What are the abandoned things in life under today's resistances of old and new cultural influence?

Question

What are the abandoned things in life under today's resistances of old and new cultural influence?

Answer 1

Skills of mending and repair: The cost of a new appliance or tool is often cheaper than having an older one fixed. Things have been made cheaper through improved technology, however quality has been compromised. (very few things have a lifetime guaruntee these days! like Zippo's, sidchrome spanners, alladin thermos flasks)

(e.g. How many people have new soles put on boots these days?)

The hand written letter: With email, sms, telecommunications, the written letter, indeed printed media, is fast becoming abandoned by individuals, groups and institutions.

Kids out door games! How many kids these days play with a skipping rope, or ball games, or climb trees, or "cops and robbers" etc, games that required imagination, when Playstation, computers, cable T.V. and so on are at their finger tips and parents rely on these "electronic babysitters" to entertain their kids.

Answer 2

The typewriter.