Shopping online might be faster, but it has never quite replaced the experience of wandering around a store with no particular plan. For anyone who grew up in the 1990s or 2000s, plenty of those places are now attached to very specific memories: Friday nights choosing a movie, afternoons browsing CDs, back-to-school shoe shopping or convincing your parents that one more toy was absolutely necessary. A recent Reddit discussion asked people which disappearing store hurt them the most, and the responses quickly became less about shopping and more about the rituals that disappeared along with these chains. Some people even remembered the smells. Here are 15 disappearing stores people still seriously miss.RedditToys R UsFor one commenter, nothing else has really replaced the experience of walking into an entire store devoted to toys as a kid. Another got to bring their own daughters before their location disappeared, and the kids still ask if they can go back.RedditBlockbusterFriday night Blockbuster trips were practically an event. One Redditor remembered picking out two movies every week, while another recalled combining the ritual with picking up pizza before heading home.RedditBordersPeople didn’t just go to Borders for books. Commenters remembered discovering CDs and concert DVDs, hanging around the coffee shop and spending hours browsing, with one former customer recalling staying there from opening until closing on weekends.RedditPayless ShoeSourcePayless inspired an oddly specific kind of nostalgia. People missed being able to find inexpensive everyday shoes without visiting five different stores, while several commenters said they can still remember exactly what the place smelled like.RedditKB ToysToys R Us wasn’t the only toy store people wanted back. Redditors remembered KB Toys as a smaller, packed-to-the-ceiling mall alternative where they could find toys and video games that had already sold out elsewhere.RedditCircuit CityOne former Circuit City employee remembered the chain for an entirely different reason: it was simply a fun place to work. The aggressive push to sell warranties apparently wasn’t quite as fondly remembered.RedditCompUSABuilding a computer used to involve an actual shopping trip. One Redditor fondly remembered leaving CompUSA with an entire cart of components, while another said it was the reliable backup whenever RadioShack didn’t have the part they needed.RedditRadioShackFor people who liked electronics, RadioShack filled a very particular niche that became difficult to replace. The chain came up alongside CompUSA as the kind of place where a random cable, component or computer part could actually be found in person.RedditFYEFYE technically hasn’t vanished everywhere, but some Redditors argued that the version they remember effectively has. One commenter described their surviving location as having only a tiny physical-media section compared with the music and movies it once carried.RedditHot TopicThis one hasn’t disappeared either, but commenters felt the old version had. Redditors remembered a much darker, unmistakably goth store that felt slightly intimidating to enter, rather than the brighter pop-culture shop they see today.RedditSpencer’sSpencer’s received a similar complaint. One commenter remembered walls of lava lamps, plasma globes and blacklight posters, while describing the modern version as much closer to another T-shirt store.RedditValue CitySometimes the store itself is only half the memory. One Redditor remembered riding in their mother’s brown 1983 Honda Civic to a Value City and Payless that sat beside each other, making those shopping trips inseparable from childhood nostalgia.RedditBabies R UsFor some parents, losing Toys R Us also meant losing Babies R Us. One commenter specifically missed having a dedicated alternative to huge general retailers when shopping for diapers, car seats, high chairs and other baby essentials.RedditHastingsHastings earned an honorable mention from a commenter discussing the loss of Borders. For people who remember stores combining books, movies, music and entertainment under one roof, losing another place to browse made the retail landscape feel considerably less interesting.RedditTigerDirectComputer shopping used to mean having several specialized stores to choose from. One Redditor remembered TigerDirect as a reliable place for computer parts, even recalling that one of the last things they bought there was a set of RAM sticks.The post 15 People Share the Disappearing Store That Hurt Them the Most appeared first on Den of Geek.