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People Predict Which Practices Will Likely Become Obsolete In The Next Decade

People Predict Which Practices Will Likely Become Obsolete In The Next Decade
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The world changes so quickly. Technology advancing, social and political landscapes shifting, climate and evolutionary changes impact our way of life and sometimes only in a matter of a few years.

Sometimes those advancements and changes are for the better. We can see the way the world is making our lives easier to live.

At the same time, we could also see the passing phases take a huge hit on our societies.


We went to Ask Reddit to find out what parts of the world we know today our future generations wont even know existed.

Redditor thatCuriousSelectron asked:

"What will be obsolete in 10-15 years?"

There's so many ways this could go.

Poor kids, they'll never know the joy.

"Some public schools have begun to send class assignments to students through the internet."

"Snow Days are no longer with us."

- Sweet-Self-117

"As a teacher I hate this. Kids need unstructured time, and snow days are a fun surprise that provide this."

- Workacct1999

"I grew up in California. I went through my entire time in school without one day where something unexpectedly required our school to close. My senior year of high school we finished our finals a week ahead of the rest of the school because of graduation. That meant that I did not have to go to school but my younger Brother and Sister did. I was still in bed when my Brother came busting into my room at 10am with the biggest sh*t eating grin on his face. I asked him why he was home and he responded through his smile 'power outage.'"

- aguy21

"I grew up in California and had exactly 1 snow day: 1/25/99. We had maaaaaaybe 1 inch of snow and it was gone by lunch, but the entire city (and I think most of the southern Central Valley) shut down for the day. It was wondrous!"

- Imaginary_Train_8056

"Hah, I grew up in the Canadian prairies. 'Snow Day' just means I gotta help mom dig the car out before leaving for school. I was truly shocked (and jealous) the first time I heard that some regions cancel school if it snows."

- ObiWansTinderAccount

This one we are hoping for.

"Hopefully printers that don't need an advanced degree to get working."

- sugaratc

"You funny, funny person. The only thing more certain than death is that printers continue to get more frustrating to use."

- Darnitol1

"Still waiting for a printer that don't need to move the paper so much, why cant it take a flat paper and just print, really need all these wheels and rollers."

- OldMork

Getting older is hard.

"My knees."

- ParadoxFall

"And my back..."

- legitusername1995

"My hair line."

- Haych_TM

Crypto will go, but for some reason we still fax?

"The other 99% of trash crypto currencies and ICOs. I also want to say fax machines but...I'm sure someone will still use them."

- itisee899

"Law offices and insurance companies will likely be the holdouts. Even though "digital fax" is a thing some just refuse."

- LiftsEatsSleeps

"The medical field loves them too."

- Jamileem

"The other 99% of trash crypto currencies and ICOs."

"This is why I can't invest in crypto. I don't know what will still be around in 5 or 10 years time. At least with blue chip companies and S&P 500 funds, I know my money is safe for a while. As boring as it may sound."

- guruj0sh

"What most people don't realize is that stocks are becoming as volatile as crypto because the wealthiest elite treat it all like their own personal playground using wealth that doesn't exist."

- knightopusdei

NFTs.

"NFTs, they're like digital Beanie Babies."

- kkehoe5

"What the f*ck even is an NFT? I've tried googling it but strangely I haven't actually found any useful information."

- deadPanSoup

"Imagine you are buying 'ownership' of a digital thing like a picture. So you 'own' it. It doesn't stop anyone from accessing it or anything because you have no real control, but you get your name in a special book that says its 'yours.'"

- Hickspy

"ELI5 version: remember buying naming rights to a star? Same thing only a star actually exists in reality."

- SsurebreC

"More importantly: it is a money sink that rich people use to avoid paying taxes, much like fine art."

"If you have ever wondered why painting that could be done purely by throwing a jar of jam at them are sold for millions, that's why."

- I_DO_ALOT_OF_DRUGS

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Data limits have got to stop.

"Limited data plans for phones. I remember when minutes and texting costed money, I think data is gonna be next to go. Its ridiculous to have limits."

