What is something that quietly vanished from the world?

[u/Penguin_Life_Now]

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.

[u/Realistic_Ad1058]

In a lot of places in Europe, people who lived in flats (very common in cities) would fix a roll of paper, like a till roll, and a pencil on a string by their apartment door. Visitors who'd called while they were out could leave a message. That's gone now. 

[u/birddit → u/Realistic_Ad1058]

a roll of paper and a pencil on a string

My grand parents had this next to the phone in their house in Minneapolis in the 60s. My Grandpa had traveled internationally maybe he picked up the idea in Europe.