5. Using printed maps
The invention of GPS and smartphone-based map apps have become a nemesis of the humble printed map. While you tend to rely on your phone, make sure you one of these old maps handy for the arrival of doom’s day.
6. Receiving telegrams
Receiving a telegram would make us all palpitate since it always brought some important news. For better or worse, getting a text message on the smartphone does not evoke such emotion — unless you really love emojis.
7. Urban legends
Everyone loves telling stories, more so when you can play the protagonist in it. With no source to verify such anecdotes, they often went on to become legend. But then Google came along and spoiled the party. Stories like The Killer in the Backseat, The Ghost on a Deserted Road, and Viewing of the Loch Ness Monster have all been put to rest.
8. Browsing movies at Blockbuster
Blockbuster, the ultimate video rental hub, was a Friday night ritual for most of us back in the day. But recently the franchise took its final breaths, as its last remaining stores finally shut down. Video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu have claimed their victory over rental videos. Looking back, we now realize that there was something special about going to the store with friends and picking DVDs to watch together. It was an experience that Netflix and Hulu could never quite replicate.
9. Film photography
Remember those days when you had to anxiously wait for days on end to receive the photographs you captured during a vacation not knowing how they’d turn out? And how meticulously we’d arrange those photographs in albums, writing the date and the location behind them?
Well, those days are long gone. In today’s era of digital photography, we we can view any of our photographs instantly. This means that any seriousness or curiosity attached to them have almost vanished.
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