- guywhoclimbs

"I was listening to a song yesterday with the lyrics 'I'm completely out of daytime minutes, so I guess I'll have to wait a lot until 8 o'clock comes around,' in reference to cell phones."

"That seems so antiquated, but it was only about 20 years ago! Also bizarre to remember when text messages were limited, somewhat expensive, and pretty much text only!"

- 8dogsinatrenchcoat

Smart phones.

"Every single phone that's gonna come out in the next 5 years."

- bayygel

"iPhone 6 user here. Works great still."

- SnarlyCactus74

"Yet my 7 has had damaged hardware from the start."

- LegendYT0

They grow up so fast.

"Babies. They all will have evolved into larger and more devastating teenagers who can feed themselves."

- comicmuse1982

"At that point they'll be able to feed themselves and self-replicate. What will we do?"

- cyclicalbeats

"That is so wholesome and dangerous at the same time."

- AffectionateTomato76

The fact that we still use stickers is pretty wild.

"Vehicle registration stickers."

- xotaylorj

"I'm in the UK where we had a similar system where we would have to display our 'tax disc' on the vehicle. we did away with it in favor of an online system linked to the cars number plate, so no need to display the tax disc and you can pay for it all online, saving you the hassle of going to apply for it in person. its much better. you can also pay for it much more flexibly now - instead of paying one big fee every 6 months/1 year, you can set up a monthly direct debit."

- heinzbumbeans

"Careful now with that forward thinking.... That's how the craziness starts. First no stickers, then a fully online system, then the DMV becomes obsolete. WHAT WILL THE 3 PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE DMV DO???"

- IntrepidHuntress

Automation will take over.

"A lot of minimum wage jobs."

- megadave902

"And a lot of people currently in minimum wage jobs. Maybe not quite 15 years, but we're only a few decades away from most humans not having any skills which can't be performed by automation. When most people are unemployable, the economy is going to either implode or have to be completely reformed."

- MachineSchooling

"They said similar decades ago 'all the secretaries will be unemployed' and before that telephonists."

- grandmabc

Can someone invent this?

"Manual Flossing. Please."

- Dark_Instinct

"A device that looks like a mouth guard that brushes, flosses, and water picks your teeth would be amazing. It would need to be calibrated to x-rays of your teeth somehow so its not cutting your mouth to pieces."

- SinisterMeatball

"And while we're at it. A device that replaces my shower: a ring of high pressure water jets power washes me and my clothes from all directions as it moves from top to bottom. Then a second ring of warm air blowers, like at the car wash, dry me as they move top to bottom right behind the first ring."

"No time to shower and change? Just hop in the deathtrap and it will wash and dry you with your clothes on in 30 seconds."

- steveholt480

"The amount of energy it would take to dry a sopping-wet you and clothing that quickly would almost certainly result in severe burns for you. So I wouldn't sell your washing machine just yet."

"(Source: I use a very powerful blower to dry out my Samoyed after bathing her and that process takes a solid hour)."

- BeowulfShaeffer

Cable has been replaced by streaming.

"Cable television."

- ecosystems

"I think it might go full circle, already kinda happening with bundling, Hulu+ Disney Plus+ ESPN packages. they will all separate realize they are losing general base who might have stumbled across one of their shows if someone was just scrolling through."

"The amount of money spent on advertising reminding people where their favorite show is located is going end up costing more. eventually they'll all conglomerate again and same ol' circle."

"But I do realize people enjoy their freedom of choice so who knows."

- Dazzling-Adeptness11

Food delivery drivers.

"Food delivery jobs. Self driving robots are probably going to replace delivery drivers."

- ATXKLIPHURD

"Not just food but probably all types of delivery. Amazon will probably get to that point first and try to monopolize it somehow… Jeffreyyyy Jeffrey Bezoooos."

- Mishvibes

"Maybe the robots will get more use, but delivery drivers are still going to be a thing for more than 15 years."

- ImShrektacular

"15 years does seem optimistic but it's hard to say with technology. I mean the little robots that travel on sidewalks and do delivery seem incredibly feasible to be deployed at a larger scale in 15 years."

- MasterKongQiu

"They already had coffee delivery drones in use in a town in Australia years ago."

