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00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at 10 things we miss doing as kids,
00:10which the youth of today will never experience.
00:13So dudes, why not get your games with Blockbuster? It's the mature thing to do.
00:21Cereal box goodies.
00:23Honestly, Dawn, how many bowls of cereal are you planning on eating?
00:26Oh, these aren't for eating. I'm just trying to get the extra out of the way so I could get this.
00:34It used to be the case that with every box of cereal, there was a chance of getting an exciting prize.
00:39These were often just small plastic toys, which were of relatively cheap quality.
00:44But getting one was so much fun.
00:46Now you can get geared up for adventure with new robot racers from the new movie Robots.
00:52One free and specially marked boxes of Kellogg cereal for a limited time only.
00:56They were random too, so if you wanted a specific one, you'd have to splash out on cereal until you found it.
01:02Now, you can just order whatever cheap plastic toy you want online, but it doesn't have the same thrill.
01:08A glow monster inside.
01:10Put it together.
01:12Hold him under the light.
01:13Turn off the light.
01:14Filmed in black light.
01:16Frankenstein.
01:17The wolfman.
01:18The mummy.
01:19Jack's above the upper.
01:19In the 21st century, cereal has started marketing itself as a healthy option, so the toys contained
01:26are now pretty much non-existent.
01:28Dial up internet.
01:29When most of us think of old school internet, there's one specific noise that comes to mind
01:34first.
01:34Now, we take instant web page loading for granted.
01:48Before broadband was common, we had to rely on telephone networks to provide our connection.
01:53This was called dial up, and the sounds it made were impossible to forget.
01:57At the time, it felt like a painful barrier, preventing us from seeing the websites we wanted
02:10to load.
02:10Now, these noises are loaded with nostalgia.
02:13Dial up also meant your family members couldn't use the phone when you were surfing the web,
02:17an alien concept for the kids of today.
02:19It's gonna be like the best year of our lives.
02:24Shuji!
02:25Get off AOL!
02:27Staying out all night for new releases.
02:32Before everything was digitized, if you wanted something badly, you'd have to go into a store
02:37as soon as it opened.
02:38You can see plenty of people showed up wearing robes and carrying wands, hoping to be among
02:42the first to get their hands on the book.
02:45If you wanted concert tickets, there were two ways you could acquire them.
02:49First was simply calling Ticketmaster, and second was going into a kiosk.
02:54If you wanted to see a band in high demand, you would have to camp out
02:57at the kiosk all night, with no guarantee you would get tickets.
03:01So you sure we have enough for the-
03:01People would do this with tons of other things too, including new books or video games.
03:14Now you simply get them online.
03:16Even when it's a physical release, places offer day one delivery anyway, so there's basically
03:22no need for inconvenience.
03:23What people will do for the little entertainment system.
03:27Right here, it's at midnight.
03:28I'm right here for the PlayStation 2.
03:32The best entertainment system to hit the world.
03:36Waiting for photos to be developed.
03:38Oh, my camera's full again.
03:42Aren't they beautiful?
03:44If you told someone from a few decades ago that we'd all have devices in our pockets capable
03:49of instantly taking high definition photos, they'd be stunned.
03:52It used to be the case that all cameras had film, which needed to be developed at a store
03:57before seeing the final products.
03:59It's been an hour.
04:01It's under S.
04:03Under S.
04:04Under S.
04:05Oh.
04:06Oh.
04:07So we had to be far more careful about each and every image we took.
04:11This meant taking your camera on holiday was a uniquely exciting experience.
04:23It's a perfect match.
04:24Not just yet.
04:25Taking it into a store after coming home, then waiting a few days for it to be developed
04:30was a unique rush that will never be common again.
04:33Creating a MySpace page.
04:34The internet felt a lot simpler when almost everyone surfing the web was friends with
04:38MySpace Tom.
04:39Every user creates a profile which explains a little about themselves and their interests
04:44and they'll be, you can generate photos, display photos of yourself.
04:48I've got my own MySpace and the band has one too.
04:50It was the earliest big social media, long before the metaverse became a thing.
04:55Compared to modern social media, it was far more customizable.
04:59You could change virtually every aspect, including the backgrounds, the text and music, and could
05:04even select your top friends.
05:06You can scroll down and look at all the different types of them.
05:10Usually they have quite a bit.
05:12So take your time, look through them.
05:14We're just going to click on this one.
05:15Now, social media profiles all virtually look the same, differing in posts and profile pictures
05:22alone.
05:23It wasn't only MySpace that did it.
05:25YouTube profiles used to also be way more customizable.
05:28This trend is unfortunately long gone.
05:31So if you want a truly personalized online profile, you'll have to make a website.
05:36Hank, I'm just about done reconfiguring the Strickland page.
05:40Hey, that's my sell sheet.
05:45But I don't know if that needs to be flashing.
05:48Phone booths and collect calls.
05:50So phone booths still exist, but now they're only really associated with illicit individuals
05:56trying to keep a low profile.
05:57I'm still out here.
05:59Still getting away with it.
06:01Feds couldn't find their own ass with both hands and a proctologist.
