What is something that died out so quietly that nobody even noticed? – 17 little things that are gone but not forgotten

It’s true that change is the only constant in this fickle thing we call life. But that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t pause every now and then and mourn the little things that have passed on.

This is true for tiny everyday details as much as it is places and people. Alva_509 was curious to hear about these much-missed minutiae, so they posed the following question to r/AskReddit:

‘What is something that died out so quietly that nobody even noticed?’

A moment of silence please for these top answers…

1.

‘Remember when every website had a visitor counter at the bottom? “You are visitor #0004521.” They vanished so quietly nobody even held a funeral for them.’
-giginore

2.

‘Minidisc players. They were around in the 2000’s were annihilated by MP3 players and have not been seen since. I refer to them as the Millennial equivalent to 8-tracks.’
-TKG_Actual

3.

‘Smartphone Ringtone commercials’
-Golemfrost

4.

‘3d tvs’
-Plexatron8

5.

‘Now That’s What I Call Music’
-HeadFit2660

6.

‘NFTs’
-nichefashiongirlie

7.

‘Is the US still invading Greenland or did we give up on that side quest?’
-sewer_pickles

8.

‘ZIP Discs. 100 MP in a time with 1,44 MB floppy discs. This was pre-USB-stick though.

‘A friend of mine introduced it to us with the words “ZIP is the future!”‘
-_Volvox_Globator_o_0

9.

‘That 6 inches of blue tint at the top of the windshield.’
-MotherCabrini83