Calendars used to be one of the most important items in the home – they reminded you of birthdays and anniversaries, appointments to make, and how many days remained until holidays. All of those functions are now done – in some cases automatically – by the calendar you have on your phone or computer, which means needing a paper calendar is rare.
Some people still like them as something to hang up and enjoy on the wall, and plenty of them still feature fun photos of whatever kind of topic you enjoy. On the other hand, plenty of people have thrown them out and not thought twice.
No Answer Needed
The landline is gone. So are the phone book, and the address book. Next to go is the answering machine, which people used to leave voice mails to each other if they couldn't pick up. These still exist inside your phone, but even they are getting less and less use (other than from telemarketers and scammers, though I repeat myself) since most of the time it's easier to leave text messages.
It's sometimes fun to browse the old messages that might still remain on these devices, but they're so outdated – and few people consider them worth keeping around – it's unlikely you have access to one.
Walk On
Cassette tapes and CDs were huge steps forward in ways to listen to the music you liked whenever you wanted. Thanks to tape decks and CD players, you could hit play on your favorite tunes anywhere … as long as you could carry the equipment. Thanks to Walkmen and other brands of portable players, eager listeners were soon able to hit the streets with their tunes.
Yet these items were still bulky, prone to damage, and often uncomfortable to wear. New devices like iPods or phones have much more space, more comfortable earbuds or headphones, are smaller, and are even a little hardier against damage – though don't go testing your luck.
A Bygone Era Should GO ALREADY
If you're excited about the thump of a rolled newspaper hitting your front step every morning, consider yourself part of the minority. Kids might still like the comic pages, but otherwise, most of your daily paper goes straight into the recycling bin. Thanks to a hyperactive bias, a focus on things most people couldn't care less about, and a lack of real investigative reporting – not to mention far too many ads – most people don't care to renew their subscriptions.
At the very least you can still make paper-mâché out of them.
Get Out the Scissors
Thanks to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Television, and all of the other up-and-coming streaming services that almost every household subscribes to now, the Cable box is truly on its way to the realm of the dodo. High prices, increasingly unwatchable television, and poor technology have made this once-prevalent piece of media something that most people have either gotten rid of, or have plans to get rid of.
Cutting the cord has never been easier thanks to the decreasing cost and increasing speed of the internet and related subscriptions. It's even possible to get specific channels such as Syfy and HBO on cheap internet packages, so you won't miss a single episode.