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#2

The COVID quiet.

You remember how quiet things were? When we all just took a chill pill? I remember.

Everything is loud again. From streets to stores. Sidewalks. Everything is loud. I couldn't point to when it happened, it just disappeared. And nobody seems to talk about how nice the quiet was.

RubSalt1936 Report

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Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

Traffic was restricted to essential workers. Me working at a tv station had a pass, and not worrying about any traffic (I ride a scooter) was like hesven. Now I may land in heaven with the loonatic road ragers in my city

103points

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#3

Appliances that work for 20 years.

Thanks, planned obsolescence!

Final score:

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TonyTee 1 year ago (edited)

Everything was made to last back then. Since the late 90’s, if not even a little bit before that, products started getting watered down as a marketing tactic, the less amount of time it lasts the sooner you’ll go out and pay more money to get the product fixed or replaced. Greed has evolved over time is the sad truth of it all.

80points

As a young millennial (or a zillennial, depending on who you ask), I still remember getting toys in cereal boxes, indeed, these actually would motivate my choice of product. Let’s face it, most kids’ breakfast cereals just taste like sugar anyway. But a casual walk down the grocery aisle reveals that toys are just not part of the deal anymore and honestly, it makes me a bit sad, even if it was mostly trash plastic.

The primary reason was actually safety. Food and toys don’t really mix, and having plastic items inside a bag where an overeager child might drop them into their bowl ultimately isn’t the best of ideas. Interestingly, there haven’t been any reported cases of a child actually dying, but it shouldn’t take a freak accident to implement basic safety concerns.

#4

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Being able to buy software products etc without needing a “monthly” subscription for f*****g everything.

Edit: For all the “Oh yes we noticed” comments. I get it. It wasn’t an instantaneous thing. But I’m still salty about it. Thank you for your input though.

Advena1 , Mert Kahveci Report

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Bookworm 1 year ago

I mean, from a purely economic perspective I realize that they'd rather have people pay every month instead of buying a single product, but... I *hate* this mentality where you don't actually buy anything, you pay a subscription to use it. It's fine for some things, but for others... There's a reason they'll have to pry my hard-copy books out of my cold dead hands. Those are MINE, and no one can just randomly change the contents whenever they want. Looking at you, Red White And Royal Blue and the clever remark about U.S relations with Israel that got changed to something bland and random about Norway because too many people think it's antisemitism to say anything negative about Israel.

60points

#5

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Livable wages. Ten years ago. You could work a min wage job maybe a couple bucks more and still afford a 1 bedroom apartment while living a pretty chill life. My goal as a kid was simple. Make 60K a year and get a nice little apartment. Have savings and live happy. Here I am making 80k a year and renting a room that costs as much as a full apartment used to cost. Paying for a tank of gas that used to cost me almost half as much. Paying for food for a week that costs as much as my mom used to get on food stamps for the whole month. Everyone accepts this now a days as life. I’m over here still hoping some huge market crash happens and everything “resets” to an OK economy.

bryrod , Karolina Grabowska Report

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Majungasaurus 1 year ago

I thought making $50,000 a year sounded great. Now everything is so, so expensive…. $50K isn’t the same $50K it was 10 years ago….

90points

#6

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Critical thinking.
As Benjamin Franklin said: "People will believe everything they read on the internet."

anon , Alexander Grey Report

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Loverboy 1 year ago (edited)

Ah yes, I remember when Benjamin Franklin, the greatest president in history, said this on national TV in 1960. I watched him as a 2 year old, my memory is amazing.

155points

The other reason is a lot more mundane, kids are not that interested in physical toys. Firstly, digital playthings are a lot more dynamic, interesting, and generally of higher quality than some plastic in one’s Captain Crunch. And the physical toys they do enjoy are often more complex in nature. Doubtful that someone will find a whole NERF gun in a cereal box. Now, if you look closely, you can find codes for digital goods and even movie ticket lotteries inside cereal boxes. Also diabetes.

#7

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered CD/DVD drives in laptops.

DVLCINEA , cottonbro studio Report

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353points

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Leanna Krys 1 year ago

yeah, had to buy an external dvd drive after getting my newest laptop, I like buying/borrowing cds over digital so not having a drive was driving me crazy...

81points

#8

That most people can never see *Milky Way* or the beautiful *night sky* anymore, it eventually got buried under the light pollution.

There was once a time when our ancestors struggled to count the stars.

Cosmo_photon_ Report

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320points

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PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago (edited)

In Dubbo there’s so many stars. People think I’m weird here bringing it up, but you can’t see them anywhere else in Australia I’ve traveled too like the middle of nsw. Even kakadu didn’t cut it. Shooting stars are so common and plenty

74points

#9

Saturday morning cartoons.

Flat6motor Report

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308points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

Afternoon cartoons

52points

suffaluffapussycat Report

On a more pleasant note, acid rain is gone. Mostly. While it sounds like something from a sci-fi dystopia, it was a very real symptom of climate change that we overcame. Basically, our electricity generation, animal agriculture, factories, and motor vehicles all added chemicals into the atmosphere that would lower the pH levels of rain. While it remains an issue in areas that don’t really care too much about the environment, signatories of the 1985 Helsinki Protocol on the Reduction of Sulfur Emissions have all benefited from reducing or eliminating this issue. Hooray for us.

#10

Someone answering the phone at businesses.