- merlinious0

We might not be too far from this reality.

"Truck drivers too. This is gonna be a huge paradigm shift."

- The_Clarence

For better or worse, some of these things may change in the next ten years. Make sure to write down your predictions so later you can say, "I told you so!"

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People Reveal The Weirdest Thing About Themselves

Reddit user Isitjustmedownhere asked: 'Give an example; how weird are you really?'

Let's get one thing straight: no one is normal. We're all weird in our own ways, and that is actually normal.

Of course, that doesn't mean we don't all have that one strange trait or quirk that outweighs all the other weirdness we possess.

For me, it's the fact that I'm almost 30 years old, and I still have an imaginary friend. Her name is Sarah, she has red hair and green eyes, and I strongly believe that, since I lived in India when I created her and there were no actual people with red hair around, she was based on Daphne Blake from Scooby-Doo.

I also didn't know the name Sarah when I created her, so that came later. I know she's not really there, hence the term 'imaginary friend,' but she's kind of always been around. We all have conversations in our heads; mine are with Sarah. She keeps me on task and efficient.

My mom thinks I'm crazy that I still have an imaginary friend, and writing about her like this makes me think I may actually be crazy, but I don't mind. As I said, we're all weird, and we all have that one trait that outweighs all the other weirdness.

Redditors know this all too well and are eager to share their weird traits.

It all started when Redditor Isitjustmedownhere asked:

"Give an example; how weird are you really?"

Monsters Under My Bed

"My bed doesn't touch any wall."

"Edit: I guess i should clarify im not rich."

– Practical_Eye_3600

"Gosh the monsters can get you from any angle then."

– bikergirlr7

"At first I thought this was a flex on how big your bedroom is, but then I realized you're just a psycho 😁"

– zenOFiniquity8

Can You See Why?

"I bought one of those super-powerful fans to dry a basement carpet. Afterwards, I realized that it can point straight up and that it would be amazing to use on myself post-shower. Now I squeegee my body with my hands, step out of the shower and get blasted by a wide jet of room-temp air. I barely use my towel at all. Wife thinks I'm weird."

– KingBooRadley

Remember

"In 1990 when I was 8 years old and bored on a field trip, I saw a black Oldsmobile Cutlass driving down the street on a hot day to where you could see that mirage like distortion from the heat on the road. I took a “snapshot” by blinking my eyes and told myself “I wonder how long I can remember this image” ….well."

– AquamarineCheetah

"Even before smartphones, I always take "snapshots" by blinking my eyes hoping I'll remember every detail so I can draw it when I get home. Unfortunately, I may have taken so much snapshots that I can no longer remember every detail I want to draw."

"Makes me think my "memory is full.""

– Reasonable-Pirate902

Same, Same

"I have eaten the same lunch every day for the past 4 years and I'm not bored yet."

– OhhGoood

"How f**king big was this lunch when you started?"

– notmyrealnam3

Not Sure Who Was Weirder

"Had a line cook that worked for us for 6 months never said much. My sous chef once told him with no context, "Baw wit da baw daw bang daw bang diggy diggy." The guy smiled, left, and never came back."

– Frostygrunt

Imagination

"I pace around my house for hours listening to music imagining that I have done all the things I simply lack the brain capacity to do, or in some really bizarre scenarios, I can really get immersed in these imaginations sometimes I don't know if this is some form of schizophrenia or what."

– RandomSharinganUser

"I do the same exact thing, sometimes for hours. When I was young it would be a ridiculous amount of time and many years later it’s sort of trickled off into almost nothing (almost). It’s weird but I just thought it’s how my brain processes sh*t."

– Kolkeia

If Only

"Even as an adult I still think that if you are in a car that goes over a cliff; and right as you are about to hit the ground if you jump up you can avoid the damage and will land safely. I know I'm wrong. You shut up. I'm not crying."

– ShotCompetition2593

Pet Food

"As a kid I would snack on my dog's Milkbones."

– drummerskillit

"Haha, I have a clear memory of myself doing this as well. I was around 3 y/o. Needless to say no one was supervising me."

