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Back in the day, if someone wanted to access archived texts, scaled-down copies saved on microfiches were the norm. One online user comments how using microfiches made them feel like a detective.
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Once considered a vital skill for anyone who worked with words, creating sentence diagrams is now all but a lost art. Instead of learning proper word order through visuals, people now have a range.
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According to several online users, the younger generation has lost the ability to use correct punctuation. However, in a world where short text messages and emails are much more common than formal.
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Map reading was once considered an important survival skill, and setting off on a road trip without an atlas was unthinkable. Users had to figure out which route to take and watch.
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Keeping with the laundry theme, rotary ironers, AKA mangles, were once sought-after time-saving home appliances. Today, even if people knew how, using a mangle would definitely be cumbersome.
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A regular skill that most cashiers had in times past, many people born after 1980 would feel confused if presented with a manual card reader nowadays. Checking the numbers have been imprinted correctly.
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Although many young uns have amazing dance moves, with elaborate routines learned from TikTok and music videos, the joy of a (Saturday) Night Fever line dance can t be underestimated.
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With Google and websites like Wikipedia at the world s fingertips, flicking through the pages of an encyclopedia to discover facts is an outdated skill that few possess today. People no longer need to flick through.