Final score:

305points

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fair_weather_rose (she/they) 1 year ago (edited)

Thank you for calling Automated Inc. This call may be recorded or monitored for quality purposes. To get started, please say or enter the last 4 digits of your account ID number...

88points

#11

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Acid rain.

Huge win for environmental action. Identified a problem, raised awareness, and implemented solutions that have mitigated most of the harm.

jdsekula reolied:

Same for the Ozone layer.

Not yet for climate change…

Juliusxx , Vlad Chetan Report

Final score:

281points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

Yes, we FIXED the Ozone Layer. We can do these things. Climate change is not beyond our grasp. We can fix this. It's not to late, but unfortunately too many people care more about the contents of children's underpants, or what's in that book the drag queen is reading to care.

134points

#12

My hometown published its final paper a couple weeks ago and then shut down the printing press and went to online only.

It's been such a slow death of the newspaper that nobody seems to have noticed at all.

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276points

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Nikole 1 year ago

People have definitely noticed…

96points

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One that adults will, unfortunately, encounter more and more is the tendency for most products to be replaced with subscription services. From the business side, this makes a lot of sense, where keeping a customer for over half a year will already yield more profit than selling something as a one-off. Plus it’s more predictable, regular, and brings in consistent cash flow. On the consumer side, it sucks. We pay more, we have to figure out ways to cancel subscriptions when we want it to stop and it tricks our brains into spending a lot more than we need.

#13

Fireflies aka lightning bugs.
I live rural and I used to see hundreds on a warm summer night.
Now I get excited if I see just one.
I mentioned it to other people who live in the same area as I do and they were just like "Huh. Yeah. You're right!"

Final score:

260points

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Bookworm 1 year ago

This is pretty much the entire concept of Silent Spring. One day everyone looked around and realized all the birds were gone.

101points

Solangelo4life!!! 1 year ago

@gryde38, no it wasn’t. It was horrible, the affects of DDT, and bioaccumulation and biomagnification. I was not born back then, but I have studied it well enough to know exactly how detrimental it was.

4points

Almarako94 1 year ago

Well, some will notice and cry out while all the others just look annoyed and continue with their li

2points

Bookworm 1 year ago

@gryde38 I didn't mean that's literally what happened. I meant, that's what happens at the beginning of the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.

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Gryde38 1 year ago

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K W 1 year ago

It's because we're literally killing off the the insect population through our use of pesticides and cultivating or landscaping with non bug friendly plants. Bees, butterflies, dragonflies... I remember seeing hundreds of them everywhere. I grew up across from a river and before they started spraying dandelions the sound all the bees made buzzing around them was so loud you could hear it in our yard. I've seen hundreds of dragonflies hover over a swimming pool in summer. There used to be so many different colors of butterflies. You could find caterpillars and cocoons. I can't remember the last time I saw a cocoon in nature. It makes me so sad for my kid not to grow up with that.

23points

Jules 1 year ago

YES! And, although this is a more gruesome example, my partner noticed the other day that after we'd return home from a trip out in the EV, there would barely be any splatters on the bonnet (hood for the folks in the US). When I was a kid I always remembered seeing loads on the front of the car and it always made me feel sad. Now I feel sad that there aren't more as it's an indication of a bigger, more dire situation.

13points

Spocks's Mom 1 year ago

Preach it, KW. 👍😞

3points

Amy Webb 1 year ago

They're not just killing insects either. My neighbors are absolutely obsessed with their lawn and use pesticide and herbicide like it's water. They've had 4 Schnauzers in the 15 years we've lived here. Not at the same time; every few years we get introduced to Mr. Peepers the 4th, 5th, 6th, etc. and their vet even told them that it was probably the chemicals killing them but they care more about that green lawn than those poor puppies.

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

I think this has to do with pesticides. Putting the granules on the lawn for other pests. Also the lack of open spaces with little to no human disturbances. They are very common in rural areas.

11points

Nikole 1 year ago

I’ve always lived in Chicago and there are most definitely fewer lightning bugs in the summers now.

6points

The Other Guest 1 year ago

Pretty much all insect & similar populations have dwindled. On a nature walk recently we saw some really big garden snails, and Mr Other Guest & I looked at each other as we realized we hadn't seen snails in years, let alone large ones like those. And when was the last time you took a drive, and came home with a radiator grille full of gnats, moths, and flies?

6points

similarly 1 year ago

Yeah, fireflies are almost gone in Japan too. I miss them.

6points

Gryde38 1 year ago

Do they still the firefly festival near Nagoya?

2points

David 1 year ago

That's sad. It has been many years since I saw lightning bugs in Virginia visiting relatives as a small boy. We do not have them here in WA state and I don't recall ever seeing them in California so I think not there either.

6points

oddly_informed_raven 1 year ago

I've noticed the decline in Virginia too

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Nowyermad 1 year ago

Not just lightning bugs. Remember when your windshield would get covered in bug guts while driving at night? Never thought I would miss that.

4points

Nikki D 1 year ago

They were so numerous a child could just wave a jar around and have a living lamp! Not for long though, of course. but there were so many that catch and release was easy. Amd it also taught children that bugs are usually nothing to be afraid of.

