# Mundane changes that you didn't notice... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350 "2015-01-30T17:31:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/21 "2015-02-02T18:29:29Z")
Memorizing phone numbers. I only have one number memorized: Mine. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/22 "2015-02-02T19:49:45Z")
> [@HeXen](#): > > Kevlar ones are nice. Barney Fife could have used those… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/23 "2015-02-02T20:56:32Z")
Car headlights are so bright now that I don’t notice when one of mine is burnt out. ---
**Author:** ![Anon01245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anon01245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon01245)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/24 "2015-02-02T21:07:30Z")
How we went from boxy computer and television monitors to flat screen displays. Seems to have happened in the 2000s. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/25 "2015-02-02T21:10:01Z")
[Marge Simpson] You know, Fox turned into a hardcore sex channel so gradually, I didn’t even notice.[/Marge Simpson] ---
**Author:** ![Anon01245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Anon01245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anon01245)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/26 "2015-02-02T21:17:06Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > [Marge Simpson] You know, Fox turned into a hardcore sex channel so gradually, I didn’t even notice.[/Marge Simpson] I loved that episode of the Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/27 "2015-02-02T21:17:16Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > Backed up toilets don’t overflow. The bowls are bigger relative to the tank. When they’re backed up, they get real full, but you don’t have turds spilling onto the floor like you used to. I would have though this was due to lower flush volume toilets have to have nowadays. If I ever move to Canada it will be to have higher volume flushing toilets. > [@Nametag](#): > > Shoelaces used to be made of natural materials that experienced heavy wear from friction. Then they started making them out of nylon, which had flaws and wasn’t that much stronger. Now they’re made of high quality nylon and other synthetics that don’t even generate that much friction: they don’t wear out so fast, but they don’t stay tied, either. Shoelaces; they never seem to break when it’s a lazy Saturday morning; it’s always when you’re in a hurry! Am I right, or am I right? 😛 I have a pair of Red Wing shoes, and I have free shoelace replacement. I just broke my first pair the other day; and I’ve had these shoes well over a year. However you’re right, they don’t stay tied; but I have a solution for that, which is much better than the double knot. When I am on the step where I wrap the free end of the shoelace around the looped end (and my thumb and forefinger); I go an extra time around make a second trip around around the looped lace. It’s a bit tricky on the step where you pull on the free end to make the second loop; but my shoes always stay tied that way. > [@Ethilrist](#): > > Memorizing phone numbers. I only have one number memorized: Mine. My own number is the main one that I can’t seem to remember when I need to! ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/28 "2015-02-02T21:42:11Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Memorizing phone numbers. I only have one number memorized: Mine. See, the only phone numbers I can remember are ones like my mom’s and dad’s home phone numbers from when I was a child. My grandparents’ numbers. My longtime allergist’s phone number. My best friend’s number. All of these have been out of use for at least 20 years. This makes me sad. ☹ My phone has a nifty feature – it shows your phone number. Good thing, too; my brain is full of invalid data. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/29 "2015-02-03T02:12:44Z")
when did everyone start riding their brakes so much? I followed someone down a hill today and their brake lights were on the whole way down ( about 2.5 miles.) My driving instructor would have slapped me for that! ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/30 "2015-02-03T03:26:59Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Car headlights are so bright now that I don’t notice when one of mine is burnt out. Headlights seem to last longer also. My last car, a '97 Camaro, needed a new light every 10,000 miles or so. My current car, an '06 Altima, still has its original headlights (although there is less than 35,000 miles on it). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350/31 "2015-02-03T06:20:12Z")
When I was a kid, back in the 50s, shoe laces were always breaking and getting frayed ends. And white dog poop was everywhere. And when you drove on a highway, every so often would be someone changing a flat. And we don’t need “horizontal hold” or “vertical hold” on TVs. And I think the people who are riding their brakes are actually driving with two feet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-changes-that-you-didnt-notice/711350.md?page=1)