– Isitjustmedownhere

"When I was younger, one of my responsibilities was to feed the pet fish every day. Instead, I would hide under the futon in the spare bedroom and eat the fish food."

– -GateKeep-

My Favorite Subject

"I'm autistic and have always had a thing for insects. My neurotypical best friend and I used to hang out at this local bar to talk to girls, back in the late 90s. One time he claimed that my tendency to circle conversations back to insects was hurting my game. The next time we went to that bar (with a few other friends), he turned and said sternly "No talking about bugs. Or space, or statistics or other bullsh*t but mainly no bugs." I felt like he was losing his mind over nothing."

"It was summer, the bar had its windows open. Our group hit it off with a group of young ladies, We were all chatting and having a good time. I was talking to one of these girls, my buddy was behind her facing away from me talking to a few other people."

"A cloudless sulphur flies in and lands on little thing that holds coasters."

"Cue Jordan Peele sweating gif."

"The girl notices my tension, and asks if I am looking at the leaf. "Actually, that's a lepidoptera called..." I looked at the back of my friend's head, he wasn't looking, "I mean a butterfly..." I poked it and it spread its wings the girl says "oh that's a BUG?!" and I still remember my friend turning around slowly to look at me with chastisement. The ONE thing he told me not to do."

"I was 21, and was completely not aware that I already had a rep for being an oddball. It got worse from there."

– Phormicidae

*Teeth Chatter*

"I bite ice cream sometimes."

RedditbOiiiiiiiiii

"That's how I am with popsicles. My wife shudders every single time."

monobarreller

Never Speak Of This

"I put ice in my milk."

– GTFOakaFOD

"You should keep that kind of thing to yourself. Even when asked."

– We-R-Doomed

"There's some disturbing sh*t in this thread, but this one takes the cake."

– RatonaMuffin

More Than Super Hearing

"I can hear the television while it's on mute."

– Tira13e

"What does it say to you, child?"

– Mama_Skip

Yikes!

"I put mustard on my omelettes."

– Deleted User

"Oh."

– NotCrustOr-filling

Evened Up

"Whenever I say a word and feel like I used a half of my mouth more than the other half, I have to even it out by saying the word again using the other half of my mouth more. If I don't do it correctly, that can go on forever until I feel it's ok."

"I do it silently so I don't creep people out."

– LesPaltaX

"That sounds like a symptom of OCD (I have it myself). Some people with OCD feel like certain actions have to be balanced (like counting or making sure physical movements are even). You should find a therapist who specializes in OCD, because they can help you."

– MoonlightKayla

I totally have the same need for things to be balanced! Guess I'm weird and a little OCD!

Close up face of a woman in bed, staring into the camera
Photo by Jen Theodore

Experiencing death is a fascinating and frightening idea.

Who doesn't want to know what is waiting for us on the other side?

But so many of us want to know and then come back and live a little longer.

It would be so great to be sure there is something else.

But the whole dying part is not that great, so we'll have to rely on other people's accounts.

Redditor AlaskaStiletto wanted to hear from everyone who has returned to life, so they asked:

"Redditors who have 'died' and come back to life, what did you see?"

Sensations

Happy Good Vibes GIF by Major League SoccerGiphy

"My dad's heart stopped when he had a heart attack and he had to be brought back to life. He kept the paper copy of the heart monitor which shows he flatlined. He said he felt an overwhelming sensation of peace, like nothing he had felt before."

PeachesnPain

Recovery

"I had surgical complications in 2010 that caused a great deal of blood loss. As a result, I had extremely low blood pressure and could barely stay awake. I remember feeling like I was surrounded by loved ones who had passed. They were in a circle around me and I knew they were there to guide me onwards. I told them I was not ready to go because my kids needed me and I came back."

"My nurse later said she was afraid she’d find me dead every time she came into the room."

"It took months, and blood transfusions, but I recovered."

good_golly99

Take Me Back

"Overwhelming peace and happiness. A bright airy and floating feeling. I live a very stressful life. Imagine finding out the person you have had a crush on reveals they have the same feelings for you and then you win the lotto later that day - that was the feeling I had."