3points

lunar eclipse 1 year ago

I've been saying this for years. There's a small lake on the way to the school I used to go to. And there would be fireflies there in the evening and night, and they just disappeared. I miss them so much

3points

debor ahn 1 year ago

yeah...rural regions are the reason for most of the lost of biodiversity. the amount of toxic chemicals used on crops, it's no wonder anything is still alive. and many city people are just as heavy handed with pesticides and incesticides

3points

Telepathetic 1 year ago (edited)

Killed off by the CIA and replaced with drones. Oh wait--that was Birds

3points

Gryde38 1 year ago

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LJ Robinson 1 year ago

Fireflies are such a joy. We got hundreds of them last year!

3points

PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago

Xmas beetles in aus

3points

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago

Butterflies and honeybees. I live rural too. While we do see varying numbers of lightning bugs (depends on the weather, summers can vary, you know), we see far fewer butterflies and honeybees than I remember from childhood. I’m 62 now., so we’re talking 1960s to 1970s. I also remember them well into the 1990s to the 2000s (remember, I live in a rural area), but once we hit into the 2010s, I noticed a decline in both. Pesticides are a definite cause of this. A huge one.

2points

Leigh 1 year ago

As a kid I had a shirt with a Chief Seattle quote on it. "What is man without the beast?" If all the beast where gone man would soon die from a great loneliness of spirit. From what happens to the beasts also happens to man."

2points

Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

I have loads in my yard every year. Going outside at night is like being in space. Fireflies need shady spots away from artificial light and leaf litter on the ground in which to lay their eggs.

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Russell Rieckenberg 1 year ago

Also bees. Far fewer than five year ago.

2points

Matthew Huntington 1 year ago

It was specifically spraying for the Zika virus. We went back to visit family in PA, and we were shocked at the decline in insects.

2points

Ashtray 1 year ago

Light pollution is killing them along with other nocturnal animals. It's so depressing its not truly dark anymore.

1point

Leigh 1 year ago

I used to see daddy long legs everywhere when I was a kid. Not as an adult. The insect population now is half of what is was in 1980!

1point

aubergine10003 Premium 1 year ago

I live in NYC and see them all the time (in parks) during the summer.

1point

Christopher Denney 1 year ago

I loved fireflies when I was a kid, we moved from a place that had them to a place that didn't. I never realized until years later that they weren't all gone, they just didn't live much in more northern states.

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Gardener of Weeden 1 year ago

We still have quite a few, in OUR yard only. we do not use poisons and keep the grass long, and converting it into clover and wildflower gardens.

1point

Tjoori Vids 1 year ago

When I moved 1400km across two countries in 2018, I arrived and noted that -- despite it being a very hot May day -- there wasn't a thick coating of bugs on the car. (It was a Jeep Wrangler, hardly aerodynamic)

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jenny 1 year ago

yeah. same as here. sad..

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Bleau 1 year ago

Same w your windshield you couldn't drive 50 miles w/o having to stop an clean the bugs off.

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JELLY 1 year ago

I live in South Africa and saw literally 1 firefly for the whole summer.

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Summer Woodsong 1 year ago

We're rural, I love watching fireflies against the wooded background.

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HogHedge 1 year ago (edited)

Where I live there's a lagoon where plenty of native shags used to live. I've been running around that lagoon for 15 years. And I've only just noticed that there are no shags anymore :'( (no food due to over fishing)

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Kris “ADHD_Carrier” Dudoich 1 year ago

I still get fireflies in my yard during the summer. I guess I'm lucky. :)

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naimah yianni 1 year ago

Stop using Monsanto poison

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Vicki Cunningham 1 year ago

I see many fireflys in my rural Kansas area.

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Mya Lugar 1 year ago

Here just outside Atlanta, their is plenty of bird noise (i wouldn't call it that) and right now ciccaida (sp.?). We have plenty of trees here and I am sure that makes a difference.

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Lisa McKay 1 year ago

Pesticides and herbicides are to thank for that.

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Terri Rimmer 1 year ago

Due to global warming. We used to collect them in jars.

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Deborah Stearne 1 year ago

I guess seeing their little lights make you notice how fewer they are. The decline of insects without lights is not so noticeable to the general public - bees, spiders (didn’t have any in the rafters of the patio this summer)

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G'ma B 1 year ago

Bug sprays and people have pushed them all away.

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Sandy D 1 year ago

We still get tons of fireflies in the summer

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April 1 year ago

We still have tons in my area. I always assumed that lightning bugs could be found all over the United States, but apparently there are several states that don't have them.

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Kalon Suszko 1 year ago

Remember when me and my younger brother would catch 50-100 every night, put the jars on our night table, filled with grass and fireflies. One funny time...my DIY self used a standard screwdriver to punch holes in the lid instead of a hole punch. Had like 100 fireflies floating around my room for a couple days after that, as they all escaped thru the holes. :P Never did that again!

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Luis'GF 1 year ago

Yes!!!! I grew up with them! I did notice last time I was visiting home they werent around. Then last summer I was on a random trip to Baltimore I spotted 1! I was soooo geeked! I filmed it and probably looked like a crazy person but I didnt care!

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Ashley Coe 1 year ago

QUIT USING DEATHDICIDES.

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Lsai Aeon 1 year ago

I was just over at my parents' house which I just inherited. My service dog had never seen lightning bugs before (we just graduated in February, she's only 2). She refused to leave the porch because the yard was chock full of them. She just didn't understand the blinking bugs

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Nichole Harris 1 year ago

OMG this!!!! Wth did they go???

