Discussion What is one thing that makes you shocked at it still existing in 2024?

[sserafim]

I think in places like the UK it's become more ornamental, like a relic of culture and tradition (yes, they still hold some power). Canada gained independence from the Queen in 1982.

Countries like Saudi Arabia, I'm not that surprised. The Kennedy's kind of the closest thing we have today to an American aristocracies.

People still value gold and diamonds but it's really just anthropology and culture. Especially with the advent of lab grown diamonds.

What's up with the Kate Middleton controversy? Even my mom was talking about it. She said it was fun to play detective

 

[DarkRange55]

What's up with the Kate Middleton controversy? Even my mom was talking about it. She said it was fun to play detective

What I do find surprising about the royalty in the West, is how much celebrity status the British Royal family still holds

 

[sserafim]

What I do find surprising about the royalty in the West, is how much celebrity status the British Royal family still holds

Same

 

[NumbItAll]

Astrology... like why?

 

[4am]

Astrology... like why?

god forbid white women have hobbies…

 

[sserafim]

god forbid white women have hobbies…

Lmao. I'm Asian and I like astrology

 

[Arachno]

I guess the fact that Mosin Nagant rifles are still in service lol

 

[persimmon]

James Corden.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Landline phones. Who needs 'em when we got smart phones? It's always spam anyway when someone does call the home phone.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Astrology... like why?

I completely forgot about this but, yeah, this is a good reply. I personally think that astrology is just as stupid as religion

 

[Forever Sleep]

The common cold.

 

[3/4Dead]

AOL and Yahoo email adresses - I don't know I just assumed that they would cease to be active after a certain point, since AOL of course doesn't exist now and yahoo is largely abandoned. A friend of mine gave me his email a couple of months ago and I cannot describe my shock that he was still running his yahoo adress.

I think this is just a silly gen-z thing, doubt anyone feels the same, but I figured it's pretty funny

phone booths

In the US (midwest specifically) I actually havent seen one of these at least a decade. I was just thinking they might be pretty beneficial to bring back around (dead phones, cant afford a phone, emergencies where one of the prior two applies especially)