What's something you remember that probably won't exist in the near future?

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I took a walk today and for some reason I remember as a kid it wouldn't be uncommon to find money on the ground, nothing big but every now and then you'd stumble over a dollar, though with things trending towards digital, I doubt as many kids experience this today and none of them will experience it in the future. It felt strange as I remember it was always exciting when it happened and it made me nostalgic but also a bit mournful.

What kind of things do you remember enjoying when you were younger that just aren't a thing anymore or won't be in the near future?
 
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Grub said:
I actually drove past a phone booth the other day. I can't even remember the last time I seen one before that. I remember when phone booths were everywhere.
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I always like seeing pay phones, and one time I got excited as I thought I encountered one while walking around, but when I looked in the metal enclosure you find them in, the phone had been replaced and there was just a rotting banana on a string.


From The Uncanny Valley said:
Paper books.
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I don't think those will go away anytime soon, there's just something nice about owning one and holding it while reading adds to the experience. Then again I have a bookshelf filled with leather bound books so I'm probably biased.

I Love Beef said:
Malls.
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I don't know man, I think they still have a future, they just need to find different anchors and concepts.
 
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HR departments

What's the point of even having them when a business owner or franchisee could do the work themselves.
Its just a bunch of nappy-headed hoes with PHDs who can't properly hire because "budgeting concerns".
 
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Malls.

I started following the whole dead mall and retail apocalypse thing in the mid to late 2010's. I didn't know how bad it was with the malls. I figured some of them took a hit after the late 2000's "Great Recession". I thought things would bounce back they just never did. Then I started following the dead mall stuff and I saw all the malls the got taken out after the recession. People blamed online shopping but that only accounted for a small percentage of overall retail sales. At one point it was as low as 5-6%. The highest I saw pre Covid was 8%. After Covid though I heard 16%. That still leaves a lot of room for physical brick and mortar retail. I haven't heard any new numbers lately though and I would like to see if everything opening back up after the Covid hysteria has caused the online shopping percentage to go back down. It could also possibly increase. I imagine it would with the price of gas going up and people less likely to drive. But honestly around me I don't see anyone going anywhere anyway. They come home from work and the cars just sit there.

From The Uncanny Valley said:
Paper books.
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I think paper books will be around for a while. I heard e-books and e-readers didn't do as well as some hoped they would. You can't put a bunch of e-books on a shelf to make yourself look smart.
 
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