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Ciara McMurdo-Farr 1 year ago

Also Christmas beetles

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Zephyr343 1 year ago

And other bugs in general. I used to drive and have half my car covered in bug splats. Now, nothing.

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Apps 1 year ago

We have them every summer. Some summers have bumper crops. Every year is different. One year, we had rabbits everywhere. 10k dragonflies another year. 5 years ago, foxes kept running through our neighborhood. I hope fire flies come back soon!

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PunnyPanda 1 year ago

In my hometown it was due to spraying for West Nile virus, so we actually noticed pretty quick. While I didn't miss the mosquitos, definitely missed the fireflies. They've finally started to show up again, but one or two a night.

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JPotts 1 year ago

Pheasants, I have not seen or heard one in many years.

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Penny Kemper 1 year ago

I still see hundreds of them in rural areas

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Mario Strada 1 year ago

I noticed that decades ago. I still remember capturing them in a jar and being surrounded by all these lights. I haven't seen one in 40 years.

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Gracie Jay 1 year ago

My area doesn’t seem to have this problem. We still have tons. Along with tons of insects in general, we seriously need a screen door because we can’t just leave it open on nice days without getting bombarded by bugs.

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Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 year ago

I've never seen 1 in my life

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PettC 1 year ago

Live in the Caribbean & haven't seen a butterfly or bee for quite a while

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The Starsong Princess 1 year ago

Lots of fireflies where I live and it’s the suburbs against a ravine. Plenty of birds too. Last year, there was a beaver in the creek! The city had to relocate it because it immediately build a dam but I’ve never seen one here.

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Xenia Harley 1 year ago

Absolutely. Now you hardly see any fireflies! Sad, really.

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John L 1 year ago

It's called the windshield phenomenon, which has recently been scientifically proven.

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Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

When my sister and I were little, Mom would poke holes in the lid of a glass jar and we'd go out and catch lightning bugs and watch them for a bit then let them go. It seemed a more innocent time back then. What area are you in? I'm in Maryland.

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Annymoose 1 year ago

I have a ton in my backyard. Insect population has declined. Remember getting bugs stuck to your windshield? Not anymore.

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Rosie Red 1 year ago

Same with the bees. As a kid there would be so many, now I'm surprised if I see a couple.

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Sabrena Patterson 1 year ago

I see lightning bugs every year in Louisiana.

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PATTY HERBERT 1 year ago

Completely noticed—and agree!!

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Timbob 1 year ago

I still see quite few, and I live in a busy suburb of a very large city.

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Neon Otter 1 year ago

We are very fortunate in Eastern Ontario, Canada to still have an abundance of fireflies!

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Aqsa Azam 1 year ago

YESSS, this! I haven't seen a lot of them at a time. Just one here and there. It's sad

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Gryde38 1 year ago

Very country specific.

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Eric Trahan 1 year ago

Illuminated butts. This world

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#14

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Attention spans.

Nick_TheReader , Tim Gouw Report

Final score:

259points

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fair_weather_rose (she/they) 1 year ago

Yeah, you're totally ri- ooo, look, something shiny!

9points

#15

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Toys in cereal boxes.

EarlGrey_Picard replied:

More importantly toys in Cracker Jack. Hell, they don't even come in a box anymore, they come in a bag.

getupk3v , Samantha Gades Report

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251points

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Vasana Phong 1 year ago

I remember the ones that would have “ collect all four “ my mom did not know any of this, we would eat up the cereal so we can get another box, we stopped after getting 3 of the same items

39points

Others mentioned technological fads like 3D television which, thankfully, have mostly gone away. Yes, at the time they were very interesting, like an innovative way to view media, it’s pretty clear these were just a fad. Most 3D programs halted broadcasting in 2012, rendering the further development and sale of these TVs pretty pointless. While perhaps it’s sad to see this avenue no longer explored, truthfully, it wasn’t that great in the first place.

#16

The need to remember phone numbers.

imcoolmymomsaidso Report

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David 1 year ago

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149points

#17

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered A common pop culture (in the US, at least). Until at least the 80s, most people watched the same TV show, saw the same movies, listened to the same music, could recite the same commercial slogans or jingles, bought into the same fads.

I don't know when it happened, but now we are all siloed into highly specific subcultures.

ChorePlayed , Mollie Sivaram Report

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227points

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fair_weather_rose (she/they) 1 year ago (edited)

I actually had a conversation with someone about this recently. I think some major factors in this are that A) there's just a lot more media and content to choose from. B) said media is far more accessible. And C) we have access to pop culture from all over the world instead of only having access to the same shows on the same channels, the same movies in theaters, and the same music on the same radio stations

80points

#18

Panama/Paradise papers.

Loads of high profile people were discovered funneling their taxes through offshore tax havens like the Cayman Islands.

I can’t believe this isn’t the main thing we hear about every day in MSM. The culture wars are a distraction from the top .0001% robbing the world blind.

808_Scalawag Report

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222points

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Mother Goose 1 year ago

Yup

40points

#19

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered I never see swarms of Monarch butterflies anymore.

JRsFancy , Nathan Dumlao Report

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207points

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fair_weather_rose (she/they) 1 year ago (edited)

Butterflies in general. When I was little they were everywhere, now I get super excited every time I see just one because they're so rare

102points

#20

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Somewhere along the way 9-5 turned into 8-5.

