece of media, instead of having to search online to see what platforms it might be streaming on.

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116points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I enjoy talking to a person with instead of doing something purely online. (Some banking, customer service, general questions about product...etc...)

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Older vehicles, easily repaired, fraction of the cost of new

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I still have a micro cassette player that i have since 1988. I recorded my dad, my mum, who have passed away, myself when I was 18. It’s priceless. It stopped working recently but I just replaced the belt and it works now perfectly.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Old tools. My garage sale planes are as good as anything made today. My panel saw is perfect. Now, there's a bunch of survivorship bias and sharpening going on here, but I love them.

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106points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Record player (vinyl)

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105points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I love analogue photography!

I recognize that a digital camera is better in most respects like resolution (unless you're using large format cameras or special film), number of images, image rate, immediate results, ability to delete images without recourse, and so on.

But I have yet to handle a camera that feels as nice as a solid all metal mechanical marvel from decades ago, still working fine today. Even if not, these can still be serviced and handed down for generations.

Plus you can try many different types and formats of cameras for a fairly low price.

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99points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Ipod classic. F**k apple for ending it.

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90points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using A double edged razor. Much better and closer shave, it eliminated razor bump and ingrown hairs for me, new blades are $.10 when purchased 100 at a time from many online vendors.

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87points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I have a really nice binder that holds 3-4 small notebooks in it that I use for work.

I transfer the major projects and such to Microsoft ToDo or OneNote, but for day to day note-taking, absolutely nothing beats pen and paper.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Original Nintendo DS. Never once has that video game device given me an ounce of trouble or forced me to buy some subscription service to be able to play my games. Maybe not the most advanced, but definitely the best-lasting tech gadget I’ve ever been gifted.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Old dumb tv. Turn it on and it works. My smart TV takes minutes to turn on and load, download and install mandatory update, freeze up, restart, play ads, then freeze up again when I try to select what I want to actually watch.

SNES_Salesman , Nguyen Huy / pexels Report

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78points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Analog alarm clock. No electricity no problem. And the alarm is gentle.

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74points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I use VLC media player. It's been around since like 2000, and it's much better than the built-in video player which doesn't even support streaming or any advanced features that VLC has.

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using Printer with no wifi

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65points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I just really wish I still had a blackberry. Damn i LOVED that keyboard!

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60points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using VCR player.

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56points

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50 “Obsolete” Bits Of Technology People Refuse To Stop Using I used to wear a smartwatch. I travel internationally a lot for work now, and it was annoying that I had to connect to the internet to access the app to change time zones. So now I just wear a $20 Casio that lets me cycle time zones at the push of a button. Extra bonus is I don't need to charge it, which is convenient on its own and one less cord I need to bring.

edit: Never knew it was even called this, but after many comments: yes, it is a Casio Royale. Never even knew it was a whole thing, it was just what I grabbed off of Amazon at some point. Love the thing though.

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54points

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Rayne OfSalt 11 months ago

This is peak reddit pretentiousness. Almost nothing listed is "outdated", it's just a bunch of redditors trying to beef up their egos. "oooh, I use a paper calendar not an app" - yeah, so do millions of others buddy. That's why there's calendar stores in every shopping mall before xmas.

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Ash 11 months ago

I would say that many young people WOULD consider many of the things on this list "outdated". There's a difference between "outdated" ("most people I know don't use that anymore") and "obsolete" ("you cannot buy this in stores anymore"). It's more a generational thing than a pretentious thing.

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xczechr 11 months ago

Right? Like how can a wooden spoon possibly be obsolete. Ridiculous.

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SadieCat17 (she/her) 11 months ago

And older people wanting to feel special or fancy for being better than those "silly dumb kids" when most of gen z already knows or uses most of these.

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marianne eliza 11 months ago

More bells and whistles, more things to break down.

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Phil Vaive 11 months ago

For a lot of them, though, they automatically back up the data so if something happens, you're not totally boned. If you lose a physical daytimer, you have no idea what your appointments were. House fire? All your physical photos are gone. Whereas if my phone breaks, all the photos are still in my apple account. If my laptop quits on me, my schedule still exists. I don't lose any info because it's all backed up. That's one of the major conveniences of using technology. I agree there are a lot of downsides, but I think we tend to over-romanticize the past without remembering the downfalls there too.

