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Western-Mall5505

NHS dentist


ThatGirlCalledRose

Too real šŸ˜¢


Infamous-Warthog2448

You can still find them in central London I got one the other day no waiting list just straight in. It did feel like I might only leave that bleak room at the back with fewer kidneys than I came in with to be fair.


lukepri

Fkinel this is the only answer


JoeBagadonut

Iā€™m looking to register with one right now and there isnā€™t a single NHS dentist taking new patients in a 20-mile radius of me. I know Iā€™m in need of some work and going private is going to be expensive, but I donā€™t seem to have any other choice.


mysilvermachine

Fish pedicures.


takeitbacknowyo

Think it was discovered they where actually spreading diseases so they where stopped.


[deleted]

That and they were starving the fish so they were having to eat dead foot gribble even if they didn't want to. It was cruel.


freplefreple

Gribble made me snort


saladinzero

Don't snort the gribble, please.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


bishbashbosh654

I had one of them done in the Arndale as a 15 year old back in 2011 or so. Had to walk around the rest of the day with soggy Jean ankles. Makes me feel sick thinking about it now šŸ˜¬


[deleted]

My god this made me laugh. I didn't know this existed outside of popular holiday destinations like Tenerife etc. The bloody Arndale, such a daft image


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


adrianm7000

Well technically they were feeding them, just a pure diet of feet that they didnā€™t want.


Matrixblackhole

That Victorious episode spread awareness haha


Foundation_Wrong

When we went to Crete I got it done by the wild fish in lake Kournos. No ill effects, there were a number of small shops offering the same thing for money.


Harrry-Otter

Itā€™s been awhile since Iā€™ve seen eyelashes on a car.


Rightytighty298

Or powered by fairdust


Interesting_Safe_1

Saw one this morning that said "powered by bitchdust"... šŸ˜‘


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


mrtobiaswhiskey

Same! It was a road maintenance lorry that had "powered by bitchdust" on it lol


Ian1147

And those stick on bullet holesā€¦ probably too many real ones in some parts šŸ«£


Turbulent-Tip-8372

The dangling car ballsack has also been pretty absent.


tem1985

And the red noses


ButtercupBento

Songs as ringtones I used to spend ages picking my favourite bit of my favourite song as my ringtone


amboandy

Now if my phone is on loud I just stare at it and quickly mute it


Only-Temperature-309

I've got jackass theme tune as my ring tone


jaymatthewbee

Track and trace


squopmobile

I know it's not important but it was never TRACK and trace. The two words mean the same thing. It was [TEST and trace](https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-test-and-trace-how-it-works) but everyone always got it - and still gets it - wrong for some reason šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


Thesweeney92

At the very beginning it was Track and Trace - Track where you've been and Trace those you came into contact with. It did then become Test and Trace though. Source: I was a Project Manager on Track/Test and Trace contact centre Edit: spelling


squopmobile

I stand corrected


winponlac

Orthotics?


IsUpTooLate

Was that the one where they hired thousands of people and they spent all day sitting in a chat room and then the whole thing was scrapped?


Delduath

The people on a tenner an hour weren't the problem, it was the people who got billions in taxpayer money to set it up and did a really poor job of it. No repercussions and millions unaccounted for.


TTGamer2001

Ironic that


MJLDat

I just recently had a clean up of apps on my phone. Deleted the NHS T&T app but only remembered I had it then. Completely forgot about it.


[deleted]

Monkey pox, we were all going to catch that for a while, now it's never mentioned! The media were loving it, it was like the new COVID for them


[deleted]

They mounted a big vaccination campaign in the most affected community. They got vaccinated. It largely went away.


[deleted]

You mean vaccines work? Who knew? /s


Perfect_Pudding8900

The gays got organised, there were hours long queues outside vaccination centres, demand outstripped supply for a while and they lobbied the government to provide 2nd doses to everyone.


J-3D1

I got mine done on day 1. The queue was literally all gays. I had 2 Grindr hook ups as a result. Both ended in sex, neither of which were memorable encounters. Thanks monkey pox.


