Things that quietly disappeared in the last 20 years

[Gough]

The people that market Subway are genius. The food is as shite as any other fast food but they've managed to convince folks that it's some sort of healthy alternative.

 

[cats_09]

I always see folk at Subway, but the last thing I would have eaten from one was the cookies

 

[emuboy]

The people that market Subway are genius. The food is as shite as any other fast food but they've managed to convince folks that it's some sort of healthy alternative.

Jarrod Fogle says that Subway food is healthy, and if you can't believe and trust Jarrod Fogle who can you believe and trust?

Jokes aside, buying a six-inch turkey sub made on whole-meal or rye bread with salad from Subway would without doubt be a much healthier option than a hamburger, pizza or fried chicken from other fast-food franchises.

 

[emuboy]

I'm surprised Subway is still a going concern.

They used to be quite popular in the 90s when they started up here but on the few occasions I go there now they are empty or just have a few people there at most.

The Subways here now are like the Subways I went to in the UK, the Poms never went there, they wanted chips and not salads.

I'm surprised old people in Australia don't try and order chips at Subway. I've seen them ask for a vegemite sub, or request celery as one of their salads. That's when they aren't paying for their purchases using 10 cent coins, bringing trolleys full of groceries into the shop or sometimes even bringing their dogs into Subway - large dogs like German Shepherds.

Talking about dogs, when was the last time you saw an Australian Silky Terrier? This was a popular breed for years, but I doubt I would have seen one since about the late 2000s or early 2010s.

 

[Cleavy]

Honey Smacks used to be a great Cereal and then one day gonski.

same with Grinners

 

[JHF1870]

Offensive jokes

 

[Cmarsh]

TikTok

 

[Upstart Swan]

It also got me thinking - how often do you see a 'traditional' Chinese restaurant that were popular in the past? They seem to have gone out of fashion in recent decades.

Still alive and well in regional Australia

 

[Plugger35]

Jarrod Fogle says that Subway food is healthy, and if you can't believe and trust Jarrod Fogle who can you believe and trust?

Jokes aside, buying a six-inch turkey sub made on whole-meal or rye bread with salad from Subway would without doubt be a much healthier option than a hamburger, pizza or fried chicken from other fast-food franchises.

Subway is as healthy as you choose to make it, if you get a steak and cheese footlong with bacon and chipotle sauce like I have done at times it probably isn't that much healthier than getting a Whopper or a Big Mac.

 

[errant bounce]

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[GROTTO]

They used to be quite popular in the 90s when they started up here but on the few occasions I go there now they are empty or just have a few people there at most.

I will always avoid food places with a very low turnover, the food will never get thrown out.

 

[errant bounce]

Still alive and well in regional Australia

Been quite a while since I lived or spent a heap of time in the country but it seemed like the Japanese were really starting to replace Chinese people and restaurants in the mid-2000s.

Vietnamese, Thai, Singaporeans, and Indians always preferred living in a city but apparently the Japanese who come out here explicitly do so because they want space and quiet, small towns.

Going for a Chinese is a very unpopular thing now for younger people I’ve noticed. they’ll go have dumplings but for some reason don’t care for a gutful of sweet and sour something, whatever with black bean sauce, and a medley of steamed veggies.

 

[GROTTO]

I miss texting on my old Nokia phone. It taught me patience.

On SM-A135F using BigFooty.com mobile app

You reminded of that scene in The Departed, where the character could send a text with the phone still in his pocket.

 

[GROTTO]

This thread made me think of an unremarkable at the time but looking back very nostalgic Saturday afternoon/evening I spent with my then girlfriend in early 2001. We went to Sanity to buy a CD for her younger sister's birthday, had dinner at Sizzler and then rented a video from the local 'Video Ezy' store.

In some ways this day just seems like yesterday, but in other ways it seems so far removed from today it seems like jerky, black and white/sepia tone silent footage from the early 1900s.

It also got me thinking - how often do you see a 'traditional' Chinese restaurant that were popular in the past? They seem to have gone out of fashion in recent decades. I was thinking, when did these two companies first start trading in Australia, because I can't for the life of me remember it - JB Hi-Fi and Subway?

Sizzler, the good old days.

When you would go in a group and only one person would order the all you can eat salad for the entire table.

