It's 2025. What things do you miss now that we used to have?

[DarrenTR1970]

People knowing how to use steering wheels. Seriously, when the fuck did this become a complicated thing? I'm not exaggerating when I say two to six times a week I watch people pull out a little, barely turn the wheel -- even when there is nothing behind them! -- drive forwards into the parking space and across three or four spaces and maneuver back into the lane.

The majority of the cars that come in with tire/sidewall damage are to the passenger front/rear tire.
It's like suddenly people don't know how to make a right hand turn without curbing the vehicle.
I've said it before, drivers have lost spacial awareness thanks to onboard cameras.
They can't judge distance anymore and end up hitting the curb when turning/parking.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Documentation or instructions that actually make sense, I.e. have had someone fluent in that particular language read over it and correct the grammar, spelling, etc., rather than just a jumbled mishmash of a computer translation.

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[DarrenTR1970]

Red Robin is closing 70 underperforming locations out of 498 as it struggles to get out of debt and restructure its business model.
Reading between the lines, more restaurants are set to close as leases expire on certain locations and won't be renewed.

 

[Tim Walker]

I always liked Red Robin.

 

[somebuddyX]

I miss cassette tapes, VHS tapes, CDs and even DVDs. I liked making CD compilations a lot. All the extras on the bonus discs.
That DVD piracy commercial. "You wouldn't steal a car" etc
"Keep left unless overtaking" signs. I don't see them on freeways.
Sargents meat pies.
TV commercials. I kind of just want to watch a channel of commercials, especially how inventive they are. There were commercials here in the 90s that were like serials, like the Yogo gorilla or Nescafe.

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The voice over guy for film trailers. "In a world..."

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

I miss cassette tapes, VHS tapes, CDs and even DVDs. I liked making CD compilations a lot. All the extras on the bonus discs.
That DVD piracy commercial. "You wouldn't steal a car" etc
"Keep left unless overtaking" signs. I don't see them on freeways.
Sargents meat pies.
TV commercials. I kind of just want to watch a channel of commercials, especially how inventive they are. There were commercials here in the 90s that were like serials, like the Yogo gorilla or Nescafe.

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The voice over guy for film trailers. "In a world..."

There was a long running ad campaign for, I think Nescafe here in Australia with a couple courting then ending with them marrying

 

[Kraig]

I miss cassette tapes, VHS tapes, CDs and even DVDs. I liked making CD compilations a lot. All the extras on the bonus discs.
That DVD piracy commercial. "You wouldn't steal a car" etc
"Keep left unless overtaking" signs. I don't see them on freeways.
Sargents meat pies.
"

We have slower traffic keep right signs, and I've seen the California Highway Patrol enforce it.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

People knowing how to use steering wheels. Seriously, when the fuck did this become a complicated thing? I'm not exaggerating when I say two to six times a week I watch people pull out a little, barely turn the wheel -- even when there is nothing behind them! -- drive forwards into the parking space and across three or four spaces and maneuver back into the lane.

You should see people here struggle with things like a three point turn. I've seen some really interesting things.

Orchestral film scoring of the 1980's. Power house composers. One assignment after another to look forward to. Not so much today. Diminishing returns.

That's going to get worse in the future with AI music tools and not needing to hire or pay actual musicians to do scores.


How about Conversation Pits?

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[Set Harth]

CDs and even DVDs. I liked making CD compilations a lot. All the extras on the bonus discs.

We... still have those things, though?

TV commercials.

We don't have TV commercials?

 

[Toril Toran]

If you like retro tv, and commercials you should watch Pluto tv. It’s free

 

[scotpens]

The voice over guy for film trailers. "In a world..."

His name was Don LaFontaine.

How about Conversation Pits?

I think they went out with waterbeds.

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Controlled Payment Numbers. It was so convenient to be able to spin-up an alias for your card, with a limit of your own choosing, and an expiration date of your own choosing, good at exactly one merchant, that you can expire early at will, with no third parties involved.

I miss them every time a card number gets compromised. Especially when I have no explanation for how it could have gotten compromised.

 

[tharpdevenport]

That's going to get worse in the future with AI music tools and not needing to hire or pay actual musicians to do scores.

The horrifying future has already started upon us:

A company (I can't recall the name of offhand) that has an A.I. compose original music for trailers. Though you don't really necessarily need that today with all the knock-off A.I. music composing sites out there...

The recent Indie film that is all A.I. generated, including the score.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

Controlled Payment Numbers. It was so convenient to be able to spin-up an alias for your card, with a limit of your own choosing, and an expiration date of your own choosing, good at exactly one merchant, that you can expire early at will, with no third parties involved.

I miss them every time a card number gets compromised. Especially when I have no explanation for how it could have gotten compromised.

Ooh Never had this in Australia but apps like google wallet encrypt your card number and send the merchant a random number anyway, and if you are wondering how your card got compromised there are several ways. The first 4 digits determine what kind of card and bank I believe and the rest is brute forced. That's one way.

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[Elder Knight]

This is the way

I remember, as a kid, that when I spoke to my friends on the phone, in most cases (having visited their houses) I knew exactly where they were standing as I spoke to 'em. Never had to ask :Where are you," which is crazy!

 

[camdudetenger2018]

dvds
cds
tape cassettes
video game discs and cartridges
flip phones

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

dvds
cds
tape cassettes
video game discs and cartridges
flip phones

You can still buy 4G flip phones. I have two different Nokia models and when I feel bored of my smartphone I use them and they are pretty good for calls and texts, but not very good for anything else haha but hey that's what computers are for

People knowing how to use steering wheels. Seriously, when the fuck did this become a complicated thing? I'm not exaggerating when I say two to six times a week I watch people pull out a little, barely turn the wheel -- even when there is nothing behind them! -- drive forwards into the parking space and across three or four spaces and maneuver back into the lane.

I just experienced that the other day. Taxi driver struggling to pull out of where they were parked. Like use the fucking steering wheel more you doofus it's not hard, other people parked in front of us managed to pull out easy....

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

People knowing how to use steering wheels. Seriously, when the fuck did this become a complicated thing? I'm not exaggerating when I say two to six times a week I watch people pull out a little, barely turn the wheel -- even when there is nothing behind them! -- drive forwards into the parking space and across three or four spaces and maneuver back into the lane.

I just experienced that the other day. Taxi driver struggling to pull out of where they were parked. Like use the fucking steering wheel more you doofus it's not hard, other people parked in front of us managed to pull out easy....

 

[Set Harth]

dvds
cds

???

video game discs

??

 

[Avro Arrow]

dvds
cds

Those are still around?

I don’t know about CDs, but I believe I read that home video is going through a bit of a renaissance now, as people get tired of the streamers pulling content, and having to juggle a handful of subscriptions just to watch everything you want.