" It used to be the best dating site . Now they all suck in unless you ’re gorgeous . "
Remember back when we were young? A simpler time. Abettertime, in my opinion.
This week, Reddit useru/Open-Outcome-660posed thequestion, “What’s a thing that used to be great but has now become really bad?”
And there were so many excellent responses! Here are some of the top-voted answers:
1.“MTV. It was so good back in the ’90s. Actual music videos, shows that featured artists,MTV Unplugged,Daria,Beavis and Butt-Head,Æon Flux,TRL,Celebrity Deathmatch…Then,Pimp My RideandCribswere pretty fun, though it was the start of reality TV-style shows.”
– u / Sure - Top-4676
2.“The internet in general. I used to be able to search Google for a subject and then get a list of reliable websites to read from. Now, it’s 99% crap, ad-ridden sites that all want to sell me shit I don’t need.”
– u / MissFunkyH
" It really is awful now . Before , it was great to go to a web site , forthwith tick to wherever you want to go , and get the information you wanted . Now , it ’s between one and four pop - up corner for cookie tracking , email subscribing , an ad , or adblocker disabling . And then , there ’s the ads … advert everywhere . Paywalls left and right . interminable scroll on tons of situation or else of concise information and well - considered site navigation and layout . To go back to the days when the worst sin of a website was when it autoplayed music , and you had to search around for the mute or break button … sigh . "
– u / MitoCringo
3.“Thrifting. All the rich kids ruined it.”
– u / MWBPLH
" Not only that , but the price they put on some secondhand item these days is RIDICULOUS . You may as well buy them brand name new in some cases . "
– u / Questions_It_All
4.“OkCupid. Used to be an innovative dating site with a multitude of features that distinguished it from its competitors. Everything went downhill when the Match group bought it.”
– u / Vondarrien
" I met my hubby on OKC year ago with a 96 % compeer evaluation . latterly , when a friend was talking about online dating , I secern him to hear OKC . I helped him set up his account and was so disordered by the redesign , and how it was changing to be more like Tinder . There are so many swipe date stamp apps that put your fount front and center . I loved OKC because I always went straight to the inquiry section to learn more about the soul ’s in person , which matt-up very unique in comparison . "
– u / TzarineJador
– u / Conatus80
5.“Yahoo Answers. It’s dead now, but it used to be fun and worked kind of like Reddit. But then Karens took over…Couldn’t even ask a simple question about cooking or anything innocent without getting a lecture.”
– uracil / princessmatcha0
" The mellow schoolers ruin it , too . "
– u / Donkey_Kahn
6.“Flying. From the incredible shrinking seats, poorly-behaved people, no food, baggage fees, carry on fees to questions about planes' safety.”
– uracil / real_voiceofreason
7.“Doc Martens.”
– atomic number 92 / fiddlenutz
" Yep ! My wife bought a duad in 1998 , and they ’re in great shape ( obvious wear , but holding up well ) . The pair I bought a few years ago look just as previous now . "
– u / tmokes242
8.“YouTube. Try watching it for an hour without adblocker on. It’s wild. They literally penalize you for using their platform.”
" I was watching YouTube with my married woman , and her mom call . I pause it while they babble out . Took about 10 minute . When I hit play again , boom , commercial message . We rewound two clicks because we blank out what chance , get back to the original pause pointedness , commercial . At minute 30 , commercial . 30 second after that , commercial . Literallyunwatchable without adblock . essay it for an hour . guarantee you wo n’t make it that long . "
– u / DumbDan
9.“Being able to go outside. Maybe not so much in the cities, but in the suburbs, there were all these open fields and forests to go into. You could stay out ‘til the sun went down, just riding your bike. Now, those fields and forests are paved over and turned into a strip mall.”
" Those expectant areas with frolic background ? bulldoze . Ca n’t go out on the streets anymore . Kids get the pig called on them always . And if you wanna go somewhere that is n’t extraneous , you intimately cough up some money . Every spot charge you to be there now . "
– u / Igothisway
10.“Cooking websites. Everyone knows the struggle of scrolling through 273 paragraphs of bullshit before getting to the recipe, but now some actual antichrist websites are putting a second page inside the first, where after you get past the 273 paragraphs, it’s like, ‘Now, click here for the recipe.’ Rage-inducing.”
– u / dogbert730
11.“AAA games. They used to be really good, but now, it’s just big companies putting out unfinished games because they know they will sell.”
– uranium / JillyJonas
12.“Cars. They used to be awesome. Affordable. And fixable. Now, they’re the mostly pieces of crap and highly overcharged. They’re faster than they used to be maybe, but the cost isn’t worth the parts. And they fail so easily.”
– u / Hugebluestrapon
13.“Hollywood. They ran out of ideas.”
– u / Madpoka
14.“Geocaching. A few years ago, it used to be amazing good fun, but the app is basically killing it because you have to pay for everything.”
– uracil / SnufflingGlue
15.And finally, “The search to buy your first home used to be exciting and filled with choices. Now, it’s ‘take it or leave it’ overpriced homes you can’t afford in a terrible neighborhood. Or continue paying your super high rent.”
– uracil / SloDancinInaBrningRm
" I always thought buying a mansion would be fun , but three winnow out offers afterward , I ’m absolutely exhausted and never desire to do this again . "
– uranium / ohmygoyd
Some responses have been edited for distance and/or pellucidity .
