ADVERTISEMENT

A lot of things tend to change as time goes by. Some of these changes are more noticeable than others as they tend to impact our lives more strongly. But have you ever found yourself remembering something and realizing that it’s no longer here or that it has changed completely? Well, one Reddit user under the nickname @u/AnalysisFrequent was curious to know some examples of these occurrences, so they asked others online “What was normal when you were a kid, but you never see anymore?” The question that received almost 8k upvotes made many people online think about all the things that were so common back in their childhood that no longer exist or have been replaced by something else. 

9k comments included answers about encyclopedias being used instead of Google search, the need to remember a phone number, or the unwritten rule to invite your friends to go play outside by simply showing up at their house instead of writing them a text message. Some remembered times when they used to have collections of cassettes, tapes, or CDs that we no longer use now. 

What are some of the things you remember from your childhood that seem to no longer exist? Leave your thoughts in the comments down below! 

More Info: Reddit

This post may include affiliate links.

#1

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Showing up to someone’s house without a text or call.

lpkrew , teofilo Report

Final score:
138points
Add photo comments
POST
nathbp1 avatar
Nathaniel
Nathaniel
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just got an anxiety twitch thinking about it happening nowadays.

Vote comment up
46
46points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#2

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Memorizing phone numbers.

Ok_Relationship5648 , Milica Sekulic Report

Final score:
135points
Add photo comments
POST
nathbp1 avatar
Nathaniel
Nathaniel
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know home numbers for schoolfriends from 30 years ago. I do not now any mobile numbers for friends now or relatives, or even my own.

Vote comment up
63
63points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#3

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Using a set of 20 y/old encyclopedias as reference for my homework. JFK is president!

ResplendentAmore , Brad Rourke Report

Final score:
134points
Add photo comments
POST
chuckycheezburger avatar
Chucky Cheezburger
Chucky Cheezburger
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So much outdated information. Back in 1987, I was looking up something and found in the school library that stated "Someday, men will be able to land on the moon." That's how old it was.

Vote comment up
34
34points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#4

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Toys in the cereal box

NightDreamer73 , ms.akr Report

Final score:
124points
Add photo comments
POST
nathbp1 avatar
Nathaniel
Nathaniel
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Collecting the tokens to post off with £2.99 towards packaging, to get the special toy.

Vote comment up
11
11points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#5

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Thousands of Monarch Butterflies and Bees during the summer.

Now my Wife and I get excited when we see ONE monarch bf in the backyard where we planted a bee and bf friendly garden.

nomdeplume_alias , Renee Grayson Report

Final score:
121points
Add photo comments
POST
piercejeremy2 avatar
Detroit Citizen
Detroit Citizen
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can not remember the last time Ive seen a butterfly. Which is sad.

Vote comment up
43
43points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#6

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Popping in a game and have it just start right away. Im old (39) and I picked up a ps5 about a month ago. Had to set up an account go through internet settings, pop in the game I bought to find out it needed an update which took about an hour... Im glad we have the tech we do. But video game consoles of the past few gen make me miss 90s and early 2000 consoles.

Sharpshooter188 , Nurudin Jauhari Report

Final score:
118points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#7

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Phonebooks.

smarterthandog , Michael Mandiberg Report

Final score:
118points
Add photo comments
POST
piercejeremy2 avatar
Detroit Citizen
Detroit Citizen
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who else here remembers that you could call time, for well, the time.

Vote comment up
70
70points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#8

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Neighborhood kids getting together to play till the streetlights came on

AAC910 , Robert Couse-Baker Report

Final score:
111points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#9

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Cassette tape innards strung out along the highway, glimmering in the sunlight.

bigolfurryhead , Andrew Malone Report

Final score:
110points
Add photo comments
POST
caroleg_ avatar
Carole G.
Carole G.
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When you gotta use a pencil to get the tape back in the cassette.