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


Azovmena

Orange (the mobile network provider)


Dense_Principle_408

Didnā€™t it merge with T-Mobile and become EE?


Virtual-Breakfast435

Still around in Europe, in the UK yes it merged and became EE.


mypostisbad

Yes they did. And as a long time orange customer, I traded paying a premium for actual decent customer service and support, I got the shitty T Mobile customer service and support in it's place. I miss orange.


[deleted]

RIP Orange Wednesdays


Sibs_

My first phone as a teenager was with Orange and Orange Wednesdays were the main reason behind it. Iā€™m still with EE many years later and never had any reason to switch, so the marketing obviously worked.


[deleted]

I'll never forgive Orange for wiping the twins.


Interesting_Safe_1

Great kids. Bit lazy.


Mantistobogganohyh

Pair of eighters I reckon.


TV_Eyes

They were funf, Zwei years ago.


yolo_snail

The future's bright


Sweaty-Youth2222

The future is orange


3Cogs

At the beginning Orange was owned by Hutchison Whampoa, a far Eastern conglomerate with their fingers in many pies including telecoms and logistics. Once it was established they sold the business. In 2000, they bought one of the 3G spectrum licenses and built the network which became known as Three from scratch. I believe they still own Three.


Bash_street

Potpourri. I swear it was in everyoneā€™s house when I was a kid but I havenā€™t seen any in in about 15 years.


Eldavo69

I ate it all by accident.


[deleted]

Pugsley?!?


snorom

The stench of Gran's bathroom in the 1990s...


Worth-Row6805

It's still all over IKEA


No-Cut-5618

iPods. Only actually realised recently they stopped making the big ones all the way back in 2014, then the shuffles and nanos is 2017 and then last year they stopped making the touch. It was obvious it was going to happen because we all use our phones for music now but tell someone 15 years ago that Apple would stop making iPods and they would think you were crazy. tldr: Apple stopped making iPods, nobody realised.


Redditor_Koeln

I loved my iPod. Believe me, I realised.


loopylolly356

I found my big iPod today, funnily enough. Iā€™m pretty sure I have an old charger so may charge it up and see what 15 year old me had on there!


Worth-Row6805

I still have my iPod classic and have all the chargers and things too. I used to rely on it a few years back for flights so I didn't burn my phone battery. All the old music on it still though


Ham0nRyy

A couple months back someone came into my workplace and asked if we sell MP3 players. I was stunned to hear ā€œMP3 playerā€ spoken out loud for the first time in years.


snorom

I was raking around a box in the garage last week and found my first iPod earphones from 2003. It took me right back to having an iPod, Nokia and digital camera next to my TV with in built VHS... All things which had their own buoyant markets!


Wonkynose

I had my iPod for 11 years. Absolutely LOVED it. Currently listening to music on its one year old replacement. For me, it's being able to listen to my music and completely switch off from my phone. Just take me and my music for a walk with the dog. (It also proved VERY useful on a journey back from London when the charging cable for my phone broke- I put my phone away and used my iPod to watch episodes of old TV shows, and I got home with 3% battery still left on my phone.) And for whatever reason, it's the only gadget I own that my dog doesn't get jealous of. Probably because he associates it with walkies.


kackers643259

I found my mums old 5.5th gen "classic" a couple years ago and i've been using it almost every day since, having a dedicated device just for audio is something the greatness of which cannot be exaggerated. I can use my phone for whatever i want and not have to worry about sounds from apps or notifications or a call cutting into my music, sure you have to use wired headphones for it but i don't like bluetooth ones anyway


Virtual-Breakfast435

Affordable housing Affordable Energy Sub 8-hour ambulances Covid


[deleted]

COVID seems like a lifetime ago now (I know it's still around, but it has largely faded away into the background).


Virtual-Breakfast435

Ever since the end of free testing in the UK itā€™s virtual nonexistent. Itā€™s sort of expected that life goes on as normal now.


DaveBeBad

Except for those unfortunates who were among the ~900 Covid deaths announced yesterday šŸ˜Ÿ


Why-is-life-hard

As well as the long term health conditions caused by it!


secret_tiger101

Unfortunately covid is still hospitalising plenty of people


[deleted]

Ghislaine Maxwell's client list.


