“I don’t care what anyone says I love my flip phone.”

Here are some of the close-to-obsolete items that people still love to use today:

1.

Map-reading is a survival skill."

Person looking at a large map inside a car. The map shows a detailed view of roads and areas, suggesting the person might be planning a journey or navigating

I also have a MegaBass Walkman!

Those are my lifelines to ALL the music I love.

As a former DJ, I have loads of cassettes, cassingles, CDs, and precious vinyl.

A man wearing a uniform loads a bag into a General Diaper Service van, which features a cartoon child in a sailor outfit with a diaper pin

I’m set for life!"

Danielle, 58, Florida

3.

This is our first grandchild, and diaper services were a huge help back then.

Reddit post showing a flip phone with large buttons and screen on a cloth surface. The post discusses the user's first time using a flip phone in years and their view on modern smartphones

They’re probably not as popular now but still extremely helpful."

“I love wearing my old-fashioned wristwatch.

Get a nice wristwatch, folks.

Reddit post by u/nostalgia with an image of a 1990s computer setup. The image includes a monitor, keyboard, printer, joystick, and floppy disks on a desk

Sometimes, simple is just fine.”

Anonymous

5.

“I don’t care what anyone says I love my flip phone.”

Reddit post by user jezewl showing a pink iPod with a photo. The post's title reads, "I found my ipod!"

“Paper helps my ADHD and dyslexic brain.

Physically writing things down feels so good sometimes.”

princesscansuelabananahammock

7.

Reddit post image shows a nostalgic box of Vtech cordless phones. The post is titled "Vtech Cordless Phone" by u/notsalgia

“We still have a ‘family computer’ in our home.

It’s a big, chunky computer that we keep downstairs in a corner.

“I love my stick shift.

A Reddit post by u/CookbookLovers shows a collection of cookbooks on a bookshelf. The post mentions scanning pages and lists titles like "Half Baked Harvest."

I hate the ‘push to start’ feature in newer cars and all the touchscreens everywhere.

Call it paranoia, but all that crap just doesn’t seem necessary or any safer.”

I didn’t even know what an MP3 was at the time (it was around 2005).

A Reddit post by u/dvdcollector69 titled "Rate my DVD collection" shows a photo of a row of DVDs on a shelf, including titles like "Frasier," "X-Men," and "Friends."

She told me, ‘Trust me, you’ll want it.’

Now, I’m on my fourth iPod.

I bought a 256GB one when Apple announced they were discontinuing it because my 128GB one was full.

Reddit post showing a Nintendo Game Boy with a comment wondering if it is safe to cut it up for upgrades. Various Reddit UI elements are also visible

“I will never get tired of buying books in print.

I love the smell of a new book!”

katiel4c495e293

11.

“I still have a landline and physical voice message box.

“I still like getting my credit card and bank statements in the mail.

And I won’t give up my paper calendars either!”

linnster

13.“Cookbooks!

It makes cooking feel intimate if that makes sense.”

“They’re obviously not obsolete, but my cameras.

I like taking pictures and printing out physical pics rather than having a huge gallery on my phone.”

Not to mention that streaming audio quality is terrible.”

16.Lastly: “I still have my childhood Game Boy.

Kids these days will never know.”

Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.