35+ Obsolete Things From The Past To Prove How Much The World Has Changed Around Us Over Time
There's nothing quite like stumbling across an old toy or game in the basement when you're doing some deep cleaning. Suddenly, memories from your childhood come flooding back and you find yourself asking "what ever happened to my...?"
Before you know it you're rummaging around for that one forgotten item and Googling whether it has been discontinued and for how long. Sometimes it's your favorite book or some candy that you loved, or maybe a perfume you wore in high school.
Whatever that thing is that gets you feeling nostalgic, you're probably not the only one. An entire community on Reddit called r/nostalgia is made up of nearly one million people who love to reminisce on the things that bring them back to years gone by.
Keep reading to dive headfirst into the past and reminisce in the nostalgia of retro objects, fashion, and foods that just aren't around anymore. These things have become obsolete as decades have passed but they still hold an important place in people's hearts.
These people now rely on vintage pictures and collections to feel close to the past. For some, all it takes is curling up with a good book from their childhood, for others they find comfort in scrolling through picture memories like the ones below.
1. This dining set that every single family owned
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9. New releases when DVDs came out
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10. The Pizza Hut challis
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11. Excavating the sandbox
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12. The grandma's couch blanket
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13. Blank VHS cover artwork
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14. The Cartoon Network on Saturday mornings
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15. Life savers book Christmas edition
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16. This slick McDonald's floor
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17. Watching the Price Is Right when you stayed home sick from school
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18. The science class room at school
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19. Wicker paper plate holders
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20. Wishbone!!!
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21. The entertainment cabinet
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22. Shopping in the 80s at a cassette and record store
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23. Taking your Flinstone chewable vitamins
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24. The Cartoon network during it's best years (1998-2005)
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25. Watching the pipe screen saver
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26. The Gracie Films logo
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27. School paper in elementary schools
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28. Mini Chiclets
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29. Renting movies in person
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30. These plastic balloons that tasted and smelled toxic
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31. The boujee ice cream
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32. Hanging retractable school maps
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33. A tribute to The 90s in A 3D-Software themed room
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34. The Pagemaster cartoon
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35. We all had this jug for juices and it smelled weird
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36. Land Before Time toys at Pizza Hut
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37. The kitchen phone with an extremely long cord
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38. The movie theatre in the 90s
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39. Watching Robin Hood: Men In Tights (1993)
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40. Wood grain and cabinet everything
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41. Jonathan Hyde acting in 90s roles including Richie Rich, The Mummy, Jumanji, and Titanic
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42. The flavor of Bubblicious Watermelon Bubble Gum
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43. Card catalog directories
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44. Having your feet measured in these cold clasps
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45. Wacky Races
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46. The PBS monopoly
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47. Electronics through the years
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48. The Fisher Price farm and barn yard
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49. This glow in the dark Lego ghost
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50. Aladdin the game
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51. These awesome sand-beanie baby lizards that you did not want to break open
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Lean into your nostalgic feelings because why not?
In the fast-paced stress of everyday work life, it can be easy to get caught up worrying about the future and never revisiting the past. Everybody experiences nostalgia differently but usually, the things from our past can quickly remind us how things have changed around us.
It's nice to slow down and take a walk down memory lane sometimes and scrolling through people's retro photos is the best way to start. Did anything in this list jog your memory?