Vote comment up
64
64points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#10

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Pay phones and answering machines

Mondayslasagna , Ted Duboise Report

Final score:
104points
Add photo comments
POST
duesvolent90 avatar
Thegoodboi
Thegoodboi
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BOOOOP "Thegoodboi pick up! Pick up pick up.." *rustling, crashing* "Pick up pick up" WHAT DO YOU WANT!?

Vote comment up
14
14points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#11

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Smoking and non smoking sections in restaurants.

Obadiah1991 , Alan Light Report

Final score:
103points
Add photo comments
POST
stefanscheiben avatar
The Scout
The Scout
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Isn't having a smoking section in a restaurant like having a peeing section in a swimming pool?

Vote comment up
9
9points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#12

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Candy Cigarettes

Mechhammer , zombieite Report

Final score:
91points
Add photo comments
POST
benitavaldez avatar
Benita Valdez
Benita Valdez
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh and the bubblegum cigarettes. They had like a very fine powdered sugar under the wrapper so you could blow it and it looked like smoke was coming out.

Vote comment up
34
34points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#13

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Computer paper filled with lightly printed numbers and it had tear off sides. My dad used to bring lots of it home for us kids to draw on.

reverendgrebo , Brooke Raymond Report

Final score:
90points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
#14

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Fireflies...
I swear I saw them every year, in our back yard or when we went camping etc.

Now I never see them no matter where I am... except for a few nights in the summer of '21 after I moved to a new house. It was so nice to see them again

ModernCivilWar , Enrico Strocchi Report

Final score:
89points
Add photo comments
POST
benitavaldez avatar
Benita Valdez
Benita Valdez
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sorry to hear people don't see them anymore. I still see plenty of them but they are definitely not as abundant. I also see less bats at night which makes me sad; it wasn't officially summer until I saw bats

Vote comment up
34
34points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#15

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Moms yelling from the front door to their kids to come home for dinner

sflogicninja , Scott Report

Final score:
80points
Add photo comments
POST
duesvolent90 avatar
Thegoodboi
Thegoodboi
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Falling out of trees and bouncing right up into a sprint hoping pizza is for dinner

Vote comment up
22
22points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#16

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Quicksand in movies and TV shows

kzab81 , Jocelyn Erskine-Kellie Report

Final score:
78points
Add photo comments
POST
piercejeremy2 avatar
Detroit Citizen
Detroit Citizen
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Was it just me or did we all think quicksand was a real and present danger as kids? Ive lived in Metro Detroit my entire life and its not known for its quicksand but boy oh boy did I fear it. And the Bermuda Triangle.

Vote comment up
78
78points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#17

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Riding bikes from sun up to sundown.

EatsRats , LeAnn E. Crowe Report

Final score:
76points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#18

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Video games only working on channel 3

_RZArector , Kirt Edblom Report

Final score:
76points
Add photo comments
POST
chuckycheezburger avatar
Chucky Cheezburger
Chucky Cheezburger
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dating myself here, but I remember we had a Pong type system. There was a box that the console plugged into that attached to the 2 screws where the antenna connected to the television. TVs that didn't have a coaxial input...just the VHF and UHF antenna screws. When I figured out how to hook that up, I felt like a got darn genius.

Vote comment up
26
26points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#19

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Snow for Christmas

Iluvatarhimself , Eneko Muiño Report

Final score:
74points
Add photo comments
POST
piercejeremy2 avatar
Detroit Citizen
Detroit Citizen
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS~ I live in Michigan, the Great Lakes State, Winter Wonderland. Winters used to have snow by Thanksgiving now its December and rain. Plus winters used to be warmer, the past decade or so they are just biting cold. Too cold to snow.

Vote comment up
18
18points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#20

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Drinking from the garden hose

TopStockJock , Paula Whidden Report

Final score:
73points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#21

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Roller skating rinks full

Dreambourne , Eli Duke Report

Final score:
72points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#22

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Parents smoking in a car with kids with the windows rolled up

WonderfulEmergency77 , Charles Report

Final score:
70points
Add photo comments
POST
sharonfaust avatar
Kookamunga
Kookamunga
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

EVERYONE smoking EVERYWHERE. Cars, malls, hospitals, offices, airplanes....

