Vick’s used to make these tablets that you could use in the shower and would steam to help with sinuses. I loved it and I want it back :(
Vick’s used to make these tablets that you could use in the shower and would steam to help with sinuses. I loved it and I want it back :(
I made a Pinterest version of those. It made my shower so slippery that my husband got a concussion. 0/10 would not recommend.
Did it help with his sinuses?
It was my sinuses that needed the help. Poor guy was just collateral damage. Sadly, it did not help.
This was a wonderful read while sitting at the airport. Sorry for his misfortune.
My wife uses a million kinds of different hair/face oils in the shower. Every time I step in it's a gamble as to whether or not I'm going to die.
I've seriously injured both ankles and one knee so I know that feeling. One slip away from dying in the shower. I've got this super uncomfortable floor mat in mine, but it has a shit ton of traction.
Dishsoap; cuts oils = less slippy death
Next up: Man gets concussion from slippery dish soap
Hoping he’s alright and he’s recovered now.
Unfortunately his sinuses will be blocked forever:(
Sad. Guess we'll have to put him down and buy a new one.
Or we could use some pinterest tablets
That’s actually kind of funny that he didn’t get the benefit but still got taken out by your experiment
is he single?
Sorry, but I'm laughing too hard at this. Poor husband.
You could say it knocked the snot out of him
He's breathing through a tube now, so yes.
Was he breathing alright in the hospital?
Everyone knows the best cure for stuffy sinuses is a good ol fashioned concussion.
Yes. They all drained out the side of his skull, but they were cleared. Patent pending.
Dead people don't have sinus problems
Well zombies always seem to be mouth breathers.
I'd assume sinuses are clear when in a coma. So, yes!
literally guffawed in my office.
He started bleeding out his nose, so technically?
You'll have a similar effect by putting Vicks on scrotum before showering. Plus no slippery floor until after
Freshly shaved scrotum.
Is there any other kind?
Are you saying what I think you’re saying?
You can take some Vicks Vaporub and put in a cup with hot water, and put it in the corner of the shower. Not nearly as effective as the shower soothers but it's definitely better than nothing.
Ulta makes these. They are like 2 bucks a piece but the scents are amazing. Eucalyptus one and the lavendar one specifically.
I know exactly what you're talking about! Literally almost died in my shower.
Look at the plus side; you found a way to "accidentally" kill your spouse
Now that he's concussed, having a cold is the least of his worries. So, win?
0/10 would NOT recommend. So everyone recommends. Gotcha
10/10 would recommend
RIP.
I did this too but I don't know if I just didn't put enough essential oils in it or what, but I could barely smell it.
Ill just sit in the fucking shower
Why not make a bath bomb style of it?
None of those pinterest recipes work; I've tried them all :(
Does that mean 10 / 10 would recommend?
So a great home made gift for people that you really hate.
I saw someone found a way to fix this by having it up on a shelf or something.
Seriously, I hate having to scrub the tub every time my roommate does something like that. I get it, epsom salts are great, but this oily stuff is so much more of a pain than plain salts(which I use). It would take several showers to de-deathtrap the shower, although maybe I'm being melodramatic because I've got shitty balance.
That's fucking great.
With rice?
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Yeah why didn't he get that gecko gene splice like we all told him to? He could have just suction cupped his foot to the floor. Falling down on slippery surfaces is so 2017.
CVS and other retailers have generic versions of this! I’ve found a version in Whole Foods as well! My savior when I have colds.
Seconding CVS, that’s where I’ve found mine also.
What are they called in CVS? I’ll def grab some :)
Shower relievers. Look in the cold remedies aisle next to the Vicks vaporub.
currently 30% off too apparently definitely stopping on the way home, I've missed the Vick's ones for so long.
YES! I’ll be picking up some. I have been sick past couple days and those things were like heaven in a hot shower.
Combine it with a cold beer.
https://imgur.com/7EPcNPy
Uh... RUDE! I dont want to buy from you CVS, I just wanted to look because I'm curious!
That sucks. Does this help?
Thank you, you are too kind :)
Thank you! They don't have it in stock in my local store, but they deliver, so that's cool.
You’re the best, I love these things and didn’t know where to get them!!
I was about to suggest that, too! They are so nice. I only wish they lasted a bit longer in my shower.
I’m heading to CVS today. You’re a hero.
These actually work for you? I tried some and it basically just made my shower smell slightly nicer... I could get the same effect by burning a scented candle on the counter while I take a shower. Maybe my shower is just too big?
They were called Shower Soothers and they were a gift from the gods when you're sick! Every time I'm sick I think of those wonderful things. I miss them.
Edit: Effervescent vapor tablets if anyone wants to look them up.
Just saw those at Walmart a few days ago. Possibly a different name but the same mechanism.
Name at all? I have awful sinus problems and would totally try them.
I don't remember off the top of my head. It was over near the bath bombs and Epsom salt. Next time I'm there I will get them :)
CVS has their own store brand as well. I know a lot of the more natural-type brands (Aura Cacia etc) sell them, too. I see them in Sprouts & Whole Foods.
https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-shower-reliever-effervescent-vapor-tablets-prodid-415988?skuId=415988
Was it something like that?
They're even 30% off online. Definitely trying those out.
You're a godsend kind sir
I looked everywhere for these about a year ago
Me too. Those worked great. I miss them so much.
Lush Cosmetics makes a version of this - maybe not medicated like Vicks but still opens you up
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They haven't made their shower steamers in years.
opens you up
Go on...
There’s also a body wash for aches and pains in the “natural” section of Wal-Mart stores that works well. It’s been my replacement since those tablets were discontinued.
They're not always well marked, but CVS has a store brand version of these still. I just bought some a couple weeks ago.
Also the tissues that had Vick’s built in. Those were great!
Those went on sale at Winn Dixie once, something like 60 cents a box. I bought every one I could reach. Would've bought everything they had if they weren't all top shelf.
We just bought some of those at Meijer, so they're still out there. I'm too lazy to get up and look, but I'm pretty sure they were Puffs brand.
They still sell these at Meijer. They are the best!
My husband loved these too. CVS has a store brand version we still buy- Shower Vapor Tabs
Get some eucalyptus oil (and add peppermint oil if you like) and just drop a few drops on the shower floor. Same thing. Works best if you plug the drain first.
It's not the same, the vicks shower soothers would heat up quite a bit to steam the eucalyptus or whatever. They worked really well.
I seriously wonder why they stopped making them.. seems they were very loved.
Officially, because they didn't turn up enough of a profit. My guess, there were too many generic alternatives on the market, so advertisement wasn't financially effective anymore. When that happens big companies will relocate their resources to focus on more profitable products and sell off what they have left to smaller companies who need secure income.
Without a big company advertising the product even it's alternatives were left somewhat forgotten. Happens to many products. Then, costumers will only find out about them by mouth to mouth propaganda, as we just witnessed.
You can also buy eucalyptus leaves and hang them in your shower.
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Generally when i use eucalyptus in my shower my dog isnt showering with me.
I like to use my cat as a loofah, he has built in exfoliating mitts.
Except that it is aerosolized and your pet is breathing that air in. Which makes it more dangerous because compounds that are inhaled make it into the bloodstream faster than through skin or ingestion.
Repeated exposure to eucalyptus oil is not healthy for pets.
Unless you own a pet koala
It's true along with many other essential oils. Even just smelling it in the air can cause toxicity, since it enters in the system faster that way via inhilation. This happens even if it's in small repeated increments. The toxicity will continue to build up in their system because pets do not lack the same liver processes to filter out phenol concentrations the same way humans can. Even for humans phenols can be dangerous, most are very diluted, but for pet it's 10x worse.
TLDR; People who say their pets are fine around it can be causing harm gradually without realizing it, due to the toxic build up that occurs over time. Both cats and dogs.
Yeah but how long until there are effects? My dog is only going to live til 12 at the longest stretch and it'll likely be more like 8-10. If there aren't any bad effects until like...15-18, then it doesn't really matter
Why would you even chance the risk of putting your dog at risk of exposure if you knew it was toxic? Doesn't matter when the toxicity can occur. The fact is that it can happen and you don't want your pet going into sudden anaphylactic shock one day. I've seen many otherwise healthy dogs and cats come to the vet completely out of it due to this. It's better not to expose at all if you know something is toxic.
But to answer your questions the effects can be immediately or within short periods of time depending on how much is inhaled over time, the pet and their genetics. Inhalation is one of the fastest methods of chem absorption. Consumption causes extreme toxicity as well. Since their systems can't properly digest the chemicals it literally builds up over time and takes a lot of effort from the pets system to get out of the body. Just like humans some people can smoke for a few years and get cancer or really sick, others can smoke til they're 80 and not have it. Except in a pets case it's even worse than this analogy.
This article is mainly about cats, but it applies to dogs as well. http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/blog/essential-oils-cats/
Why would you even chance the risk of putting your dog at risk of exposure if you knew it was toxic?
Everything is toxic. If it doesn't affect their normal lifespans then why should I bother about it anymore than I would bother about something that causes cancer in myself around the ages of 105 to 110?
Can you read? It does effect their normal lifespans. Ignorance at it's finest, I wouldn't doubt if you're an anti-vaxxer too.
I did read, I was answering your question which does not change when approaching information--this is toxic, yes, but it is perfectly valid to ask "over what period/exposure level?"
I sincerely hope that you're not responsible for anyone else's life except your own, because that is irresponsible as shit.
Even if they live a shorter life span, you're directly decreasing their quality of life by affecting their health. They aren't just going to be perfectly healthy and then keel over at year 10.
For a lot of things they very well might...all chemicals are toxic, the question is how toxic, in what applications, and can it be mitigated in a way where you can still utilize it for whatever purpose without hurting your pets (or kids, or yourself). Bleach isn't good to inhale but I still use it to clean my bathroom because the alternative is a smelly bathroom with mold that's taken hold. Oxygen causes cancer but you have to breathe. CLR will strip your skin but I still use it to clean because the alternative is a scale built up plumbing system that floods my house with sewage. Radiation will kill you at high doses but is actually beneficial to your body at low ones.
Anything can kill you. The question is, under what circumstances? If it's under circumstances that are unlikely or over a period longer than an animal's lifetime, then yeah I will continue to use it.
For essential oil vaporizers in the house, I'm not going to stop using them to make it smell nice for longer after I've cleaned. I don't use eucalyptus oil anyway and I only use lavender upstairs so my cats aren't exposed to it where they're kept.
I'm not irresponsible just because I'm not going to prevent every single cause of harm to come to anyone under my care at the cost of rationality. Some things aren't worth the effort.
But your choices are purely based on how long your pet will live. You didn't say anything about the quality of life they have while breathing in toxic oils.
But, whatever, you do you. They're your pets and since they are technically property, you can willingly expose them to whatever you want. I'm still judging the hell out of you for it.
Yeah, I did. "How long until there are effects" is exactly this.
CVS sells them (store brand). Much simpler than trying to make your own off Pinterest when sick.
Are menthol shower steamers the same thing?
CVS sells a house-brand version of these, "menthol shower tabs"
My grandparents have a single individually-wrapped tablet in one of the bathrooms… I wonder how valuable it is 😶
Yes!!! I was looking for this on the market not too long ago when I was sick but couldn't find it there is something else out there similar to it though👍🏼👏🏼👊🏼❤️
Slap a dab of vicks vapo rub on your shower wall and take a hot shower. Done
Someone told me to freeze vaporub in ice cubes trays and put one in the bottom of your shower. Never tried it because it sounded like a whooole lot of sticky mess I couldn’t be half bothered for but maybe someone will wanna try it
That actually works really well, I’ve got a little stash in the freezer for when either me or one of my kids gets sick, just toss one down in a hot shower and stand there, works like a damn charm
Good idea not trying it. It was a terrible idea. It did nothing but make my shower super slippery and waste Vicks.
Oh god I hadn’t considered that. I’m the clumsiest person on a good day let alone with Vick’s all over the tiles
Try adding baking soda
Lush sells them
Try CVS if you have one, they have their version that work just as well!
They still makes these. I just bought some over the winter cold season from CVS.
Shower Soothers was exactly my thought when I saw thread title. Apparently I wasn't the only one.
Carvol capsules? Childhood memories come flooding back
Karvol, even
There is a product called Olbas that I love using. It's like a liquid form of Vick's, but you can ingest it (there are two types, but we get the clear one). I love to add a few drops to a big bowl of hot water, put a towel over my head, and then stick my face right by the bowl. I will also put a drop under each nostril (using a q-tip) and even putting a couple drops in hot water and drinking that.
It is amazing!!!
People say if you put Vic's in an ice cube Trey and freeze them, you have the same thing
I actually went out looking for these not too long ago, was sad I didn't find them, never thought they were discontinued.
Another way to do this is to put some vaporub in a bowl of steaming water, and lean over the bowl, inhaling the steam
Pretty sure I have those.Not sure if it's Vicks or not but there is some form of it around today.
I just put some on each nostril before showering and achieve close to a similar effect. I’m actually sick tight now so I’m doing this.
I just bought a bag of these at TJ Maxx.l! They're some brand called "levels" I think. ULTA sells some online too, in different scents. They're called Shower Melts
I put peppermint on the thing that steams up the steam room. Works wonders. I imagine theyd be similar
I never used these but I need them
They were very helpful!
Those were the BEST. Menthol heaven
CVS has a store brand of this product on the bottom shelf in the humidifier/cold medication section.
Never seen that, seems like a good thing to have.
Pretty sure you can make your own, I know it's not the same but I've seen tons of "recipes".
I miss these so much!!!
Hey! I've kinda gotten the same result putting eucalyptus oil on a damp washcloth and letting the washcloth hang out in the bottom of the shower. You could add some camphor too for that true Vicks' action. Neither should be too pricey on Amazon.
Olbas have this bubble bath that is meant to clear your sinuses but really it just burns :(
CVS carries a store brand of these still!!
here is an off brand of the shower soothers that works just as well!
Some people still make them! I have found them online at cvs/ Walgreens before. The Vick’s ones were really great though. I got so sick once and those saved me.
Vick’s does make little strips you can put in humidifiers though that do a similar thing.
They make tablets to put in your humidifier by Vicks now.
They still have these at cvs
Din't know about teh Vicks brand but CVS sells them still. https://www.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-shower-reliever-effervescent-vapor-tablets-prodid-415988?skuId=415988
I have a friend who makes her own version and sells them, They're awesome. A few drops of peppermint oil will help too, just be super careful if you have pets, my cat likes to drink the shower water when I'm done and he got sick from the oil residue
Just have a hot bath and do it. More relaxing as you can just sit and wallow haha
They are still available - I've seen them at CVS. Also Pinterest has 'recipes' for making them.
I was looking all over for those a few weeks ago. Guess I know why I couldn’t find them now. Those things were the best :(
CVS sells a generic version of these. They're incredible!
I still buy these at CVS though it may be a generic.
Ahh. I loved using hear when I wanted it to smell like I was showering in a urinal
They still make these! I can only find them in CVS (which is a Pharmacy in the US) generally in the sinus care lane. I'm not sure if it Vick's brand, but they are exactly what you describe, and I just bought some last month. Pretty expensive though considering its money you are basically throwing down the drain.
CVS still makes these. They call them "shower vapor tabs."
My wife and I buy them out of stock everytime we go to a CVS!
I got those things once. #ONCE!
They are basically Eucalyptus bath bombs. As tablets instead of balls.
You can still buy those where I live, literally used a new store bought pack of them a few weeks ago for a cold
This was going to be my answer too! I loved those things
Have you tried eucalyptus oil or tiger balm?
I used to use these when I would go to my dads and my allergies would act up. I think lush makes some that are similar.
Walgreens/CVS still sells a house brand version of these
We put Peppermint essential oils in a corner of the shower.
My wife is a soapmaker, so she makes these for me as well. They're pretty amazing.
CVS still makes them in their own brand. I think you can order them from their website too
you should try Ombra's Eucalyptus Foam Baths or eucalyptus essential oils ! soo good
There are like infinite versions of these at Whole Foods or Fresh Thyme in the US
They got them still. It’s just called shower soothers. Others make them.
I Make them at home because we loved them too and were livid when they were taken off market.
A cup of citric acid, a cup and a quarter of cornstarch, 10-15 drops of eucalyptus oil, about 5 drops of peppermint oil. You can also add a tablespoon or two of vicks vapor rub into it, or use essential oils that you like (lavender and lemon scents are common choices). I've read some like to add Epson salts, but I wouldn't unless you plan on using it in a bath rather than a shower. I wouldn't add more than maybe half a cup to this recipe.
Mix all the dry stuff together, then add oils and mix again.
Now comes the part where you have to work quickly. Using minimal water (no more than two or three spoonfuls for this quantity) wet the mixture and mix. Add water in steps, you can always add more but removing or making up for extra water is a pain if even possible. Fizzy and bubbly is normal at this stage.
Make patties or use molds like ice cubes to make them. Pat them tightly. Remove them from the mold if you used one and place them on a cookie sheet and let them dry for 12-24 hours. Keep them in an airproof container until needed.
LPT: Buy an oil burner. Buy the regular Vick’s. Put a glob of Vick’s where the oil goes, and light a tea candle underneath. Thank me later ... when you can breathe.
Sounds amazing. Would a netipot work?
Google "eucalyptus for shower" and you will find alternatives.
Look for this Indian product called Olesan. It's basically the same base ingredient (eucalyptus oil) as Vicks but concentrated to a ridiculous degree. It's great in water and showers and steamers
Don't let it touch your skin.
They still make those.
Well this explains why I can’t ever find them when I’m sick. :/
Oh man. I love some woodworking and landscaping etc. Stuff that makes dust, pollen, and all sorts of nasal congestion. Even though I use a respirator often I still get clogged up. Anything for relief would be awesome.
I came here to say this. I miss those little buggers, especially right now with my annual spring sinus infection.
Yes!!
Get a bowl, get boiling water, add 2 drops of eucalyptus oil, hang towel over your head and just breath in there for 5 minutes. Bam.
Cancer, they caused cancer. Go get yourself checked out.
Like these? http://www.thegoatmilksoapstore.com/sinus-shower-steamer.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuZei_L_n2gIVRtbACh12ZwwWEAQYASABEgJa4PD_BwE
You could try sprinkling eucalyptus bath salts on the floor of the shower for the same effect!
Newbie here and first time replying. Go easy. I sometimes put a few drops of eucalyptus essential oil onto a sponge. Then drop the sponge onto the shower floor, shower as normal. The hot water releases the scent in the shower and envelopes you with Vick's like steam. Can breathe much better after a shower like this.
Here you go sir/mam, https://www.reddit.com/r/lifehacks/comments/7ojl7i/shower_hack/
Thank me(and the person who posted that) later!
You can do this with essential Oils! Try Euculiptis and/or Peppermint and orange and/or lemon.
I read that this is great when blocked up and it's energizing :) plus it's completely natural
Trying to remember the make of it... Like 3 drops of eucalyptus and 3 drops of peppermint per ice cube tray slot. Add water, freeze in freezer.
Throw in these wonderful "Bath Bombs" in your shower. I think it was just one or two was all you needed. Can someone confirm?
CVS sells their own house brand of these! I saw them in the store just the other day.
Brand new 1st party Nintendo 64 controllers.
Loose joysticks.. Loose joysticks everywhere.
I blame 1080 Snowboarding for this
Mario Party
Smash Brother
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Carina of Me
Donk Ong
Didd Ong Raci
Banj-Azoo
Gold y
Diddy Kong Racing* Ftfy
Woosh
Definitely a woosh. Still don’t get it. Is it just baby talk? I’m not about that..
Meant to show malfunctioning buttons.
Lol oh gotcha, thanks for explaining.
absolutely, the palm spinners would mash em up... I had no pity for the ripped up palms haha
God damn i still don't think my palms have recovered from the blisters they used to get
The fucking pedal power mini game gave me such terrible blisters.
Mario Party ruined my palm
I really did not like that game. Maybe it was because it was difficult but I did not enjoy it. I found the controls to be rather difficult and physics weren't that great. Or maybe it was just 12 year old me that sucked at games.
"720,720,1080,360!" "rickyyy wiinterbourneee"
So just a heads up if you still have and play them like me. There’s a super easy DIY fix to tighten those up!! Haven’t done it in a couple years but I believe all you need is duct tape that goes around the joystick inside the assembly!
Nintendo used to send out replacements for free if you called them (the stick component, not the whole controller). I called one time and told them i had 5 controllers. They sent me about 20 of the things.
That’s awesome!! Was this semi recent? I’d be interested in calling them!
Very not recent.
Haha, that makes me even more interested in calling! See if they still have some customer service for it
I doubt it considering the damn thing came out 22 years ago.
They're available online (sites like AliExpress) as well. It's sort of hit and miss whether you get one that feels legit though.
I remember white powder coming out of one of my N64 joystick
loose joysticks right in the goddamn MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING CONTROLLER
Loose joysticks and super tender palms
You can replace them with gamecube style sticks. Don't know how easy it is to find the replacement
Always.
Seriously, Nintendo would make a killing if they restarted production on these... Perhaps N64 classic will give us some reprieve?
Yes! I have the SNES classic and it's awesome but what I really want is an N64 classic.
this will be the first classic that is actually difficult to make since emulators aren't totally up to speed for 64 bit yet.
That might be what happens. I recall reading about a European trademark claim by Nintendo for the N64 controller.
I've asked Nintendo at the end of september 2011 per email about that.
"vielen Dank für Ihre eMail.
Leider müssen wir Ihnen mitteilen, dass der von Ihnen gesuchte Nintendo64-Controller inzwischen ausverkauft ist und auch nicht mehr produziert wird. "
In english: not produced and won't be produced (yes, I was drunk when I emailed them).
Seriously, Nintendo would make a killing if they restarted production on these
Which is exactly why it won't happen. If it makes sense, odds are good that Nintendo simply will refuse to do that thing.
Yeah, they are clearly terrible businessmen.
But damn do they make good games.
"they won't make something i want, so they're bad businessmen."
Sorry I was being sarcastic.
They'll be USB or something
I'll just buy one and tear the joystick out.
N64 classic
I just went from six to midnight.
Lets be honest, Nintendo would make a killing if they restarted peoduction of any of their hardware. They could restart production on the original NES and the NES mini, both iterations would sell out.
By restricting supply and not producing any more, Nintendo inflates demand and ensures there is always ongoing interest.
Disney does the same thing when they put movies "in the vault.". If all those movies were available forever at the same supply, the demand would plummet and likely never return.
It's a shrewd move. Nintendo definitely knows what it's doing.
Wait what does Disney do with movies? I’ve never noticed this
They could restart production on the original NES
They'd have to put out the old physical games cartidges to go with it, and I don't think the modern consumer would want to put up the... quirks it entailed.
Still have mine in working condition. We get down on some good ol' Goldeneye & Mario Kart from time to time.
Fuckin madcatz
I remember getting my first ever MadCatz controller thinking “wow this looks so cool I can’t wait to use it”. Fucking thing sucked.
I had a madcatz for my GameCube and we always picked straws for who had to use it. We appropriately called it “the sticky A controller” because the a button would stick in and wouldn’t come out for a split second. That thing was ass for melee.
100% c-stick
what the hell were the "Turbo" and "Macro" buttons used for anyway?
Could anyone even figure that out?
Turbo was introduced just so people could beat that one part of Banjo Kazooie without doing meth.
This comment tho.
Turbo repeatedly hit whatever button you touched next, macro allowed you to record a button combo
r/smashbros
We appropriately called it “the sticky A controller”
Weird, we always just called it "The Little Brother" because, well, you know.
Hehe, yeah I always ended up getting it
I think we had that same madcatz controller at our house, if it weren't for that sticky A button it would be my favorite. It felt the best in my hands
I was so excited that my favorite sports team was on my control, only to be disappointed by it's functionality soon after
Same - such a disappointment. Every once and a while we break out the 64 and play...and the person who is best at the game gets that controller as a handicap. Good luck winning at Pokemon Stadium mini games.
If it wasn't the one with the rubberized center-grip that was set at ~45° from the rest of the controller then you were doing MadCatz N64 controllers wrong. That thing was life-changing!!!! Especially in GoldenEye!
Link?
Or lies....
Really? I love my N64 cheat controller (the one with the turbo button)... Like, it's more comfortable than the official one and has a turbo button! Rubberized grips and everything.
What did the turbo button even do?
It's basically a macro to help you cheat at games that require you to button mash. It's amazing in Mario Party. I have friends who claimed they can button mash faster than the turbo button, but I don't believe it.
Like you know where it says to press A repeatedly? On that controller, you just hold A and press Turbo and it spams it for you. The console thinks you are mashing it but you save your thumb :P
(There's a little light that shows you the button presses being sent)
There's also a "slow" button next to turbo that spams Start, that one is obnoxious though and doesn't even work in all games due to the pause menus acting differently.
Hey I had a big ass bulky ps2 Madcatz controller that worker just fine. I mean there were a few buttons on it like "turbo" etc that didn't do shit but still.
The turbo let you spam a button quickly as possible without having to repeatedly smash it manually. It was a godsend for me in the game Banjo-tooie in the cloud cuckooland stage where you have to race that ugly fucking canary.
Yeah eventually I got a third party GameCube controller that also had a turbo button and then I figured out what it was supposed to do. Either I was too little too realize what the turbo was for on my ps2 controller, or it really just didn't work . I'm thinking it probably didn't work because If it did work I would have realized what it did by accident at some point.
I had one that had fans in it to combat sweaty palms. I would turn the fan on full and put it on top of the console to try and keep it from overheating during multi-hour gaming sessions lol.
Their business is practically built on this
I had this sick micro gamecube controller back in the day, fit my hands so well and It was the only one I used. and then my little brother broke it when I was away for a weekend. little prick.
Ahhh the “little brother controller” otherwise known as the “player two” or “loser sticks” classic.
You must mean a JawDawgz
Rip madcatz
If only Madcatz would put more quality into their products, I'd buy them at whatever the cost.
I got hooked on their gaming mice many years ago, and now I'm so "trained" on them that I fumble around with any other kind of mouse.
I ended up buying the last remaining new ones I could find, and a few used ones too, because I'm so averse to change!
Holy shit they're gone? I was about to shop for a new mouse from them because they were weighted, so damn comfortable, and the thumb L/R scroll wheel was amazing for editing work.
Depends on what you're looking for. I got myself hooked on the MMO7. I don't think you can find new ones anymore, or if you can, they're $250 or some other ridiculous price.
Out of stock at Amazon and NewEgg and Walmart and Ebay.
They filed for bankruptcy last year, but looks like they came back a few months ago.
Serves em right! Aren't they out of business now?
I have a Madcatz MMO7 gaming mouse for pc. Not a year old and there's 1 button that's broken already. Theaser also refuses randomly to do anything in the Y axis, or sometimes anything at all. No wonder these idiots went bankrupt. Before I had a Logitech mouse for 10 years that I only replaced because the paint was worn and I wanted something different.
I had an aftermarket N64 controller, and I still swear by that thing. I bought it maybe 15-17 years ago, and when I went away to college I brought it with me rather than leave it for my siblings to destroy.
I can’t remember the brand, and I’m at work so i can’t go look, but it’s the black one at the top right if this image.
https://imgur.com/xR7QW7M
I have one of those Lenovo tablets with a built-in projector. I bought a Madcatz bluetooth controller on account of it apparently working well with emulators on android. I am in fucking heaven with this setup.
Oh man, that company was dead to me the second I tried aiming close to center in Goldeneye and the reticle jumped around like a motherfucker and I couldn't hit anything. That became the bitch controller of the group immediately. It got replaced by a legit N64 controller soon after.
Omg yes.
For as much hell as people are giving madcatz I actually had some awesome controllers from them. Two of my favorite PS1 controls were Madcatz. I think I still have them.
The original NES MadCatz controllers I bought some one dollar non working actual NES controls, took the pads out and swapped them into the MadCatz controllers. That thing went from B line to work of God in a single half hour.
I had a clear plastic RadioShack controller that was actually better than the OG controller. Thumbstick was nice and tight, and the grips were thicker and more ergonomically shaped.
Hey, their PS2 controllers were awesome
This guy sells the 2 parts that wear out inside the joystick, the bowl and gear set. It's really quite easy to open the controller and replace them. Also, throw a little white lithium grease in the bowl and enjoy the pure bliss of a like new joystick.
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/n64-joystick-gears
Wow, that's a really low price!
or if you want to go really high-end, there's a guy who just sells his own custom-developed replacements with decent materials. I think his brand is steelstick64 or something.
Just out of interest, you know that the two things usually separating an old N64 pad from being a new one are cleanliness and the joystick. I've written this before but the stick was a ball in socket design with poor quality plastics meaning the socket eroded over time creating a fine powder. You can genuinely buy replacement joysticks on eBay (decent quality) and replace them. Alternatively, if it's not too loose, you can crack the stick element open once you've got it out, blow out the powder and add a drop of motor oil to the socket to recondition. It's surprisingly not difficult, I promise - like five screws.
You can give all the buttons and holes a good clean whilst it's open too.
There’s a high quality kickstarter for exactly this. They way over funded, so it’s even better, and they’re sending out new sticks and everything now
I'll believe it when I see it
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1483354489/enkko-repairing-the-n64-controller
Unrelated: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1247448559/next-gen-n64-nintendo-64-controller/comments?cursor=19648644
I Wish 8bitDo would get on that.
They might have a possible design floating around in case of a N64 mini showing up.
Or even just the Nintendo 64
Same with Game Cube controllers.
They already did that for the Wii U though, they're SSB4 themed and have longer wires.
But they haven't rereleased them yet.
That is the re-released version.
I bought Mario Party 2 on eBay recently. It was listed as "new" which I assumed meant "like new". Nope; it was brand new, never-been-used. The perfectly clean plastic felt amazing. If it had come in an original box I might have actually time-traveled back to the 90s.
That is awesome. MP2 is one of my favorites.
Look up Retro Fighters controller. I got mine from kickstarter and it works pretty good.
I managed to keep the original set I had from childhood. I just had to replace the analog stick on most.
If anyone is looking to do the same, Amazon has kits. Only extra hardware I needed was a mini screwdriver.
Just like good condition first party GameCube controllers at this point...
On another note, if it's just the analog stick that's broken, there are these replacement analog sticks! I bought 4 myself for 4 controllers and they are super easy to replace since the N64 controllers just use Philips screws. They basically feel like smaller GameCube analog sticks, but for the N64.
This family owned game store where I live will take your old N64 controllers and replace the joystick with a metal, spring loaded one. For only $10.
New official gamecube controllers. Those shits are going for like $60 for one with a tight stick
Those too. And new Wavebirds.
Found the guy with three hands!
Speaking of 1st party stuff, the most sought after thing among my friends is the first versions of Xbox360 headsets.
We've all moved to PC now what with the current Gen of consoles, and we've shelled out hundreds for buying headsets, but so far that old 2005 headset (that requires being plugged into a controller you're not using) has been our best one for balancing being loud enough to hear without blowing people away with the sounds from next door and your keyboard.
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....
Look up Brawler 64. Re-engineered N64 controllers
Yeah I know about that but my nostalgia wants a nice new original controller.
Can I tempt your nostalgia by revealing the next production run will include transparent coloured ones? But yeah I feel you dude, the dang analogue sticks on the originals are so fragile these days.
Awesome. Once they fix that issue with the left shoulder button and the left analog stick bumping each other, I'm going to get a few.
1st party of any of Nintendo system controllers, TBH. I know they make new 1st party controllers for the classic systems but the ports aren't the same. There are some pretty good 3rd party controllers like the ones from 8bitdo but even those are lacking (i.e. down on the direction pad can be difficult to make function correctly).
I know they make new 1st party controllers for the classic systems but the ports aren't the same.
Wonder if there'd be enough demand for that; Wii to original NES/SNES controller converters.
I have a dozen original controllers I have gotten over the years from Craigslist, I plan on having a working original 4 set until my time is up.
The joysticks got loose because the springs stretched out that tensioner the stick to stay in the moddle. The good news the stick module is very easy to replace. It's only 3 little screws and unplugging a connector and the whole joystick module can be swapped out for a replacement which only costs about 7-10USD. The first time I used a replaced joystick it was like holding the controller for the first time again.
Yeah, I get that the sticks are pretty easy to replace. I just want to relive the satisfaction of opening a brand new N64.
My sister in law found her n64. She pretty much played solo, but had 2 controllers. One of the controllers was essentially brand new. It's fucking magical.
Think of how much money Nintendo could make if they did a new production run of those things.
Next Gen N64 by Retro Fighters https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1247448559/retro-fighters-next-gen-n64-controller-transparent
The cheap knockoffs that you can get nowadays suck more than a black-hole.
Thanks for the info. I wondered about those.
I have one or 2 of them in good/excellent shape. What they worth to you?
You'll love the n64 mini next year :p
Keeping my hopes up!
if that does happen, it'll probably be this year, since the snes classic came out last year.
Do you remember how long it took from announcement to release for the first 2?
i can't find the announcement date for the nes classic, but the snes classic was announced in mid july.
I have a 3rd party one that I've torn apart to fix more times than I've actually used it.
Wait really? I have like six of those.
New in the box?
No, used but lightly.
I have 4. Are these valuable?
If they are in prime condition, yeah. Not super-duper, but easily what they would have fetched back then and then some.
As much as I like the n64, the controllers were shit quality. The stick became loose really fast. I think everyone has one of those.
Still got 4 of them bad boys. Just as many as I need
I snapped my ghost purple N64 controller last week during a particularly intense session of SmashBros :/ they are insanely pricey to replace.
If I lived near you I would fix it. I love refurbishing old controllers. My favorite thing is a tossup between a new feeling Genesis controller or a better-than-new N64 joystick. I have this beautiful grape controller that I barely used back in the day and then once I got into refurbishing and repairing old controllers, I got around to that one and applied all of the same things; it's so good.
You've just made me remember getting a blister on the center of my palm when I was 11... Damn those were good times
SuperPad 64 was superior to all other N64 controllers, including the official Nintendo ones. Metal joystick, more ergonomic design, and more solid plastic made them the one off-brand controller I have preferred over the official ones.
I recently replaced the joystick in my old n64 controller with a GameCube style stick. I highly recommend it for anyone with the ability to do the mod (I personally had my local used game store install it after I bought it from them).
The analogue sticks always broke on the official ones, didn't they?
Not totally sure. I never had an experience with the stick breaking, just wearing out after several years of Mario Party 2.
That's what I mean. They would wear out after intense use, whereas the Madcatz or other brands would stay tight. That's the way I remember it anyways.
Nintendo needs to make the N64 classic. I will drop so much money on one of those!
Agreed!!
Really? Worst controller ever. The Gamecube one outdid it in every way.
Nobody is saying the controller design wasnt improved with later consoles, but replacing broken controllers for the 64 nowadays sucks because the 3rd party ones don't work very well, and it's slowly killing some people's ability to play their old classics.
Pretty sure there's a way of being able to use Gamecube ones on an N64.
Yeah, there are adapters for that, very easy to get online.
The other problem is that original GameCube controllers recently got out of production again now that they stopped producing the smash 4 version controllers.
Smash 5 is coming out later this year, so hopefully they'll make a new batch of gc controllers
Hopefully. As a competitive melee player, I can see the shortage is really hurting the community, since getting your first controller/replacing your main one is much harder now as people have to either buy used or pay a big premium for getting some of the remaining smash 4 controller stock.
The demand would be huge but Nintendo is sadly known for not listening to fans and passing up free money time and time again.
Maybe just use a pro controller?
Lots of problems with that. First, it won't work on Gamecube, which is most of the point. Melee is still going pretty strongly and those players are in desperate need of fresh equipment. The big issue is the design. The Pro controller is a really really good controller, but asking a Melee player to use it over a Gamecube controller is like asking a NASCAR racer to enter a motorcycle Grand Prix. Sure, they're both races, but they're extremely different.
The Gamecube controller has an octagonal analog stick, so hitting those notched angles is much easier than on the perfectly circular Pro controller stick (surprisingly important). The face buttons have differing sizes and are placed in a more ergonomic design than the diamond-shape on the Pro, which is useful when you're playing a game as fast as Melee. The shoulder buttons have a deep well with a long 2-step travel distance, which again is useful when dealing with the speed and precision that Melee requires, while the Pro is a 1-step trigger (that means no light shields). Then there's the C-Stick, which is small, has no mushroom pad, and is easier to "flick," while the Pro has a second analog stick that is neither of those things.
Doesn't work for Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo GameCube.
The N64 controller is great for people with 3 hands
That made me laugh until it made me start coughing.
THANK YOU
Can't agree. Sorry. Too awkward to hold for any one.
how? You're either holding the middle using the stick or you're holding the left side and using the d-pad ignoring the stick. your right hand never moves.
the controller allows itself to be an oldschool style Nintendo controller and a 'new' (at the time) analogue stick controller.
I always thought the GameCube controller was their best design. Very comfortable to hold, easy access to everything so games could actually make use of all the buttons available, and were more durable that the N64 controllers.
Just my opinion though.
there's no doubt. You never have to look at your hands with a cube controller. each button is its own shape/direction.
but his statement was "too awkward to hold for any one." and that's a common thing said about N64 controllers that just isn't true.
I'd rather get an official redesign. I don't think there is a worse controller in console history.
Really? The spaceship looking ones? There are people that actually like those?
I have like 6 sitting in a box because my two N64’s will not work.
2-XL the talking robot cassette player. Those interactive stories were the voice of my childhood. Not mention that was the only thing that has ever said to me: "Thank You For Turning Me On." Ah good times
I still have my 2-XL. I haven't tried turning it on for a few years, but I still have the robot, the tapes and some of the add on games.
Send nudes of the robot
Thank you for turning me on.
Nude Tayne.... Does not compute.
Now Tayne I can get into.
😂😂😂😂
Why do you feel the need to use these retarded emoji?
Why do you feel the need to criticise them for doing so?
Because they're retarded emoji.
What makes them retarded exactly? Surely it's ideal for expressing ones self
Its because they dont add anything to the discussion. Also, bloody 3000 years of lingual development and we are back to heiroglyphs for expressing ourselves?
Clearly pictograms convey meaning better.
No, they dont, words can paint a much richer picture. Like instead of a 😡, i can say " this is fucking stupid" and it conveys my feeling towards something much better. We are complex beings and a few facial expressions are not enough to communicate our emotional state.
Words can paint a rich picture but emojis are perfectly fine to convey simple messages. You can quite easily tell that the user above's "😂😂😂" means "I find this funny", it's only a simple expression of a simple feeling, so it works.
Can paint, but people usually don't bother. Yes, I can too write full sentences that have ten adjectives or I can just use an emoji that has gotten that meaning with that group of friends. It's absolutely short-sighted to say that they somehow don't convey enough meaning or are so much less expressive, it depends on how you use both.
Have you ever actually talked to a human being face to face? Facial expressions are a million times better at quickly communicating emotional state than words.
I do agree that a post of nothing but emojis adds nothing to the conversation, but emojis can be useful.
They added that OP thought it was funny.
I guess OP could have gone with lol
Also, these replies dont actually add to the overall conversation/topic; so what does that make all of us replying?
This makes us bozos who have too much time on their hands.
This is a decent neighborhood.
Because the guy who wrote "send nudes of the robot" made me laugh out loud haha
Also I'm an iPhone guy who got an LG for free from work and I hate them too don't worry. R.I.P.
Also fuck you for unnecessarily being a dick lol
I dont remember where this came from, but a wise man once said "you're not wrong, you're just a dick,"
I have mine too! At the time with its two red eyes, such advanced technology!
you joke, but that shit was a legit computer.
There’ll be a whole lot more meaning behind “thank you for turning me on” after such a long time. Poor thing probably thought it would never wake up.
Sure kid, and now you're gonna tell me its the 21st Century!
I'm very jealous. My cousin had him when we were kids and he was my FAVORITE toy. I never had one of my own.
Man, I didn't imagine seeing mention of that toy on reddit.
that voice. I had about a dozen of his tapes. that thing was the best toy ever.
I used to look forward to our trips home (Dad was in the Army) just because I wanted to play with that thing.
I still have mine as well, but the only tape I still have is the Batman one.
Was it a bit like Teddy Ruxpin?
Not really - he used 8 track tapes and you'd answer questions by pressing buttons. The track would switch depending on the answer...
Have you seen the newest version of Teddy Ruxpin?
I still have 2 2-XLs.
That's fucking awesome. I scoured my parents' basement looking for mine and fear I may have gotten rid of it. I wish I still had it for my collection. It was a great learning too when I was young.
Is it up on the shelf next to your Teddy Ruxpin? 🐻🤖
Never had one of those - honestly, I thought Teddy Ruxpin was kind of creepy (still do...)
Hopefully you took the batteries out before storing it. Wouldn't want them to corrode inside! I've gone back to some of my old toys now broken because of it...
Donated mine to a local middle school.
As do I fellow mid-lifer.
turns it on what took you so long?
I still have mine too! It still works.
That dude’s voice!
Those sound files have gotta be alive somewhere on the Internet, right?
I had a more recent version, but this still provided some nostalgia.
Edit also this http://www.pickletreats.com/2XL/#SOUNDS
I remember coming across this track a while back:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jecoPOo2KnQ
A heartfelt thank you for bringing this into my life.
Yeah I’m about to buy a 2XL on eBay.
"Hello, Smithers. You're... quite... good... at... turning... me... on."
Um... you probably should ignore that
Uhhh, you should probably just ignore that.
I knew I'd find this. Reddit never disappoints (actually, it's full of awful things, but someone always nails the Simpson's references).
actually, it's full of awful things,
If you learn to enjoy the awesome things, reddit really won't disappoint.
Came here to say this knowing full well someone will have beat me to it
I also was going to say this.
I had that, so many of the “facts” he taught me turned out to be false!
Like what? 2-XL always spoke the truth and you can’t tell me any differently
The youngest grandmother was 16 years old, according to mine.
Thanks to you mentioning this, I found a website that contains an interactive online 2-XL - time to trip down Memory Lane.
This is awesomeness!! thanks! I didn't realise it was made in 1978!? I got it for Xmas of 1991/1992 !
It was re-introduced in the 90s, I imagine that's the version that many of us are familiar with
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The relaunch explains why nobody mentioned 8-tracks until your comment. Also explains why a bunch of redditors had memory of what to me was a 70s/80s toy.
We used to plug music 8-tracks into ol' 2XL, and his eyes would flash along rapidly.
I found that same site the other day :) So happy
Similar to Teddy Ruxpin?
I had both. 2-xl was way better, just for the interactions. He'd quiz you about dinosaurs or vampires. It was amazing. Teddy was good for a time though. I loved them both.
What kind of a time, eh?
I had the Omnibot and Omnibot 2000. Man am I ever dating myself. An old ad
Did you get it from Ricky Falcone's house on Christmas morning?
Also, from that ad, Tomy had a chatbot! Ahead of their time!
I hate your face. I begged for those and got the crappy 2-XL instead. Kinda like when I asked for a grasshopper rc car and got some plastic Jeep that was literally wired to the remote.
My parents used them for gatherings. I would put a drink in their hand/tray in the kitchen and the robots would deliver drinks to them in the living room during parties. Such an eighties thing.
My next door neighbor had the TOPO. That thing was rad!
Oh neat, that's what it was called! My aunt and uncle had an Omnibot we'd play with, but we only ever called it "Robbie"
"the smartest toy robot in the world"
I used to take him everywhere and act like he was my little buddy. I learned a lot from him.
"Goodbye, giant robot, we learned so much from you!"
You just unlocked all kinds of memories.
I had SO much fun with that thing, but it also haunted my nightmares...
Ohhh wow. I thought I was the only one who remembered this. I had all the choose your own adventure Batman tapes. I'd play them over and over.
The Sizzling Scheme was my favorite tape!
Aww man.. Good times.
/r/suicidebywords
It was an 8 track player, not a cassette. Or did they change it at some point? You could play music 8 tracks too, was pretty innovative for the time. I loved that guy.
I had the 8-track version as well, but yes, they came out with a casette tape version in the early 90's. It was a lot more modern looking and had white/blue design. http://www.2xlrobot.com/types/tiger.html
edit-ugh. omg, there's an even uglier third version?!
Yes, and it sucked, since there is only 4 tracks, it could only do "yes" and "no" instead of A, B, or C.
Man, I miss that thing. I remember falling asleep listening to a vampire story from that thing. Gave me nightmares, lol.
That was my favorite tape. I think Dracula was having a party or something.
I can't even remember that story anymore, I just know it freaked little me out, haha
I put all my tapes in backwards because I got a kick out of the way it sounds.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME!! You just made so many memories rush back
I still have mine!
I had one when I was very little and could never remember what it was called. Loved it to death
I think my parents still have mine. I loved that robot!
Now we play the adult version! 😂
There was a toy in the 80s similar to the one you're talking about. It was Casey the Talking Robot I believe.
Awesome-o 2000
"Thank You For Turning Me On"
http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/oh-my-takei.gif
Oh my god, I had memories of this thing telling me stories. I could never remember what i was. This thing taught me how potato chips were invented! I loved this thing.
God I remember a commercial for this fuckin thing from back when I was a kid.
“A peanut is neither a pea, nor a nut!”
How’d he fuckin know that, dude? How’d the robot know about peanuts, man!?
That commercial blew my mind when I was a little kid.
You just turned me on, and we are already in trouble! Magneto is threatening the Earth.
I totally forgot about that robot until now. So awesome. Did you have the original or the 90s one?
I had the 90's one from Tiger. Thing was amazing
Have you seen the VR movie "Miyubi"? Might be nostalgic for you.
Those casettes were pretty cool. My friend was a musician, he was showing me how they were basically a double-sided 8-track. 4 on each side.
I just bust out my Teddy Ruxpin instead.
"Let us now.... Sounds like a salad! Let us now begin our story!"
Ah yeah, I had as well. Never really understood it, though, since I was a foreign kid.
“Come a little closer baby, hold me tight... Let me kiss your neck until I, start to bite.”
Omg the babe Ruth tape scared me so much!
Vanguard saga of heroes
My name is 2 XL the ROOOOOBOOOOOT! Please remember to FOLLOW all of my INSTRUCTIONS!
And only press my buttons, After I say the WORD Now
I know someone who got a working one
2-XL! HOLY SHIT!
My brother had one when I must have been about 6. I'm 28 now. I have never ever seen it mentioned or featured anywhere before or since, in fact, I had entirely forgotten it from about 1998 - present. Although reading about it now it seems it was pretty well know/famous! Maybe it just wasn't common in the UK.
Oh my gosh. I had one of these as a hand me down from my brother growing up and was trying to remember what it was called awhile back. Thank you!
Thanks for reminding me of him :(
2XL was the very best toy ever. I was beyond jealous that my cousin had one and I didn't.
So you really wish to still use this or do you want it for your children? Ebay is your friend.
Not mention that was the only thing that has ever said to me: "Thank You For Turning Me On.
Not anymore. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The tapes got really bad over the years. Or my ears got used to better quality. Not sure. My brother had one and now it is my nephews.
Is this a robot version of those Teddy Ruxpin things?
thank you for turning me on party boy
I had the original one that used 8-track tapes. So I doubt that model would ever come back. I loved my 2-XL and used it all the time. Also used it to listen to my Sesame Street Disco 8-track. Good times.
Omg I forgot this was even a thing!! I had one of those, and sadly it was my best friend for a while.
"Let me check my memory bank" beep boop
I haven't thought of that toy in years! Thanks for bringing back that memory!
Damn horny robot. Always getting turned on...
Finally! No one else I know remembers! I had one of the original 8-track versions, LOVED it. I think they came out with a cassette version later. "Pretty nifty button pushing."
"Thank You For Turning Me On."
You mean like Teddy Ruxpin?
Oh my gosh. I remember this thing.
I loved listening to my science fiction cassette. Trivia questions about superheroes and Godzilla. One of my clearest memories from my early years!
2-XL was my favorite toy growing up aside from Knex. Best toys ever
Oh my god my cousin had this but I never knew its name. Thank you for giving me a blast of nostalgia
Did you have Teddy Ruxpin? We used to put a regular music cassette, like Van Halen, into him and watch him act Satanically possessed.
Oh. My. God. Yes.
Oh yeah, that did exist! I thought it was just a dream or something
Holy shit. Someone else had that too. I'm in my mid 40's and I think mine is wrapped up in my parents basement somewhere, but if I remember correctly I don't have any cassettes for it. Ok, i just looked it up. Are we talking revamped 1980's model or the original? I had the original.
I still have my 2-XL but the player ain't working anymore :'(
Oh my god! I completely forgot about 2-XL! Looking at pictures of that thing immediately took me back to my childhood.
Wow. I thought I was the only kid who got a 2-XL for Christmas.....
"2-XL means to do better"
Yeessss! I still have mine! I told my boyfriend I wanted more tapes for it for my birthday this year.
I just bust out my Teddy Ruxpin instead.
Thank You For Turning Me On.
That’s what your mum said to me last night!
Ahh something women rarely say to men but not the other way around!
Those Flintstone push pops. One drop on your shirt and it was ruined. But man we’re they good
Loved those so much growing up! They used to have a flavor for every character but were eventually whittled down to just Fred and then became generic orange sherbert push ups. At one point they had a special kind that was infused with Nerds candy. They were good but were pulled due to some kids chipping their teeth.
Holy shit thank you for that childhood flashback. My sister and I used to take the plastic... push-stick..? out of the cardboard tube after eating those, then spun it quick to make it fly through the air
Wow. That brings back some seriously forgotten memories. My brother, cousins, and I used to do that as well.
They still exist.
The ones that came in orange, strawberry and vanillasaurus with the nerds in them definitely don't exist anymore. They came out in 1993. I forgot about the vanilla one til I saw it on Google images, man was that good.
I had an orange one today lul
With nerds in it? I am highly doubtful. Yes, orange plain push pops exist. Not the Fred Flintstone Nerd filled ones from 20 years ago though. Unless you're in a frozen ass time capsule of sorts.
Push Ups still exist but the Flintstone's ones haven't been made for quite a few years now.
I am positive I have been eating the Flintstone orange push pops from a 7-11 in Central Connecticut.
Speaking of Flinstones, the Flinstone vitamins were amazing in the 80s. They changed the recipe, I guess to add some metal like zinc or something, that made them bitter.
Also orange Triaminic was way better in the 80s.
Oh man, I loved the orange Triaminic as a kid. Delicious orange syrupy 80's Triaminic! That medicince tasted so good! It was always like a treat when I needed cough medicine. My parents were responsible, thankfully, and hid the bottle or I would have drank the whole bottle myself.
Yep, that stuff was liquid candy.
They had an aftertaste in the 90s. My mom had to tell me not to eat them like candy, so I must have liked them enough.
I'm a Flintstones Kid!
the Flinstone vitamins
You mean chalk pellets?
After 1987? Yes. Before 1987 they tasted like candy. (They were probably just similar to what a good vitamin C tastes like these days)
My favorite treat as a precious darling baby boy!
I used to love those.
Sams club sells push pops :) they aren’t flintstone, but they have orange, grape, and cherry. Still tasty!
Those are deffinitely still around.
These are 100% Still available
The orange flavored lifesaver mints come close to resembling the flavor. It tastes nothing like it sounds.
Pink Sobe comes close as well.
Of all the things in this thread, this is what I miss the most. Takes me right back to grade school.
They're still out there, they just don't have Flintstone on the package anymore.
Oh man they got rid of those? Damn I used to have those all the time!
I love the push pops with the vanilla and fudge. I think I see them sometimes still.
I concur
I thought about commenting these, but I wasn’t sure if they were discontinued or not. Now I’m sad. I used to chase down the ice cream truck for one of these.
I think we still have the orange ones in gas stations. So tasty but be prepared to shower after.
The orange push-pops were my go to from the ice cream truck!
Especially when they weren't completely frozen - they were kinda chewy, you know? Man that takes me back
I loved those so much that I lost my virginity to one.
I miss the old classic Looney Tunes/Tom & Jerry cartoons. The remakes feel... scrubbed, somehow. Hard to describe.
The old stuff feels like it was a cartoon made by some guy that was kinda funny. The new stuff feels like it was designed for a target audience and has lost a lot of its spirit.
The old stuff was made by a big group of extremely talented people like Tex Averey, Chuck Jones, Mel Blanc, and many more who were very passionate about making a good cartoon. I think that's the difference, that and the beautiful backgrounds they made mid-century.
Also they were aimed at adults. The new stuff is aimed at kids.
they used to show guns now they use finger guns... so sad
Adventure Time has nukes/bombs/missiles
was talking about pink panther
Was talking about adventure time
the old stuff
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Everything about Looney Tunes, especially under director Chuck Jones was top notch. The character and background artistry, the facial expressions, the voices, the writing, the music, the characterization. I still love them and my kids do too. You can see some of them on youtube.
Well you gotta remember they were releasing about 20 shorts per year, which is the equivalent of about six to seven episodes of a standard 22-minute TV show. And they did it in a time where labor laws sucked ass, wages sucked ass, and talkies were all the rage.
You take a modern cartoon, give it an audience (and therefore revenue) equivalent to those days, and pay Chinese kids a nickel a day to animate things, you could pump out six to ten episodes in a year with amazing animation quality.
To be fair, the production itself took so much longer.
For example, with cel animation, every cel needs to be photographed in context, even when the animation itself is being reused. However, nowadays I can animate once and record once, then composite in say, After Effects as much as I need it. If I were to make my stop motion animations even a decade ago, the time to completion would roughly double given the same amount of talent.
Actually, I do have that context- a two-minute short of mine I made in high school took about 60 hours under the camera(I was using a film camera that couldn't take individual frames), but I can now make better stuff in about 30-40 hours with commercially-available tools, and I don't necessarily need to animate the whole thing in sequence, so if I want to swap the order of segments, it's pretty easy.
Labor laws and wages still suck in animation, haha. And we have way more rules that we have to follow than they did back in the day.
I disagree. The new ones aren't suitable for anyone of any age. Just terrible.
Don’t forget the classics Hannah Barbara
H-B was always a more stripped-down look than the classic late 1930s - early 1950s WB and Disney stuff. They had to make an entire 20+ episode TV season on the same budget that had been used for one 10 minute theatrical short just a few years before.
The Norman Rockwell Museum had a great HB exhibition last year! All the original cels and scripts, model sheets, even a display of cheap knock-off HB toys made in China with the wrong color clothes, redesigned faces etc. Loved the Josie and the Pussycats and Speed Buggy stuff!
My theory is cartoons are relatively much easier to make now. Back then it took lots of wild technology and the best of the best artists to even attempt animation for commercial applications. Skill ceiling slightly lowered. More opportunities for meh stuff but more for great stuff too.
It's not a theory. Cartoons are significantly easier to produce now - computers have made a lot of time intensive processes so much faster. You can produce a cartoon for much less, a lot more quickly now.
In the old days they painted the cells by hand. Now you just click and fill. Huge time saver.
Ya gotta remember that generation grew up with silent movies, so action and sight gags were natural to them. Today's animation is all dialog -- it's a waste of the medium.
Mel Blanc did every single voice for about 70 years.
Except Elmer Fudd. That was Arthur Q. Bryan.
TIL - I did not know that.
The music was amazing too
Also they were made to be shown on movie screens
I love the art in classic cartoons. New cartoons just feel cheap almost in a way
The old stuff were cartoons that were supposed to also be funny for adults. Now it does not happen, apart from movies, which are actually full of gags that are funny also for the parents.
I mean, modern cartoons seem to be manufactured with target audience in mind (so if you aren't 10 year old, you will not enjoy them), but are still lightyears ahead of the crap cartoons from late 80s, where the plots were terribly stupid.
Try to watch Captain Planet or other stuff from the 80s, the plots and dialogue are so bad that it's insulting. Then compare it to animated Batman, which is a masterpiece and even a parent can watch it.
There's still a few shows adults like, such as Adventure Time or Regular Show, but I see whag you're saying.
I think people just got a little more whinny and are afraid the kids will see some cartoon violence
They were also made during a time where people weren't so sensitive to everything
You have just offended me.
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While this is partly true, there are things Old Looney tunes did that were definitely not ok. Like black face, the red indians, stereotypical black people with giant lips, etc.
I realize that you cant view pop culture without context, but still, jesus.
Everyone is having a big discussion about the racism in old cartoons and they’re forgetting all the drinking, smoking, and drug use. I still love those old cartoons, though.
Big jugs marked XXX. Lol. I remember as a kid I thought that getting drunk made you hiccup because of those cartoons. Idk why they always had characters do that after drinking.
You never got so drunk you got the hiccups?? 😂😂
Nope, and I used to tend bar and never saw any customers hiccuping either
But that's just it, they were there for a joke. Back then people were ok with this kind of humor as it was common in movies and shows back then. There was no harm behind it, it was seen as it was a joke, part of the humor. It wasn't until today that people started getting offended over it and taking things away too literal.
there was no harm behind it
There certainly was if you were black or native American seeing those stereotypes show up in your favorite cartoon
Ignore him. Hes incompetent, ignorant and Im fairly certain first period Pre Algebra is about to start and he wont be able to respond because Mrs. Sammon takes phone use very seriously.
There was no harm done to someone watching other than hurt feelings, which isn't truely harm. Im positive a cartoon doing a bit on a stereotype, was the least of some peoples worries back then...
You don't get it. Those things perpetuate racism, even if it seems innocent bc it's a cartoon, and racism isn't just a laugh, especially to the people/groups it's aimed at.
What's up with Italian people liking mob movies then?
Chapelle's Show was a huge hit and all the humor was based in black and white stereotypes. Humor is how people diffuse tension. You make it impossible for people to joke about group differences and all you'll do is drive those ideas and feelings underground where they'll mutate into something really gross. Let it come out in art so it doesn't come out in real-world violence. Art is like a pressure valve.
Oh God, yup perpetuating racism. Next thing you'll be saying all white people need to apologise for the crimes of their ancestors.
People of the day knew those stereotypes were unrealistic. Maybe some back woods hicks thought that is actually how black people and native people were like, but the majority of the people could see they were just jokes. Watching a cartoon depicting some stupid stereotype doesn't make someone hateful and rascist.
If you saw how a great many people treated minorities back then, you would know that people believed those stereotypes. People found it funny because they were portraying how stupid and ugly they thought black people were. And yes, if you are a young impressionable child and the only thing you knew of black people was the big-lipped retard on Loony Toons then yes, that could turn you into a racist.
And violent video games make people murders... Those kids didn't become racist because of cartoons, they became racist because they're parents were racist. I and all my friends watched Looney toons and few up with them and guess what we aren't all just a bunch of racists because of a cartoon.
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You had a decent post until you decided to sound like a dick at the end.
No they don't, but blackface isn't alright. You ptobably leave in a majority white town
Another person assuming some stupid bullshit about race that has literally nothing to do with anything. I'm not even going to try talking to you, but just to answer that one question im from Toronto, Canada, one of the most diverse cities on the planet fucknut.
No, they weren't okay with it, they just didn't have a platform to voice their opinion on it because most of those groups of people were marginalized. Blackface hasn't ever not been offensive. The one exception to this is Speedy Gonzales.
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Comparing RDJ's (intentionally respectful, and non traditional) blackface to blackface that was a low hanging fruit joke of the time isn't even comparable.
And yes, some people were offended by RDJ's performance. I personally wasn't, but I also don't really consider it blackface. At least not on the same level of blackface which is tar-level black paint on the face.
Was gonna mention Speedy as an exception.
I dont know if I would say that it was all "for a joke". This was in the 50s and 60s when calling a black man a negro was still completely normal. Id wager a little bit of it was the majority white audience having no issue with the concept because indians and blacks were still thought of as second class citizens.
Personally I feel a little uncomfortable watching some of them. It feels racist. Like a sly inside joke at a KKK rally.
You feel uncomfortable watching a cartoon do a silly overly exaggerated stereotype? God how do you enjoy anything if a mere cartoon makes you uncomfortable.
Our history is dark and full of shitty situations, rascism in North America is a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the world's history of rasicm, biggotry, and hate. Stop being so damn sensitive.
Im uncomfortable with the idea of having "stereotypes" of red indians trying to kill settlers ans over weight, illiterate, and giant lipped black men talking like monkeys being in a childs cartoon. Im uncomfortable having Jim from Huckleberry fin being the norm (which if you watch Lonney Tunes from the era I mentioned above there are about 4 black people on the whole thing and they all fit my description).
Theres a line. You want to do a joke with a stereotype? Thats fine. No biggey. But mate, those arent stereotypes. Theyre projections of a certain class of people onto a sub group of a populace. Thats why its wrong not that my "feelings" are hurt.
And btw on the racist point. Thats an idiotic point. "But they did worse!" Is a childs argument not one from a reasoned adult who understands a republic needs its populace to coexist in order for the democracy to prevail. It matters more in the USA because our country is made up of all walks of life and people of all nationalities. This country cant act like Britain, like China or Japan because we are necessarily an inclusive not exclusive country which demands the populace take a similar pose. Thats the reason we have so many "race" issues. Its a blessing and a curse, but it is a reality and a necessity.
Let's only worry about a couple hundred years of history and not give two shits about the rest of the thousands of years? As I stated before, and it's not some "but they have it worse" stance, it's the facts. The world has had much greater attrocities than a fucking CARTOON.
The fact that you feel uncomfortable due to a cartoon depicting shitty unrealistic, and again as I said before totally EXAGGERATED stereotypes is idiotic. Go read any history book and you'll read about much worse than what those cartoons depicted.
Youre missing the argument and the larger picture, but perhaps thats good.
Whatever you say bud.
Thank you for the discussion and differing opinion.
Thank you as well. We may not be able to agree but I appreciate the debate and I do apologise for getting snarky.
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Did the words and images come out of the tv and slap you? Feelings being hurt is not harm. May just be my opinion but to say you were harmed by someone's words alone is ridiculous.
So let me ask you this if I was a "white male" that would mean my opinions on such things don't matter or mean less? So only people of color have had it rough in the past and have valid opinions on this sort of stuff? The word slave comes from Europe! Slavic people were literally the slave people. Muslim crusades almost conquered the entirety of Europe, enslaving, raping, killing and destroying entire cities before the Christian's pushed back with what most people call and think of as the crusades.
By the way, just to get this out of the way, since I know you will assume I am a white male. I am part native and a male but fuck right off with bringing my gender and race into the argument at all when it means nothing. We are talking about and sharing opinions on a cartoon depicting certain stereotypes, what does it matter what color I am? I am entitled to an opinion just the same as everyone else and if someone is a "white male" that doesn't take away any validity.
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Systematic racism is a myth. There may be outlying judges or cops or hiring managers that are racist but systematic racism is bullshit. Nowhere in any system in Canada or America is race written in the laws. Doesn't say anywhere minorities should receive x years, verus x years for a white person. Nowhere are there companies saying we only hire white people. No schools only accept white students. The opposite is true, there are black only schools by choice. Segregation by choice.
I am not saying there aren't shitty racist people left over from the time periods where that may have been the case because of course there are. But the system as a whole now is not set up that way. Systematic racism is not a real thing anymore, it's just plain old rascist assholes still in positions of power.
To address your point of never having been discriminated against thats bullshit too, because the profession I have chosen to pursue is entirely set up against white males.They literally have hiring caps on the number of white male candidates they hire, it's something like thirty percent. I have been told by numerous officers, as well as recuriting officers that this is the case. Nowhere is there limits on other races. The profession is policing if you couldn't figure that out. That is the only form of systemic racism I have ever heard about in this day and age. Not a big deal compared to other people's experiences of discrimination but still a discrimination, so don't go spouting off that white people can't experience forms of discrimination.
In this day and age, in North America at least, everybody has the equal opportunity to succeed or to fail. It's your choices that determine where you go in life. Not an evil racist Boogeyman hiding in the shadows of government and industry.
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We will never agree on the racism point I don't think. Rates of incarceration aren't racist, the fact that prisons have a disproportionate amount of minorities isn't because they are going around scooping them up simply because they are minorities. As I said of course there are still racist judges and cops around, but as a whole minorities are not treated unfairly by the justice system. People aren't arrested and sent to prison for no reason. And again, people made the concious choice to commit a crime and were caught, it was still there choice.
Nobody forced them to commit that crime, even if they unfortunately live in a shitty place, and are in shitty situations. They still made the choice to go with a life of crime, rather than a life of education or work or whatever else to try and get themselves out of said shitty situation.
Of course depression is an issue but that does not come from watching a cartoon. It is a physiological imbalance, it is not hurt feelings. A cartoon isn't constant harrasement or persecution. You don't like what you are watching turn it off, but I don't believe it is so affecting that you can become depressed or suicidal. The fact that someone can get uncomfortable because of a cartoon is ridiculous to me. If someone was to become completely debilitatingly depressed or suicidal because of stereotypes depicted in something is unbelievable to me. If that is the case then there is obviously some other undelying issue that needs treatment or therapy. Hurt feelings from a cartoon or a person being a racist asshole shouldn't be causing someone to become depressed or suicidal.
People should be able to have some form of resilience in the face of that sort of thing, and if every little thing causes a person to just go catatonic with depression then that's unfortunate, it's gunna be a rough life. The world has shitty people, and there is going to be shitty things that happen. Part of growing up is learning to deal with them. But hey that's just my opinion.
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Of course there are innocent people serving time for being falsely incarcerated but are you suggesting that only affects minorities? Stop and frisk programs are entirely unjust and I completely disagree with them.
Nobody should be arbitrarily stopped and detained without a justified reason. But I think that only goes back to individual officers being racist or prejudice, choosing to stop more minorities. However the program is also destined to have very disproportionate results as they are done in high crime rate areas. Which unfortunately tend to have higher populations of minorities, which sucks of course, but is not inherently racist. There are poor and rich people of all races, and as I said before it is choices that can get you out of those shitty neighborhoods and situations, or that can keep you there.
I am not saying their emotional reactions to something are invalid. I am saying that to let something like a bit of racism in a cartoon affect you so emotionally is silly. Learn how to deal with things better, get a support system, get treatment or therapy if you must but It's a fucking cartoon for God's sake.
Sure, hurt feelings suck but they do not do you harm, people should learn how to deal with their emotions better and learn how to be more resilient as a part of maturing. Only kids let their emotions control them, adults need to learn to control their emotions to at least some degree.
Oh I forgot one point, it is statistically a fact that more white males are killed every year by police than minorities are by police. Where as statistics show that black men are killed by other black men far, far, far more, than by any other demographic. So your point of innocent people being killed by police is true, it has nothing to do with racism.
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I am aware of the percentage wise statistics as well but when it comes down to raw numbers more white men are killed by police every year, that's more men not going home to families, not seeing another day. To me the true number means more to me that the percentage adjustment.
They also weren’t being throttled by a legal team.
The old ones weren't made for children. They were to be played before movies, so were made for all audiences.
In USSR our cartoons promoted communism, not violence. There were no explosions or bowling balls to the head. Nu Pagadi was very popular.
Doesn't that contradict your own point? Nu Pogodi has cartoon violence and no propaganda.
No, I didn't say it had no propaganda, I was just pointing out a difference.
And as people have pointed out, there was violence, it was just nowhere near as extreme.
The new stuff feels like it was designed for a target audience
Welcome to every piece of mainstream media post-2000. Have we included the correct amount of minorities/women/LGBT folk to appeal to the largest market? Everything nowadays is about targeting as many people as possible. That's why all video-game and console adverts are feature loads of women, despite gamers still being mostly male.
What's wrong with video games featuring women?
To the comfortable ones, equality feels like oppression.
I didn't say video games. Stop immediately getting defensive if someone dares criticise a woman. I said video game adverts. Why are all the Halo adverts featuring a woman when the largest demograph in the playerbase is white males?
I'm not being defensive. I'm just genuinely curious why video games/adverts featuring women is a bad thing. I'm a male and I find it refreshing to have more than just guys in every single story.
You attacked a completely different point than the one I raised. I didn't say it was bad OR good. It's clear that advertisements now feature other demographics to cater to as many people as possible.
It's nothing to do with guys in a story. I personally dislike seeing women in advertisements for male-oriented things because it's obvious pandering. It would be like having a white girl in an advert for a hair weave - it's just not the demographic that would use the product.
But women DO play video games. Just because "more men play video games than women" (got a source for that statistic, by the way?) women are still part of that demographic. What, does a woman being in the ad make you want to play the game less? Why does it bother you?
women are still part of that demographic
Yes but they aren't the main target audience.
What, does a woman being in the ad make you want to play the game less
Where are you pulling these statements from?
Why does it bother you?
It's obvious pandering. In any case, I dislike arguing with white knight drones like you because you resort to insults and cries of "sexism".
Inclusivity is pandering? Show me the numbers that prove men are the grand majority of video game players. How does the gender of the person in an ad affect your enjoyment of the game? I didn't call you sexist or even mention sexism, I was asking you to explain your point.
I feel this way about Scooby Doo. The new one currently airing just looks so... soulless. Using that same cheap, generic flash animation that ever single cartoon has now. It’s just so artificial and lifeless. Like they literally all look exactly the same, and nothing has a unique identity anymore
My favorite is either: Mystery inc. or the old ones. I like Mystery inc. because of the more mature plot. I like the old ones because they were funny.
Using that same cheap, generic flash animation that ever single cartoon has now.
Wrong. Be Cool was animated on paper and colored/cleaned-up digitally.
It suffers from the same issue that most animated TV shows have -- efficiency is priority, and there are trends to efficiency that get recycled by multiple shows and multiple companies.
That said, if you think every cartoon looks exactly the same, you're not looking at all.
Most of these 'critics' know nothing of which they complain. The industry isn't all hunky dory all the time, but the past decade has meant a lot for productions.
Yes! And new fake Peanuts episodes. I had no idea until around the holidays last year that there are now Peanuts knock-offs. Ian unexpectedly strong negative reaction to that. Didn’t know I’d care so much until it happened!
I haven't watched any of the new stuff, but I saw this shared, and it immediately made me want to find more.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Oe7Q8OCm5I
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Try enjoying things sober it's nice
Looney Tunes forever. There is a DVD collection called the Golden Collection or some such. I found it on a torrent site a while back.
Give boomerang a try, they've got a free trial and then the first 3 months @$4.99 I believe if you decide to keep it. Loony Toons, Wacky Races, Jonny Quest, Jetsons, etc.
Isn’t that a channel though?
The have a streaming service now focusing on old cartoons.
They've got an app.
Will check out their library. If it's decent, that $39.99 for a year seems like a no-brainer for me.
I personally like The Looney Tunes Show, but Wacky Wabbit or whatever it's called is terrible. Same goes for Tom & Jerry Tales. What sucks is that it's an almost halfway-decent idea, but they missed the mark. There is way too much talking, too many characters, and the episodes remind me too much of the painful Gene Deitch era.
They made Lola Bunny absolutely hilarious in the Looney Toons show
Jerry the mouse should never talk. Or Tinkerbell.
Yes The Looney Tunes show was good. Daffy was a trip.
Gene Deitch ruined any cartoon he touched.
I found some old Looney Tunes on Prime video and turned it on for my kids. They were completely entranced! I had to turn it off when their friend came over to play because they wanted to send him home and keep watching.
Even though they were made mostly mid-century, I feel like kids were still watching these until the early 2000s. Then most of them were taken off the air.
These older WB cartoons are something that united people culturally born before 2000 but now new generations are unaware of shit like the Flintstones, etc. Idk why they don't show them anymore.
Can confirm. As someone who grew up in the early-mid 2000s, you knew it was gonna be good when the Lion roared before anything started playing. We had a couple others like Courage and Foster’s Home, but it feels like cartoons have just become so artificial recently. Maybe I’m just getting old.
There are so many cartoons now and so many ways to access them. If something is profitable it'll be produced. But yes, you're also getting old. I see you've got a grey hair right in the back there.
I see I’ve found someone else who appreciates mediocrity
I actually absolutely loved The Looney Tunes Show, but I definitely was not into either of the Tom & Jerry remakes.
You mean you don't like ruining both media properties by mixing Tom and Jerry with it?
Is there a place we can make requests for Netflix? If they put that stuff on there I'd have it running 24/7.
https://archive.org/details/126BuddiesThickerThanWater1962
Tried to get my GF's 2 year old daughter to watch some of the old Looney toons cartoons on Boomerang one day, she gave zero fucks. I went in the other room and put them on for myself lol
Nothing will ever compete with the 40s/50s Looney Tunes, but The Looney Tunes Show was pretty decent imo. The new show Wabbit is garbage.
The Looney Tunes Show was definitely a mixed bag, but you really got the feeling that it was made by a group of passionate fans trying to do something new with the characters while still staying true to them.
Wabbit isn’t as good, but it’s nowhere near the bottom of the barrel “Loonatics” or “Baby Looney Tunes” represented.
Even be originals are frequently edited when they air these days :(
https://kisscartoon.ac/
Enjoy !
Got hyped and considered bookmarking this to watch during lunch at work! Shame the adverts are questionably-aged hentai girls...
Adblock (Ublock to be specific) is your friend
Ublock origin with the reek(reekly) anti Adblock killer blacklist blocks all of their ads.
No its Kimcartoon.me
That's a fake after the original went down.
YouTube has tons of these including Tex Avery
https://youtu.be/dH5ONdVf7aU
Same here. Some of those had some crazy racist seeming stuff in them.... Right over my head of course as a child.
In Poland there were Looney Tunes teaching English Magazines with cassettes of around half an hour of a story that taught you English. All the voices were the Polish VA for the newish shows so you had no difficulty hearing which character spoke. I remember my mother telling my cousin to buy every issue so that I could take them back home when I visited for vacation.
Hey I remember those!
Daffy Duck was my favorite.
I’ve got 4 DVD sets of original Looney Tunes cartoons!
On my occasional encounter with modern Cartoons,they often feel harsh,sharp,and lifeless. it's like the older ones had enthusiasm and character. Hard to out my finger on it though.
I never had cable when I was younger so I didn't get exposed to a lot of the Cartoon Network type cartoons for a while. But I remember the day when all those "weird" cartoons started showing instead of Looney Toons on regular TV. As a kid it was a "significant" moment for me.
You never see the impact when they hit each other with stuff
I still have all of the DVDs! There’s also the looney tunes ‘big chase’ movie on Netflix if anyone feels like revisiting the classics.
It's a plus side of having a kid! I just bought my 3-year-old a Tom and Jerry movie the other day.
Tom & Jerry Season 1 has recently been added to Amazon Prime Video. You're welcome :)
Missing the violence and thinly veiled racism. Not sure we'll ever get that back :P
I'm too lazy to find it right now, but look up the elmer fudd / buggs bunnybbit "It's rabbit season." The entire episode is on youtube, and you'll likely be in tears laughing. Not all of Buggs holds up, but that bot is down right hysterical. It goes on for way longer than you'd think, if you find the full version, adn it just gets funnier and funnier.
Saturday mornings from whenever you woke up until noon!! Was great!
The classics were made to be shown in theaters before movies. The equivalent these days are the Pixar shorts that show before their movies. They weren't made for TV, someone just had the genius idea to put them on TV later.
These days, they make them for TV. They don't have the time or money like they did in the old days. I don't know about skill, but I doubt they're attracting to best and brightest to work on a rushed TV schedule.
On this topic, Pingu! I watched a clip on YouTube (after a Noot Noot compilation. I’m not ashamed.) and it’s actually pretty funny! Obviously aimed at kids, but the characterisation of Pingu is genuinely entertaining.
The Hanna-Barbera Tom & Jerry - they were the dog's bollocks.