TwoIdleHands replied:

Yeah when I hear the song I’m like “Wait, did they get paid for lunch? Or just eat at their desks? Or did they actually not work 8 straight hours?”

nocerazbj Report

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194points

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fair_weather_rose (she/they) 1 year ago

🎶 workin 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin... 🎶

59points

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#21

Postcards.

And not just in the usual places, like museum gift shops and tourist traps.

There was once a time when you could buy at any truck stop or roadside motel a postcard of the small town you were driving through. But not anymore.

No point when you can just text your friends a photo.

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190points

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cadena kuhn 1 year ago

That's how they found the town for Beetlejuice they drove to gas stations and looked at postcards

48points

#22

On the good side of things, the hole in the ozone layer. We listened to scientists and it repaired itself.

sukaidansa Report

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Bookworm 1 year ago

Gee, imagine that! The scientists actually knew what they were talking about when they told us we needed to fix this, and we listened to them, and we didn't die!

120points

#23

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Privacy in your daily life.

Annoyedatreddit1 , Christin Hume Report

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172points

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Loverboy 1 year ago (edited)

Honestly I still get privacy, I don't like going out and I don't really have to interact with people beyond shopping or jobs. I don't post about any part of my daily life on any form of social media, might share a few facts but besides that my life is private.

69points

#24

Color from the world. Everything is becoming gray scale. Look at commercial buildings and fast food buildings. McDonald’s used to look fun and exciting, now they’re all gray and boring.

In my area, we had the funnest looking McDonald’s by the Dallas zoo, and now it’s being renovated (for whatever reason) to look like a standard gray colored McDonald’s. No fun.

Sosantula21 Report

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170points

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David 1 year ago

McDonalds has been trying to 'upscale' it's image and look more mature and act like it is a real restaurant instead of screaming kids and a ball pit.

69points

arthurdentxxxxii , Sora Shimazaki Report

#25

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Longevity in careers – this is a big one nobody seems to have said.

Longevity in careers has largely gone away. People used to get a job and after being there for decades reap the benefits of being seasoned employees (higher salaries and better perks).

Maybe it’s because I work in the Entertainment industry, but I feel that longevity in careers has gone away. Meaning, people can be amazing at a job, but after 5+ years the employers start wondering if they could be doing better with a younger/cheaper candidate for the job.

I understand if you ever want to move up in a works place they expect you to bring your A-game, but 30+ years of being incredible is hard. Some years will be better than others, and if employers don’t have loyalty to their employees anymore, it is likely the good employee will be fired or let go at some point.

I feel like in recent decades this has forced many people who normally wouldn’t, to switch careers. Can someone work successfully up the ladder at any job without having to shift to another company for a promotion?

A combination of employers halting upward movement of their staff while they look for new employees to fill higher roles, and the fact that they “get bored” of their seasoned employees has largely killed the idea of anyone having a single career.

Final score:

169points

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sofacushionfort 1 year ago

Another example of union-busting and offshoring. The OP is about entertainment, but the same is true for the merchant marine. Old salts could slam down a killer card at the hiring hall, and seniority would mean they took the best jobs first. Now ships are crewed with non-union sailors from desperately poor countries. If they’d tried that years ago, union stevadores would refuse to unload the ships in port, but now its just a few highly skilled crane operators moving shipping containers who don’t see it as their issue.

44points

#26

Alien abduction news stories.

Seems coincidentally related to increased number of cell phones with cameras on them.

mr_ckean Report

Final score:

169points

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pico diablo 1 year ago

... and the number of reported "miracles".

48points

#27

Completely paid for benefits by corporations for employees.

ctudirector Report

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161points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

"Benefits" should be basic human rights. Unfortunately the USA prefers to spend money on aircraft carriers instead of it's own citizens.

58points

#28

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Having many Family photographs in homes.

Not completely gone, but homes used to be plastered in them. The only times I really notice them is in homes of older people.

boxoffingernails , Bhaumik Kaji Report

Final score:

152points

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David 1 year ago (edited)

This is one half of a two edged sword. The PLUS side is digital photos are free unless you want a specialized print. You can display them on your phone / tablet / a digital frame / your huge TV. You can send them to Grandma in Wheretheheckistan for free. Those frames in old people's houses are because that was their only option. I am one of those old people. I WISH there was a ton of digital photos of my childhood. But all I have are a very few because we were poor and film / developing / printing used to be expensive.

54points

#29

Slips. Women used to have them in various lengths. I had a pair for pants. They were in the lingerie section of every store. And nylons. Every grocery store used to have a wall of them.

canuckbuck2020 Report

Final score:

149points

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Mother Goose 1 year ago

Nylons! Leggs, in the egg shaped clear plastic shells! I haven’t thought of those in years…

89points

#30

Internet search results related to what I typed in.

AdWorried102 Report

Final score:

147points

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Jeff Gabrisl 1 year ago

IDK how old you are, and if Google was your first search engine, but in the early days it was impossible to find what you were researching using the old search engines. Before Google, search engines sucked. When Google came out, it changed everything, you could find what you were looking for. Now all you get are ads unless you're highly specific.

59points

#31

Pay phones.

sypherxxxx Report

Final score:

146points

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trevor 1 year ago

Pay phones are free in Australia.

