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36 Toys, Games and Hobbies That Would Be Lucrative Careers in a Just Society

May 22, 2024

There are a lot of things that the smartphone has made obsolete — alarm clocks, calendars, calculators, cameras, photo albums and even doorbells. Because, does anyone ever ring the doorbell anymore? Nope. They just stand on the porch and text, “Here.”

Well, we’ve drummed up a big ol’ list of things that a phone can’t replace! Bright, fun physical objects that would bring you so much joy if you’d look up for one measly second!

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celebrity Hobbies susan sarandon will school you at ping pong. The Oscar winner is a huge fan, as it's a game that people of any size, age, or gender can play competitively against one another. She even supports a program that brings ping pong tables to underprivileged schools. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Quentin Tarantino

celebrity Hobbies MB I Dream Quentin Tarantino - NEW im of Jeannie GAME collects board games MILTON based on old TV shows. MARATHON RADLEY DAGING The gritty film director has a niche hobby of collecting vintage board games licensed by classic television shows, such as I Dream of Jeannie, The A-Team, and The Dukes of Hazzard. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Hobbies older than we knew PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL LEAGUE 1904 Trading GLEASON, 2ND BASE. PLAYER CARD. cards The world's oldest trading card game is Allegheny Card Co.'s Base Ball Card Game set, which flopped when it came out in 1904. The cards are super rare, and mint condition decks can go for around $500. CRACKED — Source

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celebrity Hobbies Joe Maganiello Z 20 loves D&D. - 5 8 2 9V The towering Magic Mike star spends his free time playing Dungeons & Dragons in his gaming room. Не hosts a regular game with other actors and writers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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celebrity Hobbies Dave Bautista loves collecting lunch boxes. The former pro wrestler and Guardian of the Galaxy has a vast lunch box collection, and is known to give lunch boxes as gifts to friends according to their interests. CRACKED.COM — Source

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No piggybacking in Scrabble. The added letters have to form a word with a different meaning. BLE LOTTER DOUBLE LETTER DOUBLE MAMA LETTER LETTER DOUBLE LETTER TRIE LET THING S C LETTER R r 1 R A В 3 В 3 L 1 DOU E 3 WORD R DOUBLE WORD E DOUBLE 1 WORD TRIPLE LETTER DOUBLE LETTER TRIPLE For example, you can't simply add an s WORD to make lump plural, but putting it in RABBLE the front is okay: slump. GRACKED.COM — Source

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- - - . with DOCTOR CARDS CLASSIC ALIMENTS REGULAR PRESS MY NOSEI 1 OPERATION NAAS T HIR BETTER OR CET THE BUZZER! Backen - Have an episode of Grey's Anatomy playing in the background during your game of Operation. Really raises the stakes. CRACKED.COM — Source

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About to play Twister? Twist Have each player stuff his/her shirt with a pillow before the game starts. This way, the game is more challenging and even more silly. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Have any Jenga pieces that have been gathering layers of dust for a while now? Jump as high as you can Recite 9 nursery Phyme the drunk and ets do the chicken dog yoga pase dance say hello m skip nows the YOOM Spanish me back laugh like shake your booty Santa claus bunny hop actos the room e back twirl like a ballerina Spice things up by writing silly and daring tasks on the Jenga blocks with your friends and doing what the blocks say when you pull them out while playing the game. It's also a lot more difficult — Source

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Before you start a Monopoly game, DOS CHONON brainstorm random things players can be fined $50 for. Such as: Dropping the dice Bumping the board 30d Complaining TELMADE 00m 19 ALEJE Rolling a five PODATKOWY etc. DOMIAR Put all the collected fees on the Jail on ? square. Anyone who lands in jail collects the pile ДОЖ of cash. CRACKED.COM - — Source

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ASTEROIDS Spacewar is just like Asteroids, only better- + and it came first. Spacewar was a two-player game where you could shoot the other player, there was a black hole in the middle of the screen, and the star field was based on actual star fields. Asteroids: 1979. Spacewar: 1962. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lego

Lego is the world's largest tire manufacturer. The company produces over 318 million tires every year- or about 870,000 tires a day. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Super Soaker

The Super Soaker was invented by a Nasa Engineer. In addition to the Super Soaker, Dr. Lonnie Johnson also invented the Nerf Gun and holds over 100 patents. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Mr. Potato Head used to be a real potato... that you had to provide. TRY НЕ ВОЛ POTA E! BA Pie F J any poi Incla bod ma Originally MR the toy came with Lot to a stick into a had In 1964 potato you Mattel began providing the plastic potato body. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Barbie and Ken are named after siblings. Together since 1961, it still took them until 2004 to break up. The couple reconciled in 2011. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Silly String