"I never feared death afterward and am relieved when I hear of people dying after suffering from an illness."

rayrayrayray

Free

The Light Minnie GIF by (G)I-DLEGiphy

"I had a heart surgery with near-death experience, for me at least (well the possibility that those effects are caused by morphine is also there) I just saw black and nothing else but it was warm and I had such inner peace, its weird as I sometimes still think about it and wish this feeling of being so light and free again."

TooReDTooHigh

This is why I hate surgery.

You just never know.

Shocked

Giphy

"More of a near-death experience. I was electrocuted. I felt like I was in a deep hole looking straight up in the sky. My life flashed before me. Felt sad for my family, but I had a deep sense of peace."

Admirable_Buyer6528

The SOB

"Nursing in the ICU, we’ve had people try to die on us many times during the years, some successfully. One guy stood out to me. His heart stopped. We called a code, are working on him, and suddenly he comes to. We hadn’t vented him yet, so he was able to talk, and he started screaming, 'Don’t let them take me, don’t let them take me, they are coming,' he was scared and yelling."

"Then he yelled a little more, as we tried to calm him down, he screamed, 'No, No,' and gestured towards the end of the bed, and died again. We didn’t get him back. It was seriously creepy. We called his son to tell him the news, and the son said basically, 'Good, he was an SOB.'”

1-cupcake-at-a-time

Colors

"My sister died and said it was extremely peaceful. She said it was very loud like a train station and lots of talking and she was stuck in this area that was like a curtain with lots of beautiful colors (colors that you don’t see in real life according to her) a man told her 'He was sorry, but she had to go back as it wasn’t her time.'"

Hannah_LL7

"I had a really similar experience except I was in an endless garden with flowers that were colors I had never seen before. It was quiet and peaceful and a woman in a dress looked at me, shook her head, and just said 'Not yet.' As I was coming back, it was extremely loud, like everyone in the world was trying to talk all at once. It was all very disorienting but it changed my perspective on life!"

huntokarrr

The Fog

"I was in a gray fog with a girl who looked a lot like a young version of my grandmother (who was still alive) but dressed like a pioneer in the 1800s she didn't say anything but kept pulling me towards an opening in the wall. I kept refusing to go because I was so tired."

"I finally got tired of her nagging and went and that's when I came to. I had bled out during a c-section and my heart could not beat without blood. They had to deliver the baby and sew up the bleeders. refill me with blood before they could restart my heart so, like, at least 12 minutes gone."

Fluffy-Hotel-5184

Through the Walls

"My spouse was dead for a couple of minutes one miserable night. She maintains that she saw nothing, but only heard people talking about her like through a wall. The only thing she remembers for absolute certain was begging an ER nurse that she didn't want to die."

"She's quite alive and well today."

Hot-Refrigerator6583

Well let's all be happy to be alive.

It seems to be all we have.

Man's waist line
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Trying to lose weight is a struggle understood by many people regardless of size.

The goal of reaching a healthy weight may seem unattainable, but with diet and exercise, it can pay off through persistence and discipline.

Seeing the pounds gradually drop off can also be a great motivator and incentivize people to stay the course.

Those who've achieved their respective weight goals shared their experiences when Redditor apprenti8455 asked:

"People who lost a lot of weight, what surprises you the most now?"

Redditors didn't see these coming.

Shiver Me Timbers

"I’m always cold now!"

– Telrom_1

"I had a coworker lose over 130 pounds five or six years ago. I’ve never seen him without a jacket on since."

– r7ndom

"140 lbs lost here starting just before COVID, I feel like that little old lady that's always cold, damn this top comment was on point lmao."

– mr_remy

Drawing Concern

"I lost 100 pounds over a year and a half but since I’m old(70’s) it seems few people comment on it because (I think) they think I’m wasting away from some terminal illness."

– dee-fondy

"Congrats on the weight loss! It’s honestly a real accomplishment 🙂"

"Working in oncology, I can never comment on someone’s weight loss unless I specifically know it was on purpose, regardless of their age. I think it kind of ruffles feathers at times, but like I don’t want to congratulate someone for having cancer or something. It’s a weird place to be in."

