What has become Obsolete
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cryptoflovecraft — 8 hours ago(April 02, 2026 04:13 PM)
Mobile phones killed them off and for the better.
Everyone walking around with their cellphones like zombies lost in their own little pointless worlds. Nah, that's not for the better. We've become slaves to our gadgets.
I miss reaching into my pocket for a dime (and later a quarter) to use a pay phone. When I was wandering the backroads of America in the 90s, I knew that I could always call home if there was a pay phone around. You didn't have to charge them or always carry them with you (and worry about losing them) or pay for a monthly plan. Fuck that ****!
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."- L.P. Hartley
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LadyGigi Savige — 8 hours ago(April 02, 2026 04:41 PM)
I miss phone booths (telephone boxes).
A lot of times I don't want to pay for mobile phone service.
Another thing obsolete are land lines. Everything is VOIP so you need an Internet connection. Blah! -
MissMargoChanning — 7 hours ago(April 02, 2026 05:30 PM)
I agree, but sometimes I notice that even when people are with each other they aren't really there. They are checking their phones and should there be a notification, forget the conversation.
You end up being cut off in mid sentence.
You asked a pretty question; I've given you the ugly answer.
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ZolotoyRetriever — 6 hours ago(April 02, 2026 06:12 PM)
I don't know why it's taken the U.S. so long. Nor do I know why we still go back and forth between Standard Time and Daylight Savings Time.
But yeah, I remember there used to be Canadian pennies. I still had some Canadian pennies saved up here at home until just recently. Saved them in my Canadian trip money from my visits to Vancouver over the years. I figured I'd find a way to spend them up in Canada some day. Then I found out Canada discontinued them years ago. I ended up throwing them in the garbage. Is the 1-dollar Loonie coin still used up there? -
MJ66 — 6 hours ago(April 02, 2026 06:16 PM)
You could have still used those pennies. Even though they were discontinued, they are still legal tender (just like our one dollar and two dollar bills). Both the loonie and toonie are still in production. I think I've heard of a $5 coin being produced in the future.
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MJ66 — 6 hours ago(April 02, 2026 06:32 PM)
They ring up to the penny and round it up or down manually. That doesn't affect me though as I pay electronically. I really don't miss carrying cash. The only business I frequent that only accepts cash is my barber.
