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obsoletist 

A person who prefers to use technology, tools and/or methods that are largely considered to be outdated and/or unconventional by modern day standards. (e.g, flip phone, abandonware, old video games, etc.)

portmanteau of (obsolete + elitist).
"Hey, guess what? I traded in my iPhone and got a flip phone!"

"Why on earth would you do that?"

"Sometimes less is more, you know?"

"Ugh, you're such an obsoletist."
obsoletist by s0medude June 16, 2025
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obsoletize 

To obsoletize poisoning non-smokers, Charles Knows invented a Safe Smoking Lounges (SSLs) and got permission to erect it on Coney Island Beach to see how many smokers used it voluntarily. SSL's have a solar-powered ceiling fan which blows cigarette smoke up a chimney to the atmosphere to prevent the cigarette smoke from injuring non-smokers.
obsoletize by but for February 16, 2019
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Obsolelitist 

Someone who holds old things in higher esteem than old things, essentially a hipster.
Noun: "That dudes wearing a Spartan skirt." "What an Obsolelitist"