 

[Frank Bunn]

It also got me thinking - how often do you see a 'traditional' Chinese restaurant that were popular in the past? They seem to have gone out of fashion in recent decades.

A couple of the most popular Chinese restaurants in Geelong have shut down, such as the Golden Dragon. Others have switched to other Asian food such as Thai or Vietnamese.

It's always worth a trip into Melbourne to David's Hot Pot or the Golden Horse in Footscray.

 

[errant bounce]

A couple of the most popular Chinese restaurants in Geelong have shut down, such as the Golden Dragon. Others have switched to other Asian food such as Thai or Vietnamese.

It's always worth a trip into Melbourne to David's Hot Pot or the Golden Horse in Footscray.

I don't think there's many better things than spending an afternoon and evening drinking in inner Melbourne and then retiring to Chinatown at 11pm.

 

[emuboy]

A couple of the most popular Chinese restaurants in Geelong have shut down, such as the Golden Dragon. Others have switched to other Asian food such as Thai or Vietnamese.

It's always worth a trip into Melbourne to David's Hot Pot or the Golden Horse in Footscray.

The Golden Dragon in Geelong was great. But then in early 2023 I paid a visit to Geelong for the first time in a number of months, my mouth watering as I arrived eagerly anticipating a tasty Chinese meal and still undecided on what dish I was going to enjoy. I made my way up Moorabool Street past Westfield and Market Square, seeing the Kardinia Park light towers in the distance and finally the Golden Dragon came into sight.

Crossing Ryrie Street to the Golden Dragon, I was dismayed to find that it was closed. At first i thought it was just for the day, or maybe for renovations? But then I looked and saw the dreaded 'For Lease' sign and realized that there was no more Golden Dragon.

 

[Cruyff14]

vibrant forums and interesting posters who represent a broad spectrum of personalities and experiences.

I think the constant of social media has contributed to this.

 

[kickazz]

I think the constant of social media has contributed to this.

And smartphones - using a forum on a PC or laptop was a more deliberate act, that, along with the bigger screen led to fewer, but longer and more thoughtful posts.

 

[kickazz]

Bookshops. There used to be at least one in every mall, highstreet and suburban shopping centre.

Pet stores, where you could see puppies and kittens in the window.

 

[kickazz]

Bank branches and ATMs are becoming fewer in number.

Classifieds section in the newspaper used to be HUGE, especially weekends. Lucky to be a page now.

Pubs that feel comfortable and welcoming, and not like a food court, pokies den or half arsed restaurant.

By the same token, genuinely sketchy pubs also seem to be very thin on the ground too.

Venues with live music.

Plans and punctuality. Mobile phones, google maps have made them less important.

Detailed political discourse on tv and in public. It's all slogans and memes and stuff.

On that, people hardly tell jokes anymore, we share memes.

Supermarket vegetables with flavour.

 

[blueboy25]

I'm surprised Subway is still a going concern.

They used to be quite popular in the 90s when they started up here but on the few occasions I go there now they are empty or just have a few people there at most.

The Subways here now are like the Subways I went to in the UK, the Poms never went there, they wanted chips and not salads.

A lot of people Ubereats Subway.

You usually find more drivers in a subway waiting to pick up a order compared to normal punters.

 

[Gough]

Bank branches and ATMs are becoming fewer in number.

Classifieds section in the newspaper used to be HUGE, especially weekends. Lucky to be a page now.

Pubs that feel comfortable and welcoming, and not like a food court, pokies den or half arsed restaurant.

By the same token, genuinely sketchy pubs also seem to be very thin on the ground too.

Venues with live music.

Plans and punctuality. Mobile phones, google maps have made them less important.

Detailed political discourse on tv and in public. It's all slogans and memes and stuff.

On that, people hardly tell jokes anymore, we share memes.

Supermarket vegetables with flavour.

The Sunday papers circa 2000 were so big that if you bought more than one you risked doing yourself a mischief on the walk home.

 

[blueboy25]

The Sunday papers circa 2000 were so big that if you bought more than one you risked doing yourself a mischief on the walk home.

Now if you take out the Harvey Norman section of any weekday or weekend paper you would be lucky to be left with 15 pages

 

[Over The Post]

That brief period of time in the 90s when sun-dried tomatoes were in bloody everything.

Now they're hardly mentioned.

Balsamic ****ing vinegar is making an unwelcome comeback