30 Things That Unnoticeably Got Deleted From Our Reality, As Pointed Out By Folks In This Online Group

Acid Rain.

It was a huge environmental issue in the late 70s thru the early 90s. Rain was acidic and damaged fertile areas among other things.

In the US there was much research done and eventually industrial regulations were put into place. Companies were allowed to decide what approach they chose to take as long as the results showed the appropriate amount of reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions.

Unfortunately, positive news doesn't sell, so news outlets did not do justice to reporting this success. As we went into the 2000s hardly anyone remembered what was done.

Actual toys in cereal boxes and cracker jack boxes.

politicians feeling ashamed when theyre caught lying

Ownership. We used to pay money and then the thing actually belonged to us. Now everything is rented or leased. Everything is sold "as a service". Music as a service. Movies as a service. Software as a service. Even printer ink as a service.

We spend and spend and in the end we hold nothing in our hands.

edit: You can also subscribe to clothes. Wear new clothes every month but never own them. You can also subscribe to cars. Clothes as a service, cars as a service.

Water beds.

another user added:

Used to have one. Nothing like forgetting to turn on the heater an hour before bed in the middle of winter.

When you turn off the TV, how the image would shrink to a dot before slowly fading away.

Movie trailers with that deep voice guy doing the voice overs.

The Sears Wishbook

Taco Bell used to have a chihuahua as their mascot. Little dude just disappeared one day and anyone born after 2000 probably doesn't even know what I am talking about.

I think people have noticed now but at the time, nobody noticed it was happening: 24 hour stores. I live in a major city and we don’t have a single 24 hour grocery store ever since the pandemic.

Panama papers

another user added:

They actually still have impact to this very day, and lots of people noticed!

But as a summary, here are some things that happened:

After mass protests, the Prime Minister of Iceland was forced to resign, along with many other members of the ruling party.

After mass protests, the President of Pakistan was forced to resign, along with many other members of the ruling party.

Worldwide, hundreds of people – many rich and powerful – were arrested. Billions in stolen assets were returned to the people.

82 countries changed their laws to crack down on the wealth hoarding the papers revealed.

Service clubs. e.g. the Rotary, the Lions, the Shriners.

Oh, they're still around. But a common complaint among them is they've got no members under 70 and no new members are lining up to get in.

EDIT: The #1 question seems to be, "What the hell are these, anyways?"

They're social clubs with the primary objective to be doing projects to better the community. They might raise money to build a new playground, a new hospital, for scholarships, stuff like that.

They raise money for stuff.

Telephone books

Landlines in residences. The jacks are still in almost any house but I rarely see anything plugged in anymore. The only people I can think of with them are all over 60.

That class for keyboard typing n stuff.

Buying a new game and having a thick chunky manual filled with game lore which you would read before playing and so heighten the anticipation of the game itself.

Facebook poke wars

Ronald McDonald.

Too many people are petrified of clowns.

Shelly Miscavige

Flash mobs