Pretty sure I saw it on Reddit not too long ago, but the Looney tunes DVD collection has an opening sequence with Whoopi Goldberg. Essentially she talks about how they were going to present the cartoons in their original form without scrubbing out the blatant racist stereotypes and imagery. It's interesting and we'll put that we need to acknowledge the racism of the past but also realize they were different times.
You can buy The Golden Collection- 6 volumes of 4 discs, so 24 DVDs total. The cartoons are not in chronological order so that sucks but there's a lot of cartoons to watch.
The new Looney Tunes Show (where Bugs and Daffy lived in suburbia and were roommates) was pretty hilarious.
My grandkids watch Looney Tunes on DVDs and they love them.
Enjoy ;)
https://archive.org/details/126BuddiesThickerThanWater1962
That's because nowadays they can't get away with a lot of the stuff that made the old ones good.
Edit: a word.
I bought them on dvd when my son was born. If I'm watching cartoons they're going to be the good ones.
Have you seen the new Mickey Mouse series? It's truly bizarre and extremely surprising to me that Disney lets them release it at all.
They feel scrubbed because now they have to be politically correct.
The classic were created by artist, not by a committee from marketing.
They probably are not PC anymore and will cause all the outrage of moms with sand in their vags.
The fuck
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/cartoon-censorship-blamed-politically-correct-white-mentality
"Tamas! Stop that Tamas!"
That is the 'progress' that politically correct has brought us...
Volume knobs that click off, instead of going around forever.
Or weighted tuner knobs on old tuners. So satisfying sending the needle gliding down the dial.
I imagine that’s how heroin feels
Just waiting for the recovering heroin addict to come in and expand on this.
hey I've got 4 months.. and came to expand on this..spinning that weighted knob, as you release it from your fingers not only does it sennd the needle gliding, imagine getting out of the shower cold and becoming warm instantly . thats how it is
EDIT; speeling
Congrats man! Keep going :)
Big up on the 4 months. Here's to another 4!
Awesome job man!
imagine getting out of the shower without a cold, and having your sinuses cleared instantly.
FTFY
I've had a lot of morphine, which is similar to heroine. Can confirm.
I'm a heroine addict. I need to have sex with women who have saved someone's life.
I’m going to praise you highly for fucking up hard and returning to normal people land. So stronk.
At least some get to taste normal people life, others are blatant assholes for reasons unknown to strangers on Reddit.
Recovery is celebration-worthy, because some people don’t make it out alive.
Be thankful you haven’t been in a situation where you’re so low you feel that heroin is a good idea.
I bet you have a lot of friends.
"Normal people land.." okay, that's super not a thing. Everyone is more or less an island. If there's enough basic bitches like you to make a land mass, then, no thanks..I'll take some heroin already.
Hey, maybe if you stopped being a cunt we'd praise you.
🎵Nightclubbing We’re night clubbing We’re what’s happening 🎵
Yeesh.
The feeling when the dial bottoms out...
Stop I can only get so aroused.
A couple of years ago, I got these Technics 8044 amplifier, tuner and cassette deck (I only use the amp and the tuner) from my grandma after my grandpa passed away.
After moving twice, I've had to get the amp repaired for a slight defect, but these are almost 40 years old and they work sooooo fucking good. Great sound, fun to play with.
I also got a B&O record player, which I'm trying to fix myself right now, but it's hard.
Old electronics are so much fun though.
I also just inherited a Technics tuner, cassette deck, and turntable from my grandparents after they moved out of the house they've lived in for 50+ years and into a retirement community.
My parents think it's hilarious that I want their old records in the digital age.
Thing is I have records that are 30 plus years old, a little crackly, but still play just fine. Whereas most CDs I've owned barely last 5 years, and hard drives, phones, flash drives and ipods all have a tendency to crash or get viruses.
I wanna flip those switches so bad.
The funny thing is that they now make fidget devices that try to simulate old switches.
I’ve got an old Marantz receiver at home with the old gyroscopic tuner! Can confirm it is quite fun.
I sort of have that on my Yaesu FT-857d ham radio. Not as heavy and nice as the tuners you're referring to, but still pretty great.
I got a vintage style entertainment center thing that has that! It's beautiful. x3
Oh my fucking god the last click is immeasurably satisfying.
The radios at work are kind of like that.
You would enjoy slicing glycerin soap with a knife then. It’s huge on YouTube.
Most of those weren't actually weighted: you were literally moving a solenoid, which provides some resistance
Awesome.
You can still.get that on high end equipment.
Old stereos have the best switches, toggles and knobs.
I had forgotten those. My dads stereo had that when I was growing up! It WAS satisfying!
Sansui baby
There's a youtube channel called knob feel that's some guy just turning different knobs.
I was expecting really in depth reviews with lots of descriptive language. Still not disappointed.
Mmmmmmmmm.
OH
Aah weren't they just perfect.
I didn't know this was a thing and it sounds wonderful
Our actual dials used for radio tuning on car stereos. So annoying having to spam click a button on the screen instad of turning a dial once.
My Sansui QRX5500 is lovely with this feature. So satisfying.
I still have one of those. I looooove it.
I have an old marantz receiver that has this. It’s truly an amazing feeling. Come to think of it’s all the knobs and buttons on that thing are really nice. Silver surfer vapes have a great knob as well.
A Marantz is what I grew up with. My brother has it now with the receipts and everything from when my mom bought it over 40 years ago.
It really was oddly satisfying haha.
I didn't realize I missed these, but now I do.
Oh yes. My dad still has a really old sound system hooked up to the TV and DVD player and it's sooo satisfying changing the volume. really nice, thick clicky switches for modes too.
It's an old system as it was originally hooked up to his record player, but was an expensive one so the sound quality is still great.
Fun fact: You can get a weighted spinner intended for use in arcades, wire it to your mouse wheel, and enjoy that feeling on websites. Drill a hole in your desk and have a great time!
You'll need this guy and spring extra for the "Energy Storage Cylinder".
Or any electronics that lasts longer than a few years. Stupid planned obsolescence
I have this on my new old receiver. In general, I miss the feeling of quality with electronics.
My desktop speakers have these. I went and clicked them off and on writing this comment. :D
The click is so reassuring!
You may love the knob feel YouTube channel then
Is there a pornhub version of that?
this IS the pornhub version.
He sounds aroused
Subscribed.
Alternatively, if you had a car with volume knobs like that and steering wheel controls for the radio, you could make the volume knob spin on its own by pressing the button on the steering wheel. I would make people think my car was possessed or something by discreetly using the volume controls on the steering wheel
My old car was like that too!!! It was probably the only thing about that car that was in any way cool or functional though.
"The car might not drive or anything... But - omg look!! OooOOooOooohhhh the volume is possessed by a ghooOost!!!"
My old '98 Park Avenue, is that you?
Why would the car refer to itself as "my car"?
My dad had an old Onkyo receiver that would spin when you used the remote to change the volume. It had a tiny red light in it to show you where the volume was so it was cool to watch it spin around. Tactilely, it was the most satisfying knob to operate that I can ever remember. It was very heavy, as if the 3" knob was filled with steel and spun on a giant bearing packed with thick sticky grease. It was as smooth as any precision machine should be, no jittering, off-axis tilt, or grinding. The weight and smoothness of it meant that it carried momentum when spun quickly.
Edit: I really need to ask him what happened to that system.
I have an early 90’s Sony that does the same thing. I really like the fact that they took an analog potentiometer and added a motor to the back of it instead of using digital.
And on that note, potentiometers for volume instead of interval clickers.
I have an amateur radio where the main dial rotates smoothly. But there are certain situations where you want it to click on intervals, so you press a button and with the most satisfying thunk, a solenoid engages a detent on the dial and now it clicks. It’s about as sexy as a dial can get.
Hey, it's my mouse wheel.
The lag from those is rather irritating. You have to turn and wait to see where the volume ends up at.
Yes! And climate control knobs in cars that you can adjust without looking at them. Like the position of the knob actually correlates to the setting. New car controls all suck.
Tesla's are the worst. You need to menu through a touchscreen with no tactile feedback to do it... all presumably while driving.
that's actually pretty dangerous
... -vomits uncontrollably-
You can do it from the steering wheel scrollers, which are tactile.
Voice control?
Don't you just set it once to the temperature you like and the car figures it out from there? My car just knows to make it 72F.
The problem is sharing a car with people who don't understand the idea of a thermostat.
Engine warms up and suddenly you're in a sauna, because someone left the heat on max.
Not everyone has that feature on their car. The manual ones have a knob which just adjusts the ratio of outside air and the warmer air from the engine. When your engine is still somewhat cold, you need to turn it to the max to get any warm air. It can become a habit.
I...what? I want one of those.
Thermostats have been around for, like, two hundred years.
In a car though?!
Most modern cars have 2-zone climate control. You can set different temperatures for you and your passenger.
Damn, that's pretty awesome. Makes me wish my grandfather were still alive. Bet he would have loved something like that.
Have you really never seen something like this? You must not get into a lot of cars, haha.
Literally never been in a car that can automatically adjust the temperature like that. I don't get out much. :P
It's called climate control. My '02 Passat has it (called Climatronic) and it works really well. I keep it set to ~20C in the winter and ~18C in the summer. It's pretty smart as well, when you start the car in the winter it won't blast cold air at you and waits until the engine starts warming up to slowly ramp up the fan speed - all automatically.
My girlfriend drives me nuts because when it's a cold day she'll bang it up to 23 or 24C when she gets in. It won't make it get hotter any faster, just leave it set to 20 or 21C and it'll maintain that temp as well as it can.
Because it's a diesel (higher thermal efficiency so the engine takes longer to warm up from cold) it also has the "winter package" from the factory, which includes an electrical heating element in the windscreen vent. Even with my EGR blocked off the windscreen will defrost in a couple of minutes on winter mornings.
My '87 Mercury Sable had this. It's not like this is a rare, luxury item.
It's called climate control, it's pretty great.
It's not new, but it used to be a little rarer. When I was car shopping last year, I didn't see a car without it. Almost as common as power windows now.
you enjoy being in your car at 72F? that's a furnace!
It's a cool winter day where I'm from!
Wow! So cool how people can adapt to such different temperature gradients
These....still exist?
Probably not. Because nowadays it's just a knob that sends a pulse to a microcontroller which modifies the volume (or whatever). The knob itself doesn't relate the angle to a value and can't even know the current state.
I just got a set of brand new Logitech speakers that have a click-on volume knob.
I too just got these speakers
I don't think he meant they're now impossible to make, but rather that they are now relatively uncommon.
My dads 03 Kia has one. Also our hand-crank radio has one.
Well, 03. And Kia. The hand-crank radio may in fact literally have a mechanical volume/power switch/dial. Or they designed it to an ultra-simple/robust aesthetic.
Lol, the radio is also solar powered. One of the last things we ordered out of the Marlboro miles catalogue when my parents smoked. Works like a top. Turn the volume knob on and it’ll turn on as long as it’s been wound or is in the sun.
My 05 Kia does not, I wish it did :(
It also has hand-crank windows.
Actually so does my 93 Navajo. I had a friend get sick in it once and she started pawing at the door looking for the automatic window button. She did puke in my ride but the next day I had to remind her that contrary to her upbringing not all cars have auto windows and it’s really only in the last 30/40 or so years did that even become a thing let alone a standard feature.
It wasn't until the late aughts that my mom finally acquiesced and bought a car with power windows.
Most cars come standard with power windows now and I’m not sure they even offer manual crank windows.
I don't think she's ever bought a new car. Her current (and only) car with power windows is an 04 Ford Focus that she only bought because her Buick Skylark was struck by lightning, destroying the electronics and causing the car to not start anymore.
Buick Skylark was struck by lightning, destroying the electronics and causing the car to not start anymore.
God works in mysterious ways.
Pretty much only on economy cars and even then they are hard to find.
It's still a variable resistor controlling the pulse, so you can still technically have a switchable pot, it's just not in vogue! As a component I could order a dozen right now for a euro.
If it goes round and round forever it'll be a rotary encoder- you can get absolute encoders that'll maintain position information but they're typically a lot more expensive. A standard incremental encoder can't tell it's own position, only how much it's moved.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the industry move away from these potentiometers because dust particles would gather inside them over time and cause the scratchy sounds when turning the knob?
Yup. Analog versions can suffer from gunk buildup, while digital ones never have that issue.
I use hand held radios for work that use the click
Downvote
As you wish!
Did not realize how much I miss that feeling until I read this
Damn I didn’t even realize I miss those until now.
Your talking about a digital knob (the new ones that sounds forever) vs analog knobs. Analog knobs still exist but are just less common. If you want one for something like a head unit in a car, I'm sure u could find one with some digging
Everyone in this thread needs to get into hardware synthesizers. Beefy knobs and switches 🔥🔥
Thank you for mentioning this. Some engineer thought they had a good idea, that in reality SUCKED.
It's a good idea from the point of view of cost and reliability, just sucks from a user perspective.
My old-as-fuck Honda has this. It's so much better than the shitty "turn forever" knobs. Very good asthetic
The radio in my car doesn't actually have an "off" button, just a never-ending volume knob. I know that the mute function is essentially an off button (same with dialing the volume down to zero) but it still irritates me. I would love to have an off "click".
Does the dial not push in like a button as an off switch?
Mazda?
Unbuyable
And those old switches that are like little sticks, so satisfying clicking them. Makes you feel like you're a pilot in the 50's or something
Oh man I want everything that can be turned on and off in my house to have those. ^^^^^^Especially ^^^^^^my ^^^^^^dick
The nostalgia runs deep in this thread
Well yeah, that's... the whole point of this thread.
My logitech speaker's controller does that, it's definitely not something that disappeared.
See I got some cheap Chinese handheld radios (Baofeng) and they have this! thing is that it took me ages to figure out how to turn the thing on and really struck me that I'd not used these types of dials in a while.
There is a reason for this. What they use now are encoders. The physical position doesn’t actually matter. It just has a micro controller measuring the change in movement and then using that to change the volume. This is helpful because then you can use the same knob for many different functions. You can select different items and use the encoder to adjust them. That’s why this is done to make one knob more useful.
You will only see the ones that click on an analog control vs a digital control.
I miss them
I find that this is still a very common thing on some devices, like Dell sound bars, for instance.
The speakers on my desk at work 'click off'
Its satisfying.
Also light knobs that do the same thing!
Saaaame. On a modern 4K TV that would be awesome
Or just volume knobs in general. So satisfying to use.
My 2011 toyota sienna has the opposite problem of this, I think they are the worst volume knob I have ever seen... The main volume knob for the radio doesn't click and I THINK it's supposed to be adaptative or something but it's honestly just crap. You attempt to just delicately slowly turn the knob to raise the volume by +1 or +2 but it goes +8 insted because fuck your eardrums. Then you immediatly turn the knob all the way back the other side but it decides to only go -1 insted because it hasn't finished alerting everyone in a 2 mile vacinity that you like cheesy weird music. Off course all of this is happening while you are traveling at 60mph so you kinda need to keep an eye on the road and not devote all your attention to the stupid stereo.
And since I have the base model I have no steering wheel controls so I'm stuck with this stupid schizophrenic knob from hell.
My other older 2009 toyota Matrix has a knob that clicks, never had any problems with it... And yes they do go around forever.
My father-in-law has a home theater receiver with one of these forever-knobs. I hate it because if you spin it too fast (and by that I mean at a reasonable speed), it doesn't raise or lower the volume; it jitters between raising AND lowering the volume by a small amount, but ultimately remaining at the same level. If you actually want to change the volume, you have to spin very slowly or use the remote control.
YES
Indicator levers that don't return to the middle. The satisfying click, and it staying where it should is so much more satisfying
This explains why men think spinning things like radio dials "turns us on"😒
Somehow they feel more satisfying.
Wow, that one hit some unknown nostalgia. Those knobs had such a nice tactile feedback,
I’ve got an old record player with a radio inside of it and it has one of these in it. So satisfying sliding it from end to end and hearing that triumphant ‘click’ to turn it on!
My radio has one of these.
My truck has this for the radio. I hate it.
My fairly new (like, 2 years) computer speakers have this. Love it.
I have an 07 car and an aftermarket radio and it has this. I hate that most newer cars don’t have this anymore. the new Mazda’s radio knobs click still.
The best part of these was that you could adjust the volume while the device was still powered off.
This comment made me very much miss something that I didn't even know I missed!
And another one for balance.
Round and round! With love we'll find a way just give it time. Round and round! What goes around comes around I'll tell you why.
Those are definitely not discontinued?
A couple of the hiluxes at work have glass fronted stereos with non tactile buttons for the functions. It’s awful
Those are potentiometers that tend to get scratchy, especially near the off click due to that area getting more worn. I don't miss 'em.
I thought those were gone forever but I recently bought a Bluetooth sound bar and almost got giddy when the volume knob clicked when I shut the speaker off.
My car has the clicky one still. I hate those turn left to off ones because then you have to find the sweet spot of volume every time.
I have a 2010 Mazda 3 and that volume knob is the worst. Randomly assigns a value from not changing at all to complete silence with the smallest of turn.
They don't have this anymore?! Since when? Lol. I just bought an amp/dac that does the click off as do my desktop speakers from 2012
Old sound systems in general.
With lots of things to press, lots of lights and displays. The sort of thing that takes up half a room.
I prefer this so much.
I went to a bargain store the other day looking for a cheap cassette player. Boy, am I out of touch. Those cassettes from 20+ years ago will have to remain in the shoebox.
Every local thrift store here has dozens of them, you'll probably find one near you for a few doll hairs.
Can....can you buy things at Goodwill with doll hairs?
Not directly but any amount of doll hairs will get you a 20% discount on your purchase.
brings in exactly one doll hair
No, this isn’t Doll Hair General
Do you have a license for that?
My good friend William Shakespeare says yes
-slides forward 2 doll hairs and a copy of Twelfth Night
hairs
What about pube hairs?
they're not worth nothing
You could probably sell them to a doll company and get maybe $40,000 for them.
I've taken away points for failing English
r/skookum
takes a little convincing
I assume that's the preferred currency of most thrift stores, one time a dude got upset that I wanted to use visa.
Yeah.... Yeah you to.....totally ca.. ca .. can.
Do you need some help buddy?
I think he's trying to emulate the skipping found in low quality and degraded cassettes? IDK I'm just guessing
edit: ????????????????????? Why am I being downvoted for trying to help?????
Do/did cassettes skip? Played them for years and never experienced that.
Im sure there was some way for them to get messed up. Probably dust in on the cassettes or the player itself
The most common problem was the tape unspooling from the cassette and getting wrapped around the capstan and/or pinch roller. Never heard of tapes "skipping"- indeed, i'm not sure that's even possible on a linear audio format. If the tape itself was damaged or degraded, you'd just get a wobbly, shitty audio signal.
I wouldn't know, I didn't get a Walkman until discs were the norm, unfortunately. I assumed cassette tapes degraded in a similar way to VHS tapes. Sorry for spreading misinformation, but I was trying to help /u/TheDesireSensor figure out what /u/abestar was talking about (tho judging by the downvotes being lobbed at my comment, my attempt to help was/is unwelcome)
I assumed cassette tapes degraded in a similar way to VHS tapes.
They do degrade in the same way, you're not wrong. Audio cassettes can get worn out and when they do they end up with gaps, low volume sections, or static mixed in with the music. Both are magnetic tape storage and both degrade when their bits get flipped over time from reads. Reading also requires using a magnet, and that magnet can sometimes cause bits on the tape to flip; flipping one bit alone won't have much of an effect but flipping many bits over a long span of time will cause the tape to lose too much data to be useful.
It's ok buddy
He was obviously emulating and exaggerating the faux-stuttering in the comment he responded to.
Ave, is that you?
A little tongue tangulation only you cunning linguists would notice.
Its a fake! Not the real cock for dolly!
Cockford-Ollie
Though I like your way better.
They're one and the same!
Dock for molly?
Same same but different.
I'm not only a cunning linguist but also a master debater.
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*fack
I'm a huge AvE fan, but I'd have to say that calling dollars 'doll hairs' is pretty common and not unique to him.
Are you the guy banned from YTHK?
YTHK? Don't know what that is. But I could be, most Reddit mods are a bunch of pussies that can't take a joke. Karma means nothing to me so a new account is no big deal. Every account is a burner.
Tracy:
No, I wouldn't. Not for a billion doll hairs.
Kenneth:
I'm sorry, did you say, ''doll hairs''?
Tracy:
Yeah, they're not worth nothing. You could probably sell them to a doll company and get maybe $40,000 for them.
Yup. If you don’t see one by electronics, check that wall with the plastic bags of random stuff for $3-5. I see walkmen in there all the time.
few doll hairs
how much is that in schrute bucks?
I picked up a dual bay Teac for $20 at a garage sale - sweeeet.
Dual bay? Why would you listen to two tapes at the same time though..?
It allows you to copy from tape to tape, I had one in the 80s lol
I think he was joking...
I think so too — but it’s also possibly a real question for a high percentage of readers who never had tapes
Nope he wasn’t...
I was. While I may be stupid sometimes, I'm not completely clueless! :D
I wouldn't be so sure. Half this website has probably never used a cassette player in their lives
I was joking. My dad used to have some cassettes, and I figured it had nothing to do with actually listening to two tapes at once, lol.
Beware! Vintage cassette players are starting to hit the age when their belts start turning to sticky mush glue.
Modern make cassette players are absolute trash, though, so definitely look at a vintage Sony or something: just prepare yourself to buy a replacement belt and do a little surgery.
Oh Tracy...
Can I also buy dolls? I seem to have misplaced all my doll hair.
Sorry sir, we only sell bald and naked dolls here, Goodwill Inc. sells doll hair.
Open it up before taking inside, inspect for bug infestations!
Went to Goodwill a few weeks ago and found an honest to God VHS rewinder. Works too.
Etsy actually has a lot of them! I got a sexy yellow Sony Sport there for around 30 bucks. Have dropped it 5 times and still totally fine!
Did you say doll hairs?
Found the AvE fanboy.
I don't know the conversion to Canuckistani Copecks off the top of my head but I'll dig a little on the confuser.
One million doll hairs
Yeah, but will it chooch? I mean, maybe, if it's fairly skookum, it won't be tea bag
Doll hairs? The currency in Morocco?
That has to be kok neverind of the funniest auto correct I have seen I a while. How many doll hairs does a cassette player cost?
Triangle has corner
Was this an old Pete and Pete reference?
Reference to AvE.
Tape for life. I have around 500 tapes in boxes around the house. Fucking love tapes me. I grew up in the cassette era
Or Canadian pesos.
I said "doll hairs."
Psych. But a deal's a deal. In you go, Iittle buddy.
Come on. - Fine, give me the doll hairs.
Harry? - A deal's a deal.
Would you take five bucks instead?
I miss those damn tanks. Press play, do whatever you want, a Sony Walkman would keep playing unless you smash it on pavement. I remember my first Discman thinking, man these are so fragile. First few models you had to hold very still or they skipped. With cassettes, no case needed, you would often find one in the depths of your car that had been stepped on for 6 months and would still play like it was brand new.
I miss cartridges of any sort. Nothing like popping in a movie, game, or music
Is one awesome thing about Nintendo
They never stopped... So now flash storage is faster, cheaper, and denser... Yay!
Except they still aren't as cheap as dvd or even bd so there are already premiums.
What's a BD worth these days? Thought they were still pretty $$$
Dunno what sorta space they'd be running, but surely mostly in the reasonably low what.. 8, 16gb tops? I've never bothered looking for a ROM to know
Buy enough millions and they're in the cents?
BDs have 25-128GB depending on the disk type. 25GB or 50GB are more standard.
I meant modern Nintendo flash carts sorry
Always thought BD's were more 50 and up, interesting to know 25 is common
Ahh 50 for dual layer, movies etc
Except there's that whole GameCube/Wii/U era that they'll have to live down.
The game cube gets a pass for being fucking magnificent, though, even if they went with that stupid MD format.
It wasn't MD, it was a proprietary small DVD.
It isn't proprietary, though. Most disc players can hold and read them.
Sorry, you're right about the size of the disc, but the way the data was written onto it could not be read by a regular DVD player, IIRC.
I guess I never realized that since I own a GameCube and dolphin had a lot of issues when I was more into that stuff. It looks like ripping the discs without the original hardware is a bit complicated.
GameCube was good still! Just.. failed
I loved how most portable CD players boasted “anti-skip” tech but would skip all the same the moment you looked at it.
Which would annoy me a lot back when I jumped on my big trampoline that didn’t have that ugly mesh on it to *NSYNC and my portable CD player would skip 😡
I remember thinking CD players were garbage. How am I supposed to ride my mountain bike around if my cd keeps skipping?
Minidisc players however. Were the SHIT. Let's make a tiny CD that holds ten other Cd's and stick that inside a fucking cassette!
My brother keeps his old minidisc around and it still works. No way to change the terrible music, but those things don't quit
Yep, still have mine and about 20 of the discs. had to have a proprietary program to load the music but man its the sturdiest personal player ever. we even used to record live shows straight into them via the headphone jack from the audio equipment, straight to mp3
Can you tell me the program?
Sony Net MD I think
Thank you! I hope to be able to finally use this thing!
My friend had one.. The capacity was unreal. His dad worked for coca cola and used the ridiculous money he made to mod xboxes as a side job and buy awesome tech for his kid. Good times.
Y'all motherfuckers have heard of MP3s right?
Dude minidiscs where sold from 1992...
My minidisc player could store/playback mp3s. It was ace.
10 second anti-skip ftw
Just thinking back ... how did it work? Was it pre-loading the next 10 seconds of music so it could "fill in the blanks?"
Yep, just a straight data buffer, nothing fancy.
I need to know!
I won a Walkman when I was in college. It survived long enough to go to my third oldest kid as a teen. They don't make things that well anymore.
Well of course. They all got together and decided not to make things that well anymore.
They said “hey, we can save 10c on each one we make if we drastically decrease the quality. So we’ll just use cheap plastic and overseas labor from now on, deal?”
You meant until it's out of battery?
Is it weird that I miss changing batteries? Snapping it back together like music legos was very satisfying. Especially cool when they died and your music would slow to a stop like a turntable stopping
In NYC in the late 90s and early 00s there were always guys on the subways walking the trains selling AA batteries. I always wonder what they do now for money.
Honestly? They probably sell phone chargers and other accessories.
Where are you seeing this? The only people I ever see selling anything walking through the trains now are teenagers selling candy for fake basketball teams.
Well they don't stick around the subways. Those sort of guys go where the money is for the product. Flea markets and general stores.
Sell loosie cigarettes and risk getting choked to death by NYPD's finest.
RIP Eric Garner
I had a shockwave and I think future generations would blame me for the battery acid in the soils of tomorrow. I go through something like a acct of batteries every 2 or 3 days. Then I had discmans that would just keep breaking and being replaced and worse battery usage but by then rechargables were more common. NiMt batteries were shit.
My walkman battery lasts three months with daily use, on a single AA battery, it isn't really much of a problem
Still have a Walkman and Disc man in my closet. Along with a crap load of cassettes. And my dual deck cassette player in my rack system. Ugh. I'm old.
Meh, my father had a car with an 8-track in it until a few years ago. So don’t feel too old, I still have a few cassettes too.
We traded our 06 grand caravan in last February. .. this is the 1st time since 1986 that I don't have a car with a cassette deck in it lol. The lest several at least had both a tape player and cd player. Bit now... omg... I have cd, radio, xm and a usb port that I have memory stick in filled with my mp3s!
Still miss my tape deck lol.
New rental cars no longer have CDs.
Also, they don't pay for an XM subscription.
Also, you may have noticed radio no longer plays a useful amount of music.
This means you get what's on your phone and that's it -- assuming you have a cable and some battery left.
I don't no where you live, but, I have no idea what ur talking about lol. My wife rents a car weekly for business purposes and always has a cd player in the car or truck. Enterprise before someone asks lol. And here in the Philly area we have plenty of radio stains that play music (I know, we can all argue about if it's any good or not haha, but having been in other parts of the country philly radio is pretty good).
In fact, I never use my phone for music.
I rented from Enterprise last month.
New car in their fleet.
No CD player.
I asked about it. They said, "Yep. Won't be coming with CD players any more."
Note: if car is less than two months old, you'll get free XM (trial period). After that, you'll have to pay extra $10/day or something for them to activate it (not worth it).
I found some of my parents' cassettes a while ago and I'm looking to buy more. I wonder if they'll ever be in fashion, like vinyl is nowadays! 🤔
Well that didn't make me feel any older. Haha
😅
They already are and have been for ~5-10 years. There are some indie labels that only release on cassette. I doubt it will ever be traditionally popular again since their audio bitrate is so low (akin to MP3 128 if I remember correctly).
It seems there's a small group of people trying to make it a thing, but cassettes were never a great form of Home music as far as sound quality or durability.
Depends on the type of tape.
Until the player ate it.
Those yellow Sony Walkmans that were air tight were insanely good. If you took one on a plane you had to use the air release valve just so you could open it after the pressure change. Someone stole mine and to make matters worse, it had my copy of Run DMC’s Raising Hell in it! 🤬
I saved up money for so long to get one of these when I was younger. I was the shit with my yellow waterproof sony.
The campus shuttles at my school had CD players installed. Didn't take long to notice how bumpy the roads were.
I honestly don't miss them, I remember that cassettes didn't sound very good and and had that hiss sound, CDs just sound SO much better.
The first time I heard music on CD was like a revelation. It was so clear!
Gary Gulman has a great bit about the Discman.
Gary gulman is God damn hilarious.
I had the disc man before ball bearings held the cd in place. Don’t move it at all!
Don't you miss the sound of your favorite songs slowing down as the battery died?
I've still got a Sony walkman at home. Big bright yellow bastard. Need to find some batteries for it, fairly certain it still works.
There was a guy at my boat club who would windsurf with an old Walkman. It wasn't even waterproof and it didn't care about being submerged.
My first Discman: "DO NOT TOUCH THE LASER!!!" (What laser? I don't even know.)
Wore a Walkman Skiing. Smashed moguls,wiped out a ton, never once skipped. Or broke.
Yeah, MP3 and digital music players are so fragile. /s
I used to have this big boom box (with detachable speakers... THAT big) made by Phillips. That thing could and did take a beating and still worked. Once I was carrying it in my hand while riding my bike and I totally wiped out. That thing went flying in the air and landed on the pavement. It required a bit of putting back together, but it worked just the same after that. Didn't look nice any more, but sounded and performed just like new.
I mean, a solid state mp3 player will take more abuse than a cassette player with moving parts any day.
Do I really have to explain that I know what an mp3 player is while typing from my touchscreen smartphone? We're just reminiscing about the good ol days here, sheesh.
I mean not really. The question was what product do you wish was still currently available. You can reminisce about cassette players, but no one in their right mind would actually use on if it was actually still available because it's garbage dead technology.
Yea you're right. I did love Walkmans though, yes it would be stupid now but it was great for the time.
No, of course you know what a smartphone is. lol. You were just referencing the good-ol' days by saying that a Walkman is more robust than a (new-fangle?) Discman, which I found hillarious.
You know what else wont skip or stop playing unless you physically damage it? Anything that plays digital files. And the 10,000 songs on my phone beats turning over a cassette to hear the second half of one album.
Are they better in every technical aspect? Yeah, totally.
But there's an almost ritual-like process that you need to go through to use a cassette player or a CD player, and that feel good in and of itself.
Yeah, those dumb cunts in the 80s should have invented the more advanced technology earlier
"What discontinued or outdated product do you wish was still currently available?"
learn2context
Wal mart sells cassette players. I see them every time I go to the electronics section
I went to the one near me hoping to pick up some no-name Chinese hunk of shit for $20, but all they had was a big Sony multi-thing. I don't need Sony to listen to the Sex Pistols. (bio note: In 1984 I got arrested while wearing a Sex Pistol t-shirt with the sleeves cut off. Three days later I'm in a jail jumpsuit when I get bailed out. The corrections officer said, "Come with me, Mr...(looked at booking card w/ mug shot) Mr. Sex Pistol."
Do you really believe punk rock doesn't benefit from better equipment? Why whouldn't it?
Usually the production quality is bad enough to not really benefit much from a better set up
Look on ebay.
many that are advertised as broken can be simply fixed by replacing the old rubber bands inside.
I admit that I haven't looked too hard, but are replacement rubber bands easily available? I'd imagine they're even rarer than the players themselves.
You only need the correct length and width (round / flat) and then it's just industrial Lego.
You can find belt kits for a few bucks on the most popular models. Probably work significantly better than a rubber band.
For all your cassette belt needs: http://marrscommunications.com/
Saw one in Target the other day and also saw one in Best Buy. Honestly can't imagine why either store is carrying them still but there you go.
Cassette sales were up like 70% or something last year. There's a huge scene of people releasing self made tapes of their music, and of tape only record labels. "Already Dead" is a cool label.
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Quite popular within the synthwave/outrun scene it is.
Is it really? I'm into synthware to some extend but I wasn't aware of that. It makes perfect sense with the A E S T H E T I C and all that though... with all the superhero movies that have sci-fi elements on them and all the cyberpunk stuff it makes sense that popularity will go up.
Yep! Fun story, the artist Cheap Talk recorded an album in the 80s titled Let's Get Electric, which was full of some great 80s electropop. Nothing special there, except that 'Cheap Talk' doesn't actually exist, and the album was not recorded in the 80s...it was recorded a couple of years ago by a musician couple who wanted to do something different. As I understand it they used equipment authentic for the period, and even hunted down cassettes actually released in 1987 which they then overwrote with their album. If you've played the game Firewatch you'll recognise track no.2 :)
Lol nice. Even extreme cassette fans would get tricked by this... No I haven't played firewatch.
Also really popular in the black metal scene. Mostly underground/indie artists, but there's still some bigger acts that put out cassettes.
Also, I bought the Black Panther album on cassette. So not just self made.
oh, thats right, guardians of the galaxy helped too i guess.
I’ve probably bought 6 cassette players from thrift stores over the last two years. They’re everywhere
That'll be my route. BTW, I recently read that the first U.S. cassette tape manufacturer in years is starting up. They bought the equipment (or whatever) from a Korean company that's going under.
Really? That’s super interesting to me. I actually run a cassette tape label for underground metal as a hobby. I’ll have to look that up
Found the article:
https://www.leoweekly.com/2018/04/new-cassette-tape-maker/
One downside is that I don't think they can support Dolby Noise Reduction due to patents. I've heard that's an issue for more recently manufactured Decks.
A lot of my old collection is Ramones/Clash type stuff. I can live without Dolby.
Dolby Noise Reduction
If these are the patents in question then they expired just a few years ago.
My CVS is stocked full of cassettes for some reason.
Also try CVS If you don't want to go online. I got mine for $15 a bit ago and it lasted forever for me.
Target has both brand new disk and cassette Walkmans for <20$.
Amazon, my dude. They have them for $20.
Don’t worry about being out of touch there are many items on this thread I thought were still available. I need to stop reading, I’m having cravings that can’t be met. I’m a huge thrift store person. I’ve found portable cassette players. (Bought two) boombox type tape players are harder to come by but they can be found. Just watch out for the collectors snatching those puppies up.
As somebody who spent his teen years with a Walkman strapped to his belt, I tell you I do not miss cassette players at all. MP3 for the win!
Sony still makes this CD/Cassette "Boombox" that can be bought at most retailers. They usually run around $60, but you can find them online often for less. I bought one last year and use it like crazy.
I have a handheld one I can send you (along with a couple of audiobooks) if you're willing to pay shipping :)
It looks like I'm good now, but thanks much!!!
Whatever you do, DO NOT purchase a cheap Chinese made tape player online or in the big box stores. They sound terrible and have a tendency to eat up tapes.
Your best bet is to go to a Goodwill, Salvation Army or an antique store and find a good tape player there.
check craigslist
Check out flea markets and thrift stores. I’ve found treasure troves of cassette players and VCRs for cheap. Flea markets are the most consistent
The TJMaxx I was at last week had some up by the registers on the electronics display. I would be happy to grab one for you!
I definitely recommend thrifting one for pocket change like others have said, but bizarrely Urban Outfitters has started stocking new tape releases and $50 clear plastic Walkman clones... I'm down with new releases on tape, but the players are ridiculously priced.
Unless they actually removed it, Kmart used to still have them actually fairly recently. Try finding either now though
All the K Marts pulled out of my city in 2015-2016. Went to the liquidation sales and it was worse than Goodwill.
Sears? Some still stock VHS tapes even
Oh, yeah, the bad news about Sears in my town, too! They've pulled out. This reminds me of Jesse Jackson in a presidential debate in the 1980's. He asked the audience to hold up their hand if they owned a VCR. Then he asked them to hold up their hand if they owned an MX missile. "You see, that's the problem," he said. "What we're makin' and sellin', no one's buyin'!"
Goodwill
This. Lots of them. And cheap too.
Frys electronics near me still sells some Walkman rip offs
Best Buy sells them. If you can’t find them in store you can order them. Most stores have a small boombox with cassette player.
Do you know whether there is a way to test cassette players without owning a cassette. I want to find a good one for my step-father because he wants to listen to his old tunes again and i want to find a player with a good playback quality.
Try checking your local thrift stores and Goodwill for cassettes. Older thrift stores especially will probably have a few cassettes lying around forgotten somewhere, or at least a really old audio book or two. Should be pretty cheap too.
Oh, and get your step-father some weather-tight/humidity-proof boxes for his collection if he doesn't already have some!
Buy a cassette? They are dirt cheap. Or assuming your step-father has a collection maybe borrow one for testing?
Go to a thrift store.
They're pretty cheap at b&h
I got a cheap sanyo from 84 on ebay for about 20 bucks, actual cassettes are still dirt cheap as well. As long as you stay away from the actual old early 80's/late 70's walkman(such as the TPS-L2 and the Walkman II), there dirt cheap and easy to find in working condition.
I love cassette players, something about the analog clicking and the tape screeches just speaks to my childhood. Also make sure you get one that actually has a rewind button, or else youl have to turn the tape over to rewind it, and some tapes wont catch on the second side, so youl spill over and start hearing the first side in reverse.
Then you have to do all these tape gymnastics to get it back to the beginning again. Also ive found that you cant find cassette players in stores anymore, but you can find recorders(with playback), obviously not something you want to carry around.
Just buy a car from 2014.
You can buy a 20$ contraption on amazon that converts them to MP3 and/or plugs into the aux jack in yoir car and lets you listen to them while driving. Bought it as my father-in-law's xmas gift and now he can once again annoy my mother-in-law with his music...oops :)
Is this what you're looking for?
You can get them at Rite-Aid (and probably whatever chain pharmacy with a little electronics section that sells universal remotes and cd walkmans is near you).
Cassettes are on the rise for some reason. There's probably a community out there that would gladly help you find a good player.
Some libraries have devices where you can convert cassette tapes (& also VHS tapes) to digital or a burnable disk. Check around in your area.
$15-20 on Amazon, or less at your local charity/thrift shop
I just picked up a cassette recorder yesterday in a yard sale. Just because it looked retro. Looks like a walkman with a microphone. Should be fun to play around with once I can find a cassette.
My ex got me a good one from Amazon a year or so a go, think she got it on Amazon
I have also had trouble finding a working unit. They seem to be pretty scarce lately.
I just bought my friend a cassette player off Amazon that converts to digital format.
13 reasons to die might cause a resurgence of them.
Amazon has am/fm cassette players for like $15.
Well I tried one the other day, and you should know that the quality is not what you remember it was 20 years ago. Might be that modern mp3-players have raised the standard a bit.
Check out for USB cassette tape digitizers. I've used a couple, and they're quite easy to use. That way, you can have your cassettes wherever*!
^(*wherever you've got access to digital storage)
They have some available at target and on amazon. $30ish but it’s still something!
Try Walgreens.
You could digitalize them. Those machineys cost 30 bucks on amazon.
You can still get dictaphones with mini tapes but the audio quality is bad considering it's not for music.
Keep looking! They are everywhere!
Cassette players arent that tricky to find... good cassette players at a reasonable price however might take some digging.
Snatch one out of an old car
I saw one at Target for $20. Mind you it was a portable one.
I have one. Ants chewed up the power cord though.
You can probably buy a USB cassette player that willl rcord onto your computer as an MP3
I have picked up two of them for $4 each at our local thrift store. Nice JVCs from the 80s
I recently got an old Walkman off eBay for £20 and it works fantastically - I listen to extreme metal and collect tapes. Going used, vintage Walkman gear is your best bet. It'll be quality stuff and cheap too.
eBay exists and is a thing. I feel I shouldn't have to remind you of this though.
There are cheap cassette to mp3 converter
I bought a cassette player from 1998. It was only $600 it came with a lot of other features too! It's got a radio, air conditioner, an engine, a couple of seats, and 4 tires!
You can still get them at wal-mart and target...
I keep seeing new cassette players somewhere. I think maybe Marshall's/TJ Maxx? Anyway, wherever I've been seeing them, they are clear-shelled with multi-colored interior parts and under $10. I'd be wary of random used cassette players as the likelihood that your tape will be eaten immediately is higher. But what are ya gonna do?
Some here, tried 3 goodwill stores so far, no luck. And I need a cassette deck so when I turn on the light in my bathroom it will start playing disco songs to accompany the disco ball I installed there recently.
I actually saw a few at Wal-Mart the other day.
Go to urban outfitters
Goodwill
I got an audiotechnics dual tape deck to add to my turntable set up for 1.98 at goodwill.
Order one off amazon?
Maybe a talking raccoon can put together one for you. But he might need an eyeball to make it work.
You mean an old car?
It might not be “cheap” but I think Urban Outfitters is into the cassette craze. You can probably pick one up there.
We had Disney popsicles when I was a child, so about 30 years ago. The popsicles each looked like a different Disney character and came in fruit flavours. Goofy and Donald were my favourites.
Are you talking about these? I loved those so much as a kid!
Oh shit, the memories. Nothing has tasted like them since.
The ingredients are probably illegal now.
Correct. The FDA banned all mouse juice used in popsicle flavoring in early 1990.
It wouldn't be a mickey pop without the mouse juice!
Just like Crunchy Frogs wouldn't be crunchy without the bones!
I hear they’re trying to ban Fight Milk for containing crow eggs. How am I going to fight like a crow without the only alcoholic workout beverage officially endorsed by the UFC?
FIGHT MILK by bodyguards and Charlie.
Caw!
I told you to stay out of my peripheral.
WHADDUP!
I need my daily crowtein!
mouse juice?
That sounds sketchy AF, I'll take my HFCS any day.
at least mouse juice is natural...HFCS is so damm processed
It turns out that it causes cancer in the state of California.
Yeah, the ice cream van industry is surprisingly sketchy.
Or at the very least known in the state of California to cause cancer. What doesn't these days?
Ya, cane sugar. You can taste the difference between cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup.
Here in the UK they are well on the way to making cane sugar effectively illegal, or at least taxing it out of most shops. Even Scotland has fallen to the darkness. Bundaberg are the only source of real root beer now.
Only in 43 states I believe. 🤫
Yeah why use real sugar when you can use high fructose corn syrup and stabilizers?
Especially the 120g of high fructose corn sugar.
/r/nostalgia
Probably literally 100% frozen sugar. They would taste great to a kid, but if you had one now it would give you a sugar headache and make your teeth hurt.
Those were absolutely delicious. What I wouldn't give for one of those right now.
r/nostalgia
Not even remotely close to being even 1% as delicious.
Yeah but then you're just sucking on a dildo made of frozen fruit juice.
Go on...
No I'm fifteen ew wtf ^/s
And these are still readily available.
Getting a huge rush of nostalgia now. Holy shit. Havent seen these in ages.
I know! I totally forgot they existed and now memories are flooding back
This is the real here, that candy eyes and sherbert talk is just flat out wrong. You can still get those sherbert character pops all over. If you haven't had these full body boys then I'm sorry about you.
edit: This got me feeling a certain type of way. Salute to a grape Donald
Grape Donald legitimately made me try to eat a purple crayon as a kid.
I believe it.
Oreos made me attempt to eat a chunk of dirt sitting innocuously on my living room floor. Boy was that a terrible surprise.
Wow, that just brought up a lot of memories. I’d forgotten about those.
I completely forgot about these until I saw the picture!
r/nostalgia would love these
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Wow. I remember those. Man, growing ever more distant from your childhood is weird.
Damn those look good. Is it confirmed they don’t make them any more?
I had completely forgotten about these, thanks for reviving those memories!
Yes, pretty sure these were the ones! The assorted set came in a styrofoam box, that's about all I remember so far. They were the best!
I only vaguely remember these, but I'd be damned if my mouth didn't water when I saw the box.
Pavlov was right...
My memories!
Did these make a come back in the early 2000’s? I thought sure I bought these for my kids a few times. Maybe not, though.
They look like they could be from any time in the past 5-30 years.
Disney magic I guess.
I think they still sell them at Disney World.
NOOOOOOOOO I was just there!
They probably would have cost like $10 a piece though, so maybe it's better that you didn't besmirch your childhood memories.
We have these in Tokyo Disneyland
These don't have the full bodied shape and variety of characters.
Oh my god the nostalgia. The banana flavored ones were the best.
I forgot about those. But seeing the picture brought me back like I was remembering a really good dream.
Oh my God yes! I totally forgot about these and then i remembered biting off mickey's ears and contemplating how he looked human-ish.
Yes! I loved these. I Also liked those ice cream ones that had Mickey mouse ears covered in chocolate.
How would you eat that? Wait for it to melt?
No, you just eat it like a regular popsicle.
You cut one end of the plastic wrapper off and push the popsicle out with a normal one. That thing has a weird shape so how would it fit out?
Wow. Hello childhood!
Oh man, I remember those! Those, and Otter Pops, were the best popsicles ever!
Ahhh!!! Nostalgia overload!!!
Holy crap, I’d completely forgotten about those!
Yep! I remember those!
Are you ready to suck off Goofy?
They still had these around in the 80s, I was born in 86 and remember them! I remember they tasted a lot better than the Popsicles that are for sale these days.
Oh my god. I am flashing back right now massively
Holy shit I forgot all about these! So delicious. What about the Mickey Mouse ice cream pops with vanilla and chocolate!!!
Wow, just seeing them brought back memories.
This is a wave of nostalgia I had completely forgotten about. Shit, that brings back a lot of memories.
Wow. I was only allowed to have one in the bathtub when I was little, and we have so many photos of me with popsicle all over my face/chest.
I ‘member!
Pepperidge Farms remembers........
I loved these so much growing up. I liked Donald because his hat was fun to eat. And Mickey’s ears.
Donald's hat WAS fun to eat! What a weird, but accurate observation. I completely forgot about these. My aunt used to keep these stocked up and when we would visit she'd let is each pick one. I like grape and cherry anyways, but the hat and ears really were fun to nibble... Ah, memories... :)
I still remember the way Mickey's ears felt on the inside of my cheeks.
Wow.
Are you talking about the 3D character style pops? Those things were amazing!
I’ve spent a lot of time lately wondering why those aren’t a thing anymore. I remember Tom and jerry pops and a box of popsicles that came in various monster shapes: Dracula, a witch, etc.
No, no. Not those nasty ass abominations. Real popsicles.
Just reminded me of the Timon and Pumbaa popsicles with the bug gummies. Those were amazing.
Oh fuck yeah I loved those.
Oh my god YES. I had definitely forgotten about those.
I remember my grandma keeping boxes of these in her freezer for us as kids. They always tasted funny but i didn't think about it too much cause well...popsicle. But now that im an adult i realize they had freezer burn like a motherfucker. 10/10 would eat them with freezer burn again.
With the weird half-frozen slime you needed to get through first. I now realize most of my memories of childhood frozen delights "had freezer burn like a motherfucker."
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Not the creamy ones. The grape, cherry and orange popsicles. Those never had candy eyes.
Only sometimes?
Now that I'm thinking back I only remember the candy eyes being on some of them as well...
You guys thinking of those ice cream heads with gumball eyes?
I was worried the direction was going more towards some terrible horror
eyecandy eh?
Are you talking about the Ninja Turtles/Sonic Popsicles? Those were SO GOOD
Also can we please get back Jello pudding pops??
They’re looking for a new spokesperson first...
Biting off Minnie’s ears is a really early but distinctive memory
Am 28. I remember these vaguely.
Same boat here. I don't even remember if they were good. Just that they existed.
Thats deep.. but I 100% back your answer. That's exactly how I feel
Dude the freakin lion king ones with the gummy bugs inside were heavenly, I miss those so bad, now it's all lame Popsicles these days!
That's all I ate when I had my tonsils taken out!
I ... I had forgotten.
Goofy has always been my favorite.
I knew I recognized you! You're the Goofy dude that made everyone cry over Disney magic! You magical man you
Aawww shucks...
Or the WWE ice cream bars. With hulk hogan on a cookie side. Vanilla center and the back was chocolate. HEAVEN on a stick. My mouth is salivating.
Those things were awesome and were apparently made well into the attitude era.
There was a push to bring them back by good humor is jerks
I want my cm punk ice cream bar
Yes
Yes
Yes
I think you gave me PTSD because I'm having a flashback!
I want them back !!!!!!! Lol 😂
So do I. I had a craving for one a couple years ago only to find out they don't make them anymore ☹️
Holy crap!!! I forgot about those! The memories that just flooded back into my life! Thank you
I remember there being lion king popsicles that had gummy bugs in them. Mmmm.
30 years ago? That sounds pretty forward for the 196.............. FML when did I get this old
Er. Mah. Gerd. My inner 7-year-old self is in agreement.
Omg fuck yes! Goofy felt the best when eating them lol
They still have them, actually. If you see one of those guys pushing popsicle carts, ask him for the Disney one.
we had these for a brief moment, fucking miss them!
Unfortunately, those have been locked in the Disney vault forever. Since it isn't climate controlled, it's a huge mess in there now.
I remember those! They were the best!
Had them as a child on my French holiday, my mum loves the memories of me and my brother asking for un mickey et un Donald.
Mickey and Minnie Ice Pops
Also the mickey ice cream pops with the hard chocolate shell for ears. I think they disappeared around the same time.
Oddly enough, I was trying to explain these popsicles, to my husband, the other day. He had no idea what I was talking about and I kind of got sad because these were my favorite as a child.
I remember clearly... It was the summer between 2nd and 3rd grade. It was then that I transitioned into a fat kid.
Yah they were. ;)
These were the best! They had a fruit flavored pack, but also one that came in chocolate, vanilla and banana flavor. The banana still haunts me to this day.
I was maybe 3 the last time I had one of them. I remember loving them, but not what they tasted like. :c
Came here looking for this!
Oh you reminded me of those popsicles with the Disney themed gummy snacks in them!!
Now there is a blast to the past :o dang
It’s crazy that I can remember the amazing grape Donald flavor, perhaps decades later.
Yes!! They tasted so good. Finding another orange or grape flavor wasn't ever the same
Ahh I remember those! Little me was amazed at how they made the shapes!
Lemon calippos. Fuck you walls and your shitty orange flavour
Those were so good. Same with Mickey ice cream bars. I know you can still get them at Disney properties, but they’re not the same.
Wow I remember those.. so they def existed at least 25 yrs ago
Oh shit my mind went back light speed to those memories. You just made this 34 year old man time travel bro.
Man, are you in for a treat if you ever go to Tokyo Disney!! Mickey and Minnie Ice Pops
When these melted the juice would be sticky for daaaaaayyyyssss
I remember these! They were so awesome.
"I remember those from when I was a kid, that couldn't have been.... Wait... Fuck I'm old"
I miss jello pudding Pops.
This made me cry a little tear. My Papa used to buy those not just for the grandkids but himself as well.
Those popsicles had a starting role in me giving myself 3rd degree burns as a kid.
I loved biting the ears off Mickey first.
I swear, it wasn't an early sign of violence lol
That fucking banana flavor. Thinking about it makes me gag to this day.
Dam I forgot about those!
I can still taste them! Especially the orange ones.
YESS
Those are still available for purchase, in Disney Land and surrounding areas only :(
Wow.. i forgot those existed until just now.
That's awesome.
Don't forget the ice cream variant.
I FORGOT ABOUT THESE! holy, nostalgia
I still think of these every so often. My favorite were Mickey and Goofy because it felt nice chewing on Mickeys ears and Goofys face lol I would kill to be able to have one of these again!
These make me think of being sick as a kid because my mom used to give these to me when I had stomach bugs / issues keeping solid food down!
Holy fuck, I had completely forgotten about these. THEY ARE SO GOOD
My parents went on a date to Disneyland and my mom excitedly asked an employee "Where can I get a grape popsicle?" and the employee said, "Uh, a grocery store?" She was disappointed by the lack of popsicles but more shocked by the employee.
She mentioned it to a manager a little later and he apologized profusely and asked her to wait while he went to get her something to make up for it.
He went ALL THE WAY to a grocery store and bought her popsicles. It's my moms favorite Disneyland story.
Popsicle Pete Points!!
I still see mickey around here some times
We still have those for SpongeBob and the Ninja turtles and what not
Whoever got the most off-set gumball eyes was the winner. Sonic never had his eyes in the right place.
Did you ever have those crayons whose ends were shaped as Disney character busts? Those were DOPE
The furries would love to eat minnie...
So errr you sucked off Goofy and Donald?
So you gave Goofy a good succ?
I liked the ones from my child hood that were Timon and Pumba "grub pops" that had gummy grubs in them
When I was a kid my mom got us these Garfield-themed fruit snacks. They were the absolute pinnacle of fruit snack flavor. If I concentrate hard enough, I can still remember how they tasted...
Their colorful hot chocolate from Walt Disney World was the shit. I can’t find that either though
I used to have Spongebob ones, they looked real creepy sometimes but I think they still make them
Gum ball eyes, so good but difficult to chew when downing a popsicle
Is it gay if you taste any Disney animal? Or is it incest?
Congratulations! You're a furry now.
OWO WHAT DO I GET?!
Lifetime warranties.
Companies making durable products instead of shit that they know will be break irreparably and force you to buy a new more expensive one.
Alternatively, the few shithead consumers in the minority who take advantage and ruin it for the rest of us (e.g. LL Bean).
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Their quality has suffered over the years. I think the new policy has more to do with less durable, cheaply made products than a few shitty customers. But it's not like they can say hey, our stuff isn't as good as it used to be so we can't warranty it anymore.
They recently got a new CEO who is the first CEO who was neither a member of the family or from inside the company so he likely decided that it wasn't profitable enough to stick with the founding principles LLBean was created on.
They've also layed off 10% of their workforce.
So what's the point of a lifetime warranty if you're not supposed to take advantage of it? It makes little sense to say you want something and also that anyone who actually makes use of that thing is a shithead.
They’re talking about people abusing it not actually using it
Lifetime warranties like all warranties are subject to terms and conditions. If it's allowed for in the terms and conditions then it's not abuse. It's use. If LL Bean wanted to they could have easily tightened the terms of their warranty to prevent so called abuse. But it obviously wasn't about abuse. They just didn't want to have to pay the costs associated with such a warranty and wanted to keep the Goodwill they got from it so instead they blamed the consumers who were using their warranty to replace broken products.
No. It was totally abuse. They made it lifetime so that people could actually get new things after years of using them but people started taking advantage of it and changing things whenever anything happened. They were nice enough to make it a lifelong warranty because they're a company that cares for their customers but they were being taken advantage of so they stopped it. It is entirely due to people being selfish assholes.
whenever anything happened
Normal people refer to this as a product breaking.
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All they would need to do would be to require a receipt for returns to prevent that kind of fraud. And probably a ton of other things they could have done too.
You seem unaware that corporations are benevolent actors preoccupied by their costumers first and foremost. They don't care sbout silly things like money. They'd gladly replace items forever at huge costs for their true customers. Really, all that could make them change the policy is abuse, not something like unsustainable costs. I'm sure the CEO had tears in his eyes when he cancelled the lifetime warranties.
Yes. It's quite odd to me that people seem unwilling to accept that LL Bean just wanted to make more money as if LL Bean is some type of heroic figure that they don't want to ruin their impression of.
"Is LL Bean a corporation preoccupied by profit? No. It's the customers that are wrong!"
Also interesting is the fact that just a few years ago LL Bean appointed a CEO who was not part of the family or even from within the company for the first time in their history. Then a little bit later they changed this policy.
I'm curious what the founder would think. Or even his family.
Actually, before they got rid of the lifetime warranty, LL Bean kept all receipts electronically. All I had to do to return things was show my ID and they held onto proof that I purchased the item.
So really, it wasn't about people making fraudulent claims, because they held onto the proof that the customer actually purchased the item. Just made their customer a scapegoat.
They shut down that system and put the onus on the customer to hold onto the receipt now. And killed their warranty.
Now I shop at Eddie Bauer, who still has their lifetime guarantee.
Thanks for the recommendation. Just bought a backpack from them. Plus it was on sale.
No, I'll never believe LL Bean has anything but my best interest, actualisation and fulfillment as a human being in mind. Say it ain't so!
Yeah but who keeps receipts for shoes they bought 20 years ago?
If you drop $200+ on shoes it's not hard to buy a small filing cabinet to keep your receipts in.
Someone who wants to make use of their lifetime warranty? My credit card for instance has a free warranty manager. Also someone else reported that LL Bean actually keeps track of every purchase made and who made it so all they need is ID.
No. A product breaking and not being usable is one thing, changing a product over any small thing is different. Also, their policy change was just requiring proof of purchase so people wouldn't take advantage of the policy by trading in things they didn't even buy or broke. http://time.com/money/5141609/ll-bean-new-return-policy-changes/ People straight up took advantage of the policy. There's no question about it. People are assholes.
No. They changed it from a lifetime policy to a one year policy and maybe they'll work with you after a year whatever that means.
And again it's so simple. All you have to do is change the terms to say "you may not return a product for any small thing" which is not what they did.
It is simple, but they wanted to be nice and leave it more open ended so people had an easier time returning. It's a company actually caring about their clients and it was ruined by selfish assholes. It's not hard to see. The fact that they changed the policy is testament to that. Even if it's simple to fix it shouldn't have had to happen.
I think you're missing the point. Instead of doing the simple fix that was still pretty open ended they replaced the policy with a one year return policy. How is that open ended or being nice?
Nothing wrong with wanting to make an increased profit of course but it's very odd how many people are insisting it was some nessecary change for the consumer. It's just a company, not santa.
I'm not saying the replacement of the policy is being nice. I'm saying they were nice beforehand and assholes ruined that so they had to change their policy. People's selfishness is what screwed things over for other. It wasn't necessary for the consumer so whoever is saying that is an idiot. My point is that some bad apples ruined the batch.
If they were really looking out for their clients they would have considered their long term revenue strategy to avoid any opportunity to lose money.
But instead they had far too of an open ended warranty that resulted in everyone being punished. All they had to do was require proof of purchase and develop a reasonable fee structure for repairs or long time returns.
Having more terms and conditions = making it a pain in the ass for customers to use.
They wanted to keep things easy for their customers, hoping that people would be reasonable about it, and they weren't doing so anymore. It's the same thing with Costco: their return policy is pretty lax to make returns super easy, but there are plenty of people with your mentality that say "well, it's allowed by the letter of the policy, so it's perfectly ethical for me to return a dead Christmas tree in January to get my money back!" It's this mentality that causes companies to not back their products, and it's why I'm predicting Costco's return policy will get tighter within a few years.
I know someone who purchases outdoor furniture at Costco every Spring, then returns it in the Fall.
You should kick that person straight in the ass next time you see them. What a fucking prick. So many people do this crap and Costco is eventually going to stop this practice because of them.
I can see the headline from here: Corporation forced to stop giving away free products by abusers, "Profit was never our goal" says CEO, "We just wanted to provide free boots to real customers".
Unfortunately, the CEO was too emotional to tell the Gazette why they didn't start asking for a receipt. May god bless this poor soul.
So it's preferable to you that they completely get rid of the policy because at least it isn't "a pain in the ass"
I didn’t get that from their message even a little bit.
So what was the point of the comment then?
Me: instead of getting rid of their lifetime policy they should have added more terms
Him: More terms are bad because they make things more difficult!
Then you get a ton of customers screaming about how their warranty is bullshit because of all the hoops you have to jump through. You either offer hassle free warranty service, or you don't offer it at all. Anything else just makes you a target for angry consumers on Twitter that are pissed because you won't replace a pair of boots that they poured gasoline on and set on fire.
Just refusing service to the wrong asshat on Twitter can be pretty detrimental to a business if that asshat manages to get the right hash tag going. At that point, hiding behind fine print tends to just piss your customers off.
This is simply getting silly. You'd prefer no warranty or a greatly limited one to one with a couple simple requirements? You're either lying or stupid.
I'm not saying at all what I prefer, that's not the discussion at all. I'd obviously prefer a good warranty program. I'm stating the reasons for why things are the way they are. It's because assholes take advantage of good warranty programs and ruin it for everyone else.
"Hello I'd like to return these boots which I totally didn't buy at a garage sale and these clothes that have been destroyed in a fire"
"Okay. May I see your reciept? Also we do not accept returns on products which have been destroyed because of fires"
Boom problem solved.
Of course while discussing this in the board meeting it was probably brought up that they could make an additional X amount of money by turning the lifetime warranty into a 1 year warranty and if they make these changes at the same time people probably wouldn't even be mad and would just blame it on the so called abusers.
I have no idea why you're getting downvoted lol, you're not wrong. LL Bean had every opportunity to require proof of purchase for returns, or to evaluate damage and perhaps charge a small fee depending on it like Patagonia does.
For the record im a huge ll bean fan, and their warranty is still very good, but when they say people were "abusing" the policy, yea sure but they were still within bean's rules. People just took advantage of what was given to them.
The main problem I see is that they had 2 issues. 1 was the issue of fraud where people were buying cheap used products and exchanging them for new products. This clearly went against the spirit of the policy and could have used with some clarification. Simply adding "must have been the original purchaser" would have fixed this.
The other was the issue of allowing refunds no matter the condition or timeframe of the purchase. In the past they literally bragged about this policy "We're the only company I know of that completely empowers the customer to determine what satisfaction means to them," They would post it everywhere and talk about it as much as possible. it set them apart and helped put them above everyone else. The fact that they are now claiming this was a misinterpretation is simply a lie. It may have cost them money but it also gained them a ton of loyal customers and marketing.
But it's probably easy to look on paper and say fraud is costing us 200 million while other returns for worn goods are costing us 50 million. When we change the policy to get rid of the first we should also add in the second and customers will be less likely to notice since they'll be angry at the fraudsters.
But by axing it they'll probably lose a lot of customers who went to LLbean mostly because of their high quality goods and great return policy.
A replacement fee is a very good idea. Something like 20% would be reasonable and would likely dissuade a lot of people who are simply returning or exchanging because they can and would keep with the spirit of the original policy. That's not to mention the fact that there was always a premium price on their products which I had assumed went to their replacement policy.
If I have the choice between buying a $30 pair of cheap boots, a $100 pair of nice high end boots, or a $200 pair of LLBean boots with their nice warranty in the past I'd have probably went with Bean but likely not anymore. That was the core thing that attracted my family and I even if we didn't use it very often. Just the fact that they felt comfortable offering such a gurantee made us feel good about our purchases. Not to mention the word of mouth advertising they got.
This was a core part of their business and I hope it doesn't destroy them.
. PS I know this post isn't very well organized.
There were people searching throat stores for outdated LL Bean products specifically to turn in for new stuff since the old stuff that was no longer in production could be replaced.
Edit: on mobile, throat store was supposed to be thrift store.
Then they should have requested to see a receipt.
You would think so, but can you realistically expect someone to keep up with a receipt for a product that's expected to last 20+ years; 10+ years; 1+ years?
Heck, just recently places where I live are starting to email receipts, and email has been around since the 90's.
and email has been around since the 90's.
You totally misspelled 70's.
Well, arguably some limited usage in the 60's. But modern headers showed up in 1973.
Bake me away toys
That's the point. They wouldn't have a reciept because they bought it at a thrift store.
But if I bought an item that had a lifetime warranty you'd better believe I would file that somewhere and digitize it on my computer.
I believe you are an anomaly then.
I don't think realistically people who are buying things like that are expecting to keep them long enough to use the warranty.
Yeah crazy me taking ten seconds to put a receipt in a folder and take a picture of it to protect my expensive investments.
Not sure what a “throat store” is but your point is spot on. When you have rules and people adhere to them on a way your don’t like, but doesn’t break your rules there really isn’t much you can do or much that they are really doing wrong. Just change your rules to stop people who are abusing them. I get you can just stop offering returns completely, but isn’t that ultimately hurting your bottom line? I will spend a little more money and continue to shop at a place that makes quality goods and backs them up with a replacement if the quality is less than expected. If that quality/replacement guarantee stops then the company’s one up disappears and I will shop at wherever will offer the best price.
My understanding is tha the problem wasn't so much people buying and using and replacing what they bought for their lifetime, the problem was fucks going to yard sales, buying all the old LL Bean shit from everywhere that they could find, exchanging it for new at the store and then reselling it on Ebay. That's what made them cancel the lifetime warranty. It truly was a minority of scrupleless fucks gaming the system for personal profit.
This is a lie. A simple solution would have been to require a receipt.
It's not practical to ask a customer to hold on to a receipt for life. Not only are they difficult to keep up with that long, but ink on receipt tape fades over time as well.
Fun fact, it's not ink. Receipts are special paper that just marks up when pressure is applied. The words are just stamped on.
Photocopies, electronic online records, internal company records, etc. Not to mention the fact that the new policy requires a receipt anyway.
No, because as was pointed out to you above, a warranty that makes you jump through hoops is going to be savaged by customers and public opinion.
If you really think that presenting proof of purchase is jumping through hoops then you probably have bigger problems.
Also it was stated elsewhere that everything is kept track of electronically so proof of purchase fan literally be your ID.
It's not a products-live-forever guarantee. It's a satisfaction guarantee. If your $200 boots last you 30 years, are you really dissatisfied with them?
If they fail after 30 years that means I am no longer satisfied with them after that time period.
Yeah, that’s not how that works.
So why would they originally offer it to be lifetime of it was not meant to be lifetime? If 30 years was the limit why didn't they make it a 30 year return policy?
Seems a bit odd that they have the policy for 100 years and then suddenly they appoint a CEO from outside the family and company and soon after the policy is nixed.
You’re confusing your lifetime with the product’s lifetime. Let’s take the boots as an example. The lifetime of the leather on those boots is not going to be much greater than 30 years. The point is common sense.
Then why didn't it state for the lifetime of the product? It didn't even say something like "for a reasonable time period"
The policy was that they would accept any return at any time in any condition.
Imo, if we want our companies to not be dicks, we as consumers must also not be dicks. Using a pair of boots for thirty years and then trying to get a free replacement is a very dick move.
But I'm not getting the feeling that "don't be a dick" is a concept you can grasp.
Not really sure what it has to do with being a dick. The founder was a man that was very concerned with the happiness of his customers and good customer service and has had this return policy from before LL Bean even existed as a company. He knew that by offering a good service to his customers they would keep coming back to him. He even halted expansions of LLBean if there was any reason for him to believe it would negatively impact customer service and he was able to keep this policy in place for as long as he was alive and this policy was kept in place while his family was chiefly in charge of the company and yet they still made money. Because they knew that people would go out of their way and even pay a premium to purchase their products because people knew they were good products which could last forever. And suddenly an outsider that was not a member of his family or even a part of the company is made CEO and this return policy that has served them for for over 100 years magically becomes unprofitable? If anyone's a dick I'd say it's the people twisting the founders vision and what was one of his chief pillars.
Doesn't make much sense to me. Luckily they offered a one year return policy so I was able to return everything I had from them which to be fair was just a backpack and I now shop elsewhere.
And strangely enough they still charge a premium even with this policy gone. I guess their marketing director is pretty good because just looking at this forum most people are defending them and seem to be saying that they'd prefer a one year return policy with a receipt over a no limits return policy with a receipt.
People bought LLB stuff at Goodwill/garage sales and sent for replacements.
some how I don't think warranty abuse is all that common
Supposedly the return rate of products went from 7% to 15% in just 5 years. Though the quality of their products has also suffered over the years so that may be attributed to that. They also got rid of free shipping except for a certain minimum order. Fired at least 10% of their workforce. But despite this opened more stores.
The only things I know you won't have to replace unkess you mistreat them are american and german made tools. I have a pair of klein lineman's pliers that are a year old now and are still as sharo as new ones and look almodt new aside from the discoloration from rust & WD-40 after they got wet a few times. I've seen one of my coworkers bring in a pair from the 50s that still worked aside from a hole in the jaws.
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American tools meaning tools made in america. Not that chinesium bullshit that rides on american names.
I see you too have been burned by the new Black and Decker.
Fucking hell. At this point if it doesn't say Snap-On I'm beginning to think I can't trust it.
Lmao I was talking about craftsman.
Same deal, Chinese cheese-steel
Milwaukee as well. Used to be top of the line. Now it's nothing compared to Makita and Metabo.
I don't know about that. The Milwaukee stuff I own seems to operate really well for 4 plus years.
What you said makes no sense. Actual american made tools are made in America if they state it. Brands like stanley and crescent, sometimes channellock, are made in china and have to state it.
American made tools are assembled in America.
Maybe with foreign materials, but my hardened tools are forged in America. Klein pliers are hand made in part because machine made wouldn't account for the errors in the pliers i have seen.
Channellock pliers are still made here. I had to replace a bunch of stolen tools last year and dropped over $100 on channellock pliers and they were all US made.
They have some screwdrivers that are branded by them though and those are made somewhere overseas.
Frankly, the American made Channellock pliers are shit. Same goes for many things that are labelled "Made in America". It's what happens when your production facility is in Right to Work area, I guess.
If its made in China then its not American made.
I lose anything smaller than a circular saw, so I'm okay with cheap hand tools
Secret information. There's a huge demand for shit that will break because people WANT to buy a new one in a few years. That's why instead of buying/wearing a fantastic suit, many people go with fast fashion.
You can still buy good stuff but it's a premium now :(
Also good luck finding anyone who wants to pay for a durable TV. People rather have cheap ones and throw them away so they can get a 4K tv or whatever comes after it.
Ok, seriously. Who wants a decades old TV? Why would you do that to yourself if you don't absolutely have to?
My TV's seem to last me just over a decade. Recently bought a 4k oled and it was worth the wait because I missed all that 3d tv nonsense. It replaced my 1080p lcd which I gave to a friend.
That's not a bad lifetime for a electric appliance really.
My 1080p TV is right at 9 years and I will probably replace it with 4K in the next 1-2 years. It still works perfectly and I've never seen a noticeable difference between the picture quality and my friend's much newer TVs. I don't use any smart TV functionality because I have a Roku for that and I don't see any legitimate reason to "upgrade" until I can actually take full advantage of 4K.
Tip: A TV with HDR (and any source material that makes use of it) will give you more of a visual "upgrade" than one with just straight 4K (although ofc any HDR TV is likely to be 4K by default).
10 bit colour ftw
Tacking on to other poster here, make sure you get a good panel with HDR. It won't be the $400-$500 sale 4k TVs you see at best buy but it is worth it in the long run.
I did a ton of homework prior to buying mine and the picture difference between panels is massive. Spend around $1k-$1,500 if you can afford it.
I have a smart TV. It's slower than I'm happy with, kinda clunky because you're using a remote and doesn't have all the services I want. I'm sure that the latest Samsung smart TVs probably have smart functionality that's amazing, but I'm glad I got a Chromecast to take over.
I had Chromecast for a while, but switched to Roku and I would highly recommend it. It gives you better functionality than any smart TV interface and, in my opinion, it is the best streaming device you can get.
I have Google home devices too, so for me there's the added convince of just saying "Hey Google, play X on Netflix" and having it automatically switch over and play, so I get the extra functionality from Chromecast. I hear a lot of good things about Roku though, I love the idea of their remote with the headphone port too.
Are you me?
I did the same thing. Bought a swanky Samsung 4k (KS8500 model) after skipping 3d and plasma. Gave my old 1080p flat screen to a friend who's TV had died a month or so prior.
Win-win. I'll probably keep this one for at least 5 more years, considering the slow 4k adoption for streaming services.
I could be you. Are you devilishly handsome ?
No. Not in the least bit. In fact someone at my office just likened me to Stanley from "The Office", complete with the "really white people?!?!" stare.
Well, depends if you play Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube, as Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube requires CRTs for the best lagless experience
CRTs were outdated 10 years ago.
Melee isn't tho
True, I misunderstood.
No worries, idk why people downvoted you
I feel like that's a small, niche market tbh. Most people who play smash also watch movies and play other games, and would prefer a much nicer TV than a 25 year old CRT. Lagless experience would be best for those who are serious or are professionals. For the average smash player, I don't think so.
My mom still uses the TV she bought in 1993-94. It's pretty good, but she just can't afford a better one.
My parents have 2 massive crt tv's. They can afford new ones, but they still work fine so why replace them?
Aawww
I know one person who has a 30yr old TV. Durable and works near perfect. It's mostly used in the other room where he watches the news and occasionally listen to sports. His living room has a nice HD tv
But yes LOL why would you use decade old tv/tech. I can see how people might like to change their dining room or get furniture for a new house but it's more rare to find someone who actually wants something that last 30+ years. However WTF I do want dishwashers, fridge, ovens, washing machine and dryer to last 50+ years. None of mine have.
Not trying to be that guy, but technology in home appliances has vastly improved over the decades as well. A current-gen dishwasher really will be way better than its decades old counterpart. So will be a new washing machine. It uses way less water, electricity and detergent to get the job done. It'll also be typically a lot more quiet than before and is generally more comfortable to use day-in and day-out. Also: induction heaters. The best new feature in a kitchen in the past decade IMO.
TL;DR: While the old stuff isn't bad, the new stuff generally is better.
The new stuff is great while it lasts. The problem is it doesn't last for shit.
Really? More of a reason why we should have tech break down and not be incredibly durable.
I have some high quality furniture (desk, chairs, tables) that I like. I hope I can keep them when I move. If it's across the country I might not be able to
Did he upgrade the TV to HD? Do they still broadcast channels in low definition? I wouldn't think a TV that old would even be able to receive signal.
The TVs in my home are still CRTs. They can't decode digital free-to-air digital broadcasts by themselves, but they sell little tuner boxes that do, and you connect them to the TV via SCART.
Effervescent vapor tablets
also cable stuff
TV cable has been the same for a long time. Although when the TV company switched to a digit signal they sent everyone a small box
You should get married. My dishwasher has lasted 10 years and is still doing a good job.
Well, try throwing out your old model for a new one. I'll stick to the mechanical device ;)
Oof
You really can't talk about your wife like that...
His dishwasher also makes sandwiches sometimes
I bought a TV when I first moved out of home for my bedroom and it’s still fine now 6 years later.
That's the point.
They don't NEED to make stuff durable anymore. They only need to make it last as long as the customer will want to use it.
Companies will have access to various metrics that will show how often a customer upgrades or wants a new version of a certain product. Just make it last as long as that.
There are exceptions to the rule - Things like Dishwashers and Washing Machines - But to be fair, They do have a lot of moving parts, water going through them constantly and relatively fragile rubber seals and a lot of the time can be repaired fairly easily as a result.
But even then, there is an amount of years that the average consumer will change it.
Then there is the whole planned obsolescence thing, which is potentially a whole 'nother kettle of fish (Looking at you, HP Printers)
There's a huge demand for shit that will break because people WANT to buy a new one in a few years.
That want is created by marketers. Hundred years ago such mindset did not exist.
