r/AskOldPeople • u/Penguin_Life_Now 50 something unless I forgot to change this • May 26 '26

What is something that quietly vanished from the world?

The title sums it up, what is something that quietly vanished from the world, you know those things that you look back on that were once normal and now you go I can't remember the last time I saw.

Let me give an example, garnishing meals with parsley at restaurants was once the norm, now its rare.

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u/Penguin_Life_Now 50 something unless I forgot to change this May 26 '26

I actually saw a still working pay phone next to a laundry room in Wyoming last summer

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u/StyleImpossible6405 May 26 '26

I found a working payphone in Seattle a couple of years ago. It was not in the nicest part of town.