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The Original Bruno 11 months ago (edited)

Practical effects in movies... and music! This is sort of cool: I always thought of Pink Floyd as a synth band because they were so cutting-edge in sound. But it turns out they use synth a lot less than I thought. Shine On You Crazy Diamond was recorded with 500 crystal glasses. They also used a clavinet, which is an amped clavichord, a Wurlitzer piano, a Rhodes piano, glass harmonicas (spinning crystal glasses), pedal steel guitars, tape effects, a Hammond. Don't get me wrong: they also used a minimoog and two different EMS synthesizers. The difference is that when bands like Styx went Hi-def they suddenly sounded cheesy, because the synths weren't designed for such realism, but higher-fidelity music players just make Pink Floyd sound better and better. (Although a 67 RPM vinyl stil sounds awesome.). Yeah, those crystal glasses so beautiful in Shine On Pt 1!

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The Original Bruno 11 months ago

(Wurlitzer and Rhodes pianos LOOK like synthesizers, but they're actually based on amplifying the noise of tuning forks struck by hammers.)

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Ryan Mercer 11 months ago

Grocery list. We've tried different digital approaches, but a good old pad of paper attached to the fridge still works best. Also, passwords on paper. I don't keep any important passwords on anything connected to the internet, ever.

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Huddo's sister 11 months ago

Same on both counts, though it is annoying having to remember to put my list in the recycling rather than have it accumulate in my purse.

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Andrea Delden 11 months ago

I was born in 1946 and most of the things mentioned here are way beyond my comfort level! I think that I'm still back in the dark ages, although I do appreciate my washer and dryer over the wringer washer and line drying, especially in the winter! I also prefer a refrigerator to an ice box and an electric stove to one I have to feed wood to, especially in the summer. I agree that the more bells and whistles the more there is to break! We've come a long way and I appreciate everything especially the advances in medicine!

3points

Dilly Millandry 11 months ago

I'm currently plunged into the dark ages laundry-wise! Waiting on parts for my washer machine and so did some hand washing and it's drip drying on the line right now!

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Stevo 11 months ago

#BoomerRage

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Phil Vaive 11 months ago

I actually think a lot of these are "special millennials" (and gen x and gen z) who think they're better than everyone else

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Ash 11 months ago

I love obsolete items. Candle snuffers, lanterns, whetstones, analog clocks. They're beautiful little objects.

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Dave Hinckley 11 months ago

I have my great-grandfather's scythe. I use it rarely to cut tall grass, just on general principle. He used it to cut hay for his 2 horses that pulled the plow. He was a farmer. The thing looks like the Grim Reaper's scythe. You can see the hammer marks from when it was made.

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wowbagger 11 months ago

Paper maps. When I move to a new city, I start with a paper map so I can get a good overview of the layout of the city. I try not to use GPS until I've lived there for a month or two. Also, I use a road atlas for long car trips. I've noticed that people who rely on GPS a lot often lack a mental birds-eye-view of their own city or of where they actually are on a road trip.

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Phil Vaive 11 months ago

One thing I do love about google maps though is street view. I can plan ahead for where I'm going by actually looking at where I have to go, where to turn (take a left at the esso!) and best of all, LOOK at where I need to park so I'm not totally overwhelmed when I get there. I do agree that I should be relying on GPS less, though.

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David Paterson 11 months ago (edited)

Unix. It's still around as Linux. And programs such as "eyes", now "xeyes", are still on there to help you find the cursor. That was written in about 1981. ImageMagic on Unix was released in 1990. Unix as Linux is still the operating system of choice for supercomputers. Because you can't do any serious number-crunching on Windows, Apple or Android.

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Dave Hinckley 11 months ago

I wonder how many banking and insurance programs that were written in COBOL are still in use.