To be fair, technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and a hundred years ago it wasn't. Just looking at tvs, before flat-screens came out, what were the huge advances? Color? S-video?
Now it seems like every couple of years there is a giant step forward in features, so of course we're going to want the new thing. So we pay for cheaper shit now. It's why I spent $400 on my last big TV instead of $1,000. The thing is going to be replaced in four or five years whether it's broken or not (in all likelihood, it'll probably get rotated into another room where there's an older TV now, which will probably break in a couple years) because something new will be out.
I don't think it's so much marketing as it is a legitimate advancement of technology. Back in the 90s, we always joked that you could buy a new computer and it'd be obsolete within a week. That was an exaggeration, obviously, but after a year, yeah, there was something out that made your computer look silly. It was legitimately tough to buy a computer that would keep up for a couple years, so you found yourself upgrading more often. That wasn't created by marketers, it was created by technology advancing at such a fast pace that stuff that was bought just a couple years before was legitimately outdated.
A hundred years ago, that mindset only didn't exist because new shit didn't exist. How often was there a revolutionary new invention?
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I was assuming that u/helpinghat was talking about a time before consumerism, using 100 years as a figure of speech. Before consumerism, there was no new shit that people wanted. The moment new shit started showing up, it sold like hotcakes. People always wanted new shit, the only time they didn't keep buying it was when it didn't exist.
To be fair hundreds of years ago there was no reason to get rid of something every 5 years. It would be unreasonable for everyone today to still use tape or floppy disk or use 700mb CDs.
It's called planned obsolescence
No its not.
I've explained this many times on different posts before. Customers dont want to spend the money on well built products.
Here's in example. 30 years ago a customer would go out and spend 2000$ on a sofa. That 2000$ sofa would be a really nice sofa and would last them 20-30 years no problem. Now, that same customer is usually willing to spend berween 1500$ and 2000$ to get a new sofa when their old one dies. Which in their head makes them think they should get the same quality of sofa they got years ago. Nkw the issue here is... Due to inflation 2000$in 2018 doesnt go as far as it did in 1988. 2000$ back then is equivelant to 4272$ in today's money. So this customer spent less than half as much money, while expecting the same quality as before. When their sofa inevitibly starts to wear down much sooner they'll get upset and claim that "Things just arent built to last" or that its some kind of conspiracy to get people to buy sofas more offen. When really the reality is customers dont want to pay the equivelant amount they used too... Yet expect the same quality. You can still get well built sofas now, just they're closer to 5-6k because they are considered a premium product resevered for the rich instead of the common sofa purchase.
When consumers vote with their wallet on cheaper products consistantly... Manufacturers are going to make what the customers buy. If you want well built product spend the god damn money on them before more and more manufacturers stop making well built product.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20160612-heres-the-truth-about-the-planned-obsolescence-of-tech
The most recent example being Apple slowing older models of the iPhone. Do you not think that most people buy cheap because that's all they can afford? My grandmother's box television from the 60's is still operating, but I haven't had a flat-panel last longer than 3 years. Also, companies suing people who attempt to fix broken models of X product (John Deere), or at least voiding warranties which results in the consumer being forced to replace a broken item (AT&T). You can't possibly argue these things are not by design.
Sounds like cell phones to me.
I'm staring at you, Samsung fridge division
Amen! My stupid expensive counter-depth Samsung died 29 days after the warranty expired. The cost to repair it wasn't worth the money, went out and bought a stupid expensive Maytag counter-depth model AND an extended warranty. Don't ever recall buying an extended warranty in my life but I felt so burnt by the Samsung deal, I said fuck it.
Holy shit, we went through two of those because the warmest you could get the freezers to was ten below. Finally wound up with an LG, which won't make ice anymore.
Fuck fridge companies.
I actually replaced my Samsung fridge with the same (updated version) model recently.
I know I'll regret it but when it worked it was a good fridge :/
/r/buyitforlife
This is sort of misleading. There's a fallacy called grandfather's table in economics where people assume that older things were made better. What's more likely is that your grandparents/parents bought nicer things as they got older when cost wasn't as important as quality. We don't have evidence to indicate that things were overall made better since you can buy very good, albiet expensive things now that will last a long time.
I think there’s also a bit of survivor bias going on too. All the junky stuff has long since broken or fallen apart, leaving only the durable stuff. Leads to the false perception that what we have left is a good representation of all that existed.
Same thing with music. You listen to a “Best of the 70’s” collection (probably 20-40 tracks) and marvel at all the iconic, timeless songs that were released. Then you listen to a station that plays nothing but 70’s music and realize there was a ton of forgettable junk in that decade as well.
I mean maybe that theory holds water sometimes unless your family was always pretty poor. My grandpa was a John deer factory worker. He had nicer things when he was older but the majority of the things I got when he died he had since his early 20s or teens.
I had never eaten at another dinner table at their house. It was heavy and it never had a wobble. Neither did the chairs which are easily 5 to 10 pounds heavier than most modern chairs.
The dresser had been my grandma's since she was a little girl. There were some scratches but I refinished it in 2 days and will never need to buy another dresser. I still have her solid metal vacuum that picks up dirt on the first pass every time.
Things back then were undeniably higher quality at a lower cost and less complicated. They are solid and heavy. Made with real steel. Planned obsolescence is real and designed into everything we use now. We used to design things to work no matter the wear and tear you put on them. They were simple and engineered flawlessly. Then we went to plastic everything and over complicated them. My vacuum doesn't need a flashlight. My car doesn't need a temperature gauge that will throw errors when I just need fucking reliable transportation.
None of the things I mentioned are from high end places. They shopped at sears then. They shop at walmart now.
Anecdotes are exactly why this fallacy exist. You can buy stuff that works a long time or doesn't have fancy extra features, but you're missing a lot of dimensions. Electricity consumption, gas consumption, environmentally friendliness, weight, crash safety of cars, the list goes on. Sure a well built table has a pretty basic function, but I wouldn't call vinyl a great medium of storage for music or an abacus a great spreadsheet tool. If you take care of things they'll work normally, but the point I'm making here is that garbage exists in every era.
It might be uniquely worse now in your opinion, but neither of us have the statistical or qualitative measures to compare the 'quality' of goods across the decades. So be cautious about jumping to that conclusion
Just because something is a fallacy does not make it true. I can create fallacies all day. They are not God given facts on what is true or not. Something about logical fallacies give reddit a hard on like they are scientific data. Your fallacy is a theory I could debunk easily with facts.
Do you want me to pull schematics on products made in the 30's vs now? Do you not understand the rise of plastics and where it took place in our history? How about design and engineering goals? Planned obsolescence? Efficiency over a great product?
John deer tractors used to be fucking tanks that would always start. Simply designed to do what you need it to do. If you couldn't get it started someone within 10 miles new a way to jerry rig it. My gran still has my grandpa's tractor from 76. Her neighbors had to come use her tractor 4 times last year because their brand new John deer tractor is made out of plastic and tin with 9000 bells and whistles that if any of them malfunction your tractor won't start and firmware that only allows a John deer mechanic to come work on it.
Oreos? The package used to be twice the size. They used to use lard for the icing and now use vegetable oil. Oreo was the top brand for that style of cookie. Now the recipe is what the lower brand used but they still charge more.
But your logical fallacy disproves those facts that even the premium version of things were reduced in quality and durability. My grandpa obviously just bought really expensive high quality things on a low level factory workers pay in rural Iowa while raising a family of 7 on a single income.
Fallacy is about the logic in the argument, the underlying reason of because of a then b has to be sound.
Plastic might certainly make a table you consider less reliable, but comparing a plastic table now to a well built table from the 20's is disingenuous. I'm trying to compare a junk IKEA table now to a junk table made in the 1920s. No one is proud of their plywood table from 1922 that fell apart. Similarly, you can go to a decent carpenter and buy a similar high quality table now for likely cheaper in inflation adjusted dollars. Why I'm skeptical of saying older is better is primarily based in this: If I had 100 tables proportionally representing the quality of every wood table made in 1920, and 100 of the same for modern day, I could make a judgement about it, that data doesn't really exist though. Yes your table is quality, but there are a ton of other people who had garbage ones or people who value different types of quality from you.
For the tractors, it's similar. Reliability might be the most important quality for you when it comes to tractors. I can also buy combines and and tractors that can manage a field using computers without a driver. I'm certain you can buy a tractor of the same quality of your John Deere now, but that doesn't necessarily make the newer ones bad or of low quality.
There's also way to many things that impact flavor to use that as an argument. I'd say the Oreo you eat today is better than the one from 1912 in terms of cleanliness and consistency regardless of the ingredients.
Regardless, if you give me a statistical measure of table quality over time with a decent experimental methodology, I'll agree with it's results. But literally using a anecdote about a table is the issue I have with your argument.
TL;DR Comparing things overtime is almost impossible because everyone has differences in their quality definition and there's no good way to measure the total quality of everything made long ago given most of it is destroyed by now.
My parents literally have my grandfather's table. My grand parents got it right after they got married so I would assume they couldn't afford a really expensive table at the time. I will admit that it could be survivor bias like the other person pointed out.
Yeah, there's no study over time of the proportion of quality to crappy tables, anectodal evidence is exactly the reason the fallacy exists
These still exist but you gotta be willing to pay.
Most people going to buy boots are going to look at the boots that cost $330, then look at the boots that cost $130 and will choose to save the money.
Same with, say, winter jackets. You can buy a $600 jacket that you won't wear out in your lifetime unless you're an avid mountaineer. Or you can buy a North Face or Patagonia jacket and that's still going to be good for the next several years.
Companies making durable products instead of shit that they know will be break irreparably and force you to buy a new more expensive one.
NOBODY buys the more expensive product now. So it's our fault since the lowest priced product sells the best 99% of the time
This is why I started to check out this one place near me that has old kitchen appliences. I got a beligan waffle iron from them made in the 60's made by an Italian company that was famous for it's pizelle makers. That thing gets red hot and will burn you something fierce if you aren't careful, but it makes the best goddamn waffles I've ever had.
People buying durable products instead of shit that they know will be break irreparably and force you to buy a new more expensive one.
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Realistically, not everyone can afford or even cares enough to pay for a more durable item. That shitty broom is cheap enough to not be too concerned about whether or not it breaks, and people are okay with the few months they get out of it. Blaming climate change on that is a bit of a reach too...
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And how many freight ships have you stopped by buying your superior items? Completely ignoring my point about whether people can afford it...
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I'm not mad at you, but I don't need to see how far anything will get me as I'm doing just fine, thanks.
You don't seem to realise that a 20 dollar broom isn't even of interest for most people, and probably don't realise how condescending you sound either.
So true!
It's funny, my partner and I just came into a bit of money, and the first thing we did after paying off student and vehicle loans was to replace our shitty everyday items with stuff that will last longer. Replaced our mixer, too, but I still don't think I can afford one built like they used to be, unless I buy a hobby refurbished one (which is a thing around here).
I've been in the habit for years of buying well-used, but originally very robust items because those old items still last longer than the new ones you get at the standard department stores.
There's actually a design term for this; 'planned obsolescence'
I call it assfuckery.
It's called consumers get the products they demand and people clearly demand weak ass products, even if they don't want it they demand it by the fact they'll still buy it anyway.
Planned obsolescence is required by capitalism for companies to survive, sadly. Really good documentary about the companies in East Germany who made cookers and shit that would last for decades, once every house had one of their cookers sales died and they went bust.
This is why I wear my clothes until they're riddled with holes. Not because I can't afford more clothes, it's a half boycott. I will be fired if I come into work naked, but I will wait until my clothes are tattered until I get more.
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The prior fridge that my family had was from the 1980s and still worked perfectly fine
Old fridges are insane energy hogs. A 1980s era fridge uses so much extra electricity that you could buy a new $500 fridge and run it for 5 years and still come out spending less money than just keeping your old fridge.
Also, how are you spending 5 grand on a fridge? Looking online, it is difficult to even find fridges over a couple thousand. That might be part of your problem, overspending on something you don't need. You could buy a commercial grade fridge for that.
Also, how are you spending 5 grand on a fridge? Looking online, it is difficult to even find fridges over a couple thousand. That might be part of your problem, overspending on something you don't need. You could buy a commercial grade fridge for that.
Dude is either Brazilian or lying!
a 5k fridge in the US/Canada would be commercial which of course would let you change parts.
Yeah that's restaurant quality fridge at that price point. Not only should it tell me I'm low on milk it should add it to my grocery list too.
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It's a Samsung 4 door fridge, which I purchased at MSRP around 3800
There's your other problem buying at MSRP
Yeah my mom decided to splurge on her kitchen remodel and got literally the most expensive fridge in the store - $2200.
What the fuck? Five thousand? I am perfectly fine with a 200euros fridge bought 15 years ago. In the new kitchen I wanna spend 700 tops
I saw a 2200€ wifi-enabled, app enabled fridge with 3 internal cameras by Samsung and my first thought was "cool, but who the hell needs this?
My 4 year old Bosch just decided to die two days ago and I decided to replace it with a cheaper 450€ fridge/freezer combo because I did not want to pay almost that much to have the old one fixed.
I don't think every fridge I've ever had totals up to $5000,
Just to be clear, I've only had to replace one. The rest were because of moving.
"Cannot safely replace" is code for "we don't have a service department with competent staff." I know an HVAC guy who would replace that. Fun fact, you can be in a pipefitter's union if you do HVAC.
This guy Fridges!
cough Apple
I don't buy any Apple products anymore, but all of the ones I do have still work just as great as they did day 1
Your 20 minute battery life begs to differ.
gamed on old iPhone for past 3 hours... battery life at ~50%
...I think this dude just throwing random insults because he can... that or he's horrible at phone maintenance
I think they also don’t understand how battery chemistry works, blaming it on Apple when it’s a fault with any Li-Ion tech
Every apple product I've ever had, the battery went to shit in less than a year. We're talking like, wait for the bus and you need a full recharge. Unless the screen is off, then they last a couple hours.
This always surprises me. I’ve had many iPhones over the past few years, but at least 2 of them I’ve had for over 2 years (upgrades and trades caused frequent upgrading). All my batteries have lived up as well as all my previous android phones. All with proper battery care. Only one faulted, and I took it to Apple and they acknowledged it was faulty and replaced it for free as a good will gesture despite it being out of warranty.
And app updates.
Batteries degrade. Apple batteries do not degrade faster. No.
I bought an iMac in 2007 and it didn't even last ten years. I really liked that computer but it completely crapped out on me. I won't buy Apple products again not because I don't like them but they are way too expensive.
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My last mobo lasted 10 years before it just became inadequate. I should have replaced it 5 years ago, but only did this year. I've never met a 10 year old laptop of any brand worth jack-shit. If you don't want a new PC every 2 years but want it to be able to hold up to newer computers, build your own so you can upgrade parts along the way.
The 3 laptops I mainly use are 7, 8 and 10 years old, and are still running pretty damn well
Well then I have shit luck with laptops. I mean my 8 year old asus runs linux just fine, but the performance feels dated, and that's mostly what I mean.
My fiance just replaced her equally old Toshiba, but that piece of shit should never have come home from the store.
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I was piggy-backing your statement, agreeing with you. My current build, if I wasn't able to reuse any of my previous components, would be on par with the cost of a macbook.
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No worries. I think it takes a LOT of practice not to be reactive to how people respond. I still struggle with it daily. :)
Guns, tools and products made for the commercial/industrial market are still made to last, most work clothes/shoe manufacturers have clothes/shoes that look like regular clothes/shoes but that are made to actually be used(and production numbers tend to keep the prices down) and you will not find any piece of clothing that is even remotely the same quality for an even remotely similar price.
Not 100% sure about that. My Mosin rifle survived hWW2 with some notches in the stock, so it's built to last. It's actually improved the more I use it. I had to replace my M57 retaining clip at 2150 round. XDS9 is holding pretty well, even if the loaded chamber indicator is a touch temperamental.
My grandparents had the same stove for about 60 years. Broke down last year, sadly
You can still buy quality products today. They are still made, but they cost a lot more money. Most people don't want to buy a $5,000 oven/range that is built to last 50-100 years when a $500 will do them just fine and could last 15 years.
Along with that, companies making products that can actually be repaired. Now when something breaks they just replace it.
I kind of feel like the economy will remain fucked while we accept this state of affairs. It's the disposable economy.
Oh this is something that pisses me off to no end. Power supplies for instance, they used to have fuses where you can simply take the old one out and replace it for a few cents. Nowadays if the fuse is gone, you spend ages just trying to open up the case which is sometimes not made to be opened, then they put fucking torx screws for no fucking reason and when you eventually get to the circuitry if you haven't already broken the damn thing out of frustration, you find that the fuse can't be replaced. fucking bull shit man
then they put fucking torx screws for no fucking reason
So you don't fucking die. If someone doesn't have torx there is a way higher chance they shouldn't be in there.
In residential plumbing we are always going to older houses to replace water heaters. A lot of those heaters have lasted damn near 20 years. Nowadays, you’re lucky to get 8-10 out of one.
The thing is, the companies that made these durable water heaters are out of business now. Because people only had to buy one every 15-20 years. I’m assuming it’s the same for anything else.
Thank the morons who stand in line for their new Samsung or Apple phone for this one.
I always wonder how many of these people are paid to create a huge line and how many are actually that stupid.
I think the ratio has been slowly shifting towards the paid actors side in the past decade
I couldn't agree more. I paid a fortune for a canon g11. Broke after 2 years.
Some are both. I bought a Patagonia duffel that's built to last, and yet also has an "ironclad lifetime warranty".
Patagonia as a company has a goal of little waste (see their ‘don’t buy this’ campaign.) If their current CEO and President leaves, I’d be much more careful.
some fire arm makers too
No joke. I have had to make 5 warranty calls on certain products in the past 3 weeks. They were all less than a year old. Like just build good shit! Why does it have to fail that day or have glitches in the first place? Take your time, stop spitting out 7 be models every couple of months and make a good product.
No joke. I have had to make 5 warranty calls on certain products in the past 3 weeks. They were all less than a year old. Like just build good shit! Why does it have to fail that day or have glitches in the first place? Take your time, stop spitting out 7 be models every couple of months and make a good product.
Have you realized people often aren't willing to pay more?
With inflation a moto crzr (flip phone) was $433!!
My $39.99 sprint phone does almost everything and has LTE.
A lot of companies that offered lifetime warranties have stopped because of the assholes who started abusing these policies.
EVGA graphics cards.
A lot of the camping gear that I buy has a lifetime warranty.
I still find stuff that's durable. The problem is that 99+% the cheapest is truly the cheapest. You could pay double for something that last 10x as long so pay 5x less, but almost everyone just sees the short term $$$. Same with bulk things.
Fucking whirlpool and their monopoly on basically all home appliances
Our economy would collapse if we made durable products. Hellooooo, depression!
LL bean cancelled their lifetime warranty because everyone abused the shit out of it. Like: I ran this backpack over 15 times, left it outside for a month, sold it $10, and now that new jackass wants a brand new bag.
It cuts both ways.
I don't know man, computers and cars, two of the most complex products people own, have become massively more reliable.
"Planned obsolescence"
Seems like a fairy tale now.
If I could upvote this more than once I totally would.
I don't know what you're talking about.
-Sent from my iphone with a fixed number of charges before it dies forever.
to be fair thats any li-ion battery
True, but Apple have really been dicks about replacing them yourself.
Check out Osprey Packs
Actually just forked out the coin for an osprey and was totally sold on the lifetime guarantee! (And the ventilation). I also convinced two of my friends to get osprey too.
Also swear by camelbak's guarantee. Had a zipper break on my camelbak, fixed in a week, no questions asked. Fantastic service.
Just bought one this winter. Im in love with it
Just used their warranty to replace a srb on my Osprey pack. It was a super simply process. That pack has been around the world and back.
GORUCK rucksacks has the Scars warranty. And they're sturdy AF.
Happy cake day!
Thank you!
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Came here to say this. Great community.
One of my favorite subs 👍
Sears used to have a program for $120 that gave you lifetime alignments on your car that they still honor. My dad goes and gets his alignment for free every so often on his 69 firebird because he bought the service 20+years ago
I wonder how many suspension and steering components they "had to replace" since then.
If it has a bad tie rod end or anything ill change it out for him but you best believe he takes it after to have them laser align it again! Last time he took it there one of the guys left a wrench sticking up and ended up backing up tearing a hole in a muffler so sears paid for two new flows to be put on as well
Blame the people abusing them. It's why places like L.L. Bean changed theirs.
I have to agree with you here, there will always be assholes who abuse the system and make it worse for the rest of us.
Like the minority of people who commit crimes, meaning everyone has to pay for police.
Not exactly what I meant, more like how some idiots couldn't be bothered to have some common sense when using drones and thanks to that we now have restrictions on how drones are to be used.
And why REI changed their return policy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still really good, but it used to be spectacular.
I’ve heard (but can not verify) that one of the reasons Nortel went bankrupt is they had manufactured their phones so well throughout the Cold War, to the point of being resistant to electromagnetic pulses, that they almost never broke down. You can still see office phones from 30 years ago still in use today. Lack of product turnover was said to have contributed to their demise.
As someone who supports some nortel systems this is both amazing and a complete pain in the ass. The systems last so long that by the time anything needs replacing you have little to no spares because they stopped making parts 10-15 years earlier....
You can still see office phones from 30 years ago still in use today.
My GTE phone wants to get in on this.
And yes. We still have a landline. https://i.imgur.com/qCq12oc.jpg
Looks like it could use a wash.
Oh that's nasty
(Good thing I have a cell phone)
Darn Tough Socks
Along those lines, I miss when r/buyitforlife was mostly about well built modern products you can buy instead of “look at grandma’s 1956 stove that still works”.
Patagonia, osprey, and nalgene have lifetime warranties I believe DeWalt and Chaco have excellent repair services and will fix any product for a reasonable shipping fee.
Is the Ironclad Guarantee from Patagonia really lifetime?
Absolutely. They will repair anything or send you instructions and materials to do it yourself, depending on the repair. Their "Worn Wear" website and van travel around the country fixing outdoor gear free of charge. Everything they make is designed to last forever and to be easily fixed if it does not.
If the item is beyond repair, they will replace it. This guarantee travels with the item and not the consumer, so if you give your son your sweater and he has it after you die, it's still guaranteed.
Check out Let My People Go Surfing. It's written by their founder, Yuvon Chiounard. The company is built upon some really cool and simple philosophies that make you wonder why more companies don't operate like this. Not a sales rep or anything, just a fan of the organization.
Darn Tough socks.
25$+ per pair but you get a lifetime warranty.
My North Face jacket has a 10yr warranty on waterproof and lifetime on zipper/stitching.
Lifetime warranties exist. Just gotta find them.
Darn Tough socks are really, really good.
Does Darn Tough do it for irregulars. I see them at TJ Maxx around winter.
I think as long a sits a darn tough sock They will exchange it when ruined. No reciept. Just the sock and a claim form from thier website
They exist, but for stuff that you are unlikely to hold onto a receipt for. Almost all phone cases sold in cell phone stores have lifetime warranties, but who the hell would hold onto that particular receipt?
Seriously. I have a VCR that kept ejecting any tape I tried to force into its pie hole and couldn't find out how to fix it online. Finally found a customer support number and they sent me a replacement part. The lady on the phone couldn't believe they still had parts for them, but I'm glad they did. Now if only my DVD player had a warranty.
Sears has lifetime warranties, look where that got them.
Lifetime warranty is one of the best things sears had going imo. I used to work in the hardware department, the loyalty and pride customers had in craftsman tools was impressive. Not so much anymore.
I dunno. I don't think it was the lifetime warranties that killed them. More like lack of innovation (they were slow to adopt online sales) and an inability to get with the times
Dr Martens have just discontinued theirs.
I've wanted a pair of docs since 2007, I just got around to buying one last week and in the last few days I've been reading nothing but bad things. Awesome.
Get a pair of Nick's instead. White's are pretty good too.
Didn't companies make a loophole to this and said lifetime warranties are good for the lifetime of the product, not the consumer?
Which makes sense, to be fair. For example, I'm not expecting the RAM in my computer to last me for 20 years and still be relevant.
However, the reason this gets messed up is because you can still have fridges from the early 70's (or even the 50's sometimes) running strong, so people think that appliances should last for decades, when now the expected "lifetime" is only like 3-5 years.
It's awful.
you make it sound like ppl should expect 3-5 years.
.. i disagree. Fridges, washing machines,...... are mature tech. So, while i know 3-5 is close to reality, i don't accept that. I want 10 years of daily use as a minimum, and mendable on wearparts.
(and therefore i am researching a lot on reliability before buying anything and i try to put that before price, despite being a cheap bastard)
No, what I'm saying is that people are expecting 10 years, but getting 3-5 and that's all the manufacturer says is the "lifetime" of the product.
I could have worded that better. But we both are saying the same thing, you just said it better :)
yeah, It just kinda pulls a string, because of the numerous stories about replaced controll units during warranty. (and it being a end-of-life after warranty, not only because of the price, but also because they don't make parts after the last warranty period ended.)
Jansport still does it (they sell backpacks and other stuff), or is it now changed?
As of 18 months ago they still honor the warranty for their backpacks. I only paid for shipping both ways and got a new upgraded bag since they no longer manufactured my old one
Leatherman
Changed to 25 years (UK anyway) and most brands I have spoke to that offer 'lifetime warranty' usually means to them 'reasonable lifetime of the product'
One of my friends sent his knife in to Leatherman for sharpening, they just sent a new one back
Yeah, they are still really good. I have a suspiction they changed it to try and protect themselves from people abusing it.
Yeah would think so
Zippo has one
My mom has a Hoover vacuum cleaner from the 1930s with a lifetime warranty. It was passed down to her from her mother.
It's built like a tank and hardly ever breaks. But when it does there's always a very confused phone call with the customer service reps.
The company was bought long ago, and the company that bought it was bought itself. But, the language in the warranty is very clear and they always end up having to pay for the repairs.
We have a lifetime powertrain warranty on our 2008 Jeep. Called it in just a couple weeks ago for about $5K in repairs, at 151,000 miles. BANG!
I have a lifetime powertrain warranty on my 2016 jeep, It's going to come in handy as I am seeing more and more concerning things about the pentastar.
So glad I hung on to my 03. Inline 4.0 for life!
How can they expect an engine/transmission will last a lifetime? The're just betting most people will get rid of the car before the engine goes out? Does the warranty transfer to the next owner?
Typically they don't transfer, and they also have requirements like "you need to get all service done by us."
The dealer that I got my vehicle through does Lifetime warranties on their cars, but I have to physically bring it to them to have them service it at a 50% markup from what any other shop charges (and it has to be 100% on time. 15k service needs to be done before 15k, not 15,001 otherwise warranty is void). Oil change for my jeep would cost me $120 there, when I can do it myself for $35, so I'm going to do it myself for $35. When I added up the cost of all of the maintenance, yeah, I could get a brand new engine at 200k miles but I paid 3x over for it by that point in service charges.
And I'd have to wait like 1.5 hours for my oil change.
If you’re in the US, that’s illegal. As long as you can produce valid service records that routine maintenance has been performed then they have to honor the warranty. https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0138-auto-warranties-routine-maintenance
Ahh, here's how they get around that, though:
1) I'm doing the maintenance myself, and they will just say I probably did it wrong.
2) It's not the manufacturer's warranty, but the dealership's "deal" that comes with the car.
They still exist on lots of Computer Components, especially Ram.
Corsair
Plenty of component electronics come with (effective) lifetime warranties of like 10 or 20 years. When it comes to things like RAM memory (DDR), I know for a fact that Corsair gives lifetime warranty.
This still exist in some fields. Weapon optics is one example that's really good for me as a hunter!
I got a carbon steel fry pan with a multi century warranty. It's one solid piece of metal (similar to cast iron) and is dam near indestructible
Handpainted Z.Vex guitar pedals come with an "as long as Z. Vex exists in this universe" warranty. (Warranty for printed-on variants are valid for a year, extendable to 2 years)
Cabela's has a "lifetime guarantee," but it's for the life of the product.
For clothing, that's one year. A lifetime guarantee lasts for one fucking year.
Experienced that with a pair of hunting boots. One of my lace-hooks pulled through the leather after 3 years and they didn't honor the "lifetime warranty". I was pissed
How does that even make sense? If it breaks, then the warranty immediately expires?
Every product category has a different warranty period based on the expected useful lifetime of the product.
Mind you, some really are lifetime, like optics or kayaks.
Basically though, it used to really be lifetime warranty on everything, but people took advantage of it by intentionally breaking shit to get free upgrades when we'd discontinue a product and come out with a new one.
If a customer is polite and it seems like a reasonable request, I'll generally give them a replacement or store credit.
If someone comes in with a 25 year old pair of boots that are worn down to nothing and demands a 300 dollar replacement, I'll offer to sell them some boots.
L. L. Bean hiking boots get resoled for life.
Kobalt utility knives have lifetime warranty. Maybe their other tools do as well. I can only speak to the knives.
Jansport backpacks also have a lifetime warranty.
Iirc Coach purses do as well or something to that effect.
Duluth trading company. Sensible durable and lifetime warranty. None of this ll bean no take backs they started.
Lol LL Bean did that because people were flagrantly taking advantage of them. Not a shill, but what can you expect from a company when people ruin a good thing?
I work at a shoe store and people expect the most stupid shit out of our boots. Yes we have a limited warranty, yes our boots are expensive but quality, NO it doesn't apply if you "work in a laboratory and might spill acid on my boots". Seriously!
Sorry, but shitty people fucked up LL Bean. It is pretty obvious what happened.
ifixit.com still has it on some of their repair tools (like the Ifixit Repair Business Toolkit), and the MOS Fortified Charging Cables has it ( https://mosorganizer.com/collections/cables )
There are only a handful of companies that offer lifetime warranties left. But probably only honored by small good companies. I have an ice cream scoop, the Midnight Scoop, that has a no questions asked Lifetime warranty. However, it IS made of solid stainless steel so I don't think it will ever wear or break.
My dad just went into an auto store and replaced a wrench he’d bought 25 years ago because it had life warranty on it. They stopped making the wrench nearly 20 years ago, so they couldn’t give him a proper replacement. He just asked for a new wrench and they said okay.
Lifetime warranties are sweet. Nowadays if you get one, you don’t really because they have so many clauses. Like “lifetime warranty BUT if you use the product warranty is void” or something like that. I feel like they always try to scam you out of your warranty lol.
Still a thing for tools. But you end up paying for it, a cheap ratchet wrench for $20 or write Snap-On on it and it becomes $300 but has a lifetime warrenty.
Snap-on isn't worth it. Half that price is the name. NAPA sells good tools much cheaper and still good quality. Oreiley sells shit tools. Both sets of tools have lifetime warranties.
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Older GoPros are indestructible. GoPro stocks 4 years ago - 86$ GoPro stocks now - 5$ ...
There are some that still exist. Iirc, FLUKE still offers them, and so does TP-LINK on their business switches (which are just a tiny mark up over the consumer ones, especially for desktop switches).
I bought a pair of wool socks that have a life time warranty. they cost $50 but they're the most comfortable socks I've ever worn and it's been almost 3 months of wearing them straight only taking them off to wash them and they still look like the day I bought them.
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redhead in tacoma. they sell hunting gear and stuff like that.
lots of hand tools still have then, and lots of home renovation stuff as well
Tool companies I find are the only ones that do this still. Black&Decker, Leatherman, etc. Have lifetime warranties because they know their products don't break easily, and if you somehow manage to break them, you deserve a free replacement.
Yeah, there’s been a gradual decline in the quality of warranties for vehicles too. I remember when a 10 year/100,000 mile warranty was industry standard, and now I mostly see like 6 years at best.
Durable products are indeed the better product. Sadly, they do not deliver the greatest profit to the corporations; making shitty products that break often forcing you to buy new ones do bring more profit. So in capitalism, that's what we have.
I believe some Calphalon pots and pans still come with a full warranty. I think at least some Taurus revolvers and S&W revolvers have lifetime warranties, and I believe the Taurus ones are transferable to the new owner, as well.
Sounds weird but I have a hat with a lifetime warranty. Stormy kromer makes hats with a lifetime gaurente
Not lifetime but the only companies nowadays I've come into contact with that have good warranties are Leatherman and Zippo. Well and HP switches which do have lifetime warranty. Everything else nowadays seems to be really subpar when it comes to warranties.
Then you want a Nalgene water bottle. They offer an unconditional lifetime warranty on their bottles.
Buck knives
People took advantage of lifetime warranties to mean lifetime replacement for consumables. Case in point: LL Bean.
One should not expect slippers to last forever, but people were coming in every few years with a worn slipper sole demanding a replacement per the policy. They have since changed the policy to address these people, but there is still leeway in the wording to cover people that are actually coming in years later with real problems that the original policy was intended to cover.
Buymeonce.com
Check out Darn Tough socks, Levi's jeans, and Dr Martens
Can't make money off products that don't break, I guess.
I want to use this to plug an incredible company that has done nothing but impress me with their warranties:
Jaybird - They make Bluetooth earphones for athletes or at least people who occasionally try to be an athlete and like listening to music.
I bought their original X1's which are just regular in the ear earphones, and I had them for 2.5-3 years of constant use. I sweat like a maniac at even the thought of sweating and these things made it through a time when I was doing 2-a-days in the gym 5-6 days a week. The sound quality is amazing, i'm no audiophile, but I can tell a difference and they have always been the best quality audio I've used.
That's not why they're awesome though, they're awesome because they have a lifetime warranty. So like I said my earphones eventually went out after a few years (they stopped charging). So I contacted their customer support and within a week I not only had new earphones I had been upgraded for free to their newer version the Jaybird X2's, which I still use constantly ~6-8 hours life and can charge fully in under 2, I use them almost all day at work then for an hour or two at the gym 3-6 days/week.
Another great company is Costa for sunglasses. I have had experiences both paying ($100) for "repairs" (pretty sure they sent me brand new sunglasses) and where they didn't charge me anything. Going on having the same pair for about 7 years - my advice though - splurge, get the best you can because you'll have them for a while, don't settle for less than you want lens/tint/color/frame wise.
Those went away as we shifted from capitalism to corporatism.
now it's the 'lifetime of the device'. whatever they decide that should be.
People took advantage of that way too much unfortunately.
I bought a Gaiam yoga mat with a lifetime warranty. Just started using it and the color started flaking off a bit, but after looking into the warranty it requires me to ship the yoga mat for inspection. I'm not going to pay to ship a yoga mat with the chance they might not replace it.
even ll bean got rid of it :(
Those questionably dangerous chemistry kits for kids from the 1950's and 1960's.
Now* you can research nuclear fission in your living room! Create your own Manhattan Project!
^^^*70 ^^^years ^^^ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory
Holy actual shit, why don't I have one of these?
Dear fucking lord this is something straight out of Venture Brothers!
Man I love this show. I get giddy when I find someone else who’s watched it too.
23 reporting
Where do you pick that stuff up? It's like you channel dead crazy people.
Do you think it's a cry for help?
GO TEAM VENTURE!
It's how I started my Career in Science!
Meow
Decades later, the lab set was criticized as "the world's most dangerous toy" because of the radioactive material it included
the instructions cautioned, "users should not take ore samples out of their jars, for they tend to flake and crumble and you would run the risk of having radioactive ore spread out in your laboratory. This would raise the level of your background count."
yet:
the kit suggested "playing hide and seek with the gamma ray source", challenging players to use the Geiger counter to locate a radioactive sample hidden in a room.[3]
"Hey mom we were playing hide-and-gamma-seek and lost it somewhere in the dining room. Sorry!"
Because you're alive and haven't died of cancer.
Probably because it would put you on a nuclear watch list and the UN would likely impose sanctions.
Fun fact, the A.C. Gilbert Company introduced the world to not only the now infamous chemistry kit in the link above, but they also introduced the world to the Erector set.
Edit: disregard I suck for not reading the Wikipedia article.
Holy actual shit, why don't I have one of these?
Because all the authority figures in your life know better than to let you have one?
Cause it's like $500 in today's money?
Because future you told your parents not to so your bones wouldn’t crumble midway through adulthood.
Because toy safety regulations.
Write to your local right wing politician to get them repealed!
A swing and a miss. The toy would be perfectly legal today because it's actually pretty safe, despite the nickname. You can't get the toy because it didn't sell well. It was actually kind of a lousy toy. You can buy similar products (ore included) online, though.
This. You can buy nuclear sample disks and small amounts of uranium ore from United Nuclear.
Ah yes, that well known toy company, United Nuclear; Scientific equipment and supplies.
They are pretty well known to the chemically minded, and if you look at their other products, they're basically a toy company for people who like to "play" with chemicals
Edit- it's a science toy store
A grown up toy store
With the power of imagination, anything can be a toy!
After peaking in the 1950s, a series of increasingly restrictive government regulations came into play in the US, limiting the kinds of chemicals such sets could contain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_safety
A swing and a miss indeed, but not mine.
Because you are alive
The set originally sold for $49.50 ($503 today)
God damn must have been some rich ass kids playing with this kit.
The set originally sold for $49.50 ($503 today)
God damn must have been some rich ass kids playing with this kit.
More like enriched kids right?
Fun to play with safe to eat
That's very Fallout
Nuka-Bomb toy sets?
Nerf nuke
Make Nuka Cola irl!
That is dope on many levels
Holy crap I want that!!!
Ulster Museum in Belfast has one of one these on display (sans radioactive material I imagine). Gotta admit it looks so cool, and the complete irresponsibility of the idea only makes me respect it more.
I want a video of this thing functioning
That’s outrageous!
It came with batteries!
In the 50's, they played with radioactive metals and watched Ole' Yeller get shot for fun. It was a different time.
where can i get one
I always wanted one
That actually sounds pretty sweet. And not inherently dangerous as long as the sources are low activity/are stored in a shielded box when not in use.
Among other activities, the kit suggested "playing hide and seek with the gamma ray source", challenging players to use the Geiger counter to locate a radioactive sample hidden in a room.
... What?
What do you mean? This is perfectly safe. Now shut up and get me a pack of unfiltered cigarettes before your afternoon beating, Timmy.
Holy fuck hahaha! That looks like something you'd see in some kid's nuked out play room in the Fallout series.
This looks like something straight outta Fallout 3
Was that an actual ad?
IDK about an actual ad, by there was a children's toy just like this, even had a chunk of uranium too
A chunk of uranium is pretty harmless provided you don't eat it.
Children are really bad at not eating things
Just tell 'em Uranium is Brussel Sprouts flavored.
It actually tastes like sour candies. The bonus is that it's always warm!
Aw cmon man, now I'm really craving uranium.
More like UraniYUM, I say.
/r/forbiddensnacks
Thank you for showing me this. Just scrolling through that sub while listening to this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPIl0IJjBrw
Looking back, how the fuck was he not bankrupt?
Every good drug dealer knows the first hits are on the house.
r/forbiddensnacks
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Don't forget about the Russian journalist who was assassinated in the UK by somebody putting a tiny speck of polonium-210 into his tea.
It's an alpha emitter so usually fairly safe as alpha particles get stopped by almost anything. But once you ingest it...
Actually having read the link above instead of just remembering what was in the press at the time, it was more than just a speck, and the agents who answered it were really bad at handling it.
I could get down with that
I read that as sour candles and thought of shitty band names
This message brought to you by Cave Johnston
We're done here
They'll still try it once just to make sure this isn't like the time their older brother told them the Snickers he was eating was actually spinach-flavoured.
You say that, but dislike of certain foods in childhood is a cultural trait, not a universal one.
Is responding to jokes in this way also a cultural trait, or is it indicative of a genetic disorder?
Ironic coming from the two-time special special olympics world champ
Fool proof plan. Weed out the evil children
Gotta try everything once.
Or that it tastes like soap...
*Brussels Sprouts
Nintendo switch cartridge flavor
Kid me would have chowed that down so quick.
See: Tide Pod Challenge
Also in the same vein:
See: the condom snorting challenge
https://youtu.be/xHN59uGCn9M
Why the fuck is that a thing? Ok fine you want to snort a thing cool whatever I can accept that, there's always a new challenge or some shit. Why the fuck a condom though? Why not snort a fucking noodle?
I never thought I'd say this to kids... Just do coke.
Am almost 100% sure noodle snorting has been done
Definitely has.
Source: Middle school me and friends.
You were shoving your dicks in each other's noses when you were 12?
Wait wrong noodle.
I... wouldn't put it past some 12 year olds.
You mean you guys have never done the 1 end out your nose one end out your mouth trick?
Noodle snorting probably had millions of accidental preliminary trials before being any kind of thing though.
Pretty sure condom snorting is satire. I know ride pods started with satire and developed into, well, death by cleansing.
That’s how we lost kinder eggs :(
Something like this is for like 14 year olds though lol.
Hey Mom! I wanna see if I start to glow in the dark...
The young ones yeah. This would probably be marketed to like 10-12 year olds
Except vegetables.
Unless things are vegetables.
so true
Not the anorexic ones.
Except that some of it, arguably a small amount but still some, is absorbed into your bones where it has a retention half-life of 70 - 200 days. Radioactive particles decaying directly against sensitive cells is a pretty good recipe for cancer.
https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxguides/toxguide-150.pdf
You’re probably only going to have a handful of atoms (depending on quantity, obviously) decay in that time period, though.
Disclaimer: I did not actually calculate dose, this is just based off of half life and a presumably small quantity of natural uranium.
Ngl I would probably masturbate after handling that thing forgetting to wash my hands in between.
I doubt that's good for your dick
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🎶🎶Spider dick, Spider dick, does whatever a spider dick does...🎶🎶
No one wants to see Spider-Dick spin a web.
Speak for yourself
people in this thread worrying about having radioactive substances in their house shouldn't look into how their smoke detectors work and shouldn't look into bananas or imported fruit
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For most people it would be radon gas but yeah smokers are smoking radiation.
Oh for sure. We're on the same page. I find it really interesting how we went from 'radation is cool, lets use it everywhere (especially radon paint)' to 'any small amount in your home will kill you instantly'
radon paint
How do you paint with a colorless oderless gas?
Radon is an issue due to it being basically everywhere. It’s a product of the decay or thorium and uranium which are the most common radioactive elements on earth. Depending on local geology, concentrations in buildings can get pretty high.
Isn't that what they used in the past to make wristwatches glow? All the people who did the paint eventually got mouth cancer.
Radium not radon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium
You're right. My guess is that OP was thinking of the same
They also shouldn’t have granite counter tops.
Or go outside, really.
That said, probably not a great idea to handle chunks of uranium in your house, mostly because of heavy metal toxicity.
OMG What happened to him
And that's why you never look into a banana, son
Would it give me super powers? /s
Radiation is wild. Alpha particles can be stopped by plastic bags but gamma requires lead or meters of thick concrete.
Radiation is Rad
It tastes like burning
Unless you want URAAAAAAANIUM FEVER!
Also had a little jar of cyanide!
Don' eat the alpha cookie.
Alpha radiation?
Yeah, but u235 and u238 both take so long to decay that the dose is probably negligible.
Also the fact that it won't go through skin, and it's only dangerous if inhaled or eaten.
How else are you gonna get superpowers?
r/forbiddenfruit
That’s like rule number one of being a kid. “If I shouldn’t eat it, you’re goddamn right I’m gonna eat it.” If they aren’t successful in eating it, back up plan is up the nose.
What's the point of chemistry if you can't eat it in the end?
Mmmm... tastes like super powers. V
You’re not the boss of me.
? doesn't it give off ionizing radiation constantly?
mostly just alpha which is harmlessly absorbed by the layer of dead cells on your skin when handling it. Only when inside your body does it not only behave like lead because it's a heavy metal, but the constant alpha radiation damages cells as well.
What size chunk? 51 kg of U-235 is no big deal, but 52 kg will fuck you up.
The radiation level was low and the toy was mostly harmless, I mean unless you ate the uranium. Even then, it shouldn't be too much worse than eating any other rock. But, I mean, this was the age of the atomic super men. No one wants to take the chance of having to take their kid to the hospital because they ate the glowing rock trying to become The Incredible Hulk or something.
Even then, it shouldn't be too much worse than eating any other rock.
It would be similar to eating a chunk of another toxic "heavy metal", like lead so... really bad for kids.
Like lead so...
So people painted they're houses in it?
Painted houses? We burned it in our gasoline!
How anyone ever thought was a good idea is beyond me.
Well originally they didn't know of the afffects it could have in exhaust.
Like how people used asbestos for stuff like building insulation. They didn't know it was bad, it had seemingly only positve traits at the time.
Lead for thousands of years wasn't know to be poisous. Then when it was discovered people didn't realize it could leech out of other materials. Hell we just found out carbon fibers are as bad as asbestos. There are plenty of other things we use now that will be found to be horrible in future years.
Oh, they found out long before they stopped using it of course. To be fair, no one knew really just how bad it was for people and as an additive the stuff worked really well for improving engine performance!
Well I mean it was really good at doing what it was invented to do, just didn't see the side effects until afterwards. Kinda like CFCs, which were also invented by the same scientist. Poor guy :(
He also ended up being strangled to death by a malfunctioning pulley-operated mechanical bed of his own design. Dude should've probably just worked in a library or a deli or something...
I had to look this up. True. And insane. He made some pulley system to help lift him out of bed. It strangled him. He needed the pulley system because he contracted polio, which I imagine happened during the development of his polio virus additive for baby formula.
Do you happen to know his name? edit nm google: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley
Wow...the wiki is written like a 10 year-old's class report
Yeah poor guy, constantly trying to destroy the world.
Lead in gas improves the efficiency of it
And protects certain engine components
Lead ore, not lead metal, but still a heavy metal
Pffft, I ate lead all the time as a kid. And I turned out fine. I’m set to graduate from the second grade in just a few weeks!
It would be similar to eating a chunk of another toxic "heavy metal", like lead so... really bad for ~~kids~~ anyone.
FTFY
Well sure but in kids it causes almost guaranteed permanent neurological damage, notsomuch for adults unless the dose is huge.
I mean sure, but what if they did become a superhero? Wouldn't you feel bad for trying to stop them?
Cancer Boy to the rescue!
Able to rack up immeasurable debt in a single hospital stay!
The half-life of uranium is like 4,500,000,000 years
I'm pretty sure the radiation is a non-issue
Fucking bananas will probably expose you to more radiation, honestly
yeah, I would buy this for my kids if they were older, like 13+, and say, had memorized the periodic table or showed an interest in physics. Is it 100% safe? no, but its a hell of a lot safer than letting your kid skateboard or even ride a bicycle. and you might get an early retirement when your kid gets a job with that nuclear engineering skill. this kit actually lets you first hand do stuff I had to read about in uni. its like kerbal for understanding orbits. I took some astronomy electives, and I did my time working out the math for a hohmann transfer, etc with my TI-83. But KSP f***ed me up when I first tried to dock or do an orbital rescue. Pen & paper is one thing, experience a whole other.
Frankly I’d rather have my kid die from eating Uranium than from eating laundry detergent...
Someone else pointed out that it is a heavy metal ....plus you have radiation dosage due to alpha radiation.
Even then, it shouldn't be too much worse than eating any other rock.
If the rock gives off any radiation it's pretty much worse than eating any of those non-radioactive rocks.
Worse if the rock get's lodged in your system at some point and doesn't pass properly, since then that radiation is going to be heavily situated in a specific location.
Uranium used to be in a lot of things, even plates and stuff.
It makes a good pigment, like lead, if I understand correctly.
Then super heros started getting super powers, and super powers started making a-bombs, and the whole mentality around uranium changed.
Getting a consistent, vibrant red in any kind of glaze is difficult.
And it turns out the best pigments to do it are all heavy metals, that boil out at high temperature firings — only usable in low-fired glazes that can leach... stuff like heavy metals.
There are tradeoffs to get bright, hot-colored glazes any way even today.
If you want some real uranium look up unitednuclear, they have everything!
I remember getting one of those in the 90's... It had Cobalt but no uranium. I just vaguely remember it saying it was super dangerous so I tried to mix it with stuff to blow up and nothing happened. Figured it was just lying to me.
Goggled where to buy uranium kit....Now on a watch list
How else will kids build a nuclear reactor now? Thanks a lot stupid regulations and laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory
Can confirm. Saw several of these kits on display at the Atomic Testing Museum in Nevada
isn't uranium ridiculously expensive?
Enriched uranium sure.
Unless you know a guy
If you just want the ore it's like $30/lb. Obviously the refined stuff is more expensive.
IIRC, there's one that had Mercury in it as well
No, but you could make gun powder from them. They had sulfur, charcoal, and potassium nitrate (saltpeter). We used it to make rockets all the time. Great fun. What do chemistry sets make todat? Probably hemlines for skirts.
There was a time in the US, maybe for a decade just after the Second World War, where The Jetsons/Fallout seemed like a very real and very near possibility.
https://imgur.com/a/mKEUmli
No
I don't think so, I think it was mostly a boyscout patch.
Obviously not.
Was that an actual ad?
Yes. There was an actual ad to build your own nuclear bomb at home.
On the shelf it was usually right next to the abortion clinic playset.
In fallout it was.
I found a book that came with a rock collecting kit that my dad had as a child, in the 50's.
It included uranium ore and asbestos.
Are you retarded?
Now you have to do it the hard way and buy a shit ton of smoke detectors.
God’s got a sense of humor alright- Solid Snake
Isn't that how Michio Kaku got into physics?
He built a cyclic accelerator that ended up overloading his house.
I know and that's amazing and everyone needs to know.
This sounds like an SCP
*40 Years ago https://youtu.be/rgB90OsLAJY?t=382
My own what project?
would be kinda cool to have a DIY solar panel kit though, and you could just trick out your own house and install a tesla battery
The radioactive eagle scout.
there is a classic german skit from the artist LORIOT which features the childrens toy: Build your own nuclear reactor.
I did not find the sketch with any subtitles, so here it is in German: https://youtu.be/67mM-aANx48?t=6m25s
You can do this with fusion and a lot of time, skill, and money right now: http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-A-Fusion-Reactor/
I feel like I'm on some sort of watchlist for reading this.
The true way to deal with bullies.
That's not chemistry, that's nuclear physics
Chemistry kits are cool... but I just want my oreo o's
Bought some at Wal-Mart just a few months ago. Just as delicious as I remember.
They're out there, friend. Go find them.
What do you mean 70 years ago .. 50s and 60s were 50 and 40 years ago respectively!!!!
It's 2018. The 70's were 50 years ago, roughly.
It is 2018 and the 50's where 50 years ago, roughly!!! NO MORE!
My mom swears she had one that came with uranium or plutonium.
73 y.o. Mine had a radioisotope, but don't remember what kind. Also had some chemicals that would probably get me on a watch list if I ordered them on line today.
In the 1920s, they used to sell make up with radium in it to provide that "natural glow." Make hp also had lead for double fun.
That's why you have to be very, very careful with vintage make up kits or holders. So much sketchy stuff embedded in make up back in the day.
"You'll never look old or wrinkly in our lead-radium makeup!! ...Because you'll die before you turn 40."
Just ask the poor Radium Girls.
The common practice of licking the paint brush with the radium paint on it for finer lines on watches floored me
I once heard about a old lady who by some miracle didn't get radiation poisoning, and had a glowing toung because of that.
Came to mention the act of painting watch dials. Glad someone else knew about this.
I ordered the book The Radium Girls because of a similar reddit thread when the book had recently came out. Was a fascinating read
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And I just saw an ad for that book when I clicked on a link about the girls.
It's a fantastic book. Very informative and well written.
Is that a sequel to The Arsonists Cookbook?
I had heard about it in the Poisoner's Handbook, but I might have to pick up the Radium Girls, too.
If you like podcasts at all, The Dollop did an episode on the Radium Girls which was both horrifying and, as per the Dollop, hilarious.
They certainly get more glowing attention than the matchstick girls and their phossy jaw. (similar story, 50 years earlier, an entire industry of women who made matchsticks back in the day using saliva to help bind things, inhaling fumes all day, all got various facial cancers and other related injuries)
Can't, they're all dead by now
Makes me feel bed when I watch documenteries about this.
The Radium Girls were just collateral
Radiation "ages" by damaging DNA or something like that. So they would still be wrinkly.
Can't have wrinkles if your skin falls off!
Sign me up!
I read this in Frankie Boyle's voice.
Wrinkles will never show up if your skin is coming off in sheets!
Just ask Daniel Jackson.
Perfect strategy.
It's a feature.
...Because you'll die before you turn 40. printed in very very small print somewhere at the bottom of the ad, like modern mascara ads that promise lush lashes, but say 'model is wearing lash extentions.'
For a short while people even drank shots of radium water, thinking radiation = power and vitality or something. At least one person lost his jaw from it.
Give your bodies to Atom, my friends. Release yourself to His Power, feel His Glow and be Divided.
The gift of the glow!
Feel the fizz of koo-koo-cola!
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In recent times there was that dude who consumed so much colloidal silver that he turned into a smurf. Completely blue skin!
Good old Radithor, it cures what ails you!!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radithor
That would be Eben Byers.
He drank a shitload of Radithor, a patent medicine that was radium dissolved in distilled water. Eventually he was diagnosed with cancer and had most of his jaw removed.
He was buried in a lead-lined coffin.
Vita Radium Suppositories were actually a thing: https://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/radsup.htm
That makes me sad.
This is thought to be one of the reasons why average IQ is going up, and violent crime (despite what the media says) is going down. Our society used to be laden with lead. Gasoline, makeup, paint, pipes, eating utinsils, all sorts of thing contained lead. Lead poisoning can cause mood disorders, developmental delays, and irritability, and it is just now clearing out of our lives.
Funny story- when my dad was a youngster my grandpa gave him a little frog statue to chew on. When my dad brought me to my grandparents house as an infant he handed me the frog saying "I used to chew on this all the time!" My grandpa quickly interjected saying "don't give that to her! It's solid lead!
When I was 12 we had an antique lounge sofa. Of course it was coming apart and a piece of metal came out. It was so soft so I played with it, and chewed on it. I was amazed at how nicely my teeth sank in and I played with it and chewed on it for a good 20 minutes (I was a weird kid.) My dad found it later and started screaming. Not wanting to get in huge trouble, of course, I lied.
Yeah, that was lead too.
Think of how many kids used their teeth to clamp lead fishing weights to their fishing line!
I was watching 1000 Ways to Die and a lot of the women who painted the numbers on the glow in the dark watches back then died from it. They would lick the tips of their brushes to be more accurate and would get radium in their mouths.
I worked tech for a play about that in high school, "Radium Girls" i remember it being sad but mostly i remember all the theatre kid inside jokes that come from a long production together
IIRC they'd also bring that crap home and play "Glow-in-the-dark hoo-hah" with their husbands.
Ha, I used to like my bushes to be more accurate and everyone thought it was weird! It was a great technique.
I'm surprised that a show as sub-par as 1000 Ways to Die has that much decent historical information. I learned about the Radium Girls from an episode of Pawn Stars.
I learned about the Radium Girls from an episode of Pawn Stars.
Talk about shows that are sub-par.
when you just have to look your best when you’re on your way to see the lord and savior Atom
Also try blast radius board game to keep the kids entertained during poker night!
Women who worked in the watch dial plants around 1915 used to put the radium powder on their dresses, jewelry and even as lipstick and eyeshadow to wow their dates when it glowed at night.
Reminds me of a story I read. It is set in a ancient China like setting at the imperial palace. The first arc of the story is the emperor's consorts children keep dying not long after birth. This went on till it was found out the makeup (face powder) was laced with lead or mercury or something to give it its whiteness/shine and was poisoning the children.
There was a time when water coolers were made with radioactive linings, specifically so the water could become radioactive, which was supposed to be a form of healthy tonic water. I don't think the fad lasted long.
They talk a bit about a radium spa that's still open today (and very, very briefly about radium cosmetics) in this documentary starting at around 15min 15sec. Really, the whole thing is great though. One of the best documentaries I've seen in a while.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x37o8t7 (its also on prime video)
also antique dresses, a store nearby has warnings NOT TO WEAR on all green dresses.
being pretty was pretty metal i guess.
Killer green cloth from Victorian times was more likely coloured with arsenic than radioactive - https://www.racked.com/2017/3/17/14914840/green-dye-history-death - (compared to green glassware made with uranium)
people also began using it for wallpaper and carpeting
Other accounts from this era tell of babies dying in their nurseries after playing on green carpets or rubbing up against green wallpaper
Matilda Scheurer, a 19-year-old woman who applied the arsenic green dye to fake flowers, died in a way that horrified the populace in 1861. She threw up green vomit, the whites of her eyes turned green, and when she died, she claimed that "everything she looked at was green."
Hmmm. I have my grandmother's makeup compact circa 1920 and it still has some powder in it. How can I check it out for radiation?
Lick it. Then stick your tongue in a Geiger counter.
You can also place it on some photographic film (what's that?!) for a few months and then develop it.
Edit: Seriously, contact your local university physics department for further recommendations.
I used to have a “children’s activity book” from the 19th century that had a fancy dress section that advised you to dress up as a ghost by smearing phosphorous on your face. Considering that was a time where you were much more likely to encounter a naked flame I can only imagine the disastrous consequences,
Don't forget arsenic.
and lace
Radior beauty cream. Guaranteed to make you glow.
Reasons why we have regulations today...
Let's not forget radium chewing gum and radium health tonics!
yeah the FDA stopped some weird shit.
The Radium Girls painted it on clock/watch dials.
wouldn't the lead protect you from the radium?
And then we release rabbits to control all the cane toads!!!
All new, joker products!
Also radium dial watches. See also radium girls.
Radium energy drinks.
There's glassware with uranium in it too.
Yeah, today's make up only contains asbestos.
Oh yeah the women that worked in factories painting radium paint on to watches died horrible deaths Bc in their bosses infinite wisdom said use ur mouth to get the brushes to keep their fine tips.
There was also radium toothpaste, supposedly making your teeth whiter
Yeah, have you heard of the radium girls?
they used to sell make up with radium in it to provide that "natural glow." Make hp also had lead for double fun.
Well you lay down your lead foundation for shielding before you throw on the radium blush. It's just good common sense.
You need to apply the lead foundation first, then use the radium.
You just have to use the lead as a foundation to block the radiation. Natural glow with "minimal" health impact.
This was also used on wristwatches, in order to have the hands glow in the dark. I don't know what substance they use now to achieve the same effect, but back in the day it was radium.
and ladies that painted glow in the dark watches
Probably U238. You get cancer! And you get cancer! And you get cancer!
Did you ever have cancer?
Yes. Did 8 years as a submarine reactor operator. Was well shielded from the zoomies, but back then engine rooms were still insulated with asbestos. Atmosphere had all kinds of bad stuff.
Geez, I wonder what my generation will look back on like that and think, "well we were stupid". Its gotta be cell phones, right?
How did a 73 year old discover reddit? This is pretty cool that this website attracted people from all age groups.
A 77 year old and a 75 year old invented C and UNIX.
You've probably heard of those things. They run this whole "web" thing which was invented by an almost 63 year old to run on this Internet network deal (originally created by various 80 year olds).
Of course, all the security which makes e-commerce possible was invented by this 70 year old.
And of course all those old dudes were big users of email and Usenet (and probably BBS's) long before the web started reaching a redditification point.
Eh, I operate a commercial pool as part of my business. I have to basically register for a watch list because i buy commercial bleach. It's just twice as strong as the stuff you buy at the store. Which just means you use half as much for whatever you are using it for. They come to inspect every once on a while. I tried explaining the ridiculousness of it. I know I'm being monitored, if someone was going to make a bomb, they'll just buy it from the store and use the stuff that gets tracked for its intended purpose.
Mine had a spintharoscope (a small tube with a radioisotope and phosphore, with a lense so you could see tiny flashes.) I believe it was an isotope of lead.
In Athens, Georgia, there used to be a factory that hand-painted radium numbers on watch faces. Bored female shift workers used to paint their fingernails with radium so their fingers would glow in the dark. When the factory closed in the late 70s, they found a gallon of radium paint in the base of a grandfather clock left there.
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Its true, every like third post in his history has "I'm 73"
Lol
The most dangerous ones came with U 238. They urged you to not take it out of the jar. However you could create gamma ray sources with the kit with some ingredients included and the instructions encourages to play hide and seek with it by using the Geiger counter that came in the set.
What the hell, you guys have so much cool shit. Meanwhile on the other side of Iron Curtain we had stones and poverty to play with.
Which builds character comrade!
Unlike Plutonium. Which builds cancer.
Cancer like Capitalism, comrade.
And bombs! Don't forget the bombs comrade!
Did you sell them a bunch of used pinball machine parts?
You misspelled "The FUTURE"
Don't be silly, in America we refer to this as "stimulating growth."
And bombs
Breaks down walls
And bombs
Which builds career FTFY
The intent is to provide citizens with a sense of pride and accomplishment for surviving.
Which character build? I'm partial to chaotic neutral rogues.
Character comrade was my favourite comrade.
In Soviet Russia character builds you
In Soviet Russia cancer gives you radiation.
And! If everyone works together they can build a stone wall!
Stones also build houses. Building a house with Uranium or plutonium isn't really recommended.
You forget, in 1971 government socialize rock.
Only poverty then.
I'm not being specisist but... why would we trust a German fish? What if he's a WESTERN SPY?!
Hey that's a former Olympic ski jumper you're talking too!
East German, not West.
Maybe it's you who is the spy!
That's what a Western German Spy would say! To gulag you go, then!
Just look up the name Klaus Heissler.
It's fine though - he only remembers things for 3 minutes
The cool shit they're talking about was literally a rock in a jar.
Hey. Stones and poverty still exist in America buddy. In fact, we’ve ranked up production in recent years.
Heck, cousin’s ma has to cut holes in his pockets just so he has something to play with.
poverty rates have stayed relatively constant in the US since 1996. Actually, you can see that as we recover from the recession, it's going down towards a local minimum. What the US is really bad at is wealth inequality, not poverty-- the poor get less poor, but at a much smaller rate than the rich get more rich.
It was a joke.
I completely agree with you.
Unemployment rates are actually not terrible. The cost of living is just too damn high compared to wages so people are working longer and harder for a lot less.
This is the reason I’m back in school.
Unemployment rates are actually not terrible.
Now it’s just the jobs that are terrible. What used to be house-buying jobs are now barely-making-rent jobs.
Yep. But at least there’s something. You know, silver linings and all
Ah, gotcha. A lot of people are always on the "things suck and are getting worse" train, so I try to show them there's been progress made.
Though COL vs. wages is highly region dependent; I think too many people are trying to live in the urban center of the trendiest possible cities at the expense of their financial well-being, when they'd probably be perfectly happy in some midwestern suburb to a mid-sized city.
I’m born and raised in the greater Seattle area.
It’s always been a bit expensive. It has gotten worse with the gentrification of a lot of places following Amazons growth.
Luckily, I’m going to school for computer science now. I have a ton of friends who’ve moved over into CS and it’s worked out pretty well for them since we’ve grown up here and don’t have to relocate.
I think the biggest struggle I’ve found is how hard it is for someone who’s working and going to school to be able to survive without getting into crippling debt.
I’m lucky enough to have a second income in my household and grandparents who can help with school but not everyone has that so it can be hard to escape the monotony of a dead end job when they give you that 50 cent raise right when you’re about to quit so you rationalize how it isn’t that bad.
It’s a vicious cycle and what’s worse is there is no sympathy from the boomers because they could afford things working half the hours we do 50 years ago.
I have faith that we will start to make progress in my lifetime on the inequality so that we can raise the quality of life for people in general. These things just take time and a lot of cooperation. If you look at any point in history, things tend to get pretty dark before any of the good stuff happens.
Yeah, can all the people who's industries are not centralized in southern California or NYC please fuck off and stop driving up my cost of living....just trying to have a job using my diploma over here.
I think too many people are trying to live in the urban center of the trendiest possible cities
Oh. Are they also spending way too much on avocado toast?
Nah, avocado toast is cheap (relatively speaking). Housing isn't, though, and while the onerous regulations placed by municipalities in large cities make costs worse than they have to be, supply and demand act to make those cities unlivable unless you're already rich. That's why I'm going to stick to the midwest-- cheap COL, without sacrificing too much for wages.
Yay, facts!
I think you meant "rich get more rich."
Whoops
Lol no
Poverty isn’t becoming more rampant in America. Poor people are fat. You know how you become fat, right? Just eat and don’t do a whole lot.
and the occasional AK-47...
yu produce AK47 part in summer camp
If you dug around in enough piles of stones, you might have found some uranium too.
In my day only the posh kids got stones AND poverty, it was one or t'other for us!
Well if you had a Geiger counter you could have played the game "which rock is not radioactive".
The other side of Iron Curtain had chemistry sets, too.
We had Soyuzmultfilm on the television, though!
There was something similar in the USSR in the 80s. I remember my neighbour had a chemistry kit, don’t remember what came in it though.
Yeah like radiation poisoning and mild cancer! Yaaaaaay!
I'd buy this for my kids if they were into chemistry or physics and were 13+. lots of stuff has radiation, and even normal stuff still has higher levels of radiation than you'd like. Bananas and marble countertops, for some examples.
But, really, the small samples in this kit are probably less of a risk to my kids than them bicycling to their friends house. Even in worst case for both: 1 is: kid spends too much time with some very small sized Uranium 238 samples, looses 10 years at the end of his life, possibly, but his hands on experience lands him in the best of the best graduate schools. 2 is: kid falls of bike and breaks his neck.
Great idea, kid losing 10 years of his life! you must be a great parent.
Settle down man, you need to expose your kids to shit, not necessarily radiation lol but still.
not radiation lol
Back in my time. We used to make up kids with radium.
Damn youngsters are pussies.
I said worse case. Bananas give off as much radiation as responsible handling of this kit would.
And would you prevent your kid from bicycling, skateboarding, etc? how bout riding the bus to school? you know, 30,000 kids die every year in school bus accidents? I really hate when people single out that one thing. Its not like I said I'd let them eat lead paint chips. If responsibly handling this kit meant kid death, even in 1950s they would have known that, they weren't dumb (except maybe with cigarettes).
worst case
best graduate schools
nice inference there you must have gone to a great college
but seriously how would ... having uranium and radium help a kid be a good scientist. tbh we have enough scientists as it is, something social or religious would be better at this point lol.
that shit is hot not cold
We in the uncanny valley between the two had stuff a decade behind everyone else!
You could pretend the rocks were potatoes and swim in the dirt. Fun times!
Plenty of stones and poverty on the “free side” of the iron curtain too.
When I was a kid I used to think that all the worlds problems could be solved if everyone came over my house and played with all my cool toys and got to live in my neighborhood.
I had a rock'em sock'em robot set, several six shooter cap guns, litebright, super bounce balls. I also had a small fishing pond that housed about 1000 little frogs. One time, I taped two frogs together back to back to see what they would do. I used to light my matchbox cars on fire, run them off a little ramp into the pond. Then catch sunfish with my toy rod and throw them back.
Good times.
note on the frogs, I didn't hurt them, I was not that kind of kid, and no I am not an arsonist...
You can legitimately purchase low grade uranium off Amazon. It'll set off a geiger counter supposedly. I was going to purchase some to keep at my desk at work to freak people out but the idea of being exposed to even a low level of radiation over a long period of time seemed risky to me.
That’s true, comrade, but we also knew lean times.
We played a game called "duck and cover."
It could have been worse, imagine no stones for which to lick for the vital nutrients.
Your government did let you play with radioactive material, they just didn't tell you about it.
You had stones? We only got the twigs that would fall from the tree.
We had it too over in Belfast, but we turned it into fun by throwing them at the police and British army !
Two sticks and a rock! And we had to share the rock!
Hide the Potatoe
Potato merely trick by politburo. Potato actually rock. Such is life.
Play? You decadent, capitalist pig!
There is only work. Work for glorious Mother Russia.
At least your toy stones didn’t cause cancer.
I used to love the hoop and stick game. You know, the one where you use a stick to keep a hoop rolling faster and faster and Then the police put you in gulag for resource mismanagement.
And mud...don't forget every kids favorite toy, much to Mom's dismay.
We didn't have sticks. The rich kids had a stick.
Don't forget potato. One whole potato for all of Soviet lands. I miss potato. You have dug up old painful feeling, comrade.
And your adults have vodka and misery.
And we had to share the poverty!
Thats why we won!. In all seriousness though some of these kits were positively insane. In the 80's we had chemistry kits that basically thought you how to make bombs. I have the recipe for thermite in my head, although my kit didn't contain it, it gave the recipe as an example Exothermic reactions.
Don't forget potatoes!
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I scrolled down looking for this. Спасибо comrade
It's actually just part of a secret plan to train people to safely navigate through Chernobyl.
Just have em play STALKER
GET OUT OF HERE STALKER
I SAID COME IN, DON'T JUST STAND THERE
Only if you cheeki breeki, comrade
muffled “cheeki breeki” in distance
^^^AAA ^^^NNNUUUUUUUUUUUU
I said 'come in'! Don't just stand there!
this comment made my day :) thank you!
You mean CTANKEP?
Would this make the people run towards the radioactivity?
Hey kids, if you follow the clicking noise there a secret prize at the end! It's cancer!
Yay! Mein Vater ist an Krebs gestorben, also ist es gut genug für mich!
My German is super rusty, your dad is what?
Er ist tot.
Cheeki breeki iv damke!
The prequel ARG to STALKER!
HEY WE FINALLY FOUND THE IMMUNE KID! Throw him in the factory!
Chernobyl is pretty safe. a population shouldn't live there, but just going there for a while won't be worse for you than the same time in a polluted city.
Is that placed still fucked up?
You can visit without much trouble if your guide knows what he's doing, but you might not want to live there long term. Wildlife seems to be doing alright, as is the local flora, but you probably still shouldn't go into the CNPP itself. I'm pretty sure the Elephant's Foot is still so radioactive that they can't even get a remote control drone near it with it getting fried.
Crawl out through the fallout baby
I’ve got my ghillie suit ready
It's actually just part of a secret plan to train people to safely navigate through Fallout.
They really were working for the long run, seeing that it was still ~30 years till Chernobyl when these kits were made
I remember looking through a Boy Scout handbook from the '50s, and there was an "atomic" merit badge with Geiger counter hide and seek as a requirement.
...brb, I've gotta Google that to make sure I didn't just imagine it.
The Atomic Energy merit badge was around until 2005, when it was replaced by the Nuclear Science merit badge.
One of the things you can still do is as follows:
.5. Do ONE of the following; then discuss with your counselor the principles of radiation safety:
a. Using a radiation survey meter and a radioactive source, show how the counts per minute change as the source gets closer to or farther from the radiation detector. Place three different materials between the source and the detector, then explain any differences in the measurements per minute. Explain how time, distance, and shielding can reduce an individual’s radiation dose.
b. Describe how radon is detected in homes. Discuss the steps taken for the long-term and short-term test methods, tell how to interpret the results, and explain when each type of test should be used. Explain the health concern related to radon gas and tell what steps can be taken to reduce radon in buildings.
c. Visit a place where X-rays are used. Draw a floor plan of this room. Show where the unit, the unit operator, and the patient would be when the X-ray unit is operated. Explain the precautions taken and the importance of those precautions.
Weren't there also radioactive golf balls you were meant to find with a Geiger counter?
That's Not a terrible idea.
They urged you to not take it out of the jar.
They urged you to not take it out of the jar.
Today: KID, DROP THE JAR OR DIE
Wtf are you supposed to do with it in a jar? Look at a jar?
Hide it somewhere in your house, and have your friends find it using the included Geiger counter, of course!
To be fair, U238 isnt dangerous. Its U235 you need to look out for
Well for that you just have to buy the enrichment kit.
Even back then, there was DLC to get the full enjoyment out of what you bought.
The US has been handing out U-238 for free^^^dom at least until 2003.
I had one of those and then months later my brother got one. It's a wonder Ohio still exists as a place.
The games we played sans fallout
U-238 is naturally occuring though. Isn't it weakly radioactive and relatively harmless?
Yes
It is also pretty common. Pretty much any granite-like rock you find contains U-238 on the order of a couple grams per tonne.
Not sure what you mean by you could gamma sources with it. U238 is an alpha source and a pretty weak one at that. Did the kit include gamma sources? Provided the kid didn't eat any of the sources they are harmless.
play hide and seek with it by using the Geiger counter that came in the set.
HOLY. FUCKING. SHIT. WHY DOES FALLOUT NOT HAVE THIS AS A MINIGAME?
Well, you can't play it, but there is Blast Radius.
Gamma is the booger bear. U238 is more hazardous as a heavy metal than it is a radioisotope
Playing hide and seek with uranium using a Geiger counter is like playing “find the lit flaslight” 30 minutes before dawn in the middle of the wilderness.
The only stupidly easier thing I could think of would be if they gave you some P-32. We still use it in biochemistry, but back in the Cold War you could put a drop of 1 mM phosphate with P-32 on their shoes and follow someone’s trail for miles.
Wait. Are you guys joking?
I was wondering the same, then I googled:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory
It looks straight out of Fallout and I love it.
Back when radiation was new and not really thought to be dangerous it was everywhere
Radioactive face creams, blankets, water, you name it
Radium water! For that healthy, all-natural glow!
I want to do that.
Wow, And now they encourage you not to smuggle Kinder Suprise into the country.
If you want to end up on a list, go ahead and search for these kits on eBay
I WANT ONE!!!!! PLEASE
Instructions unclear, became Hulk.
Man, you think at least one of the kids would get super powers.
As we have to be reminded not to eat laundry sauce it's probably for the best that this is no longer a thing that exists.
You can still buy uranium ore on Amazon. Uranium produces mostly alpha radiation, which is no more dangerous than solar UV radiation. Since skin can block UV, it can also block alpha. However, uranium and other alpha emitters are dangerous if swallowed or inhaled because unlike your skin, your internal organs have no defense against radiation because generally, if you're getting UV on your internal organs, radiation damage is the least of your concerns.
Thoses where definitely a thing, they where so dangerous that some children reportedly got minor radiation poisoning and thats what got it recalled
Where WERE they a thing?
Ducking autocorrect, or non-native speaker?
Neither, just me not caring about grammer :)
Have all the upvotes (one) I can give you in that case.
Yep, seems like this one is true Not sure what they're thinking
I had one with a chunk of unrefined uranium in it (definitely not plutonium, that stuff will kill you very quickly if you were to handle it)
Uranium was fairly common awhile back. We use a plate (circa the 1950s) that has Uranium in it at work as a source to test radiation sensors. Using official check sources requires lots of paperwork and controls, but the plate is just a plate and we don't have to do strict accountability with it.
Plutonium on the other hand isn't too hard to find, look in soviet era smoke detectors.
Plutonium no, uranium not surprising.
Are you familiar with Fiesta-ware? They sure did like toxic glazes back in the day, the original red was a uranium based glaze and some of the others contained lead.
They had kits that came with a geiger counter, so kids could go out and find uranium... Ultimately for the government.
A lot of chemistry kits came with big chunks of platinum too, because for a little my time, no one had any use for it
The Libyans!!! Run for it Marty!
1.21 GIGAWATTS?!?!!
I had one of these when I was a kid, and I'm only 35, I have no idea where my parents got it from, but it definitely had uranium in it.
Edit: It was this set right here, note the wee vial of uranium ore. Again, I had this while growing up in the 1980s, I have no idea where the fuck my parents found it. Oh, and there was zero supervision, and I had no idea what I was doing. Upside, the uranium had probably totally decayed by that point and was no longer radioactive.
Upside, the uranium had probably totally decayed by that point and was no longer radioactive.
