35 Obsolete Things That Show How Much The World Has Changed Since We Were Kids

Who doesn’t love some nostalgia? Looking back on the carefree days of your youth when all you had to worry about was having fun. Remember Limewire? How about CD booklets?

These pics of obsolete things will remind you just how cool it was to be a kid but also remind you how different the world is today. These nostalgic pics will take you all the way back to childhood.

1. “Remember The Visualizer In Windows Media Player? I’d Spend Hours Staring At It”

2. “Remember When You Didn’t Have To Enter Your Personal Info Online To Win A Soda?”

3. “In The 2000s Everyone Had A CD Case In Their Car Half Full Of Burned Cds, And It Was Better Than What We Have Now”

4. “The Time When Transparency Was All The Rage”

5. “Solitaire Card Backs”

6. “Old Stereo Cabinets”

7. “Multicolor Pens”

8. “Before Cell Phones… Here’s How You Found Your Friends”

9. “Having To Manually Roll Down/Up Your Car’s Windows”

10. “The Art On The Back Of The Little Golden Book Series”

11. “I Never Had A Pair Myself, But I Recall Quite A Few Childhood Friends Having The 80s Style Fisher Price Roller Skates…”

12. “Silly Erasers That Never Worked”

13. “Teacher’s Pulldown Maps”

14. “Who Else Remembers Cigarette Vending Machines That Had No Way To Check A Persons Age And Operated On The Honor System?”

15. “Having To Manually Turn Off Your Computer”

16. “Defragging Your Hard Drive”

17. “Movie Theater Carpeting”

18. “Teacher’s Grade Book”

19. “3D Pinball For Windows – Space Cadet”

20. “Winamp. Did You Have It?”

21. “Magic Mitt For The 90s Kids Out There”

22. “Family: Why Do You Love Pizza So Much? My TV As A Kid”

23. “Magic Slate Paper Saver”

24. “Candy Powder Filled Fruit”

25. “This Ride That Almost Killed Us All In The 90s”

26. “Mr. Sketch. Our First ‘High'”

27. “A Complete Fisher-Price Medical Kit”

28. “Wood Grain Pull Out VHS Storage”

29. “Visiting Your School After Dark If You Were Attending A Performance Or Exhibit. The Eerie Type Of Feeling You’d Experience”

30. “Countertop Popcorn Machines”

31. “The Computer Section Of A Public Library In 2006”

32. “The Classic Rectangular Garfield Comic Books”

33. “Limewire”

34. “My Daughter. Playing With Her New Tamagotchi”

35. “Robin Hood Men In Tights (1993)”

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Nate Armbruster

When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.