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

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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many people online think about all the things that were so common back in their childhood that no longer exist or have been replaced by something else.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!

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#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

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#28

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Jhco022 , Per Pettersson Report

Final score:

54points

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#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

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#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

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#31

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Asking people for directions to their house step by step

superblizz , Michael Coghlan Report

Final score:

20points

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#32

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Frogs, large flocks of birds, my dad.

bigghimself , Dim Dim Report

Final score:

18points

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#33

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore The toy department in the basement of the hardware store in my hometown. It was the age of Star Wars and Hot Wheels and Barbies and all sorts of other toys in a 20’x20’ room. I still wonder if there’s anything down there these days just collecting dust.

tangcameo , Northwest Retail Report

Final score:

18points

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#34

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Actual demos you could play on consoles in stores like Target

FumblingFuck , dronepicr Report

Final score:

18points

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#35

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tebron93 , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

18points

#36

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore The Apple computers with the clear, colorful backs

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Final score:

17points

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#37

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1jobonthislousyship , Clint Lalonde Report

Final score:

16points

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#38

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore The pet fish section at every single Walmart or Meijer. It was always in the back of the store on this huge distinctive wall with multiple sides filled with tanks of multicolored fish... My parents wouldn't let me get one though.

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Final score:

15points

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#39

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Huge flocks of birds darkening the sky every fall as they fly south for the winter. I never see that anymore.

WoolaTheCalot , Nick Page Report

Final score:

14points

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#40

Users Of This Online Group Reveal 30 Things That Were Considered Regular When They Were Kids, But Now They Don’t See It Anymore Little kool-aid barrels with metal tops and you can punch through with a fingernail. Not much of a drink in them but they were delish.

EmperorOfFabulous , theimpulsivebuy Report

Final score:

13points

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#41

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mookiewilson369 , Marcin Wichary Report

Final score:

11points

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#42

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chocolatejunkie91 , Global X Report

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-3points

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Konstancija is a Content Creator at Bored Panda. She has a bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting and a master’s degree in Future Media and Journalism. She is very interested in sustainable fashion and is a perfect companion to go to second-hand shops and antiques for nearly anything: clothes, books or furniture. Her interests also include photography, literature and hiking.

Konstancija is a Content Creator at Bored Panda. She has a bachelor’s degree in Translation and Interpreting and a master’s degree in Future Media and Journalism. She is very interested in sustainable fashion and is a perfect companion to go to second-hand shops and antiques for nearly anything: clothes, books or furniture. Her interests also include photography, literature and hiking.

What do you think ?

ellenmcdowell142 1 year ago

Memories like the corners of my mind. Misty water colored memories, of the way we were.

8points

Helena 1 year ago

And thank you for that. It is going to be stuck in my head the rest of the day.

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Scarlett 1 year ago

Everything seemed so vibrant and full of life. I remember how everything seemed bright and now everything seems so dull and grey. That might just be depression but I feel like colour and life in general is less bright then it used to be

1point

Alan Williams 1 year ago

Being physically assaulted by your teacher

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ellenmcdowell142 1 year ago

Memories like the corners of my mind. Misty water colored memories, of the way we were.

8points

Helena 1 year ago

And thank you for that. It is going to be stuck in my head the rest of the day.

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Scarlett 1 year ago

Everything seemed so vibrant and full of life. I remember how everything seemed bright and now everything seems so dull and grey. That might just be depression but I feel like colour and life in general is less bright then it used to be

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Alan Williams 1 year ago

Being physically assaulted by your teacher

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