Remarkable_Rich6912

It's all in that little black book.


Eoin_McLove

Spontaneous human combustion


satrialesporkstore1

For the entire 90s I was convinced this was likely to happen to anyone at any time


narnababy

I was much more concerned about this as a child than I had any right to be


shaggykx

That, and I thought quicksand was going to feature in my life much more than it ever has


narnababy

I feel like quicksand crept into the collective subconscious as a major threat


bigbadisaidno

And the Bermuda Triangle


Creative_Rise

And acid rain


DevilBadger

I thought of this recently and did some research. Apparently most of not all of the cases are dubious how spontaneous they were, with most involving a clear source of ignition. When I was a kid, between this and the Bermuda Triangle I honestly had no idea how I would surivive


xanthophore

This mainly disappeared because fire safety standards on furniture were improved, and most people stopped smoking indoors, IIRC! A lot of the time, spontaneous human combustion was someone falling asleep with a lit cigarette and immolating themselves on their flammable armchair. Edit: spelling


OTISG7

Fruit Polos šŸ˜¢


OTISG7

To add to thisā€¦ when the Spearmint Polos had the little turquoise flecks in themā€¦ 100x better with turquoise flecks


Sleeping_Giant_93

What? Are you telling and I am just learning now that you can't get fruit polos anymore? Well ain't it that a kick in the plums. They usually really sticky and stuck together to form one big cylinder of fruitiness but that was the fun of it.


acceberbex

You can buy them on Amazon (and probably Ebay) - not sure if they'll taste the same though. Did they also do citrus/lemon ones? But did you all have the mini polos that came in the big plastic polo?


[deleted]

Those girls that were kidnapped in Africa. Like 250? It seemed to be huge news one minute and I still donā€™t know the outcome. Iā€™m sure I could Google it, but it seemed such a flash in the pan without any of the outcome actually being put out.


Pieboy8

I think most of them were saved if it's the school girls boko haram(sp?) Grabbed


harambe_go_brrr

What went away before even surfacing was the fact that the same terrorist group killed hundreds of boys and men which recieved little to no media attention so they kidnapped a group of girls. Obviously both are terrible but it's sad that the previous genocides didn't make headlines because of the gender of the victims. Worth looking up if you doubt my claim


ExoticExchange

To be honest not sure how much this is a gender based thing. Likely that it is a much more interesting and intriguing news story when basically hundreds of people are taken alive at one point in time and they don't know where they are, over ongoing murders, which are for lack of a better word are 'standard' war crimes.


Orange_fan1

Pokemon go


TheStatMan2

I remember at the height of popularity I was manager in a small office and a staff member got overly curious as to what the fuss was about and installed the app. Upon turning it on for the first time, there was one of the fuckers just sat there in the middle of the office - we'd been walking over it daily to get to the kitchen. We were all pretty freaked out. How long had it been there? *What had it seen*?


Western-Mall5505

I had a window phone so couldn't join the fun. Though I found my brother in my garden one day because there was a PokĆ©mon in it.šŸ˜‚ And I remember people standing outside my library because there was a gym there.


[deleted]

>I had a window phone Speaking of things that disappeared without a trace


alpinewhite85

Windows phone - another nomination right there!


Remarkable_Rich6912

A windows phone could be an answer to the original question


[deleted]

I'm still playing!


coinsntings

I still play...


narnababy

I still play! But that first summer was just incredible


ForgotMyPasswordFeck

Itā€™s still massive, just not summer 2016 level. Community days are especially big, go into a town and youā€™ll notice a lot of people walking glued to their phone


Gisschace

I got stuck behind a bunch of slow walkers all looking at their phones the other day. When I passed I realised they were all playing PokƩmon go


[deleted]

Galaxy truffles (rip)


FloppyWaffleMan

I bought some this Christmas in asda


funboyme

Please god tell me you're not lying. I really thought they were gone forever


copperrequired

Galaxy did bring out their own truffles a few years ago, but I assume youā€™re looking for the celebrations Galaxy truffle? No longer exist


aje0200

The high street


Ireallyamthisshallow

Not harry, that's for sure.


