Never Have I Ever? Nine Everyday Things People Don’t Do Anymore
OK, so there are a couple of things I’ve never done.
Jumped out of airplane.
Eaten at an Olive Garden.
Mowed a lawn.
But I have listened to a cassette tape. (Cassingles were the BEST).
Printed something at home.
Used a typewriter.
Wound up lost and had to – OMG – USE A MAP! (It’s very Dora the Explorer. I suggest people do it for fun and to get a vague idea where they are in the world. Christopher Columbus would BE SHOCKED AT OUR LACK OF AWARENESS!)
Yet, there’s a GROWING number of people who have NEVER done these things.
What sort of generation are we raising if they’ve never experienced the agony of dialing a number with a lot of zeros on a ROTATY PHONE?
I’ll tell you what kind of a generation. ONE THAT HAS NEVER SUFFERED.
Listen, I get it. Progress is progress.
Here Are Nine Everyday Things People Don’t Do Anymore.
(Which makes me sad for them and also sad for me, because this means I am ancient.)
11% haven't bought a physical newspaper.
I know it’s old school, but there’s something about reading an actual newspaper that feels better than reading it online. Try it. You’ll feel like a grandfather, but you’ll be more informed!
Print technicians of the Evening Standard (Apollo Special) newspaper read the freshly printed front page of the newspaper which reads: ‘They’re Back Alive, Alive-O’, UK, circa 17th April 1970. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
36% haven't sent a fax.
I just did because I had to deal with the IRS, which apparently thinks it’s still 1987. I had to download an app because we don’t even have one in our corporate office. GET IT TOGETHER IRS!
(Photo Handout by South Korean Defense Ministry via Getty Images)
14% haven't used a public pay phone to make a phone call
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9% haven't sent a postcard
(Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
(Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
42% haven't smoked a cigarette
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25% haven't made a phone call on a rotary phone
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19% haven't paid for something using a check
That’s funny, because I seem to ALWAYS be behind the one person writing a check in the checkout line at Shaw’s.
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10% haven't used a wall calendar to keep track of birthdays and events