No. The half-life of that is millions of years.
The upside is this means it was never very radioactive to begin with.
It's just an alpha emitter. The radioactivity is not a health concern.
A sheet of paper blocks alpha particles.
However, the chemical properties are a health concern.
Also, eating it would be bad both radiationwise (alpha particles directly to your insides) plus chemistrywise (like consuming lead or mercury).
Otherwise, it's fairly safe, and uranium is commonly found everywhere at low levels. Dirt. Granite. Etc.
It was uranium....
Yeah I think some had the glow in the dark stuff... others had radiation sources so you could see how Geiger counters worked.
https://youtu.be/Nt-1TrU3cVU?t=8m21s
probably this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory
You know you can just buy a sample of uranium off Amazon, right?
Also, cancer.
I’m pretty sure mine. Did though the worst thing I made was H2SO4
Def not plutonium, they would have come with uranium but not plutonium.
yup uncle had one. Saw the uranium as a kid. Dad told me to get away
All the really good experiments in the instruction book seemed to involve sodium- or potassium ferrocyanide, which never came with the kits; they were the 60s equivalent of an In App Purchase.
This was a double piss-off for us Canadians, because when we asked for them at the local hobby shop, the kindly old guy advised us that Her Majesty's Post wasn't allowed to transmit toxic substances so we couldn't order them by mail ourselves, and even if he added them to his regular order from the supplier, they would simply be stopped at the border. We were therefore SOL, and had to be content with ordering les potentially lethal supplements, like vials of copper sulphate and ferrous oxide.
With access to only the basic kits, which were rather limited, we were usually stuck doing boring experiments like testing chicken bones and fingernail clippings for calcium, or gluing iron filings on a lollipop stick with corn syrup, then holding it over the alcohol burner to make an underwhelming, homemade sparkler. As you can imagine, such cautious inquiries quickly paled; we lusted for bleeding-edge-of-known-science experiences.
Burning a test tube full of puverized sulfur to create H2S - strictly an off-manual procedure - was pretty cool. More than once, the resulting stink was powerful enough to get us kicked out of the basement and yelled at to go play outside.
Mind you, the overly timid instruction booklet did give us some interesting ideas. When he read its rather theoretical explanation of electrolysis, my friend surreptitiously removed the battery from his dad's new and much cherished motorcycle, snuck it into the basement, and hooked it up to an old sauerkraut crock he filled with salt water. He hid the bulky contraption under a burlap sack in the root cellar, and let it cook over the weekend. Of course being short-circuited in this manner completely killed the expensive new battery, but not before it managed to generate a quart mason jar each of hydrogen and oxygen.
It was a sufficient amount that when we combined them in the confined headspace of the covered crock, then inserted a match, it made a helluva bang; the crock split into pieces and showered us with frigid brine that smelled faintly of sauerkraut. Now this was chemistry!
In fact, that day the spirit of scientific inquiry was loud enough to jolt my friend's dad from his beery afternoon nap. He flew down the stairs in just his skivvies and socks, bellowed at us all to go home, and took my friend's chemistry set away for keeps.
In hindsight, we are probably the reason today's chemistry sets are but a limp, insipid, and litigation-proof imitation of the manly Sixties version for which you long.
Helium?
Yeah, failed to see that when I proofread. Corrected - how embarrassing. Will surrender to you my Junior Chemistry Lab Official ID badge.
Double down man.
Claim you achieved fusion using a motorcycle battery.
I had a kit in the mid-80's which came with potassium ferrocyanide. Apart from the name it just had 'DO NOT MIX WITH ACID' on the jar. Thankfully 8 year old me somehow resisted unknowingly creating that dangerous poison.
I'd definitely listen to more stories from you. I'd even read them!
Sounds like somebody had an interesting childhood.
That's a great story, it would be worth the risk of missing eyes/hands to have a couple like this XD
Awesome.
I would read more stories about your childhood.
I kept reading expecting someone to get hit with a set of jumper cables.
Alas, /u/rogersimon10 is gone from us. Dad finally got him with those jumper cables.
We also did the car battery into a bucket of saltwater experiment in the garage unbeknown to my friend's parents.
We had electrolysis and electroplating confused and therefore thought the copper penny attached to one wire would become plated with something.
In any case, we left the experiment merrily bubbling hydrogen and oxygen gas into the closed garage all day while we went out and rode our bicycles, as eight year olds do.
Upon inspecting our experiment in the late afternoon (now a bucket of somewhat green solution, still happily dispersing hydrogen, oxygen, and perhaps chlorine into the garage) we were discovered and scolded.
Fortunately no Hindenburg situation developed before we vented the garage, returned the battery, and disposed of the cuprous sodium-enriched liquid (probably into the flower bed).
I don't think I ever had my turn to carry the "electroplated" penny in my pocket to school afterward. I'm still waiting!
But the next weekend we moved onto a new adventure. Either involving nailing way too many boards together in a structurally unsound way or trying to build a telegraph with a nail electromagnet, a lantern battery, and some wood blocks and strips of sheet metal.
Either involving nailing way too many boards together in a structurally unsound way or trying to build a telegraph with a nail electromagnet, a lantern battery, and some wood blocks and strips of sheet metal.
This all sounds so horribly familiar. Are we having a Tyler Durden moment, here?
I'm an 80s kid and all my chemistry set did was make blue and green.
:(
I'm pretty sure they are called watercolor paint sets, not chemistry sets
That's technically still chemistry though...
Might as well be.
Hey now
You're an all star
Get your game on
Go play.
All that glitters is gold
Try telling that to my bookie.
That's chemistry
..shhhh he was an 80s kid, don't ruin his fun.
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That's some good science. I never thought to pee in it. Tell me you're in the field now!
Not directly, any chemical engineering career prospects ended with that long ago flush. I ended up in the electro/opto-mechanical technology field. My employer makes UV light sources for bio science and curing coatings.
Still heavily science based, and sounds really interesting! I am in a similar field, but purely on the electrical side. I work with engineers in a technician role in order to facilitate testing and qualification of various types of power amplifiers. One of the components I'm supporting may be used for Hitachi MRI machines. See, we are still doing science! Can't pee on electronics though, at least not without some undesirable repercussions.
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Hah, TIL. Thank You!
You're lucky. It might as well have exploded.
Weird I'm an 80s kid and I definitely had questionably dangerous chemistry set.
I think they varied quite a bit. To be fair, I got mine in the early 90s, so they were probably toned back a bit by then. I certainly don't recall having a Geiger counter or uranium, but I know it would be bad news to eat some of the stuff, and certain experiments called for adult supervision. Like the one to make meth.
Like the one to make meth.
Wait what?
I just wanted to end it with something funny. I have a weird sense of humor sometimes.
To be honest, with all the other weird stuff in this thread (cough uranium), I wasn't completely sure if it was a joke or not.
username related?
You're the only person who has commented on my username, and you hit the nail squarely on the head. I'm taken aback a bit, honestly.
Just because it's not said, doesn't mean it's not seen.
I got it, I laughed.
Username checks out.
Mine had me make my own utensils through basic glass blowing (which I found WAY more fun than chemistry).
I did too, and I also mixed them all together more than once. Maybe you had to be early 80s to get those?
Green? I think you mean blellow
I'm also 80s but I definitely remember being able to make explosives using the contents of my chemistry set. And when I ran out, wandering down to the village chemist to buy a big pot of sulphur to make more...
Pretty sure I'd be on a watch list now...
Where did you grow up where there was a village chemist?
Olde England. Technically a suburb but the parade of shops was referred to as the "village". I think the locals wanted to keep a sense of village life about the place and encourage local buying.
The chemist was definitely proper old - school though. Wooden counter in front of shelves on shelves of pills and potions. And somehow didn't bat an eyelid as to what a child wanted with a large (probably near a pound) container of pure sulphur!
I can't remember where I got the potassium nitrate from; it may have been the same place.
Simpler times...
Usually outside the US, pharmacists are called chemists. So especially the sort that mixes the meds themselves would have that sort of thing.
Hey, those 90s sets made blue and green, too!
Of course the chemistry was pouring Fun Dip into a concession stand soda.
There were little white bottles of legitimate chemicals. Can't remember all of them. Some fairly innocuous thought like maybe calcium chloride? It also had a little burner and various liquid and powder based chemicals. Probably nothing too acidic. It wasn't just soda water and food coloring though, I'm sure if ingested some of the stuff would be pretty bad for you.
Hahaha, I know, I was just making a joke about how simplified these things became. And there were a lot of 90s faux-chemistry sets that just made gummy candy and things like that.
Oh yeah, a neighbor kid had one of those. The candy it made was gross though :(
All I remember from my science set was that scrawny little frog stuffed into that 1/2" x 4" tube with a red cap.
I grew up in the 90s and had a chemistry set when I was a kid, I really wanted to try some dangerous stuff but it was too safe.
Eventually we just put a little of every chemical in the same vial with some water and shook it, it got super hot and melted it (it was cheap plastic) so that was kinda cool.
I'll call it... blellow!
I had a chemistry set with real chemicals that I got for Christmas one year in the 90s. I never really got to play with it because the child safe bottles we're incredibly hard to open. My mom couldn't even get them open.
Mine had the dead foetus of a ting dog in a jar with whatever liquid preserves that.
I used to show everyone!
*tiny
No idea what a ting dog is
Even in the eighties chemistry sets had much more than they do today.
I'm a 2000s kid, and we didn't even have chemistry sets really. :/
I'm a 90s kid, lol the next gen's tasted like blue and green, but they only come in pod form..
Maybe the uranium from the previous generation contributed to that ;)
Found Ralph Wiggums account.
Can confirm. "Chemistry Expo" at the local library was making slime from gelatin and food coloring.
Blellow!
I'm only 30 but I was a nerdy child and even in my lifetime I've seen chemistry sets decline wildly in quality.
If you want your kid to have anything resembling a decent chemistry set today you have to buy the equipment and chemicals piecemeal and build them a custom one and I'm sure you'd end up spending a thousand dollars on just the basics.
I've got a relevant story for you then. Just saw this on r/researchchemicals. It's about how a kid used one of those sets to synthesize an analogue of heroin, but accidentally gave himself parkinson's with the toxic byproducts. They were able to use this rapid onset parkinsons to study the disease and are now developing treatments. Interesting stuff, but really quite scary/sad to read about.
I think this is why they were taken away lol, no teenagers gonna be synthesizing heroin analogues in an ez-bake oven...
The original discovery of the toxic effects of MPTP (the chemical in the story) was from an accidental self-poisoning by a chemistry graduate student. The details are fuzzy on this, but it's much more likely that he was using the equipment provided by his university. Some details on his case can be found in the case report: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0165178179900064 (use a sci-hub mirror)
I'm a chemist and I currently have two 1950s era Gilbert chemistry sets in my collection. Some of the experiments described in the documentation included with one of the kits would require at least 2 weeks of safety reviews for me to preform at work... I wish I was around when it was considered acceptable to do these experiments in my garage or backyard. But then again, I may be missing a hand if that was the case.
I've now seen "preform" used instead of "perform" on reddit about a half dozen times in the past week.
Is this an Android/iPhone autocorrect thing gone wild? It seems to be somewhat widespread.
Google/Apple need to fix this; "preform" is a relatively rare word, and "perform" is an extremely common one. The corrector ought to default to the by far more frequent one.
I got one back in the 90's from my uncle.
I got 2, one was meant to just be a clock potato kit, but the other had some serious chemicals in it. The big one being a blue crystaline powder.
One day I got bored, mixed some old apple juice, some ink, the powder and a bunch of other stuff I found lying around. (No cleaning products.)
I put the mixture into a small glass vial that came with the kit. It was a purple liquid that had a very weird distinct smell I've never smelt anywhere else.
I hid the vial in a corner of my bookcase. About 2 weeks later I noticed the liquid had spilled across the shelf. When I grabbed the vial the entire bottom was gone. Just gone. A clean perfect circle completely removed from the vial. I checked around thinking it had fallen out or something. Nope, gone.
No idea wtf happened.
The big one being a blue crystaline powder.
Good old [Copper Sulfate.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper(II)_sulfate)
Yeah, that looks about right.
OMG it's beautiful.
Ooooo that stuff will fuck you up real good
Except it won't
It's one of the more dangerous chemicals my students use (junior high/middle school). Heard a story couple years back in a town up north of me some girls stole a vial and poured it in a girls slurpee as a prank. It was very serious. But yea you have to literally swallow it or get it in your eye.
gilbert u 238 atomic energy lab
https://www.orau.org/PTP/collection/atomictoys/GilbertU238Lab.htm
4 different types of uranium yay!
Exciting! Safe!
When radium was discovered it was put on anything that needed illuminating. At that time it was painted on by hand, with people wetting the brush on thier lips.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#Historical_applications
It was also used as a magical cure-all ingredient. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#Commercial_use
And Ironically as a cure for cancer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#Medical_use
Who knows? maybe 50 years that will be cell phones for us.
I had mine taken away when I took every chemical in the box and dumped them together, creating a sizzling, black, ooze-like substance.
So how's cancer these days?
I got one of those from a garage sale and now whenever my brother swims in chlorine a spot on the back of his neck turns bright blue.
They just don't do uranium in the mail like they did back then....
I mean, you can but uranium on Amazon. It's not that hazardous in it's ore state in small quantities.
it wasnt ore
I have a pdf of this one if you're interested. DM me and I can zippyshare it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Book_of_Chemistry_Experiments?wprov=sfla1
Edit: Apparently I don't even need to, seems to be some references on the page for download links
My grandfather was a chemist for US steel from the late 40s till into the 80s. He would bring home mercury for my father and aunt to play with on the kitchen table poking it with their fingers. This was around the early to mid 60s. I just wish the Nintendo 64 was still in production.
Had one as a kid, used to play with the mercury.
My grandpa blew a small hole in a parking lot with one of these when he was a kid in Chicago
Now with real uranium! Watch out Jimmy, that'll put some hair on your chest!
Jeepers!
And how!
I remember saving up my allowance for a chemistry kit in the Scholastic catalogue given by my school. All I got to make was goo and light stick fluid I think.
Seriously those kits were badass.
But so was the banned book the Golden Book of Chemistry experiments. Why was it banned? Well it might be because the experiments were deemed too dangerous for the general public
And they were kind of dangerous as can be seen from the story of the Radioactive Boy Scout, who made a homemade nuclear breeder reactor.
Edit: To be clear, its an amazing book that anyone interest should get a copy. Just download it, you will not regret it. Also the radioactive boy scout passed away in November 2016 and he was bloody smart.
That kid was kind of a dumbass: he didn't have good safety protocols in place.
In contrast, later there was another kid (in Arkansas) who was not a dumbass, did not create a toxic waste site in his backyard, and eventually built a working fusion reactor.
Interesting sidenote about the second kid: he was invited to the set of Big Bang Theory and noticed a Geiger counter sitting on one of the shelves on the set. Being an expert on such things, he took it down to examine it. He discovered it had a radioactive "calibration source" inside the cabinet. He asked them if he could take the radioactive bit off their hands and away from their set. They eagerly agreed!
The director was somewhat mortified that he'd been slightly irradiating his cast for a few seasons.
The book about the fusion reactor boy is good. I recommend it.
I should have mentioned that the book is amazing for another reason, they assume the reader is not an expert and then proceed to show her or him how to build a mini-lab from scratch, which is very cool. Some of the tricks can still be used today.
edit: Yeah the kid was a dumbass but I'm sure he inspired many people, too bad he died not that long ago., but he was also a kid.
I loved those kits. I think Remco made some of them.
They got me started in "science".
A former coworker of mine said he nearly blew up his hands with one of those.
Just read about this case where the dude made his own heroin analogue with such a kit. Paralized him though. :/
You could have paired that chemistry set with that fake Pyrex and created real PYREX.
I just bought one for cheap at a resale a while back. So kitschy! My skin got irritated just from touching it so I keep it stored away lol.
I had one of those as a kid in the 80s. I opened it 2-3 times and each time, before I could play with it, I got too nauseated to continue. At some point decided that wasn't a coincidence.
I did, too. My dad accidentally blew up a test tube and had glass embedded in his hand years later (possibly even still today).
Ignition powder was fun. Magnesium strips too. We were pyros back then. There was certainly more, but that's all I remember.
those had lithium in them.
I think some of those are on Amazon. I got the Anarchist Cookbook from there last Thursday.
Also late 70s. I made some sketchy shit, but I learned SO much!
You can find complete and unused sets on eBay!
Right. You've got one billion plus upvotes, and so this is just for me and you:
But I was a kid in the 80's and at five my parents bought one for me.
It sat unused for a year on top of the kitchen cabinets but then one day it was mine.
It contained cyanide. Now, at six, I had my suspicions, but I was pretty sure that cyanide was used to kill people.
So I consulted the TV, and it confirmed cyanide was a deadly poison used to kill people.
I never wanted to kill anyone, but I was never more sure of my parent's trust in me.
What fucking chemistry set contains cyanide? I'm genuinely curious-- I've never once heard of any chemistry set containing something as infamously poisonous as that. Usually for the pretty Prussian blue experiments they used potassium ferrocyanide or ferricyanide, which are safe enough to be used as anticaking agents in salt.
Fun part of this is you can buy everything you need to make a whole host of dangerous stuff delivered right to your house in two days via amazon prime. Aluminum powder, iron oxide and a magnesium strip will melt through an engine block.
There was a long weekend (starting Friday morning) where someone parked a car with an incredibly touchy car alarm outside my place - every time another decently sized car passed it would set the alarm off. I think it had something to do with being on a hill so the car alarm sensors were already under stress. It would go off probably once every 1.5 hours, and sometimes if regularly disturbed it would go off for tens of minutes of time...directly outside my bedroom window.
Anyway, by Sunday morning there were about 4 notes from other neighbors telling the person to fuck off and never park there again.
By Monday morning, at something like 6am listening to the alarm go off for a solid 20+min, I legitimately started to wonder if the police would hold it against me if I made thermite, positioned it over the alarm, and then just burned out everything that happened to be underneath.
Tell me more wise one
Just look up a thermite reaction. We used the same thing to melt the breeches of artillery pieces in WWII
Thanks, Mr. White.
Look dad I made meth! (^^)
Heh. I had a pretty sketchy chemistry set in the late 70's.
Mr. Wizard was the Mr.Rogers of chemistry.
you could make mustard gas with that stuff.
Me and my brother had a chemistry set in this 80s/90s not as potentially dangerous but it did have red capped bottles showing poisonous chemicals.
One time in Elementary, a classmate convinced me to drink a magical concoction he made with the Harry Potter Potion set. It was just blue liquid soap in a tube.
Lol I spilled mercury on myself out of those. Prolly have cancer already.
Spilling mercury on yourself once isn't going to do much in the long term. People used to eat mercury for pretty much any illness in the past and it really takes a lot to fully show the negative effects.
Elemental mercury isn't that hazardous, but if it's in a bio-avalible salt, even a drop on your glove could kill you. It's happened.
Off topic but this just reminded me of my favorite come back to any 'your mom' joke: "At least I have a mom, you have two dads and a chemistry set!"
You don't even have to go that far back. My brother and I, somewhere in the mid 90s, got a crystal growing kit from Toys'R'Us that had a vial of sulfuric acid inside
Shoot man, I had one of those in the 80s.
Why have you written this in italics?
I managed to make (and reproduce later on) some kinda mix which instantly started increasing in temperature all the way up to boiling hot... i was eight.
Toy safety was a whole different ballgame back then.
Had one in the 70's too!
In the 90’s the closest thing I got was this kit that let you build a radio and a clock on this weird board and there was a lot of exposed wires and transistors and it came with a soldering iron. Being a stupid kid in the 90’s I decided to use the soldering iron on my thumbnail to see what happened. It was hot and my thumbnail still has a weird bumpy grove down the length of it. I’m sure we are still giving our children things that hurt/kill/maim them today.
Shit, you could still buy those into the 1990s. I had one as a kid in the 90s for Christmas one year. Had all sorts of highly toxic chemicals and acids in it. Lots of tasty snacks
My father is blind in one eye because of one od those. Friend of his jammed the stopper in a test tube and heated something over a burner. It exploded and a shard of glass hit him in the eye. Was walleyed all my childhood.
Weird to think that there are chemicals I played with as a kid, that I would now need special paperwork to get at my lab.
Store site down atm, but heirloom chemistry set. Had a kickstarter, has a store in Kansas City. http://ohanatropicals.safe-orders.net/beagle_proprietors.html
I bought a wooden box that housed one of those inside the lid it says “Fifth Grade Science Kit” and includes sulfuric acid amount other questionable items on the contents list.
I know my 1960s chemistry set had a recipe for "chocolate milk" that I know involved phenolphthalein--not sure what else any more. The neighbor kid drank a bunch of it and he's not dead yet but it always seemed dubious to me.
I bought one from 1958 at a yard sale in 1998. It was every bit as fun as you'd think.
I miss those so much - I even had one I bought at a Goodwill that the previous owner had taken all the labels off the vials! Good times!
My mom got me one from a yard sale in the 90s. I caught the floor of my bedroom on fire "experimenting". I burned my thumb putting out the fire and told my mom and doctor I just sat on it wrong. They never said a word. 😂
They were to be had in the '70s as well.
What I wouldn't give...
My dad works at a lab aqnd was a little too happy to bring home potentially dangerous chemicals for me to experiment with.
Then again this is the guy that shotgunned a light fixture with potassium one time, so it's not his first safety blunder.
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Absolutely not. You'd need either large amounts of Uranium-235 or Plutonium, both of which are both radioactive and poisonous enough that they wouldn't be allowed in any science kit, even back then.
My brother created paint remover with his kit. Stuff worked great on the exterior house paint underneath his window.
My dad told me about these and I'm so jealous even as an adult.
I remember mine in the 60s. Came with a burner and all the noxious, dangerous chemicals I could handle.
David Hahn would like a word.
Cmon what could go wrong with a little uranium?
Ah yes, I miss those.
www.UnitedNuclear.com
My brother and I used to play with my dad’s that he had when he was a kid during the 50s and 60s! It was awesome! I’m probably going to die of cancer soon.
name checks out
Little did we know, the owner of the company was stockpiling uranium so he could dirty bomb those bastard Hungry Hungry Hippo commies back to hell.
Username checks out!
:)
Radium - do not swallow.
They were the best. Got the set when I was 7, along with a wood burning kit. What’s better than a kid with chemicals and burning irons?
Then you could end up like the nuclear boy scout.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn
I just got rid of one I had taken from my grandparents house!
That's the most 1950's thing I can think of haha.
Create your own Chernobyl disaster today! Has your teacher given you too much homework? FUCKING BLOW HER UP
Man, it's a wonder I made it through childhood without ending up looking like Freddie Kreuger.
always wanted one of those, what did they aactually do?
Irradiate the neighborhood.
I remember one Christmas making concentrated nitric acid in the kitchen with my new set while my mom cooked dinner. It burned things pretty well, including my fingers.
Taco Bell's lava sauce.
I loved the volcano menu back in the day (especially the nachos); I can't believe they've never revived it.
I really miss that volcano burrito or whatever it was that had the volcano fritos inside of a burrito. Absolutely fantastic. What I REALLY miss though is the Verde sauce.
Volcano burrito was my favorite. The last time I ever ordered one, I got home and opened the bag and realized they forgot it. Taco bell was closed at this point. Next time I went back it was gone forever
That's probably the saddest thing I've ever read
Definitely the saddest moment of my life
I am so sorry... I wouldn't wish that on anyone
I remember getting a cheaper version by ordering the 5 layer with fritos and lava sauce.
Being back the volcano menu!
I use to do the same thing. I thought I was the only genius in this world but apparently there is another.
That's really when I stopped going to Taco Bell. On occasion they'll have something spicy on the menu as a gimmick and I'll go back, but then it's gone again.
Just have a spicy option, dammit!
I feel like the whole menu can be a spicy menu considering the variety and volume of hot sauce provided.
Their hottest sauce is like ketchup to me
Their hottest sauce trades flavor for nothing but spice basically. I like spice as much as the next guy but trading flavor for heat just doesn't become enjoyable after a while
Ohhh the volcano burrito! I had to go to Taco Bell several times a week when I was pregnant to get one and chased it down by half a bottle of tums.
The only way to eat Taco Bell lmao
We still have the volcano burrito in the UK
http://www.tacobelluk.co.uk/products/burritos-productos/volcano-burrito/
TIL I'm moving to the UK
The Verde Sauce! I worked at Taco Bell in high school (1980s). We had the "real" green sauce that we prepared just like the red sauce (in other words, not in packets). Man, once you learned about that, you could coat your burritos/nachos/a freakin' dog turd in the green sauce - it made everything magical!
Has the Verde sauce been gone longer than a year? I ate some in 2017 or 2016
They sell Verde Sauce in a bottle at my local HEB
They sell bottled Verde sauce at the grocery store :)
You can order flamin' hot fritos on Walmart.com in the states. Also, beefycrunchmovement on facebook is petitioning to bring back the beefy crunch (the one with the hot fritos), and TBell is doing regional testing to bring it back full time. I know, I hate myself for knowing this much about a damned fast food burrito.
Oh my goodness thank you so much. I now know exactly what I must do with my life. Beefy Crunch Activism.
You can buy Taco Bell Verde sauce my sister and I both have bottles of it we carry everywhere lol
I asked for a refund on my chicken burrito with regular chicken not that shit shredded crap and they looked at me like I was nuts.
I want the verde sauce back!
It's fucking weird that as soon as they put breakfast on the menu full time they took the best breakfast sauce off the menu.
Amen
Just bought a case of the verde sauce off of Amazon. 15 bucks for 12 bottles. Delish.
IT COMES IN BOTTLES!?
Yeah. I saw it at a local grocery for $1.25 each. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm geeked up after I thought it was gone forever.
When I worked at taco Bell I'd tell any customer that asked for Verde sauce that. At least in Montana it's in damn near every grocery store.
I concur. Just bought 4 bottles from my local Cub foods. Very tasty.
They sell it in Walmart
Not in any Walmarts near me- only mild, hot, and fire. 😒
I've found that my Walmart has the Taco Bell sauces in two places. One by all the BBQ sauces and one in the Hispanic labeled section. As for which one will have the verde sauce assuming it is in stock is completely random.
I do know that the more reliable way to get the verde sauce is through walmart's website. GF's mom bemoaned the discontinuing of verde sauce. I told her I see it at Walmart all the time. Skip a few months and she's ordering it for in-store pickup so she knows it will be there for her shopping trips instead of hoping to get lucky. lol
They sell it online with free in-store pick-ups. $1.50/7.5oz - I just had some delivered for my gf when she said the same thing!
I second that
I hate eggs but that Verde sauce made them always taste great
My roommates family hoarded taco bell sauce like it was food for the apocalypse when he was growing up. He brought a few bins of it with him when he moved in. We now have at least 3 giant totes filled with all kinds of those sauces, taco Tuesday is incredible at my apartment.
Same. I ask everytime I go through the drive through.
They sell the stuff in supermarkers, as well as their mild and hot sauces.
They're doin it in Texas
I'm sadly not in Texas.
Not in DFW, it's been gone for a couple of years now.
I've seen it recently at the Grapevine walmart. You can also get it delivered to you.
Im within 90 miles of the metroplex. It may be hit or miss where you find it, but it's still out here.
Oh man me too. I still have a few packets left in the center console of my car but I'm not sure if they expire. Is it bad I've literally just eaten them plain before?
Nope, that stuff is delicious.
If the packets are plastic, they're getting very hot in your car (70 degrees outside can mean 100+ inside) so I'd probably not consume the sauce personally. I don't know if they're foil or plastic though.
You can buy a bottle of Taco Bell verde sauce at Walmart.
You can ask them to add green sauce into your food when you order - they charge I think .25¢. You can also ask for a little sauce cup of the green sauce which I think they will charge for too. I always add green sauce into all my orders
Why won’t they give them to us anymore?!
I always asked for "green and red" when they asked if I wanted any sauce. Verde for the sweet and fire for some heat.
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Can I get fire roasted back please!
Me too, friend, me too.
You can get it in some grocery stores still
My mom talks about this sauce every. time. she goes to Taco Bell.
For good reason 😉
Mexican kimchi. Loved it.
Walmart carries it! It comes in a glass container! I was so stoked when I found it by chance
Yes! I'll definitely buy some.
Have you tried asking for verde sauce? They might give you some if you ask. Tried it a few years ago.
THERE ARE DOZENS OF US
SALSA VERDE MOTHERFUCKER
They still sell it in stores
You can buy it at the grocery store
if you live by a Cub Foods, they carry it in bottles! at least the locations near me do!
My tastebuds still occasionally cry about this loss.
I say this every time I go.
Exactly, all the other sauces aren't even that spicy, even the Diablo stuff. But the Verde had a great flavor.
goddammit, me too.
I was pissed when they discontinued it.
Me too!
That never left
The last time I went to Taco Bell, they didn't have it and the employee said it was discontinued.
The volcano menu was the best!
Ahh! I miss the volcano taco so much. I'm from Toledo which is one of their test markets, so we always got the experimental stuff before anyone else.
Fellow Toledoian! I used to work at a taco bell here in town and we are a huge test market. Always loved being the first one to debut an item!
The volcano burrito was the only thing I bought there. Went in to order one one day and found out that they just took it off the menu. My jr high school brain couldn't comprehend that that was even possible to do.
I haven't been to taco bell since. I want my volcano burrito back, you fuckers.
Lava box was amazing. Also when they did about a year ago the 3 different dollar burritos with ghost pepper , habero and something else. Taco Bell would actually keep my business if they stop doing this limited time bullshit with products I love and get once a week
I still dream about those.
Oh my hell, I forgot all about that!
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I was sooo pissed cause I didn't know they switched at the last second. Got Chipotle chicken grillers instead... Just not the same
They brought it back for a little around 2015/16
Volcano burrito man, that was my go to fast food get back then. I still miss it.
Ghost Pepper Griller please.
I dislike spicy stuff, but Holy shit I could eat those volcano burritos forever.
The volcano tacos were great, I used to get them all the time after work since all that was open by that time was Taco Bell and White Castle. It seemed like everyone loved them too, I'm not sure why they got discontinued.
Oh man, Volcano tacos were so good but there was always guaranteed Volcano diarrhea.
Iceland had Taco Bell lava menu items last year. Snagged one on the drive back to the airport as I was leaving. Shit was like $8 dollars though (but still cheaper than $35 normal ass hamburgers or any food in Iceland for that matter).
Y'all remember Wild Sauce?
Wild sauce will be back on may 10th.
I loved the wild tacos
RIP volcano tacos ;n;
We have the volcano burrito in Iceland.
That's what I always order when I got To TB.
Volcano quesorito was the bomb!
We have the volcano burrito in the UK!
So much this
Because Taco Bell employees were sick of cleaning blood out of their toilets
Oh man I loved that sauce.
Enchirittos need to be brought back as well
and most importantly, GREEN ONIONS ON MEXICAN PIZZAS
The volcano nachos were my favorite. My roommates and I lived near a taco bell and I'd always get those insanely good nachos after a night of drinking.
I was vegetarian for a while, and Taco Bell used to have a cheesy bean and rice burrito that had the actual nacho sauce in it. They discontinued it years ago. I'm still salty.
I'm not sure where you're located, but I still get the cheesy bean & rice burrito all the time here in TX. It's even on the $1 menu!
I’m so sad! It’s not available in SC, unless it’s been added back and I missed it! Hope springs eternal!
I'm in SC, my boyfriend definitely got one like a week ago
Thanks! I think we have one in the mall near me, so I’ll go look! Yay!
I'd check it out next time you're there. It was on the menu in Raleigh last time I went to visit, so it might have made it to you by now. Good luck.
Woo! Jesus loves me today!
They brought it back here in Cali about a year or so ago.
Shit's still dope, but they make it smaller now.
But what about the fire-roasted sauce?
Fucking thank you. Everyone up there whinging about the boring ass Verde sauce.
The Fire-Roasted was really where it was at. It was perfection. I would drown my food in it.
It used to be the only sauce I'd get from Taco Bell. I still think about it everytime I'm in their drive thru and then I get sad.
I legit could not stand this stuff on my tacos and burritos.
However, I would snatch up handfuls every single trip to 'the bell' to use on my scrambled eggs at home.
The best ingredient to put on scrambled eggs ever. Nothing will ever compare.
I remember when Diablo sauce was limited time only.
I was so happy when they made Diablo sauce permanent.
Like fire sauce was intended to be, but with flavor AND (mild) heat.
Now, someone convince them to do a reaper/scorpion sauce with real bite!
I remember they had ghost pepper burritos (or whatever the smaller ones were called) that were actually decently spicy. Like a really decent jalapeño sauce, nothing actually crazy but way hotter than anything you'd get in fast food. If they could have a sauce packet that's that hot that still tastes good, I'd eat at Taco Bell again.
Came here looking for this. Those loaded grillers were the shit. Ghost pepper was the hottest, below that was habanero, and then there was another less spicy one as well.
They also had the Habanero quesarito for a while. Good and spicy and tasty. I was very sad when they took it off the menu.
Oh man I drown my 5 layer burritos in that stuff whenever I go to T Bell. Soooo good.
YES
you must have been part of the crowd that constantly wrote in to TB to BRING BACK DIABLO SAUCE ... so glad it's back permanently now ...
Absolutely!
That shit gave me instant hiccups every time I had it. Also it indirectly introduced me to the "potato taco" before it was on the menu. I ordered a Volcano Taco and I got this thing that had potatoes in it, the drive thru lady must have misheard me. But man, it was good.
The chipotle potato taco is the best, I'm addicted to them, and I've even introduced a few other people to them. Literally just got done eating a few (TBell is the only thing still open when I get done with work, so I'm there at least twice a week to get my tacos).
You just put me on them, I'll try it the next time I'm there.
I remember literally the exact same thing happening to me, but I wanted my volcano taco so bad that I went in and exchanged out the potato one. Maybe I should have given it a try!
That's crazy, the same exact thing happened to me. Ordered my volcano taco fix, and got a potato taco for my troubles. Now it's a staple in my tbell orders.
Similarly: Taco Bell's Verde sauce
Ditto. Now you have to buy it in bottles or specifically ask for it on your food if you want any. The sad thing is that the Taco Bell app won’t let you order it.
Damn I don't think my taco Bell even has it as an option for that
You can probably find a bottle at a Wal-Mart
How did it taste? Like actual Mexican salsa verde?
Nah, basically like chunky lime vinegar tbh. But better flavor than the other options, especially since Taco Bell is only really a 2 am drunk option for me anyway. Most food I intake is significantly better all around.
Their chili cheese burritos were the fucking best. They keep bringing out all these new foods that are awful, but I can't buy a fucking chili cheese burrito.
Have you ever tried to just order it? It's not on the menu around here, but everyone still makes it for me.
They do? I'm going to have to try that.
Yeah, and my home taco bell is only a couple of years old. It's on the register. The only one that wouldn't make one was a mall food court taco bell.
I get a chili cheese burrito w/sour cream EVERY time I go to Taco Bell
Chili Cheese burrito add potato and sour cream, shit is my jam
Go to this link and see if there are any stores near you that still have it that you didn't know about: chilicheese.org
I just want Baja sauce back.
it’s the same as the Spicy Ranch sauce! they pretty much just renamed it!
source: i work at taco bell
I'm sorry, but my tastebuds strongly disagree with you. The sauces may be similar, but they are not the same. Baja tasted so much better. I wasn't aware when they first made the switch and just thought my food tasted off. My two favorite items used to be the cheesy gordita crunch and potato soft taco and now I think both are just meh. The spicy ranch is garbage in comparison.
On the plus side, I spend way less money at taco bell now.
The Baja sauce was my jam
SAME
Spicy ranch is vastly inferior
/r/tacobell Would like you.
I wish it would come back. Volcano burritos were the only thing I could stomach during the beginning of my first pregnancy. I was eating pepto all day and volcano burritos all night!
OMFG BAJA SAUCE
And their salsa verde! I’m still sad about that.
I liked the verde one, so good.
I miss the Mountain Dew Sangrita Blast that they had alongside the Baja Blast for a while, it was by far my favorite drink for at least a solid few months
They still have that at my local TB.
At least they did the last time I was there. Was it discontinued recently?
It's been discontinued in my local area for at least a year, possibly longer.
Where do you live, by the way?? This addict needs his fix. twitches uncontrollably
New Hampshire.
Nacho fries! They were surprisingly delicious and came with cheese for dunking! Disappointed.
They are coming back this summer!
Yes!
Also the Siracha chicken Crunchwrap!
Lava? The hottest I've seen here in Canada is fire sauce and most taco bells don't even carry that now. I'm gonna have to travel with a bottle of El Yucateco habanero sauce every time i go eat anywhere.
the lava sauce was on their volcano menu items, it wasnt in the packets like the mild/hot/fire sauce, it was kinda like a nacho cheese sauce i guess, it was super good, would get it added to everything i ordered
FYI, I'm 90% sure the lava sauce was literally just 50% nacho cheese sauce and 50% fire sauce
Get a side of nacho cheese next time you're there and add a couple packets of fire sauce to it, you won't be disappointed.
On the topic of awesome taco bell stuff that should come back, the Queso Crunchwrap.
My unpopular opinion is that Taco Bell has legit sauces, even if they are a chemistry project. They aren't particularly hot, but damn do they nail the flavor. The diablo is great and has enough heat to actually build up if you use a fair amount.
Lava sauce on a doritos loco taco was my shit for a long time. Perfection.
God damn that was a good combo. I really never went to taco bell before or after lava sauce but during its run...Oh man. I'm still holding out hope of a revival.
Anyone else remember Mexi Fries? They were basically super salty/spicy tater tot balls. I was still a kid when Taco Bell replaced them with fiesta potatoes and those have never tasted quite as good.
YES those were dank! They were called mexi nuggets where I am. I used to get a bean burrito and put the mexi nuggets inside it. God damn delicious.
I remember those, thanks for reminding me what they were called. Now to find a recipe to make them.
Their Frutista Freeze was delicious and I miss it every time I go.
Taco Bell also had Loaded Grillers in habanero and ghost pepper sauces. I always ordered them for the year-ish promotion they had them for, but now I have to settle for just chipotle chicken. Habanero was the perfect heat level.
I'm pretty sure neither sauce actually had any of the peppers they were named after in them. The ghost pepper sauce was probably about like what you'd get with Tobasco or something, clearly way hotter than what fast food normallly gives you but still something even extremely white people could down with a bit of milk.
I really wish Taco Bell would just keep a spicy menu item at all times. They used to be the only fast food chain with decent spicy food and now your options are pretty much just using your own hot sauce.
At least the spicy chicken rings at White Castle are pretty decent.
Ghost pepper was waaay hotter than Tabasco. Still edible and thoroughly enjoyable.
I have to go on memory but it was about what you'd get with a liberal helping of Tobasco. Nothing you needed a glass of milk for if you're used to spicy food, but definitely hot and peppery.
I want the Santa fe chalupa back. I still try to order it to be a smartass.
I too long for the Santa Fe chalupa. That was my jam. Pretty much stopped buying chalupas when they discontinued the Santa Fe.
I miss that sauce. I pray they’ll bring it back along with the tacos and burritos too. I really miss them :(
This 100 times this. It was a delicious sauce that also had good heat. Everything Taco Bell has tried since that is 'spicy' just hasn't been as good. Just fuckin bring it back :(
Omg yes...I can't go back to liking their regular tacos now and it makes me so sad.
yeah wtf!!!!!!
the smoke sauce, the verde sauce...all were good.
assholes!
... i like diablo
I still ask for the lava sauce every time and EVERY so often they comply with my request. Don’t know where they get it or how old it is, but it’s the BEST!
I miss the fire roasted...
I really want to believe they're planning to bring it back at some strategic time but my hope dwindles as time marches on
Meh. Diablo sauce.. now thats good sauce
I robbed a taco bell in Hawaii blind. They had the Diablo and Verde sauces, something Michigan doesn't carry any longer.
So I took literally all of it back to my wife, who misses both very much when enjoying the occasional drunk-taco.
What in tarnation is that and why haven't I ever tried it!?
Holy hell, I know I’m late, but hnngggg this stuff was so good. I’d get it on the side to dip my quesadilla in it. My friend and I would eat this like 3 times a week.
Fuck, Jesse, read this and text me. We need to go protest to get that shit back.
A friend and I were just talking about that today.
Back in the 90s they had a BLT taco and it was delicious for one 99 cents. Now you can sort of get it but customizing an order but it's not the same
I recently learned they dont have nacho fries anymore. Didn't they just come out like 3 months ago?? I had them once or twice, I thought they were pretty good. Similar to 5 guys cajun fries.
I want that Mexican BBQ sauce back, the one in the purple packet. That shit was so good
I remember Taco Bell selling some kind of sandwich or something like that, and then they released a XL version and then a XXL version but I cant for some reason remember what it was named or even looked like but I LOVED IT
Taking bacon out of the Loaded Potato Griller nearly killed me.
Also, their Bacon Club Chalupa was bangin’.
I miss the fire roasted even more...
I always get sides of the creamy jalapeno sauce, it is the same stuff I'm nearly positive. I won't eat Taco Bell without it.
When i was a kid, taco bell had black olives on a few of their menu items. I miss the black olives
Verde and Smoked too
Also their BLT crunchwraps 👌🏼
Also the salasa Verde.
Chipotle chicken griller still uses something akin to the lava sauce
Smothered burritos, rest in peace :(
Also, Taco Bell's Cherry Limeade Sparkler. Was literally my favorite beverage.
Pro tip- Try Buffalo Wild Wings carribean jerk sauce.
I want the Chirito (chili cheese burrito) to come back. It’s been gone since the early 2000s.
I worked at a Taco Bell for years and the best combination I ever created was a burrito with beef, Mexican rice, nacho cheese, Lava Sauce, and topped with the flamin' hot Frito and lastly grilled on the quesadilla grill. God help my sphincter if they ever bring back the lava sauce.
That taco with lava sauce was so good why hasn't that made a comeback
I wish they still had Salsa Verde.
Never experienced lava sauce until a few hours after eating taco bell
I do not believe it is edible
I have a friend who used to worked in the factory that base it and said it was incredible fresh.
There is an actual movement to get this back.
I have a copy recipe I can share if you want it.
Please do!
1 12 oz Box of Velveeta Shells and Cheese SAUCE PACKET ONLY (I think they sell just the packets now)
1/4 cup Mayo (use only real mayonnaise)
10 packets of Taco Bell Fire Sauce
1/2 tsp lemon juice 1/2 tsp vinegar
1 tsp water
1 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp chili powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
Mix all ingredients together in a small mixing bowl. Cover tightly and let sit overnight. This sauce will keep in the fridge for up to a week or so.
This is really interesting. Did you come up with this on your own? If so, what made you think to use a velveeta mac n cheese sauce? I can’t imagine these ingredients coming together to make lava sauce, but at the same time....what if they do...? I’m going to give it a go ASAP. Thanks for the recipe!
Found it online, made it several times. I didnt eat it as I cant handle hot stuff or mayo, but the boyfriend did. He has a sensitive palette and is very picky. First time he tried it, said "That's Lava Sauce!" And then had me make it nearly every week. Let me know how it is for you.
I miss the fire roasted
Real borosilicate Pyrex
I was all fucked up when I found out Pyrex wasn't Pyrex anymore.
Apparently the stuff sold in the uk is branded PYREX (capitals) and is still original recipe
You should get into that illicit original Pyrex smuggling business and bring the goods back here to the states.
Looks like Amazon has that covered, as long as you include "borosilicate" in the search.
I don't know, u/CanadianBlacon could probably corner them out of the market
Looks like I can probably start selling em over reddit and make a fortune
Now someone will make a brand called "Borosilicate" or just plain toss it in the title regardless for the hits. Like those other products that make it so you can never find what you were actually looking for
but isn't that false advertising?
calling your item "borosilicate" when it's not...
edit: I forgot you can sell "blueberry" muffins when there isn't any
yeah but its in metric
Sure, I'll cook kilos of shit in this 4000 cc container.
Fucking bezos
plus you get to be added to a drug suspect list for free! yay for wars on substances and emotions! yay for presidents adding 'war on' to a phrase to add extra umph!
If you don't mind the markings being metric
I'd go metric for real pyrex.
A powerful statement that I feel embodies the modern working class struggle
Apropos for International Worker's Day, eh?
Speak truth to PYREX
Once you go metric half the time you go 6/8 back.
Turns out THIS is how we drag the U.S. out of Imperial unit barbarism...
Food is easy to switch to metric. The problem will be miles and feet. People know how long a mile is and feet are a great unit for height.
Brit here, we never made a full change, still use miles and feet. It's possible to use both.
Do you guys still use stones? I never understood that.
The stone is just 14lbs.
Like how it goes inch, foot, yard, furlong, chain, mile etc...
We just decided to keep an additional separator.
So I'm 5ft8in and 10st3lbs. Or just '10 stone 3'.
In the same vein, I don't know why the US still bothers with the quart. Even before the UK started to switch to metric, the quart was mostly abandoned decades ago. You've got 8 pints to a gallon - you don't need another separated in the middle!
Follow up then, are there similar "milestones" every stone that people are very specific about? Such as people being definitely 6' not 5'11". So someone would be very picky as they neared adding another stone?
Sort of.
Certainly, if someone hits 20st then that's worthy of an eyebrow raise, whereas the difference between 126 and 127kg wouldn't get the same reaction.
Then again, other than gym-goers (gyn equipment and programmes are in metric), most people wouldn't be able to visualise what a 127kg person looks like...
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In a guessing a quart is 2 pints? We sell 1, 2, 4 and 6 pinters
Yup, stones, pounds and kilograms are all used here.
How many Rods to the Hogshead does your car get?
Approximately 3690 furlongs per firkin. That's for a diesel of course.
None, I don't drive.
Yeah the uk is mostly metric but measuring yourself (height and weight) and distances (so roads and road speed) are still mostly imperial
So any real work is metric, but a few odd imperial parts remain, namely the above and small cooking things often still use cups/ounces ect
Canadian here, same story.
That's because Canada does what the Queen tells it to do /s
feet are a great unit for height.
But just wait until you realize that once you switch to centimeters you only need one measurement, not two. Saying that someone is six feet is reasonably convenient. Saying that someone is five-feet-ten is both clumsier and less accurate than just saying they're 178 cm. And if you don't need that precision, switch to decimeters or meters. Need more precision? Millimeters!
Except nobody in the earth's history has seriously described anything in decimeters
How about Megameters and Gigameters? Useful when describing distance in space
worried about precision
uses a temperature scale with less granularity
bruh
The metric system is decimal so just add as many decimals as you want. But considering that you can't actually predict to a precision of 1°F and most home thermometers aren't actually that accurate, you just get an illusion of precision. The exact number is useless anyway, as if you take ten steps in any direction from the thermometer the temperature will be a little hotter or colder.
When measuring body temperature in Celsius we use decimals.
They never went into it - imperial was introduced in the British Empire in 1824.
America uses US customary, and there are a number of differences (especially when it comes to liquid volumes).
And British pyrex jugs have imperial on the side along with metric - the 'standard' one that most people have in the cupboard is a pint.
metric is no problem, conversion to freedom units is easy. Just dump some Tea in the harbor to pay the stamp tax when you send it over.
Im going to blow your mind right now. Go look in your cupboard. All your measuring cups and spoons are already in metric.
All your measuring cups
I rest my case.
Yeah, because they're made for the US market same as how cars in the US have MPH as the primary numbers and KPH smaller. Do you think European made ones for the European market would also have imperial units? My bet is no.
My (Danish) measuring jugs have metric, imperial and American units on them, its quite normal because your recipe may be from the UK or US and conversion is awkward.
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i believe over here in the UK, the KPH is the smaller number.
then again i don't drive.
That is correct
That the KPH is the smaller number, or that he doesn't drive?
Kph is the smaller number
They do, but the kph is the big numbers and the mph are the smaller ones. That's how the EU, Canada, and literally everyone that isn't Puerto Rico, Guam, the US, and Panama do it.
Erm... No. British cars have MPH as the large number.
There is actually no legal requirement to have km/h on the speedo. Lots of new Minis don't.
None of my spoons have any metric units listed on them. The cups have both.
In the UK? They're both.
But it's imperial, not US customary.
I.e. fl oz and pints, the fluid ounce is a tiny bit smaller, and there are 20 fl oz to a pint. No 'cups'.
So no - it's not just metric, but it wouldn't help Americans.
Our Pyrex in the UK has both metric and imperial units on. We swing both ways over here! Continental Europe are the real sticklers for metric.
If the US was sensible, that wouldn't be a problem
Pyrex in the UK still has non-metric measurements on - you'd just be missing the fl.oz
By metric you mean, correct. Right? ;) If anyone one wants some legit Pyrex from the UK. HMU.
Or thrift it. Vintage Pyrex is at all the thrift stores.
I also like to live dangerously
I might create an amazon seller account to do this. haha.
market it as "Pyrex-Throwback"
Stuff isn't exactly cheap here in Sweden though... Think there's actually a market for it? At what price range?
Ooh that's like real sugar coke
Or you can just buy it.
Pyrex isn't making it. But other companies are.
Can confirm. My PYREX stuff works great on bunsen burners, freezers, anything.
Certainly here in the uk, It should be Europe wide. Pyrex America do all their own shit iirc, believe they were fed up of being associated with meth production? Id guess meth makers they are just buying EU pyrex?
I think the change in recipe was to make it more "drop resistant" with the side effect of makeing it much less resistant to temperature changes.
I'm not sure what that says about the differences between NA/EU customers...
The change was to make it cheaper to make, nothing to do with drop resistance or any other marketing point.
Not drop resistant, but shattering into tiny pebbles rather than razor sharp giant shards. That's how they spun it.
Why you blaming it on customers instead of for example NA/EU delivery methods/companies. Could be all tge same.
Not really blaming the customers. More the pyrex company thinks Europeans enjoy going from hot to cold rapidly whereas North Americans are dropping shit all over the place.
German Pyrex is the same, got a set that I use for lasagne and stuff all the time, never had an issue with temperature cracks.
Yeye. Laughs in posh British accent. Come get our PYREX
I had a roller coaster of emotions when i found all this out.
Pyrex is no longer Pyrex? Sad
The UK still has the original stuff? Yay!
I'm unsure if they still have the good stuff here. Sad.
They still use the original recipe here? Yay!
Can confirm; my kitchen is essentially "kitchen by PYREX" at this point and no explosions to date.
I have an old pyrex measuring cup. I bought a small travel trailer a few years ago and the guy told me I could have whatever was in there. I liked the cup and had heard good stuff about Pyrex of course, so I kept it. Then I read about the switch and the pyrex vs PYREX and had to check it, was overjoyed to see the large capital letters on the side.
Gotta love these kinds of finds. I have two antique cast iron skillets, my favourite pans. I found them at some old farmers house I was working at, he’d been using one as his dogs food bowl until the dog died. Gave me the food bowl and another one from his kitchen. Cleaned em up and reseasoned, and they’re just wicked now
At first I was like "WTF is this? My pyrex stuff isn't pyrex? I've been scammed?"
Then I read your comment, whew... All uppercase!
Are they old ones you’ve inherited or had for decades?
No, bought them about 5 years ago
I bought some Pyrex just earlier this year and it's still good.
Oi do u have ur pyrex license!?
I don’t, but this is by far my most popular comment so you’ve got me thinking...
This is true.
From Wikipedia:
Corelle Brands, which was spun off from Corning Inc. in 1998 under the name Corning Consumer Products Company and since renamed, continues to license the pyrex (all lower case) brand for their tempered soda-lime glass line of kitchenware products sold for the consumer market in the United States, South America, and Asia. In the regions of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East the PYREX (all upper case) brand is licensed by International Cookware for use on their borosilicate glass products.
Any links to them?
Same, you have no idea how mad I was. I bought a brand new set of Pyrex dishes for the house, my roommate cooked a lasagna in one, we put it in the fridge, glass promptly exploded like a 40mm grenade going off.
Looked up online to find out Pyrex was shit now and can't even handle minor temp changes.
When I was growing up Pyrex was everything. Shit was what all the junkies used to cook dope. Heat, cold, didn't matter, couldn't phase it.
I have yellow pyrex saucepan I inherited from my grandmother. It took me years to grow enough faith to actually put it on the stove (never saw her actually use it) but it's been doing fine for almost a decade of regular use now.
We had one of those when I was a kid. Loved making mac and cheese in it because it was fun to watch the noodles swirl around in the boiling water.
Turned out it was also my dad's favorite pan to make meth in.
I mean at least he had good taste in equipment; sadly no good taste in life choices.
Yeah....
I am happy to report he is currently doing MUCH better in life.
Got the whole kitchen set, eh?
YOUR GODDAM RIGHT HE DID!
!redditsilver
If he currently owns a car wash, we’re gonna have to have a talk.
Meth and cheese! Now with mac flavoring!
Sometimes parents make mistakes. But that’s okay, because then they make you meth for dinner!
Shit, you can make money off meth. Dat entrepreneurial spirit, yo.
"Huh, so that's where my crippling mac n' cheese addiction stems from."
Whoa, that got dark fast...
Jist meth, no dark...
Metharoni and cheese
I guess that explains why the Mac n Cheese was so good
Walt Jr is that you?
0-100 real quick
Drugs will do that.
Oh that's so sweet!
Oh wait.
Ours was our mac and cheese pot, too!
Not meth, though. RIP your childhood
Meth and cheese? Or macaroni and meth?
Now actual question, i wonder if it's anything like the cocaine dollar bill myth (every dollar bill has cocaine on it) and it has residue that bot onto your Mac and cheese?
Honestly, it was so long ago I don't remember all the details, but I think once he realized it was the perfect meth pan, that's ALL it was used for. His "lab" was in the garage, so I don't think it ever made it back to the kitchen.
Someone might know the answer to your question, but I'm too high on powdered cheese.
This reminds me of the time in high school my cousin Bob decided to be thoughtful after a night of heavy drinking. My parents were it of town. Bob wakes up earlier than me and our other sleep over guest and decides to make us breakfast. I heard a noise that woke me. Walked into the kitchen to see that bob had used a large glass mixing bowl to make about 10 packages of ramen for us for breakfast on the gas stovetop. It shattered every where. Thankfully he cleaned it up. After 11 years I still wonder, why the fuck were you making us ramen for breakfast
Gotta give him credit for trying! I love adding eggs to my ramen, so I guess that makes it kinda breakfasty, right?
Lol. I did give him a mental pass for trying. Just shook my head and walked away. He cleaned up very well too. The whole idea of it always gives me a chuckle
jesus christ
Oh
Aww :) family memories
Gotta take what you can get I suppose, eh?
Geri Blank had a similar issue making glint in a punch bowl.
Bet that was some interesting Mac n cheese
Mmmm meth and cheese
Did you add any chilli powder to it?
Possibly why you enjoyed the mac and cheese so much.
Everyone knows the best secret ingredient to Mac and cheese is leftover meth residue
Well... this took a sad turn
If he was using a Pyrex casserole dish he was cleaning his filters. The meth was already made.
Bet that was some damn good mac and cheese.
Must've given the mac'n'cheese extra bite.
At the same time?
That's probably a "Visions" saucepan which is made out of a pyroceram material that can withstand greater temperatures than borosilicate can. The lids are Pyrex branded and probably are soda lime glass.
Ah, I see you know your glass.
He’s a bit of a glassman.
Bee-bup-da-bada-bup - he's the Glassman!
This is exactly the kind of stuff I love to learn on Reddit. Are you some sort of magic glass scientist?
Nah, I just like collecting antique and vintage glass/ceramics. I'm personally not too fond of the Visions line but you can commonly find it for cheap in a lot of thrift stores. Corning definitely had fun marketing the stuff in the 80s
Out of curiousity, what's to dislike about them?
I'm not super into cooking, but the clearness and lack of staining seem nice...and I've always wanted the ability to melt aluminum safely in my home kitchen.
I grew up with a set and personally encountered a lot of food sticking to the bottom of the pot (more than traditional stainless steel) and burning if you weren't careful with managing the heat on you stove-top.
For boiling tasks or cooking things with a lot of liquid they usually are just fine. I usually just store/reheat soup or bake pot pies in mine.
Thanks for the response, that makes sense. Is it a hotspotting issue? I could definitely see how something like this might not heat as evenly as traditional metal pans.
Also how's the durability? I'm sure it's just fine for heat cycling given the ad you posted, but do they shatter easily?
Hey, those are pretty neat saucep'ns. Definitely the best saucep'n ad I've seen in years. Saucep'n.
Hehe. We had the full Visions set when I was a kid!
I have my mother's entire Visions set- 3 saucepans (s,m,l) and frying pan - with lids. I have a love/hate relationship with them. I usually boil veggies in them.
I have a full set of old school pyrex bowls I got after my granfma died. I love those things.
My mom gave me my grandma's bowls as a housewarming. My fiance is not allowed to touch, as I don't think our relationship could survive if he broke one.
I see those glass pots at thrift stores every now and then. I have a 6 quart one I use for camping
It's most likely "Visions Cookware" they came in a set. I think there were two saucepans, a dutch oven, and two frying pans.
I feel like I need to chime in with my grandmother's Revereware and Tupperware in here. I am still using the inherited classics but any Pyrex, pots, or plastic I buy myself is (capital) S.h.i.t. I've had a few casseroles break and already had to call/return multiple Tupperware containers...but the 50-60yr old stuff keeps on truckin. Maybe it's full of BPA and carcinogens but, if I last as long as the originals, I don't care!
My dad had one he got from his father. My dad actually cried when he dropped and broke it. Like on the floor next to it sobbing.
My grandmother had one of those as well! There was once when I was 9 I was carrying it down stairs to feed some leftovers to the dogs and dropped the dish and it bounced down the stairs and I cringed every time in hit the wooden stairs. But it made it all the way down and didn’t break. Those things are tough as hell!
I had one of those, it was cool watching water boil, the bubbles would form on the bottom and collapse as soon as they released, then they'd gradually get further and further up until they reached the top.
My mom has a brown Pyrex frying pan. We had like 8 different sizes of cast iron, so I never used it, but it's there. I don't trust it.
My mom had this stuff. It was more of a dark amber color than yellow. I hated it and refused to use it.
Damn people really didn't care about wasting energy back then.
How does it look? I would think glass is hard to clean
Visions cookware. Still available.
My mother has one of those! I just recently got a Pyrex double boiler from my grandmothers kitchen. Clear, no hue, it’s glorious. She’s been in a home, so gave the green light for kids and grandkids to get what they want.
I want on of those so badly
My mom found one of those at a thrift store and she gave it to my fiancé and I when we moved. Seriously useful.
I have one as well, and a glass pot! You can still find them at thrift stores from time to time. YMMV.
You can find tons of old PYREX at thrift stores. The old borosilicate is always in all caps while the new soda lime is Pyrex.
TIL thanks
My local thrift stores suck, it's a rare sight to stumble across even new Pyrex.
mine too, but now i'm an estate/tag sale junkie. you find so much gold in peoples houses they want to get rid of for $1. there are a couple apps that list which big sales are coming up
Please tell me which
estatesales.net is my favorite
Thanks!
you're welcome. i've furnished half my house thanks to estate sales.
This just happened to me a couple weeks ago! Took my hot Pyrex out of the oven (I was cooking one turkey patty) and it exploded it everywhere! All over my fuckin kitchen; hot glass burning, I literally had no idea why until I read this post.
Same thing happened to me a few winters ago while roasting some pork tenderloin. Pulled it out of the oven and sat it on a pot holder by the open window (our smoke detector went off all the time if left closed). My wife rushed into the kitchen after hearing it shatter and me shouting “what the fuck?!” Apparently a cool breeze was enough to ruin our dinner and our 3 month old Pyrex.
I had the same thing happen on thanksgiving! Spent so much time working on a pie made from scratch, only to have the Pyrex shatter into 1000 pieces as soon as I removed it from the over. It was still in my hand! And I had JUST bought it that morning when I decided to make an extra pie.
Honestly, oven cooking to fridge is more than a minor temp change.
I don't know what these people are doing, but I've been cooking in plain glass (not borosilicate) bakeware my whole adult life and have never had one break.
The new Pyrex is particularly shitty even by soda lime glass standards. I have a no-brand glass pie plate that’s been solid for 5+ years, but the new-Pyrex one I acquired shattered the first time I used it (I pulled it out after blind baking the crust, set it on my stovetop, and it exploded 5 seconds later).
Does your stove have metal burners? Putting hot glassware on to metal can cause it to shatter as the heat is drawn away from the areas touching the metal much faster than the rest of the dish. This causes the glass to contract at an uneven rate causing it to shatter.
Oh that’s exactly what happened, and also something I expect glass bakeware to handle without exploding (hence mentioning my non-name pie plate). We know how to make thermal shock resistant glass, even with soda lime to some extent; making something we know will undergo relatively rapid temperature changes out of a material that regularly catastrophically fails under those conditions is stupid.
Good to know. My chemistry lab in highschool was full of old pyrex stuff, so I learned that they're indestructible too. That's quite a letdown, but thanks for the info.
Unless I misread your comment, you took a dish out the oven an put it straight in the fridge? Why the hell would someone do that?
You put a hot lasagne straight into the fridge?
To think, they changed it bc the original Pyrex shattered if you dropped it. Like that’s a big fucking deal. I have glass dishes passed down from 2 generations that still hold up and haven’t been dropped. Like putting “oh they’ll drop it” above “oh they’ll go from the fridge to the oven” or vise versa is the focus. That was a bullshit decision. If you drop it and it shatters, well you’re clumsy. But if you go from fridge to oven you’re screwed bc we are idiots.
Nah they changed it because people would make crack in them due to the fact that they could handle extreme temp changes. It was such a big deal that they switched up their whole business just to avoid this issue
Wait, I cant bake in my Pyrex, or I have to let it cool before putting in the fridge?
Pyrex used to be made of borosilicate glass, which is resistant to thermal shock. The newer stuff is soda lime glass, which can crack or shatter when rapidly heated or cooled.
Let it cool a little. I've put my modern ones from oven to freezer with just a little while to cool down first
If you have the old pyrex it should be fine, but it wouldn't hurt to let stuff cool a bit.
Bought in the last 3 years. No bueno
For the sake of your fridge, let the hot cool down a bit before it hits the fridge.
We let ours cool on the counter while we ate supper then put it in the fridge for later and it blew up.
I've read stories of it exploding while people were actually cooking with it. Shit is just worthless honestly.
Mine exploded just from cooling on a stainless steel counter.
Putting hot things in the fridge isn’t a good idea anyways. It’ll heat up everything else to near room temperature and make the fridge work harder to cool it all back down.
Okay but putting warm food in the fridge is a recipe for disaster. That’s gonna get infected dude
Hot lasagna in the fridge :-/
Technically speaking you shouldn't put a hot dish into the fridge anyway. Not for this reason (which is fucking ass and totally sucks), but because the huge temperature difference will make the temperature in the fridge unsafe for the other items in it for hours upon hours while the fridge works overtime to cool down the hot item.
You're better off letting the one item cool down to closer to room temperature instead of making everything else heat up to it.
Second hand shopping for the win! Try estate sales! Old people have kitchens full of the old pyrex.
Two things. No matter the durability, why would you out something that hot into the fridge? Let it cool...
Secondly, Pyrex is still Pyrex, but a different formula. They found that people were shattering less by what you did, and more by dropping. So they made it more durable to being dropped, but had to trade it away the shatter resistance.
I live a few hours from the Corning Glass museum which is part of the plant that made Pyrex and all the corning stuff.
I remember as a kid they had interactive tests where you pushed a button and something happened to a piece of Pyrex to show how strong it was.
They had one that torched it with fire then instantly switched to a jet of ice cold water, showing no thermal shock. Now, if you stare at Pyrex for too long it will crack.
NINJA EDIT: interactive tests not interactive testes, that was a different museum.
I managed to snag some original Pyrex pie dishes when my grandparents all passed away. Amazingly, no one in my family seemed to care that much about them. But then, I never got over the pie I was making shattering in the oven once and I wanted the good stuff again. :|
Baked wings in pyrex. Put it on a room temp stainless steel counter right out of the oven, the conductive thermal loss from the counter was enough to shatter it after a few seconds.
couldn't phase it
Wow.
I’m from the U.K., it’s true that PYREX is still available but some stores stock the Pyrex you used in this instance, it’s also happened to me (I placed it on a marble worktop in winter straight from the oven.) so you may be able to still pick up the good stuff if you shop around..
wtf? Almost all the dishes in my house are Pyrex and have no problem going from fridge to over to freezer etc. I only bought them recently too! Am I just lucky or is this really recent?
Old Pyrex is the shit, nearly indestructible.
This guy M203's.
I had a similar experience. I was cooking and had one burner on simmer. I accidentally set my "pyrex" baking dish on the stove over the burner while I was prepping something else. It exploded to the point that fragments were all over the kitchen and embedded in the cabinets and walls. WTF.
I also had a lasagna explode, but mine exploded in the oven.
We had one explode after we took it out of the oven and just set it on the stovetop - it was a tiny galley kitchen and my girlfriend and I were both still standing there. The sound was terrifying and i can’t believe no one was hurt.. like a hot glass grenade went off right in front of us.
The new Pyrex traded the ability to withstand temperature shocks for the ability to withstand being dropped. Borosilicate glass can shatter fairly easily but you can toss a new Pyrex dish in the air and let it drop on a hard floor and it’ll be fine. And I’ver never had a problem putting the dish I cooked in the oven into the fridge, you just have to make sure to let it sit for several minutes until it’s cool enough to hold bare handed.
Was before my time but did you ever see Melmac plastic bowls? Those things were unbreakable.
Should avoid oven to fridge just for the food safety aspect of it. Let it come to room temperature before cooling it down further.
There's also a difference between the Pyrex products made for food storage, and the glassware made for cooking/baking.
Not all Pyrex products can withstand ovens, so always make sure to read the actual temperature range on the box before purchasing.
*faze
I remember in college I used a fake Pyrex. Went to cook some mac and cheese on the stove. Damn thing exploded.
I've heard that it was changed because of good it was for cooking dope.
Granted I have no idea if that's true or not.
Wait, shit, is THIS why my Pyrex baking dish detonated? I took it out of the oven, took the food out, and while it was sitting there, accidentally splashed some water on it. WHAM. The whole thing practically vaporized into a cloud of tiny shards. Nearly gave me a heart attack.
Had the same thing happen reheating rice in the microwave.
Same. Bought a new set before I knew about the changes in the way they’re produced. Had a hot Pyrex pan cooling on the stove while I washed my hands. When I was done I gave them a little shake to dry off and apparently a drop of cold water hit my pan... it exploded with force I didn’t know possible and rained shards of glass all over me and my kitchen. I try to avoid using them unless necessary now.
i bought a pyrex dish a year ago and do exactly what your roommate did alll the time. i heat it up right out of the fridge too, now you have me worried. how long did the dish take to break?
Pyrex is still awesome as a tupperware alternative, but I wouldn't bake in the new ones.
I actually think that’s why they changed their design/formula. They started being known as the crack maker’s cookware of choice
Just don't buy Pyrex in the US.
thank you Mitt Romney
Borosilicate??? More like chlorosili-- wait... shit.
It could be our milk....
It will Never be our milk.
Sooo hot... Want to touch the hiney
How 'bout you, sideburns, you want some of this milk?
I'd rather have a beer...
I’d rather have a beer
That's some weird news to have broken to you when you're high.
I recently went to melt butter in the microwave in a "Pyrex" bowl. I had it in there for 15 seconds and it cracked! Wtf? I could melt butter in the microwave in a Solo cups, but this supposedly super strong glass couldn't handle it?
And that’s why I’ve spent way too much money on old Pyrex. Damned Millennials are destroying the old Pyrex industry. Or something.
Wait, what is it??
Soda lime glass.
If you own some Pyrex, take it out and look at it in light. If there is a blueish green tint to the glass, you have shitty soda lime. Basically any Pyrex in the States made prior to like the 90s I believe is the real stuff. Everything else is shit.
So why is it no longer available? If the new product is inferior then surely there is still a market for the old product. Why wouldn’t someone make it?
Because soda lime is cheap to make, so the manufacturer can charge the same price and make a higher profit margin, and when there's money to be made the manufacturer isn't going to let little things like the fact that soda lime may explode under normal use sending shards of glass everywhere stop them.
You can still get borosilicate glass cookware though, you just have to buy European brands.
Others have provided the more realistic reasons, but if you're curious about the official reason, Pyrex stated that the new formulation is more resistant to shattering from impact while being adequately resistant to thermal shock.
Well Pyrex changed because of money, since they can still sell high priced items for next to no cost in comparison.
They still do make borosilicate glassware, but only in lab equipment.
As to why no one else has gotten into the market, my guess is hat Pyrex has it patented or it is a very well guarded secret.
That or normal consumers just don’t care enough.
I thought it had some thing to do with the meth problem in the US. They were pressured by some 3 letter agency to reformulate the glass to NOT be able to withstand the extreme temperature changes involved with cooking meth, and instead have it designed to explode.
I could be confusing this though
I’ve heard both sides. Who knows. All I know is Pyrex sucks donkey balls nowadays
I've heard it both ways.
I looked at European pyrex, but it doesn't have cups and useful measurements.
Dude, describing an objectively more user friendly and just as valid system of measure as useless is just the most American thing I can think of. I'm an American, I mean no offense.
I think the metric system is better in almost every way but grandmas recipes for cookies and casseroles are still in cups and teaspoons.
Edit: recipes
Buy a scale and change to measuring by mass.
Metric here. Still use cups and spoons.
Measuring implements generally have both mL and cups.
For what it’s worth so does most cookware in the US. Even my mom’s metal measuring cups from the late 70s have mL in parentheses next to the cup label (although the three sets I own vary +/- 15mL so I don’t trust the printed metric volumes anyway).
I think they were joking. I hope they were joking.
No. If a recipe is given to me in cups then a measuring cup that only has liters is the definition of not useful. That doesn't describe whether one system is better than the other.
The math is really easy. 1 cup is almost exactly 250ml (0.25 liters). Half a cup is 125. 1/8 ~ 65ml, 1/3 ~80ml. Tbps is 25ml, tsp 5ml.
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Yep. Sorry, drinking and redditing don't mix
You can just convert it though....
Because Googling the conversion is so fucking difficult? You don't even have to type, just tell siri or Alexa or Google assistant to tell you.
Now imagine doing that for every ingredient in every recipe you ever make. Doesn’t that sound annoying?
As a European who gets a lot of recipes from the Internet I have to deal with this anyway. I use the Paprika app to manage recipes and you can import them from basically any website with just a single click. The app can automatically convert all measurements to metric. Zero effort.
That's pretty cool right there
I'm particularly impressed with how good the web scraping is. It has never failed to accurately get the ingredient list and instructions from a website, even blogs-style posts with a lot of text/background information and a recipe somewhere halfway down the page. It just works.
Yeah but a lot of things are 2 cups, so you can just fill it to the top rim. It's very fast and easy. It's also more work if you're starting with paper recipes.
I've never seen a measuring cup where the specified max. amount means filling it to the rim. E.g. on my 250ml measuring cups the '250' mark is about 1cm from the rim.
Or not? How difficult is it to extrapolate what you know already? 3 teaspoons is a tablespoon, and 15mls is a tablespoon. Ergo, 1 teaspoon is 5 ml.
1 ounce is (roughly) 30ml, and I know 8 ounces in a cup, so Hmmm 240ml is cup.
What's annoying is that shitty backwards and helpless attitude that keeps this country from meeting the standards of the rest of the world.
I’m 100% on board for switching to metric, but in a world where nearly every recipe I have or can access is in cups/fl. oz I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want appropriately marked measuring equipment. Even if the US entirely switched to metric tomorrow you’d still want your measuring tape to include inches for all the existing items and applications that were designed with that in mind. Dealing with all the partial centimeters would be awful if you’re measuring 1ft multiples anyway. Why shouldn’t that apply to cooking/baking?
(If a recipe is available in metric, especially with weight rather than volume measures, I’ll happily use it; it’s way easier and more accurate to measure 500g of flour on my kitchen scale than several cups)
freedom units are best units.
Why don't they make it like the old stuff? From the sounds of it, the old stuff was kick ass.
There are some few being sold on eBay. Quite pricey though.
WOT.
Wait! WTH?! Pyrex isn't PYREX??? What is it then??
One of the factories still makes real Pyrex, theres an image somewhere that explains how to tell if its the shitty new kind in the store
Whaaaat?!
Are you the guy that replaced his girlfriend's Pyrex with non-Pyrex and she almost went blind?
....uh ex* gf. And the investigation is ongoing.
Just now finding this out...
Why did they change the make up of the product, was there a health hazard? Or it was just cheaper with similar results?
I discovered this yesterday when a Pyrex beaker basically exploded on a hot plate in my lab. Shits just tempered glass now.
What changed and why?
That’s why I see Pyrex dishes on r/thriftstorehauls a lot? I thought it was just because they’re expensive to begin with.
I was looking forward to having my own Pyrex cookware and cast iron growing up. :(
Learned this when the fucking thing exploded in my oven.
TIL New Pyrex is no bueno.
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Ahhh, the Industrial category of Amazon. Never had a reason to use it, just to browse some of the cool shit they have.
or steal from your local high school chemistry lab - especially if you're already a teacher there you can just load up a cardboard box with everything and walk out
Ok Hank.
*Edit: I mean Walt. I have made a grave error.
He steals chemistry lab equipment and chemistry lab accessories I tell you hwat.
I am the one who knocks, I tell you hwat
"I sell the purest propane and propane accessories in the business..."
Yer goh damn right.
That's way over Hank's head. Hank Schrader, basically.
They're fucking minerals.
FUCK I MESSED IT UP!
Jesus Marie! They’re minerals!
A shallow grave error in the desert, but a grave error none the less
JESUS CHRIST, MARIE
you joke, but highschools and colleges are a great source of chemistry supplies.
go talk to whoever manages the chemistry supplies. broken beakers and test tubes are a dime a dozen. many of them are perfectly use-able, but the school can't go giving glassware with sharp edges to 14 year olds.
Colleges usually employ their own glass-blower, at least in germany but I would assume in the US as well, to just do that. Repair broken glass-ware. If they are willing to hand it out to you, it's probably broken beyond repair.
Even if you can get hold of used glass-ware, don't ever put food in it if you're planning on eating it later. Buy new stuff for that.
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Leaf blowing pays better.
The real money is in President blowing
College stockrooms will often let you just buy from their stock if you ask.
Easy there Mr. White!
And then blame a Mexican when people start to ask questions
He didn't, but he allowed the Mexican (or Native American?) cleaner to be blamed.
I’m sure you’re joking but I want to be sure people know to not cook with anything that has been used in the lab, even if it was only used once
If you buy the equipment new, you’re fine. You can never be sure how thoroughly the container is cleaned otherwise
Clean it as well as you like; some things stay in the glass.
You should only ever use new glass for anything you intend to eat
My dad used to be an assistant for some kind of chemistry lab, and he brought me some fuckin' beakers 'n shit. I fuckin' love beakers 'n shit.
You'll love eBay and Amazon, then. That's where I get all my lab glassware
And then you and an ex-student can create blue candy!
I mean I was already taking the triple beams anyway might as well.
Now you know why the balances in teaching labs are locked down at some universities.
I made a bong from high school chemistry equipment. Which I stole.
/r/UnethicalLifeProTips
Bad Walt.
