# What do you think will disappear in your lifetime? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844 "2008-03-18T22:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/81 "2008-03-20T01:35:51Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] I don’t know - for adjusting gas flow to burners, analog seems just more convenient than a digital interface. Why go more complicated than a needle valve? [/QUOTE] Interesting! I’d like to seem some statistics about gas vs. electric appliance use, especially in new construction. I’m kind of thinking gas ranges may go by the wayside. There will probably always be a “foodie” and restaurant demand for gas burners. But I’m guessing that, for the mass market, electric ranges will completely replace gas ranges. Or maybe I’m wrong. If you’re running a gas line for a fireplace, you can run it to the kitchen, too. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/82 "2008-03-20T01:50:34Z")
**freckafree** , I know scads of people, regular non-foodie types, who have moved heaven and earth to make sure that their house had gas stove, at least. There’s less dedication for gas heat for ovens, but gas stoves have two advantages over electric that I think a lot of people love: They don’t need to warm up, and they don’t need to cool down. So the cook has more direct control over the cooking temperature than would be the case with electric. (at least in theory) Hmm… as for stats… I can’t help you there. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/83 "2008-03-20T01:56:13Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Unpretentious food. Every foodstuff is getting wankified. Organic fairtrade freerange sun-blushed goujons in Thai banana sauce and the like can get off my lawn right now. [/QUOTE] Yeah, what’s with that? Same goes for pubs. Try finding a pub in Sydney with sticky carpet, that beer smell, mixed grills served at the bar, three local beers on tap, a ciggy machine, the horses on a crackly AM radio, a meat tray raffle for the local fishing club, a bloke called Wozza who has the local beer drinking record, a pinball machine, an old bloke rolling his own, etc and you can’t easily these days. But if you want a “lounge” with obscure Italian beer, a wanked up beeeeeestro, faux Irish stuff everywhere, and lots of pretentious wankers in suits, you can’t avoid tripping over the places. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/84 "2008-03-20T02:12:21Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] Yeah, what’s with that? Same goes for pubs. Try finding a pub in Sydney with sticky carpet, that beer smell, mixed grills served at the bar, three local beers on tap, a ciggy machine, the horses on a crackly AM radio, a meat tray raffle for the local fishing club, a bloke called Wozza who has the local beer drinking record, a pinball machine, an old bloke rolling his own, etc and you can’t easily these days. But if you want a “lounge” with obscure Italian beer, a wanked up beeeeeestro, faux Irish stuff everywhere, and lots of pretentious wankers in suits, you can’t avoid tripping over the places. [/QUOTE] I’ve noticed the same thing- it’s also happening with Surf Clubs and RSLs, too. When the local RSL has boutique beers on tap and serves tapas, there’s something wrong, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/85 "2008-03-20T02:58:31Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Typewriters have already gone the way of the high-button shoe, as my mom, born in 1918, would say to describe something that was obsolete. 😉 [/QUOTE] I used a typewriter today at work. I will probably use a typewriter tomorrow at work. (Tenancy agreements that are a carbon, two-part form. Landlord copy and tenant’s copy below.) Actually, I probably type hundreds each year. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/86 "2008-03-20T03:27:03Z")
[QUOTE=Martini Enfield] I’ve noticed the same thing- it’s also happening with Surf Clubs and RSLs, too. When the local RSL has boutique beers on tap and serves tapas, there’s something wrong, IMHO. [/QUOTE] Yeah. Tapas at the local rissole is just wrong on so many levels. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/87 "2008-03-20T03:36:53Z")
[QUOTE=An Gadaí] Unpretentious food. Every foodstuff is getting wankified. Organic fairtrade freerange sun-blushed goujons in Thai banana sauce and the like can get off my lawn right now. [/QUOTE] I am a very basic eater. I don’t like food very much, my diet is limited (by choice) and I like it that way. I pretty much eat the same foods I have done since I was a child. But can you buy these basic foodstuffs in a cafe or restaurant anymore? It’s rapidly diminshing as a menu item, and it sucks. It’s all or nothing, instead of having a wider option of ordinary vs fancy. Sucks to be me. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/88 "2008-03-20T11:42:31Z")
[QUOTE=MsWhatsit] Wristwatches. (And I’m surprised to be the first one to mention this.) [/QUOTE] No way. I wear a watch every day, because I need to. I need the second-hand feature, while taking a patient’s pulse. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/89 "2008-03-20T12:10:00Z")
