These Common Household Objects Will Be Obsolete In a Few Short Years

Car Bench Seats

All vintage cars had that cool bench in the front seat, but modern cars have done away with the design. Most people tend to favor the use of cupholders and center consoles rather than squeezing a third person in the front row with the driver. It's actually safer that bench seats don't exist in the front.

Pagers

The only profession that likely still uses pagers are people in the medical field for quick contact. However, many companies issue business-only cellphones instead of beepers. If you're in your 20s or even 30s, you probably don't even know how one of these things even works.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.