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I kinda hope the CDs being worthless continues. I bet I've ripped 500 records into my collection over the last few years from friends' collections over the last few years as they've mostly just asked around before tossing stuff. Hell, I did the same when I got rid of mine last summer. Really kind of cool to see some stuff I always wanted, but is just now so out-of-print even the label it was released on is a distant memory.
I dont think landlines will be gone, just reimagined. Where I'm from, an old landline phone could be a godsend during a hurricane because its the only thing that works...problem is even if you do have a landline number you're probably using a phone the requires a base connected to power...
OT: Paper will become less and less prevalent.
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r.i.p. alleria. 1997-2017. blizzard ruined alleria forever. blizz assassinated alleria's character and appearance.
i will never forgive you for this blizzard.
No way. The audio quality on landlines is incredibly superior to cell phones. Back in the 1990s, cell phones were analog and the sound quality was REALLY good. Digital cell phones have terrible audio quality - it sounds like you are underwater. Unfortunately, all cell carriers forced everyone to switch to digital. When I call my parents, I only talk to them on my landline because their hearing isn't what it used to be and they can hear me MUCH better on the landline. Most business will never give up landlines either due to the higher audio quality.
I'll specify further it must be a CORDED landline. A wireless landline suffers a loss of audio quality.
TO FIX WOW:1. smaller server sizes & server-only LFG awarding satchels, so elite players help others. 2. "helper builds" with loom powers - talent trees so elite players cast buffs on low level players XP gain, HP/mana, regen, damage, etc. 3. "helper ilvl" scoring how much you help others. 4. observer games like in SC to watch/chat (like twitch but with MORE DETAILS & inside the wow UI) 5. guild leagues to compete with rival guilds for progression (with observer mode).6. jackpot world mobs.
Physical media discs, landlines, cable TV..... There are things that are already gone or very quickly going out lol. Who the hell uses any of these still? OK I can imagine a bunch of people still have cable TV because they haven't bothered changing, but I doubt many people install cable TV in a new home over here, it's all IP-TV and internet streaming these days. Landlines are completely dead, I haven't seen one outside of an office in over a decade. Physical media discs are dying a rapid and welcome death as well, personally I haven't had anything that could play a media disc in the last 5 years and it's the same situation among friends and family as well.
As for something that we really use every day right now that we won't do in 10 years? That's harder but I'm gonna take an educated guess at corded phone chargers.
Ties
Having to wear a Damm Tie.. In the hot weather they are uncomfortable.
Supermarkets... that's a pretty good guess. I worked at one for 15 years and they're definitely on their way. They will still be around in 10 years but not as we know them today.
My guess is: most mainstream media (TV/Newspapers)
Health insurance might not exist in 10 years if we elect Bernie Sanders in 2020 and he implements single payer.
TO FIX WOW:1. smaller server sizes & server-only LFG awarding satchels, so elite players help others. 2. "helper builds" with loom powers - talent trees so elite players cast buffs on low level players XP gain, HP/mana, regen, damage, etc. 3. "helper ilvl" scoring how much you help others. 4. observer games like in SC to watch/chat (like twitch but with MORE DETAILS & inside the wow UI) 5. guild leagues to compete with rival guilds for progression (with observer mode).6. jackpot world mobs.
The Internet.
Technically it might still be around, but chopped into unrecognizeable and expensive channelsite packages.
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Proper old school landline phone gets whatever little electricity it needs through the telephone lines.
Netflix will likely be gone in 10 years. There's a big rumor that Apple will buy them out. Trump got tax reform done and it had the effect of pushing Apple to bring back a massive pile of cash to the US it was keeping overseas. It was more money than the value of Netflix. Apple wants to upgrade iTunes to improve its footprint in the streaming video arena. Buying Netflix and rolling it into iTunes would vault them into the lead.
Netflix literally might not exist by this time NEXT year.
TO FIX WOW:1. smaller server sizes & server-only LFG awarding satchels, so elite players help others. 2. "helper builds" with loom powers - talent trees so elite players cast buffs on low level players XP gain, HP/mana, regen, damage, etc. 3. "helper ilvl" scoring how much you help others. 4. observer games like in SC to watch/chat (like twitch but with MORE DETAILS & inside the wow UI) 5. guild leagues to compete with rival guilds for progression (with observer mode).6. jackpot world mobs.
Probably Twitter, maybe Facebook. Driving will become a choice rather than a requirement, though mass adoption won't occur until after the turning, probably.