Whether you want it or not, the world is in constant motion. New inventions, changing generations, social norms, nature, climate change. It all plays a role, and nothing really stays the same. Some things that we are accustomed to might soon phase out, and we might not even know it yet.
Someone on Reddit asked, “What is something that is basically on life support and we don’t realize it yet?” It sparked a thoughtful conversation about outdated gadgets, old-fashioned tendencies and behaviors, and a few fun observations that rarely get the attention they deserve. Grab your favorite snack and see which submissions make you reminisce about how things used to be.
#41
Buffet Style Restaurants. Buffet style restaurants have been [struggling] for years and once gone the joy of an half meat, half chocolate cake dinner plate go with them. No more endless Crab Ragoons, no more mystery chicken noodles, no cold pre-sliced baked ham, none of it! We are on the verge of gluttonous extinction and no one even sees it coming!
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6points
#43
2/3 of the population in America are broke. The cost of living will continue to rise, food, just having a roof over your head, the basic necessities will out pace the avg wage.
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6points
#44
Internet forums.
I don't know if it counts though, because they have been [gone] for 15 years. Reddit is the exception.
I don't know if it counts though, because they have been [gone] for 15 years. Reddit is the exception.
5points
#45
Third spaces.
operafromeden:
I went around to different cafes and book stores today trying to find a place to study and NONE OF THEM HAD OUTLETS IN THE SEATING AREA? Like sorry as a grad student I need my laptop to have juice. It’s almost like they don’t want us there :(
I would’ve ordered like three coffees and lunch too.
operafromeden:
I went around to different cafes and book stores today trying to find a place to study and NONE OF THEM HAD OUTLETS IN THE SEATING AREA? Like sorry as a grad student I need my laptop to have juice. It’s almost like they don’t want us there :(
I would’ve ordered like three coffees and lunch too.
5points
#47
Farming (as in the big fields of one crop all over the US). It cannot exist without massive subsidies and the actual farmers are working for smaller and smaller returns and more debt.
I desperately wish someone could figure out how to effect a paradigm shift toward vertical farming (fully enclosed hydroponics) because it's a win/win/win/win situation.
Loosely explained:
1. sell farmland back to states so they can reestablish habitats and green spaces = better for everybody
2. no more big expensive machinery eating up dollars in the form of fuel, maintenance, insurance and taxes. also no more of said vehicles clogging the roads.
3. no more seasonal crops. you can work a fully enclosed climate-controlled farm every single day of the year, so your yield becomes (at the very least) quadrupled.
4. no more worry about drought, disease, pests, storms or seed drift
5. with hydroponics you literally control every drop of water so none is wasted
6. you get to employ techs and reap the benefits of small business ownership (republicans love that)
7. no more fertilizers/pesticides and no more dependency on monsanto and other massive soulless corporations for your seed
8. no more chemical runoff into local waterways that eventually makes it down to the gulf and destroy the fishing industry down there. also no more dust pollution from harvest days (trust me, that is awful).
9. the ability to completely control your crops and grow many different things in one facility, so you can actually sell to your local markets and not have to contract your labor and yield to a giant company that will just ship it far away anyway
10. the ability to market everything you grow as "organic"
There are probably other benefits, but I am going on already. This would solve SO many problems, but it's a very difficult transition for someone to contemplate, much less the entire industry.
I desperately wish someone could figure out how to effect a paradigm shift toward vertical farming (fully enclosed hydroponics) because it's a win/win/win/win situation.
Loosely explained:
1. sell farmland back to states so they can reestablish habitats and green spaces = better for everybody
2. no more big expensive machinery eating up dollars in the form of fuel, maintenance, insurance and taxes. also no more of said vehicles clogging the roads.
3. no more seasonal crops. you can work a fully enclosed climate-controlled farm every single day of the year, so your yield becomes (at the very least) quadrupled.
4. no more worry about drought, disease, pests, storms or seed drift
5. with hydroponics you literally control every drop of water so none is wasted
6. you get to employ techs and reap the benefits of small business ownership (republicans love that)
7. no more fertilizers/pesticides and no more dependency on monsanto and other massive soulless corporations for your seed
8. no more chemical runoff into local waterways that eventually makes it down to the gulf and destroy the fishing industry down there. also no more dust pollution from harvest days (trust me, that is awful).
9. the ability to completely control your crops and grow many different things in one facility, so you can actually sell to your local markets and not have to contract your labor and yield to a giant company that will just ship it far away anyway
10. the ability to market everything you grow as "organic"
There are probably other benefits, but I am going on already. This would solve SO many problems, but it's a very difficult transition for someone to contemplate, much less the entire industry.
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5points
#48
The for-profit news industry. Not just print newspapers, which we've known to be on life support for a long time. Print is largely [gone], and what little money corporations could squeeze from web traffic and digital subscriptions is cratering as search engines pivot users toward AI information.
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5points
#50
Fax machines! If only the healthcare industry finally decided to drop it once and for all...
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4points
#51
The United States Treasury and IRS. No going back to what we had and no one outside realizes that the US won’t be collecting anywhere near the same revenue for at least a decade.
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3points
#52
Social Security. I just read that there's only enough money to fund another 6 years.
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3points