Vote comment up
46
46points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#23

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Just walking right in to an airport terminal.

rimshot101 , ben dalton Report

Final score:
70points
Add photo comments
POST
mphalter avatar
Sans Serif
Sans Serif
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those were the days! Beyond crowded planes and tight seating, this one thing sucked much of the joy out of flying! When arriving at the airport and simply boarding the plane turned into a three hour process (while understandable), it'll just never be the same...

Vote comment up
17
17points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#24

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Printing out directions from Map Quest 😂

Keone_710 , Scott Meis Report

Final score:
69points
Add photo comments
POST
sharonfaust avatar
Kookamunga
Kookamunga
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Going back in time further - using the road maps (purchased at gas station!) and once you unfolded it it was ginormous. huge-map-6...583726.jpg huge-map-6390b12583726.jpg

Vote comment up
53
53points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#25

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore People renting dvds

Chappy-874 , Karl Baron Report

Final score:
68points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#26

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Fruit bats. There used to be a *ton* of them in my neighborhood as a kid and every evening you could look at the sunset as twilight set in and see flocks of bats flying around.

Apparently, around the time I was in middle school, a fungal disease ravaged the local bat population and they never recovered. You never see them anymore.

Funnily enough though, at the time, a local high school girl had this huge campaign to set up bat feeders to help bolster the local bat population and help them survive the fungal disease by giving them easy access to food. Said local girl has since become a federal Park Ranger as an adult and currently works for a state fish and wildlife service.

DoctorWatchamacallit , Mike's Birds Report

Final score:
67points
Add photo comments
POST
benitavaldez avatar
Benita Valdez
Benita Valdez
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It wasn't officially summer until I saw bats at night. There are definitely much fewer these days

Vote comment up
9
9points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
#27

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore McDonald’s play places

Initialthrust , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:
55points
Add photo comments
POST
khalida_ryuu avatar
Taryn Bailey
Taryn Bailey
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's why I want to go to the city museum in st Louis. It has an adult sized play place.

Vote comment up
10
10points
Vote comment down
reply
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#28

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Calling almost anything you didn't like "gay".

Jhco022 , Per Pettersson Report

Final score:
54points
Add photo comments
POST
cali-tabby-katz avatar
Lakota Wolf
Lakota Wolf
Community Member
1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We all did this as kids where I live (it was a synonym for "lame"). But then my best friend came out to me when we were 12, and I erased it from my vocabulary as a slur/insult. It's the same way we've learned to stop using the R-word ("mentally disabled") as an insult and how to properly ask someone their pronouns. We can learn and change and grow... we just have to WANT to :)

Vote comment up
45
45points
Vote comment down
reply
View more commentsArrow down menu
ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda
#29

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore General dysfunction and chaos, yet having fun. It was absolutely crazy the things that went on, everybody knew everybody. There was nothing to do, yet always something going on, and you were part of it whether you wanted to be or not. I guess that’s how it goes in a small town? I was a little kid and tagged along running with the crowd that my parents knew.

Now, I’m far away and alone. All those people from my past went to an early grave. I’m not part of anything.

I love being alone and stable and secure, but I can’t help but have nostalgia for the craziness that went down when I was little.

hawkeyepitts , snowmentality Report

Final score:
41points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu
#30

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Taking pickles from the pickle barrel at the deli with a pair of tongs and placing them into a wax paper sleeve.

Back2Bach , Frank Hebbert Report

Final score:
38points
Add photo comments
POST
View More Replies... View more commentsArrow down menu

Note: this post originally had 42 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.

ADVERTISEMENT
See Also on Bored Panda

Anyone can write on Bored Panda. Start writing!

Follow Bored Panda on Google News!