My highschool metal shop teacher did just that! He would load up his truck with scrap metal, tools, and students projects. He would then go and blame the students when anything was noticed to be missing. That's why me and 3 of my classmates failed that year. The teacher stole our stuff to sell for scrap then told us we just lost it. He didn't get found out about till the next year and I had graduated by then.
And then you Brother-in-law can question you about it when he finds it being used to make meth.
Knew a guy that stole a giant measuring cylinder from college and made a bong out of it, was pretty cool
You can also just buy any borosilicate cookware, several companies make it
Do they make baking dish-shaped labware?
Or big ass mixing bowls?
Just look up borosilicate cookware, it doesn't have to be Pyrex borosilicate could be simax but I'd avoid the china stuff.
What's the name for casserole shaped beaker?
am chemist and yes ours is still real. it has to be when we have to boil then cool acids and other crap you really dont want your beaker to explode with
Yeah you don't want your glassware to explode in the autoclave.
Walks into Lab equipment supplier. "Hi, I need to buy some Pyrex glassware that I can cook with please"
"One moment sir while I call the Authorities"
A lot of people make essential oils and other food products in lab glass. Just ask for food-grade
Just don't go cooking nothing blue, ya hear?
So expensive
Just buy generic borosilicate glass instead
They do, but it's not really the right size and shape dor cooking.
hey now, beakers would make great mini brownie cups
Work in chem lab:can confirm the light 9x13 Pyrex we order for reactives are the most stolen item.
Certain glassware can be basic when it is still new and has to be soaked in a dilute acid bath before using. Not sure if it would apply here or of it would affect its use in cooking though.
> has to be soaked in a dilute acid bath before using
I'm not sure that accurate could you source that? I'm genially interested to see if that's true or not.
Its mostly for precise analytical stuff. Look up Sigma Aldrich's advice for cleaning new glassware.
So you have to clean it thoroughly before scientific work but it doesn't seem at all necessary for kitchenware.
I don't think Fischer anticipated anyone eating out of their glassware so they never took steps to certify it as food grade or safe for use in human consumption.
Ahh okay. I see what you are saying.
It'll probably be safe if you do eat out of it but it's just something to keep in mind.
Yep totally agree. Its good advice either way.
Kinda difficult to cook ziti in an erlenmeyer
As soon as they mark it "lab," the price goes up exponentially. But you're correct, as far as I know, the stuff I get for my lab is still the "real" PYREX. Or KIMAX. If you want to pay $75 for a baking dish, just go to a lab supply site like VWR, Thermo-Fisher, or Cole-Parmer and click away.
Would be really fun to get chemistry set stuff for kitchen utensils. Only problem is that lab equipment tends to come in small sizes or industrial sizes and not "dinner for 5" size.
It comes in all sizes.
What if Industrial size is enough for 'Dinner for 5'?
I sell them! Funnily enough Pyrex manufactures a lot of scientific glassware, all borosilicate glass (most resistant glass to thermal and chemical degradation)
Depends on which brand of Pyrex you're talking about. The Corelle brand of Pyrex sells softglass kitchenware while Corning brand Pyrex sells borosilicate scientific glass. It's confusing.
Our just search borosilicate on Amazon
Good chemistry glassware is expensive as fuck though
Yup. Lab grade vs Kitchen grade. You want the former.
I'm confused - what's the difference between the 'real' pyrex and the old stuff? In practical terms. I inherited some hand-me-downs (the dark toffee colored kind) many years ago and promptly handed them down after I found everything stuck a bit more than with regular metal pans...
Pyrex changed the type of glass they use in their glassware a few years ago. The new stuff is cheaper and not quite as durable.
The old pyrex was made by Corning and used borosilicate glass. The new pyrex kitchenware brand is made by corelle and uses soft glass which is cheaper and easier to use but isn't as strong.
r/nocontext
I bought a really cute Pyrex bowl and saw the warning on the label about it exploding if the temperature change is too rapid. Now I'm just afraid to use it.
My Pyrex pie pan exploded in the oven. Literally what those pans are supposed to handle.
They're just glass serving bowls with no real function
Can't understand the choice to do this
"Why do consumers buy our products?"
Because they're heat proof!
"Well we can make them cheaper if we just drop that part of the product"
How the hell are you supposed to transfer a pie from its tin into the pyrex serving pan though? That doesn't make any sense!
Heat the pan slowly over the course of an hour beforehand.
I think they mean how do you pick up the pie from the tin and put it in the pyrex serving bowl
Cool the pie slowly to below 0°C beforehand.
gtfo with logic
:p
You should write to the manufacturer and ask them what the product is supposed to be used for
I expect they will reply:
Profit
They’re both heatproof, but borosilicate is more fragile to shocks and drops, where soda lime is more resistant to it, but less resistant to uneven heating.
Yep. But I am MUCH MORE LIKELY to heat my pyrex than drop it.
Sure but it’s more profitable to sell off the division to another company than it was to continue to make it.
That's how the Chinese do business.
From what I understand, it was an agreement with the government to try and curb the production of methamphetamine by forcing the cooks to spend the extra money on lab grade equipment instead.
Because Meth labs can't afford glassware....
Yeah Wtf do they want you to do? Drop a pre-made pie in there?
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That's...not how bake times work.
Yeah just have it in for 3 minutes at 200 degrees, then 3 minutes at somewhere between 200 and 300 or so...depending on the oven... I guess like maybe 10 minutes at, what's it now? 375? Sure. Oh, it's ruined.
This is why all pies should be cooked sous vide!
And also drastically changes cooking time
Py-rekt
Pie-rex
Pie rekt
u/Snirbs I had the same thing happen. I was cooking a gluten free lasagna when the dish exploded, taking the oven door with it.
My landlord replaced oven, but I'm still salty about losing that lasagna. GF pasta is expensive af!
(Coeliac, wouldn't eat this way if I had the choice)
It’s both hilarious and sad we live in a time where you have to state that yes, you actually have Coeliac disease and you’re not just part of some bullshit trend
I think it says a lot about the culture of this website where this person feels the need to preemptively justify why they bought a certain type of pasta.
bullshit trend
well, the truth about the auto-immune stimulating effect of Gluten on the general population beyond the coeliac people (which are just the extreme of a spectra) is still open.
Obviously, health and food scientist are super afraid of declaring a food half the world is fed on as dangerous for greater proportions of the people. Famine, starvation, economical breakdowns if this gets out of control too fast.
See how we were lied about since decades about sugar, fat, and the relationship to artheriosclerosis.
That’s fair, but there’s enough people going ‘uhmmm are those waffles gluten-free?’ And then proceed to eat a heaping plate of pasta.
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The reason I specified it was gluten free lasagna is because those damn pasta sheets cost me fifteen dollars.
Like the poster I replied to, I had the pants-shittingly-terrifying experience of hearing an explosion in my kitchen - but the part I was most cranky about was losing a $30+ lasagna which I'd looked forward to for days.
Coeliac? You me ceceliac?
No, I mean coeliac. My country uses British English, like most of the English speaking counties.
Next you're gonna tell us you put a bunch of 'U's in words where they don't belong and spell ketchup like you're greeting a cat backwards.
I think you mean that Americans forget to include the letter u ;)
We do have ketchup here, but most of us prefer tomato sauce. Tbh the only time I can remember seeing catsup is that episode of The Simpsons where Mr Burns has to shop for himself!
I'm Canadian and that's how I've always seen it spelt.
Stop cooking mines
Cheap soda lime glass now. But I believe more shock resistant strangely. So drop, don’t cook now... makes sense...
What they used to be supposed to handle. It was cheaper and supposedly stronger if you dropped it. Little did they know, nobody gives a shit if it breaks when you drop it, it's glass. They care if it fucking bursts in the oven.
Corporations being cheap at the expense of the consumer really rubs me the wrong way. If you are a corporation that does this, fuck you.
I'm so disappointed. At first I thought mine was just a dud(as if poor quality control is any better of an excuse), but it seems I am, in fact, one of many customers who treated their glass pans well and still had them explode during normal use. For such a well-known and (previously?)reputable brand, you'd think they'd be able to do better for their customers.
I'm willing to bet that the reason they don't offer replacement warranties is because there are too many breaking in a day to replace.
At some point the formula changed and it’s not what it used to be. The old stuff is still indestructible, and easily found in thrift stores.
This happened to me today! Glass shards all over my stove and in my just-then-ready spaghetti and meatballs. Can confirm, that thing exploded. Violently.
It's generally fine. However, avoid putting it in the fridge and straight into a preheated oven. A lot of people will premake things like meatloaf or a casserole and stick them and the pyrex in the fridge.
Give them a few minutes to sit out or don't put it in the fridge.
I mainly do this because we have glass shelves in the fridge, and I don't want those to explode from contact with a hot dish.
I got a set of Pyrex containers with silicon lids, and if the food I put in the dish is still hot, the lids get sucked into the glass bases, and they're a pain to pry back open. I just wait until the food has cooled to almost room temp and then put it in the fridge.
I can say from personal experience it will explode like a grenade from minor temp changes. Shit is worthless now.
It's more of a situation like taking it out of the dishwasher when still hot and putting cold water in it. That breaks even normal dishes.
I discovered this a few years ago after I got a really cool beer glass from a thrift store. I washed it in the dishwasher, then excitedly poured cold water into it. It may have shattered and made me say "JESUS FUCK". Now I know to not do that.
I took a Pyrex casserole pan out of the oven and set it on the range. There must have been a drop of water spilled on the range because the pan immediately exploded.
A range is typically cold metal that is highly conductive. It would not surprise me if the range alone was enough. They typically recommend not setting Pyrex on the range for that reason.
I'm so cautious that I bought extra thick kitchen towels exclusively for cooling hot Pyrex
i bought one of those the other day and was really thrown off by the label with all of these warnings, like 'always preheat oven'. ummm, ok?
It’s a frightening experience, I took mine out of the oven, scooped out the food, and put it in the sink. I have a habit of turning on the water immediately after using pots and pans because I like watching the steam and hearing that sizzle.
Well, I turned the water on and all I hear is this crackling noise and then a loud BANG! I looked into the sink and the glassware broke into a 100 different pieces. I was in shock and looked my body over to make sure I didn’t get hit with any glass.
Never do that. Always let glassware cool.
I had one explode on me a few weeks ago. Lucky I was wearing a thick hoodie and kitchen gloves. 0/10 would never buy again.
Ugh you are lucky!
Honestly if it's a "PYREX" and not a "Pyrex", you would really have to go out of your way to cause such a drastic change
It's minor concern.
Imagine taking it straight from the oven and putting it straight into cold water - kaboom. But you'd never do that.
The reason for the change is pretty simple. The old formula (PYREX) was less impact resistant, so they made a new formula (pyrex) which will resist shattering from impact more, at the expense of being less thermal shock resistant.
Which is more likely, that you'll drop it, or that you'll find a way to take it directly from the oven to the snow?
I mean thats most glass. You don't really have to worry, I only broke one glass that way in my life, I accidentally tried to clean it just a few minutes after it got out of the oven (with cold water) and it made a clean crack through the middle. Besides that you don't really have to worry about the rapid temp change ever.
Pyrex was not advertised as 'most glass'. it was advertised as NASA level shit.
I know, but now they are 'most glass', ever since they changed. The person above me said their weary buying them now that they can break with temp changes, I was just telling them it's not that common.
Thrift stores and antique shops. Learn to identify the real stuff.
The new stuff is in all lower case. pyrex
The old stuff was capitalized. PYREX
Edit to correct
I believe the old stuff it's all capatalized. PYREX. I have a glass loaf pan that had it spelled this way.
Yup, all caps.
Old PYREX is like old people: all caps.
HOPE YOU ARE DONG WELL WE HAVE A NEW CAT MARY L HAS BREST CANCER TALK SOON LOL X
If I were I rich man, I would give you gold.
Wooo good thing. I ran into my kitchen (at 3 in the morning here) like a mad woman and yanked out ALL my Pyrex and lucky for me they ALL have the upper case letters. PYREX. You guys about gave me a heart attack...lol. I'm very partial and proud of my Pyrex collection.
Great, now they'll change the typeface on the new transfer print to trick everyone. SMH
The crap glass is blue-tinted at an angle, while real borosilicate is clear.
Because of this tip just looked at my small collection. I have a mix of old and new stuff.
How long have you been playing Russian Roulette with your baking?
Lol a few years now
The new stuff is pYrEx
Also identified by made by Corning in NY.
Identifies the old or new stuff?
The old stuff!
Yep, those, lawn sales, estate sales, get em for next to nothing, better than anything you can buy today.
But also be aware that lots of the painted collections have an unsafe amount of of lead in the paint. :/
Thought this wasn’t true?
There’s a Snopes page dedicated to “debunking the myth” that the old Pyrex paint has lead in it, but there are some well researched blog posts (I cringe as I type that; I know you’re not supposed to cite blog posts as valid research) and some YouTube videos of people testing multiple vintage Pyrex dishes with the proper equipment and coming up with readings that are above what has been deemed as safe.
I’m also not sure where the cutoff is.. it’s possible that vintage Pyrex from the ‘50s is lead-laden and the stuff from the ‘70s isn’t, etc. This may also have contributed to some of the conflicting information about some lead tests coming up positive and others negative.
Lead safe mama comes to mind. I believe she tested some Pyrex.
Thanks, I guess I should do some testing. I use my mom’s set of bowls from the 70s almost daily.
How to identify?
Old logo is PYREX
New logo is pyrex
Old Pyrex is labeled as PYREX© new stuff is pyrex all lower case. Also the soda-lyme glass has a greenish tint when viewed along the edge. The borosilicate glass is a warmer clear.
r/pyrex_love
No no no, at least not around here. I went to an estate sale last week that I knew had some PYREX and people literally RAN to the kitchen when they opened the doors. I have seen primary bowl sets that sell for $150, or refrigerator sets that are over $100.
ebay...vintage pyrex
My wife worked at a little local bank in the early 70's when we were starting out together. The bank president gave her three sets of the Pyrex real stuff for her bridal shower. The bank gave out a 12 piece set for opening new accounts at the time and he really liked her so he got the sets out of the storage area and dropped two at the house and had one wrapped. About 6 thanksgivings ago my wife found one set still in the box while digging in the attic for a cournacopia she made in ceramics class. I thought my daughters in law were going to grab knives and go full West Side Story street stab-a-thon on each other over it. I never knew real Pyrex was that hard to come by or that valuable. Apparently the pie plates and loaf dishes cant be beat.
The old recipe is borosilicate glass and handles temperature change like a champ. It is incredibly durable. Nowadays, it's too expensive to make without having a large environmental impact, so they don't use the same stuff.
I have a Hario borosilicate glass teapot that has served me really well for years. I wouldn't suggest heating it on the stove or anything, but it does a great job handling boiling hot water from my electric kettle from room temperature.
The loaf pans from 1973 are still turning out banana nut breads and apple loafs. My gut can fully attest to the pie plates ability to support my wifes wonderful cooking! Pyrex is probably why Im such a fatso.
You can still buy the real stuff readily outside of the states. I'm assuming bottom line is more the concern than environmental impact.
My mom has real Pyrex mixing bowls, measuring cups, casserole dishes, and pie plates. I am an only child. Yay.
You will be spared the fight to the death so many others must endure!
Apparently International Cookware still makes borosilicate cook ware:
https://healthy-cookware.com/is-there-shatter-proof-glass-cookware/
Amazon sells it as do other stores.
This may sound silly but Pyrex lead to something of an epiphany for me regarding my views on science and the money that's spent on it, as in taxes, which I used to be firmly against. Then one day I learned ~~NASA~~ Corning invented Pyrex, and it opened the wormhole of me trying to learn all the other stuff NASA has done.
It was a pretty radical adjustment in my perspective on a lot of things. Without Pyrex I would have likely wasted more time being flat out wrong.
*Apparently Pyrex wasn't invented by NASA.
Give money to smart people to solve problems, and they will indeed solve problems.
From the same people who brought you weather satellites and GPS.
And that’s the value of general research. Even if you don’t know what the practical applications might be. When Einstein came up with relativity he wasn’t thinking about GPS, but we wouldn’t be able to make GPS work now if we didn’t understand relativity.
And not just one or the other, too. Both special and general relativity are required for GPS to work.
Also nuclear fission. Nuclear reactors actually destroy a very small amount of mass to create a huge amount of energy.
It's one thing that infuriates me. "Why are we spending money to let scientists develop these theories nobody will use?"
Well, I don't know what they'll be used for, but people will work out some way to use them. I'd have never anticipated that NASA would have produced MRI machines, yet here we are.
NASA - $1m Space-Pen
Roscosmos - $1 Pencil
Reality - Pencils produce graphite shards. Graphite is conductive. In space, graphite shards float. They then lodge in electronics, short circuiting various systems, and lodge in air filters.
After development of space-pens, Russia switched over pretty hastily.
~~And Velcro.~~
edit: maybe not, see below...
Hook and loop*
When I saw "hook and loop" for the first time, I was so confused! Is this what most if the world calls it?
It's a trademark thing. Velcro is a brand name. Hook and loop is the product.
Like Aspirin, which was originally a Bayer trademark. If a name becomes so common that you can't differentiate the product and the name the company risks losing their trademark.
Or like Band-Aid. That's still a registered trademark, but would probably be lost if Flavor-Aid^^^^^^^I ^^^^^^^kid cared to go to court over it.
How many ^ did that take?
7
https://youtu.be/rRi8LptvFZY
Velcro was invented by a swiss engineer.
There is no connection at all with NASA.
Edit: remove article in front of NASA.
Out of curiosity, are you a non-native English speaker? With acronyms, you don't use articles if the acronym is pronounced as a word - only if the individual letters are spelled out. I used to get students confused about this all the time.
That’s true, I’m French: we love to put articles everywhere. Thank you, I’ll try to follow that rule. :)
Myth. NASA had nothing to do with inventing Velcro, they just use a lot of it. Similar story with Tang.
Really, the people who brought you every single satellite
And velcro!
Myth. NASA had nothing to do with inventing Velcro, they just use a lot of it. Similar story with Tang.
Edit: Ok, I guess downvote me, but it was invented in Switzerland in 1941.
As a nerd I can agree with that. I just want to be able to learn and research all day. Don’t really care about making money. Just want a place to sleep and good food and the freedom to research.
thats my 'eventual' hope for displacement from automation, creative / research type positions being the defacto low labor low skill jobs.
It's not even that. Give money to people to look into things they're really excited to study. 75% will be shit or insignificant, but 25% will be amazing.
While that sounds nice in theory, it leaves us with less money we can give to rich people. How are they supposed to get even richer then?
If only more of our tax dollars were actually used for this purpose!
First they will create the problem, so that they may solve it
and they will indeed solve other unrelated problems.
Sadly, majority of the tax money gets to greedy stupid people
~1/6 of our money goes to take care of the elderly.
~1/6 of our money goes to national defense.
~1/6 of our money goes towards health care.
~1/6 of our money goes towards the education of our children.
~1/6 of our money goes to help those in need.
~1/6 of our money pays for everything else, all the infrastructure and R&D and whatnot.
Which majority are the greedy, stupid people again?
Edit: Holy crap people, neither the discretionary budget of the federal government, nor the federal budget itself, are the entirety of government spending in this country.
I don't trust those percentages.
They're ballpark ranges. Hence the ~, which is short for 'roughly'. The total US budget, for local, state, and federal governments, is roughly 6 trillion, and we spend roughly a trillion in each of those categories, give or take a hundred billion or so.
You are incredibly wrong. Military spending is FAR larger than any other category. Try closer to 40-50%.
https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/
Military spending is right around 1/6th of our budget. Don't know how he's dividing out the rest, though.
The total US budget, for local, state, and federal governments
Hopefully they were referring to the "job creators" who own the "defense" industry. Don't you know that we need EVEN MORE TANKS?
The defense industry gets nowhere even close to a majority of tax money. And tanks are cheap anyway. Pay is still by far the largest portion of DOD spending. There can be no meaningful cuts to military spending without massive layoffs.
dude a single abrahms tank is 6.21 million dollars in 1996 dollars. The military budget for 2015 was 54%. thats before the increases made this year. source: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/
54% of Discretionary spending of the Federal budget. The article you link as 'proof' even specifically talks about the difference between discretionary and mandatory spending.
The military absolutely does not get 54% of the federal budget, and definitely comes nowhere close to 54% of all government spending.
And seriously, dude, 6.21 million is peanuts to the numbers we're talking to. Yes, certainly, every little bit helps, but at the same time, its still a tiny part of the military budget.
You make your point, but much of non discretionary spending is self sufficient. Social security runs a net surplus every year and some healthcare dollars are made back. Defense is always a net loss. 1.5 trillion dollars were spent developing the f35. That's not a small amount. I'm just saying I think the funds are much needed elsewhere.
1.5 trillion dollars were spent developing the f35.
No. 1.5 trillion is the projected lifetime program cost covering 50 years of operation.
I'm just saying I think the funds are much needed elsewhere.
Undoubtedly, but even if they did cut the defense budget by 50%, thats not going to result in a major budget change elsewhere. Figure 10% more for whatever it is. Nice, but hardly worldchanging. Shits expensive.
Then one day I learned NASA invented Pyrex
This is not true. Borosilicate glass was first invented in Germany in 1893. The first (borosilicate glass made) Pyrex brand product came in 1915. NASA was not even an idea back then.
...in 1915. NASA was not even an idea back then.
Curiously, 1915 is exactly when NASA was first an idea, or at least the precursor organization that became NASA.
I stand corrected. Thank you!
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Unfortunately, it doesn’t fit the USA über alles narrative.
Good to know. I must have mis-remembered because this life changing moment was when I was around 20. I do remember bitching about NASA one day and a friend of mine telling me that my Pyrex measuring cup was invented by NASA so I should shut up. Guess we were both wrong.
Then one day I learned NASA invented Pyrex
I don't think that's really true, but here's one that is: You know Corningware? That milky white glassy ceramic dishware that is unusually resilient given its thin cross-section? It was discovered accidentally, and was originally used for missile nose cones.
https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/12/Donald-StookeyGuy-Gave-Us-Corning.html
You mean Corning. Way way way before NASA was even around.
Can I ask how you at some point thought that taxes spent on science was a waste of money? I've always felt that science and technology was the holy grail of problem solving in government. Good for the economy, good for the military, good for the average Joe.
I was so ridiculously ignorant and impressionable at the time, about 13 years ago. I've changed a lot since then. The stupid Pyrex argument I had with my friend gave me pause. I went through the research somewhat out of spite and I'll be damned, she was right.
Wait, NASA was around in 1915?
There's also JPL, the Jet Propulsion Lab that developed tech that made digital pictures possible and transmittable (data correction from transmission loss) from satellites to Earth, without which we wouldn't have cellphones and internet as we know it.
SOOOO much of modern technology is based on older military/NASA stuff. Most people don't even think about it. Even GPS was military only -- how many people depend on that now for work and fun?
It's crazy the amount of return on investment those dollars get (moreso NASA than billion dollar fighter jets full of tech that won't trickle down to civilian stuff).
Then one day I learned NASA invented Pyrex, and it opened the wormhole of me trying to learn all the other stuff NASA has done.
You should look into the Army as well. They not only invented a lot of stuff we use or even popularized it but they've added a ton of words to our lexicon.
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/
I kind of doubt NASA invented PYREX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrex
Pyrex was invented by the Germans and developed by Corning.
So I guess you can switch to Team Trump
I almost read that as “Pyrex opened a wormhole” — just that. Nothing else after that.
Ladies and Gentleman, Australia's very own CSIRO
Wifi may be the gamechanger for most, but I read the explanation of the Spinning Wool thingy, and now I need an ELI5
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Scientific research being funded by taxes.
Did NASA invent anything else we should all know about (for regular use)? I had no idea they invented Pyrex!
Now just imagine if we didn't spend so much money on the military (although good stuff comes from there occasionally) or on "social services" (actually help people get jobs) then think of that money going to NASA.
We would have been to Mars years ago.
As someone who works in social services, that's an incredibly simplistic and misinformed opinion.
It's really easy to say "help people get jobs," but incredibly hard to actually do it. First, where do the jobs come from? How do you convince people to hire people with large gaps in their resumes? How do you deal with people who are actually too physically disabled to work? Or have mental health problems that prevent them working no matter how much they might want to?
Then there's the people who DO have jobs and yet still don't make a living wage leading them to still rely on those social services.
I'm a big fan of NASA. I'm a big fan of anything to do with space as well. But I'm okay with not yet having a base on Mars if it meant we didn't screw over poor people as much as we already do.
Yes I know it is a lot harder.
But at the same time we are not making it any easier.
But at the same time we are not making it any easier.
What does this mean? What's the point you're trying to make with this statement? How are we not making it any easier? Who isn't? Social services? Society in general? How?
What do you think should be done to make it easier?
Humanity in general.
I could go into a long explanation why I think so, and may one day, but for now it has a long busy day and time to sleep.
Your notion that “social services” get tons of money is way off the mark. Same goes for the military as well. Basically, everything you think you know about the US Budget is way off.
For starters, we don’t spend nearly enough on any aspect of federal government as we ought to in order to be competitive with the best countries.
Social safety nets, for starters, don’t have nearly enough people-power or money to service those citizens in need. Not enough mental health assistance, job training, food, child welfare, education. All things that when fully invested can and do take unproductive members of society and turn them into productive members. People who are then able to take care of their children and raise them up to be Mars colonists.
Military? It’s not about tanks. It’s not about battleships. It’s about people. The same things you need for civilians, you need for soldiers, sailors, and marines. Mental health, domestic support, healthcare, food, etc. All things you need to be sure that when called to action your military can focus on the target before them and not about their family back home. A gun doesn’t need nearly as much ongoing maintenance and support as a soldier does. And that’s where the great amount of the cost is.
So we need to be spending more on these things, not less. Does that mean increased taxes on the citizenry? No. Start with the corporations that are using a huge amount of the resources of the nation, from plumbing and roads to security to pay more than, in some cases, 0$ a year. Second, stop trying to gut the IRS. Taxes don’t mean shit without the manpower to make sure everyone is paying into the system.
The IRS isn’t a bogeyman. They do their job. And well. They return more revenue per dollar spent than any agency in government. But for the last twenty years their resources have been strictly curtailed.
That we’re not on Mars now is nothing to do with not spending money on NASA. It’s everything to do with trying to run the United States, as a whole, on a shoestring.
I want nothing more than to prioritize pure science in the budget. But, if we’re going to be skinflints then we have to prioritize the people first.
Until we get our collective head out of our ass.
Are you aware that US social security/unemployment and Medicare cost around $2.3 trillion per year, which is more than the GDP of all but 7 countries, and about 3% of the economic output of the entire planet?
Our social services are extravagantly well funded. The problem is that they are lavished upon wealthy retirees instead of the people who need them. Our prioritization is absolutely disgraceful.
Agreed, we don’t always use the money we do have efficiently. And that’s part of it. While one segment of social services is robustly funded another segment is underfunded.
It’s never just more money or more efficiency or better management or proper prioritization. It’s all those things. It’s a systemic issue. And we never seem to take a holistic approach to solving these issues. Rather, always expecting a silver bullet, one stop solution.
As for comparisons to other countries, we should dwarf other nations in spending on our citizenry as our GDP does dwarf every other nation with only China and the collective of the EU being remotely close to us. And, we do that with even fewer people than either China or the EU.
Should we spend more? Yes. Should we spend more efficiently? Yes.
I mean, we’re number one in money. And after that not a hell of a lot of other areas that aren’t things to be embarrassed about.
And I’m not saying we should be number one. But looking at the numbers, you’d just assume we were but, we’re not.
Shut the fuck up nerd
You can out of Europe. It was environmental regulations that drove up the price. Turns out dumping into a river was cheaper than the right way.
There's an image on the internet somewhere that shows the different versions made in different countries. I think I have a copy saved.
Edit: found it.
https://imgur.com/gallery/dAKbORj
Is that the 'Made in the USA' stuff? They sell that in supermarkets here in Australia. Although, it doesn't say specifically borosilicate on the glass. It has stamped: no rangetop, no broiler. Made in the USA.
In Australia you get both the soda lime glass made in the US, and the borosilicate glass made in France.
The easiest way to tell is the US stuff has a lower case logo, and the French has an upper case one.
For most uses the French borosilicate products are superior.
Oh, so I suppose since my Pyrex says it's 'Made in the USA' that means it's soda lime glass. Thanks!
French company still makes it. Scary expensive tho.
Find old glass insulators, melt them down and make new stuff out of them. Just make sure you do some research and don't melt a rare one worth hundreds or in some cases thousands of dollars.
I have hundreds of them in good condition and a few hundred more broken, chipped and cracked common ones I will one day melt down because the glass is so great.
So just uh, melt and mold glass eh? Sort of a /r/restofthefuckingowl thing
If you want real Pyrex, you're gonna need a kiln. When the glass is free you've got plenty of time to figure out the rest.
Or you just buy the stuff from Europe. Probably the much cheaper and easier option.
I guess, if you want...
A kiln, furnace, or torch depending on what you want to do and how much you want to melt at once. The melting point of boro is about 1500 degrees. It’s usually lampworked but some people fully melt it down and work it on pipes out of a furnace. You’ll need a kiln for annealing for sure but a kiln won’t do a lot of good really unless you just want to slump the glass into a flat shape, honestly.
Do you collect these? Are there any in particular to look for? There are hundreds at my grandma's house. She used the green and clear ones as dividers where her flowerbed met the lawn. She had a lot of unbroken ones she kept in her shed. There are a few like the black and white ones near the front of your photo. There are also some oddly shaped clear ones that are a bit smaller than the "normal" green and clear ones.
Edit: Like this, but clear: http://farhek.com/a/a/he/hemingray-blue-glass-company-mickey-mouse-style-insulator-cd_glass-conductor-or-insulator_pnp-transistor-led-in-hindi-bc817-single-inverter-circuit-saturation-fm-electronic-switc.jpg
Yes, my wife and I started collecting a few years ago and it kind of exploded quickly.
Those are known as Mickey Mouse insulators because of the big ears. They are worth about $40 each. Because so many have the same look but are made by different companies insulators are put into different CD (Consolidated Design) numbers. The Mickey Mouse Insulator is CD257 I have around 400 insulators, mostly common ones my wife and I found out in the wild, but some are massive 18" tall high voltage insulators that are worth about $300.
If you want to learn more www.insulators.info is a great place to start. www.hemingray.net for Hemingray specific searches and www.nia.org for the National Insulator Association.
Yes, my wife and I started collecting a few years ago and it kind of exploded quickly.
Did you put them in the fridge?
Lol, no, they just started taking over my house.
Are the from telephone poles?
Yes they are.
Telephone and Telegraph lines. I also have a couple from High Voltage Lines
Wow you have a shitload of those, where did you get them all from? Most estate sales I go to have a few for sale, but only 5 or so at most.
Abandoned railroad right of way mostly. You can find old telegraph lines still standing all over the place. Now that it's finally warm out in Northern Indiana my wife and I will probably get out hunting again soon.
Uhh. Are you sure they don’t have lead in them.
Yes, and even if they did, they sit on a shelf looking pretty, I'm not drinking from them
r/Pyrex_Love
Yes, come visit us in r/Pyrex_Love . We know a lot about modern and vintage pyrex and can get you started on collecting!
My mom threw out her original Pyrex Vision complete set. She got it from my grandma and never used it.
I was so pissed.
There’s a good reason for it. Most people don’t take Pyrex out of the freezer and put it in a hot oven anymore. The new type of glass is less likely to break during a drop and is still safe to go from fridge to microwave.
For most customers these days it’s better honestly.
it's not safe to put on the stove, though.
And when blind baking pie crusts, I literally take them out of the freezer and into the oven
But I can't take my meal out of the oven and throw it in the freezer immediately and have it melt all the plastic bags of frozen vegetables or melt to my plastic shelves in my refrigerator anymore. This was all that made me happy!/s
out of the states it is boro, but even with the warning label pyrex is still very hard to shock and damn safe in the oven or to pour boiling water into.
Remember the old Pyrex logo was all caps, the new Pyrex logo is all lowercase.
What the hell? What the hell? When was this? I feel so betrayed. I was just about to go buy a whole ton of it to outfit a home lab too. (what, it's cheaper than proper glassware)
Real pyroceram Corning Ware. My grandma had a set that came with handle attachments that turned them into pans you could use on the stove.
I had a false Pyrex cup explode in my kitchen drawer once. I thought some shooter had opened fire in my house.
European Pyrex is still made from borosilicate.
Wikipedia
And real corningware that you can put on a stovetop burner.
I still think about the TIFU where a man broke his wife's old Pyrex and replaced it secretly. She tried to boil water in the microwave and it exploded on her.
r/Pyrex_Love
I've seen this elsewhere before, but I don't understand the use case(s) where the old product is so preferable.
Well, one use case for using the old stuff is when you don't want it to blow up in your face after taking it out of the oven.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/09/13/pyrex-glass-isnt-as-shatterproof-as-it-once-was-report-finds/
The new American soda-lime glass Pyrex brand is less tolerant of thermal shock. The older borosilicate stuff is a lot more durable in that regard. It could handle rapid temperature changes better.
However, I believe the newer tempered glass is more shatter resistant when dropped, so they basically traded one weakness for another.
Personally though, I would rather have glass that is thermally shock resistant over glass that is kinetically shock resistant. The solution to glass that shatters easily when dropped is to simply not fucking drop it. But knowing when you're going to thermally shock the glass or not is a lot less obvious, and god help you if it shatters while in the oven for whatever reason.
I haven't seen a reports of it exploding just from being taken out of the oven. My understanding of thermal shock was like from oven to ice, not just setting it on the counter.
tempered glass is...temperamental. all products have defective samples, the problem is that tempered glass is constantly under tension. when it fails, it does so catastrophically.
My friend sent me a picture of her new pyrex that literally shattered in the oven filled with halfway baked chicken. Good times 😂
Wow. It makes you wonder how they haven't been sued to oblivion.
Its because it literally says on the packaging not to subject it to major temperature swings.
Major temperature swings. You know, like normal cooking.
No, it’s more like taking something that’s been sitting in the freezer and instead of letting it sit for 5-10 minutes, throwing it directly into a 400-500 degree oven
If I remember correctly, manufacturing it with the old formula turned out to be destructive to the environment, hence the change.
Definitely wrong there, its still made the old way in both France and the UK.
That doesn't mean it's wrong. It just means that the EU probably has different regulations.
They do, they're almost universally stricter ones though...
They're not always stricter. For example Coke Light is a low calorie Coke variant in Europe that isn't produced in the US because it's sweetener (Sodium Cyclamate) is illegal in the US.
It wasn't due to regulations, just something the company decided to do on their own. It also looks like there might be two companies producing glassware with the Pyrex brand, one of them having forked off of the original.
Yes!
I just saw someone selling new real Pyrex dishes, for cooking, on Amazon I think.
Check your local Salvation Army or thrift store. I've gotten 2 old school Pyrex measuring cups from there for $1 or $2.
Wait so what is Pyrex made of now?
The new Pyrex is soda lime glass; the original version is borosilicate glass which can better withstand temperature changes. It’s also what chemistry beakers are made out of.
hey haha I posted about that yesterday in the other askreddit thread
Buy Borosil
That's the second time I've read borosilicate Pyrex today.
Wait wtf r u serious? My Pyrex isn’t borosilicate? Son of a bitch.
I went to a flea market couple weeks ago and a vendor had 5 original Pyrex dishes. I bought every one of them at $7 each. I felt like I won the lottery.
I thank God my mother still has some of their real stuff, it's amazing. I wouldn't mind paying a hefty premium to get that stuff for myself.
You can find it surprisingly often in Goodwills and other charity stores. If you know what you're about, the font/shape of the logo will give you a strong clue which is the old, good stuff, and which is the modern. I managed to find two pans for squares and a loaf pan. I still prefer them to all the modern, "EZ release" stuff my sibs keep buying me for Christmas.
Why did they switch?
You can sometimes find them in thrift stores. We have a few Pyrex dishes that are the old kind and got them for only a couple of dollars at Goodwill.
It's still made, you just have to import it.
is Pyrex chemistry equipment still borosilicate?
ebay? full of vintage pyrex
Yeah what the actual fuck is this about
Is there a reason they changed it? Cheaper production, safety, or...?
With proper pour spouts! The new Pyrex liquid measuring cups are nearly useless, my plastic ones are so much better at pouring :-(
Wow my mom is gonna be pissed about this one
The new glass also shatters like safety glass rather than into sharp shards, so there's that.
I get to use all my grandparent's old Pyrex stuff. It's ancient but the damn measurements haven't even begun to fade, and they are unchipped.
This seems super useful for knowing where to get the good stuff.
You can still find borosilicate glass cookware pretty easily.
Go to police auctions.
If you can get the smell off of them, they're probably real Pyrex. The fake shit leads to meth fires and hospital visits, and the real stuff might make it to police auctions in janky towns.
I heard this had effects on the drug business
Why's it better than current pyrex?
I'll be that guy. What's the difference?
Go to the Goodwill
Another reason to not live in the US
Are these the kind you cannot microwave? Or the kind you can?
Go shopping in Europe, we still have the classic stuff.
My mom got a whole new Pyrex measuring cup and gave me her old one.
She has regrets. And no measuring cup.
IIRC modern Pyrex branded dishes are a soda-lime glass which, while it isn't great with temperature change, is much better at handling impacts
Garage sales still sell them.
I love you for making this comment lmao
?! This is news to me!
never understood the appeal, like who needs to see the side of their food while it’s cooking
What are the differences between that and the Pyrex I own today? Here I am thinking I'm Al bougie with Pyrex lol
The first time I realised it wasn't the same anymore was when my mother-in-law broke my Pyrex measuring jug by dropping it on a wooden floor. It was empty and not even hot/cold.
When my SO told me, I didn't believe him. I thought he meant another random glass jug I had. I was like, "Pyrex can't just break..."
I dropped a container from counter height on tile floor. Still in one piece. Mind blown
This is like the only thing where living in Europe is better than living in the US. I can get borosilicate Pyrex for 10€ on Amazon, but I cannot, for my life, get any other cast iron pans out of Lodge.
Also, free health insurance.
OXO brand glass bakeware is borosilicate glass.
There's a lot still available on eBay.
Wait, Pyrex isn't real any more? I just recently bought a set, do I need to get something else.
Search your local thrift stores for real "PYREX". Not the shitty lowercase in spelling and life, no broiler bullshit "pyrex"
Yes!
What kind of shit are you doing that you actually require it? To my understanding, the only people it really affected was the crack manufacturing trade. For 99% of household applications, the new glass is fine and even has a higher resistance to drop shock.
Wendy's spicy nuggets.
Wait, what?
I'm sorry you had to hear about it like this.
Man, he should be asked to sit down first.
He was sittin down, man!
You don't know that!
Well chances are he... nevermind
Why would they ever get rid of this?
Goddammit... Not like this.
Not like this...
God damn you, Cypher!
I know these spicy nuggets don't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is spicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.
Switch...
Wendy's pulls the spicy nuggets plug, resulting in brain death :(
Dammit, why must all good things come to an end. No wonder someone tried to drive their vehicle through my local Wendy's. The pain is palpable.
If it took you this long to hear about it, you couldn't have liked them THAT much.
You're not wrong.
No more spicy nuggets? 😢
Your username is both clever and fairly disturbing when I think about it. Well done.
No seriously? I've been overseas for three years. Spicy nuggets are gone? Damn I got through many a late work night dipping those things in chili.
dipping those things in chili
Oh My God, this is something I never knew I wanted, and I learned about it too late. Damn you for putting this in my brain.
FUCK
F
Yeah wait...why though?
Because they are fucking retarded. Only answer. I know for a fact that they lost at leat 20 customers in my friend circle alone. We used to Wendy's go multiple times a week. Most of us were big guys with huge orders. I haven't gone back since the day I found out while trying to place my order.
Same, I went back one time since the end of spicy nuggets.
Or maybe they did it on purpose so you would be upset and 8n a bit they will "come back by huge demand" giving a larger sales than would have been made due to the hype.
Too bad for them, I don't respond well to being spit on as a consumer. That was the final straw after the bun change and the cucumber tasting not pickled enough pickles. They may still have one of the best fast food hamburger patties but that is not enough. The Sheeple may flock back if Wendy's does bring spicy nuggets back, but I can guarantee I won't. I don't accept appologies. Actions tell me everything I need to know and are the only truth.
I found out in the drive-thru, do you know how difficult it is to order something else without it being obvious that you're dead inside?
When the hell did this happen??
No one deserves to hear about the death of a loved one while browsing Reddit...
I think you better take a seat, pal
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NSFL
Why, just why?
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What the fuck, bro? I don't even like spicy foods that much but Wendy's spicy nuggets were heaven. Life is pointless now.
It's been almost a year here in Tx, how long has it been since you've gone to Wendy's?
About a year for me...... Ever since the day I found out while trying to place my order.
Sped off and never looked back
Driving away from Wendy's as fast as he could.. weeping and beating on the steering wheel. Player's "Baby Come Back" blasts on the stereo
Edit: All day long wearing a mask of false bravado... Trying to keep up a smile that hides a tear... But as lunch rolls around, I get that empty feeling again... How I wish to God that you were heeeere..
Nuggies come back.. Any kind of fool of see... There was spicy.. in everything about you... Nuggies come back.. you can blame it all. On. Wendy. She was wrong... And we just can't live without you..
I'm just finding out about it too. I only tried them once, but I know some people who will be bummed.
Bro, it's bad.
goes in for a hug with teary eyes
I don't feel so good
Take a seat, young rczqpu2
6 for $1
I used to eat 30 of them for lunch.
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WENDY'S SPICY NUGGETS
I just had the same reaction. I had no idea they took them off the menu.
oh no...
I have boycotted Wendy's since I learned about this. I left the drive through without ordering I was so disappointed.
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Do you live in one of these cities?
Austin, Texas Dallas, Texas Waco, Texas St. Louis, Missouri Chicago, Illinois Madison, Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin
They're not discontinuing them in these cities
https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/wendys-spicy-chicken-nuggets-are-still-available-in-7-cities
I live in Austin and was told by the cashier that they were discontinued when I tried to order them a couple of months ago. Maybe it is only a select few locations. Or they pulled them from those cities as well some time after the article was posted (13 months ago)
Dallas here. No spicy nugs.
Made a run over to Madison, no spicy nugs in sight.
Lol this dude leaving citys for his nugs. Respect.
It’s was only an hour drive, totally worth it to check for the nugs.
You didn't... call and ask?
You know in retrospect could have saved a lot of gas that way. But the funs in the journey!
Could have man.. have. It's always have* ..
Only an hour drive? Bruh what do you do that let's you up n out your way on a Wednesday mid day? Day off?
Bartender, also not a day I work, just left after class after I saw people asking.
The Wendy's near my house no longer has it and I'm in Milwaukee so maybe it's now everywhere?
The Wendy's in New Berlin has them
Ohhh nice thanks I'll have to stop by there on my way home from work later then
To cover my ass this was few weeks ago. I really hope they're still there.
They don’t have them at my location in STL.
St.louis, TX
Chicago checking in. No longer here.
Goddamnit. This thread has caused me to go through a roller coaster of emotions while on the El
Isn’t that always the case when your on the EL.
I'm immune to it. I used to have to take the Red Line to work. Changed jobs and upgraded to the Brown.
No more rotten leg money beggar for this man!
That's a lie! I've gone to Wendy's in Austin and none of them has it.
Someone needs to let the St. Louis stores know they are supposed to have them. They ripped them away from us quite a while back.
The hell they aren’t. I’m in one of those and I get plain ass nuggets only.
I am located in VA and they still have the spicy nugs.
In NOVA?
Yup, I have got them in several locations.
They are discontinued in austin
I was like whaaaaat I just had them this weekend, but I'm in chicago so i'm good. :)
I know what's for lunch next time I'm in mad-town.
Milwaukee. No nuggets of spicy here... I guess I should try the Burger King spicy nuggets... (Shudder)
Chicagoan phonin' in. No nugs in sight.
Live in Chicago. They aren't here either
This is the only time I've been happy to live in St. Louis.
I live just outside of Dallas (Denton) and they're discontinued.
I live in STL and we have them here and it's magical.
Fuckin Texas
Very. It's been months.
It's been years for me.
About a year here.
At least
They didn't discontinue them everywhere, but I can confirm that L.A. doesn't have them anymore. Burger king does though and while they aren't as good they are ok.
It's been about a year in the south. Not sure about out west.
Some Wendy’s still carry them. It’s a franchise by franchise thing like breakfast
It's ok, they were petrified, like ancient alga.
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/022/693/spicer.jpg
Don't be fooled! It says "Moments Ago" but it's actually months old.
Oh, wait. Did you say "Spicy Nuggets"? I thought you said "Spicer Nuggets"!
They’re frozen so it’s fine
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You're talking about nacho fries, aren't you?
They're making them permanent this summer!
Now if only they’d bring back the volcano taco...
And the quesalupa
I know, bb. I feel that pain, too.
No, you don’t feel that pain. You won’t feel it until you take a bite of that volcano burrito and it hits your intestines like a fucking small nuclear bomb.
I'm a Texan, that's not spicy to me, but it's got more spice than most fast food.
It's more the combo of spices and grease
My food is greasy enough, y'all.
Dude I eat volcano sauce on anything I order
I want the naked chicken chips
YEEEEESSSSS
To bad my local Taco Bell is closing down tommorow. RIP.
I didn’t realize they could close down. I thought they just added “Express” to the sign and crammed a KFC in the building with it.
The one I was referring to is a college food court location. Also [was] one of the few TB stores to serve Coca-Cola products
So no Baja Blast?
Yup. I can't recall the last time I had a Taco Bell meal with Baja Blast.
I feel like the sheer quantity of food you can get per dollar would make up for the lack of Baja Blast.
Agreed. $4.55 boxes were pretty awesome while they lasted, even if some of them did not contain every listed item.
TJ employees gotta eat, too. You take a different item from four separate boxes, baby you got a stew goin.
A really nasty stew, what the hell.
But at every other Taco Bell location you can get the same sheer quantity of food with Baja Blast.
They brought Baja blast back for the summer in grocery stores around the us. Stock up!
Then have you really been having Taco Bell?
dat ain't right
One near me closed too. Wonder what’s up
I asked my local Taco Bell and they told me august was when they were making a permanent comeback.
It was that fucking quesalupa. I didn’t know Love until the quesalupa. And the. They ripped it away from me.
Naked Chicken Chalupa. That shit was fire.
The TB I work at is bringing them back in a few weeks.
Grilled stuff'd nachos please come back. I miss you
OMG yes, I swear I still dream about it
Edit: words are hard
I never got the appeal of the nacho fries. Why not just get chips to dip in the cheese like substance and not have to eat their nasty fries?
nacho cheese chalupa?
I do not understand why Taco Bell won't bring back the chili cheese burrito. It was the most delicious thing on the whole menu. Why, TB? WHY?!
Hey look its me!
Spicy chicken nuggets?
Me too! We/I should form a club
hi me i'm /u/AtomicMayonez
This is me with Carl's Jr, lol.
HOW THE HELL DO YOU JUST "GET RID OF" SWEET POTATO FRIES LIKE THEY'RE NO BIG DEAL?
Carl’s Jr. “Fuck you, I’m eating”
They got rid of all the carl jrs in my area :( Like whole restaurant gone lol
I'm so sorry that you have to go through that! Even without sweet potato fries, it tastes... Better lately.
I've been eating Carl's Jr at least once a week since 1999 (my entire family is addicted to it for some strange reason). I literally wouldn't know what to do without it.
Chris Angel really stepped up his game
Just moved to the D.C. area. My brother is a GM of a Hardees in MO. Once I got here and went to a Hardees....no fkn curly fries. Dude at the counter said "only Carl's Jr sells curly fries."
Hardees does too you fuck....
Burger King just came out with spicy nuggets, pretty good
They are VERY similar to Wendy's old spicy nuggets. And cheaper too!
And are also discontinued. (At least anywhere near my hometown in FL doesn’t have them.)
Im in western PA and just saw some yesterday
Ohio here had them for lunch yesterday.
North Eastern PA, we gottem too
Bay Area, they’re here!
Just saw a commercial for them in Austin
Seen in TX.
I disagree with the people here. I think they are nothing like Wendy's and do not satisfy that urge for me at all.
Burger King is trash-tier fast food. All their chicken is mushy.
Burger King is the worst of the big fast food places. Somehow their soft drinks are worse too, even though they have the same brands as the other guys.
The management is trash too. Nearly every single one I go to has bitchy, incompetent workers.
True, but they got them pies that'll cross your eyes!
Fuck them for raising the price on those pies. Costs damn near $2 for a "slice" now.
Yeah but have you tried that Twix pie? It might be worth the diabeetus you'll get from all that sugar
Nope. The Oreo/Hershey pie was my jam.
I ordered "chicken fries" once because I thought that sounded like a novel way to eat chicken. They had an excessively thick coating of way-too-hard breading on the outside and a narrow vein of mushy chicken in the middle. It was utterly disgusting.
They're ok. Just bought a 10pc today. I think they were like $1.75 or so where I live. Not too bad.
Yeah they’re pretty good except they’re always burned, have way too much breading and don’t taste like chicken... Sorry fam, I’m loyal to Wendy’s.
Just so you know, this probably doesn't make any of the staff disappointed when people do this. Less work.
Still though, fuck Wendy's for getting rid of them.
It wasn't to annoy any staff, it's not their fault. Just Wendy's didn't deserve my money anymore.
I mean, I know there are a lot of good reasons for a boycott, but is it really a boycott if you're refusing to buy something because... they don't sell it...?
He could've bought other food but didn't, so kinda?
Well, I'm running on the assumption that literally the only reason they went to Wendy's was for the spicy chicken nuggets. Because otherwise the "boycott" would be totally inane and a little childish.
If the only reason you go to a store is for one thing, and they stop carrying that thing, it doesn't really count as a boycott because you wouldn't have anything else to buy anyway. At least in my mind.
I've began boycotting Wendy's after this, but not as an explicit thing where I tell people or anything. I like their burgers, I like their fries for the most part. When they told me they no longer had spicy nuggets, they dropped to near-bottom of my list of fast food. Even though I like their burgers, I typically won't eat there anymore. I consider that a boycott.
They’re the only fast food place I pretty much ever eat at, their salads are pretty freaking awesome, even though they are nine fucking dollars in my state
Ah, yeah that's true. I guess it just depends on the logic when they went to Wendy's
I mean, it's what I went there for specifically, other places have better burgers and fries. So I just refuse to go there, maybe boycott wasn't the right word.
Just gives us more time to clean shit up
Source: i work at wendys
Depends. I've worked fast food. Sometimes the new stuff is really good and you hope it stays forever.
They mean people just walking out because they dont have said item.
I want to boycott so bad but that Baconater is so good.
This was childhood me when KFC stopped selling chicken nuggets.
Why do we keep repeating the mistakes of the past?!
I did too! Nothing else is worth going there.
r/madlads
Burger King has recently started doing spicy nuggets in my area (Washington) and they're just okay.
This is actually really sad, I feel for you.
You guys should look over the fence..
Always surprises me when they won't bring back a popular discontinued item. Don't they like money? Even Burger King brought back chicken fries
I know it's not the same, but Burger Kings all over my area have spicy nuggets now. 10 for 1.69 though I have yet to try them.
This feels like me, when I go anywhere and they don't have my size or the item I want
Fuck this place, you have ruined my day, I am outta here
i did the exact same thing and i havent been back. its a damn shame too becasue the 4 for $4 is a hella deal but with out spicy nuggs it's all for naught.
I hate that or if they are just out of something at the time, especially an item just that chain is known for. The ask me if I want something else, but I am just inconsolable and wander off :'(
! I had gone inside to order. I just turned and walked out.
I used to go way more when the double stack was on the dollar menu. Way better than the mcdouble imo but then they took it off and now it's like $2.75...
I'm boycotting them too.
Now, Wendy's spicy nuggets may have been worth making a special trip to Wendy's for, but their regular nugs are still really damn good. I don't leave a Wendy's drive thru without 'em!
Burger King has spicy nuggets now. They're good.
This is the first madlad experience I have had the pleasure of witnessing. Thank you.
I think I actually left Wendy's without getting anything the day they told me they didn't have those anymore.
"I'm sorry, but we don't have the spicy nuggets anymore. Would you like the regular nug--"
sound of screeching tires
"oh...I understand..." (Slowly walks out in a daze)
I did the same lol
I did that when Rally's/Checkers got rid of the Screamin' Chicken Strips.
Aw damn i thought it was just a regional thing.
They're gone? I used to always grab 6 to go with my baconator.
They had these for so long. Why did they get rid of them? One of my favorite things on the menu...
I've worked at Wendy's ~2 years now, the answer is that people didn't buy them enough. We'd fry up a batch, they'd sit for the 30 minutes they're considered good, and in that time we'd maaaaybe sell a 10 piece, give or take. If we cooked them to order, then the customer would be waiting ~5 minutes, which is pretty much unacceptable in corporate's eyes. It's much easier and less wasteful to have the regular nuggets and offer a spicy sauce.
TL;DR, food costs and food waste
Like I get it, but a spicy sauce is just not the same. Dry spice is so different. I loved those damn nuggets!!!
I didn’t even need sauce for them. Just letting them sit in my mouth and sucking on the flavor until it’s all chicken was the best.
I never thought there was a wrong way to eat chicken, but once again reddit proved me wrong.
Wendy's survey of favorite ways to eat chicken nuggets
dipped in sauce: 68%
eaten plain: 32%
dissolved on tongue: 0%
I'm the 32%
Wtf is wrong with people
Spicy nuggets with sweet and sour sauce was amazing.
It makes perfect sense... I just miss grabbing two spicy 6 pc nuggets for a few bucks. Aside from the Spicy Asiago, that’s all I would get.
People are stupid. Those were fantastic.
I bet you if they were more widely advertised, this wouldn’t be a problem.
... and now next on Richard and Mortimer
Made to order and people would be mad to wait?
Am I the only one that would be a massive regular to a "quick food" place. Fast food style, but made to order. Sure instead of instant food where you play the lottery of freshness, it takes a few quick minutes, but at least you know it's not 2 hours old.
I know some people ask things to be made fresh, or ask for food with no salt as a trick to ask for fresh food without saying that, but I don't like to make special cases out of anything. Still, I never once got angry if they told me they had to make more, it was always better.
I work at CFA and have people get mad if they have to wait 2 minutes let alone 5.
Oh I believe it. Went to CFA the other day and my food took like 6 minutes. The guy who ran my food apologized profusely, I was like "it's cool, really". He comped my entire meal, gave me a free breakfast item AND a free sandwich coupon, and 3 chocolate chip cookies.
Man I ordered a regular spicy chicken sandwich meal yesterday and had the bag plopped down in front of me before I was done paying.
I can't stand people like that. I love when I wait at CFA especially, their food tastes even better super hot for some reason. I don't run my life on such a tight schedule that 2-5 minutes would ruin it.
That's fast casual, places like chipotle, etc
You mean like Culver's?
That's pretty much how McDonald's and miat other fast food joints do their burgers in Australia these days.
In theory anything you order in fast food is pretty much made to order and fresh. Though in practice you get shitty employees that don't follow the rules and serve shit that is clearly not fresh.
I guess i understand. I work in a seafood department and we recently stopped selling mussells and clams for the same reason. They just sat there and would rarely sell.
After we stopped selling, one guy asked and when I told him, he was angry and said "you guys made a big fucking mistake"
It's kinda funny: we discontinued them a few years ago for the same reason and there was a massive uproar, so we brought them back. Then sales were still just as awful as the first time, so we discontinued them again. Haven't had as much of an uproar this time around.
Also worked at Wendy’s for about two years, I left to attend university. Can confirm. I fucking loved those Asiago fries- when I go in I can still get my old manager to make them for me.
Please tell me people order the spicy chicken sandwich regularly enough. That sandwich is the best and knowing it is still around makes it bearable that the spicy nuggets are gone. If the sandwich went away I don’t think I’d have a reason to go back to Wendy’s, even with my annual frosty keytag.
Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure it's not going anywhere, with it being a main-menu item.
Yeah if someone behind the counter said with a straight face "we dont have spicy nuggets but we do have spicy sauce" the police would have to be called
I miss the buffalo wings. I'd always drop one five before my lunch break and have them ready to go.
Insider rumor is that Wendy's is so proud of their premium spicy chicken sandwich that they thought the spicy nugs were bringing it down.
I highly doubt this was the reason. When I worked there we hardly ever sold potatoes or grilled chickens but they are still on the menu today. It likely has to do with something in the supply chain. Whoever makes them probably had to raise the price or simply couldn't make them anymore.
Or their ghost pepper fries
Saw the ghost pepper fires and the fresco spicy chicken sandwich advertised on a podcast a long time ago. I tried it, truly one of the best fast food sandwiches I ever tried. Wish it would come back.
That was a thing? Were they spicy though? Because fast food "spicy" is never really spicy
They weren't...and neither were the KFC ghost pepper wings. 711 ghost pepper peanuts are the only commercial ghost pepper product I have found that will really mess you up
711 ghost pepper peanuts are the only commercial ghost pepper product I have found that will really mess you up
No joke. I can only handle a few before retreating to the wasabi or jalapeño.
Every time I eat 7/11 food it's an ultimate, extreme last resort, and then... It's actually really good. Their jamaican beef patties are the fucking BOMB. I had their pizza last year and it was even good (I'd say great, but I was drunk, so I can't be sure).
Spiciness wise they were probably about like a jalapeno. Spicy, but hardly living up to their name.
It had a slight kick to them, they were just delicious. But sadly like all the best fast-food items, it was a limited run only.
Just like at 99% of restaurants, their hottest wings are just decently spicy. I've had it happen a surprising 3 times now at 3 different places where I order their hottest wings and am taken by surprise when it's a struggle to eat them. 2 were pizza places and one was a chain restaurant! The one pizza place, I managed to kill 6 of the 10. My buddy who also loves spicy food tried one wing and had tears actually coming down his face, not just teary eyes. They were blistering hot.
The spicy Baconator
I no longer regret ordering 120 spicy chicken nuggets with some friends years back.
Why must the ~~good~~ spicy die young?
We did that once and ended up with enough sauce cups to last over a year.
Reminds me of this.
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Yeah, it sucks. I think it has to do with people have varying tolerances for spicy food. Like my dad legit complained that fucking Zataran's box jambalaya was too spicy, while my sweet spot where I don't need anything to drink and can just really enjoy the heat is at like 4000 SHU.
While most people who enjoy spicy food enjoy stuff that's fairly mild, even that can be too much for some people and of course it's all advertised like that 100 SHU chicken sandwich is going to melt your ass in the morning so people act nervous about even trying it. So I guess most places will just hand out spicy sauces in hopes we figure it out ourselves.
If you go to a family-owned restaurant though, particularly some ethnic restaurants, you can really get the good stuff. You ain't gonna get shit at any chain restaurants because those will be focus tested into nothing, but local businesses don't give a fuck and will gladly serve you some 10,000 SHU monstrosity like it's nothing.
I went to a Thai restaurant with extended family a while back. I ordered the drunken noodles spicy. My uncle ordered them, "I want it extra spicy but with extra extra spice. I know people ask for spicy all the time but I seriously want it extra spicy." He took one bite, "holy shit!" I laughed so hard.
I usually order my Thai curries extra spicy, because if I just say spicy, they’ll give me the kiddy gloves version of spicy. But every once in a blue moon, someone will make it extra spicy by Thai standards. That’s how I know I’ve found some authentic shit.
I always say "Thai hot, not white guy hot"
I live in DC, a veritable mecca of Thai restaurants, and always have to specify, "No but like, EXTRA spicy, Thai spicy! Extra extra spicy!" The default here is definitely toned way down to white people levels.
Did that visiting San Francisco for work once. Got to a place by myself at like 3:00 after a half training day and ordered the same way. I don't know if it's because it's a town with such a huge Asian American population, but that's when I found out the default Thai food in SF is normal Thai spicy. There was literally like a tablespoon of pepper flakes on top of my dish. It took me 45 minutes to eat, tears streaming down my face as I faced away from the kitchen, because I was the only one in the goddamn place.
It was delicious as hell, though.
If you're really lucky, they'll whip up something in the 100k SHU level, and that'll really give you a kick in the right direction.
I've been to one chain where the spiciest wings were actually really spicy; The Green Turtle. I was impressed.
I guess its a racial/regional hing. I mean honestly, there's few people who truly enjoy spicy food. Mexicans,Thai, and Indians. Those are the big 3 off the top of my head where spicy food and hot peppers are part of their cultural food.
Their version of spicy is very different from the average Americans version of spicy. Most average Americans who eat fast food don't want Mexican or Thai level spicy, they just want a small tingle
Um, you mean ALL of Latin America, all black Americans, many Southern Americans, half the Caribbean, most of South/Southeast Asia, Sichuan China, and North Africa. Any culture with spicy spices or spicy chiles will fancy spicy food.
Yeah you assume the stereotype that all Latin America loves spicy food. Almost every Central American, Argentinean, Colombian etc wasnt a fan of spicy food. Spicy food is mainly popular with Mexicans in regards to "Latin America". Other than that, the rest of Latin America isnt big on heat.
And again not all black Americans like spicy food. The point is, all those are ethnic regions.
The average white American doesn't really eat spicy food on a day to day basis and it isn't part of their culinary culture like it is with other ethnic groups
I ALWAYS go 8 pepper. Unless I know the joint. It says, “I’m serious, but not a fool.”
Chickfila tested spicy chicken nuggets in my area like 8 years ago and they were the best thing ever. I miss them every day.
BK lost their spicy chicken sandwich a few years ago and I'm still kinda mad about it.
I much prefer a spicy sauce over a spicy-flavored food item. I need sauce with my chicken and for me, the "spicy" flavor they add throws off the taste of the sauce.
But the problem with that is that places keep getting rid of their good spicy sauces! The last bastion right now is Wendy's with their creamy Sriracha sauce. That shit is fucking crack. McDonald's had gold on their hands with the habanero ranch but they god rid of that. Then they had Sriracha Mac sauce... gone. Years ago they had the chipotle barbecue that was AMAZING and got rid of it. It's so frustrating.
I work at KFC in Australia and we have hot and spicy chicken as a promo atm and were getting spicy nuggets next. We have normal spicy stuff as well
Both the Chikfila and Burger King's around here have those items. It is probably a franchise/regional thing for you.
This one hurt.... bad
The spicy popcorn chicken from McDonalds! ... My wife still checks every time we go to see if they came back :-(
Wasnt that BK that had the spicy chicken fingers?
They did! And the spicy nuggets are back. I think it's a summer only thing, but they're so good. I know the restaurant has no direct control over the batches, but I swear some are the best spicy nuggets and other are peppery at best.
finally, somebody understands me.
When they stopped running them they had a huge discount. I ended up buying something like 20 for 1.99
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And they are pretty good. They also have a spicy chicken sandwich now too (not a sauce this time)
They’re literally the exact same. BK bought the recipe I think
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Yeah it’s slightly different maybe because of how BK cooks certain things, or specific ingredients they use may be from different manufacturers but I can’t taste the difference at all and the price is better than it was at Wendy’s
They are totally not the same.
BK has them now.
They stopped selling them where I live after about two months. They said it was a limited time promotion.
Edit:. Apparently they brought them back for one day only on 4/20 as well
BK's nuggets are a fucking abomination compared to Wendy's.
Their spicy ones are at least palatable though.
I worked for Wendy's when this happened as the person taking the orders. It wasn't very fun D:
I’m sorry for screaming at you and possibly crying through the speaker a little bit. Wendy really fucked me when she took away my Spicy Chicken Nuggets.
They should have gotten rid of the regular ones. The spicy nuggets were the best. The last fast food nugget that was still amazing that hadn't been fucked with and it's gone.
I didn't know this happened and you've crushed me.
When I worked there in high school they still had them, but one day I came into work and they just disappeared. It was a sad day for sure, but a few months went by and we got word that a few of the different Wendy's in our area were getting spicy nuggets back for a limited time. The one that I worked at wasn't, but when I was at work one day my manager got a call from one of the stores saying they were understaffed and needed some people to work that night, so me and another guy I worked with decided to go. They were one of the stores that had spicy nuggets, so that was the real reason we went, obviously.
When we finished the shift, the manager of that store thanked us and offered us free food. Whatever we wanted. I think she regretted that, because we totally took advantage of it. We ordered 3 whole bags of spicy nuggets(120 total), then drove back to our home store and shared them with everyone who was working at the time. That was the last time I had spicy nuggets, and I still miss them a lot.
too soon man. ive been trying to lose weight for a while now and fast food was the first to go. I went to treat myself to some spicy nuggets after like 2 months and they were just gone.
I said fuck it and went to taco bell only to learn they dropped Dr. Pepper for cherry pepsi.
on the plus side i no longer care to eat fast food
whaaa I didn't even realize they didn't have them. Next time I drive thru I'm going to ask for them, and when I'm told they don't have them I'll say that I don't want anything just to make a point
I can guarantee the minimum wage flunky working drive through will not give a shit
This
Also Chick fil a’s spicy chicken biscuit.
and spicy chicken burrito. they replaced that with that tasteless monstrosity egg white sandwich.
Why does this always become one of the most upvoted things in threads like this, and why does Wendy's Twitter account get bombarded every day with requests to bring these back, and Wendy's still not bring them back? There's no way they were losing money on them, is there? I literally never go there of my own will now.
I believe their nugget supplier went to Burger King. I don't know for sure, just a guess since Burger King curiously started making spicy nuggets around the time Wendy's stopped making them. They even taste and look the same.
Those Spicy nugs are awesome at Burger King. Get me some ranch, 2 packs of those for less than $4, that's dinner during shitty nights working.
Yeah everyone freakin our but they just at BK now
I didn't even know they discontinued them... I would always get 1 order of spicy nuggets and 1 order of regular nuggets as a kid, then alternate eating 1 of each type.
I was weird.
Wendy's chocolate chip cookies.
This was a really tough way to find this out.
And their dollar menu. It's raised price to a "value" menu around here at least.
This just made me remember when Wendy's used to have Pita Pockets!! Probably 20 years ago. Since all these fast food places are trying to be "healthier" I feel like they should bring those back.
I have been reminiscing about those lately. So good!
McDonald's fajitas
Whattttt??!!
This is like hearing someone you knew from childhood has died years after it happened.
In the same vein, their even more limited Sriracha burger. I don't think I have loved any single food item more than the Wendys Sriracha burger. I was to the point where I was probably averaging over one a day. Maybe it was good for my long term health that it was pulled, but I still dream about it sometimes...
Not to mention Wendy’s salad bar
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Because you got the $4 deal. They still have the bigger options, but that deal comes with a small sandwich and a 4-pack of nuggets. For the price, it’s about what you should expect.
I ordered the spicy sandwich meal : / same thing I used to get all the time. Definitely smaller.
There are 4 piece and 6 piece nuggets, and a 10 piece meal. And the family pack which is like 50. Other than the family pack, the 4 piece has the best value per nugget (at my local Wendy's at least), especially if you consider the sauce.
What we still have them here in Chicago!
If you miss those, White Castle has spicy chicken rings that are very similar. Sometimes I'll treat my brother to like a bag of 40 of them and we'll just tear through it together.
I saw a sign there the other day that said spicy tenders... so there’s that.
Oh no!
Wendy's fried chicken. I used to love the flavor.
Shit. I relate to this one. I was on the way back from a trip and stopped at a Wendy's in some random town, Macon I think. My brother behind the counter told me they were out of them, and I was bummed out. He did not tell me they were cancelled. I found that out a couple weeks later online. I was so sad. I had wendy's regular nuggets twice on sunday, and they just aren't the same. Like not even close. The texture isn't even the same.
Did they ditch red onions too? What the eff Wendy?
When I worked at Wendy's in Davenport Fl one day I saw them serve some spicy nuggets that were at least eight hours old. Yummy.
They don’t make those anymore?
Sad, haven’t been to a Wendy’s in years, but they always had the best dollar menu.
I really wish they would bring back the monterey chicken sandwich back on the value menu
If you live in one of the 7 lucky cities you can still get these. I live in Chicago and they still got em here.
Wendy's chocolate chip vanilla frosty!
Ever tried their mac'n'cheese? 😍
This is how I feel about the McDonald's all near me discontinuing their Oatmeal Raisin cookies. I don't like many oatmeal raisin cookies, but I loved the ones a McD's. Perfect balance of sweet oatmeal with a hint of cinnamon and not too many raisins baked to perfection in a soft, warm tastebud orgasm. What the fuck, Ronald? Where are the cookies? Don't give me these shitty chocolate chip cookies only, I know where to get better chocolate chip if I want them!
Jimmy John's has pretty good ones. I never had McDonald's so not sure how they compare. They're not always soft though, you have to check them.
And their ghost chili pepper fries. I miss those. So few vegitarian choices in fast food :(
Buger king currently has spicy nuggets.
I would be but I'm too angry at Wendy's for falsely advertising "ghost pepper fries". They weren't even jalapeno hot...
I worked for Wendy's when they still had the. Also severely disappointed they're no longer available.
In Australia, Wendy’s is completely different company, they sell ice cream and milkshakes. So I get temporarily confused when you seppos mention savoury food from Wendy’s.
iPod classic, my old one's on its last legs and my music library's too big to fit on anything else
Edit: Thanks for all the suggestions for alternatives/repairs/upgrades!
I miss this too. I'm not sure how big your music library is, but I put a 128 gb micro SD card in my phone, and that hold a decent amount of music
And if that's not enough, there are 256 gb versions and fairly recently there had been 400 gb versions on the market.
Not all phones can read 256 or 400 gb sd cards though, so you might wanna google the limits of your device before buying one.
Those spec sheets aren't always accurate though. Most OEMs will list 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB as the limit not because it actually is, but because it's the most they bothered to test and the most they think anyone could possibly want to use. However, I've never had a phone, regardless of how much external storage it says it can handle, that couldn't take at least 128GB. Most of the ones that actually say 128GB or higher, they can take all the way up to the FAT32 limit of 2TB. Or at least I assume they can, since 400GB, which is the current largest MicroSD card, would be a weird place to put the size limit.
My Zenfone 2 said it could only take 64GB. I tried putting 128GB in and it failed. It wasn't lying.
Depends on what the file system is too
Yeah, it depends for sure. Some of them aren't "lying," but most are, and there's no way to know without testing to see where the actual limit is, because the "official" limit usually only reflects where the OEM stopped bothering to do the same. Another reply to my comment said that their phone is one that was lying about the maximum SD card size. Sometimes the settings app and file manager can't display more than 64GB or 128GB of available space in the disk usage graph, but that doesn't always mean that you'll have problems if you ignore the bogus error messages, and just keep putting files on, from a PC's card reader if necessary, until a larger card is actually full. Also, incorrect SD card specs aren't quite as near-universal as they used to be a few years ago because phones don't make as much money as they used to. OEMs like OnePlus, Huawei, and Sony selling flagship specs and 3+ year longevity for 30%+ less has squeezed the margins of everyone not named Samsung or Apple to basically nothing, so they've gotten really serious about making sure you buy the next model with more storage space.
Even when there is a real limit though, it's usually a software limitation, not a hardware one, because there's absolutely no reason why ext4-based Android can't read an SD card at the 2TB FAT32 limit. An OEM isn't going to go to the trouble of having their hardware SD card slot's controller custom-flashed with firmware that has a low limit either, that would cost them more money than they'd save. A custom ROM, Xposed module, the aforementioned technique of just adding more files anyway, or sometimes just using a different file manager than the one that shipped with the phone and setting it to default, can often get past it.
Totally, there are some that don't state their true limits. I was just citing a counterexample. In the Zenfone 2's case it wouldn't detect that an SD card was inserted if it was larger than 64GB. That 128GB card is now in my tablet and working fine. I put a 64GB card in the phone and had no issues. Now, though, I've upgraded to a phone that probably can read the full FAT32 limit; it can certainly read the 256GB I have in it now.
I do this too. It holds all my music. every. single. song. decades worth of music material
You must not be into the Grateful Dead...
Or Zappa.
Or Phish
I think I have 16gb of just zappa.... Not even the stuff with the mothers.
zombie woof
This is a real problem
My 160GB iPod is stuffed to the brim. I guess I could delete like 100 Buckethead albums and keep the other 150.
I'm scrapping by with a 16GB phone. help.
dont get me started, i had an 8gb phone not too long ago. the jump to 32 was amazing, and i can add at least another 256gb
buy a xiaomi A1 64GB, you are welcome
ill look into that
I had almost a full 160gb of music added by a friend and went to add more music off my sisters mac, The cat pulled the cord and when I plugged it back in all my music was gone. Now I only have a bunch of 80s and 90s techno and some dubstep. Boo!
What do you use to listen and catalog it all?
Power amp ftw. At least if you're on Android. That was the only player I found that let me sort the songs by folder instead of the mp3s built in song information (which often was scrambled and/or unreadable if you pirate) It also has an EQ
I'm anal about MP3 tags, I also use a 128 gb micro SD and Poweramp. I use the program MP3tag on my computer to edit tags before putting the files on my micro SD.
Foobar is pretty good at tagging files too, and it's my favorite media player overall. Worth checking out.
Foobar has an auto-tagger that lets you tag the files by file path. If you properly sort your music, you can feed it a macro like "$Artist/$Album/$TrackNumber-$Title" and then strip out all the extra crap that tends to get included in pirated music.
I've been using Foobar2K on android as my audio player. I like the simplicity of the interface.
I wasn't all that sold on the android version, prefer DoubleTwist on there even if a lot of neat stuff is locked behind the pro version. Foobar felt a bit overly clunky and I just couldn't go back to a player that didn't let me change around the play queue independently of the playlist, such a game changer.
What's the difference between the queue and the list?
I like shuffling my playlist, so unless you have access to the actual play queue you don't know what's actually coming. DoubleTwist, and some other players, lets you view that queue to make changes to get a better composition. You can do the same with a set playlist, but it's more work and you can't do it quickly on the fly.
Oh I understand, thanks. I realized what you're talking about is the same kind of functionality Poweramp has, which I use - just didn't get what you meant at the time.
Dude, thanks for the recommendation. I'm in the process of reviewing/correcting the tags on my 27,000 mp3s and have been looking for a good batch editor.
Mp3tag is fucking fantastic for that. It's made my life so much easier.
We are the same person
I am also anal enough to use MP3tag to edit and correct tags. It surprises me how many albums I've downloaded from Amazon or iTunes that have incorrect or even misspelled tags as part of the official release. Do they not have any quality control on these things?
Musicbrainz Picard auto-tags music, try that some day.
I second poweramp player, but mostly because it is the only player that displays individual art for each song from the same album (if each song has different art). The only app I have ever gladly purchased.
Neutron music player, poweramp is old. :D I have used both, N is da bess https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neutroncode.mp&hl=en_US
Well, it still works even though it's old. What's the advantage of Neutron?
The developer actually cares about the app and improving it, lots of consistent updates. Lower latency and higher fidelity capabilities, plenty of reasons. Try it out and decide for yourself.
Dude, it's an MP3 player on an Android phone. You're not going to notice "lower latency and higher fidelity capabilities" unless you've got top of the line headphones and listening to .flac files.