– LizardofDeath

Unleashing Insults

"I remember when I lost the first big chunk of weight (around 50 lbs) it was like it gave some people license to talk sh*t about the 'old' me. Old coworkers, friends, made a lot of not just negative, but harsh comments about what I used to look like. One person I met after the big loss saw a picture of me prior and said, 'Wow, we wouldn’t even be friends!'”

"It wasn’t extremely common, but I was a little alarmed by some of the attention. My weight has been up and down since then, but every time I gain a little it gets me a little down thinking about those things people said."

– alanamablamaspama

Not Everything Goes After Losing Weight

"The loose skin is a bit unexpected."

– KeltarCentauri

"I haven’t experienced it myself, but surgery to remove skin takes a long time to recover. Longer than bariatric surgery and usually isn’t covered by insurance unless you have both."

– KatMagic1977

"It definitely does take a long time to recover. My Dad dropped a little over 200 pounds a few years back and decided to go through with skin removal surgery to deal with the excess. His procedure was extensive, as in he had skin taken from just about every part of his body excluding his head, and he went through hell for weeks in recovery, and he was bedridden for a lot of it."

– Jaew96

These Redditors shared their pleasantly surprising experiences.

Shopping

"I can buy clothes in any store I want."

– WaySavvyD

"When I lost weight I was dying to go find cute, smaller clothes and I really struggled. As someone who had always been restricted to one or two stores that catered to plus-sized clothing, a full mall of shops with items in my size was daunting. Too many options and not enough knowledge of brands that were good vs cheap. I usually went home pretty frustrated."

– ganache98012

No More Symptoms

"Lost about 80 pounds in the past year and a half, biggest thing that I’ve noticed that I haven’t seen mentioned on here yet is my acid reflux and heartburn are basically gone. I used to be popping tums every couple hours and now they just sit in the medicine cabinet collecting dust."

– colleennicole93

Expanding Capabilities

"I'm all for not judging people by their appearance and I recognise that there are unhealthy, unachievable beauty standards, but one thing that is undeniable is that I can just do stuff now. Just stamina and flexibility alone are worth it, appearance is tertiary at best."

– Ramblonius

People Change Their Tune

"How much nicer people are to you."

"My feet weren't 'wide' they were 'fat.'"

– LiZZygsu

"Have to agree. Lost 220 lbs, people make eye contact and hold open doors and stuff"

"And on the foot thing, I also lost a full shoe size numerically and also wear regular width now 😅"

– awholedamngarden

It's gonna take some getting used to.

Bones Everywhere

"Having bones. Collarbones, wrist bones, knee bones, hip bones, ribs. I have so many bones sticking out everywhere and it’s weird as hell."

– Princess-Pancake-97

"I noticed the shadow of my ribs the other day and it threw me, there’s a whole skeleton in here."

– bekastrange

Knee Pillow

"Right?! And they’re so … pointy! Now I get why people sleep with pillows between their legs - the knee bones laying on top of each other (side sleeper here) is weird and jarring."

– snic2030

"I lost only 40 pounds within the last year or so. I’m struggling to relate to most of these comments as I feel like I just 'slimmed down' rather than dropped a ton. But wow, the pillow between the knees at night. YES! I can relate to this. I think a lot of my weight was in my thighs. I never needed to do this up until recently."

– Strongbad23

More Mobility

"I’ve lost 100 lbs since 2020. It’s a collection of little things that surprise me. For at least 10 years I couldn’t put on socks, or tie my shoes. I couldn’t bend over and pick something up. I couldn’t climb a ladder to fix something. Simple things like that I can do now that fascinate me."

"Edit: Some additional little things are sitting in a chair with arms, sitting in a booth in a restaurant, being able to shop in a normal store AND not needing to buy the biggest size there, being able to easily wipe my butt, and looking down and being able to see my penis."

– dma1965

People making significant changes, whether for mental or physical health, can surely find a newfound perspective on life.

But they can also discover different issues they never saw coming.

That being said, overcoming any challenge in life is laudable, especially if it leads to gaining confidence and ditching insecurities.