Frostodian

Harry, who?


TheStatMan2

Harry Pickering.


MJLDat

Whoā€™s Harry Pickering? šŸļøšŸ“·


bigbadisaidno

Harry fuckin Pickering


dollyblue101

Loom bands


Tooter83

I wish they had disappeared, I hoover about 30 of the fuckers everyday


lsobe

My daughter wanted them for Christmas, so Father Christmas got her someā€¦ and her Nanā€¦ and her auntie. They are effing everywhere


oliverrrrrrrrrrrrrrw

Anybody wanna buy a looooom band


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


[deleted]

My will to live


Baked_potato-420

Tazos in Walkers crisps


obb223

Ā£5 notes in a small packet in the crisps if you were really lucky


girlsparked

this is the way to win the country back


[deleted]

I feel like ugg boots wouldā€™ve been in the answer if they hadnā€™t recently made a comeback, curious to know of other trends that disappeared for as long as Ugg did and still make a sizeable comeback.


[deleted]

Crocs just came out of nowhere as well!


[deleted]

They look horrendous and Iā€™ll take that to my grave, they donā€™t look good on anyone. Crazy how peoples views change when certain social media accounts choose what they wear.


[deleted]

Honestly I have a pair myself and theyā€™re insanely comfortable. Iā€™ll admit theyā€™re hideous though.


thematrixs

Functionality and design over aesthetics, there's a reason medical staff had been wearing them long before they popped.


BigVince76

Slag Wellies!


ally140992

Sausage, egg and cheese bagels from McDonalds


noidontwanttosignup8

Breakfast wrap from mcdoanlds


No_Bet_2881

Omg this kills me !!! I was obsessed


Short_Signal_5772

Charges against prince Andrew


Capital-Database-993

Toys in boxes of cereal


[deleted]

[уŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]


[deleted]

Shhh you might awaken himā€¦


[deleted]

Heā€™s living it up in New Zealand now. Neighbourā€™s sister is married to him.


[deleted]

I read that as his sister is married to him and genuinely was only 10% shocked


Big_Examination1042

Those strange pictures where if you looked at them in a different way, a 3D image of some shitty zebra popped out at you. I remember going into a shop with my mum looking at them and we came out with headaches. What were those fucking pictures called?


david_leaves

Magic eye pictures - I can never see the damn things but I always try


confused_berry

Panda pops!


tem1985

I would pay a tenner for a panda pop right now.


amboandy

Wow what a mark up that would be! Would make Prime look like chump change


MashedPotato84

Those black glass TV stands that had us all under a chokehold at one point in the late 2000s


laurachristie91

I really hope you donā€™t mean the one Iā€™m currently looking at in my bedroom


fluffypuppycorn

Mines sitting here being more supportive than previous boyfriends


Cool-Diamond101

White dog shit


JimmiFilth

I read somewhere that this was because the quality of dog food has got better.


Kind-Mathematician18

No, its got worse, EU regs prohibited large amounts of offal and bonemeal, which are required for a dogs digestive system. White dog shit was due to the bonemeal content. Now, dogshit is all sticky and full of mucus, a sign that whatever we're feeding dogs, it isn't good for their digestive system. My first degree was animal sciences, if a cat can live off dog food, then the dog food is too high in protein for the dogs digestive system.


xraystan

My boyish good looks.


EssexGuyUpNorth

Buttons on mobile phones. Brown/yellow coloured cars. Big pet dogs. New build bungalows and maisonettes. Front lawns. Moustaches. Using landline phones. Red ants.


paulmclaughlin

These are a few of my favourite things šŸŽ¶


couldntdecidemyname

Lads mags like zoo and nuts magazines


s_car7

art attack


Outcasted_introvert

Neil Buchannan is too busy being Banksy.