It also has plenty of useful features and can use the dac of our phones directly, fancy eq, just about any kind of useful feature is there. Online radio streaming, I use that one for somafm, or I could stream remotely from a home computer. When you get home you can plug your phone into your nice speakers in the downstairs. There are plenty of damn good on-ear and over ear headphones you can use on the go, .flac is common as hell especially since space constraints are mostly a thing of the past. Modern AAC can also be quite high quality. Apple AACM, or Fraunhofer FDK are the best mobile codecs and you can convert your home .flac archive for aac. Point is you're living in the past bothering with Poweramp anymore. Mp3? What's that? What year is it again?
Poweramp plays .flac natively with no need for conversion, so not sure what you're on about there.
My point was simple. There's no need to buy a new app unless you're worried about the UI looking outdated or want bloated features like somafm support.
Also, being able to cram more files onto an SD card is a good enough reason to listen to mp3s and would be a reason to convert .flac as well, I'm sure.
It's not a bloated feature, it's a useful feature you don't have to use it. You're such a contrarian fool, whining about spending 5 dollars for something better. It's a good suggestion for anyone who wants literally the best player, unlike poweramp. I'm done with this back and forth I have nothing to prove the app speaks for itself, poweramp dev is a lazy shit and I ditched it years ago.
The "best player" isn't on an Android phone. If you're a true audiophile, you're going to buy a dedicated device for your portable music needs, which range anywhere from around $170-$1000+.
If you already own Poweramp, you're not going to notice a difference in sound quality for the $5.99 you'd spend on Neutron Player.
P.S. You're the one who's taking Neutron's app description as Gospel truth, so who's the real fool?
Rocket Player can play by folders too, and has a pretty neat widget for the homescreen. I spent quite a while looking for that functionality because I have my music on SD card too.
music folder player. Nothing else works for me. Its either storing how I want it or not at all. Fuck you Apple.
My review on MFP http://lanssidequest.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/review-music-folder-player-for-android.html
I have an older gen one from my sister (who was younger than me). The storage in that thing is insane. My only complaint is that the hold switch doesn’t work anymore.
May I ask why you don't use a streaming service like Spotify or apple music?
Why listen to ads when you can have none. Why pay for something that is free.
There's been quite a few times when I've searched for music and they didn't have what I wanted available.
It's hard to involved in a local scene w Spotify
Its not free though is it? I pay $6 a month for Spotify Premium. You pay for the SD card, worry about space constraints, take time to sort and catalogue. The opportunity cost for me using Spotify Premium is much less than the monetary cost of not paying for a streaming service.
I work on a ship, streaming services, or always online DRM are useless.
Pirate bay provides the service I need, nothing else really is as good
Are you saying that you're on a pirate ship?
I buy my music and don't exploit artists ..Spotify exploits artists.
Labels exploit artists. Spotify, if anything, is exploiting the labels.
Of course, if you're into more obscure artists on small labels or self-published, there's no difference.
Thereson8r is super edgy
Sorry I didn't actually say, but I meant in comparison to my iPod which I've had for 10 years. To me there is no reason to change it up. But I would hate having to manage my music on my phone, so I do understand why people prefer spotify.
Well..... It isn't free though? And I feel like the €3,- I pay a month (get a family plan) is money well spent in the ease of use it offers and the fact it's available on all my devices.
But I respect your standing on owning it yourself that's why I collect vinyl.
Nice. My patents have a massive vinyl collection and a shitty old stereo, but it plays records perfectly. That shit is so cool 😎
Check out r/vinyl were making a comeback haha
some people like listening to music that isnt on spotify.
In this case something like a Plex server would give a solution. It was a genienune question. Carrying around serveral GBs of music with today's limited space on devices seem trivial to me. I have never found anything missing from Spotify but I do know that it's not perfect it was one example.
I mean a 128gb card on your phone is pretty chill. A lot of people listen to a lot of live shows. Spotify doesnt have any of the live Dead shows I listen to. Also the sound quality on spotify is pretty weak. With that said, I still use it, because I'm lazy.
That's fine I was just wondering but I see now why it could be usefull. I guess it's the same why I still have movies in my phone. But yeah unlimited data in my home country and 10GB in the EU enables me to stream basically anything.
You can transfer your own songs to Spotify if that’s the case.
Not all of them. You cannot transfer your own copy of any of King Crimson's albums to Spotify, for example.
If you download it not on Apple or anything you can, right?
If I bought the physical CD or vinyl, and digitized it onto my computer, you cannot upload it to stream on any streaming services.
Robert Fripp has made sure that his work with King Crimson cannot be streamed. Anywhere.
Wow I wonder why. That’s interesting
If you're going to take the time to do that you might as well just fill an SD card with your own shit anyway so you can have it in the quality you want
Oh I’m not disagreeing at all, if it’s about quality for sure do that. I honestly use earbuds that don’t really provide quality listening. I just figured for some people that most the songs they could want are on Spotify and they can add the other extras after. Plus constantly being able to add new music idk. I think after a few years of Spotify I would have a hard time going back 😥
Yeah. I used to be pretty obsessive about my music catalog. Have harddrives with hundreds of gigs. Live show soundboards, bootlegs, all sorts of shit. My laptop briefly broke and I switched to Google Play Music and honestly haven't gone back. Pure laziness. I still have my vinyl collection so I get my hi-fi audio fill from that.
Two reasons for me. One: More than half the albums I own are not available on either Spotify or Apple music. In fact, they are strictly prohibited from those and all other streaming services.
Two: I spend most of my time in areas in which there is no wifi. Can't stream if there is no internet. I own this music. I want to be able to listen to it wherever I happen to be, wifi or not.
You can download the music for offline listing with most streaming services not requiring you to have a constant connection to the internet.....
And what genre or artists do you listen to that their albums are not on it?
May I ask you why you want to stream music that is only licensed and may drop off the radar at any moment?
Yeah sure,
I currently pay €3,- a month for Spotify 5 friends use it. And we all chip in. (Family account).
I used to get songs in less legal ways. But now I can get all the music I listen to for a small fee and the artists get a bit of money. I've never missed a song on Spotify (I can no speak for other options).
I do agree a license deal be revoked but I can also cancel the plan monthly so that's not relevant to me. And in the years I've been using it hasn't happened
Furthermore Spotify is way easier to use. With 2 presses the music is playing on any device in my house or a house I just walked into. I've discovered so much new music and artists using Spotify, they create playlists based on your listing habits to introduce you to new music and artists an for me this has been pretty spot on. And most songs are just one search away. If a friend starts talking about a song I can just quickly search it. I've never searched for something and not found it. Their library has really been growing if obscure bands from my country (The Netherlands) are on there.
Also you can download the songs for offline use when you done have data on the phone with a premium account so I keep some backup songs on my phone at all times.
I can just quickly search it
I do this too with spotify. I just like to own my music. Its not about money. I used to own a shit ton of CD's which filled up an entire wall space. Maybe this is a generational thing, but I simply prefer to own my music. I do like spotify for trying before buying though. This was something I didnt have back in the day. I also dont really want to try listening to new bands. I still do occasionally, but I own so much, I'm over saturating what i haven't heard in years. Having EVERYTHING on my phone lets me listen to things I haven't heard of in a while (using shuffle to find something i wanna hear then taking it off shuffle and listening to the whole album or band.)
From what I understand, it is the simple, responsive, not constantly crashing UI, and the high quality DAC chips in the iPod Classic that keep people wanting them. Some people think smartphone manufacturers cheap out when they select the amplifier/DAC chips these days. IDK.
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I can't remember what it was really like to use an iPod. I remember it was comfortable with the click wheel and all that, but I can't imagine using it nowadays not being able to quickly type the name of a song I want with a touchscreen.
Half touchscreen half trackpad wheel. The classic screen is just big enough for a keypad and searchbar
I also always wanted perimeter back, play/pause, next buttons.
You don't want to pull your phone out at a stoplight on a motorcycle, so I can't skip a song but I can hit the volume through my pocket
Sony A45 would be perfect except they skipped a search function...
I picked a phone with a high quality DAC and use the media controls on my Pebble. Physical start, stop, volume, and skip.
The battery tging is a concern for me too. Why i liked my ipods.
Which phone?
The LG V30 has a 32bit hifi quad DAC.
HTC 10
Axon 7
I have a LG V20.
The LG G6/7 also have the same DAC if you want slightly smaller phone with the same features
Pebble still the best smartwatch.
Amen.
It also deserves it's own top-level comment on this topic (which probably exists, I just haven't made it that far down yet).
RIP. I'll be lost when my trusty PTS dies someday.
I have other smart watches, but my Pebble Time Steel is the best one I have ever had.
Not according to reviews and sales, but nothing wrong with liking what you like.
Yep, I used my iPod in my car and I could easily get my item on or pause something while driving. I hate how so many companies are pushing out touch screen only, even in fucking cars (the most dangerous place to have touch screen only)
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I was thinking about this and I feel it's a conspiracy. The powers that be know that getting humans to accept driverless cars is going to be a tough sell, so they are paying off the car manufacturers to do this so accidents rise, thus using this fact as a way to implement a system that is not 100% safe because they can then say "But it's safer than when you idiots were in charge".
When I’m driving, I tell Siri what music to play. My hands and eyes never leave my car controls. Far safer.
I don’t know what you mean by ‘Siri play Michael Jackson Beat It’. How about a web search for it?
Calling bullshit: https://i.imgur.com/rFazcIR.jpg
Siri works as advertised and you idiots need a new joke.
Ask Siri to play a song from Spotify and tell me what happens.
"As advertised" is a sick joke.
And the fact that the battery lasts 20+ hours and my phone isn't dead after listening to music all day.
LG V20. Easy to access SD card slot, incredible multi-stage DAC, and a high-impedence mode to drive audiophile headphones without having to lug an amp around. Plus it's like $200 on Amazon.
They're out there you just have to look and make audio a priority. I went to the V20 after Google dropped the headphone jack on the Pixel and I couldn't be happier.
Seriously. Lgv20. I love mine. Thinking about picking up a second one for whenever this dies since the v30 has a bullshit built in battery.
I'll hold on to this phone as long as I possibly can. It's the last of its kind
Is the V30 really worse? I have a S7 Active now and I love it for it's durability and long battery life. When I upgraded from the S5 Active I thought I'd miss the changeable battery, but the S7A's battery's so good I haven't even thought about it. I'm looking to upgrade now and the V30 was my #1 choice, since it's durable and still has a headphone jack.
I love my V30. I do miss the second screen sometimes, but not too often. I do delivery, so I constantly have navigation and Spotify going, with the screen on. I'll leave the house with 80-90% charge and get home after a 12 hour shift with 40+. I regularly get 6+ hours SOT.
My biggest complaints are that I have to clean the USB-C port too often and I wish the headphone jack was on the bottom of the phone instead of the top.
I'm sure in all (or most) ways the v30 is better for most people. But I always use an external charger and have some extra batteries around. Never have to plug in to charge and when I go camping for a few days straight, the extra batteries are waay more efficient weight and hassle wise compared to a power bank. If that's not your need though, v30 would be great as far as I know. The g5 or whatever is also great I believe if you don't like the massive screen of the v20/30. It definitely fills up the hand or pocket... :(
It is pretty big. Luckily the G7 comes out, uh, today so I'll see how that is. If it has most of the features of the v30 but in a smaller package then I'm sold
Nah v30 is way better. Battery life is way better than the v20 I had, screen has better clarity. Better camera. Way faster. I miss the second screen at times but it's no biggie. But mainly the battery life is insane. On the v20 I'd be at 20% or less at the end of the day but the v30 I rarely dip below 50%
Don't forget an easily replaceable battery (not that it's relevant to the discussion of music, but hey, a great feature). I absolutely love my V20.
It's probably a part of planned obsolescence. A lower quality chip or amp means you'll inevitably have to either buy a new one or upgrade to the newer middle model.
Either way they make money. Tech has gotten a lot better in the last 15 years but the lifespan just gets shorter.
I got around this by buying an LG v20. Best phone dac on the market when it was released. Everything sounds amazing on my sennheiser HD 598's
That can even power my DT 990 250ohm. By the way, what are you doing where you can listen to open back headphones on the go? I have pair of DT 770 32ohm (closed back) for work so I don't annoy the shit out of my coworkers.
I have some shure SE425 earbuds for on the go, plus the Sennheiser PXC 550 for noisy environments. I only use the 598's at home. The 425's are only slightly worse than the 598, and the pxc 550 a tier below both of those. I mostly have that 550 for noise cancelation though, especially in the summer when I have that awful combo of a/c, a tower fan, and a few gaming pc fans to drive me insane.
And they often do. There are, however, high-quality headphone amplifiers you can buy for your mobile device. Those are (/can be) good even for gear that's properly expensive. A good external USB DAC for your quality headphones will cost you less than USD100 and the results are usually excellent.
Some people think smartphone manufacturers cheap out when they select the amplifier/DAC chips these days.
A lot definitely do. It's very apparent in the amp since they often don't get that loud at max volume with a decent set of headphones, where as my old ipod 4th gen could power them without issue. The DAC varies wildly by manufacturer, but you'll find shit DACs in some flagships too.
Not constantly crashing? I got rid of mine because it was guaranteed to crash every day I used it. Never dropped it or anything, just shitty software.
That was most likely the hardware. The older models (like what I had) had an actual HDD and were pretty error prone. On the bright side, there were solid state conversion kits on ebay.
Hmmm, I am currently making post-iPod death preparations for how I'm going to listen to music after the event. If I may, some questions:
Okay that's all my questions, thanks.
Moto X Pure. Picked mostly because it has actual storage space without an SD card, although it also has an SD card slot. And the 64GB internal storage is almost full, with over half of that being music, so I might actually need that SD card soon.
I use Rocket Player. Doubletwist is good too, but I like Rocket Player's playlist management slightly more. The default android music app has a lot of bloat you don't need if you're just playing mp3s. It does have an option to upload your music to their cloud and play it from there, but that doesn't appeal to me for one of the reasons streaming doesn't - I don't want to pay for all that data or switch to a more expensive plan just for higher data usage. 100% of my phone music use is away from wifi(driving/walking/etc).
(The other reasons I'm not into streaming are that I have a lot of weird/obscure music streaming services wouldn't have, and I like knowing my music is mine and won't vanish into the ether if a service goes under. Plus I'm a weirdo who just likes curating a music collection.)
This seems most like what I'm after, as I am uncomfortable with streaming for a lot of the reasons you specify. I'll look into Rocket Player, thanks.
Galaxy S8+
I use Google play music, and because the subscription comes with YouTube red in the odd chance a song isn't available on google play I can easily listen through YouTube
I still occasionally download albums, mostly classical music and soundtracks and listen to them with the google music app
With Google play music you can upload your tracks on to their servers and stream them at any time. You can even download them locally to your phone thru Google play and listen even if you don't have an internet connection (bad indoor reception, camping, road trips, etc)
Uploading is ridiculously finicky for me. And once it failed 'unjamming' your upload queue is nigh impossible.
So I have a huge problem uploading songs. They often fail then it won't let me cancel and try again for ages. Know any way around that? My internet connection at home is rock solid, so I don't know what the problem is.
Sorry unfortunately not, when I uploaded my music it was a few years ago when they first debuted the feature. I remember it taking FOREVER but all my music was intact. From other replies it seems others are having the same issue.
I use a Google pixel and I stream music from google play in the app. Haven't touched my collection in years.
iPhone, iTunes Match. Streamable, stores your own music.
Try the Onkyo DP-X1. Better than the ipod in my opinion, and it runs on a Android OS so you can have spotify/tidal/what-have-you on there as well! A bit pricey though, but worth it!
Psh. Spoken like someone with an SD card slot.
I bought an iPhone a few years back, it kept saying that it had 0 storage and I was gutted that you can't put an SD card in. Wtf Apple? Idk why people think iPhones are so good when they really aren't any more.
Now I can download all the music and audio books I want :D oh and change my text tone on my phone
I actually don't have an iPhone. I refuse. But my android phone is one of the ones that was in that period where they removed it. Best phone I've ever had and still going strong three years later, though.
Idk why people think iPhones are so good when they really aren't any more.
It's that Apple logo on the back and the fact their texts show up as blue instead of a purposely annoying green in the iMessage app on their friends' iPhones...
Or maybe it’s just that people have different things they want out of their phone.
You mean people want to pay more for a phone that can do less?
Apple could bring out phone that was a Nokia replica from 2003 and people would still pay £1000 for it
Less? I feel like it’s really a different experience. I pay to have the highest performing phone, and don’t need any internal storage as everything I use is cloud based. Every Android phone I’ve owned was a buggy mess (I’ve tried Samsung, LG, Google, 1+, and essential), so I finally made the switch to iPhone and couldn’t be happier. I’m an Android developer, and man I want a phone that I don’t have to bother with, that does everything I need, and costs the same as every other flagship android phone. It easily beats them all for me.
That's fair enough, but I was sick of the limitations, like the fact you couldn't just download something or change your text tone, no SD card, extremely bad battery life, the constant "storage full" message. It's fine if you have enough data to listen to music and watch movie using the cloud, but I can't afford that; and not putting the icons where I want ): I hated that so much.
It's great that they work for you but personally I think they're way over priced for what they actually are. The camera is ok but my Samsung is better at colour capture.
Yeah, other than the "bugs" which are hardly present anymore on a decent, recent gen Android, Android is better in pretty much every way. Plus, ya know, half the price.
I think iPhones were better then smartphones were first a thing, but they're putting tech into the iPhone which has been around for a while on Android and advertising it like it was all their idea. I do love the Android advert of "be together, not the same"
Honestly, imo they weren't even then. I had the very first regular Android phone (G1), and have had a number of different phones since then (I used to work for one of the top 3 wireless carriers in the US and got about 2-3 phones a year, sometimes more), and I've had about 4 different iPhones in the last 7-8 years as well. In my opinion, while it was definitely more buggy, even the G1 was hands down a better phone than some of even the most recent iPhones. Not to mention, the G1 was <$300 even to regular consumers (I got it free, so obviously I was a little biased.)
I pay to have the highest performing phone
It's the "highest performing phone" that can't do anything other than what Apple wants it to do.
As an Android developer, I'm surprised you're happy with Apple making all the decisions for you.
The phone does everything I want it to. I don’t need my font to be comic sans with a custom theme that just slows down everything. The OS looks and feels great, so I really don’t need to change anything, and even if I could, I wouldn’t be bothered to find some custom apk to fix some minor thing.
There isn’t a single feature from my Android phones I miss, as they were all half baked anyways. Sure, Siri is hot garbage, but I never use voice assistants for anything, and never did on Android either, so it really is just the perfect phone for me. I’m sure other people enjoy being able to make your phone look like a MySpace page, or adding spaces between their icons on their home screen, but ultimately it comes down to the apps, and they’re just as useful as their android counterparts.
I don’t use my phone to dick around with the OS, I use the apps.
Comic Sans and MySpace, eh? Smart...
Want to connect a Bluetooth PS3 controller for emulator play or even install an emulator? What about connecting an NTFS formatted thumb drive or portable HDD via USB OTG? What about running an FTP server for easy wireless transfer of files to and from any device with an FTP client?
Guess I want different things.
I can do all of those things if I really wanted to on my iPhone, but in the end, I really don’t care to. Jailbreaking offers all of that in a very convenient package, but I’m also an iOS developer, so I can resign any package I want to run on my phone without jailbreaking. I have a laptop for all those things though. I wouldn’t do any of that on an android phone, even if it is slightly easier to do it, and never did when I used Android.
I have a 64 GB iPhone with about 10 Gb used, and that’s for apps. I listen to music, take 4K videos and high res photos, but those are all stored on the cloud, so I don’t really need any more storage than I have.
The general consensus in the software company I work for is that most people can’t be bothered to do these things with their phones, and just want something that works for daily life. The majority of people who own iPhones aren’t sheep, but people who aren’t that tech savvy, and just want something that works, and even the ones who are tech savvy are just over the maintenance that comes with most android devices.
You can't connect a disk drive to an iPhone, even with a jailbreak...
Some people want "social proof" and are willing to let Apple make all the choices for them in exchange, choices such as uploading U2's newest album to their phones without their permission.
Bought the 256 iPhone which is the first one to surpass my 160gb iPod classic. I’ve been meaning to fill it up with songs, but with streaming and Apple Music, it’s much easier. And if I really like an album or playlist I’ll ask iTunes to download it. Haven’t touched my old mo3 library since. Well it’s there still on iTunes Match via streaming as well, but the iTunes music catalog far surpasses my old mo3 library in size variety and convenience.
mo3
Did you mean mp3 and is that Apple's auto-correct kicking in again?
Yes and yes. Ducking autocorrect.
Same here, 256 gb cards are cheaper now too.
Can you do that for iphones?
Nope. You gotta buy a whole new phone if you want space. iPhones don't take SD cards
I recently got an iPhone 7 with 256GB. I have 7.8GB of music and around 219GB of photos, and nearly the rest of it is from apps.
Jesus, a decent amount of music? How many songs do you have?
Especially with how much less the batteries last on touchscreens now :c
Vor so you connect your phone to iTunes?
I built a Plex server, now I have access to several terabytes of music whenever I want
Has anyone put SD cards for phones on this list yet?
128 kbps QAAC has virtually no noticeable quality degradation compared to 320 kbps MP3. For anyone who still manually manages music rather than using Spotify, Apple, Google, etc., you can fit a lot of songs on a 128GB microSD for your phone.
Until your SD card crashes. I had a 64gb one do that on me.
Backups...
decent as in how many?
Tell that to apple users...
Laughs in Samsung
Id say if you have 128GB of music you won't really ever run out of music.
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You can buy the biggest storage versions they have, but they get expensive fast.
https://youtu.be/2CRg_TIWtA4
Buy a Android with that feature. The only way for apple is flashing and soldering different memory on the motherboard. Strange parts did a video on it but you are probably not able to do that at home without training.
Cmon man.
you don't plug sd cards in the lightning port...
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/iphone-accept-microsd-card-64867.html
https://youtu.be/2CRg_TIWtA4
Yeah I really want a huge adapter sticking out of my phone every time I want to listen to music.
128GB will store a huge amount even as .FLAC
I hit my 160GB limit on my iPod Classic about 6 years ago with 192kbps mp3s. 128GB is a nowhere near enough for me and an absolute joke if looking at FLAC.
Let’s say at 192kbs you can store 25 songs per GB. (Song length ranging between 3 - 4 minutes) That’s 4000 songs in order to reach 160GB capacity. In lossless FLAC that’s about 800 songs to reach 160GB capacity so I take your point if you do have a large music collection and you want to access all of it at once then it isn’t much. Some people just don’t listen to that much music though so it depends who you are.
You said it was a huge amount, 800 songs isn't a large music collection though. Anyone who doesn't listen to much music isn't going to be mourning the loss of the iPod Classic and be fine with that capacity. People who care about music are the ones more likely with FLAC and more likely to have a far bigger selection of music.
SD card in my phone
Speaking of outdated products...
Edit: I meant SD card slots have been mostly removed from flagship phones, not that they're no longer used.
Speaking of no headphone jack.
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Because the only phone that has ever shipped with a micro SD card slot is a galaxy note 7?
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And? My HTC works as a phone, all the time, has a micro SD slot, and doesn't explode. I don't get your point.
So buy an old flip phone? This is a thread about playing music on phones.
It's pretty simple and cheap to put a solid state drive in them now. I put a 250GB hard drive and a new battery in mine and it's running better than ever.
I've considered this too. I have an old iPod Video 30GB that still works perfectly, but filled up, and a Classic 160GB that I still use every single day. When it dies I will look into every way I can to resurrect it because there is no competition on the market at all for a durable, high quality, no frills, dedicated music player. If I can't fix it for whatever reason I really don't know what I would use instead.
This makes me want to revive mine. I remember changing the default apple firmware to rockbox, it was a great little device.
How?? This is great!
Here's a good guide.
http://www.alphr.com/audio/1001325/how-to-revive-your-old-ipod-classic-with-an-ssd
You just need an mSATA SSD and a ZIF converter board. Some of the Video/Classic models are limited on how big of a hard drive you can use. I can't remember it off the top of my head, so you'll have to look it up.
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I went with this method when my iPod's hard drive finally died the sad clicky death, and after getting used to it being quite a bit lighter now, it's wonderful! I don't like playing music on my phone because I have to turn the screen on and look at it to change songs. Biking around town with my iPod in my pocket, changing songs whenever I want without taking my eyes off the street? Still a great experience.
If you have Android or a jailbroken phone you can get utilities/mods to change tracks using volume buttons, the iOS ones jailbroken were more advanced, press up then down to skip back, down and up to skip forward, and both to pause.
On my current android phone I can only skip forward, not as versatile but does the job great nonetheless.
That is a viable option. Personally, I just prefer the clickwheel of my iPod that I've had for over a decade. By now I really know my way around that sucker, and I don't have to relearn the navigation every time I get a new phone. Plus, I don't have to deal with any jarring moments of my ringtone blasting in my ears when someone calls me while I'm listening to music. I really don't like getting interrupted while listening to music.
Don't forget about rockbox! It's replacement software that let's you have unlimited storage and play normal flac files.
Rockbox was awesome. I refused to deal with iTunes so rockbox was perfect for being able to drag and drop.
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/58566/Can+the+HDD+be+replaced+with+a+SSD
I've thought about doing that, I still use mine as music hard drive in my car.
Problem with mine is that the connector at the bottom is bent, the lock dosn't work and there's a bubble under the screen. Would be tempted to do it but mine is in bad enough shape it seems like a waste.
Oh man. I have one of the mini ones. It's only 4g and my wore is on its last legs. It's filled with super old, bad quality music from high school and I love it so much. It still works great, except for crashing from time to time. You can drag and drop music onto it without having to synch it and I love how simple it is. I hated when the touch came out and it could do everything a phone could do except make calls.
I just want a damn click wheel and solitaire :(
Those iPod Minis were amazing. I’m pretty sure that thing got me through high school.
That thing gets me through life now, honestly. So many memories on that thing. So much music I no longer actually have. I really need to back that thing up before it does for good.
I remember when the original 1g ipods came out and everyone I knew was like LOL I CAN'T IMAGINE EVER NEEDING THIS MUCH ROOM FOR MUSIC WOWOWOWOW
Oh how sweet and innocent we were.
You can replace the hard drive with a compact flash card if it ever does the sad ipod logo.
Really? My classic occasionally does that and the hard drive makes alarming clicking noises, so I imagine at some point I'm going to have to effect a repair.
If you have a classic, you can replace the hard drive with a MSATA ssd. I have a 128gb MSATA ssd in mine. I used a cheap ebay to msata adapter and got a larger 80gb? back cover.
However, replacement zif hard drives are like $10-15 new.
You should definitely back up the music on it ASAP. That clicking is a sign that the hard drive is dangerously close to the end of its life. Mine completely died with no other warning not long after developing the clicks. Fortunately, it's pretty easy to replace the hard drive with a solid state drive or even an sd card. I think it cost me $30 USD for the parts (I went with an sd card and adapter, both of which fit nicely in the case), and took half an hour to switch out the guts.
It was purchased in 2008 and used pretty roughly before it was given to me in 2011. It's been clicking at least since 2011, so by some miracle it still works! I have all the music on my desktop computer (I sync it every few months), so it's mostly that I'm going to have to learn how to disassemble it and correctly install the new drive, I guess. Another project for the near future! Thanks for the advice!
You're welcome! With the right tool, which I think you can buy from the same places that sell iPod replacement parts, it's not hard to open the shell. Just be sure to watch a video or two so you know what to expect.
The mini uses microdrives, essentially tiny compact flash sized hard drives. Back when that was more cost effective per gb than flash memory lol.
We have a winner!
I still use my 120 GB Zune. It's got a shitload of good music on it and a nice interface.
God those things were so hilariously bad. I never knew why anyone would buy a Zune when iPods existed. To me it just felt like someone trying to purposely go against the grain.
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While the iPod classic was limited to like 5 games, the Zune had dozens and even had multiplayer games
It's an ipod classic, the point of the classic is a music player, it's not an ipod touch. With everything you are describing it just sounds like it is a completely different device, just like the ipod touch.
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The original zune had multiplayer games? Damn, that's impressive.
To be fair, they had their plusses. The sound quality from the Zune was generally superior, but it's hard to say that it was worth it at their price points. The Zune HD took it further and offered some really good sound, simplistic and beautiful UI that Microsoft still uses, albeit with a lot less of the simplicity, and it had some impressive hardware at the time. OLED display, Nvidia Tegra SoC, FM Radio with HD Radio support (awesome for 2009) and a max 64GB option, better than what Apple offered at the time. The Zune wasn't really a bad device at all, Apple just grabbed so much of the market share with their devices that nobody wanted to go to a competitor. Apple destroyed the competition way back in 2001, nobody stood a chance then, and nobody really stood a chance in 2009.
The Zune had a much better library management system, iTunes was (and still is) terrible by comparison. I had both and I continued using the zune for music through my first couple iPhones until the storage on the iPhone got big enough to hold the highlights of my music library.
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I still use the Zune software as my music player on my PC. I have yet to find anything as simple and elegant
Zune was and is miles better, they just never stood a chance really. I still use mine
I had both at one point (gifted them on Christmas and birthday by two diff people). I liked the Zune for a lot of reasons but the quickness, clean UI, and the fact that iTunes was essentially the only decent music library option for the computer made the Zune miserable to use in comparison to an iPod. They weren't totally horrible but since they existed the same time as an iPod classic they were basically like what laserdiscs were to VHS.
I knew a handful of people in highschool who had them, they seemed fine, my cars head unit ended up keeping me with the ipod though.
My mom actually bought 2 when they announced they were discontinuing them! Which would have been perfect if someone hadn’t stolen the last one out of her truck! Devastating.
FWIW the MP3 player market (now often called a Digital Audio Player or DAP because I guess not everyone does MP3) is alive and well, at least in the mid to high end market.
Look up the-bit opus (shit name I know), Fiio, Cowon, ibasso.... there are loads out there. Most have SD card slots. Head-fi is a good place for information, although they do focus heavily on sound quality to the point where you can't work out if the device is usable or not sometimes.
I have one with 2x400GB SD cards in!
Tragically the SanDisk Clip+ is dead, which used to be the king of the small, low-end device.
Thank you for this comment! My dumb ass never considered that there were non-Apple MP3 players/DAPs still being made, and feared the impending death of my Classic. Apparently there are good, affordable, non-touchscreen options out there! Maybe one day I’ll even be able to sever ties with iTunes!
Yeah drag and drop is the best!
Man, I really wish they'd bring back the Clip/Clip+. Those things were awesome.
iPod nano. perfect little MP3 player. Mine lasted 9 years before dying.
Mine has been through the wash and is still going!
Granted, the backlight stopped working.
And I can only use it in the car because the battery lasts a grand total of 7 minutes otherwise.
But still!!
My Nano died aftrr going thru the wash. I still hold onto it... hoping one day it will live again. :(
Bahahaha. I used to joke that it was sick for a couple weeks after.
I had to leave in sunlight for a week, left in a bag of rice for a few days. I did a lot of the home remedies type stuff for electronics and one day it turned on!
Mine went through a wash, the backlight stop working, then the display stop working, suddenly couple months later everything was back to normal, then i found out i can only switch it on by connecting to itunes (otherwise it says it needs to be restored or something)
tldr: The washing machine gave my ipod nano a tethered jailbreak
I still use an Ipod Shuffle at the gym. It is perfect, I wonder if there is any possible replacement for when it breaks down. I download and sync a few podcasts or some music playlists and it is ready to go.
The SanDisk media players are like $20 and as or more capable then the shuffle
I have a Sansa Clip Zip, running Rockbox. MicroSD slot. They'll have to pry it from my cold dead hands. I bought a backup since the newer models aren't rockboxed yet.
It's awesome, so tiny. I clip it to the bottom of my shirt and run the headphone cord up my front. Perfect, the buttons are always right near my hand.
Cool thanks! I'll check them out.
Fuck I miss mp3 players
Still has a smaller storage capacity than the Classic though.
I'm dreading the day my iPod classic dies. I put movies or TV shows on it and then play the playlist on the TV while I'm working (I work from home). I'm going to have to figure something else out when it goes and I'm not looking forward to that.
I feel like I've replaced almost every part of my 160GB Classic apart from the casing, but I refuse to let that thing die. It's an amazing little machine and the hardest part of maintenance is getting it open, I recommend just DIY repairing it when something starts to go.
Or worst case just buy a replacement on eBay
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Click wheels, at least in my model (6th gen), are really hard. Not just because you have to open the thing (which takes ages) and disconnect pretty much and possibly every connection that you can, or because it can take a few hours, but because accessing the click wheel involves removing the entire logic board. It's fragile and held down by adhesive, so you have to be really careful not to bend or break it.
If the wheel is still functional but just a bit annoying, I wouldn't go through the effort. If it truly needs replacement, I have had great luck following iFixit guides when I've done my repairs. Since my iPod is old and out of warranty, I would have had to buy another if I didn't do it myself. If I broke it, nothing lost, if I succeeded then awesome.
This is the guide that I used for mine and I hope to never do it again. You should be able to find guides for other models as well.
I have so much irreplaceable music on my ancient 160GB, I need to figure out how to somehow transfer it out of my iPod. Fuuuuuck.
Still use it every single day.
That's pretty easy, actually. If you plug it in and go into the root folder, view the hidden files and all of your music will be in the hidden folder. The only downside is that the file names will be encrypted, but most tags will still be there, so reimporting them to iTunes will show them as normal.
I do this a couple times a year to back up my Classic, since it still has the original hard drive and I'm getting increasingly nervous about that.
Back in the day (around 07/08) I used to use a program called iDump. It was excellent for that exact purpose, I'm sure there will be archived version of it kicking around online somewhere.
IIRC it exports perfectly; all tagged, in mp3 format, in folders.
Can't you do that with any modern device though..? You have a lot of options. I'm kinda confused.
Right? Like even a Chromecast or Fire stick. Install Plex and stream everything.
Yeah. I'm guessing maybe they don't have a computer or tablet and just use the iPod for everything? So they don't know where the tech has gotten? But then how do they put shows on it..
I'm sure you can, I just haven't looked into it enough to know what device and what to do. All I really know is I don't want to stream it from the cloud from iTunes directly - which they don't do easily to the TV without Apple TV anyway. It has to be a device that's small that won't take up a lot of room on the desk and it has to have a lot of storage - the iPod classic has 150 g of storage and I use every bit of it.
I have an old iPod video, upgraded with a 128gb sd card and rockbox. Years of enjoyment!
Google Music has a stortage section, where you can upload all the songs you want. Then you’ll have access to it anywhere, and you could use your phone. Also many phones have 250GB stortage options
Finally someone else with this answer. Google Play Music also doesn't restrict uploading by GB, one can upload 50k tracks, where 1 track is 1 track, even if it's hour long (you can only download the files back to your machine 3 times tho, so it's for streaming, not storage EDIT: download limit is for single track downloads, downloading the whole library is not limited).
I don't think people realize this is an option. To me the paid version was next to useless (tried it for few months), it's missing all the stuff that makes Spotify awesome (search, recommendation especially Discovery).
You can download your entire library to any PC using the application with no restrictions, but individual tracks have a three-download limit.
Good to know! Thanks.
Do you have to pay to upload your music?
Nope
No, but I believe it converts it to MP3, if that concerns you.
Then you’ll have access to it anywhere*
Anywhere you have an internet connection.
I spend most of my time where there is no wifi.
iPod Shuffle was perfect for working out. But their plan worked perfectly and I now have an Apple Watch that cost 10x as much...
I love my old shuffle... it's still going strong at 13 years now and I will cry a river when it dies. I definitely don't want to carry a brick of a phone on my runs.
Buy one in good condition off ebay and then mod it so that the internal storage is a pair of SD cards instead of the old hard drive and BAM you have a classic ipod with 512gb or however much storage you want to slap in it.
A good alternative is the Fiio X1 (or any newer model I guess). It's a lossles player but you can use it for regular-definition audio just fine. $90 on Amazon and it uses a micro SD, so you can give it 128GB for what, another 40 bucks?
Strictly drag-and drop so you have to organize all your own files, and the interface can be kinda clunky. But if what you want is a no-frills mp3 player, it's pretty ace.
Its also basically an ipod classic clone but without its major issue.
Itunes is a bitch to use compared to drag and drop.
If you have an old iPod, you can install Rockbox on it. It is an alternative OS that allows drag/drop and a lot more music formats among other things. That said, you do give up the picture and video capabilities.
you do give up the picture and video capabilities
Not really, you have to convert videos to MPEG2 but they’ll play
I'd recommend Fiio too if their software and firmware weren't crappy (Fiio X5ii, even the current ToTL Fiio X7ii)
Shanling, Cayin, lots of other chi-fi player coming up with budget models now.
Yeah but Apple just makes the best interfaces. All the chinese brand ones are something you have to figure out and get used to.
Yeah, it is definitely less user-friendly than the iPod, I really dislike the menu display. But you also don't have the hassles of iTunes either, and you can't beat the price. Pros and cons.
The X1’s interface is extremely slow to the point where it takes 3-4 seconds to respond to the volume buttons or play/pause. I know this because I bought one and a brand new 128gb SD card and only put 100 flac files on it to test it
Huh. Mine doesn't.
Is it running the latest firmware? I installed it immediately after receiving it, maybe that was a bad idea
Yeah, just updated a couple weeks ago. Have a 128 GB card in it, using maybe 2/3rds. Some flac, some mp3. Sometimes it takes a second to catch up when fast forwarding or rewinding in a large file, but otherwise I don't have that issue at all. Not sure what to tell you.
You might reach out to customer service, I had a problem with the button wheel and they replaced the whole unit with no problem.
funny how sd cards are just getting affordable enough to be at the same music storage level as an old 80/120gb ipod. i actually used a ZUNE up until last year in my car until the hard drive crashed. that lasted 8+ years
I prefer the iPod classic wheel for navigation. So easy to change tracks while driving without having to fumble tapping a touchscreen on a phone until you hit the right spot. Browsing too. I can keep my thumb in a continuous circular motion to scroll up and down. On a phone I swipe up, go to bottom of screen, swipe up again in a start/stop motion.
I just put a new battery in mine. Works good as new. I have about 10,000 songs on that thing. Got the battery from ifixit for $14.00 + $5.00 shipping.
yep, ifixit you can buy a new screen, battery, change the drive out for even more memory. it's great.
I moved over to a Sony Walkman. Converted all my CDs to FLAC files. Better audio than I ever had on a iPod.
FLAC is great for long term storage too.
Rockbox on the iPod video (has the Wolfson DAC) and a line out converter, my dude
I had rockbox on my sansa clip+ and it is an excellent piece of software. I played Doom on a device that really should not have been able to play Doom.
FLAC is killer, my favorite way to listen to the Dead!
There's still hope. If you're a little handy, there's a company in England that makes solid state adapters that replace the original hard drive with SD cards. 6th gen and up have a firmware limit of how much capacity it can hold, but 5th gens (video) have no upper limit. I have one with 320 GBs of space, new battery, and a new enclosure. Weird to see an ipod when it isn't scratched to hell again.
Sony walkman... expandable memory :)
Fiio makes something that is the next best thing. 512GB microSD, wheel control, etc.
And don't forget it comes without 50 uneccesary apps that has nothing to do with music.
How much does it hold? I have almost 200gb of space on my phone. (64 internal +120gb micro sd. There are at least 256 gb micro sd cards available. Not sure if 512 is a thing yet or not.
512 isn't a thing yet but you can get 400gb microsd cards.
That's what I was thinking of..I felt like I saw something above 256 recently, but don't remember seeing 512 specifically (except in full size SD card I think)
Yeah I put a 256gb SD in my phone, I'm sure there are some cheap mp3 players nowadays that support that size sd card as well if they want a standalone device.
Of course, I've been moving towards flac at home, which means everything in my recent music collection is a larger format and that 256gb card doesn't hold it all.
I know, I got pissed when they discontinued it because they still don't have a 120GB iPod! Bastards.
There's a 128GB iPod touch, though.
Google around and pop in a new battery ($15?) and a sizable CF card adapter. Faster, more storage, better battery life.
I got a fiio m3 mp3 player for $99 and I love it. It takes up to 128gb micro sd card, has Bluetooth connectivity and is designed to also play lossless audio. I know they've got a few models that will take 2 128 gb cards and one or 2 of their newest models can hold 2 256 gb cards for 512 gb total. Way better than a classic IMO
There's a fairly decent community for ipod classic modifications. Parts are fairly accessible still, they're easy to swap out once you've got the case open. I modded mine to take micro SD cards. It's currently 500gb and gathering dust. For some reason the upgrade caused the genius option to stop working. Between that and Bluetooth headphones, I just started using my phone. Still searching for a good music app though
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Thanks, I'll check that out... Reviews aren't great. Seems very buggy :-/
I feel ya. Mine just conked out and I'm not sure there's anything I can do to save it.
I miss the nano. I use it to work out, but the battery is going down just like my classic did. I can’t run with my phone, it’s too distractingly heavy. Either in my pocket or cutting off circulation in an armband.
I bought an iPod classic last year, replaced the battery and then swapped out the hard drive with an sd card. It works great and should last another few years at least.
I remember getting pretty deep in the modding scene for the 5th gen (the first Video ipod), I used to play pokemon gold on mine. Good times. Anyone else use Ipodwizard to load up custom firmwares?
I had the same issue and I migrated to Google Play (still have my mp3s) because you can upload 10,000 songs (no size limit) to their cloud have it be available on every device. Works pretty mint.
It's 50k tracks. That's 50.000, I know because I'm currently on 8843/50000.
There are some services that will refurbish your classic and upgrade it to an SSD with more capacity as well
Look into a Plex server - they're pretty user friendly to set up, and you can have your music collection at home and access it remotely from your phone. I have roughly 1.4 terabytes of music at home, and I can carry it everywhere with me! It's like having my own personal Spotify.
Sure but what about when you have no internet access or want to cut down on your mobile data use? Having an actual mp3/music player is still important.
Plex allows you to sync music offline. What I normally do is sync whatever kind of music I'm into at the moment when I'm on wifi and clear it and download more when I want new stuff. It's definitely not perfect, but for me its more of a side benefit of plex as I mostly use it for TV, anime, and movies.
Yeah I hear you - have a look at some of the Sony "hi res" portable players - there's some great stuff around!
I’m in the same boat. Except mine already died.
Luckily I have a decent and unlimited data connection. I’ve been using Apple Music as a “solution”. A lot of my music are ALAC rips of stuff I can’t find in AM or Spotify, and AM will sync all of it to my cloud library regardless.
I would drop it in a heartbeat if I got another 500GB Classic though.
Saddest part is Apple didn’t even necessarily WANT to take it out of production (that’s a first...), but their hard drive supply dried up. Sucks.
I thought I lost mine and was so upset. Found it in the laundry basket. I don't want my music on my phone!
I had a Classic that i finally washed earlier this year. It would have been probably $1000 to fix. Instead, i ordered a Fiio player. They use microSD cards (the one i bought has two microSD slots, each usuable up to 200 gb). They don't sell the player in the US, but i found mine on Amazon. All together, the player and cards were about 400. I love it.
Looks like you can get an 80 gig iPod for less than $60 on ebay.
I still use mine everyday! I bought one for Christmas right before they got discontinued so it’s still in great shape
You can use something like subsonic music streamer on your phone. You keep your collection of 1 or 2 Tb on your PC and you can stream it to your phone over wifi or cell. You can cache your favourites, so you can store as much your phone can hold, but you have access to everything if you want it. Also works through a browser.
This works awesomely for me. Buy a Raspberry Pi, then stream away. FWIW Subsonic was forked into Libresonic, which was forked into Airsonic.
Or just use Google Play Music for your tracks.
I'm starting to think a lot of people have never realized you can upload your own music with the free version of the service.
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You can't upload music to Spotify, but it plays local files. Big difference tho, considering the context.
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I didn't know this either!
But still, defeats the purpose and the point I'm making here: no need to manage or carry around your own files anymore, since you can stream them as needed accross your devices (after the initial upload).
It has a limit of 30,000 tracks.
It must be a location thing, I've got 50k as the limit.
Is there a limit on the amount of storage?
Nope. Here is a screenshot of my settings.
Keywords: ilmaisversio = free version, Lähetetyt kappaleet = sent/uploaded tracks, the top button is for "free trial" of their subscription (over that it says "Listen to over 40 million tracks..."), also note on the bottom "Striimauslaatu: Aina korkea laatu" = "Stream quality: Always high quality".
Biggest iPod was 160GB? There's a SanDisk 200GB microSD card on Amazon for $66.
Mines at 100GB and all that music means so much to me. I think I'll make a shrine for it once it finally doesn't hold a charge
I have a couple carcasses of classics lying around, I might try to rebuild them some day. I have a 128gb SD in my phone but it's the battery life I miss. Granted, the touch screen is so much easier to navigate than scroll wheel but I still like em.
There are plenty of 5th gens, the ones with the best DAC, available on eBay for a reasonable price. Not only are they iPod Classics, but they have almost all new components (battery, click wheel, screen, and case) and almost every seller offers them with varying storage sizes in either MicroSD or SSD. I bought a 240GB one for around $300. If you’re looking for a cheaper option and don’t mind doing the work yourself you can get the new board for using MicroSD cards for less than $50 and do the upgrade yourself.
I bought a 240GB one for around $300
You got ripped off insanely. As in absolutely conned. A good dedicated music playing device with a lot of storage and good quality audio should be 150$ max. That's without having to diy stuff too. Paying 300$ on a music player in 2018 is almost as redundant as paying 300$ for a gps to me. Sure it might be marginally better but having to carry another device is not worth it at all.
Have had mine for 4 years, only have about 50gb used. I will cry when it's gone
There are replacement batteries and add-on sd card ports that are diy if you like a project.
You can convert it to use a MSATA ssd. I have a 128gb ssd in mine. I used a ebay zif to msata adaptor and bought the larger 80?gb back plate.
I still use mine too.
I think there are tutorials on how to switch out the internal harddisk on those.
I used limewire and frostwire for all of my music. Itunes wouldnt recognize it so it didnt exist anywhere but on my ipod. The crapped out on me a few years ago :,(. Around 4000 songs just gone
You can replace both the battery and the headphone jack with a kit from amazon. I know someone who has had their classic for 10 years now and they just replace the parts that break because it’s worth the time.
You can still find them on eBay for pretty good prices in good condition.
This is the thing I'm missing most electricity is gone like rn. Imagine no internet, an iPod is perfect to kill some time.
Google iPod classic harddrive and battery upgrades. I watched an hour youtube video of a guy upgrading both so his iPod classic would last forever.
You can replace the hard drive for a SD card adapter for about $40 on eBay and a 128 gb SD card for another $40. It will drastically improve the battery life.
I miss mine so much :(
I just replaced the battery on my original iPod mini from the following year. Works like a charm and he shuffle on that baby is sweet.
Look online how to mod it so you can revitalise it, i saw one on reddit a month or 2 back, doesnt look overly expensive or too hard to do
You can buy a bigger battery and convert it to sd storage! Don't toss it!
I popped a solid state hard drive into mine and she’s basically brand new!
Those amazing Philadelphia strawberry cheesecake bars they used to sell in the grocery stores. They were HEAVEN.
I'd forgotten about these! I would stick one in the freezer for a bit and it was pure heaven, especially on a hot summer day. SO good!
I remember those. They had a chocolate one too! So good.
https://www.change.org/p/kraft-foods-bring-back-philadelphia-strawberry-cheesecake-bars
Closed now though. We need to restart it and get this issue before Congress.
I remember those. So tasty.
Loved those. Hard not to down a whole box. Miss the crap outta those.
At that point you may just want to buy a full-sized cheesecake.
Don't tell me how to live my life.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SO I"M NOT CRAZY?! I thought I imagined having those as a kid!
Me too!!!!
Bit late but me three! I forgot about those but now I can taste them like it was yesterday
OH MY GOD I️ WAS ABOUT TO POST THIS! I️ loved those damned things they were soooooo good
AUGH god yes
Here is a good copy cat recipe for those. 😉
I used to love those so much. I was recently in the gas station I used to buy them at when I was a kid and was wondering if they still had them. They did not :( I used to get stoned with my ex and we would eat the fuck out of those.
Yes!! I think they came in a box of four...so delicious
Yes! Those were one of my pregnancy cravings with my youngest, actually.
I have a recipe for these somewhere, I will try to find it. Honestly I could not tell the difference.
PLEASE report back.
My roommate is Russian and grew up on a Russian version of what you describe. She now randomly brings home bags of them.
Try a Russian, or eastern European grocery store and give them a try. The best part is the different flavours they come in!
Did he mean the little wrapped bars of творожные?
Am Belarusian, can confirm.
They're more commonly called sirki.
In a similar vein, there used to be stuffed bagels that had like cream cheese inside. You'd put them in the microwave for like a minute so the bagel was warm but the cream cheese was still cool.
I had one of those like a year ago! I'm pretty sure they're still available in my area (major city East Coast).
I've tried searching for them for years. Why did they do this to us?
Oh god I used to eat the plain cheese cake flavored ones... They were so fucking good wtf. Why did they stop making them??
That's my answer too! I'm glad we're not alone.
Wasn’t there a chocolate version too?
Man, these used to be SUPER good! Why did they stop selling them?
I believe they were released right when the low-fat diet started taking off again.
I’m SO glad you mentioned this because I think about them all. the. time.
I loved the original cheesecake ones. When I started reading this thread, I told my boyfriend that was the thing I wished still existed. I crave them whenever I think about them. I think the last time I had them was about 15 years ago. Such a bummer.
Ben and Jerry's makes a strawberry cheesecake ice cream that has chunks of the stuff they use for the outside of these popsicles. But there are so few it's such goddamn tease.
Yes!! I'm pregnant and just last week I had the biggest craving for these so I dragged my ass to the store late at night right before they closed only to discover that they didn't them.. and neither did anyone else.
I cried on the way home.
You just awakened my memory of those, holy shit, I loved when my mom would pack them in my lunch! I am absolutely triggered right now, knowing they no longer exist lol
WHY did they stop making those WHY?! cries
They still have them here but only in vons
I was hoping someone mentioned these!
oh i remember those. they were good iirc
I've never heard of such a thing but it sounds incredible.
Omg yes. I dream of these delicious morsels.
Fucking hell. I loved those things. Omg.
Holy shit! I couldn't remember what those were and my parents always looked at me like I was crazy when I described them! Those were the best.
those things were truly vile
The last time I saw those I was like 12. I’m 24 now. They were amazing.
There are so many things right with that.
Came here for this.
Those things are still all over Texas gas stations lol.
Strawberry cream savers (i think) they still have the chewables but the hard candies were so good
I used to eat those and the orange ones like they were candy (oh wait..)!
holy shit yes i killed those orange creme savers as a kid. why did they discontinue them smh
This is what I got told when I called them a long time ago and asked like right after they discontinued them and it was because they were having issues getting the flavoring for the orange.
In Canada we still have em. They're called Campino and they're delicious
Send me some and I’ll send you $400
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Let me call my friend who's an expert on small containers of cream
And he's orange
Trump?
/r/snackexchange
Should be able to help your craving
I can get you all strawberry or assorted. Hmu
I really do appreciate your offer but I live in Southern California so I’m thinking it’s going to be pretty pricey for both of us
Are there any orange flavored ones because if so I would have loved to try them
Same in the UK :)
was gonna comment this /u/SlenderTrash
edit: I wasn't trying to say I was taking credit for it, I just wanted to put this for visibility in case he didn't see it.
They discontinued them???? I've been in Korea for 7 years.. I still dream of those.
Well there’s no point in coming back now
Werther's now makes something similar, it's almost as good.
I found some at a local drug store last year or so.
They had them a few years ago in texas
I almost choked on those damn things like 10 times but I always went back to them.
I actually did choke on a strawberry one when I was 8 back in 2001...it was terrifying, and my mom had to do the Heimlich maneuver on me. I don't think I had one ever again after that. However, they had chewy ones for a while, and I did still eat those!
I also choked on a strawberry one when I was 9 in 2000 - I had just put it in my mouth and something happened that made me swallow it. It got stuck in my throat and I had to wait agonizing hours for it to melt from my body heat.
Oh my...that's awful. I'm glad you were okay! Mine went down my "windpipe," so I couldn't breathe 😓
It was fairly traumatic, so I couldn't eat them again. They do have a great flavor, but it's not really worth reliving that if I bought them. I would gladly eat the soft ones if they brought those back!
Oh jeez, I’m glad you’re okay too! It definitely traumatized me from eating them again as well. Though if something has the same taste it doesn’t bring back those memories... weird. I never had the soft ones (I didn’t even know they existed until now!) so I can’t miss them, but I would try them too.
When I heard that they discontinued Creme Savers, I couldn't help but wonder if there had been a lawsuit because someone choked on one. Something about them does seem to make them easier to choke on than other hard candies...or maybe I'm just biased. But I'd never choked on anything like that before or since.
Dude, I've been wishing they'd bring them back for years. I used to eat them constantly. The first time I made out with a girl I had been sharing orange creamsavers with her and the taste will forever be linked with one of my happiest memories. Wow, now that I've written it out, it sounds kinda creepy. Whatever, I'll roll with it.
Anyways, yeah orange creamsavers were the shit and I'd buy 10 Lbs of them if they came back on the market.
I have a good memory involving cream savers too! Just like not making out with a girl. More like playing the mini golf game on candystand that used life savers and cream savers as obstacles when I was a kid with my grandpa, brother and cousins!
Cream savers created memories man.
I had completely forgotten about these candies. I used to eat them by the bagful!
Damn... I was all about those things as a kid--both orange and strawberry. Had them all the time.
I miss em...
JUST went looking for these things at the supermarket last week because I found a few old ones in the pantry and remembered how much I liked them, only to not find them anywhere. Googled around to find they’re gone forever, so disappointed.
We have knock off brand, cloud9, that sells those. Significantly lower in quality but it tastes almost the same. Not like there's other choice.
Responsibly and in moderation?
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No the orange cream ones
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I've been trying to find those fuckers for the longest time and you just have some lying around?
Send me one, dawg
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Yes!! There was a raspberry flavor too that was amazing! Creamsavers were the best.
I had no idea what you guys were talking about until you mentioned the raspberry one and thousands of memories just poured back in! I had no idea they stopped making these ;_;
Me too! Suddenly, I could see it in my hand and taste them. I had completely forgotten.
YO! Those were BOMB. Granny had them all the time. Granny's still around, but those amazing candies aren't. :(
Those candies are literally the only reason I ever went to church.
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Don’t freak out, but I think you accidentally got some of the full fat eggnog.
Its delicious!
I don't know if you knew this, but things with fat in them taste way better!
Yeah, everyone knows that
happy for granny, sad for candy
She consumes them to gain longevity. She has a trunk full of them in the basement.
If you had the opportunity to swap those two...how many cream savers would you eat in one sitting?
We had a craving for these at work last year and ordered them from here: Scripture Candy They taste just like I remember. They sent us a free roll of the orange ones too.
And let's be honest, what's the point of a Granny if she can't give you your favourite candx
I wish it were opposite :(
Um...
I propose a trade...
I’m happy for you that Granny’s still around. I miss my nana :(
Would you swap granny for strawberry cream savers?
They’re not all gone, I found a 6oz bag for $7000!
https://www.buydmi.com/life-savers-creme-savers-hard-candy-strawberry-6oz-p/cme08393.htm
YO! Those were BOMB.
Do people actually talk like this?
Yeah sometimes
Wish I could trade.
If only you could trade...
Holy shit thank you for reminding me that these exist
Existed*
You can still get them from online candy shops thankfully!
holy shit you can??
Can someone provide a link?
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Ah, shit. Live by the snark, die by the snark. It is somewhat difficult to see that on mobile, if that's any measure of defense.
damn i was hoping it would be the raspberry flavor but thank you anyways!
Yes, but at least now you get the satisfaction of helping out a fellow human :)
They are on some websites but everything I can find is "out of stock" sadly
But you can only get certain flavors
My local dollar store has some that are peach strawberry and blackberry variety pack in a light purple package in the candy aisle. I buy a bag every single time I go into one.
Yes! I came here to say this. My kids like using them to make cotton candy.
How easy is it to make your own cotton candy? Do you just make your own mix to put in the machine?
We have a machine from Nostalgia brand that you can put broken up hard candy into and it'll spin it into cotton candy. You should be able to find it on Amazon if you do a search for hard candy cotton candy maker. It's small so it doesn't make a lot but it's never bothered us. It takes a minute to get used to spinning it onto a stick bit once you figure it out you're good to go. The machine takes both the sugar or the hard candy, but we've only tried hard candy. Butterscotch candy and root beer barrels are my favorite!
I need root beer barrel cotton candy in my life right now!
Oooooohhhh... I'm gonna try that.
wait...they discontinued them? :(
Well, we are talking about the same company that discontinued Altoids Sours.
Holy shit I forgot about those. And Cream Savers.... I didn’t even realize I was missing them; thanks a lot, Reddit!
Aldi has a rip-off version and I think they taste delicious.
those magical tangerines lit up my childhood
Mom used to have these candies during church when I was a kid and would offer me a peppermint and I’d turn it away but take a creamsaver instead.
They don't even have the old regular life saver flavors anymore. The whole company just abandoned us.
You can blame mars. They bought them out.
The book of Life Savers rolls that came out around Christmas. Both my wife and I remember these from our childhood, but we haven't been able to find them for our kids.
I usually can find them at rite aid around Christmas, and sometimes CVS.
They still have these. Check Walgreens around Christmas as well.
They still have them but they don’t have all the flavours anymore :( just the regular fruit ones. At least where I live. I miss when they used to have butterscotch and stuff included
I don't know if Campino is what you meant but Walmart has them in Canada
AAAHHH!!!
You legendary mother fucker!
Dude I completely forgot the name of those fucking things.
We used to get them as a reward in German class way back when I was a kid.
I have been trying to remember the name of them for a couple years now!
Right offhand I don't think they are. They were hard, striped, and had a slightly more liquid center to them iirc.
Edit: Eh, they might be an offbrand variant of them on second look.
They sell those over Amazon I'm pretty sure. But yeah you can still find them in stores in Canada
That sounds like a campino. They're just hard all the way.
Yep, looks like the redditor above me was right.
Last time I had one I was probably about 4 years old.
I had one yesterday I think
^(in canada campino was the brand name one. i remember getting them as a kid but then supply dried up for a couple of years. i haven't thought about them since. they were delicious though and i have no doubt that its probably the exact same candy just the canadian variant.)
No, it’s an off-brand. Campino is owned by August Storck; Lifesavers is now owned by Wrigley, and went through the hands of Life Savers, Beech-Nut Life Savers, E.R. Squibb, Nabisco, and Kraft Foods.
Edit: I might have been misinformed, see comments below for detail.
^(what are the originals called? campinos were apparently first produced in 1966 according to wikipedia.)
The Creamsavers variant was introduced to the Lifesavers lineup in ‘88, with the Lifesavers lineup being around since 1912.
So I guess it’s a toss up. The Campinos could have been the original version of the candy, with a similar candy company with more heritage introducing their own version later. Although, given that it would be 22 years later, it’s questionable as to whether or not they influenced the existence of Creamsavers or not.
Shoppers Drug Mart usually has them as well.
when i had my first kiss at 14 the dude was addicted to those cream savers. he promptly shoved his tongue down my throat and all i could taste was that damn flavor.
i probably would have enjoyed it if “dude” was replaced with “chick” bc it turned out i was a flaming homosexual lmao
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I don't wish to be rude, but at what age did you fully understand that you were homosexual?
It’s not rude! I didn’t fully come to terms with my attraction for girls until I was 16. I had repressed my feelings for them from a young age (about 8/9).
i convinced myself to date guys because i thought that was something you were supposed to do but it never worked out and i never developed feelings for any of them.
it was a really slow a-ha moment for me. seeing lesbian relationships on tv and film helped me a little bit but i was still in denial. then one day, in my junior year of high school, it just hit me and i sobbed tears of relief because i thought i was broken but it turns out i’m just very very gay.
Well I'm glad you've found your best self. Congrats on being awesome. I'm a hard conservative, for the record. I respect homosexuals and everyone else regardless of color or history. I don't care who or what you are as long as you are a good person.
Thank you! That’s exactly how it should be and I hope more people adopt your values. :) You seem like a good-hearted person and we could always use a few more of those in this world. Take care.
I have my beliefs and I'll defend them to the death.
Other people have beliefs that I disagree with but they must be defended as equals.
I will stand my ground to death. I will stand my enemy's ground to death.
We will find an answer.
Immediately after that creamsaver kiss
CREME LA LA CREME
That was 20 years ago?!
can you fucking believe it
We still have these in Canada ;)
Oh my god. They had the chocolate toffee ones too.
These were gold when I was a kid. I want some now...
What was that website based on this candy it was like games that resolved around cream savers candy
Candystand?
I just saw those candies in the gas station the other day!
Where?
Wichita, Kansas area.
What? They don’t make those anymore?
WAIT WHAT THE GIANT FUCK they don't make strawberry cream savers anymore?!?!
I just found some of those unopened in my old storage box hahaha
I'll give you $20 for em
Those are gone?!? I swear I just saw them at a candy store in Nashville last week.
Where’d you see them in Nashville?? Totally will swing by there after work tomorrow!
Candy store right on Broadway! Forgot the name, but around 3rd or 4th street.
My mom was able to order me like 8 bags a few Christmases ago
I've just been reminded of Creamsavers.
Mother of god, I forgot all about those things. So good.
Those are discontinued??? :(
I forgot about those! I love them!
I found some a few years ago, I think they rebranded and might be available as something else now
Are they campinos now? I’m in Canada and we have what looks to be basically the exact same thing even the packaging looks the same. They’re everywhere here just called campino
I didn't even know those didn't exist anymore
Thank you! I'm glad someone mentioned it. Man, now I want some.
wow i forgot about those til now and now i really want them
They have a bath bomb at the store Basin that smells just like this. It’s slightly odd that I smelled it today and thought of those and saw your comment. But, fun surprises!
Which scent!? I need that in my life, I loved cremesavers
Oh man, I’ll have to check it out. It was a pink bath bomb! If you’re familiar with Basin at Disney springs - I realize it’s a long shot - it’s on the same table as the lemongrass one.
I'll have to sniff them all and check when I'm there tomorrow! My last day,hopefully I'll find it. I love Basin, especially the Satsuma scent. They have a new one, electric lemonade that smells really awesome too.
Yes! The satsuma is wonderful. I hope you found it!
I didn't go in, it was pouring today so we went to the Florida mall instead! I will look the next time I'm in Orlando though!!
I remember always using the strawberry cream bowling ball in the bowling game they had! That brought me a lot of good memories. Thanks for the reminder of some good things in life :)
My grandma always had these sitting around for the taking. Thanks for reminding me.
“Cleam Sayvas”
I swear I saw them at HEB like, second half of last year. The hard candy.
Are those the candies that had that commercial where a deep voice (or voices) sings "Oooh la la creme..." or am I just fucking crazy? I remember something like that.
Edit: Nevermind, just scrolled down to find the link!
Berries and cream! How about the Peter Pan guy?
Oh yeah, that too!
Also had one of the best candy commercials ever.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wYX_zhlTDr8
Not the same product as Creme Savers
One of the best commercials ever! I always get blank stares whenever I reference it though. :(
Lifesavers - sweet mints were great.
My grandma used to always have those. I never knew they were gone!
I first read this as "Shaving cream savers" and I was quite horrified when I read the chewables part
They kinda still make them. Look up campino hardcandy
I was just talking about these at the grocery store with my boyfriend!!had to look them up to see what they were called. YUM!
I eat the halls ones to satisfy the cravings.
Oh my god I forgot these were a thing.
I see these all the time in those rest area convenience stores along the highway!
Oh my god...I completely forgot about these! These were really popular in elementary school for a time. Kids would come with a pack of em and share with buds :)
I found some pretty good versions of these at Dollar Tree in the US!
Those fruit breezer cough drops taste pretty close
Oh man. Every time those were available anywhere, I had at least 10. They were my favorites.
Omg i had forgotten about those! Thanks for the reminder.
I think I've seen a knock off version at dollar tree
I've been saving mine I only have half a bag left tho
Oh my gosh these and the orange ones were so fucking good
Wait, those are discontinued. WHAT. It’s been so...long....now never again ?
Do those not exist anymore? I thought I just stopped seeing them and never bothered digging deeper. I loved them though and would love some more.
I remember those being advertised on the candystand mini gold game
These can be bought at the Dollar Tree. I'm sure someone else has already tossed out this info, but here it is again.
They sell the hard candies in black bags still. My Walmart has them, and a couple gas stations, and Amazon sells them.
My all time favorite candy.
Split screen multi player. No longer can I look at the screen and see where you are in the facility. (Goldeneye) No last midget am I able to play with similarly skilled friends and let the insults be between us. It makes no sense to me as I was playing 4x split screen on a 27” tv and that was considered a nice size! Now I have a 65” and it’s wasted on me getting murdered by foul mouthed children.
Rocket league has split screen, but it's not a shooter.
My kids somehow get some of their shooters running multiple copies at once and then resize the windows to be split screen.
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The borderlands series is the best.
2 player split screen which can also go online.
and The Handsome Collection that ported BL2 and BL: The pre-sequel to PS4/Xbox One bumped it up to four player splitscreen.
And it is so cheap! Picked it up for $12 a while back for my PS4!
New one is supposed to be announced in june and drop later this year according to rumors! The wife and I can't wait!
My lady friend and I play split screen every night!
The E3 hype this year is going to be unreal.
Be wary of expectations, they lost a huge amount of talent since BL2, hence why TPS was lacking. Also, note that Borderlands is like the only good thing that they managed to put out successfully as well, their other ventures have been flaming dumpster fires unfortunately.
All that said as someone with well over 4,000 hours throughout the BL series, I'm still praying that they somehow pull a miracle out their ass and make it as amazing as we all expect but be cautiously optimistic, probably will be the first one I don't preorder unless they announce something that drastically changes my tune.
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Bro it's cross compatible with the Xbox one
Deadass? Oh shit. Guess I'll pick it up again.
For real, go play that shit. Also, thank you! You're like the second person other than myself who uses deadass in their speech
I talk on Reddit how I talk in person, being a high schooler helps. I also use thiccc and headass.
Same fam, I ALWAYS use thicc tho. What's headass? Haven't heard that one
Headass: idiot. Use in a sentence: You're fucking retarded ya headass.
Isn't that just a double negative though?
"You're fucking retarded ya idiot"
I think a better use would be "Damn you heard she got da clap and you still went raw? Fuckin headass..."
No?...
Fucking retarded and headass don't cancel.
So is retarded idiot better or worse than just retarded?
Being a headass is the worst ever. Being a fucking retarded headass is even worse.
Pick up for PC or the HJ collection for current console, worth it for BL2 alone tbh.
It wasnt split screen. You litereally could play on 2 monitors. It was awesome
I remember it being splitscreen. I played Steam version on a TV display.
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Ok. So another executable gets executed and we have this fake aplitscreen mode.
Does it work the same way on consoles?
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Lmao try playing splitscreen on bo3 on console. The format gets all messed up and it lags like crazy.
I play on standard PS4, it isn't a big problem.
Ok, maybe i make a big deal since i mostly play on pc where i have constant 144fps. Do not take this offensly as i like ps4 and consoles but i prefer pc.
I'm mainly PC too, but I only have a 75hz monitor. I actually got Borderlands on Windows a few days ago because I can't go back to split screen on the PS3.
Borderlands is great game. Onpc the community have made mods that balances the weapons out if you are interested.
I know of the unofficial patch for BL2, but I didn't know of something like that for BL. Can you please link it?
I may have confused it. You can try searching around on google. I cant do that as i am currently in a lodge high up on mountain where it takes 5 minutes to load a page.
Never got up to 4, but 2 player online worked fine for me. There was a problem where the online match would lag a little whenever someone talked in game, but that was because of the game itself not multiple people.
Zombies was the worst offender. For some reason 2 player split screen changed format but it didnt do it in multiplayer
I definitely played BO3 splitscreen with my friend. All you had to do was plug a controller in.
Actually most COD games before BO3 had split screen. AW is a ton of fun despite what everyone says.
Eh, it has some redeeming qualities and it is fun but I can see why it gets a lot of hate.
Miles better than WWII though by a long stretch.
Yes but RW1
Whichever one came before the current one(WW2) had split screen for both multiplayer and zombies. BO3 was weird because you couldnt use a guest account to play on split screen, it had to be an actual account. You didnt need gold if the host had it though
Not really splitscreen, but Knight Squad is pretty cool couch-multiplayer game as well
Another Knight Squad player! I sometimes play with my friends when they're round.
I got it free on games with gold a couple of years ago. No regrets.
How do they deal with controls? Does each window recognize a different controller?
I'm pretty sure that programs like joy2key would be able to seperate out controllers.
It sounds like a lot of effort though.
Honestly, modern day "splitscreen" is just multiple computers or consoles in the same home for those who can afford it.
If y'all are looking for an AWESOME splitscreen shooter (up to EIGHT people), ScreenCheat is where it's at. $15 on the Steam store, low requirements, fucking amazing.
You can run a single machine with multiple mice and monitors running multiple OS's.
Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare has split screen on the Xbox One.
Nintendo has dozens of split screen games on Switch. In fact split screen never left when it comes to Nintendo consoles. The death of split screen only happened on PlayStation and Xbox.
Yep, I love my Switch largely because of this quality!
Can't splitscreen on Splatoon anymore though :(
Several decent local multiplayer games though...
You forgot Overcooked!
And snipperclips!
Eat my blue shell, sukkahs!!!
Oh how I miss the days of couch gaming and LAN parties. There was one hot minute about ten years ago where, for a little while, couch co-op was the rage. Borderlands, Castle Crashers, Gears of War, Resident Evil 5, it was fantastic. Or getting a case of beer, a few friends and hooking up some four player free-for-all on CoD4.
I remember the first time I played gears of war against some friends, I kept sniping them, and shit talking until they stopped trying to fight eachother, and both targeted me...I still did alright. Good times.
I'm really glad that my friends and I do LAN parties pretty regular.
And now a friend lives right next to our apartment so we can do small LAN parties every other weekend. Our next one will be a 6 players and we wanted to play Overwatch and Warcraft 3.
In my old apartment, we used to link two consoles in my place and connect it to the guy next door by running a super long cable between our front doors. It was pretty sweet.
four player free-for-all on CoD4.
I mean... You can still do that
Every CoD game since (including the latest ones) still has split-screen couch multiplayer. And, despite what people say, Zombies is a lot of fun with friends.
That’s just the last time I spent any time with CoD. Didn’t know it was still a thing there. But that’s pretty awesome to know it carries on.
The main culprit for this is the increase in graphical power. Nothing but the higher end of PC gaming hardware can manage to render games in multiple instances anymore.
If you look at when split-screen gameplay "died", its right around the time that games started to look increasingly photo-realistic. Unfortunately there is just no way to build a console for a price that anyone will buy with hardware that can support rendering modern games across multiple instances for more than one player at a time.
If you were to try to run a modern game engine with decent resolution textures and a good lighting engine, and high frame animations.... it would either crash the system, overheat it to the levels that fry the hardware, or just run like absolute trash.
90% of modern games can't even support 1080p and 60fps in a single player rendering on the modern consoles.
I will gladly accept a low-poly SD-texture mode for multiplayer if I could play against my friends on the same tv (or even if a console had multiple video outputs)
Many would, but many would also complain very very loudly that games are looking/running like crap compared to other titles.
I love co-op, but that's the primary reason why it's gone.
Just the graphics card alone that would be needed to get these games moving at the modern 1080/60fps in multiplayer would cost nearly $1000, not even counting the rest of the hardware.
Yeah I definitely wouldn't.
Actually the main culprit was the ubiquitous adoption of online gameplay. If split screen was still in demand, they would still make more split screen games. Sure that means graphics need to take a hit and other adjustments made but that was always the case. It's not like games were being made that barely took advantage of the hardware they were created for, games pretty much always push the limit of what they are running on. The fact is though, split screen is not a sizeable market anymore. In almost all cases its better and more convenient to just play online rather than on the same TV. Just about the only thing better about split screen is being in the same room as who ever you're playing with. It's sad I know, I too remember hanging with friends and family and playing things like goldeneye, perfect dark, the first halo, (insert 100 more games). Good times. Online may make 100 things better and more convenient but it'll never beat sitting right next to a bunch of buddies and bullshitting, even if them cheating bastards were always looking at my screen...
Since me and my boys can't split screen effectively anymore, we moved on to table top gaming.
Dungeons and Dragons is the best game I've ever played. We have gotten together at least 1 time every week (sometimes 2), and have played for well over a year. I have ran a campaign (ongoing), I ran a second adventure on the side. When I burnt out a little, my brother launched a campaign of his own.
It's ruined gaming for me. Nothing else is nearly as fun.
I love some tabletop gaming as well. You're right it does bring back that ole splitscreen type of camaraderie but now there's drinking involved since were not kids anymore lol. But I wouldn't say it's killed gaming for me, different experiences to me I guess, plus us all being older now some of us don't even live in the same state anymore so it's always nice to hop into some online gaming and hang out.
I never really played DnD though I think maybe once. Currently playing Kingdom Death Monster and man is it brutal in a fun way.
Any tips on how to get into tabletop gaming? I always wanted to try it and I'm sure I could convince a couple of friends to give it a shot, but it all seems to be very complex and with a lot of rules
I started out with a very simplistic version some friends and I home brewed.
Make your character sheet with some basic stats, gear, abilities, etc. No need to go with all the +/- stats if you don't want to.
Roll your D20(s) and make shit up in the story based off the rolls and your characters stats.
Base the game around the story and don't worry about all the math and rules and stuff. Make it fun and don't take it too seriously.
For the first year or two I was table top gaming, this is what I went with and just in the past year or so I've gotten into "proper" D&D and it's just as fun, but if I hadn't have had that introduction, I likely would have been immensely overwhelmed.
Like anything else you want to learn, start simple and have fun, then go deeper into and learn more and enhance your experience.
If you're interested, simply buy the D&D Starter Set!
Found here -
http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/rpg_starterset
Everything you need to play a pretty solid little D&D adventure and expand into a larger/longer game if you want!
To understand a bit more about the same before taking the plunge, I recommend watching an online D&D show like Critical Role, which is found on YouTube and Twitch (highly recommended personally, others like Acquisitions Inc, Force Grey, Adventure Zone, or HarmonQuest can show off different sides and styles of the game)
It's a bunch of professional voice actors playing D&D on live stream, and gives you an idea about how the game works and flows.
I personally LOVE playing at a table with friends.
Roll20 is a website that provides an online option for a ton of different games and tabletop systems, even helps you find a group!
EDIT: for more information about how the game works as a beginner - check out some YouTube channels like DungeonDudes, WebDM, Matt Colville, or any of dozens and dozens of others.
It's a game that can be as complicated and big and epic and intense as you want, or as silly, simple, and just Monty Python-esque as you want. D&D and other tabletop games are so flexible, and that is what makes it amazing. Every game and every group is different, and there is no way to predict what can happen. It's hilarious and beautiful.
I'll offer you an alternative to the other two who are basically suggesting how to get into DnD. If you're just starting to try to get into board gaming in general, I'd suggest starting with something much simpler than an RPG. Start with something where everyone can read the rules in like 30 minutes to an hour or is really simple for you to explain in person on the night. There are a lot of fun party games out there. Also make sure there is drinks and food present lol. Everyone will have a good time and after a few game nights, you can slowly increase the difficulty level of the games you're choosing and see if everyone is down with that.