32points

#32

One specific thing that quietly disappeared from the world without much notice is the Kodak Kodachrome film, which was a popular and iconic film used for photography for several decades. The film, known for its vibrant colors and sharpness, was discontinued in 2009 due to the rising popularity of digital photography. Despite its historical significance and loyal following, the discontinuation of Kodachrome film went relatively unnoticed by the general public.

Suitable-Let-3627 Report

Final score:

145points

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Steve Robert 1 year ago

In the early 70s, Paul Simon's Kodachrome was a monster hit.

5points

#33

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Our need to know who our neighbors are. I listened to a podcast about human interaction recently and the host said that the internet slowly made it possible to live without knowing who the people are next door.

It used to be that we would hang out with people in our street or attend dinners, birthdays, and whatnot. Now, everyone seems to have no need to even so much as introduce themselves.

The only time we do get to know each other is if we have a complaint.

anima99 Report

Final score:

140points

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Loverboy 1 year ago

I just don't like people. I like to be on good terms with my neighbors but I don't want to talk to them or know them. And I'm fine with that.

89points

Ok-Information3311 Report

#34

Water beds.

Final score:

139points

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Jared Robinson 1 year ago

Thank god

74points

#35

Audio cassette tape pulled out and tangled in the shrubs of a strip mall. It was the gold standard parking lot decoration of the 90's.

SOSOBOSO Report

Final score:

138points

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David 1 year ago

Up vote for making me laugh at a memory. Also, because I am old I have also seen the 8 track version of this.

66points

#36

Smoking areas in restaurants. I was a 90s-00s kid and have vivid memories of going to Friches Big Boy among other places, and the waiter asking my dad if he wanted smoking or non-smoking. Being an asthmatic child I'm surprised I survived.

Fast forward to today and I can't even imagine any food establishment letting people smoke in the dining area.

gowgob2 Report

Final score:

132points

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David 1 year ago

YES THANK GOD. I was a 60s kid. I have experienced smoking in - restaurants / airplanes / movies / buses / a few times my parents' car but thankfully not much / pretty much everywhere. SOOOO glad that changed. I am mildly allergic to cigarette smoke. It sort of makes me stuffed up and doesn't take much.

71points

#37

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Kinda surprised I haven't seen this one yet, but Ronald McDonald. You remember the old clown everywhere in and around McDonald's commercials and stores? Gone. Phased out when that "clown scare" prank trend was going around.

bshred8 , Steve Baker Report

Final score:

129points

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Majungasaurus 1 year ago

I’m okay with this.

101points

#38

Landline phones in homes.

TraubinHD Report

Final score:

129points

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David 1 year ago

For most of us no point. I was a hold out. I had a landline for years after I had a cell. But I started looking at how I almost never got a call on the landline and it was costing me $25-30 / month. And when I DID get a call on that line it was usually a telemarketer. That was several years ago and I've never missed it. My cell tower could go down but it is very rare that I would have both no signal and the need to make a call. And if I did - could walk over to neighbors on different carrier.

37points

#39

We used to have these really fat bumble bees in my backyard. No longer see them.

badblackguy Report

Final score:

127points

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Bookworm 1 year ago (edited)

Bumble bees are a threatened native species, they're being wiped out by pesticides, colony collapse and the European honeybees. Edit: The American Bumblebee. I am in the US, I forgot to specify. Sorry.

49points

#40

Phone books.

Acesfullodeuces Report

Final score:

120points

POST

cadena kuhn 1 year ago

Oh no they are still around and it's a huge problem. For some reason they refuse to stop printing them but nobody wants them and they are clogging landfills

48points

#41

Video game arcades.

silkentab Report

Final score:

110points

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David 1 year ago

70s me LOVED arcades - especially pinball. And at home didn't even have pong yet. Now me would much rather stay home and play console or steam games on my giant 75" TV that are so much better than anything the arcade has.

15points

#42

Toy commercials. That was basically every commercial in the 1990s & now it’s all prescription drug & car insurance commercials.

I meant on network tv, like during local news.

ghosts-go-boo Report

Final score:

100points

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Telepathetic 1 year ago

Don't forget lawyers

26points

#43

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Good value for price at restaurants.

Restaurants have quietly reduced portion sizes since COVID without restoring them. Noodles and Company (along with many others) advertise large portions like pre-pandemic but only give to-go sizes even when dining in. All for a higher price.

sunsetben8 , Jay Wennington Report

Final score:

92points

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Loverboy 1 year ago (edited)

I have to pay 20 dollars for a burger that isn't even that good. It's gotten to the point where I look at a 10 dollar burger and think "Oh, that's a good price."

35points

#44

Stretch Limos. They used to be considered the s**t, especially the Hummer, Expedition, or Escalades, but now seem to have been replaced by party and coach buses.

BmoreBr0 Report

Final score:

72points

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fair_weather_rose (she/they) 1 year ago

My aunt got a stretch limo for my mom's 50th birthday. I was about 9 or 10 at the time and thought it was so cool! There were cool rainbow lights inside, plus a bunch of soda and sparkling cider!

23points

#45

Lobster tanks in grocery stores! Not that I particularly want them back, but those are nostalgic af.

BIGPOOPYTIME Report

Final score:

68points

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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago

Our local grocery store still has them. We like to walk by and visit the lobsters.

22points

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#46

It is disappearing, but not entirely gone. Big budget tv shows with hour long episodes, 10+ episodes in a season, and a season being released yearly. Now, we get big budget shows that have at most 8 episode, and episode length can vary between 40 minutes and an hour and some change, with sometimes two or two and half years between seasons. I hate that. I know this is mostly to do with Covid, but I miss 10 hour long episodes and yearly seasons of shows.

