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‘Which physical objects have quietly disappeared in the last 20 years?’ – 17 parts of daily life that are gone but not forgotten

Then you look back and realise that barely anything is the same as it used to be. It can be hard to pinpoint what's different though, when all the days blur into one.

‘Which physical objects have quietly disappeared in the last 20 years?’ – 17 parts of daily life that are gone but not forgotten

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Then you look back and realise that barely anything is the same as it used to be.

It can be hard to pinpoint what's different though, when all the days blur into one.

To help you remember what's vanished, Stukwan put the following question to r/AskReddit: 'What's a […]

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Then you look back and realise that barely anything is the same as it used to be. It can be hard to pinpoint what's different though, when all the days blur into one. To help you remember what's vanished, Stukwan put the following question to r/AskReddit: 'What's a […]

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