What’s something which is still common today but seems really outdated? – 17 relics that are somehow still going strong
10.
‘In my opinion, glasses. You’d think with all the developments we’ve made around optics and laser eye surgery, most eye problems would be easily fixed by now. But nope, more than half of the population is still having to carry around two small squares of glass in their pocket to put in front of their eyes whenever they need to read something. We’ve had easy fixes to some eye conditions for ages but they never seem to become any more affordable for most people.’
-douggieball1312
11.
‘Cheques! I work in a business that deals with a lot of schools and youth clubs (scouts, brownies, etc) and the number of organisations that ‘need to’ send us a cheque in the post to pay is unreal, just because that’s the way they’ve always done it.’
-MickeySpooney
12.
‘Bloody cables having to connect everything (HDMI, power, optical, Ethernet etc) …. Surely we must be close to something like a TV cabinet you plug in and anything you place on it is powered and can transmit audio visuals to all other devices on it? …. While the boffins are at that I also want my hoverboard you lazy feckers …’
-GuybrushFunkwood
13.
‘Every part of getting married feels like you are in a Jane Austen novel.
‘Wedding bands.
‘Visiting the register, and being given a lecture about bigomy.
‘Having to hand over 50p in cash to the register at the church.’
-EugeneHartke
14.
‘Internal combustion engines. After living in China this year where everyone drives EVs, returning to the UK and seeing most cars are still propelled by the equivalent of ‘analogue’ technology seems really quaint.
-DevelopmentLow214
15.
‘Honestly physical signatures like why am i still scribbling my name on a touchscreen that doesn’t even look like my name. feels like witchcraft from the 1800s we just never questioned’
-Salt-Hospital6667
16.
‘Letters in the post are very outdated to me and usually bad news.
‘Also why can’t we have digital passports yet, online banking seems secure enough.’
-Stotallytob3r
17.
‘FM/AM radio – Over 100 years old, and somehow still going.’
-gpowerf
READ MORE
Source Reddit Image Screenshot