BigBearSD Report

Final score:

26points

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cadena kuhn 1 year ago

Just finished Will Trent got excited when it had 13 episodes

3points

#47

Corporate Pensions.

30 years ago, it was a standard benefit. 401ks turned out to be an excuse for corporations to junk pensions.

GeneralMyGeneral Report

Final score:

25points

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Daniel Atkins 1 year ago

This is partly why no one stays long periods at a job.

5points

#48

Software that just does what it’s supposed to be. Or websites without ads. Man the internet was cool before the whole corpo buzz.

Also software seems just getting worse with less features or your forced to pay more. For example those video surveillance apps.

dangit1590 Report

Final score:

24points

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ƒιѕн 1 year ago

I don't see any ads, uBlock Origin, Adblock Plus, Ghostery, and a Facebook Container. I hate ads, and I hate trackers.

5points

#49

The outrage over net neutrality.

PM_ME_SOME_LUV Report

Final score:

23points

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Maikai 1 year ago (edited)

Overwhelmed outgunned

2points

#50

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered The foil wrapper on chocolate bars.

BrassMonkeyMike , Gül Işık Report

Final score:

22points

POST

Loverboy 1 year ago

I bought a bar just a few days ago that was wrapped in foil, I don't think these are gone.

9points

#51

Those BLM ladies, they made out like bandits with all the donations.

FewCarry7472 Report

Final score:

20points

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Shelby Moonheart 1 year ago

It was a scam.

8points

#52

Paying for ringtones.

AdmiralBofa Report

Final score:

20points

POST

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

The first thing I do when I get a new phone is switch it to vibrate only.

2points

#53

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Those rubber bands shaped like things that you wore on your wrists.

broken_keyboard335 , Denise P.S. Report

Final score:

19points

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jovis 1 year ago

But do we actually miss them?

8points

#54

Plasma TVs. I had one and it died after we all watched an Intervention marathon during COVID. TV repair shops, now that you mention it. It used to be a guy behind a counter with electronic guts all over the place. He'd give you a ticket and you had to listen to the radio for a week or two.

The68Guns Report

Final score:

18points

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Jeff Gabrisl 1 year ago

I got my first plasma TV by finding it in a trash heap! It had a couple vertical lines running up it, fixed it by following instructions I found on the internet, and had a great HD TV for two years until it finally gave out.

6points

#55

Strangely enough. worms on sidewalks.

shivroyy Report

Final score:

18points

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Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

I just rescued a worm on my sidewalk after it rained last week

9points

#56

The Bermuda Triangle. Used to be talked about everywhere and had us wanting to avoid the area entirely.

TheUnbearableMan Report

Final score:

18points

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sbj 1 year ago

That's because everybody who believed in the triangle has 'disappeared'

13points

#57

Blimps, helium is expensive and drones can do some of their missions.

loki143 Report

Final score:

17points

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David 1 year ago

Helium is also not renewable. The more I read the less I want to put it in party balloons and leave it for some of the science stuff / medical equipment.

7points

#58

Growing up, the fronts of cars would be completely covered in bugs. I hardly ever find a dead bug on a car anymore.

banditk77 Report

Final score:

17points

POST

Spack225 1 year ago

Where are you driving???

13points

Accurate_Western_346 Report

#59

I don't remember when it was the last time I had to use a CD of any type.

Final score:

17points

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fair_weather_rose (she/they) 1 year ago

My mom's car can hold 6 cds at a time, and she has a lot of cool music for road trips and such

7points

#60

3D television.

anonymous replied:

Just gives you a headache.

1feralengineer Report

Final score:

15points

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David 1 year ago

I won that one thanks to being poor. Big craze / competing formats / expensive. And I thought to myself I wonder how this will go - at least by the time I can afford one they will have settled on a standard. Instead rolled over and died. And instead I bought 75" 4K really nice TV for a lot less money than they were asking for the 3D stuff several years before.

2points

#61

Gaming consoles at McDonald’s.

-manabreak replied:

Or in big markets. In the 90s, I lived in a small town that didn't have any big stores, but there was a bigger town an hour's drive away where we did our shopping that had those. In those stores, they had Playstations and Nintendo 64's out for you to try out. I remember seeing Mario 64 for the first time there, and after some other kids got bored with it, I got to try it out as well. It was MAGIC.

I think the last store console I saw was PS3, and the last one I tried was probably GBA.

Samurai_IX Report

Final score:

15points

POST

Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

Missed this one entirely. Guess I'm old.

3points

StatisticianHot1572 Report

#62

Grandfather clocks.

It was almost a must have decor My company in the 80s gave it as a gift to employees for their 10th anniversary.

Final score:

15points

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David 1 year ago

We had a really nice one in our farmhouse. I feel like you need a big house for a grandfather clock unless you really like the 'tick' sound. I can still hear it in my head - sitting in the living room or family room and the sound traveled. But could not hear it from my upstairs bedroom. In my current house I don't think I could escape it. I'm an audio person so it would drive me nuts. But also less need. Old days - needed big reliable clock. Now I don't have a clock in my house because I have many. TV, computer, stove, microwave, phone, fitbit, in my car, more.