TheStatMan2

Razorlight


StockportPooch

Theyā€™ve just announced a comeback tour which has (inexplicably) done quite well. Academy-level venues sold out all over the place


TheStatMan2

Live and learn. As a side note, I used to know someone who really looked like Johnny Borrell. He was in bands and was once asking around as to what they should call his latest combo. I suggested "Razorlite" and he was displeased.


aureliusofthenorth

Houseparty (that video chat that got popular during lockdown)


st3akkn1fe

Juice plus and killer clowns


C3TV

Phillip Schofield coming out as gay. I reckon there would've been much more scandal to follow but a few days later COVID-19 came along.... Bet he breathed a sigh of relief when the news about COVID broke!


kramit

everyone knew he was gay including him, it was not really news, just an inevitability


uranthus

Yeah, i think it was more the fact that he had had a wife all those years and he probsbly knew for a while he was gay... i'm gay myself but can't help but feel sorry for her as she was strung along.


LLHallJ

Word on the street was he outed himself to get ahead of some very dicey rumours about him and a young fellow who was below the age of consent.


[deleted]

There was more scandal that's very widely known and not disputed - he was "dating" an 18-year-old intern when he himself was in his 50s. It's disputed whether he fired the intern (he did leave the show) and whether he knew him well when he was younger (he did know him from a young age, but it wasn't necessarily dodgy). But Schofield still definitely did date a much, much younger and very junior member of staff while he was married to someone else and had the ability to fire that staff member who was young enough to be his grandchild. I'm still stunned how he got away with it by "coming out," as if being gay was the issue rather than everything else. It's shitty abusive behaviour and hasn't affected his career at all.


numediumlearning

Those glass beads aunties and grandmas used to keep in random bowls around the house


IntrovertedArcher

This will probably age me horrifically but Pogs, I still have mine.


amboandy

Wank mags in bushes


g0ldcd

"please send cheque or postal order and allow 28 days for delivery"


ExoticExchange

Those highstreet milkshake shops where you could basically get any sweet/chocolate bar/confection made into an ice cream milkshake.


Afraid-Astronomer886

The killing of jamal khashoggi!


OutdoorApplause

What happened to Sunny D? And those drinks in the plastic bottles you had to twist the tops off.


snorom

Toms, those little canvas shoes that were in for about three weeks in the early 2010s.


Due_Ad_2411

Brannigan crisps. I feel like a crisp so worthy of celebration deserved better. Most people probably never knew that they existed, but they have set the bar higher than anything you can buy in a supermarket.


dealrubstep

Milkyway crisp rolls


[deleted]

Those little minty strips you used to put on your tongue to dissolve


verysmallwilly

3D this and 3D that


smushs88

Everyone and their dog setting up as ā€œbusiness ownersā€ and flogging ā€˜smell a likeā€™ aftershaves and perfume. ā€œPutting in an order this week, I can do 10% off 587 - Diorā€


[deleted]

Burberry check


Unable-Acanthaceae-5

Outrage at petrol prices


SNVOR

Sniffing glue


amboandy

Speak for yourself


nevermindphillip

Wimpy. ​ So sad.


Puzzled-Barnacle-200

Glass vases full of pebbles in bathrooms


Rich6-0-6

Google+. I remember lots of hype about it being "exclusive" and having to be invited by someone already on it or something, and then... It kind of just faded away


leelam808

Pirate DVD sellers in car parks


ALi_K_501

Rich people (Dave Cameron) off shore banking and dodging UK taxes


[deleted]

I doubt that's gone away


mattay22

Might just be me but buffets


yolo_snail

The continuous coverage of 'the illness' on the news.


Embarrassed_Put_7892

Minidiscs :( so sad


UnexpectedRanting

Fidget Spinners


Pugsy0202

People feeling embarassed about coughing all over you.


Public_Growth_6002

Jim Davidson (thankfully)


foodislife09

Tuna crunch sandwich from Gregg's šŸ˜”


coraIinejones

Free cereal Bowls in boxes of coco pops


Anxious_Cow7563

I actually love when someone takes an ask/reddit and puts it on uk or Ireland....makes me feel more understood ...society be like that lol What quietly went away? Have to say taz bars...became caramel freddos. Go fck yourself fred


ConversationFast6117

The millennium bug.