People have been sharing things that disappeared after Redditor lukiiiiiii asked – you guessed it – this.
“What quietly disappeared without being noticed?”
And it caused the most interesting answers. We’ve read them all – well, quite a few – so you don’t have to, and here are our 27 favourites.
What went quietly, no one noticed?
1.
“Trailers for the movie voiced by this guy with the deep voice.”
johnathankarat
2.
“3D TVs”.
Suvenpan
3.
‘Acid rain.
“It was a huge environmental problem in the late 70s and early 90s. The rain was acidic and damaged fertile areas among other things.
“A lot of research was done in the US and eventually industrial regulations were put in place. Companies were allowed to decide which approach they chose as long as the results showed an appropriate amount of reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions.
“Unfortunately, positive news doesn’t sell, so news outlets didn’t respond to reporting this success. When we entered the 2000s, hardly anyone remembered what had been done.”
Bubbling waffles
4.
“Ronald McDonald.
“Too many people have been petrified by clowns.”
No consideration6589
5.
“Property. We used to pay money, and then the thing actually belonged to us.
“Now everything is rented out. Everything is sold “as a service”. Music as a service. Movies as a service. Software as a service. Even printer ink as a service.
“We spend and spend and end up holding nothing.”
jaxiti1264
6.
‘The word “cyberspace”.’
horschdhorschd
7.
“Landlines in residences. Sockets are still available in almost every home, but I rarely see anything plugged in anymore. The only people I can think of with them are all over 60.”
lajec21095
8.
“Roffle is off the face of the planet and now we just go from lol to lmao.”
khabofi2125
9.
“Real toys in cereal and cracker boxes.”
Gut Milton
10.
“One income to support a family.”
rittenalready
11.
“Politicians are ashamed when they are caught lying.”
Kudlichip
12.
“Bugs on the front of grills after trips.”
PmintJim
13.
“Flash mobs”.
Jaya HBrown
27 things that quietly went away and we didn’t even notice (until we read this)