3points

HyperWhiteChocolate Report

#63

Murder hornets. They showed up, everyone went "Yeah that's about par for the course", then they disappeared without a trace.

Final score:

14points

POST

David 1 year ago

They still exist. What stopped was the constant scare mongering in the news. Though I do think we have them more under control. I'm 98% positive I watched one fly through my living room two summers ago. (I know the usual bees / wasps / hornets). Then two days after that they found a hive about 3 miles from my house. British Columbia got some. Shipping container or something I heard. Some of the BC ones came down to Whatcom County where I live. They put up traps everywhere, found three hives I think. I >THINK<| they didn't find any last year or so far this year so maybe we got them. So hopefully disappearing - but not "without a trace". with a great deal of effort. tracking devices, hazmat suits, special vacuums and so on.

8points

#64

Chuck Norris, last I hear of him he had infected covid.

Sycou Report

Final score:

14points

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Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

Sadly, he had the vaccine in him all this time, his tears. Sadly, he never cries

9points

Frankie4FingersM-80 Report

#65

Choco Taco's :(

Final score:

14points

POST

cadena kuhn 1 year ago

Ha I remember it was actually on the news when they were discontinued

4points

#66

Chi-Chi's. As a kid it was the place to go for a celebration bigger than McDonald's but not Chuck E. Cheese big. Then one day in the mid 2000s I looked up and they were all gone

Spinach_Odd Report

Final score:

14points

POST

AG 1 year ago

Chi-Chi's the celebration of food... I never did have their fried ice cream

3points

#67

Fidget spinners.

RandomPotatoBoii Report

Final score:

13points

POST

David 1 year ago

FAD. At some point as you get old you realize you have seen a ton of fads come and go. Pet rocks, mood rings, fidget spinners, those electronic pet things, Bedazzle / decorate your jeans, cabbage patch, furby, clackers, the list is pretty endless. And most of them are available if you hunt for them but they come in and out of popularity so you seldom see them.

8points

#68

Mp3 players.

Nochoise Report

Final score:

13points

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Bookworm 1 year ago

I still have one, a little banged up but it works.

6points

#69

Gum with sugar, the majority of chewing gum is sugar-free.

gravity_sucks3 Report

Final score:

12points

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago

Not technically true. The sugar has been replaced with sugar alcohols like sorbitol and xylitol. They are still sweet but don't rot your teeth.

1point

#70

There used to be these spicy root beer flavored gummy candies that were shaped like mugs with a foam topping ( not the hard root beer barrels ) and I haven't met anyone who even remembers them.

Rahawk02 Report

Final score:

12points

POST

Nice Beast Ludo 1 year ago

I do!!!

3points

#71

The coffee bean dispenser wall at every grocery store.

XCreepyUnclex Report

Final score:

12points

POST

rs_adahl1971 1 year ago

My local grocery store still has one of those.

7points

#72

TV bumpers. There used to be a little sequence between the show and commercials. Some of them were really interesting and creative. I think my generation remembers the "wand IDs" on the Disney channel (where a Disney celeb would use a wand to make the logo). There were also bumpers that were PSAs or other actual content.

LtCommanderCarter Report

Final score:

11points

POST

Data1001 1 year ago

Nowadays those are all done as graphics over the end of shows or beginning of shows, to maximize ad time. 5 seconds may not sound like a lot of time to be giving up, but sales departments want every second they can get their hands on to put more advertising on the air. And of course they also end up butting heads with the on-air promotion departments. Spoiler: Ad sales always wins. ;-)

1point

#73

We're in the process of full size can of Arizona teas for $.99 disappearing.

I'm seeing a lot of places starting to carry the smaller plastic bottles for $.99 or the larger plastic bottles for more. I'm honestly surprised that they've lasted for this long at the same price.

WeirdJawn Report

Final score:

11points

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John L 1 year ago

I've seen quite a few places, reselling them for more. They cover the price printed on the can, with a sticker.

1point

#74

Someone Asked “What Eventually Disappeared And No One Noticed?” And 84 People Delivered Those God-awful Chevy commercials with the “real people, not actors.” One day, I realized I hadn’t seen one in a while and it was almost as if they’d never existed. Except I knew they had. Man, I hated those damn things.

frickinwhiz , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

11points

POST

PeepPeep the duck 1 year ago

But did you get to see their faces? Cos the dentists on tv wouldn’t let us see his 😂 (oral b ad)

4points

#75

Sobe drinks.

dabrothergoose Report

Final score:

11points

POST

Friday Van-Defoe 1 year ago

Oh yeah what happened?

1point

#76

Stupid curved televisions.

boyfromtherat Report

Final score:

11points

POST

AG 1 year ago

They still make curved gaming monitors

2points

#77

Altoid Sours. Loved those things.

Jruzzin Report

Final score:

11points

POST

#78

I guess Game of Thrones is dead. Nobody talks about it at all anymore, I've never watched it but all I heard was GoT this, GoT that until the final season.

Yet to this day people still love and adore shows like Breaking Bad and Friends, The Sopranos etc. Was GoT that disappointing?

Flipa2 Report

Final score:

10points

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David 1 year ago

I watch everything behind schedule because no cable / get dvds from library. So I get lots of good stuff but I have to wait until dvd release. I was really getting into GOT and then when I was about to get whatever the next season was, the "live" version ended and everyone was so bitter and salty about the ending I just never went back.

4points