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Gene Perry 11 months ago

An answering machine. Mine is from the '90's and still records phone messages just fine. P.S. I still have a land line!

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Wayne Resnick 11 months ago

Obsolete means that something has fallen out of general use. People can't keep using obsolete things in a big way.

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Mike F 11 months ago

FWIW, I'm in agreement with nearly every item on this list.

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Dog Lover 11 months ago

The one thing on this list that I hope for the sake of humanity that doesn’t become obsolete is cash. A cashless society would be a nightmare. If the system goes down and cash ain’t available, we’re screwed.

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Dave Hinckley 11 months ago

My wife's 87-year-old posts on Facebook and has a smart phone that she uses. So screw the idea that old people don't use modern stuff.

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DarkViolet 11 months ago

Everything old is new again.

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Scott 11 months ago

Too many duplicates. How does trash like this make it past editing?

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Piet Zwanenburg 11 months ago

This topic should be named "old people being afraid of new stuff"

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Ali H M Salehuddin 11 months ago

I'm 55. So that pretty old. And I do not agree with a lot of what shown above. Wireless mouse, Wifi printer, blutooth earphones. Bring them on. Film cameras, VCR players, CDs, analog watches.. I used to own those. Not any more. Of course there are some things that I still prefer the old way, Buttons on cars, writing notes on papers etc.

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Dave Hinckley 11 months ago

Old people are the ones who made the new stuff. Using an app does not make you technical.

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Astro 11 months ago

Not really

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Rayne OfSalt 11 months ago

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Ash 11 months ago

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xczechr 11 months ago

Right? Like how can a wooden spoon possibly be obsolete. Ridiculous.

3points

SadieCat17 (she/her) 11 months ago

And older people wanting to feel special or fancy for being better than those "silly dumb kids" when most of gen z already knows or uses most of these.

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marianne eliza 11 months ago

More bells and whistles, more things to break down.

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Phil Vaive 11 months ago

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The Original Bruno 11 months ago (edited)

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The Original Bruno 11 months ago

(Wurlitzer and Rhodes pianos LOOK like synthesizers, but they're actually based on amplifying the noise of tuning forks struck by hammers.)

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Ryan Mercer 11 months ago

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Huddo's sister 11 months ago

Same on both counts, though it is annoying having to remember to put my list in the recycling rather than have it accumulate in my purse.

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Andrea Delden 11 months ago

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Dilly Millandry 11 months ago

I'm currently plunged into the dark ages laundry-wise! Waiting on parts for my washer machine and so did some hand washing and it's drip drying on the line right now!

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Stevo 11 months ago

#BoomerRage

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Phil Vaive 11 months ago

I actually think a lot of these are "special millennials" (and gen x and gen z) who think they're better than everyone else

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Ash 11 months ago

I love obsolete items. Candle snuffers, lanterns, whetstones, analog clocks. They're beautiful little objects.

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Dave Hinckley 11 months ago

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wowbagger 11 months ago

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Phil Vaive 11 months ago

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David Paterson 11 months ago (edited)

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Dave Hinckley 11 months ago

I wonder how many banking and insurance programs that were written in COBOL are still in use.

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Gene Perry 11 months ago

An answering machine. Mine is from the '90's and still records phone messages just fine. P.S. I still have a land line!

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Wayne Resnick 11 months ago

Obsolete means that something has fallen out of general use. People can't keep using obsolete things in a big way.

1point

Mike F 11 months ago

FWIW, I'm in agreement with nearly every item on this list.

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Dog Lover 11 months ago

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Dave Hinckley 11 months ago

My wife's 87-year-old posts on Facebook and has a smart phone that she uses. So screw the idea that old people don't use modern stuff.

0points

DarkViolet 11 months ago

Everything old is new again.

0points

Scott 11 months ago

Too many duplicates. How does trash like this make it past editing?

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Piet Zwanenburg 11 months ago

This topic should be named "old people being afraid of new stuff"

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Ali H M Salehuddin 11 months ago

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Dave Hinckley 11 months ago

Old people are the ones who made the new stuff. Using an app does not make you technical.

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Astro 11 months ago

Not really

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