Famous Things That Quietly Went Away Without Anyone Noticing
Human memory is brittle and fleeting, as war reporter, journalist, and author Janine di Giovanni famously observed. Life is long and moving very quickly, with a wide variety of events occurring constantly. Is it any wonder that we frequently experience events or moments that, at the time, seem to be of the utmost importance before, a few months later, as life passes on, we all appear to have forgotten that occurrence ever took place?
As an illustration, consider the previous 2.5 years. There appeared to be a big event every month, and there were even memes about it, but can you remember all that happened?
We sing “chestnuts roasting over an open fire” every year and yet never question why we have no chestnuts.
All the chestnut trees are dead is why, you see.
another user added:
Used to have one. Nothing like forgetting to turn on the heater an hour before bed in the middle of winter.
It was a huge environmental issue in the late 70s thru the early 90s. Rain was acidic and damaged fertile areas among other things.
In the US there was much research done and eventually industrial regulations were put into place. Companies were allowed to decide what approach they chose to take as long as the results showed the appropriate amount of reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions.
Unfortunately, positive news doesn’t sell, so news outlets did not do justice to reporting this success. As we went into the 2000s hardly anyone remembered what was done.
Oh, they’re still around. But a common complaint among them is they’ve got no members under 70 and no new members are lining up to get in.
EDIT: The #1 question seems to be, “What the hell are these, anyways?”
They’re social clubs with the primary objective to be doing projects to better the community. They might raise money to build a new playground, a new hospital, for scholarships, stuff like that.
They raise money for stuff.
We spend and spend and in the end we hold nothing in our hands.
edit: You can also subscribe to clothes. Wear new clothes every month but never own them. You can also subscribe to cars. Clothes as a service, cars as a service.
As an illustration, consider the previous 2.5 years. There appeared to be a big event every month, and there were even memes about it, but can you remember all that happened?
#1
Source:Verybaddentist, BobMacInnes
We sing “chestnuts roasting over an open fire” every year and yet never question why we have no chestnuts.
All the chestnut trees are dead is why, you see.
#2 Water Beds
Source: valthonis_surion, Hans Peters / Anefo
another user added:
Used to have one. Nothing like forgetting to turn on the heater an hour before bed in the middle of winter.
#3 Acid Rain
Source: GurglingWaffle, Pratik Gupta
It was a huge environmental issue in the late 70s thru the early 90s. Rain was acidic and damaged fertile areas among other things.
In the US there was much research done and eventually industrial regulations were put into place. Companies were allowed to decide what approach they chose to take as long as the results showed the appropriate amount of reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions.
Unfortunately, positive news doesn’t sell, so news outlets did not do justice to reporting this success. As we went into the 2000s hardly anyone remembered what was done.
#4 Facebook Poke Wars
Source: Hot_buttered_toast, Rodolpho Zanardo
#5 The Word “Cyberspace”
Source: horschdhorschd, Cyber-Andi
#6 TV Image Shrinking To A Dot Before Slowly Fading Away
Source: ConcreteCubeFarm, Nothing Ahead
#7 Service Clubs
Source:originalchaosinabox, Andrea Piacquadio
Oh, they’re still around. But a common complaint among them is they’ve got no members under 70 and no new members are lining up to get in.
EDIT: The #1 question seems to be, “What the hell are these, anyways?”
They’re social clubs with the primary objective to be doing projects to better the community. They might raise money to build a new playground, a new hospital, for scholarships, stuff like that.
They raise money for stuff.
#8 Self-Aware Politician
Source: Cuddlychip, Images for the Future
#9
Source: jaxiti1264, Pew Nguyen
We spend and spend and in the end we hold nothing in our hands.
edit: You can also subscribe to clothes. Wear new clothes every month but never own them. You can also subscribe to cars. Clothes as a service, cars as a service.
#10 Toys In Cereal Boxes
Source: Image source: GuttMilton, Heather Paul
#11 BlackBerry Phones
Source: Sufficient_Rub2165, Aaron.huo
#12 The Sears Wishbook
Source: UneditedReddited, eBay/foundonpei
#13 Deep-Voiced-Guy-Narrated Movie Trailers
Source: jonathonkarate, Tima Miroshnichenko
#14 Taco Bell’s Chihuahua Mascot
Source: To_Fight_The_Night, The Hall of Advertising
#15 3D TVs
#16 24-Hour Stores
Source: : anxiousfamily, Henri Bergius
#17
Source:WhoDoesntLikeADonut, Lisa Stevens
#18
Source: WhoDoesntLikeADonut, Lisa Stevens
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