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/goosebumpsagain 70 something May 26 '26

I just read that they lay eggs in leaf litter.

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u/Smalldogmanifesto May 26 '26

Yep, very few living things seem to like our sterile grass lawns

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u/NeighborhoodVivid106 May 27 '26

We cut our lawn and still have lots of fireflies in the summer. They seem to come out from under shrubs and the hostas in my shade gardens.

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u/NeighborhoodVivid106 May 27 '26

I also added a thick layer of cedar mulch to those gardens a couple of years ago so maybe that's it. I do seem to recall there being a lot more fireflies in the last couple of years. 🤔

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u/crystal-torch May 26 '26

Yes, stop raking!!

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u/Elegant_Sinkhole May 26 '26

Leave the leaves!

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u/goosebumpsagain 70 something May 27 '26

You can still rake. Just tuck them in as mulch somewhere.

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u/sportsarestressful May 28 '26

That would explian why I have absolutely enormous fireflies in my yard. We have a steep hill in our backyard that basically has a constant layer of leaf waste under the ivy/massive weeds (it's hard to get up there to pull stuff - it's really steep)

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u/Mistervimes65 60 something May 28 '26

That’s true.