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Ten Things that will disappear in our lifetimes.
AllProDad ^ | 08/25/2021 | AllProDad

Posted on 08/25/2021 10:22:06 AM PDT by sodpoodle

Change is part of human life. Our world is constantly changing and evolving to fit our needs and to keep up with technology. In years past, we have seen the typewriter replaced by the computer and the clothes line replaced by dryers. Not everything has been completely replaced though; many things have been updated such as a wooden box camera to a digital camera. Those who adapt to the change will be the ones to thrive in the changing world. All others will be left behind. Here are 10 guesses on the things that will disappear in our lifetime:

1. The Check

Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with checks by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process checks. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the check. The result of this means less mail traffic and the post office will suffer.

2. The Post Office

Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. E-mails and companies like Fed Ex and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.

3. The Newspaper

The younger generation simply doesn’t read the newspaper. They certainly don’t subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance.

4. The Book

You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the literal pages, but you will. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy and the price is less than half that of a real book. Another convenience is not lugging around a stack of heavy books.

5. The Land Line Telephone

Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don’t need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they’ve always had it. For the extra service, you’re paying double. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for free.

6. Corporate Music

The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It’s the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Opportunities on the Internet such as online radios and websites like Pandora allow people to listen for free and reach the masses directly without a company.

7. Network Television

Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they’re playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes. People will choose what they want to watch online and through companies like Netflix.

8. Personal Files

Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD, and you can always re-install it if need be. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest “cloud services.” That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device.

9. Privacy

If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That’s gone. It’s been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7, “they” know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. “They” will try to get you to buy something else. Again and again. You know who “they” are!

10. Fax Machine

Ever since the introduction of e-mail, the fax machine has not been needed or used as much. The only things the fax machine is still used for are when a scanner is not available to e-mail a document somewhere, secure documents that need to reach a location quickly, or when a signature is required. In the future, everyone will relay documents through their smart phones. Eventually, people may even teleport and then people will no longer need to send documents, but just hand them over.


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; History
KEYWORDS: future; maybe; obsolescence; reallyoldarticle
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To: 1Old Pro

We still have a land line at home because we do not get cell service at our house. I only can use my cell phone over wifi at home. So, we keep a land line.


81 posted on 08/25/2021 11:24:16 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: sodpoodle
Things that Will Disappear in Our Lifetime

reliance on reason + reality
valid objective concepts
independence
individualism
rational self-interest
honesty
integrity
productiveness
justice
natural rights
capitalism
limited government

82 posted on 08/25/2021 11:24:28 AM PDT by mjp (pro-freedom & pro-wealth $)
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To: sodpoodle

Land Line forever!


83 posted on 08/25/2021 11:24:31 AM PDT by MrHead ( Hanlon’s Razor: “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”.)
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To: algore

The problem with electronic books is they can be modified. Could you trust an electronic Bible without a paper Bible.


84 posted on 08/25/2021 11:27:40 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: sodpoodle

11) Common sense.


85 posted on 08/25/2021 11:29:59 AM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: sodpoodle

From the “all change is good” crowd. (Not you, sodpoodle).


86 posted on 08/25/2021 11:30:21 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: neverevergiveup

But can a computer lawyer raise an issue about the definition of “is”?


87 posted on 08/25/2021 11:30:23 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: Red Badger

“Passenger Trains”

Have you ever been to Europe?
Everyone in Europe travels by train. Same in Japan.
It is much easier to travel between cities than to an airport.

What Amtrack needs to do is get rid of all train routes except the Northeast corridor from Boston to Washington.


88 posted on 08/25/2021 11:32:15 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: 1Old Pro

I went to a drive thru yesterday and my order was $3.61. I gave the guy at the window three one dollar bills, two quarters, a dime and a penny. It took him a full ten minutes to figure out what that totaled to.


89 posted on 08/25/2021 11:32:51 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: 1Old Pro

The young don’t see any problem with that, the dummies.


90 posted on 08/25/2021 11:32:54 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Nateman

Fahrenheit 451.


91 posted on 08/25/2021 11:33:33 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: unixfox

12: The United States.


92 posted on 08/25/2021 11:34:06 AM PDT by Tupelo (=)
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To: woodbutcher1963

Yes, I have been to Europe and rode trains...................


93 posted on 08/25/2021 11:34:32 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: sodpoodle

11. Woke professional sports.


94 posted on 08/25/2021 11:34:58 AM PDT by dznutz
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To: 1Old Pro

The population of NY is being eliminated due to high taxes, another thing to disappear, people in NY.


Pray for Florida.


95 posted on 08/25/2021 11:35:23 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: OttawaFreeper

Network television is all owned by the same people who own streaming networks. They’re insidious; but then, I’m practically a luddite. (And proud of it!)


96 posted on 08/25/2021 11:37:28 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: gitmo

Curious if he was black, brown or white?


97 posted on 08/25/2021 11:40:24 AM PDT by deport ( )
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To: sodpoodle

Tang
Go Karts
Banana seats
Smiley Face
Conservatives
Real Men gay or not
Side arm pitchers
The Pope
Tammy Faye Baker
Tartan Infinity Scarves


98 posted on 08/25/2021 11:42:04 AM PDT by Eddie01 (Only a fool plays a rigged game by the rules)
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To: sodpoodle
When I bought a truck in the early 2000's, I paid extra for a CD player, when I replaced that truck in 2016, a CD player wasn't even offered by the factory.

I thought I would miss it, but with the streaming services, I have actually been able to listen to a wider variety of music.

For me, I think it's improved the experience.

99 posted on 08/25/2021 11:42:38 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: alternatives?

or removed altogether if they become politically incorrect.

It is sad that no one publishes an encyclopedia anymore, wikipedia is just not the same.

My local university bookstore has a machine that will print books on demand for a small fee, I have had several printed from project gutenburg

https://www.gutenberg.org/


100 posted on 08/25/2021 11:45:10 AM PDT by algore ( )
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