25 Things babies born in 2014 may never know

QOTR · December 2013

https://www.moneytalksnews.com/2013/12/31/25-things-babies-born-in-2014-will-never-know/

QOTR · December 2013

The only ones I question are the parking meters and toll booths. These are just increasing here in my city. Of course, neither take coin anymore, but I can't imagine the government making things more convenient or cheaper any time soon. Of course, if we ever get a truly functional public transportation system, maybe we won't need to own, drive or park our own vehicles.

pandadair · December 2013

QOTR said:

The only ones I question are the parking meters and toll booths. These are just increasing here in my city. Of course, neither take coin anymore, but I can't imagine the government making things more convenient or cheaper any time soon. Of course, if we ever get a truly functional public transportation system, maybe we won't need to own, drive or park our own vehicles.

I dunno, they don't have manned booths in Dallas anymore. They scan your license and send a bill if you don't have a toll tag on your windshield.

ETA: I can see some of these things falling out of popularity in a big way, but my kid will never not know what cursive handwriting is or what actual books are. Even if their exposure is mostly at home.

candrew05 · January 2014

Are fax machines really dying out too??? We love them at work lol.

sparklingdiamond · January 2014

I disagree on driving cars, but maybe I am just behind on technology haha. And my kid will definitely know about real books!

sisterjanet · January 2014

I really hope libraries continue to exist with physical objects as well as having e-collections. People without e-readers can get paper books (and people with e-readers can get e-books, for that matter), people like me without a music playing device can get physical copies of audiobooks and cds. At my particular library, they might still have a VHS collection and books on actual tapes, although they've been weeding those a lot lately. They've also started getting more e-audiobooks and not always necessarily having the discs, but I can get most anything through interlibrary loan.

Ziegeficker · January 2014

DH and I were just talking about the distinct possibility that both our kids will never stroll through a bookstore in their adult lives.

QOTR · January 2014

sisterjanet said:

I really hope libraries continue to exist with physical objects as well as having e-collections. People without e-readers can get paper books (and people with e-readers can get e-books, for that matter), people like me without a music playing device can get physical copies of audiobooks and cds. At my particular library, they might still have a VHS collection and books on actual tapes, although they've been weeding those a lot lately. They've also started getting more e-audiobooks and not always necessarily having the discs, but I can get most anything through interlibrary loan.

For my favorite artists, I still buy the physical CD, and then convert it to digital on my own. I want to hold it and read the liner notes and see the photos. If the artists ever quit producing those type things, I guess I'll have to catch up with the times and buy all digital.

I still am exclusively paper books though.

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