06:04You shouldn't be calling me.
06:06By 2016, fewer than 100,000 remained in America.
06:11And that figure has likely gone down a lot.
06:14It used to be we had to remember the phone numbers of all our friends and family if we
06:17wanted to call them on the go.
06:19Hello?
06:20Hello, baby.
06:21Clarence?
06:22You got it.
06:23Clarence, it's great to hear from you, man.
06:27What's going on?
06:28Now, we all have mobile phones, making phone booths completely redundant.
06:33People barely even call anymore as well.
06:35With texts being way more common.
06:38If you do venture inside a phone booth today, be prepared.
06:41You don't know what you may find inside.
06:43When somebody phones 999, the ambulance service will be able to say, there is a defibrillator.
06:48It's located at the phone box on the corner of X and Y roads.
06:51And if the cabinet is locked, they'll give an access code.
06:54Handwritten letters to pen pals.
06:56Something like handwritten letters will always exist.
06:59Do you get the noblets in America?
07:01Well, my favorite noblets is vanity noblets.
07:05They're too simple a creation to just vanish.
07:07However, they're far less common now than they used to be.
07:11It was once a regular occurrence for two children to become pen pals.
07:15Even if you saw each other a lot, sending each other handwritten letters was a uniquely
07:19charming experience.
07:20Dear Susie, you have a superb voice.
07:22You're my favorite animal in the program by far.
07:24Please find enclosed.
07:25Dear Sam, thank you very much.
07:27I got replaced as the raven because I yelled at Mrs. Lynn.
07:30With the internet making us more connected than ever, there's little incentive for kids to
07:35be pen pals anymore.
07:36Why bother taking the time to hand write a letter, then pay for a stamp, wait a few days for postage,
07:42and wait even more time for a reply when a text is instant and virtually free?
07:47Ooh, a letter from my old pen pal.
07:49Well, someday I'll write you back, Osama.
07:52Video rental stores.
07:54Imagine the perfect video store.
07:56It would have a great selection, right?
07:58Right!
07:59Over 10,000 videos.
08:01Chains like Blockbuster used to be a staple of many people's lives.
08:05Back before the internet's rise, the only way to watch a movie or a show would be to catch
08:09it on TV or buy a physical copy.
08:11Or even better, simply rent it.
08:13A musical?
08:14A mystery?
08:15A cartoon, Cindy?
08:16May I suggest a video, Cindy?
08:17Can you believe all the attention you get with this card?
08:19Excuse me?
08:20Do you have cape fear?
08:21Uh, here.
08:22Take ours.
08:23Thanks.
08:24Is this a great card or what?
08:25Video stores were a blast to visit.
08:28Kids could spend hours in these shops browsing VHS tapes or DVDs, looking for a fun flick for
08:34their movie night.
08:35You could also rent video games from them, something which would be entirely alien to the kids of
08:40today.
08:41Hey, Sarah.
08:42Whoa, Ozzy, you reek.
08:43You know I reek.
08:44I've been playing so many games with my Games Freedom Pass, I have had zero time to shower.
08:50There was even a brief period where you could rent DVDs online and have them posted to your
08:55door, which is what Netflix originally did, phoning friends on a house phone.
09:00If you're too young to remember when phone booths were useful, you may instead remember
09:05when house phones were essential.
09:06Hello?
09:07Do you still wanna do something tonight?
09:08Growing up before smartphones meant most kids were unlikely to have their own mobile.
09:21talk to your friends after school.
09:22This was the way to do it.
09:23Let's go out.
09:24Okay, hold on.
09:25I'm on the other line with Gretchen.
09:27Don't invite Gretchen, she's driving me nuts.
09:29Hold on.
09:30Okay, hurry up.
09:31It's Regina.
09:32She wants to hang out with me tonight, but she told me not to tell you.
09:36Do not hang out with her.
09:37Why?
09:38You don't want me to tell you.
09:40Oh, you can tell me.
09:41Hold on.
09:42Oh my God, she's so annoying.
09:46That is, unless you simply walked over to their house and asked if they wanted to come
09:50play, which might be considered weird in today's world.
09:53Sometimes, a service will still ask for your home phone number and a separate mobile.
09:58But in recent years, these two numbers are often the same.
10:01As recently as last week, phone service providers have made moves to stop servicing traditional
10:06landlines.
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10:23Saturday morning cartoons and catching TV shows.
10:27It used to be that if you wanted to watch a TV show, you had to wait until its exact time
10:32slot.
10:33For many kids, this meant catching cartoons on a Saturday morning was the peak of the weekend.
10:37Now you can watch your favorite cartoons whenever, often without commercial breaks.
10:49As a result, the classic Saturday morning cartoon experience basically doesn't exist anymore.
11:04Similarly, the excitement of catching a new episode of a series everybody's watching, then
11:09going into school the next day to chat about it, is not the same.
11:12On the bright side, at least you don't have to worry about missing a new episode because
11:15of being busy when it airs.
11:17What do you miss the most from your childhood, and is it something still around?
11:27Let us know in the comments.
11:28Let us know in the comments.
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