Gorillas. Tigers. Rhinos. Maybe elephants. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/90 "2008-03-20T13:32:47Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] Eh, no big deal. It’s already floating, so melting it won’t raise sea levels. Now, the _Antarctic_ ice cap is another matter… [/QUOTE] I would suggest that it _is_ rather a big deal to many species that rely on permanent Arctic ice, even in summer. Polar bears and seals, for a start. A purely anthropocentric view is so very limited. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/91 "2008-03-20T13:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I think the cultural references to the typewriter will also be gone. Pops orchestras will no longer perform Loyd Anderson’s [The Typewriter.](http://leroyanderson.com/la-mp3/typewriter.mp3) WARNING: Link to a sound file. NPR will stop using typewriter sounds to introduce their “letters from listeners” segment. [/QUOTE] That kind of thing will long survive the actual typewriter. > [@Boyo Jim](#): > > Keyboards, I’m thinking soon all computers will be voice recognition. Not unless cubicles and shared office space goes away first. > [@freckafree](#): > > I’d like to seem some statistics about gas vs. electric appliance use, especially in new construction. It’s anecdotal, but when I was looking for a house last year, I saw a lot of gas stoves and cooktops in newly-renovated kitchens (we didn’t look at any new construction). I don’t think they’re going away. > [@Lizard](#): > > The same with cell phones and e-mail addresses. I am often asked for my number/address when buying something, and I just say I have none. They always look at me funny, but hell, it’s not as if I HAVE to have either to exist. (I do have both, I just consider them privileged information, a reasonable attitude that could qualify as endangered itself.) It’s going to get harder and harder for you to not give out your email or cell phone number. Just like my grandparents managed to live without credit cards, but it got harder and harder for them- they couldn’t rent movies, for instance. There’s going to be more and more stuff that seems like it shouldn’t have anything to do with phones or email that you won’t be able to do. If you’re worried about privacy, why not just create a throwaway email address on hotmail or something (that you check once a month or so) and give that out instead of your primary email address? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/92 "2008-03-20T14:23:22Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] … so you call them on your cell phone and they zap it from space. … [/QUOTE] It’s the only way to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/93 "2008-03-20T14:51:46Z")
IMO watches aren’t going anywhere as long as we still have 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in a minute. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/94 "2008-03-20T15:22:15Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] The remedy for this is to have some kind of agreement where the company in charge of distributing the media will give you all your songs and movies back for free. But, for instance, when my hard drive crashed and all of my iTunes songs that were downloaded were lost, I had to re-download them and pay for them again. “All purchases can only be downloaded once.” [/QUOTE] Did you try emailng Apple and asking them if you could re-download your files? When my computer and external hard drive were stolen last year, I was able to re-download everything that I had purchased from iTunes free of charge. I do agree, however, that the “all purchases can only be downloaded once” rule is stupid and needs to go away immediately. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/95 "2008-03-20T15:23:45Z")
[QUOTE=audit1] We may soon see the end of photographic film. The Polaroid Corporation has announced they are ending production of instant cameras and film, can the good old 35mm be far behind as more and more use digital mediums? [/QUOTE] 35mm film was among the products that were [dropped](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/18/nmeltdown718.xml) this week from the basket used by the U.K. government to calculate inflation, along with CD singles. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/96 "2008-03-20T15:30:34Z")
The WNBA. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/97 "2008-03-20T16:50:58Z")
[QUOTE=medstar] I’m thinking major record labels will cease to exist. People will be able to listen to new music and download their favorite songs from several different sources. [/QUOTE] But wouldn’t the “several different sources” in effect be “major record labels”, but without the records? Sorta like what **Trunk** said: [QUOTE=Trunk] I think that it’s more likely that all your media will be stored by a company like google, so that you don’t need to worry about a hard drive crashing. [/QUOTE] In this case, “Google” will be the new “major label” where you purchase your music from. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/98 "2008-03-20T17:34:00Z")
The dial tone. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/99 "2008-03-20T17:51:00Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Interesting! I’d like to seem some statistics about gas vs. electric appliance use, especially in new construction. I’m kind of thinking gas ranges may go by the wayside. There will probably always be a “foodie” and restaurant demand for gas burners. But I’m guessing that, for the mass market, electric ranges will completely replace gas ranges. Or maybe I’m wrong. If you’re running a gas line for a fireplace, you can run it to the kitchen, too. [/QUOTE] In my experience, gas is back. I went gas in my new house, even my _mom_ just switched over to gas, all those fancy magazine stoves are gas… most new construction has gas fireplaces, too, so it’s not much more work. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-disappear-in-your-lifetime/441844/100 "2008-03-20T18:09:15Z")
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