Awesome childhood pastimes that kids don’t do these days

Riding bikes, playing war, and building forts - these were some of our favourite pastimes as a kid. But these days, mainly thanks to technology, things have changed. It seems like the best childhood pastimes are but a distant memory...

1. Waiting for letters from your pen pal - now you just check your email.
2. Going to the DVD store - Now it’s Netflix or Lightbox.
3. Saturday morning cartoons - Cable TV got rid of this.
4. Walking to someone’s house to see if they’re at home - these days you just call them.
5. Neighborhood wars - fake “guns” and “swords” are frowned upon.
6. Marbles - it was cool while it lasted.
7. Rewinding movies when they’re over - thank goodness we don’t have tapes anymore!
8. Waiting for your favourite song to come on the radio - now you just use YouTube, Spotify, or iTunes.
9. Collectors cards - kids used to have binders full of them!
10. Prank calling - then caller ID happened.
11. Staying out all day playing without your parents being able to contact you - now we all have mobile phones.
12. Playing manhunt at night - no one wants to roam the streets at night now.
13. Climbing trees - it’s a long lost art form.
14. Writing notes in class - mobile phones ruined this. Now we just send texts.
15. Putting playing cards in the spokes of your bike - do kids still use bikes these day?
16. Watching actual music videos on MTV - now it's just reality shows.
17. Doorbell ditching - this was when you rang someone’s door and ran away.
18. Building model planes/trains/cars - now there’s computers and 3D printers for that.
19. Going to the library to get reading books - E books anyone?

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