What nostalgic thing do you think should stay in the past? (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 2 days ago by NeoToasty@kbin.melroy.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Dial-Up internet. Unfortunately, it's still here because the ISPs continue to fail to deliver on the promise of expanding broadband over and over.

And because of that, it's no wonder internet isn't expanded to everywhere in the country of USA.

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[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

I miss the smoking indoors. As a child who would attend political events with my parents, it gave rooms a misty haze of mystery and intrigue. Plus, you could always tell where the real political tables were by the density of the fog hanging over the table.

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