Skip D&D, and pick up Dungeon World instead. It gives a better experience and isn't as rule heavy.
even if them cheating bastards were always looking at my screen...
It's not cheating. It's part of the game. You can see their screen. They can see yours. There's no advantage one way or the other there.
I was joking. We always tried to not look at each others screens and yet we always did.
I doubt very much that it's a technical limitation. Crash Team Racing on PS1 was able to render the highest detail graphics (at the time) but still support 4x multiplayer as well.
It is for economical reasons because it takes more time to also develop splitscreen (add low-poly models, additional testing, optimisation etc.). For developers there is more financial incentive to create online multiplayer because it will simply sell more games. Couch multiplayer only games will sell less games copies (maybe sell more controllers though)
the main culprit was the ubiquitous adoption of online gameplay.
You really can't compare the stuff done by Naughty Dog in the early PS1 days to... well, anyone else, really. Not even Sony could replicate the kind of stuff they managed to eke out of that underpowered box.
Here is a chart
Honestly, both of those run like they put the high-polycount models and bigger textures into WoW's old-ass engine. It feels like modern devs got terribly lazy, or incapable of writing performant code.
It's not just the developers. The fault lies with the consoles themselves. They're underpowered, overpriced garbage.
Now TVs are large enough to see all the graphical shortcuts they take to render 4 screens.
Boundary Break on YouTube has been eye-opening. It's crazy to think that only the view in front of you is rendered in Skyrim.
Thrashes the mouse vigorously
That's... That's been a standard rendering practice for decades.
Yes, and they did not know that.
But... Its STANDARD PRACTICE!!!
now you don't need any because computers arent shit
That's the only reason I buy consoles. That's why the Family has a Wii U and will probably get a Switch. Any other games I like I play on PC. I think their logic is that it sells more consoles, but it just makes PC gaming more attractive, and gives Nintendo a competitive advantage.
Switch is AMAZING. You’ll be so glad you did
> That's the only reason I buy consoles.
But PC has more local multiplayer games than (modern) consoles. I have a PS4 and a Switch for exclusives/portability, but when my friends come over, we mostly play on my PC (unless we want to play Mario Kart 8) in the living room with whatever controllers they bring over. CoD has even started to do splitscreen on PC (Black Ops III and WWII).
Mario kart, my dude. Play it and Mario party with my bros every time we hangout. Nothing but insults, and laughs for hours.
A Way Out is a recent indie game that is only co-op split screen.
Disappointed I had to scroll this far for this answer. My friend and I played half of it last night and had a great time. Good game to play with a friend!
I remember my brother and I would play Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder with my brother slitscreen and they had a game mode called push in which the better you did, the bigger your screen got and you had to push your opponent off the screen.
They don't make games like they used to * cough ea cough *
There are still plenty of indie games with split-screen, on steam. I don't know how many of them have made it to console, though. Sometimes they can be kind of mislabeled, but here's a search on steam filtered by shard/split screen and sorted by user reviews. https://store.steampowered.com/search/?sort_by=Reviews_DESC&category3=24
Good co-op games are Trine 1-3 , most of the Lego games, castle crashers and Guacamelee for beat'em up, jamestown for shmup, Assault Android Cactus nuclear throne and ultratron for twin stick, Lovers in a Dangerous Space time, Gauntlet, Hammerwatch, Portal 2, Pacman 256.
I'm less familiar with the versus split-screen games. Towerfall Ascension is a good side scrolling action, and there's Gang Beasts, and Nidhog. I'm not sure about FPS. The only one I can think of is Screencheat where you have to look at the other person's screen because everyone is invisible. Sportsfriends is also a collection of local multiplayer games, which I know is on steam and also ps3/ps4 because one of the games(Johann Sebastian Joust) can only be played with a playstation move controller on the ps3/ps4.
I find since the advent of the internet videogames have gone downhill in overall quality. Remember the days when you bought a complete and functioning game for a one time price and got to play with friends in the same room? Now the game launches buggy, is filled with lootboxes, is an incomplete experience so once standard features can be ssold as dlc, and you can't play with your friends unless they have their own console, copy, internet connection, and a headset.
I mean you aren't completely wrong, games definitely do release sometimes in a much worse state because they know they can release day 1 patches. Also microtransactions and DLC being so successful has led to other crummy practices like selling games a piece at a time. However I sometimes think peoples glasses are a little too rose tinted about the past. Games still released in horrid states all the time back then too, it was just A LOT harder to get a patch for them and they were a lot less frequent if at all.
Well I know one thing, every game I played in those days was functional. Maybe you just had terrible luck with video games?
No... It's a non debatable fact that plenty of games released with loads of bugs, be they game breaking or otherwise, even before the introduction of the internet and constant online patching, regardless of if you remember it or had personal experience with it. They used to mail CDs with patches for games or you'd have to wait for an expansion or sometimes just had to deal with major bugs. Bugs always have been and always will be a part of programming something as massive and complex as a game, internet or no.
As I said, you can make the argument that more publishers/developers are happy to release broken in modern times because they have more reliance on being able to push out patches through online services post launch, but it's definitely not something that was unheard of before the internet and definitely not invented by it.
Well I haven't had an issue with game breaking bugs until Deva and publishers got lazy and were able to adopt a 'fuck it, release now fix later... Maybe' attitude.
Yeah don't get me wrong, im not saying that doesn't happen now, I'm pretty much just pointing out that games didn't always release perfect back in the day either. So maybe less games released in a broken state overall but imagine getting a game breaking bug in 1 out of 5 new games and having to wait months if not years for a fix if you even got one. Where as today you may get 4/5 heavily bugged at release and get the fixes much more rapidly and conveniently. Of course that isn't always the case either. COUGH bethesda COUGH
'Fixes' that cause whole new bugs?
Or just calling them features lol
I remember a game on my ps one that had a game breaking bug that prevented you from finishing the story. I think it was Digimon World? PAL Version. Praise downloadable patches \o//
Yeah people who talk like this ignore the good old days having games ship that were literally unplayanly broken past a point... as well as expansion packs which were usually more expensive than DLC and a lot of times gives you less.
The first half of your comment is correct, the last half is utterly ridiculous. Old school expansion packs 99 out of 100 times offered WAAAAAY more content then modern DLC. So to say "a lot of times gives you less" is insane. Old school expansions would add hours and hours of content/new classes/maps/abilities etc etc. That's why they would cost about half the price of the game it's self. It actually expanded it. If you took a sample of a 1000 DLC packs now-a-days. I bet 999 of them would be adding nothing but 1 to a handful of cosmetic items that an older game would have simply included as unlockables either via codes/gameplay or easter eggs.
Depends on the expansion and DLC.
Stuff like horse armor yes.
New characters, classes or missions tend to be way cheaper as dlc than they did as expansions.
I don't think so. First, expansions still release today and tend to cost about the same as they always have, that is where you will most often find things like new characters/classes/missions/maps etc. If they release things like that in DLC it tends to be specific. "buy this map pack of 3 new maps for 19.99" "Buy this new character for 9.99" If you were to buy enough DLC to classify it as an expansion 9/10 times you'd wind up paying 50 times more. Look at someone like Paradox and their DLC for a good laugh.
If you took a sample of a 1000 DLC packs now-a-days. I bet 999 of them would be adding nothing but 1 to a handful of cosmetic items
Then don't buy those if they aren't worth it? I don't understand the problem.
The problem is that the person made the ridiculous statement that old expansions offered less content then most modern DLC, which is patently false. Most DLC is cosmetic BS. Which is what I was pointing out.
buy japan
Japanese games tend to fill a few specific niches, especially the ones they import elsewhere.
I just try to avoid bro games now. Avoids most of that bullshit.
Indie games all the way. Can't remember the last major release that interested me. Maybe skyrim?
Remember when video games were almost ruined completely in the 80s because of Atari?
Take off your nostalgia lenses, there were always shit video games. Fucking always.
I hate gatekeeping, nostalgia gamers. Speed runners have been breaking "perfect" games with glitches. Expansions existed long before DLC. I'd bet most game developers wish they could have patched their games in the 90's and 00's.
But even the shit games came complete. And if you bought the game you owned it. I'd be willing you haven't actually bought a game in years. You might think you have, but every single 'purchase' is a temporary lease to play the game that you can't transfer to someone else and can be revoked for almost any reason at any time.
Man what are you talking about. There has always been games that have been shipped incomplete. Hell before games that were bad couldn't even be fixed with patches. Todays gaming market hasn't really changed since I was a kid. Theres always some good, and theres always some bad.
I can't remember a game shipping incomplete before the days of the internet, now its industry standard. All games release in an unfinished state. And calling most modern titles 'games' is a stretch at best. Now in the era of 'live services' instead of games they sell empty shells as vectors of buying dlc. You pay money for the privilege of renting stuff for even more money!
And yes I say rent because since you no longer own your games anymore that's all it is.
You should go and play some of the games of yesteryear, and not just the popular ones. Play the games that never stood the test of time. Then you'll see that you're wrong. Also, what exactly do you mean by incomplete? I also find it funny when you mention renting a game as I see that as a thing if the past. I don't think any modern game could pull off subscriptions the way old MMOs did in the early 2000s.
I mean standard features stripped away (to be sold as doc later of course!) Game modes missing, chunks of story ripped out, etc.
Sure it happens in a few games, but saying it's some prevalent trend isn't true. What are some examples?
I also find it funny when you mention renting a game as I see that as a thing if the past. I don't think any modern game could pull off subscriptions the way old MMOs did in the early 2000s.
Not disagreeing, but I think you're mis-understanding him. The way that game licencing has been handled since the mid-80's has been that you're not buying the game, you're buying a revocable license to the game.
Yes, but that's not what he's saying. As far as I'm understanding, he's saying that that's a new trend
That's why these days you shouldn't pre order any games. Wait for release and then wait a few months for people to finish the game and find any bug/problem with it... by that time hopefully the bugs will be fixed or the game is proven to be complete trash in which case you can avoid it completely. Plus you get games cheaper this way too!
Except your game is now incomplete with pre order bonuses lost.
Ehh the pre order bonuses are usually useless bullshit. But yes, it can be annoying to miss out on stuff.
As the other dude said, yeah, most of the time the pre-order bonuses are dumb. I'm not going to miss an exclusive pistol skin that I'm just going to replace after the first couple of hours anyway. Very rarely is the pre-order bonus anything worthwhile. Unless it's like a physical collector's item for a series I already like, I don't care. And even then, I'm spending the money on the merchandise more so than the game itself.
As someone who only owns Nintendo consoles: What are these things you speak of? I guess Splatoon 2 only has online multiplayer, but that's all I can think of.
Sounds like you need to stop buying AAA and start buying indie. So many amazing indie games.
I’m no last midget myself.
What happened to Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros?
The Switch is fixing that pretty well so far
There's an indie company out there that still makes a lot of split screen co-op games. They even recently came up with a mobile version. It's a Japanese company called Nin-ten-do. Pretty sure you can find a lot of their stuff in the States.
Quake 2 on psx with 4 players on a 31cm TV. Those were the days.
Even then I got foul mouthed children calling me shit but they were my friends and within arm reach.
Check out 'screen cheat' it looks pretty cool.
Everyone says this, then everyone goes and buys the single player online only games. Vote with your wallet.
A Way Out just arrived. Enjoy.
You can still play split screen in COD WWII. Not sure about other games, but the split screen on that game brought back memories of playing Nightfire on the PS2 with my dad and cousins as a kid.
There is a game called "Screencheat" or something along the lines, if I recall correctly, where you have to look at the other players screen to find them to shoot them
Check out Screen Cheat, its a splitscreen FPS where the characters are invisible and you have to look at the other players screens to work out where they are.
what a weird way of speaking.
Get Don't Starve Together. I love that one
I downloaded an N64 emulator and a GoldenEye room in under 5 minutes today. Setting up the controller took a minute, but longer than it needed to (I took my time).
It still exists! I'm currently developing a multiplayer brawler built in Unreal engine that has split screen and online multiplayer. It's fairly early in development (currently only a single character and two basic attacks using placeholder art) but I'm aiming for an xbox live and stream release in the next two years. I'll try and remember to update at a later time when the site and mailing list goes live.
Local multiplayer isn't dead, it's just not so popular among devs anymore because games need so much power and many people have internet anyway.
I started looking out for more local multiplayer games. The games i can tell you right away are Screencheat, all Lego games, Overcooked, Human: Fall Flat and the latest game Bud Spencer and Terence Hill: Slaps and beans. I played all of them except Screencheat and Overcooked.
Steam has "Local multiplayer" as a tag, so you can easily retrieve these kind of games.
Perfect Dark for the win
www.co-optimus.com
This website lets you sort by plaform, number of players, genre, and types of multiplayer among others. It's a great resource.
Outside Nintendo, PC has become the last bastion of split-screen multiplayer. There's tons of games that have it.
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This hit wayyyyy too close to home. 30 is a cathartic age.
I just got Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse today, and it's a hell of a lot of fun. I think it's capped at 2 player, but still some great couch coop opportunities.
Vicious Attack Llama Apocalypse
Sounds like a game that llamasoft would make. Maybe the developers took inspiration from them.
A way out was really good and I’m hoping more developers make games like that.
Strange thing any racing game that is vertixle split screen I struggle going left. Going right is no problem
For PS4: Jackbox (up to 10 players), Diablo3, Fifa, N++, Towerfall, Rocket League, every Fighting genre game, Magicka 2, Nidhogg, Trine 2, Sportsfriends, Resogun, Rayman, Don't starve, Guacamelee
Adding to this, online split screen was the bomb. I still remember sharing an iPod with a bunch of older rock and metal songs with my sister, sitting down on the couch, and playing Halo 3 big team on a 60 inch tv while eating a whole 20 pack box of those 100 calorie packs. I still remember sitting on the elephant turret on sandtrap gunning fools down while Led Zeppelin's Kashmir was going off in one ear and some 12 year old calling my mom a whore in the other ear.
Did four player Goldeneye as a round of some teambuilding (vintage gaming decathalon) I ran for a couple of years running. Team 1 were player 1 &3, team 2 player 2 & 4. 60'' TV, put an office divider down the middle of the screen.
I agree as this would better now as TV/monitors are way fucking bigger.
I miss couch co-op.
/r/localmultiplayergames/ may have what you seek.
You need a Switch or start playing more indie games from Steam.
A way out. Amazing split screen game.
My friends and I used to play HALO on split screen 3 ways. The winner always got the big half screen and the other 2 had to use the 1/4 screens. We played that shit for hours on end. Too bad I can't play like that with my 2 sons now.
The Wife and I love playing couch co-op stuff. It's a shame there are so few out there...Can't wait for borderlands just for that reason.
No last midget
Feckin' Oddjob, every time...
Split screen Halo was my life in high school.
On Xbox one they just brought back a ton of games from the original Xbox, such as Star Wars battlefront 2, a game known for its 4 player split screen and mountains of offline content
There’s a game called Screencheat, it’s online splitscreen multiplayer that encourages looking at your opponent’s screen because on your screen, they’re invisible. So to know where they are you have to look at their screen.
Couch coop died for a reason. Forcing you into online only play means the developer can verify each game copy that tries to play. It's DRM.
There are loads of indie games that have split screen multiplayer.
Go check out Screencheat.
They weighed the pros and cons of 4 loyal fans playing one copy on one screen or 4 casual fans each buying their own copy to play online.
It sucks, but I understand their cold calculus. All we can do is vote with our wallets and not buy games that should have local 4 player and don't.
Divinity 2 original sin is 2 player split screen and up to 4 player on two systems
Get a switch
Its worthless little screen watching bitches like you that ruined split screen in the first place.
If you were my little brother I'd punch you till you cried.
You're God damn right. Gone are days off MW3 Survival, gone the days of Halo campaigns with bros. It makes be so sad, it was so damn fun while it lasted.
Slightly on topic, minimalist HUD displays. The screen is so crowded with stuff now.
I bought my kid a snowboarding game years ago and was so pissed when I realized I couldn't play it with him unless I bought a second Xbox, got Xbox Live for both of us, and played him online.
No last midget
but Horswoggle just made a comeback
Some of my fondest memories are of sitting in my best friend's bedroom with our other best friend, playing 3-player GoldenEye on his 13 inch TV.
Might I suggest eBay? I got a n64, 2 controllers with Zelda, Mario, Mario kart, goldeneye and SSB for around $50. I did forget how terrible those controllers were though! The stick lasts what, 3 weeks? Also makes it hard to emulate with an Xbox or PS controller.
Oh, I have everything still. I don't currently have any of my retro systems hooked up - I emulate the older stuff that I still own. I agree about the controller, but it's not too bad.
Programs as a product, not as a service. I have need of those programs only a few times a year for personal use, and I would hate having to renew my subscription each time. Fortunately I still have a dinosaur version that is functional and has lasted many years on a single payment.
This really bothers me. I'm a casual audio recorder/recording musician. What used to cost a one time fee of $2-300 is now a monthly subscription of $10+. If you are a professional, it's probably worth it for the constant updates, etc. For me, I just use my decade old versions that I still own.
it’s also probably worth it for students- if you’re taking a class that needs it, at least then you’re only paying like $40 or so for the months you’re taking it than like $300 for a program you may never use again
but i wish there was an option to pick one or the other, because different people have different needs and etc
edit: not all colleges/universities have a free student version, but if you’re in this situation, you should check for yourself! mine doesn’t, but yours might!
Ah yes, I totally paid for that Photoshop.
Adobe pretty much bankrolled the start of software having this shitty limitation.
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I still don't understand why Photoshop just doesn't release a free version for personal use. The majority of those using Photoshop at home are unlikely to be using a paid copy and the more individuals who have Photoshop skills the more likely businesses are to use it as their application of choice which is where Adobe make their real money. Why bother fighting it anymore but embrace it to boost other aspects of the business model.
You answered your own question: people already have free copies of the software. No need for Adobe to make it easier for them.
Photoshop
They're already essentially giving you photoshop for free. I say this as someone who has 4,5,6,7 and the first 3 CS's on disk sitting in a storage bin. The out of box cost, retail, for each of those was around 800 bucks even. You now get a perpetually updating version of the software for 120 bucks a year. That's seriously nothing. I couldn't even get the cost that low for the boxed versions with an educational discount back in the day (They'd discount it to us for 500 when the retail was 800).
You win as a consumer and they still, to this day, don't (often) crack down on sites that let older complete versions slip into FILEZ territory which keeps the pipeline of people who learn the software going (which will eventually lead to them paying for it to do professional work).
Yeah but you can't get anything much better than CS3 last time I really looked in the online...chest...
I found Photoshop CC 2017. Not gonna verify it, but also my school pays for CC on many school PCs.
CC 2016 and CS 6 too for less discerning Pirates
I've got 2018 myself, although it took a little effort.
There's as a version you can actually get for free, I believe, but it's missing a bunch of fun features.
CS2 is the one which is just free. It's because Adobe wanted to turn off verification servers and support for it but a few businesses still have licenses, so Adobe just put it up online for them.
idk I use CS6 fine. The last big improvement for me was content-aware deletion, everything after that doesn't really interest me.
Maybe I need to revisit that.
I hate that Photoshop is pay per month. In at the point in life where I could afford a one time license - but I can't justify $20/month when I don't know how often I'll use it.
Look into Affinity Photo. It has a flat fee and is comparable to Ps. I think Affinity products are going to challenge Adobe, or at least own the market of people who are not quite professional level/can't swing the monthly fee.
Photoshop is $10 a month, comes with Lightroom and bridge.
I paid over $2000 for the CS3 suite when it came out because I needed it for college. I can pay $60 a month and get all of adobe’s programs. All of them. It would take me almost three years to reach the $2000 mark with this model, and I get upgrades and bug fixes every week, RAW updates and profiles for the latest camera models coming out.
I use photoshop and indesign every day though. To me it’s an absolute no brainer. It’s so much cheaper.
Put 800$ (original retail price) on a prepaid credit card or an online credit card account and pay for the sub with that. You'll have 6 years and eight months of subscription, which is not too shabby.
If you're only doing light photo editing, Photoshop Elements is still a one time fee.
I should stop saying photoshop. Premier is what I really want
Premiere Elements is also a thing. 80$ and you have a good basic video editing software. Maybe give the demo a try?
Up till last year I used CS6. Then I could get the whole suite with an enormous discount for a year through my school and now I'm paying for the just photography package. My biggest gripe with it is that it seems to only become slower. CS6 ran like a charm, CC2018 feels like it's an elephant sometimes. It's still nowhere as bad as lightroom though in terms of speed.
Yeah, and CS6 feels sluggish compared to their earlier versions. It feels like it's just more bloat tacked on.
I used to use I think 3 or 4 for the longest time and if I still wanted to use it for the purpose I use it, I would still go back to the older version. The new versions do some funky black box magic to the brightness/contrast/gamma making it sometimes a non reversible function. For ethical microscopy, it’s a big deal and now I just push people to get over the learning curve of imagej instead of the free photoshop the university provides. Photoshop is a little nicer for stitching when you have a manual stage, but everything else is imagej.
For touching up old photographs, GIMP works just fine as well, so unless it’s provided free I won’t pay money for photoshop because nothing in the updates are intriguing enough for me to spend money and they broke parts that made it so great for microscopy.
There's a popular CS6 crack that's been around for years. Fully functional as far as I can tell.
Maybe I got my suites mixed up
I use the latest and let me assure you my wallet hasn't been attacked by its price. It's still thin af yo.
I still use cs6, but I believe you can get 2017 easily.
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Because me, the person who was never going to buy it in the first place (even with the student discount) pirated a copy for a class while attending a school with hundreds of licenses?
I didn't take away a sale, I didn't cause them to lose any money. So you can fuck off on your high horse
There are plenty of applications where the service model is superior to certain people. I know scores of folks that used to only pirate Adobe products but now they subscribe to the CC. I remember Master Suite (or Collection?) would be like $2k-3k and it would be outdated rather quickly. The CC, while still fairly hefty in price ($53 a month for all apps), it would still take 3 years to reach the same low point price as the old Master Suite and you don't have to purchase MS again.
Outside of Adobe, I am wholly ignorant to any other programs or services that were around before the current era where everything is a service. I think Office is a pretty bad offender, being $99 a year (for 5 users) or $69 a year (for 1 user), but that doesn't really seem to apply to students or personal use ($150 purchase for the basic Word, Powerpower, Excel, and OneNote).
Naturally, not all programs are created equal, and I'm sure there are some bad models out there.
Just a note on the student part- some schools are actually offering the ability to download office programs for free. Technically not free because, well, tuition.. but it's at least not an additional up front charge.
I believe I can download it on up to 5 computers.
Otherwise yes.. the "let's do a monthly sub on all the things!" Approach does get old fast.
Yup that's how I have my Office. I hope it doesn't go away when they remove my email account. Though I could always ask for them to reenable it.
Not really sure. I have a few more years left before I find out.
Edit- I hope not... I kind of like my little one note set up! I suppose I should save it all somehow just incase. A lot of my notes/reviews/papers are on there.
Pretty sure they made OneNote free for everyone a while ago, no Office subscription needed anyway.
Nice, thanks. In reality I'm not sure how much I would want to keep aside from lab notes. It's at least nice to know if I get lazy it's not going anywhere.
I have a few months left until I find out
For the schools I have been to, Office automatically expire once the email is removed which is after graduation. Main reason I just purchase it myself since I'm going to have to use the software anyway after graduation.
The solution is to go to one of the schools where they let you keep your email forever.
Sadly the school I currently go to has been doing some controversial changes, one of them being the removal of alumni emails. It wasn't always the case and I hope other schools do not do the same but I would not be surprised if this becomes the new norm.
That's pretty good information, I'll have to check with my new school when I transfer. Thanks, man.
We got everything from Microsoft but office for free through DreamSpark (Microsoft Imagine now). Seems like it also includes office now, we were able buy a 1 or 2 year office subscription for like 5€.
I have been on the search for an Adobe alt. One I found for premier is Sony Vegas - and you can get the previous versions on Amazon for a reasonable price.
Premier Pro is just so fucking good.
Magix Vegas*
It's not as powerful as Premiere but for your gaming/YouTube videos and personal projects it's so much simpler.
That’s the real problem. Adobe software is like a monster truck that can drive at Bugatti speeds and corner like a go kart, and also happens to be a submarine and jet fighter.
There is no “full power” replacement for Adobe products because they have stayed at the cutting edge of technology.
People like to monkey around in PS, but it is an incredibly powerful tool. After 10 years of use, I still don’t know how/why to use over half of its features.
For video editing, Blackmagic Resolve. Their free product is on par with premier and their paid one is the go to software for professional color people.
Photoshop CC has already been pirated fyi
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Students will usually get a free version in partnership with their school. This way they get trained on it and when they graduate, that's the program they know, so that's the one they'll use in the workforce themselves or the ones their employer uses based on what must people know
usually, yes. always, no. i just had a video filmmaking course at my community college where adobe after effects was basically a requirement so you either had to spend all your free time on campus at one of six Very Specific Computers (and ur shit out of luck if they were being used) or you had to purchase it yourself to be able to do work at home.
i ended up dropping the course because fuck either of those options...
I didn’t get a free version of any adobe product in school. I would’ve loved having CC in school instead of forking out over $2000 for a program that was absolute three semesters later.
I said usually, not always. I'm sure you can trot out plenty of people who had to pay for software
Ha! It's a 12-month agreement, sucker.
When I was in college, we had a school ftp that distributed all the software we needed free, including windows and ms office. I don't know if that still happens, but it was better than paying hundreds for required software.
As a student: the university pays for a couple thousand subscriptions and pays for them with tuition, I wish they bought me the program with that money.
The synthesizer plugin Serum partnered with Splice to offer best of both worlds, you can either buy it up front or rent to own it with no interest. Just finished up my rent period and they emailed me a full license key
Most of those companies provide a student discount, proven only by confirming with a .edu email address. I've still got my college email, and using that I've got the entire Adobe suite for $20/month (usually like $50-60) and the entire IntelliJ suite for free annually (usually hundreds annually for a license).
I wouldn't look at the college for the discount but the company itself is all.
Unless you need Adobe, and then you have to pay for a full year regardless. If you cancel early you still have to pay for half of the time left. And they auto renew it. So you better know when your renew date is so you can cancel it the day before.
I’m in school for Music Technology and I can confirm the subscription service makes it easier.
I just hate that I cannot buy Photoshop. It might be cheaper overall fire everything butik not ever gonna use anything other than Photoshop. $20 a month for PS alone is a scam
A lot of these types of programs he a free student version though. At least I know Autodesk does this. I imagine that if they make it easy for students to become educated on their software, eventually companies will have to buy it because that's what their employees know.
Get Logic. Logic Pro is updated with new features, costs $200 and Apple hasn’t charged for updates in years. Best deal around.
And if you don't have a Mac, there are plenty of options. Reason, Cubase, Ableton Live, Mixcraft, etc.
Fucking Pro Tools
Try Free (as in liberty) Software, for example, Ardour or even Ubuntu Studio
Big +1 for ardour.
have you considered looking into FOSS alterantives?
For music there really isn’t any good FOSS software. There’s audacity but trying to actually get any editing done on that is a joke and it can’t do multitrack recordings. You have Reaper, which is $60. Full fledged DAW but it requires so much customization and anything other than outright basic audio work you need to download plugins for. And I mean everything.
Cakewalk was just barely released free on beta last month, but that was a multi-hundred dollar DAW, that recently shut down due to mismanagement from Gibson then sold to some random company.
And for major players, the only “free” DAW is GarageBand but you need to have a Mac, and the requirement being a (minimum $400, realistically $1000) Computer doesn’t really make it free.
Ardour. Multi track recording, no artificial limits on stuff. Some plugins too, though probably not what you're going to get with Pro Tools.
Seems to be a lot of the same limitations as Reaper. It just is not a replacement for Pro Tools, Logic, or Ableton without serious work.
Reaper has limitations? Wtf are you talking about?
Usability is a limitation.
Sure, reaper doesn’t have limitations when you can plug in 20 thousand VSTs, but out of the box performance it does not match up against any other DAW. And when you get hours a week at most to do audio, you want something that works out of the box.
There are free or affordable plug-ins for most tasks, and you only need to install them once. Also Reaper comes with some very useful build-in plugins ( e.g. a good limiter , excellent pitch shifter ). I really love Reaper, I use it as my primary DAW for years now.
Yea there are plugins, but again there becomes the task of finding the right plugins for my workflow(good compressors, graphic eqs, reverb, etc), getting settings just right, etc., with limited time.
I tried it. In the time it would take me to get Reaper set up, i had a cover song recorded and edited in GarageBand. A lot can be said for having built in tools and presets you can tweak to your preference vs having to do everything from scratch.
I would love something with the flexibility of reaper but the reality is for me and a ton of people, time is the issue. I have maybe 5 hours a week I can dedicate to audio and 2-4 of those are spent editing a podcast. I don’t have the time to build a workflow in a DAW like Reaper
I mean, reaper works great with all my waves plug-ins, and it has a decent sequencer, and with a couple plug-ins made specifically for reaper that are plastered all over the forums, and even on the main site, the program becomes very usable.
It's not pro tools, but it's got 95% of the functionality. If you are just doing minor stuff, and garage band works for you, then that's awesome! But for windows folks, Reaper is probably the best option for a hobbyist who is trying to learn recording and mixing.
It sounds like your lack of time is the problem more than Reaper. You'd have to learn new workflow with any other daw than what you use now.
I just started using a DAW seriously about 2 months ago. I needed to learn an editing workflow regardless. I opted to pay for a DAW that would get me started faster vs to spend time fiddling with one. Again, I'm not trashing Reaper, but it DEFINITELY is not the DAW for everyone.
I can see where you're coming from. I guess it's a bit hard for me to try imagining how it's like for beginner as I've been using it since before the 1.x versions... So you might say I'm a little biased, ha.
But the most important thing is that you have found what works for you, regardless of soft/hardware.
Exactly. And that's what I see when looking for software. Take an absolute beginner, sit them in front of the software, and see what they can do.
I had very specific needs. I do ~4-6 hours of podcast editing a week, am gonna do some serious mixing and mastering of my Metal bands' album, and want to do my own stuff which is more math rock/atmospheric with a lot of Midi work. Looking at what I could use that would get me started and fill all these needs, I came down on Ableton and Logic. Ableton being twice as expensive and Logic being Mac only. But with Logic, I had Garageband as a basically endless free trial to learn that workflow, so that's what got me on Logic. I took a serious look at Reaper but it just wasn't the same experience.
Spend a week or even a few days learning reaper and sorting out your plugins and you will have much more flexibility/ease (and a professional quality daw) than garage band.
I don't have a week to learn Reaper. I can learn a DAW while actually working in Garageband, and upgrade very quickly to Logic which has the same workflow but is far stronger, for not much more($60 vs $200)
I disagree that Reaper isn't as strong as Logic. Also I went from Logic to Reaper and found it a pretty smooth transition. I much prefer Reaper's ethos and business model too, so there's a bonus.
You misunderstood. Logic is stronger than Garageband, but shares the same workflow.
I just prefer how Garageband and Logic feel over other DAWs. It works the way my brain works.
Yeah, I use it but only as a hobby. Like with many / most FOSS tools, it can be a pain to configure and you'll spend time dealing with incomplete things. But, most of the most commonly used functions are usually complete and once you get through the setup, it's solid.
I fought getting the real-time kernel, JACK, and an older FireWire pro input device running. Once I did, it worked great for what I had to do.
For pros doing pro things, there is a reason these tools cost money. For a one-off project, you can probably get by with an Open Source alternative. At least you were able to mention three options. Adobe is about it for graphic design.
One anecdote though, friend of mine runs a recording studio. I'm not sure exactly what he's running (think it's Pro Tools) but I know it's about four versions behind. When it works, unless the new features are really worth it, that one time buy isn't a bad thing.
I use it as a hobby too, but I’m spending about 4-6 hours a week in front of a DAW continuously working now, and for that experience I’ll definitely pay the $200 for Logic or $400 for Ableton vs the extra hours configuring FOSS software in the little time I have in my weeks.
You're on the edge of part time job there. Definitely worth getting tools to do the job right.
Yea, recording a podcast with my band, and editing a esports podcast, plus fucking around with music. Investing in Logic this month.
Usability is different. As with most FOSS alternatives, the configuration and setup is more 'difficult' (as in: not just click and drop and use). But in the end, I don't think, that ardour has any limitations. It just takes longer first. But if you never have used any DAW, this will be the case for every program.
If you want to know what is possible with ardour if you have it figured out, check out unfa.
It just is not a replacement for Pro Tools, Logic, or Ableton without serious work.
I'm in the position where I'd rather pay for a fully fledged DAW than spend the time trying to configure a DAW. The same way I'd rather pay a Photoshop subscription than mess with GIMP.
Though I REALLY love that Ardour is on Linux. If I go through my "Linux on the desktop" phase again, I'll probably be using it.
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Literally mentioned Reaper like 3 sentences in. Say what you will about it, it’s a good DAW, it is far from perfect and in many ways not a good DAW for most people. It has a steeper learning curve and far more customization required compared to the likes of Logic or Ableton.
Sample size of 1, but I’m starting to do a lot of audio work, and I only have a few hours to use after work. It would take me a couple weeks to get a good reaper setup with vsts I like, but with GarageBand I was up and running in a day.
There’s audacity but trying to actually get any editing done on that is a joke and it can’t do multitrack recordings.
Is this new? I used to multi-track all the time on Audacity. You just had to plug headphones in so the sound coming out of your computer wouldnt interfere
Multi-Track I mean like record 8 inputs into Audacity at the same time for, say, recording a Drum Set. I found that it's doable but the documentation is not anywhere near nice. And if you wanna use something like ASIO which is an industry standard on Windows, you need to basically compile Audacity yourself. Not the most user friendly.
I have not. Next time I get frustrated with the lack of compatibility on my current setup, I'll check it out.
Edit. Just googled Foss. I thought it was a company. I have used gimp before for photo stuff. For music and video, I'm still relying (and happy) with my old versions of finale, Ableton, and final cut.
To my knowledge Pro Tools is the only daw to offer subscription. I've used Pro Tools since v8, but recently I switched over to Reaper. It's shareware (I think), you can optionally pay like $70 for a license. It does just about everything Pro Tools does, and has fully mappable shortcuts and control surface options.
Not very often I hear Ableton.
Really? It's one of the most popular DAWs out there, but I guess it depends on the demographic of people you normally talk to
Baeblton 4 lyfe
I work in audio too, but I don't know of any programs or plugins that have a subscription like that. Granted, I tend not to use the bigger name company products in favor of the little developers, but still the only thing I can think of that comes close is programs that have those dumbass DRM dongles.
If you casually record audio, why not use Audacity? I guess you need a higher level of functionality? If you're on PC, Fruity Loops is a one time buy.
But I mean.. Microsoft Office 365 is 100 dollars a year. I feel like that was a hundred dollars (or less!) forever, before this change.
While I don't like that the option is gone, I actually find the subscriptions to be super useful. I take a lot of photos but I was just never going to pay hundreds of dollars for Photoshop and Lightroom. It wasn't going to happen. But $10 a month was a lot more doable and I get new features when they're released.
I think it's nice to have more options. I'm considering doing the monthly pro tools subscription because it's affordable, while the all-in-one purchase has never been affordable to me. It's easier to budget in $20/month (or whatever it is) than to pay like $1600(?) at once.
https://www.ableton.com/en/shop/live/ is great
You can just cancel the subscription while you don’t use it.
Also, being a casual professional musician in a studio is not a common usecase. Most users of professional audio software are not casual.
If you haven’t tried it out I’d HIGHLY recommend REAPER I think it’s $60 after you get a 60 day trial for personal use. It’s a lot like Pro Tools and has had everything I’ve ever wanted on it because it’s so flexible and programmable. Also it’s open source so if you wanna make it like another DAW you can no problem.
EDIT: I’m a tired idiot it’s not open source it’s just super customizable.
it's not actually open source, but it's very customizable. it also allows users to create and share extensions, scripts, and fx within the program.
REAPER is fantastic.
What software are you using that's subscription based? I thought most major DAWs (Logic, Ableton, Cubase, FL, StudioOne, Reaper, Bitwig) are a one time purchase.
Are you talking about Pro Tools? They still have the option to purchase for a one-time price.
Adobe products, however...
Reaper is the best thing that ever happened to me.
I use Reaper to record music. You pay once and get to choose between two licenses. If you're a small artist you can pay around $70. If you know you make a ton of money on your music you can choose to pay more. But you get the exact same program regardless of what you choose. I think it's a really cool concept and the program is also really good. Just a little tip, small musician to another :)
What do you need? A Cleanup/Editing Tool? Try "Audacity" (For Win/Linux), do you need a DAW? There is "Ardour" for Linux. Both are Open Source and Free.
I don't want to sing the whole FOSS/OSS gospel now, but sometimes it pays to look if there are alternatives available for your old programs.
Reaper. 60$
Use Reaper.
Photoshop is the same way.
I have an older version (CS6?) and don't really know what I'm missing from the latest version, but it does everything I need it to do. Hell, even Office is a subscription now. Companies are realizing you can basically hold people hostage with software that they need, as long as the ransom isn't too high.
That's quite the price range, 2 to 300
I'm glad I got all of CS6 in college.
Probably hard for the dev to make money with people only buying it once a decade
Hate it as a casual photographer as well, went off thinking "of course i'll make at least $10 a month shooting wildlife and landscapes in all these national parks" then had to try and force my way through the 100k+ photos I had taken in the previous 6 months, wound up setting aside a handful of decent pictures but burned myself out trying to finish before the year contract auto-renewed
What's even more annoying is most of these have contracts anyways. So if anything you're paying for what used to be the product but now with an expiration date.
Check out Reaper. One off payment, updates forever and a great bit of kit. Cheap too.
I have to imagine there's an open source program to do what you need. And since you're casual, they should definitely have most every feature you need. It's hardcore professionals that often need the missing parts.
What do you need the software to do? What's the professional software?
Apple still offers Logic Pro X as a one-time purchase. It’s a fantastic program with the most out-of-the-box capability of any DAW I’ve ever used. Plus you can use one purchase on multiple computers if you log in with the same iCloud account.
The team also makes awesome upgrades.
I've always used Audacity
Yarr harr fiddle dee dee...
Thankfully when I got Pro Tools, I got a perpetual license... it was only supported for 12 months as far as updates go, but the license is good forever
...we're all looking at YOU, Adobe.
Also not worth it for universities who have the choice of licencing each machine or each user.
Neither option is cheap.
Before they would site licence some software and only update the specialist facilities while keeping a general package on library and general access computers. Now it's a nightmare where you either have dedicated labs or a costly per user licence
Artist here and there's a reason a lot of work is done off Adobe CS6 Suite tools and NOT* off Creative Cloud. The Cloud is fine for businesses but individuals who create get shafted and are forced to use old versions or crack serials.
Autodesk did the same damn thing with Max, Mudbox and their products... Thankfully Zbrush is a better program imo but god I hate Blender ever since my serial broke I'm stuck with an unusable copy of Max2015 I can't renew since I lost my account and my serial :/ not sure what to do.
If you're talking about Protools, just go for reaper then and stop supporting avid policy. Reaper is light, easy, versatile, and 60$ lifetime license. Best choice I ever made and I'm a professional audio engineer.
If you are a professional, it's probably worth it for the constant updates, etc.
I doubt it. Some people spend weeks, if not months, mixing one track. The last thing they'd want happening is anything that could interfere with that. Imagine you spend a week on a vocal track and suddenly your compression algorithm changes making it sound different, but you're not quite sure why it sounds different because the changed algorithm is only mentioned at the bottom of a list of patch notes hidden online somewhere. That software wouldn't be around long.
Then again, Ableton Live Suite is like $1000. Yay me I'm a producer! :/
Just use Logic pro. It’s still a one time purchase and you get free updates.
Protools 10 and 11 for me and most audio engineers I know who are professional like, works at capitol records professional, still use their paid for and kept software.
This used to bother me because I'm a big old nerd and long time sys admin, but...believe it or not, in the end, the math works. You're an edge case as a home user, but in the enterprise arena I've found that we actually win with the subscription model overall, especially with stuff like Adobe CC. Adobe was notorious in the past with with being stingy with bulk discounting and they've loosened up quite a bit now that they're software as a service.
If you're a professional you can also deduct it as a business expense.
Which piece of software? There are free DAW’s out there.
The thread here recently ‘what free software is so good you can’t believe it’s free’ turned me on to tons of apps to replace commercial stuff. see here
That’s why I choose Logic Pro over Protools. One time payment, all updates a free (so far...).
You might want to look at Free software, like Ardour.
Check if there's any more benefits beyond the software you get because of that subscription. At $10, probably not, but I wouldn't doubt it for $30+
Logic Pro X is $199 to own with continual updates and is a top tier recording DAW.
I paid $1200 for a perpetual license for a piece of software I use frequently. Within 6 months they announced that they were switching to subscription-only pricing, and my perpetual license would have no upgrade path. Yes, I can keep using it, but with no updates and no new features, and no way to get credit for what I've paid if I want to get on the current version.
Fuck you, Autodesk.
A couple years ago, I bought a Scarlett 2i4 audio interface for recording, and it came with Ableton Live 8 lite for free. It’s worked wonders, but it can only do eight tracks at a time without upgrading to the full version, and I don’t think there’s a way to combine tracks.
As someone who sometimes records with 4-5 guitar tracks, this leaves me with very few options to really make a full composition, and is very frustrating, but I’m pretty sure the new version has moved to a subscription based model, as well.
Gonna guess here...Adobe Audition?
I’d personally rather have a subscription I can cancel if I no longer need a product or if I find a better alternative. Especially if it allows multiple devices and you can share with a friend. If you’re willing to pay up to $300 for software that’s already over 2 years of the monthly fees. And at least after 2 years you still have a state of the art version and if you want to continue it means you still find value in it.
Pro Tools? Fuck that. I'll take my one time purchase of Logic Pro X for $200 any day. Much easier to use as well.
I am a professional. Still not worth the constant updates.
How is paying $300 one time better than paying $10/month? You break even at 2.5 years, and that's assuming you run the subscription all the time; if I only use the software a few times a year, I only have to pay for those months. Even if I was buying software for full price I'd probably be upgrading again within 2.5 years anyway, unless you're ok running an absolutely ancient version of software. Plus, it's deferred cost which is always better than paying up front, and it's even less than $10/month if you prepay.
Torrents my dude
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The subscription model really takes away the sense of pride and accomplishment you feel when you have your shit together enough to actually buy a copy of Photoshop.
It's an old meme, but it checks out.
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Yeah, it's like 5-6 months old! NEXT!
Just came from r/ChoosingBeggars ?
Yeah bro. Care to create a meme for me for free? I'll pay you in exposure.
Just tell them it's for the church.
The meme will be distributed freely, so there's no way I will pay you at all.
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5-6 months?? No god damn way
5 Months and 20 Days ago today.
https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsBattlefront/comments/7cff0b/seriously_i_paid_80_to_have_vader_locked/dppum98/?context=3
Jesus
In this day and age, you're expected to stay on the bleeding edge.
Drives me nuts sometimes. Back in MY day...
I don't know about you, but I use a steering wheel to drive me nuts.
But whatever floats your boat.
If someone made a car with suction cup wheels, it would drive me up the wall.
I don't know about you, but I use water to float my boat.
But whatever tickles your pickle.
Broken arms is still in every thread and it's been years.
...years? D:
Look at Mr. PerpetualCasts over there and his mom with Popeye arms.
I'm a pro photographer (weddings) and I actually like the subscription model. $5 a month gets me lightroom and photoshop, while buying them both would be $220. I'd go three and a half years before spending that much with the sub model.
Plus all my stuff stays up to date and I get the new features whenever they come out.
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It must have been a special or something. You're right, it is $10 a month now. There goes my math!
Of course as a pro photographer it makes sense. Or for a professional graphic designer or whatever. It doesn’t make sense for a hobbyist who wants to use it a few times a year.
I don't get it. Couldn't you just stop the subscription when you don't use it? That would still be cheaper than then paying A few hundred dollars for a software you will just use for a few times a year.
Not with Adobe software. If you cancel then you have to pay 50% of your remaining subscription
Oh that sucks
Which is why the pirate's life is for me
So trim the sails and roam the sea~
You could try using free software like GIMP, it's actually really good these da..HHAHAHAH
Or you just stop paying and then they send a few warning messages and then they cancel your subscription and then a month later they send you an offer to "come back to adobe". That's what I did.
When I cancelled my card I discovered that my adobe subscription was about to cancel but wasn't bothered since I didn't use it and since they didn't have a means to bill me, I simply let it lapse and haven't heard from them since. Luck or?
It’s probably unethical but you said it yourself, they don’t have the means to bill you now.
Don’t buy a year’s subscription then, there’s a single month option
Yeah but, then the price doubles :( their student prices aren't any better
I don’t know the plans available in the US, but where I’m from there’s only two options if I want to use photoshop. Either Photo one year plan $14/month or the one program plan $41/month (this one’s monthly).
I don’t use photoshop but if I where to use it often I’d definitely go for the yearly subscription as that’s only $165 a year with all updates and support.
I do like the student and teacher deals though. You can basically get all Adobe programs for the same price as a single program as a yearly subscription. Very much worth it even if you only use two or three of those applications.
The single month option is still technically an annual commitment they just bill you monthly. The only one the have no commitment for us the all apps plan which is $80 instead of $53 if you pay by month.
Which is odd because for their all apps plan you can do a monthly no commitment subscription, it’s just $80 instead of 53/mo.
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If you want a paid program I recommend Paint Tool Sai, it's pretty cheap and a lot better set up for digital drawing/painting than I've found Photoshop.
Oh! That is awesome! I'll have to check it out. I am the worst and typically upload a scan of my drawing. I really to invest in a drawing board.
you could legally get ps cs2 somewhere for free if you made an adobe account but i dont know
I searched for it for a long time and I couldnt find it. Starting think its a myth or something. Please someome enlighten me.
http://www.redmondpie.com/download-adobe-photoshop-cs2-for-free-legally-while-you-still-can/
this seems like the website that was used but forbes says https://www.forbes.com/sites/adriankingsleyhughes/2013/01/07/download-adobe-cs2-applications-for-free/#332e455f4671
that explains it. Back to GIMP I go.
I think a few other popular programs are Krita (is free but the interface is annoying) Fire Alpaca which is free, and Clip Studio Paint (not free but not that expensive iirc)
Get Clip Studio Paint. Seriously for anything anime/manga/comic related it great especially at $50 price point.
Serif give old versions of DrawPlus away for free. They are great for that kinda things.
Clip Studio Paint goes on sale to $20-30 pretty routinely and would fit your needs pretty nicely - it's what I use to draw and color my crappy anime.
I think Krita might be right up your alley, and the price is right...free.
Same. It's $120 a year for both. So in 5 years or so you'd be wanting to update it anyway, at which point you've essentially paid what Photoshop alone used to cost ($600 if I recall correctly). I'd much much rather have a constantly updated software program that spreads that cost out over the years. What good is owning outdated software? I also don't have to keep track of some old installation file when I update my computer every couple of years ... It's a matter of logging in and downloading. Also a pro photographer though so a heavy daily user.
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If you can’t figure out ways to access your digital image files without photoshop, I don’t know what to tell you.
how about .psd files
i have sai files on my computer i cant check anymore cos i uninstalled the thing
Ok. Well, you do realize that you can convert your files online pretty easily, right?
I stand by my original comment. There’s always a way around it.
perhaps
I wonder what percentage of the user base actually pirates Adobe CS. I know actual professionals are legally obliged to buy it but given how prevalent their suite is, I'm willing to bet the piracy rate is something like 95 to 98%.
That seems a bit much...
I'm in the design field and every student and freelancer I know pays. I know one hold out who uses CS6. I'm spoiled because my job pays and I get access to two terminals (work and home laptop). If I leave this job I will seriously consider Affinity's flat fee products for personal, but don't really want to freelance, so I'm counting on this being an employer expense wherever I go.
Agreeed. I still own a license of the Creative Suite which I upgraded to from edu photoshop. I will say, however, that access to programs like After Effects and Premier for a reasonable price is what makes this appealing. I do this work professionally at my day job which is starting to bleed into my freelance work. I can't justify the $1500 AE was but I am almost to the point where it makes sense to upgrade my PS/LR package from $10/mo to $50/mo and get every app Adobe makes.
I’m still running CS5 Master collection on my laptop and refuse to go with h the cloud service. People make fun of me forcthis, but if the software was good enough for me then, it’s good for me now, especially for what I use the software for. I have a DJ mixer that has built-in hardware, but isn’t supported by the newer mac OS, so I haven’t updated my laptop either, but it works fine just how it is.
but if the software was good enough for me then, it’s good for me now
probably means your work isn't evolving.
Don't get caught stuck doing the same thing
I’m a photographer and I DJ/do music production on the side, so I honestly don’t need a ton of new bells and whistles for any of that. My wife has newer versions of software on her laptop, so if I ever need any newer features, I could just use her computer. I’ve yet to find the need to use any newer software for even graphic design stuff. Also, a lot of the updates that I see aren’t THAT spectacular.. I have a 2005 iMac that still runs perfectly because I stopped updating everything on it.
because I stopped updating everything on it.
Including security
I’ve yet to find the need to use any newer software
Have you looked into it? Lightroom got a lot better in the last \~5 years
I have looked into newer versions of lightroom, and will eventually probably get a newer version, but for what I do, I have zero issues with the version i’m running.. If anything, i’ll probably run a new version of it on my wife’s computer and leave mine as is. Since my mixer isn’t supported by the new OS, I have to keep it where it’s at because i’m not trying to spend $1600 on a new mixer that’s supported.
Ditto
I totally agree with you however it makes business sense as customers like me would never ever pay as much as photoshop used to cost but I don’t have a problem paying £10 a month, yes, I know it’s more in the long run but it makes financial sense to me to do it this way.
Yeah I'm going to try and cling to the version of CS5 I got brought for me a few years ago on a student discount offer for as long as I can easily manage
... pride and accomplishment? Triggered
Is is meme not dead yet?
I’ve always heard Adobe doesn’t care if people pirate photoshop, especially in college, because they know if people are serious about it and get a job using it, they’ll be forced to buy it anyway.
Doesn't sound very likely. I think at College we had a subscription through the Software Center that was good while you were enrolled. Westlaw and LexisNexis do the same where students have free, full access (including each company funding their own printer and paper supply) to boost their own sales later.
I'm not sure if it's universal, but Westlaw stopped that at my law school years ago, Lexis is just so far behind in subscribers they have to keep trying to bribe students.
Admittedly it's been many years since I was in school.
My law school gives every student full access to Westlaw, Lexisnexis, Bloomberg, and CALI. I think that's pretty standard among law schools.
Oh yea, same here (and everywhere I'm aware of), quimbee too.
I was just talking about that free printing and points for free crap, only Lexis does that at my school now.
Oh yeah, Lexis gives out tons of free crap and WestLaw barely does anything.
You guys get free Quimbee? I'm jealous...
It's amazing, I'm waiting to start my very last final in half an hour, didn't read a thing, put everything together yesterday, it'll be enough for a C/B.
Damn, good luck buddy. Ours start next week; feeling okay on IP and Con law, so screwed for Property...
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Adobe Photoshop isn’t targeting non-professionals. I don’t understand why people have such a hard time grasping that.
Their pre-subscription releases cost more than a $1000, way too much for casuals anyway.
I don’t believe when a casual user tells me they bought a legal copy back then. No one sinks over a $1000 into software they only use now and then. Those people all pirate it.
the initial price of CS6 (last non-subscription version) was 699$ for the standard version, and 999$ for the CS6 Extended, buying from adobe directly. (source)
For whatever reason, the price I remeber was 600 and a month later when I was able to foot the bill, it was subscription. Might've had some discount at the time or sale.
There is just a huge gap between ms paint and Photoshop. Gimp always gives me a feeling that the thing I intended to do didn't actually work.
Gimp isn't the only alternative. Affinity photo and designer are both awesome!
How's the compatibility with the PSD and AI formats?
GIMP is getting better. There's also Krita, which is cool.
Being sued by Adobe does not impact your credit score.
Logic leap.... settle or just agree to pay....dont pay, debt collector, credit score. Or its stick it on a credit card that you can't afford to make payments on....
This is no longer the case now that they operate on a more reasonably priced subscription model. They have cracked down on piracy since.
Microsoft gets their products to students for cheap so they get used to them and rely on them once entering the professional world. Photoshop should probably do the same but it likely gets a similar effect just by being the option.
Have you looked into Affinity Photo and Designer? Near feature match to Adobe products but they are $50 each one time (often going on sale for $40).
I've got both and they are pretty great. Many of the missing features can then be filled in with open source stuff.
Seconding affinity, I use exclusively designer now. Bought it in the beta times when it was about $35 on sale, and have gotten several updates.
Not sure about your last sentence though, do you mean other programs, or plug-ins for affinity?
Other programs.
It's missing SVG filters and bitmap vectorization that Inkscape can fill in for.
Does Affinity even have plug-ins?
I love Affinity Designer and due to my being pretty much an enthusiastic amateur, I actually prefer the UI over Illustrator due to its relative simplicity. The only thing I really miss since my move over is community support such as tutorials and whatnot, but that is improving.
Oh, it's definitely easier to use than Illustrator, esp. for gradients.
Haven't heard of it, will give it a look.
Have you seen Affinity Photo
I was mildly upset when I tried to get my hands on illustrator and I couldn't pirate it because of the new subscription model. Their student option is bullshit too; normally a single program costs $20 a month, students can get access to photoshop for only $10 a month but if you need any other program you get their "deal" of access to ALL adobe products for $20 dollars a month... except I don't need all adobe software, I only use illustrator. Felt like a slap in the face
Felt like a slap in the face
And the piracy doesn't to them?
couldn't pirate it
Oh, you can still pirate it. Source: I just did.
I tried multiple torrents and cracks to try and get it authenticated properly. Eventually I just caved and paid for it because I was running out of time to finish the project I needed it for
Yeah it's hard to find a good cracked version of stuff haha. Not exactly a field that emphasizes legitimacy.
Fwiw the piracy subreddit has a pretty good guide. Probably shouldn't link it but it's on the sidebar.
I had the Adobe CC subscription for a year. I mostly used photoshop, premiere, and after effects. It was great but I wouldn’t have gotten it if there wasn’t a student discount
Conversely, the subscription model finally made Photoshop accessible for me. $10 a month for a hobby isn't that bad. $1000 for a version that will be outdated in 2-3 years? Forget it.
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But what good would owning, say, Word 95 do for you today? Some ideas are just emotional attachments rather than something actually valuable.
There is some irrational thought, buttttt, word was always a bit more affordable and word 95 is still far superior to notepad. I got open office for our work computer and i' d prefer word 95 over that.
I think libre office is the one you want, last I heard Open office isn't being updated.
My mother somehow acquired the full Microsoft Office 2003 suite with no limit on # of installations from an old job she had. I believe she was training teachers how to use computers. And I can tell you that the only product to change drastically since 2003 is PowerPoint. Publisher 2003 is actually much more stable than 2016.
Clearly typed by someone who hasn't used the newer features of Office.
Even if it were true - the security updates alone should be enough of a reason to upgrade.
Its definitely psychological, I am averse to any monthly payments or subscriptions because most are a money suck.
You are budgeting for it either way though.
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That isn't how budgeting works
As a full time pro, it’s actually good for me. It’s a fixed monthly cost, just like rent or internet. I have the full master suite because I need a couple programs beyond LR/PS.
Before it went to a subscription based model, it forced you to make tough choices. Do I keep CS2 or upgrade to CS3? What are the improvements? Are there any major features that have been released? Should I wait for CS4? The full Suite was over $2k so it was a significant expense to upgrade.
Now? I have the latest version all the time and I can take advantage of every new feature.
Adobe has also become much more responsive to users needs. They removed a minor feature from LR Mobile that was a big timesaver for me. Well, I sent a message through the site, as did a few other users, and in the next update the feature was back and located in a more convent place than it originally was.
CS2 is still free. It's old as crap, but still very useful for casual usage.
It's not free. You need to (promise to) have a legally obtained license for the version of Creative Suite 2 that can no longer be activated.
99% of what you typically use has been in there since CS2. Software doesn't spoil like food, so there's nothing wrong with it being old.
Totally agree. I used CS(1) for years prior.
If software doesn’t spoil, why can’t I install Windows XP on my brand-new Dell laptop?
For the same reason you can't put wagon wheels on your car. Your not trying hard enough!
probably because it doesn't have the NVMe/SSD drivers required to install. insert a cheap rotating harddrive, switch from UEFI mode to BIOS/Legacy mode in bios settings, and disable Secure Boot if the laptop has it. then it should install just fine (XP is neither compatible with UEFI nor Secure Boot... still probably won't find a wifi card driver tho).
I don’t care if Adobe spent $1.2 Billion last year on R&D for their products. I want the cutting edge version free.
/s
At that point why not just use Gimp.
For a photoshop replacement, sure!
Depends on how deeply involved you are. GIMP covers a lot of functionality regular photoshop users require, even if GIMP's vision on the UI and techniques is different. It's not like 99 out of 100 photoshop users are super-duper-pros and incredible talents. Most of them do very mundane image-editing, and GIMP should be enough if they would use it.
It's no wonder they don't though, seeing how there is no lack of both pirating options for photoshop and volunteers telling everyone "GIMP sucks" and such.
It doesn’t seem to run on Windows 10 though.
Haha same. I always wanted to use it but could never afford it, so I always used gimp. At some point, I said "fuck it" and wanted to buy it once and for all, only to be met with prices over prices over subscriptions over whatever the hell their model is now
Check out Affinity! One off payment and lifetime updates. Good that there's a decent competitor coming up, competition will benefit both Affinity and Adobe
I'll check it out. I print 3d photos. Like the hologram type.... "lenticular" photo shop can be used to edit that. I do it purely as a hobby.
I had that exact experience regarding Microsoft Office. I started a university course again and thought I should buy it. BAM! Sub-only now. Well fuck you too. I'll stick with Open Office and Google Docs.
I went to grad school right when they were starting 365, free ms office from the computer store was still available.
I still have a 2010 install disc. It's glorious.
You could still own a copy of WinRAR but Hell might freeze over.
Hah their sales tactic is just horrible. We'll attempt to shame you into buying this. Nope....great product but I still feel like I'm using 2 pieces of shit like a chopstick to pick up a piece of shit I didn't want to touch.
They have ads on the nag screen so I'm sure they don't mind being able to constantly nag. Either way they are making money.
/r/PaidForWinRAR
I mean... You also get every single other Adobe product with that subscription.
I use Premiere, Photoshop, and occasionally After Effects pretty regularly (for work and home). And if I have a need for something else they make, it's just an install click away.
A-fucking-men. Fuck that subscription stuff for programs. I’ve stuck with all non-adobe apps for my business due to that.
A-fucking-men. Fuck that subscription stuff for programs. I’ve stuck with all non-adobe apps for my business due to that.
I'm happy the offer subscription now because it's WAY easier to justify $10 a month to accounting depts than ask for $600-1000 every 3-5 years
I get that actually (although your accounting department should understand you need your tools to do your job and shut the fuck up about it...), but I still hate it. It's a model made to separate you from more of your money. I'm just not a fan of the subscription model.
although your accounting department should understand you need your tools to do your job and shut the fuck up about it..
What if you only need it for a few months etc.
Plus realistically NOBODY wants a 4 figure bill thrown in their face.
Professionals who use these products like me expect to pay good money for our programs. 4 grand for the software is not unusual dude, it’s part of the gig and it’s factored into every single bill you give to a client, believe me.
You’re talking about non-professional use or occasional use. Great, subscritions are perfect for you. Go nuts. I find them annoying and my work dictates I have the software I need, every day, every hour, whether it’s a 100 dollar plugin or a 10 grand compositing application.
Professionals who use these products like me expect to pay good money for our programs. 4 grand for the software is not unusual dude, it’s part of the gig and it’s factored into every single bill you give to a client, believe me.
My point is a lot of places would like to use adobe programs but aren't design houses so it's MS paint or nothing if you're stuck buying a full CS license.
Those places need to google alternatives because they might surprised at what they will find. There’s some cool stuff out there.
And let’s face it, those folks are often barely scraping the surface of what photoshop, etc can do anyway. They’re using a Mustang to drive to the grocery store when they need a minivan.
Those places need to google alternatives because they might surprised at what they will find. There’s some cool stuff out there.
TBH if you already "know" how to use something almost no price difference will get people to learn
Affinity has a suite of products that are comparable to Creative Cloud's Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign except you pay a one time fee of $49.99 and buy each one seperately. Some people are even saying Affinity Photo is better than Photoshop.
I haven't used them yet, but will be looking into it when my Creative Cloud contract is up in a few months.
For photo editing, Pixlr Pro is a free, browser based option that is also Photoshop comparable. I love it if I want to quickly do something on someone else's computer. You just have to Save As .psd to keep it compatible.
I feel your pain. And once you subscribe its a nonstop roller coaster of "HEY! You got THIS, now subscribe to THAT. Dont forget to SUBSCRIBE TO CLOUD DATA MANAGEMENT!"
And the best fucking part...once your subscription is up you have no real access to any of your project files. Best hope you finished it. (note: this may have changed since i havent messed with PS in years but it used to be like this).
Please sign back up to rent your own data from us again, thank you.
Plus I didn't cancel aol until 2013.
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But cant do anything with it unless you pay them some more. So if you wanna change/finish/improve it you gotta pay.
Have you considered Affinity Photo? One time payment, very very good photo editor. I made the switch recently and I won't be going back.
As a professional in the video field I can tell you first hand that the updates often times aren't worth it. Adobe creative cloud is a $60 a month product that feels like a beta test with most updates. It's happened many times that features get broken and then you are stuck waiting for a patch. In my experience the one usful thing that seems to get added is support for new video codecs.
It’s handy if you only need it short term, but for active designers like myself, it’s a complete sham. I’ll be paying triple or more for a subscription than I would if I just paid outright for it.
I still run a pirated version of photoshop. A fucking professional using a pirated version. That tells you something about their service model.
For me their subscription model is waaaay cheaper in the long run. I paid $2000 for the CS3 suite back in the day. If I paid for all of the apps at almost $60 a month, it would still take me around three years to pay that same amount.
I use photoshop and indesign on a daily basis, after effects once or twice a week... for me the subscription has been awesome. I have to sell one print a year to cover the cost of my subscription. That’s very doable.
Any reasonable designer is going to use adobe programs for more than 3 years. In the long run you’re still paying way more than a one time price would have been.
But in three years that CS3 was outdated. To update it, you have to pay an updating fee, which I didn’t do so I couldn’t tell you how much it was.
Or you could be running on old software which a lot of people don’t seem to mind doing, and I didn’t either if it was going to cost me so much. It doesn’t now. This is still a cheaper model if you want up to date software.
A fucking professional using a pirated version. That tells you something about their service model.
Or more about the success of your business
Pretty fucken rude there friend.
I prefer accuracy my leprechaun friend
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No so you can avoid legal trouble with your main source of income
As someone mentioned above, try out Affinity Photo, very close to PS for a one time price of like $45, with updates. A few features are missing, and a few features are in AP that are not in PS.
And they wonder why people pirate. I did the same thing with Acrobat. I really would have bought it, but for a monthly fee I noped the fuck right to my fav torrent site.
Their primary customers - professional users - don’t private because of $10 per month.
I have a copy of Photoshop from 2007 on my MacBook and it works fine
Where would one look for a lifetime copy such as yours?
i wish i could pay to own it, but I have to admit that I enjoy the constant updates. I got the student edition in school and now that it's up it still only charges me $30 a month of the entire suite. plus I use it both at work and for my at home business so it works out well on my part
I figured someone would mention Adobe with this. Idk...if you think about it the Creative Cloud is a much better deal than buying it outright. Photoshop was around $700. Once you purchased this; if there was an updated...you were screwed and needed to buy the newest version. Now, you can get photoshop and lightroom for $10 a month. When its updated; you get the newest version. Don't plan on using photoshop for a while? Turn off your subscription and enable when you're ready. You could buy the $10 creative cloud access for photoshop for 5.8 years before you reached the price of owning photoshop outright.
Same. That is why I will never buy Photoshop even though I can afford it now. I don't want a subscription.
I meanm..the sub kind of sucks, but the price overall vs old retail prices is night and day.
If you use a Mac, I recommend Affinity. I’m trying to ditch Adobe and Affinity has been a great replacement for Photoshop and Illustrator. Full versions for iPads too.
The flip side of this is that when they went to a subscription model I was finally able to afford and justify using Photoshop/Lightroom.
It’s infuriating that everything is a fucking service these days.
I just want to buy and own, not rent...
edit: No I will not pirate things. Stop recommending that I do that.
This is one of the reasons I still (occasionally; I'm poor) buy DVDs. I don't want to have to pay $10/month to multiple companies to watch specific movies and shows, especially when they can be removed if licensing deals, etc change.
It’s why I still buy blu ray movies. Most people say they only use Netflix, but many new movies don’t show up there until a while after disc release.
Frankly I love having a hard copy that is still gonna be there even when my Netflix sub expires. You can’t take a disc away from me arbitrarily the same way you can take my Netflix service away.
Also, with a disc on your shelf, you can think "hey, I'll watch that later!". The number of times I look forward to watching something on Netflix only to find it's been taken down is beyond frustrating (I'm looking at you, Marvel films!)
Disney bought Marvel.
Disney refused to allow Netflix to renew the streaming contracts once they expire as it's rolling out its own streaming service.
This is why Netflix has been aggressively creating its own content, because content owners want more money than what Netflix is paying them and removing things left and right.
The quality is significantly better as well. Netflix streams at 5 Mbps which is below the maximum bitrate for DVD.
Keep in mind that this isn't resolution, but bitrate. As you crank up the resolution you need more bits per frame to render it effectively meaning that it's going to get more and more compressed and end up with greater artifacting. It's not perfect, but this video does a good job giving a rough, quick explanation of how this works and why.
Edit: OK. It looks like Netflix might have upped their bitrate slightly, but they're still fairly low. Roughly in the range of DVD, but with higher resolutions. It's still not Blu-ray delivering around 40 Mbps.
That and the quality is consistent. We have a fairly solid 80mb connection and even with that Amazon Prime's streaming quality will sometimes just be appalling and blocky.
Sob
I know there are people lucky to get 5Mb (there are people lucky to get online) but we pay for 'up to' 40 and are lucky to get a consistent 20. Streaming anything in 4K is out of the question.
I feel for you, my parents were stuck at 3mb for ages, it was painful to browse any website from the last decade. We've lucked out here I think.
House net is still on 1mb, get your act together BT! I live 5 miles from the Cabinet.
5mb here, no upgrades. Rural Canada is great...
I have 750mb p/s upload and 750mb p/s download
i hAvE 750mB p/S uPlOaD aNd 750Mb P/s dOWnLoAd
Oh nO SomEoNe sAiD SOmetHiNg mEaN tO Me oVEr thE iNTerNeT gUeSS I'll comMIt sUdOKu
How is your sudoku game going?
Google Fiber?
No T-Mobile
Netflix streams at 5 mbps
Maybe on your internet but in general this is not true.
It also doesn't matter so much. Netflix 4K uses HEVC, which is much more efficient than H264
Netflix in general is very efficient. Was on a train with slow wifi. YT played consistently only at 144p, Netflix looked better and loaded even faster.
Have you watched some of the Netflix 4k/HDR stuff? It looks gorgeous.
I'm pretty sure they've upped that. When I turn on the info panel on my TVs Netflix app, it usually shows at least 8Mbps for 1080p.
Still not Blu-ray, but better than 5.
hmmm seems fine
Netflix streams 4k at 15mbps and 1080p at 8mbps last time I checked.
Netflix streams at a minimum of 5Mbps.
Netflix streams at 5 mbps which is below the maximum bitrate for DVD.
You're comparing apples and oranges. A direct bitrate comparison is only valid when using the same codec. DVD uses MPEG2 codec, while Netflix uses h264 or sometimes h265. H264/265 have much, much better compression than MPEG2, so you're actually getting a much higher quality of image per bit than you are from MPEG2. You can test it yourself pretty easily with free tools like ffmpeg.
Additionally, while DVD allows for up to 9800kbps, the average commercial DVD is closer to 5000kbps average. This is because a DVD does not have the capacity to store a feature-length film anywhere close to 9800kbps. The real value of the 9800 maximum is its use in VBR (variable bit rate). The encoder can "borrow" bits from low-movement scenes and spend them on high-movement scenes, allowing for more consistent appearance in quality. Also, while DVD spec is supposed to support up to 9800kbps, in practice you'll find players often aren't up to par. If you try to ride that limit you'll often find that your discs cause stuttering, crashing, and shutdowns of many commercial players. And that's assuming you actually factored for the split-second jumps in bitrate that even the best encoders generally fail to manage, but which will cause playback issues. Realistically, 8000kbps is a more reasonable maximum, when applied to the full second. On the other hand, h264 videos like those offered by Netflix will often have low average bitrates, but break into tens of thousands if not higher for particularly high action scenes, again, not that it's a valid comparison because different codecs.
The information in that video is pretty good, but it's a very basic rundown. It also doesn't actually support your argument because it all applies to DVD as well.
The information in that video is pretty good, but it's a very basic rundown. It also doesn't actually support your argument because it all applies to DVD as well.
It does, but it's a very rough guide to "what is bitrate and why does it matter?" for people who don't already know.
What about UHD Netflix? You pay about 5 bucks more for it a month.
That's your home connection causing it to stream at 5 mpbs.
DVD is not higher quality than a Netflix 1080p or 4k stream, by any means...
I'm unsure but is that true with using the Netflix app? I've noticed a significant increase from using say Firefox to watch Netflix compared to its windows 10 app, that may just be my brain going "yes that looks better, it's coming direct rather than through a third party software"
Edit: I'm not saying the Netflix app will be on par with a blu ray disc, just that it's better than using a Web browser.
Yes. It's the bandwidth that Netflix is willing to allocate to any given user. Their own application almost certainly isn't doing anything differently than what's being done in the browser.
Ah okay, thanks for the insight.
I'm the type of person that doesn't often watch a movie more than once. For that reason plus some of the original stuff Netflix has its great value for me.
I still buy discs because the audio tracks in particular are way better than streaming services, especially UHD discs.
Just to second this, I have been absolutely blown away by the audio of some of the BluRays that I've played on my home theater. Streaming, while decent, has never been as amazing.
Same. I buy Blu Rays for the movies I really want to watch. Plus a Netflix sub because I like most of what they offer.
Also you get more with a physical disc ranging from bonus features like interviews and gag reels plus new audio tracks like dolby atmos or dtx HD. Also some even come with dvd and digital copy's although it seems the triple packs are a little rare most come with a digital version.
You sometimes get the bonus previews you can't cancel out of (looking at you, Disney) as well.
Yeah you do, and even fucking adverts for Mars or snickers, although I will admit I haven't seen them much on newer releases.
Some of the Netflix originals are really good though. Definetly saved me my subscription a few times.
Also Blu-rays usually come with a DVD and a digital code. I love me some Blu-rays.
Until the quality is the same I will continue to buy Blu-rays.
One Blu-ray = 3 months on Netflix including new exclusive content ever month. You're out of your Mind
I don’t have to worry about my blu rays suddenly being removed from my shelf the same way movies randomly disappear from Netflix. That was part of my whole point which I guess you just didn’t bother to see
So youre worried about mssing one old movie but okay with missing 100,000 hours of content when your sub expires? okay.
This is why I invested in a media server. I keep my movies and TV shows on a local hard drive, backed up. No need to worry about changes in a streaming library service or a DVD deteriorating or getting scratched.
If you still want to do the DVD thing and already have a computer with a DVD writer, make copies of your collection and only watch the copy.
Plex ftw.
Sickrage + Radarr + plex ft-mega-w.
I've been using Sonarr but yeah.
I didn't find out about Radarr and Sonarr until a fair bit later. Started with Sickrage and Couchpotato but couldn't get the latter to work reliably. Thoughts on Sonarr?
it seems like couchpotato hasnt been updated in quite some time. Sonar is pretty decent. It gets the job done and has a nice layout.
I like Sonarr. Relatively easy to set up, good interface. That plus a BT client and Plex and the latest episode of Legion just magically appears.
Why can't they have 1 app to do both sickrage and radarr? Just grab the shows I list and keep track... maybe I'm not understanding something. Used to use 2 others combined also. Now just using sonarr and manually grabbing.
Radarr does movies, is that the bit of info you're missing?
What do you mean by grabbing, moving the files into the right plex folder once they've been downloaded? Sickrage has been excellent at that for me.
Grabbing means downloading my list of shows from torrents nightly automatically when they become available (I used to use newsgroups but too much trouble). Just need it to go into 1 download folder since Plex handles that and once I watch I just delete anyway. I don't need anything for movies. Which one app will do that?
In theory both of them should do all of that. Sickrage checks for new stuff every hour or so, contacts the torrent site, sends it to your utorrent/whatever and can then move the finished file to wherever plex wants it if you tell it to. 'Post-processing'.
From the reading i'm doing it sounds like Sonarr has a better ui so I might no longer be repping the better tool.
Well, sure Plex is great. I use KODI, myself.
You still have to populate your library, though. With Plex, you can get someone’s share code and use their library and with KODI, you can use some neat streaming plugins, but that still puts you at the mercy of the person who is behind the charge code or the hosting of the streaming plugins.
PlexKodiConnect plugin for Kodi works great as well.
but that doesn't solve the problem of actually obtaining the movies, does it? last time I tried to torrent something, I got hit with a copyright notice from my ISP so not planning on going that route again..
Redbox or whatever it's equivalent is near you
That was because you used a public tracker such as Pirate Bay. If you get in with a private torrent tracker, your ISP does not get to see the contents of your torrent traffic.
I ‘cut the cord’ using a Seedbox, a private torrent tracker and a little bit of work. Costs about $30 a month for the seedbox I use, but there are cheaper packages too. I have checked out cable/satellite recently and I know I will still be getting my money’s worth out of the torrent route over paying for a service that’s gets me 10% enjoyment.
You grab something popular off of a public tracker like ThePirateBay without an encrypted connection your gonna her popped by most ISPs.
That is why you use a private torrent tracker and/or you use a VPN or SSL. Your ISP always sees that you are transferring data and how much you are transferring, but they cannot sniff your packets and see WHAT you are transferring using these methods.
Buy a DVD-R drive for your PC, problem solved.
Or just buy a hard drive for it. You can fit hundreds or thousands (depending on length, resolution, and compression level) of HD movies on a 2-4TB drive and it's a lot less effort.
Why not both? Any movies you download are going to be compressed to shit anyway. You might as well get DVDs/Blu-Rays and rip them in really high quality. When they're already on your drive, you won't really care about an extra GB or two.
I said fuck it and find cheap/free sources for all of them.
Like your local library? Many even have deals with various digital sources like Hoopla and OverDrive.
So, you pirate. Yeah that’s one approach. IMO it’s one thing if you’re in school and have no money. Another if you’re capable of paying for your entertainment and choose not to.
I've often pirated music I've already bought, but lost over the years.
Pirating is truly a lifesaver if you’re poor, tho.
All I want to know is when do I get my free eye patch and parrot?
When you download a bunch of stuff. The parrot also comes with bird feed, which is nice. Oh, if you seed enough, you get your own ship, a crew of seeders, a chest full of pirated movies and games, sails that increase download speed, and a mask to hide your identity.
