Name an obsolete thing you can’t do without

Pressure cookers are definitely not a necessity for the 'average' person, the way a microwave or toaster is. But it's essential if you're looking to make your own soups and broths, especially in larger quantities. Give it a chicken (uncooked obvs) and it will basically nuke it into a soup :disco:
 
A pressure cooker is quite a staple for Indian cooking I think, especially vegetarian stuff as a lot of it is lentils. My mum must use hers at least 3/4 times a week.
 
Star said:
Less now as things like chips etc are done in the air fryer. But larger bits like pizza, lasagne etc would still be oven.
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I do pizzas in the combination microwave/convection oven, but it can't handle very large ones. And it would be difficult to do something like chips at the same time. But I've taken that as a lesson in not having chips with pizza, much to Mr L's chagrin.

But you can get larger combi ovens, so I think I'll just replace it with a bigger one when it dies. Then if I get a decent air fryer, I'm sure I'll hardly if ever need to use my big oven again.
 
Interesting discussion re air fryers and pressure cookers :D

I've never used an air fryer, nor had food made in one, but have seen a flatmate at uni bring in a big air fryer. I just think they give off a lot of heat, like ovens, plus the compartments seem trickier to clean. 😅

Pressure cooker, there's one at home but making lentils in normal cooking pots with the handle will do. We (my parents do the cooking mostly) rarely use the pressure cooker because of the fiddly lid, but for a hotpot or casserole it is really nice 😋🥘
 
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I always drove a manual transmission car until my latest. They are dying out rapidly (apart from the very cheapest and more niche performance).
 
ChatGPT

I love having access to something that thinks on my behalf
 
I've just bought "Wonka" on DVD as a Christmas present for my ten year old niece as apparently it's something that she's asked for, which kinda surprises me as I definitely would've thought DVD's were obsolete for someone of that age, what with everything being on one streaming platform or another these days.
 
I'm one of Gen Z and despite being fine with streaming, I have slowly begun collecting CDs in the past year, including quite old CDs 💿 today I played (with the Blu-Ray player connected to the telly, perhaps they're also obsolete now haha) the Enya CD from 1986. :disco:
 
Kate said:
I have just been to Boots and I now realise what you meant here. NONE OF THEM COME WITH A FUCKING PUFF ANYMORE!
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Yeah that 😅 I am clinging on to this older Natural Collection Golden one from Boots that did come with the puff; newer ones (since July) don't have the puff anymore so I'd better keep it (and hope the new shade isn't too different haha)
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I use this :D I can't be dealing with foundation and cream and multiple brushes etc.
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Same, I very rarely wear foundation, nor use makeup brushes. I use cream like Aveeno, I don't bother with those fancy BB, CC creams ☺️
 
disneyteletubby said:
Yeah that 😅 I am clinging on to this older Natural Collection Golden one from Boots that did come with the puff; newer ones (since July) don't have the puff anymore so I'd better keep it (and hope the new shade isn't too different haha)

Same, I very rarely wear foundation, nor use makeup brushes. I use cream like Aveeno, I don't bother with those fancy BB, CC creams ☺️
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Yep same. I tried BB cream once, didn't really see the point. And because I have quite open pores, if I use any type of foundation it just clogs and looks weird.

Primark pressed powder comes with a puff!
 
I could never do powder. Using a light Clinique liquid one at the moment and it seems to do the job. I recently got gifted an insane light up magnifying mirror, and it’s QUITE scarily good. I can see every damn pore :bruised: :bruised: :bruised:
 
It is not necessarily an object, but it's an obsolete thing/action that involves making "big" or important purchases on a laptop (or a desktop, if you will).

Thanks to apps like Uber Eats I've slowly shifted by making other types of purchases (like movie tickets) but when it comes to flight tickets, booking hotels, concert tickets and such I'm not doing it on a mobile phone and that's one of my biggest elder millennial toxic traits :disco: Please I'm not alone on this one Mopsie.
 
Pipo said:
It is not necessarily an object, but it's an obsolete thing/action that involves making "big" or important purchases on a laptop (or a desktop, if you will).

Thanks to apps like Uber Eats I've slowly shifted by making other types of purchases (like movie tickets) but when it comes to flight tickets, booking hotels, concert tickets and such I'm not doing it on a mobile phone and that's one of my biggest elder millennial toxic traits :disco: Please I'm not alone on this one Mopsie.
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Ha, I booked a couple of grand worth of flights last week and bottled doing it on my phone. Proper millennial shit.
 
It depends on the company offering the service and whether they have a good mobile app or a user friendly mobile interface. So I end up using mobile app and nfc for train/coach/bus/metro/taxi and laptop or even physical purchase for ferries.
 
Pipo said:
It is not necessarily an object, but it's an obsolete thing/action that involves making "big" or important purchases on a laptop (or a desktop, if you will).

Thanks to apps like Uber Eats I've slowly shifted by making other types of purchases (like movie tickets) but when it comes to flight tickets, booking hotels, concert tickets and such I'm not doing it on a mobile phone and that's one of my biggest elder millennial toxic traits :disco: Please I'm not alone on this one Mopsie.
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Same. Strangely was just discussing this the other day with someone else, as some Gen Z mentioned it as a millennial trait. I’d never thought about it before.

I rationalised it by thinking of all the Watchdog style reports on scammers, particularly holiday scams. I feel safer seeing it on a non-mobile site and looking for any signs of something too good to be true. Also hearing the reports of dynamic pricing for flights and hotels, when if you search for something more than once, the price could jump etc. I like to screenshot all the confirmations before the email comes though.

But is it really some elder millennials becoming paranoid? You have NO IDEA how many 20-something Uber drivers we have at work that fall for fake Facebook Marketplace insurance scams and end up losing their licences because they were just so utterly THICK, in trusting some rando who contacted them via WhatsApp and sold them fake certificates. The equivalent of buying fake DVDs in a pub, and yet hardly anyone over 35 ever falls for it.
 
I think its more to do with the fact we come from a time when the mobile user experience was new/experimental and usually buggy/poor. We've just been conditioned to fall back to a desktop experience because for many years it was more reliable.
 
I also find it easier to double check everything on a bigger screen when buying something like flights, because I'm notorious for fucking up on stupid things like having the wrong airport/dates :D
 
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