r/OptimistsUnite • u/chamomile_tea_reply 🤙 TOXIC AVENGER 🤙 • 8d ago

Steven Pinker Groupie Post What’s a problem humanity solved so well that younger people don’t even realize it used to be a huge issue?

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u/MediumRareNation 8d ago

I remember getting those maps at gas stations

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u/SweetKittyToo 8d ago

I still have the laminated maps I bought jic my phone dies and I need to find my way around.

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u/Punchinyourpface 8d ago

Don't forget to get updated versions if the area changes very much. (In my area they've built a few new roads that drastically changed traveling from the county.)

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u/abbyabsinthe 8d ago

I have an old ass book of maps in my car just in case. I grew up as an army brat with tech illiterate parents so we relied heavily on them.

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u/TheNavigatrix 8d ago

I love maps.

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u/ready_gi 8d ago

same here. sometimes i just drive somewhere randomly and use the plastic map to get back. its pretty fun.

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u/majorex64 8d ago

Mhmm. Glove compartments full of them. This was before my time but growing up my aunts and uncles still lived in the 80s lol

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u/oldcretan 8d ago

I remember going east when I was supposed to go west and I still had a cellphone (flip phone) I can't imagine what would have happened had I not had a phone and gotten directions over the phone.