Are physical cards going extinct?

[OgNasty]

I don’t think physical cards are going extinct. I still get save the date cards for wedding invitations, wedding invites, birthday cards, and Christmas cards. I even get reminder cards when it is time to go visit the dentist again. Maybe the younger generation doesn’t value cards so much, but there’s still a lot of tradition behind sending them.

[uchegod-21]

Op, you need to consider some things. I mean the reasons you don't receive cards again. Let's see the following reasons;
1. Technology has improved, just like those days we see photographers everywhere and photographs excite us.
2. You are growing old and love is fading.
3. You have relocated from your environment to where many people do not know you from childhood.
4. Cards are becoming expensive to print.
One or all of the above could be the reason for not recieving physical cards.

[coolcoinz]

They are still popular in certain countries, but not every place is the same. For instance in Japan it's very common for people to write letters and leave notes for others, as they are much less open and straightforward than Americans.

I often receive cards from the older generation like people who are in their 60s and 70s now, but the young prefer messages on apps. Older people couldn't send photos instantly so they were used to sending letters and cards more often. My parents always called people and they thought a phone conversation was much better and more personal than a letter or a card. Me and my friends just send each other messages on apps because they are fast and non-invasive. A phone call could break your routine, distract you, but a message won't do that. You can read it whenever you like, even hours later.

[Yucky]

Digital communication is on the rise but physical cards like birthday, anniversary & Christmas cards are not entirely going out of circulation. Some people still value the personal touch & sentiment of handwritten notes. Special occasions often call for big expressions of love & appreciation that digital messages don’t fully replicate.

Exactly. Physical card, like birthday card, wedding invite card, get well soon card, Christmas card, new year card, Thanksgiving card are not going out of place. Just that the younger generation don't use it often as the way it was before. I know wedding invite cards still come physical, unless whoever you are inviting, you don't respect that person that much that you just text them.

People still come knocking on people's door to drop an invitation card or in the mailbox. So I think it's about the event,  the people you are relating with,  and  what you mean to this people. I can just text my  friends  text me, but I can't text elderly people or people that are held in high regard, you have to go give them physical cards when inviting them for something or have to fix a meeting with them.

So physical card is not going out of place, but it's on the low side. This young generation just text a lot, call, email, social media, name it. And yeah, some of them may not know what physical card is, if they've not seen one or given one out.

[bakasabo]

When was the last time you have received or sent by yourself postcards? Caught myself realizing, that I rarely see postcards in shops. I think the only last place I saw them were duty free shops with local goods. From my childhood, whenever we travelled, I remember there were postcards everywhere. In every place of sightseeing, in every souvenir shop, in most shops with pictures of country places of interest. If I get, give or congratulation cards from time to time, then I dont recall the last time I saw someone getting or sending a postcard.

[Zlantann]

Op, you need to consider some things. I mean the reasons you don't receive cards again. Let's see the following reasons;
1. Technology has improved, just like those days we see photographers everywhere and photographs excite us.
2. You are growing old and love is fading.
3. You have relocated from your environment to where many people do not know you from childhood.
4. Cards are becoming expensive to print.
One or all of the above could be the reason for not recieving physical cards.

Some of the reasons you outlined are correct, but I take exception to numbers two and three. Yes, I am getting older, but I don't think love is fading. Love is a virtue that can never go extinct. Love can still be expressed without physical cards. I also think that the older generation still cherishes physical cards more than the young ones, so age is not an excuse. I still share and receive love with or without physical cards.

We live in an era where you can hardly lose contact with people in your neighborhood even if you relocate. You will always have people's phone numbers, social media accounts, emails, etc. Physical cards have also been sent through mail, which means distance is not a barrier.

[Franctoshi]

I was teaching my daughter cultural and creative arts today and I discovered that she doesn't know what is invitation cards. Further enquiries show that she has never seen any card in her life. And I just remembered that there is a part of our lives that is missing.

While growing up, it was usually to receive greetings, exam success, emotional, invitation and ceremonial cards. We used to have a heap of cards, and they were beautiful. They come in different designs and shapes. When someone is sick, it is common to receive get-well-soon cards. Those days we usually give girls beautiful cards to express our love to them.

It seems everything has gone online. It is common to send digital cards to emails, social media and other platforms without printing physical cards. I have not received any card since this year, and that's a shift from what it used to be.

But I cherished physical cards more than these online ones. Going to the hospital and seeing different cards wishing the patient a quick recovery is wonderful. Arranging and reading those wedding, birthday, and Christmas cards is wonderful. Sometimes, we keep cards and read them for memories. Watching your crush reading your card and smiling gives you so much excitement. But it seems those days are gone.

It's no doubt that digital cards has taken the place of physical cards ,and it saves a lot of stress, in the sense that you no longer must visit or send card to someone, now with the help of our smart phones this is now done seamlessly, saves time ,money and stress to get those stuff delivered to the targeted person. Now I feel that, if someone happens to bring you physical card, it means the person got you at heart or value you so much to spare such time and money.

[programmer3666]

Digital communication is on the rise but physical cards like birthday, anniversary & Christmas cards are not entirely going out of circulation. Some people still value the personal touch & sentiment of handwritten notes. Special occasions often call for big expressions of love & appreciation that digital messages don’t fully replicate.

You are right, Although times have changed! The new millennium seems to tit toward digital representation of reading items in general, but we should also put the global concept of the mitigation of deforestation into account, most of these bookish items such as Invitation cards and other fancy cards are being made by milled composes that is gotten from chopping down trees and quite frankly that has being a problem in the society so in as much as certain people will appreciate the physical structure of paper cards, we should also discourage the process that leads to creating the card as well.