Results: Obsolescence
"The radio and the telephone and the movies that we know may just be passing fancies, and in time may go!" So wrote Ira Gershwin for the lyrics to George Gershwin's song "Love is Here to Stay" in 1938. The radio, telephone and movies are still here, though in evolved forms. This survey is about things that are becoming less used and if you think they may go.
1.
1.
Wired telephones in homes and businesses. Here to stay or will go? Here to stay
22%
•
209 votes
Will go in the near future
38%
•
365 votes
Will go in the more distant future
26%
•
246 votes
Not Applicable
14%
•
139 votes
2.
2.
Coins and currency, in other words, cash. Here to stay or will go? Here to stay
41%
•
397 votes
Will go in the near future
17%
•
167 votes
Will go in the more distant future
27%
•
262 votes
Not Applicable
14%
•
133 votes
3.
3.
Desktop computers, regardless of operating system. Here to stay or will go? Here to stay
47%
•
455 votes
Will go in the near future
17%
•
165 votes
Will go in the more distant future
21%
•
198 votes
Not Applicable
15%
•
141 votes
4.
4.
Gasoline powered vehicles? Here to stay or will go? Here to stay
45%
•
433 votes
Will go in the near future
11%
•
108 votes
Will go in the more distant future
29%
•
280 votes
Not Applicable
14%
•
138 votes
5.
5.
Are you sad when older technology is replaced? Yes, I feel nostalgic and miss it
38%
•
365 votes
Yes, but the newer stuff is better and more advanced
24%
•
227 votes
No, out with the old and in with the new
16%
•
152 votes
Other, I will leave a comment in the Comments section
4%
•
40 votes
Not Applicable
18%
•
175 votes
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