15 Old Inventions That I Am Glad I Have Never Had To UseSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 27 Jan 2019 15 Old Inventions That I Am Glad I Have Never Had To Use This is the opposite of steampunk, I think. by Natalya LobanovaBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink 1 Scrolls Nastco / Getty Images So cumbersome. How do you fit it in your bag? You need a lot of space to unfurl it, too. So glad we just have good ol’ laminated paper for our important paper needs now. 2 Monocles Iggylee / Getty Images Why do you want just one eye to be able to see? 3 The tiny little glasses that sit on the tip of your nose Studio-annika / Getty Images Nothing says “bourgeoisie” more than glasses that force you to look down on someone whilst sticking your nose up in the air. 4 Gramophones Jakkapan21 / Getty Images Look, I get that vinyl provides a really good warm sound you can’t get with digital files or whatever, but I always imagine dropping a tangerine in a gramophone and never being able to get it out or use the damn thing again, and just having the smell of a slowly decomposing tangerine constantly lingering. 5 Horse-drawn carriages Elisank79 / Getty Images I feel like the horses don’t enjoy it and I doubt they’re fairly compensated for their labour. 6 Candles as a light source Chamillewhite / Getty Images Fire hazard and probably don’t even smell nice. 7 Fish-oil lamps Evbuh / Getty Images Fire hazard and definitely don’t smell nice. 8 Quills Marus-nazzarov / Getty Images Guaranteed way to get ink everywhere tbh. 9 Typewriters Alfa Studio / Getty Images I can already feel the searing rage of a lot of literary nerds because of this inclusion, but frankly if having to restart a whole thing because you accidentally typed “helo” instead of “hello” is fine by you, then you have a lot more time than me and I will hear no more of this. 10 Anvils Cronislaw / Getty Images These are probably still used now but much less often, which means they are far less likely to fall onto your head. 11 Abacuses Yurii_zym / Getty Images I feel like this actually makes maths more complicated somehow. 12 Mangles Piotr Wytrazek / Getty Images I do not want to mangle anything, let alone risk the possibility of being mangled myself. 13 Butter churns Dragan Smiljkovic / Getty Images I just don't think butter is good enough to justify all that work. 14 Sleeping caps Riskms / Getty Images How do they stay on your head while you’re sleeping? 15 The big ol diving suits Gameover2012 / Getty Images Perhaps I am getting the direction of causality wrong here, but I feel like as soon as anyone puts one of these one, the Loch Ness Monster immediately manifests in front of them. Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink BuzzFeed DailyKeep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.