Silly String is used to find tripwires around bombs. Soldiers shoot the string into the air and if it falls to the ground they know there aren't any wires- if it hangs in the air they know otherwise. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Nerf's first slogan was You can't hurt babies or old people. eR The world's first INDOOR BALL NERF NeRF TM The world's BALL first INDOOR The motto helped sell millions of Nerf balls in just its first year. CRACKED.COM — Source

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You can watch a Cabbage Patch Doll be born at BabyLand General in Georgia. The doll hospital is staffed by LPNs (Licensed Patch Nurses) who facilitate births from Mother Cabbage on the hour. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1991, The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe was America's best selling car. little likes For over 40 years, the company has sold 457,000 cars each year. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Furbies were banned from the Pentagon. Officials feared the toy would record classified information. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED The Ultimate Matrix Collection in the Nebuchadnezzar ship With only 400 ever made (and only released in Japan), they're extremely hard to find. The two-foot long ship contains the three movies, The Matrix Experience, The Animatrix, and a ton of bonus features. SPECIAL EDITIONS — Source

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Back to the Future

SPECIAL EDITIONS The Back to the Future Flux Capacitor Box Set For its 30th anniversary, the three films and bonus discs with additional material came with a commemorative book, and the animated series (that had not been available before). All neatly packaged in a Flux Capacitor with moving LED lights. ОУБСОНКЕСТ CHPACITOR DRIVE BEFORE OPENING SHIELD EYES FROM L SHY DELOREAN CRACKED — Source

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SPECIAL EDITIONS The Nakatomi Plaza Die Hard Collection is $800 on Amazon It has all five movies on Blu-ray and Digital HD, and an exclusive doc with filmmaker and actor interviews. There are five mini DIEHARD posters, a 32-page book MAXATOM! PLAZA DIEHARD of production details, and a massive hand- painted Nakatomi Plaza building. They only sold this at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con. RIPPEL NAKATOMI ADEHARD KLYAY No HAND DIEH - MAKATOM PLAZA DIEHARD 0.0 10 DIEH MOTHER NATURE FFC - DIEHARD adidas COLORES ستد THOMAS - SPOV HANS adidas GALADA - CRACKED — Source

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K'Nex Citadel Shadowman93 devoted an entire room to his K'Nex creation, Citadel V2. It's the culmination of over three years of work and constitutes more than 55 individual elements, five lifts, three motors, and innumerable jiggers which direct the balls down 17 separate paths. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Lego City

350,000-Piece LEGO City Brick engineer Gerry Burrows completed the 350,000-piece Garrison of Moriah in only 11 months. It includes a colosseum, hangar, bridge, waterfalls, and Gerry-Burrows-sized statuary. Thematically, it draws from The Lord of the Rings, the Bible, and classical architecture, and is peopled with Star Wars action figures. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 1999, we were all using the pause trick 199 in 1990 Super 1996 Smash Bros. 98 1999 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Nintendo + It was 1993 a super-sweet 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1997 Nintendo 64 move that'd 995 freeze the game in action. CRACKED.COM NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s — Source

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In 1992, Sony and Nintendo briefly 1992 1990 joined forces. 1997 1998 1999 1995 1996 1997 SONY SONY PlayStation + START SELECT Their love child was a single 096 1997 prototype that played both Nintendo cartridges and Sony CD-ROMs. 1991 1992 1998 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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Sonic the 1994 1995 17 1992 1993 1994 the 1992 Hedgehog 1994 1999 1990 made 199 1996 1999 his 1994 debut 1990 in 1992 1991. 1993 a 1997 1991 1995 And Resident 10 Evil THEY was released in 1996. 1992 1993 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 NOW YOU KNOW: THE '90s CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRAGKED.COM TAMAGOTCHI IT was THE child YOU NEVER HAD! — Source

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The creator of Beanie Babies was charged with tax fraud. The billionaire creator Ty Warner had to pay a $100,000 fine but no jail time (?!) for hiding millions of dollars. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Pogs were a rip-off of the Japanese game Menko. Menko's been popular since the 1600s, travelling to Hawaii when Japanese people imigrated in the early 20th century. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED FRISBEES USED TO BE PIE TINS. The Frisbie Pie Company unwittingly ushered in a new era of lawn games when, in the grand tradition of broke student upcycling, Yale students figured out they could throw them really far. Fries PIES 46 — Source

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CRACKED THE SLINKY WAS DEVELOPED FOR THE NAVY. The strong spring was supposed to secure objects on ships, but then its inventor dropped it and realized it was a lot more fun to play with. Slinky COLLECTOR'S EDITION EDITION COLLECTOR LA EDICIÓN DE COLECCIONISTA HICHE MADE - 5+ Slinky — Source

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CRACKED SILLY PUTTY WAS DEVELOPED AS A RUBBER SUBSTITUTE. It was originally thought to be useless until the scientists examining it whipped it out at parties, which were really boring in the 1940s. — Source

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