When you aren't the last one to cum on the cookie!
We have been over this shit before... So many times!
And eat the fucking cookie... Jake ate it and he hates that you don't. That's why he left and got a job.
Like I said, it's one thing if you're in school and have no money. Should have said "and/or".
I buy most of the movies I pirate. It's knowing what you are buying beforehand. I watch my movies all the time but they lose out if you only wan't to watch once. I don't buy bad movies(subjective). I would probobly pirate less if I trusted buying online more. I never pirate music because I have too many good songs to listen to to need more badly.
I still pirate because it's easier to find than checking 10 different streaming sites to see what has it, plus it has no ads, plus I can toss it on my media server and watch it on any device in my house. I even have a setup to snatch new episodes of whatever shows I'm watching. I can sit down on my couch and the latest episodes are already there, ready to watch with no buffering.
Provide me a service that beats piracy and I'll gladly pay, but I'm not forking over for something that is significantly worse than what I can get for free. Steam did it for games.
All that said, I still buy more media than anyone else I know. I probably spend $50-150 a month on blu-rays, CDs, and records.
Check out Just Watch. You can search all the streaming sites to see where movies are available. I always go there first. If I can't find the movie I want I pirate it. I'm all for taking the legit route, but really I'll just do what's easiest. And pirating is soo easy.
Exactly. Gabe Newell (owner of Steam) is often quoted as saying piracy is a service problem, not a pricing problem. Ever notice that people don't typically pirate music and games anymore? It's because it's so easy to get anything you want with Spotify and Steam, respectively. There's no need to pirate when everything is already at your fingertips.
Movies and TV shows, on the other hand, have everything scattered in dozens of different places, and it's getting worse, not better. So until they catch up to the likes of Spotify and Steam, I'll happily use my media server, where everything I could ever want is in one place.
Pirating because it's "easy" isn't really a sound moral defense. It's like saying "I hop the subway turnstyle because it's easy". Yeah, it's easy. That's not the point.
No, hopping the turnstile is harder than paying and walking through. That's the exact opposite of his argument. He said if there was a pay-for service that was as good as piracy, he would take it. But there isn't.
Hopping the turn is an expression. There are plenty of things that you can do in life for free that you shouldn’t if you can afford it.
Claiming that media is outrageously expensive is absurd. If you’re an adult working any sort of adequate job in a first world country, you can afford to pay for the entertainment that you consume.
Nobody said anything about price. It’s all about accessibility.
Theft is convenient, you’re right about that.
If most of your "customers" would rather steal what you're offering than pay for it, it makes you wonder "do I even have a viable business plan?"
It's not an expression, it's a bad analogy. If you really want to compare ease, then I imagine you'd have a lot more people jumping turnstiles if the booth to pay for certain destinations was not available, the tickets you have paid for didn't get you to that destination, and you had to order your ticket and wait a couple of days to get it instead.
Maybe some people don't mind stealing from a mega wealthy studio that ia no where near going broke. Your morals are not my morals.
Some people don’t mind stealing from superstores for the same reason. It doesn’t make it ethically justified just because “I have my own morals man”.
Yes it does.
Moral
noun plural noun: morals
1. a lesson, especially one concerning what is right or prudent, that can be derived from a story, a piece of information, or an experience. "the moral of this story was that one must see the beauty in what one has" synonyms: lesson, message, meaning, significance, signification, import, point, teaching "the moral of the story"
2. a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for them to do. "the corruption of public morals" synonyms: moral code, code of ethics, (moral) values, principles, standards, (sense of) morality, scruples "he has no morals"
Look at number 2. a "persons" standards of behaviors or beliefs... By your logic ANY persons set of beliefs should apply to every one. So since pre-martial sex is not acceptable in Christian beliefs everyone should abide by that? These things are not written in stone and change through time and vary from person to person. Is it legally wrong, absolutely! But we all break laws from time to time like speeding, using drugs, driving drunk, etc. So get on your high horse and ride the fuck off Mr. Perfect.
I said ethically justifiable, not “moral”. I’m mocking your employment of subjective morality to justify petty theft. There’s a difference between doing something and admitting that it’s not ethical, and doing it and claiming that no actually it’s totally ethical bro because my morals.
Also, it's not like you're stealing from the actors (like when you pirate music, you're taking money away from the artist). The actors have already been paid, and if they do have royalty deals there's probably some shady hollywood accounting going on that keeps profits at "0" at all times keeping them from actually getting anything.
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No, when you pirate music the artists bank account does not go up. When you stream music or purchase an album the artists bank account goes up.
When you pirate a movie, the studio’s bank account doesn’t go up. But it doesn’t effect the actors or crew, they’ve already been paid what they were going to be paid for the movie.
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I never said it's not stealing. I was just commenting on the justification that some people have that you're not stealing from a person.
It doesn't make it any less wrong, that's just the justification that many people use.
Either way, less people would pirate if there was a better way to get the videos you want. Less people pirate music now that you have services that provide music that you want to hear.
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I'm not sure what the point you're trying to make is? My point is that most people pirate because it's what's most convenient, not because of the ethical or moral stances they have.
When did i ever claim media was outrageously expensive?
The start of this thread is exactly why people still pirate things. As the consumer you get told when, where an how to use the thing you pay for. Fuck that! $10 a month for access to a rental, but only if you have this pre-requisite, live in this place and don't use it for that. Also we might fuck up and you can't get a refund because you don't pay for the product, you pay for the access. Who cares if the product is now shit? Your access was fine.
Why bother? Download it once. Never think about it again. Use it whenever you want.
We got a van with a DVD player for the kids, and it instantly makes me remember why I HATE DVDs. Unskippable trailers for movies that have long since been out, you have to spend 10 minutes waiting for the main menu to pop up so you can manually click "play movie" but with my media server I say "I want this" and it STARTS PLAYING. Amazing.
Unskippable trailers on a DVD? I've honestly never heard of that. I've seen trailers at the beginning before the menu pops up, but I just press the skip button.
I say "I want this" and it STARTS PLAYING. Amazing.
It's wonderful living in a civilised world...
Yes I agree, theft can be convenient.
It's only theft because they say it's theft. In the same way they say they don't owe you any consumer rights or warranties because it's just access to a license not an actual license.
They make it up as they go along, so do I.
I pay for amazon prime, Netflix and Virgin TV (well I jointly pay for that). That's like £70 a month (including Internet) but yeah if they don't have something like silicon Valley I'll pirate it.
Some shows simply don't have any way at all to buy or watch them until months later like The Expanse
If you record a show or movie that airs on tv then skip the commercials, are you as bad as a pirate who just straight up downloads the same show or movie directly from the internet?
No because the cable company still gets your cash.
Not if it's over the air programming.
Do you use a VCR to record it?
Not all DVRs require cable or a subscription...
You still pay a cable bill.
WTF are you talking about. You know you can buy a TV and antenna and get programming without paying right?
Not in the UK we can’t 😑 I mean, we can. But it’s about the same as pirating stuff.
I'm talking about people who actually pay for their stuff.
You're still paying the cable company, so no.
It's possible to not have cable and still be able to watch tv funnily enough.
Legally? In a bar, yes, but you're paying the bar. Hulu? Yes, but you can't TiVo that.
It's possible to not buy a movie and still watch it too, it's just called piracy, and it's a moral grey area. Not saying I didn't do it when I was young and broke.
Uhh, I have no clue where you live but where I am there are dozens of free channels that play movies and shows that can be accessed via antenna. You'd have to be an idiot to pay for cable where I live.
I live in the US. Free antenna television is limited to a number of channels with content that I don’t really care to watch.
Man, you Americans really get the short end of the stick don't you? Over here in Australia most of the 'main' shows get played on free to air television and all the big movies get aired sooner or later. One of the channels basically did a Marvel marathon over the past few weeks leading up to infinity war.
Eh, Netflix is like $10/mo and Amazon Prime Video comes with my membership, pretty well covers my bases.
The Aussie TV setup does sound nice, though I assume it’s littered with ads?
Yes, Aussie TV is an ad filled shitshow.
Lol it sure is, which is exactly why I made my original comment. My tv is able to record shit so I don't see how recording shows then watching them after they've aired so that I can skip the commercials is really any different to just pirating the shows since I would have watched them for free one way or another anyway.
Piracy is not a victimless crime
Edit: I was just trolling guys, since no one else made the comment I figured I would, just reminded me of the old vhs tapes that had that warning at the beginning.
No its not.
But it depends on how you use it though. There is a big difference between pirating all your media and paying for multiple services but pirating things that you simply have no way to watch.
I agree with you, not sure why you're being downvoted. There are worse offenses in the world, but it's still not ethically sound. I generally give a pass to people without the money to buy things for themselves.
It's not a victimless crime in theory, but in practice it is a victimless crime. People that pirate wouldn't have paid for the content if they couldn't pirate, and the producers(in the general sense) aren't robbed of anything they had.
People that pirate wouldn’t have paid for the content if they couldn’t pirate.
I don’t agree with this, and that’s the entire basis of my point.
Arrrrggh! I have 3 services and I still am constantly having to bust out the jolly roger, to watch movies from 10 to 30 years ago. :/
I mean, why pay for multiple if it still doesn't address your needs? Pay for one to appease guilt and DL anything missing. I pay for Netflix and google play music.
If you (not you the parent post, but you the publisher) can't be bothered to harmonize your licensing into a universal library service, the pirates are happy to fill that market void for you.
Its a really simple equation. The pirate market offers a pretty convenient and functional product with effectively infinite library at only a few dollars per month (after VPNs and local storage amortization and such). This is the product you have to compete with. Being "legal" is only one feature where there are many to consider. I'd pay an assload more than netflix charges for a truly universal media service with an enjoyable UX (awful UX like shitty plugins or bad search / curation need not apply) . All movies, all TV shows, all music. I think such a company could charge $40-50 /month and people would swarm them.
I've thought about watching anime in this manner until I realise that the Blu Ray and DVD box sets are ridiculously expensive.
If I wanted to watch Cardcaptor Sakura for example, I'd have to fork out £150+ (or around $180 in USD) for the entire collection.
Sadly, I can't use a service like Crunchyroll to watch CCS because that series is blocked outside of the US and Canada. Even watching Nelvana's awful Cardcaptors dub is almost impossible too.
Another example is Dragon Ball Super. My only legal option as a Brit to watch the English dub is to purchase the box sets, which go for upwards of £25 for every 13 episode volume released. Since there's 131 episodes in this series overall, it means that the series will cost me over £250 to watch because services like FunimationNow, VRV, AnimeLabs, etc aren't available in the UK.
And you wonder why so many people pirate...
YAR HAR, FIDDLE DEE DEE
DO WHAT YOU WANT 'CAUSE A PIRATE IS FREE
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Even easier if you set it up with Radarr/Sonarr and Plex. You just add the movies/shows you want and it will monitor them and download them as soon as they're available, then it will throw them on your media server.
Is there a way to do this without paying for a private RSS feed?
You could use something like sickrage(it's what I use for TV shows). Movies I'm kind of on a blank right now since couch potato stopped working how I would like(no I do not know why).
Yeah, you just don't subscribe to an RSS feed and you manually populate the movies/shows you want.
I don't pay for anything. Rarbg has 90% of stuff i watch, showrss has the rest
Yea that's why I always like to get the DVD/BR/Digital combo, since it's usually about as much as the digital would have been anyhow, and I have discs.
Same here. DVDs Blu-Rays and games. they can take them off their services, I'll just play my physical copies tyvm.
For educational purposes... You may consider a VPN, qBittorrent, and rarbg or thepiratebay.
I highly recommend Private Internet Access.
As do I, just subscribed and it’s fantastic.
Online TV recorders are great, too. You can't have all the films, but if you can download the videos, you "own" them, too. You have to skip over the advertisements, but that's fine for me. Also if you can follow lists by other users you don't even have to search for films yourself. I use YouTV, but there are definitely others and I don't know what services are available outside of Germany.
That's why it's extremely annoying when some tv show seasons I want to buy are exclusively streaming.
Check out VUDU you can convert any DVD you own to a digital copy on your VUDU account for only $2 and have them on all your devices. There is no monthly subscription, you can buy any movie you want from VUDU and they also offer free movies with adds. Great service.
Edit: Vudu link
Yeah, I refuse to subscribe to more than one tv service, so I try to shop around for dvds / blurays of my favorite shows / movies on sale because holy fuck seasons for shows like the simpsons are expensive. I know its on netflix, but I found all of Batman:TAS for like 30 bucks, I had to get it incase it ever drops off netflix, as more and more shows seem to be doing. Currently hunting down Scrubs, haha.
Best part about the Scrubs DVDs is they have the original music. I found the entire collection at a Goodwill.
Damn now I want it even more, haha.
They took Psych and Leverage off of Netflix so I have no reason to pay for it anymore except I wanna see Castlevania season 2
Looking at all the replies to your comment and apparently piracy is still very much alive and well.
I guess we’re the fools because we actually believe in paying for someone’s product.
I only buy ones I want in 4K. Otherwise just buy amazon. They’re not going anywhere anytime soon.
This. It's convenient to have a large library to pick from,but since access can be revoked remotely at a whim, I'd rather not sit down to watch something and have them say "oh yeah,you actually have to subscribe to yet another service because they've made a new deal"
I kinda hate endorsing amazon, but I buy all my guilty pleasure movies on amazon video these days. For instance, I have the LOTR trilogy on blu-ray, but only my TV at home can play them. I bought the extended editions on amazon video and have them downloaded on my phone and tablet and can watch anywhere when I'm jonesin for some middle earth. To me it's perfect for movies that I want to own and watch often, and I don't feel dirty anymore like I used to when I was pirating stuff
until internet connected blu-ray players will stop playing certain blurays because of said deals. Then we will enter the hacked blu-ray player market. You don't own the movie, you just own the rights to watch it, until they decide you need to buy it again :)
I've become a DVD snob and only get the ones that are dvd+digital. Super nice to have all the dvds you own linked digitally to your Amazon account.
plus you get the awesome behind the scenes they seem to be doing away with. Plus used dvds are like $2 win win
I have kids so I don't buy DVDs, but I do buy movies on Google Play that I can access anywhere that has YouTube.
Also why I buy real video games. Not just the download. I can sell a download.
Torrent?
Pirate.
The people spending $10/month are easily getting a better value for their money than you. Just saying.
So you prefer to buy $10 seasons that you get tired of and just sit there collecting dust then having an ever changing catalogue of stuff you'd probably not even look up if it wasn't offered to you? I'd much rather have content variety and change then being locked watching the same old collection for ever.
$10 seasons that you get tired of and just sit there collecting dust
Tired of them? Then sell them and recoup a portion of the $10 you paid. Use the money to buy whatever you're interested in now. It will come out cheaper than a monthly subscription.
Seems like a lot of work and I very much doubt you could keep up with the variery I get.
Well, to each their own. I don't think people are arguing that the subscription model shouldn't exist; only that it shouldn't replace the time-honored concept of ownership.
It's why I pirate
Yeah why pay $100 a year for 10000 films and TV shows when you can pay $200 for 20 films and own them forever!!!
This works on more than just apps. Land and homes is something I'd like to not rent.
Idk man, I like renting. Low risk, no headache when shit breaks.
I’ll eventually own a home someday after I settle down. Until then, my appreciating assets are in the stock market.
It's how you spend the money. As a renter you're paying more for someone else to deal with the ownership shit for you. You'll end up spending more money as a renter, but if you consider it a fee for not having to deal with the shitty parts of ownership you can evaluate it rationally and decide which works better.
Of course there's also people like myself who just can't afford to get into owning a place yet. It'll be a few years at least.
You do end up spending a bit more in some cases, but the math isn't quite as simple as you'd think. I was all "I want to own!" until I sat down with some calculators and saw some of the hidden ownership costs. Considering mortgage vs. monthly rent is one thing though, investing in real estate as a source of passive income (i.e. your finances can float loan payments while you rake in rent) is another story altogether.
Curious though why you say that you can't afford to own a place yet though, do you think you'd be unable to land a mortgage? In my area at least it's about the same cost to rent as it is to pay a mortgage (less $ monthly) and handle the extra tax and maintenance. Though I couldn't afford a mortgage in the same area of town...
but the math isn't quite as simple as you'd think.
No, simple it is not. You're paying for the same expenses though, the landlord is still paying taxes, furnace repair bills, buying new roofs, etc. and they're getting that money from their tenants.
As far as my ability to afford it, I probably could if I really wanted to but I don't have the savings to put a solid down payment in place. It'd take a year or two to get there, and I've got other debt I need to pay off first. I'm still figuring out where I want to live anyways, so no sense buying property if I'm going to move in the next couple of years anyways.
In most situations ownership is only worth it if you plan on having kids and/or passing the estate down to someone else.
You always pay rent to someone, even if it's the government in the form of property taxes.
It’s bullshit that they can seize your home for not paying property taxes. Meaning you don’t actually own it. But you took all of the risk.
There's a police force and justice system that will enforce and guarantee your right to that property, and a military that protects it against foreign invasion.
That's not where your property taxes go (at least in the US), so that's a bit of a non-sequitur.
Wait, are you saying your taxes don't fund the military in the U.S.?
There are many levels of taxation in the US. It's like the movie Inception except it sucks.
Specifically, OP was complaining about non-payment of property taxes resulting in seizure of your home. Property tax in the US is almost always collected at the local (city) or state government level. The federal government does not collect property tax. Property taxes are primarily used to fund the K-12 education system, but also go towards local maintenance of roads (i.e. not interstate highways), and local police / fire dept.
The national guard (a state level military-type organization) is funded by state taxes, and the conventional military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines) as well as other Defense dept. roles (FBI, CIA, NSA) are funded by federal taxes which are primarily derived from income/payroll taxes, capital gains taxes, and corporate taxes.
As far as the Justice system goes - most serious crimes are generally state or federal crimes. Local courts handle boring stuff like traffic tickets, DUIs, small claims, etc. Either way, a solid portion of the money is spent prosecuting and incarcerating people for non-violent crimes like marijuana/drug possession - a use of taxpayer funds that I suspect most Redditors would disagree with.
I don't agree. The point is that it's only the threat of physical harm possessed by the government which makes ownership of property a meaningful concept in the first place. I can't just build a building on your property and stay there forever because you'll call the cops, and if I'm totally uncooperative they will eventually escalate to physically removing me from the property, incapacitating me if necessary.
In the absence of a group of people willing to do harm on your behalf in accordance with a system of laws, your claim to property is only as strong as your literal, physical defense of it. Thus you do not take even close to "all of the risk" by purchasing land.
You can say that you want to pay the taxes that fund the police and the military but not your property taxes if you want, but it's the same system of laws that allows the cops to haul me off your property because it's yours that allows them to haul you off your property if you won't pay taxes.
I don't really want to get into a discussion about the origin of property rights. I was just pointing out that property taxes are primarily used to fund the local government in the US, and have nothing to do with state or federal laws, crimes, defenses, and property rights. Yes, the local police force deals with things like drunk drivers and trespassing, but chances are, most serious crimes or disputes will end up in state or federal court - services that are not funded through property taxes.
You find this more objectionable then the fact that they seize 30-50÷ of your labor before you even get paid for it?
I mean roads and cops and all that
What's this got to do with the price of tea in Beijing?
I mean I understand the need for taxes somewhere, and it makes sense to me that "well if in theory everyone is committing a percent of their money to the common good anyway, we just take it when they get it.". Once I own something, then what is the actual thought process behind "well yea its yours but once you quit paying to own it its not yours anymore...so you dont really own it.
That's not even the theory, though. We have a progressive taxation model for a reason.
But the rich are rich because they own things, not because they earn money through labor. (Yes, sure, maybe a few of them got there that way, but what they earn quickly becomes less than what they own.)
If you own a house and don't pay the taxes, they don't just take your house away. They sell it to collect the lien and any remainder is paid to you. So you still own whatever value it has beyond the taxes owed. And taxes are always lower than rent (because rentable property is taxed, too). So taxing income higher than property (especially inherited property) is extremely regressive.
I'm not really a fan of any taxes, but if you think "the rich should pay their fair share", then it's actually the best model, excepting maybe confiscatory inheritance taxes to prevent hoards of money from staying locked up by a few individuals forever.
I take it back. I'm actually a fan of death taxes. If you don't spend it before you die, it should go to Uncle Sam, not your spoiled kids.
not really a fan of any taxes
Just because Im curious, I wanted to ask about this. Do you mean you can think of a way for things to work without any taxes or just not a fan of them lol
Depends on what you mean by taxes. In theory, you could have a society that operated on charitable principles without taxes. You could also probably have something that resembled a monarchy that was based on pure capitalism (e.g., Jeff Bezos could buy his own private army).
But realistically, given what most people demand from their government (and what I personally think is the proper role of a government), no. I look at them as a necessary evil.
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Oh, the usual benign things, like enforcing laws, protecting the life and liberty of citizens.
If you own a house and don't pay the taxes, they don't just take your house away. They sell it to collect the lien and any remainder is paid to you. So you still own whatever value it has beyond the taxes owed.
The fact I get whatever it was worth after taxes doesnt help the fact I no longer have a house though.
I admit I don't know enough about economics to go on about which tax is worse or better but my issue is that property tax is a thing at all. I understand having to pay say, registration or license fee or whatever because of using city roads but to get debt put on me because I simply own a car sitting in my driveway no way. I the utility companies to use their stuff on the land and such. Why do I have to pay just to "own" a house? Its more of a thing wiht the concept of what it means to OWN something than of tax plans for me.
Off the main topic, I also cant reconcile death taxes. I mean your not wrong its why you get so much locked into so few over time but still, if its my money/property/whatever, if I own it then I should have the say of what happens to it. No one else should be able to say, "hes dead, and he wantd to make sure his kids got it but were just going to take it no matter if we had anything to do with him making it or not". Its the concept ,more than ecenomic sensibilities that bug me.
It's the concept that bugs a lot of people, and that's the reason why "death taxes" are hugely unpopular, even though they will never touch anyone reading this. But if you stop and examine it, I think you might arrive at a different conclusion.
Under the existing model, people who earn wages pay the bulk of taxes and despite our attempt to shift the burden to wealthy people with a progressive tax schedule, the extremely wealthy will never be impacted as hard by income taxes as those trying to climb the ladder.
I am actually a strong supporter of property rights, but I don't think dead people should own anything. If we taxed inheritance at 100% beyond a minimum threshold (say, a million dollars per heir) the wealthy would probably spend that money instead of hoarding it and while their kids would still grow up with every possible advantage, they would not inherit vast amounts of power. They'd have to earn their way with the rest of us. Where's the downside, here?
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It's absolutely true. Read it a little more carefully.
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Man, you're dumb.
Please explain how not allowing you to pass billions of dollars to your heirs (who did nothing to earn it) is a lack of respect for "hard earned wealth".
And while you're at it, please explain how I'm to blame for the failure of a system I fully support.
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Wrong.
I get the impression that reading comprehension isn't your forte.
Income taxes put economic pressure on people who earn wages (by definition). But earning potential isn't the major source of wealth disparity. It's long-established, inherited wealth. Why do you deserve to be a billionaire just because your parents were? That's the real lack of respect for "hard earned" wealth, here.
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Dead people don't own anything, therefore there isn't anything for them to "forfeit".
People shouldn't have to forfeit their labor to the government.
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You can't forfeit what you don't own. Stop being irrational.
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No, you're missing the point. And you have zero understanding of estate law. Or tax law, apparently.
If you met me on the street and handed me a million dollars, the government would take not 20% but 40%. Because that's income. If the government has the right to tax income, it practically must tax gifts. There's no mythical "private transfer of money between two individuals" exception. But the fact that you realize this is identical to inheritance illustrates my point.
Inheritance, like a gift, is a source of unearned income and there's no logical basis for arguing, as you are, that it should be more protected from the government's greedy hands than earned income.
Gifts are taxed higher than earned income. Inheritance should be, as well. Same concept.
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Says the idiot who thinks he can accept a million dollars on the street without incurring the wrath of the IRS.
Please go do that and please tell the judge it was just a "private exchange", so it's none of his business. Then you can argue with your new bunkie instead of picking fights you can't even follow on reddit.
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Maybe you should start by reading the rest of the comments, tax warrior.
If you are given money, that money is income. If you inherit money, that money is also income. There's no double taxation here.
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No, there isn't.
It doesn't matter how he got it, it has to transfer to his heir somehow, making it brand new income, by definition.
According to your very flawed logic, all taxes would be "double taxation" because all money was earned at some previous time.
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Yes, he definitely explained it far better than your tortured logic, but as you can see, I've already corrected him, too.
Dead people don't own anything.
It's your money though, and you should be able to give it to whoever you want, even after death. Even if the kids are spoiled, the last thing I would ever want my money going to after I die is to the Gov. who will always have more than enough and spend it however they please regardless, usually on themselves
If I give you a million dollars right now, you have to pay income taxes on it.
Why should that not be true just because you receive the money after I'm dead? Why is it better to take money away from those who must work to earn it?
And I respectfully disagree. If you're dead, nothing is yours, anymore. If you want to spend your money, do it before you die, like Bill Gates.
You get taxes taken out when you earn your money. Then you give that money to someone else later and it gets taxed again? That doesn't seem right to me.
And I have to also respectfully disagree as well ~~respect on Reddit?!~~. It's your money and will and people should have the right to do. If you ask me what I want my money with when I die, I'd say to give it to wife, kid(s), sibling(s), etc. the last person I ever want to give more money to is the gov. especially since it's already been taxed. If I own the money, it should go where I will it only. If I drop dead today, the last thing I would want is for my money to just disappate into the government, and I think that a person's will and money belongs to them first and foremost, even after death. Of you can't make the decision, like if you die before a will, it's up to someone close enough to you to decide, for better (usually) or worse.
Okay, if you earned money and give it to someone else, it's already "double taxed" (scare quotes because that's not really true, as the entire point here is that the new recipient of said money hasn't earned it and hasn't paid taxes on it). Why is this suddenly untrue because you're dead? Why is income from labor fair game for government theft but not unearned income from inheritance? Why should you have more say in how your former possessions are assigned after you die than while you were alive?
And if the cap on inheritance were set at a million dollars per heir, would it even affect you?
Well the way I see it is say, for arbitrary numbers, I get paid $100, it gets taxed down to $85. If I want to give it to someone, why should it be taxed again? It was taxed already. It was already earned, and already taxed, and this sum of money should now be free from further taxation unless from sales tax/other spending tax. I don't see it as right to impose another tax just cause I want to give it to someone, even if it is seen as either income or just another type of sales tax/spending by some. To me, I see it as money already taxed, already given to the person, free to be used however they please.
If dead, I don't see the difference. The lives of people/family is much more important to me than the government and always will be. That money shouldn't just be given to them, imo. They taxed it already, they don't need any more from it, and I'm willing to bet 99% of people would rather their money be given to family or a charity at least over giving more money to the government. And the money thus given to them, already taxed previously, doesn't need to be taxed again.
Also, I don't understand your question with an inheritance cap and how would it effect me, could you expand on it/make it more clear? (Or I could have just misread).
Edit: Oh you mean when the inheritance tax is only applied to certain amounts. I guess I would never get that much anyway, but some do. Or maybe I'm still misreading
Well the way I see it is say, for arbitrary numbers, I get paid $100, it gets taxed down to $85. If I want to give it to someone, why should it be taxed again? It was taxed already.
My point is that you're attacking inheritance taxes as "double taxation" when, in fact, if you were to give that money to someone else before you died it would be taxed as income when the recipient accepted it. (There are exceptions to the gift tax for your spouse, political contributions, medical and education expenses and as of this year the annual gift tax exclusion is $15,000, but those aren't material to this discussion. The only other exception is inheritance.)
free to be used however they please.
What if you want to use it to hire someone to do some work for you?
If dead, I don't see the difference.
Well, the difference is pretty obvious: you'd be dead. Dead people don't own anything.
The lives of people/family is much more important to me than the government and always will be.
So ... we should keep taxing middle class wage earners at 40% rather than cap inheritance at something reasonable (like a million or two per heir), because that affects less lives and families? How many people do you know who stand to inherit billions?
I'm willing to bet 99% of people would rather their money be given to family or a charity at least over giving more money to the government.
And I'm perfectly fine with that. The point is to get it back into circulation and stop the stupid game of king of the hill.
Also, I don't understand your question with an inheritance cap and how would it effect me, could you expand on it/make it more clear? (Or I could have just misread).
Edit: Oh you mean when the inheritance tax is only applied to certain amounts. I guess I would never get that much anyway, but some do. Or maybe I'm still misreading
See above. Are you personally going to inherit a million dollars from someone (or leave behind more than that for each of your eligible heirs)? If not, then I don't see what you're complaining about. I'd much rather the government take my money away after I'm dead than apply constant downward pressure on wage earners trying to get ahead.
Yes. Some do. And that's the point. Winning the birth lottery could make you a billionaire who never has to work. I'd much rather end that than add to the workload of all the people who do have to work to survive.
No that is objectionable also. My property and my labor should not be enslaved. I have no issue with sales tax as that’s a voluntary action. I’ll even throw them capital gains. Although that’s kind of nonsense also since I’m incurring all the risk and they still get a share.
My property and my labor should not be enslaved.
So, if you own something, you should just get to keep it in perpetuity? No one else has a claim on anything, unless they were the first to claim it? What about after you die?
Yes. That is what ownership is... when I die my property is inherited by my kids or anyone else I choose.
No, that's not what ownership is, that's what our poorly designed inheritance system does.
If you give your wealth to your heirs before you die, it's income and gets taxed. Why should this be different just because you died?
And why should the government protect property rights if society has no shared interest in them?
It’s nonsense that it’s taxed once as income and taxed again for your kids. It’s immoral and unjust.
The government should protect property rights because that’s what a sovereign citizenry elected them to do and because by paying any kind of taxes you expect certain services from your representative republic. They are not or should not be our overlords.
I didn't elect anyone to protect the billions hoarded by the Rockefellers. You did?
There's nothing "immoral" about treating income as income. Inheritance is income.
We have fundamental disagreements on what should be taxable.
I don’t like the Rockefellers but you’re not deserving of their wealth simply because you covet it.
Indeed, we do. But I'd assert that what you think should be taxable isn't very well considered.
I don't want or need their wealth. But the Rockefellers themselves are no more deserving of their wealth than anyone else. They are allowed by society to claim it simply because they were born lucky.
I think you should get what you earn in this life, and therefore income taxes are the least justifiable tax. Please explain the flaw in my logic or premise. Why should unearned income (inheritance) be sacrosanct at the expense of higher taxes on earned income?
I will agree with you that taxing labor is not justifiable. But you then want to tax the 2nd and 3rd tier benefits of that income.
So, please donate all of your value to the state then upon your death. Your kids, family and relatives deserve nothing. Nevermind if they did anything to help acquire that value. And you should also be stripped of the decision of what to do with your own acquired wealth. You don’t deserve that autonomy - because your kids and their kids don’t deserve the fruits of your labor.
I’m sorry my friend. But you’re quite the outlier on this one. Godspeed.
Just a helpful note for the future ... this is where you lost any hope of making a valid argument:
I will agree with you that taxing labor is not justifiable.
And yet you continue to support doing it.
Why shouldn't those benefits be taxed? And I'm not upholding taxation as a moral good. I'm merely claiming that this would be a better, morally superior form.
If you've read the rest of my comments in this thread, you should be well aware that I'm not even advocating leaving your heirs nothing. Does anyone really need to inherit more than a million or two? Even after reaping all the benefits of growing up with rich parents?
If they did something to help acquire that value, it should have been compensated at the time, not after you die.
Our existing system sets up barriers that protect the wealthy. If you work hard and earn a good salary, you're punished with progressive income taxes that enforce a gap between you and those already sitting on piles of accumulated wealth. That's a far greater injustice in my book than taking away the hoarded property of dead people.
Sure, but I’m sorry - you don’t get to just takeaway a families wealth because you don’t like that they’re wealthy. They deserve every penny. Move on.
Again, please explain why people who didn't earn something deserve it. And especially why they deserve it more than I deserve the income I do earn.
They don't. You're just having a knee jerk reaction because you think it's what you're supposed to do.
You won’t like or accept this answer I’m guessing, but it’s because their family earned it. And you’re not their family. You deserve your own income, but I think you’re quite envious of things that aren’t yours.
Good luck on your crusade. Inheritance is a widely accepted concept as old as time.
So is slavery. Injustice dies slowly.
What you’re suggesting is the injustice. Even if you can’t see it because you’re preoccupied crying “poor me”.
When you can't win an argument on the merits, it's always best to resort to ad hominem.
You don't deserve to be rich just because you were born with the right last name. You've utterly failed to provide any support for that claim.
r/iamverysmart is calling. This is such a basic concept.. What if I tell you you’re right? You can still go pound sand because the rest of the world thinks you’re wrong and agrees that your method is the unjust one.
You deserve what your parents worked for. I’m sorry you disagree and/or sorry that your parents are poor. Maybe you can work hard and YOUR kids can inherit something and be grateful for the practice.
I don't really care what you tell me, or what the "rest of the world" thinks. I care about the argument. An argument is logic applied to one or more premises. You've failed to show any flaw in either my logic or my basic premise (that one has a stronger claim to the fruits of his own labor than heirs do to the fruits of someone else's) and failed to defend your own premise (you even explicitly abandoned it). Ergo, your "basic concept" is flawed, and instead of accepting the clear outcome of this argument, you're lashing out, impugning my perceived motive and clinging to the premise you can't defend because it's "as old as time."
My progeny will inherit my love and affection and maybe a single family dwelling worth far less than a million dollars. Unless maybe they're disabled and unable to work. The rest gets spent before I die or goes to charity. Because no one deserves to be rich for doing nothing.
I’m sure your kids will appreciate your altruism.
If they don't appreciate being far more fortunate than most, then the problem is them.
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Then why should the government protect such a right?
I'm a software developer that is making an app that will be subscription based for a few reasons
because people pirate one time payment apps, but not subscription apps. This is the main reason
People are less willing to try an app with a high up-front cost, even with things like free trials.
consistent and predictable revenue stream
Better conversion rate from users using the free version to paid users
You missed the most important point. Every customer is on the same version, so no need to support customers who all have different versions.
You do a bug fix and everyone gets that bug fix.
In other words, you can ship buggier products and fix them later when you get to it.
Even good, stable products need fixes now and again.
Though, yes, some devs do use it as an excuse to let customers do QA for them.
fix 10 bugs in 1 version
vs
fix 1 bug in 10 versions
- because people pirate one time payment apps, but not subscription apps
Does that actually inhibit piracy though? I remember people acting like Creative Cloud going subscription based would end piracy, only for it to be cracked the next week. Only way I could see that working is if the app went cloud based instead of local.
Can confirm.
Source:
I have a pirated version of CC 2018
It scared me for about 1 month when it went to the cloud, then i, ehr, upgraded (;
Well, for android apps, which is what I'm making, anyone can download an app for free just buy googling the title. There really isn't a way to easily get around monthly payments though.
I guess it depends on whether an app's core features are facilitated by online services or not. Makes sense that Android apps offload more features on average to web services, whereas desktop software usually runs it's features on the host machine. It's a lot easier to trick a program into thinking it's been authenticated than it is to make a online host provide a service without the right credentials.
Anything big enough will get pirated somehow, no matter the platform, look at spotify for example, still dozens of ways to pirate the app
I may be out of the loop here, but how exactly does one pirate Spotify? You mean decrypting offline playlists/songs, or getting premium for free? I was under the impression that the encryption hasn't been broken yet.
What ive mostly seen, but they are quickly shot down, are some other apps or websites that somehow manage to access spotifys servers, not actual accounts, and being totally honest, i dont really know much about it, i just know that its a thing, what i do know, is that adobe and its creative cloud apps, which all of them, despite being cloud based, can be pirated in a matter of a couple of clicks, its not the same plataform as an android phone, but eventually theres going to be a hack, if its not out there already
True, but monthly subscription apps
need to be a lot bigger before people put a lot of effort into pirating them
require more tech-savvy to pirate
The first point you say, yes, i agree, its what i said, but the second, while it may need more tech savvy people, and i also agree with that, ive found that most tutorials come either with a shit ton of pictures or straight up videos that any person capable of, lets say for example, being able to create an email account and send an email could follow, unless they are not a computer person and feel the need to hang up
Creative cloud is the only reason 8 gave Adobe money
Wouldnt work on value added services
It does for any product you can tie to a "backend service". How would you pirate Google, Youtube, or any other webapp. Its impossible because the core function is actually regulated on a server.
True, but for that type of service, the type of payment model, whether one time or subscription, would be irrelevant because you couldn't pirate it anyway.
It does. Desktop applications, not so much, but majority of SaaS is on the cloud. You can’t pirate code that runs on the cloud.
Does that actually inhibit piracy though? I remember people acting like Creative Cloud going subscription based would end piracy, only for it to be cracked the next week. Only way I could see that working is if the app went cloud based instead of local.
Sure, subscription model programs can still be pirated, but it's much more of a headache. It lessens the number of people pirating.
Not to mention that maintaining software is an expensive endeavor
I'm not even looking to make boatloads of profit. This is something I'm making in my free time for fun, so I'd be happier with an app that gets a lot of users than one with a few users but lots of profit. I just want it to pay off server costs, plus a modest profit for the amount of time I put in.
But even so, it's hard to justify an up-front payment as a developer. I just realized that I left another huge point out of my list (edited it in now), which is that users are a lot less willing to try an app with a large up front payment, and this stunts growth
Im just mad that people want to make money off of my hard earned money. Software companies should just break even and be altruistic. It helps with their exposure.
^^^^^^/s
Software companies should just break even and be altruistic.
You joke but a lot of software works this way. Most open source software does exactly this. I'm not claiming everyone should do this, I'm just saying it's not as ridiculous as you seem to think. Lots of open source software still makes money by charging for things like support, or convenient automated updates (as opposed to manually compiling the software every time a new version comes out).
You joke but a lot of software works this way.
That doesn't mean most should. What you're describing is an exception. If you'll look harder, you'll see a lot of open source software is more focused on fundamental services (need). A significant chunk of innovation (break through/cutting edge stuff) comes from non-open source projects, that is to say, for-profit. Ignoring that aspect and believing exceptions disprove the rule is a bit naive.
How do you think technology evolved to the point we're at now?
OSS is the only proven way for fundamental and ubiquitous technology to proliferate. Innovate all you want, but if you're chasing people down for licenses all the time you end up with more sales people than devs and then someone else will build something better while you're trying to maintain growth indicated quarterly figures for your investors.
Fine for a pizza app, not so much for a low latency message queuing/transmission library for embedded systems.
My point is that open source and profit aren't mutually exclusive. It's possible to make open source software and still profit off it. I'd argue that most cutting edge stuff (at least in computer science, so I might be bias here) is open source, and everything else is just marketing. But that's an entirely different discussion. I think it's a bit disingenuous to say I'm ignoring something that IMO is debatable but you seem to be holding up as fact.
Doesn't help with growth though.
Software companies should just break even and be altruistic. It helps with their exposure.
You joke, but I'm not looking for anything far beyond breaking even. But for android apps, you actually get less exposure by making an app have a one time payment, because people are less likely to give it a try (even with free trials)
For many developers it's difference between wanting more money and wanting any money. Many one-time purchases are easily pirated for free which means the company gets zero dollars. Subscription services are distributed for free, but require subscriptions and Internet connections to function and update. If people didn't pirate software, then perhaps ____ as a service wouldn't be so prevalent now.
Adobe Photoshop CS is not an end-user product.
You forgot an important factor imo:
The third bullet is the main reason.
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!
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On android, which is what I'm developing for, it's stupidly simple to pirate one time payment apps, but a lot more complicated to pirate subscription apps, so way less people do it
Typical millennial, always wanting to buy everything...
Silly; you obviously think this about giving you what you want (a one-off payment) when it’s really about what The Company wants (a non-stop revenue stream).
Don't you SAS me boy!
I will SaaS you!
EDIT: wow, thanks for the gold! My first ever! 😁
Dambit. . .that was the pun I meant. Thanks for the assist.
Renting is not nearly as fulfilling or satisfying as owning.
ITT: MY F'N PEOPLE. I thought it was only me.
I can't stand anything-as-a-service, just about.
You are in the minority though. For the vast majority of professional customers, subscription-based products are an advantage.
As a professional customer, you don’t buy a product without support anyway.
I just wish they'd allow people to buy old versions without support for cheap. I don't need the latest, most advanced version of Photoshop. But if you offer me CS4 for like $30, I'll hop right on that.
I understand subscription models work for a lot of people, but I don't see why something like this couldn't exist alongside it. Professionals are still gonna go for the subscription rather than a 10 year old version.
I still use cs4,
Using old versions of software can be a security liability.
I understand that for things like JavaScript, but I'm wondering how there would be security issues with an old version of Photoshop?
Pretty sure that you can get the older versions for free right from Adobe. They just aren’t going to continue to invest in them - updating them to read new camera RAW files, mobile access, etc.
Cruise around the Adobe website and you will probably find a link for CS4 or 5.
I had seen that a few years ago, but I'm not seeing an option to now. I could be overlooking something though.
And yeah, that's what I'd expect with an old version. No new support, just "this is what it is and it isn't getting any better".
Using old software is a very severe security nightmare. It should never ever be done.
Yes. Even with open source software that you have full control over you'd still get customer support locked in on the professional level (or be ready to handle lots of internet searches if you're a personal user).
Nah bro, just steal.
No drm, no anti piracy warning... Yeargh matey.
That's a big reason why I collect records. Once I have it, it's mine forever. Not gonna lose it in an upgrade or have to renew anything, it's mine forever.
Amen.
It’s infuriating that everything is a fucking service these days.
That's the consequence of software pirating. People don't want to admit, especially reddit given its age and demographic, but people not paying for software is the reason why everything is now a "service" instead of a product. Hell, most of the people I know have never purchased a physical copy of windows for their PC in the 20 years they've been using a PC. There's even a running joke about purchasing WinRAR. Let's not kid ourselves here, if people can pirate something for free, they will.
I don't disagree, but software companies probably lost billions due to piracy before they realized subscription model earned a lot more money and was more resistant to shenanigans
Pay models do not change piracy. Piracy is not equal to a lost sale.
Sub models are pure and simple about getting more money for the same thing while locking people into paying forever if they want to keep using the product.
It’s not correct to say subscription models don’t change piracy. They may not outright prevent it but they do convert some potential pirates into customers by reducing the barrier to entry while eliminating the risk of malware and increasing convenience of obtaining the up to date software
Piracy is not equal to a lost sale.
There's a pretty strong correlation between the rise of internet piracy and the decline of music industry revenue.
Correlation is not causation. People have moved to streaming music in droves and apple/amazon music sold tons before that. $22 for a shitty CD full of filler songs and one hit and $150 for concert tickets is where the music industry wanted people and they said no.
Also pirates don't get frustrated into paying. You have 3 different types of pirates:
"I will never pay" "I am only downloading because its free but i dont want it that bad" "DRM item is too annoying to use/i want a format not offered legitly or at a good price/not available in my country"
You wont convert the top 2 with subscription or DRM. They arent lost sales. The bottom one is the lost sale and the reason napster took off and the reason streaming music is doing well.
You're pretty fucking beta if you pay for shit bro. I didn't even pay for my house, I just walked right in and said I live here now. If you man up and be alpha you'll find a lot of these problems stop existing for you. Food for thought guy.
Dude, you're fucking right. I should just buy a gun and rob banks too. The hell was I thinking?!?!?
For real though, who do you think gets more bitches on his dick, a fucking bank robber or some sad sack beta who asks permission to own shit from the people who currently own shit?
If you're alpha enough you can commit whatever crimes you like. Sorry they didn't teach you this in school, unless you're slow on the uptake it's one of those things you figure out for yourself. For real though, I commit crimes all the time and because I'm a 7'10" god with billions of dollars and a cock that weighs more than most children I've never been to prison whereas if you commit crimes you do. Look it up, it's in the Criminal Code.
You don't buy the gun either, ugh you're doing this all wrong.
Shit. Okay I'll download the gun.
Hellllllllllllll yah.
Been telling my friends I've got sign up for shititis
Companies HATE /r/buyitforlife
My approach to solving that problem is to have a home media server, and subscribe to the Netflix DVD service. I get the movies or tv shows I like sent to me, rip the DVD when it comes, store the ripped material on my media server, and send the dvd back to Netflix. It’s kind of a slower approach, but I can rewatch the stuff I like anytime.
This is 100% understandable, but as someone who really dislikes clutter, having the option to use things without having to physically own them is wonderful. Movies without DVDs? Novels without books? Glorious :)
You don't like the communist of renting and sharing?
Probably one of the biggest problems created by the digital age. From a business point of view it makes them a lot more money. Companies can't just buy one version and never buy another, they're now stuck forever. And if you only want it for a short time, the price is low enough to deter some piracy, which things like Photoshop were a huge target for simply because of how much it cost to buy a single license for.
Sometimes I feel the other way about 4K movies. Seems near impossible to find rentals sometimes, just purchases.
And then the companies have the nerve to boast as though they're doing you a favor. No! Subscribing is a hassle,and I want software I can just install and use,not hope their server is still running, hasn't removed a popular feature,or changed the terms.
Be a pirate
I'm good, thanks.
Oh you can own it, but that yearly update that improves UI, fixes bugs, and adds features? Thatll be an additional 700 dollars to update it. Thank you for shopping with NightHawk Inc. we hope you enioy "owning" your product
Depending on the program, you may be able to find some /r/freesoftware that will do the trick. LibreOffice in particular basically does everything you'll need Microsoft Office to do. There are definitely areas where the non-proprietary software is behind the times, but they're getting better all the time.
How does LibreOffice compare to OpenOffice? My biggest complaint about OpenOffice (and the only reason I begrudgingly subscribe to MS office) is that its Excel knockoff doesn't autofill/autopopulate as intuitively as the legit Excel.
LibreOffice was forked from OpenOffice shortly before Oracle sold it to Apache (who then killed it and relaunched it as Apache OpenOffice). Basically, LibreOffice is the de facto, actively developed spiritual successor to OpenOffice.
How it compares to OpenOffice before it was discontinued, I honestly couldn't tell you. Google Docs has long since been my go to free word processor (which is all I ever use office suites for).
Good to know... Thanks! I had no idea it was somewhat discontinued. I haven't sought to download it since I got it and it hasn't bugged me for an update in a long time. Guess that's why. Mine is still OOO lol.
Honestly, it's been great for me, as far as my own anecdotal experience.
I don't need to spend 800 bucks on Photoshop for the 1-2 projects I might use it for in a year. Let me pay 10 bucks to use it until my project is finished, and then that is all.
I would need to keep my subscription active with Adobe for YEARS to make a flat purchase a better value.
To expand on this, you also always have the latest product, can access your software anywhere in most cases, and it's no trouble moving the product from one machine to another. I personally love these changes.
I recommend Affinity Photo, looks and feels a lot like PS, got some quality of life improvements, still got somewhat of a learning curve but I think the way effects and filters are applied on layers just makes much more sense. And it's only 50 bucks.
As a programmer, I can see both sides of this. There are some software that uses SaaS where it doesn't make sense but then there are software that SaaS only makes sense. For example, consider WoW. WoW is effectively SaaS -- you pay a subscription and Blizz releases content updates every now and then. A game like WoW doesn't make sense to only charge people a one-time fee of $60. The overhead costs of the servers, support, content development, etc. means they need a more steady stream of income than putting all their hopes and dreams on a single release. That isn't to say other models don't work, but I think SaaS works for WoW. If they ever went F2P, they should use League of Legends' mtx business model where you'd have to start paying for cosmetics and other non-"pay to win" types of products. If they started to lock gameplay content behind paywalls, that would be unfortunate (though they technically do this with expansions).
Yeah, one-time cost stuff basically becomes a pyramid scheme where early users benefit from the dollar of future users, and development depends on new users.
Rarely sustainable.
Came here to say more or less this. Having a steady and predictable revenue stream is essential for business models where the software is intended to be around for a long time. One-off payments are almost a guarantee that your software will eventually become obsolete / abandoned.
This works fine in some spaces. Windows promises some level of backward compatibility. For things like mobile apps, though, it’s not going to work.
WoW probably isn’t the best example. You still need to pay the full like $60 on top of subscription every time a new expansion comes out
That is why I mentioned that those expansions are basically paywalls for new content. WoW still applies due to the content updates. "Expansions" are just addons/plugins/features that are individual sellable products that clients can optionally purchase.
FUCK YOU ADOBE.
I cranked up an older OS + Adobe Photoshop / Illustrator etc a few weeks ago out of curiosity.
Working on production artwork was faster. FASTER. The new filters, etc, are all nice but I don't use them much. The UI has gotten MARGINALLY better, but not by much. The actual product QC has gone backwards.
I would not pay another cent to Adobe if I could avoid it. They are going the way of Quark Express.
FUCK YOU ADOBE.
Adobe hate always gets an upvote. Been ~~using~~ enduring CS for about 13 years.
I would not pay another cent to Adobe if I could avoid it.
Unfortunately, if you work professionally with this software, you're often swapping and accepting files from large agencies who have the latest updates... and many Adobe file formats (like inDesign) are increasingly non-backward compatible.
I would not pay another cent to Adobe if I could avoid it.
Let me introduce you to the world of pirated software...
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Except Adobe CS is now a terrible memory-hogging bloatware mess.
I was much happier paying a lump sum every few years, with software that was purpose-driven, had good QC and didn't regularly quit on me.
You might be aware that we had an issue in the near past where Adobe's authentications servers went down.
People couldn't work. In a freelance environment, you go out of business.
Adobe were once a great company, producing a quality suite of products.
Adobe today fucking sucks and are a pack of cunts.
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Except Adobe doesn't offer both, they only offer subscription.
This is my issue. I used 7, and then almost skipped right to 6 and have been using it ever since I guess 2012/2013 based on when it was released.
Now I know that 7 is too old. On my fast, reasonably new PC 7 runs like trash, while CS6 is still running fantastically, and all my experience with CC (on other's computers at work) is that it's frequently slow, and crashes a lot. So what happens in a couple more years if CS6 isn't working well on newer hardware? I'm relegated to software that doesn't work very well? Hell, unless my image editing needs become significantly more technically demanding it would be worth keeping an 'old' PC around just to use CS6 since it does more than enough for me.
I realize this is probably some kind of perception bias, but it seems like companies switching to service models with digital distribution, the main difference hasn't been free access to updates, it's been easy distribution of fixes and less focus on QC because of it. I get that programs have become more complicated, and there used to be shit that we just ended up getting stuck with being broken for a long time, but I swear that now we just have the same issues, and less incentive to not to ship before fixing them. Again, I'm sure there's a million counter examples, but CS6 photoshop, and Illustrator have virtually never caused me problems, yet I'm constantly dealing with people's CC issues on work computers that are just as, if not more powerful than mine.
If you're part of a team, and you have biannual deadline, you're working all together to build something amazing for launch, that is part of a media spend, part of expectations to be great.
You're going to work hard to make it great.
That was Adobe back in the day when a new Photoshop release meant something.
If you're part of a team that never has to 'launch' something... there is no incentive to make it great. Adobe CC is this. It's just a commodity now, it's not an event, it not linked up to any launch or media blitz. It's just a rolling project, with patches to ensure it's compatible with the latest operating systems. No one is invested in making it great anymore. They are just invested in the the quarterly reporting season to the board.
From a software development perspective, it’s better to have smaller, more frequent releases instead of large, infrequent, deadline-driven releases.
I have no proof, but it wouldn’t surprise me if the Photoshop et al suite of software is carrying around a lot of cruft and bugs imposed on it by deadlines and enormous, hard-to-test releases.
If it did, it would be too late now. Working on it would be awful, attrition would be high, quality would slowly decline until it either dies or some brave soul leads a project to rewrite it.
Given that I don’t hear anyone tell me that they work at Adobe and it’s a really nice place to work, I would suspect this to be the case. Would be great to hear from someone who works on the code, though.
I haven’t had any issues running CC on my Microsoft surface pro or my almost decade old iMac. It runs faster and force quits less. So for me personally, it’s a better software, upgraded often, cheaper in the long run than that CS3 master suite I forked money over for in 2007.
The same thing happened recently with some of the new Autodesk cloud based subscription products.
For me the functionality has gotten better with CC and it force quits hardly at all. I appear to be in the minority here, but the newer version runs faster for me and is great.
If you cannot afford $10 a month as a freelancer, you’re doing something wrong anyway.
I’m sorry, but your argument doesn’t sum up.
If you are earning money with Photoshop so you can make a living on it, you laugh about $10 a month.
The issue wasn't the money but that you couldn't use the software because it wouldn't log you in, which is critical when you've got a deadline coming up.
CC lets you use it for 99 days after the end of the last calendar month you logged in.
I can use the software just fine without logging in so I guess I don’t understand.
But if you only need it occasionally, it is cheaper to buy a copy and skip 2 to 3 versions before buying a new one.
Obviously $10 is not a lot, but it is another running cost for something that used to be a 5-yearly cost.
I don't need photoshop, but it would sometimes be useful. So I switched to gimp. I would never use it full time, but for once a month, I won't ask my boss for a license.
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Then they lose my lump sum every 5 or 10 years because I not managing yet another subscription for something I use twice a year at best. A lump sum would be better than nothing
MS at least let’s you buy the software outright. Some people will buy it and keep it for 10 years so that $200 comes out to $20 a year.
The master collection in that case would be $260 a year (to the non professional CS 3 or 4 is just as good as the current version or even preferred).
Adobe did it to prevent piracy (they even stated it). All they did is encourage it
There’s a subtle but really important difference between Windows and Photoshop.
Windows, being an operating system, depends on the hardware on which it runs. In 2018, this means Intel CPUs. These change extremely infrequently (from a software development point of view) and it’s easy to say to users: buy this, it’ll work on your PC for a long time.
Photoshop is built on top of things such as Windows. When Windows releases a big new update, as it does every few years, it’s likely that your software will not run smoothly on the new update. So it becomes more difficult to tell users that their software will work for a long time.
It’s not a reason in and of itself, but it’s part of the reasoning I would imagine.
No love for AMD I see! lol
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Definitely not a BS excuse, I've paid for the subscription in the past, when I used to just pirate it otherwise.
Here in Australia, Photoshop alone would run you up at least 500-600 dollars. For the entire suite, it would cost 3000+ dollars.
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The subscription based model does successfully prevent piracy though. I honestly don't know what you are whining about.
I think you are confusing preventing piracy and stopping piracy too.
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Reducing piracy by making it easier to buy works better than trying to reduce piracy by making it harder to pirate.
A software package that costs $2,600 is not for non-business customers anyway.
Do you honestly think that there was a large number of casual end-users who paid $2,600 for Adobe CS when they would only use it now and then?
You forgot arguably the biggest benefit for businesses- paying $53/mo vs $2600 upfront
It frees up so much cash do other things and becomes a much lower overall risk
Speaking as a broke-ass graduate student that regularly makes use of Sibelius ($120, used to be closer to $500), Pro Tools ($600), and Photoshop (used to be several hundred dollars), there's absolutely no way I could find room in my budget to pay for these products outright.
Luckily I still have a Sibelius perpetual license from years and years ago, but when Adobe moved to a sub model I was actually somewhat grateful to be able to move to a legit copy for a relatively low monthly cost, same with Pro Tools.
Some of my examples are irrelevant though as Avid still offers one-time fee downloads.
Support FOSS programs of the same functionality then. Sure, you might say GIMP is no photoshop, or Blender is not Maya, or even that Linux isn't windows, but with support (even in the form of users that talk favorably about the software, as opposed to people badmouthing the very same) they have a nice future being consumer-friendly and increasingly useful, whereas commercial software has future that looks grim and filled to the brim with various restrictions, SaaS and subscriptions.
It's so fucking sad what's happened with tech in general. Nobody sells products, just services they get worse and more expensive over time while they continue consuming money.
Can you give some examples of tech you think has gotten worse over time?
Office is a subscription now.
Everything Adobe is a subscription now.
Rockstar doesn't make games anymore.
Windows is no longer an operating system, it's a way for Microsoft to serve ads and upsell you.
Input devices on consumer electronics. Modern laptop keyboards are way worse than what they used to be. Both in switches as well as the actual layout( some microsoft bullshit standardisation thing).
User interfaces aimed at quick & efficient operation: compare word vs vim as text editors.
Screens focused on productivity: the modern 16:9 screens are made for media consumption and you can't see an entire A4 paper on the screen. Same goes for code etc. 3:2 or 4:3 is much better for that.
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Look at your average dell or hp laptop and look at the layout of the thinkpad t400. Tell me which one looks more ergonomic.
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Ergonomics. There used to be separate buttons for sound pause play etc. Now you have to be like Spiderman to change volume. Same goes for buttons like delete page up down etc. The way they where laid out allowed for very easy touch typing. Same goes dor arrow buttons. This video goes in depth( warning: the guy is pissed off).
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My thoughts exactly. None of it makes any sense.
MS Office 2016 is back to a regular one time purchase.
I bought the suite two years ago with my tax return, it's been great.
Unfortunately it doesnt have all the features of O365. My office has licenses for both and we've had to move 2 or 3 people from 16 to 365 because of that. Obscure features most would never use, but who's to say that they won't start doing this with more common features
That's to be expected by how O365 works. MS's plan is to continually update O365 but then make standalone versions every few years that contain all the changes from the previous standalone version. Office 2019 is currently in development and will contain all the features that O365 gained from 2016 to 2019.
I'd disagree that it's to be expected, but it's definitely understandable. In their presentation, they advised us to use 16 on all Workstations that stay in contact with the KMS server, and O365 on devices like laptops that leave the campus. That implies they would keep the same features
Got any examples of the features?
I dont remember exactly as I don't actually use office (I'm IT staff), but one of the differences we ran I to had to do with being able to use a hyperlink from excel to word that did something different, and the other one was the ability to import svg files is missing in 16 but available in 365
I am still using Office 2003, it's blazing fast on modern hardware and does everything i need which is some very simple Excel spreadsheets and Word documents.
The problem is security updates will eventually stop, even if it still works.
I'm sure it's been some years since the last update, but in my environment it's probably not an issue.
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It’s possible to craft a malicious office file that can escape the sandbox and execute code. Microsoft has patched countless vulnerabilities over the years. Here’s a recent one
To be fair your OS and antivirus should protect you from viruses not your word processor and spreadsheet tool if that Word and Excel are what your using for security you are in trouble.
That said if your getting away with Word and Excel 2003 you could pry do fine with Google Docs or Open Office you pry don’t need a MS tool
Please don’t recommend people OpenOffice but rather LibreOffice.
Sadly Open office shit especially their excel version file formats even when saved as .xls never translates well when opened in excel.
I surely could, it's that I happen to have the key and i'm used to it, and I use it once or twice a month the most, but thanks anyway.
You can just say Adobe
And it's not as if typing out an essay needs continuous cutting edge technological developments
Why update from Word 2008 or whatever?
If you only have extremely casual use cases you can probably get along just fine with Google Docs/Sheets/etc. Anything more than that and LibreOffice has you covered.
As a consumer, I agree. As a software developer, I get it from the business perspective. Really, it's the best way to keep a consistent product by having everyone in line with the same version etc. It's like the desktop version of web software where you'd pay to have an account.
I run a small business, and I mean small. I generate 2 invoices a month. MYOB had a product called Just Invoices. Cost $65. Stopped supporting it and asked me to give them $25/month for their small business package. Ummmmmmmm no
I think you can generate those invoices in LibreOffice. Just make a nice template and change the numbers as needed.
I work in IT and from what I have seen is that you still can purchase some of this software using just product keys. I know for a fact you can do this for Microsoft Office
Elements != Photoshop
You are correct. I'll edit that out
I still have and use a copy of Paint Shop Pro 7.
If it were a person it'd be an adult this year
You can judge me all you want but this is exactly why i sometimes still pirate stuff. If you let me pay for what i need I'll happily do it. If you want to tru and squeeze every penny i have with rents i don’t need or you give me region restrictions, then there's no money for you and I'll get what i need.
Software developer here - this is a topic we care about, for obvious reasons. This is LONG. Sorry.
It's unlikely most software will go back to the paid ownership model and subscriptions are where we're heading for almost everything.
When I started out, everything was sold on media but Internet applications were just starting to get useful.
Before the web the capabilities of the Internet stack at the time meant interactive applications were very limited. Even with the first version of the web it was super basic, and then somebody realised the HTML sent back could change based on the request made and who made it via software using something called Common Gateway Interface (CGI).
SSL came along and then credit cards could be accepted online and it was all "Ooook, this is what we do now".
The subscription model - like most online business models - was pioneered by the porn industry. Every single business model you've seen in software in the last 20 years was tried first by them.
People started to build SaaS (Software as a Service) over the web, because it had lots of benefits:
The list goes on. It was a revolution.
Some software you just can't make run in-browser. Anything where you need to be close to the hardware in your code won't work. That's all video and audio processing, and high-end games that need GPUs for starters. There is obviously also a lot of legacy software out there that we can't "port" to the web.
Distributors looked at the SaaS model and liked a lot of it, but also wanted to stay out of the browser, so they literally just nicked the distribution model and said "we'll ship online, but charge per month/year". This has evened out cash flows and means companies like Adobe have more opportunity to invest in their code base without risking big releases quite so much.
There is some hope for those wanting to buy and own. App Stores are still pay-once and have some of the advantages of the SaaS distribution model (harder to pirate, instant distribution, etc.), but I think the future is going to be a mix:
So, yeah, sorry it sucks for you, but this is the future and I hope you realise that it means the people who make this code can afford to actually invest in it.
Do you mean like Adobe, etc?
This is how I feel about RuneScape.
That’s how I am with Adobe Premier
I switched to Da Vinci Resolve. I don’t need 4K capability yet and I’m really not using CS enough to justify the sub. Been eyeing Affinity Designer and Photographer (Illustrator and Photoshop) and Luminar (Lightroom) as some non-subscription alternatives. Affinity is working on an InDesign alternative as well, iirc, so I would be able to replace all of the Adobe products I use with either free or one-time payment products.
Affinity is working on an InDesign alternative
That would be fucking fantastic. I don't mind the CC subscription service, but I'd like the option to replace InDesign with an alternative.
Don't know if this would be a powerful enough program since it seems to be riding the line between consumer and professional but Printworks looks pretty promising. It has master pages, EPS import, custom grids, layers, etc. Only downside is it can't export to Indd, so if you're working in a team you wouldn't be able to share files with an Indesign user.
You speak truth.
One of the reasons I prefer FOSS software. As free as you want it. If you like it, toss some money to help ensure development is continued.
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It would seem so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Holy crap. I needed a VCR video effect for a film I was making and had to pay something like $24 dollars a month for a whole collection of Adobe Premiere effects from Red Giant. Fuckin bullshit.
Couldn't you just end the subscription after your project was done?
Programs = software for anyone else really confused
Yep, fuck this subscription thing!
That's actually why I do like monthly subscriptions: If I need the software twice a year I can only subscribe for the month or two that I actually need it and don't have to pay for the other 10-11 months of not using it at all.
This. We need a new program for our little company and it cost‘s 2,500 € / user one time but another 80€ / month for service, updates etc. But when you call the service and have questions they tell you to buy the online training videos for a shitton of money.
Adobe is the worst for this.
You must be speaking of Adobe!
This also has repercussions for digital archivists like Jason Scott. I mean how do you archive a program that needs a subscription to work?
This is called rent-seeking or renteirism, and it's one of the worst aspects of modern capitalism.
This is slowly happening to AAA video games too.
My industry (I'm a 3D artist) has experienced a rapid expansion of "service" programs in the past 5 years. It's absolutely infuriating. Some companies have stayed away from this model (Pixologic, Allegorithmic, I love you guys), but the big boys (Autodesk, Adobe) can go sit on a spike for the trouble they've caused us all.
I work for a software company that pulls this shit. Most people at my company support people cracking our software because we hate the subscription model just as much as you do, but it pays our bills, I guess.
If I see a link to a cracked version of our software, I always give it an upvote.
If somebody can show me what PS CC can do that PS CS6 can't for reasonably casual use, I'd love to hear what it is.
The price we pay from all the piracy of the internet. :(
Except it does fuck-all to stop piracy
If you want to buy Cinema 4D so you can use it whenever without paying a subscription it's basically murder at $3,510.25
So true.I need Adobe audition for school and I ended up getting all the programs at $20 a month but it's just a yearly renewal..so unnecessary.
It's so brutally true from this perspective. And it's amazingly successful on the business side.
This was super confusing for me to read because as soon as you said programs I thought of the things you used to get at movies or plays.
On the flipside subscription based model made $399 software as cheap as $100 per year which also doesn't require add-on for upgrade.
But I get your point and agree to it, for some softwares it is totally unnecessary to pay for a month to just use for a week.
Bought Adobe Creative Suite 4 back in 2009 with my student discount - almost every Adobe product besides Dreamweaver. Have installed it on every computer I've had since then.
My only gripe is that Photoshop CS4 is the only one that can't do batch printing. Fuck me.
I try to support products that have a programs as product, maintenance as service model. Redshift does this pretty well - $500 for the product and a year of maintenance, $250/yr to continue maintenance.
If I'm actively using the product, it's worth it to continue maintenance, but if I stop using the renderer, it's nice that I'll be able to use the older version indefinitely for small projects or revisions as needed.
My only beef is they charge the $250/yr back to when your maintenance stopped, not starting the day you renew, so if you let it lapse for a full year and want to get up-to-date you're better off buying a new license. That part seems dumb.
Yeah. Product means you buy a game or a program and use it forever. Service means we need to keep paying money (subscription) or they keep nickel and diming you (microtransactions), or they keep changing the product (major updates), or ad inconvenient aspects to it like needing always online stuff to use it (common in a lot of games and really freaking unnecessary), and sometimes just completely killing the service down the road (shutting down servers and other infrastructure necessary to play games and stuff).
If you're looking for regular Office like software, check out Libre Office, If you don't need MS Office specifically it will do pretty much everything the MS offering will do, including saving as and opening their proprietary file types.
This has helped FOSS grow well to fill those gaps left by shit going to saas
YES
this should be the the top comment.
I recommend you start looking into open source software then!
I only use photoshop for high quality cringy shopped jokes with friends. There should be a free version.
Would you rather pay hundreds or thousands for a lifetime copy?
If I was a pirate,
I’d welcome you aboard,
I’d show you my pirate hat,
And my shiny metal sword.
/r/vaguelyhomoerotic
and a big "fuck you" to adobe post-CS6. theres a reason adobe products are the most torrented products
photoshop cs6 forever
MS Office 2007 for me!
These types of programs are just begging to be pirated.
I bought a lifetime purchase of a security software. It's now gone subscription, I'm grandfathered in but have lost features.
Cold medicine that worked. Contac, Alka-Seltzer Plus used to be my go-tos and they actually worked. You'd feel better, your nose would clear. The key ingredient was found to cause cancer (birth defects?) in some populations so was removed. The key ingredient was replaced with psuedophedrine, which worked a little bit, until that was found to be harmful too, and now that's been replaced with the placebo effect, as far as I can tell.
The pseudoephedrine is a precursor chemical for meth production.
Yeah you just need a driver's license when you buy it so they know you're not cookin some shit up at home
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I thought that they stopped making it too. Good to know.
They did for awhile, but generic companies picked up the slack a few years later.
What drug can be made from Ichthammol?
What is Ichthammol?
It’s used in drawing salve.
It's a coal tar derivative that has strong antiinflammatory, antibacterial, and antifungal effects. It is very good at drawing out pus from a boil or a zit that has the cyst deep inside of it, thereby calming it down. It is nasty stuff--reeks like road tar and stains anything it touches. It works very well, though.
Prescription only in my state, it sucks...
So now I just deal with my colds meanwhile people who make meth just go to the doctor and get a script.
If you have a good relation with your primary care provider sometimes you can have them send over a prescription without being seen, especially with reoccuring things like allergies if that’s the case.
Am pharm tech, have seen it done.
Yeah same here in Oregon. I've heard there's a proposal to reverse it but who knows when state congress will ever vote on it.
My little bit of civil disobedience when I need the good sudafed is to ask for "the good stuff the meth makers use". My guess is I'm on a list.
My experience with Pharmacy Techs is that you're on the "this guy gets it" list.
:)
I am not rude by any stretch. I try to make light of it. I am sure the pharmacy folks don't like having to babysit the stuff either.
I wasn't calling you rude, I was saying that they probably think you're hilarious.
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Which I don't get because if making meth is only because people don't have a lincense to drive then maybe more public transit is the answer, not making cold medicine ineffective.
Its because you cant make meth from one box of sudafed, but you can with 20. So if you come in and buy twenty boxes of sudafed they'll know it was you and be like "ay this dude is up to some fuck shit"
For the sake of curiosity, what if you just wanted to make like a mug cake of meth, would one box work? Like you know how sometimes you just want a brownie but it's just you so you go on pinterest and find a mug cake recipe and you use the rest of the vanilla ice cream?
It is my understanding that, to use another food simile, it is like bagels. The set-up is so tedious that it's only time and cost efficient to do it in batches.
I had a mug brownie two nights ago lmao, but I'm not sure, as I haven't exactly been making meth. I would assume that the amount of meth that could be made from one box of sudafed is enough that if you consumed all of the meth you made, you wouldn't really feel any of the effects.
So pretty much the same as a mug cake: it's ok but not really the buzz you were hoping for lol
a mug cake of meth
lmao
you cant make meth from one box of sudafed
I'd also like this as a life quote
well I'm sure they already would notice if you bought 20 boxes at once, but now there's a registry to stop you from getting 5 boxes each from 4 different stores, for example.
I swear it is not as powerful as it used to be. They had to cut it down in strength.
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So, just legalize meth, so we can get back effective medicines.
They still exist you just get it from the pharmacist instead of a shelf so they know you aren't buying 9999 of them
Which is still bullshit. I need actual functional allergy medicine to make it through spring, and I need it for the entire spring. It's absurd that I have to come back every 2 weeks, just so that we can have...no impact at all on Meth production.
It's absurd that I have to come back every 2 weeks
Sorry, the computer says that your 2 weeks aren't up yet even though it's Friday afternoon and you're on your way home from work. Please come back tomorrow morning when your 2 weeks will be up so you can make a special trip and waste time and gas.
This irritated the shit out of me when I had to start testing my blood glucose, ran out of sharps and test strips, called the pharmacy to get more only to be told my month wasn't up yet. Put in a call to my doctor to ask for a new script for more supplies and was fine but damn it I'm not just running around like a madwoman poking people and testing their sugar for shits and giggles here, I'm trying to stay healthy.
And when you come back the next day... "Sorry we ran out! Looks like we're out of stock in 3 stores in your area! Have fun not breathing!"
I can order it for you, can have it here in two weeks....
Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity.
Two weeks from everywhere!
Are there actually places that have a limit on purchasing that is below the "normal but heavy usage" threshold? I've been buying ephedrine over the counter for several years, and even when I was using it every 4 hours every day, I never hit the legal limit.
My state has a limit. I'm positive I've never come close to reaching that limit from buying a box of Advil cold and sinus 3 or 4 times a year. Still I was once denied a sale and told I was over the limit. It's amazing how quickly I went from customer to pariah.
Anyway I think the system they use to monitor these sales is complete bullshit. The state (really us, taxpayers) is being scammed by companies who run these things or more likely someone in the state government is getting a nice kickback.
Hmm, the last state I lived in had a 3.6g daily/9g monthly limit on ephedrine/psuedo/phenylpropanolamine, the monthly limit would put you at 12 Bronkaid a day, and I never took more than 1 every 4 hours which would be 6 a day if I didn't sleep for an entire month, which is only half the limit. Seems pretty reasonable, but I guess it varies a lot from state to state.
it varies a lot from state to state.
That's the key right there. Some states it's harder to get some decent cold medicine than to pass a background check to work for the state department.
This legislation of cold meds does have impact.
Instead of DIY meth labs in seedy hotel rooms and back sheads (and occasionally blowing them selves up) most meth is made in Mexico now useing lab created ingredients bought from China. Add some chemo drugs and sell it to Americans. More addictive and more ODs.
Law of unintendid consequences
My state's bypass for that is that you can get a prescription from a doctor for as much as they'll write for.
That is a great solution actually
It is, I have many patients go through this route and get a prescription for about 3 months at a time. If you're lucky your insurance might even pay a bit for it.
It’s even worse than you think. They never cross check the books for each pharmacy, so you can hit every one in town and stock up.
Sure, until they do randomly look, and then I get arrested for fucking clariten D
You can still get good Sudafed if you ask at yhe counter
Just let the meth-heads have it. I'm sick of getting fucked over as a law abiding citizen because of what idiots might do.
Scorching hot take - I hope in a more enlightened time we'll sell people whatever works within reason, and if some losers want to get high on it that's their problem.
I know this only because I've watched BB.
This guy breaks bad
Meth makers ruining it for everyone...
Meth maker, meth maker, make me some meth....
Indeed.
that's why you have to show your ID when buying sudafed
What was the name of the drug that pseudoephedrine replaced?
Phenylephrine is the new crap that they use since pseudoephedrine is behind the counter, but what came before pseudoephedrine?
Phenylephrine
Which is absolutely worthless in my experience
That's why Stephen Colbert calls it "Jack-squat-acin"
Not his most clever moment.
Google says it might be Phenylpropanolamine
Phenylpropanolamine
Causes strokes in young people. Yeah I'm pretty okay with that not being on the market anymore.
I dunno man, there have been times I've considered relieving my congestion with a bullet to my sinuses, a stroke doesn't sound so bad.
I'm 33 and I'm currently suffering from the first blocked sinuses in my life.
It fucking sucks.
Edit: thanks for the tips folks. I spoke to a pharmacist and they've given me some pseudoephedrine, we'll see if that works.
Definitely get medicine that you have to sign for. Mucinex D does it for me. Also a neti bottle (not the pot). Neti is life changing.
Gads that thing looks like a medieval torture device...
Ordered one anyway, we'll see how it goes.
Things that help: antihistamines, decongestant, expectorant (Mucinex etc), and sinus irrigation (neti pot - it fucking sucks, but I do it cause it works). See a doctor for some steroids if it doesn't get better, you don't need abx for a sinus infection.
Got myself the bottle. That and pseudo works like a charm while the injection is still there.
I feel like I can taste colors after not having that sense for a week.
Isn't Phenylpropanolamine a variant on speed?
Although originally thought to act as a direct agonist of adrenergic receptors, PPA was subsequently found to show only weak or negligible affinity for these receptors, and has been instead characterized as an indirect sympathomimetic[4] which acts by inducing norepinephrine release and thereby activating adrenergic receptors.
Ok, unless I have life or death work to do, why wouldn't I want to just take something that helps me rest and recover
Dietac was phenylpropanolamine, and Contac was phenylpropanolamine HCl
Contact and alka seltzer plus were Miraculous. I miss them so much.
Contac.
Autocorrect strikes again
He contac but he also protec
Yes!!! I had a bad cold in South Korea and dragged myself to the 7/11 downstairs from my apartment.
I was cured in like less than 24 hours it was amazing. The cold medicine came in like, 3 little glass bottles (a bit bigger than 5 hour energy) https://koreaexchange.tumblr.com/post/63451520907/whats-in-pan-cold-판콜
I wish it was available in America it was such a quick treatment and painless. And cheap.
I was cured in like less than 24 hours it was amazing.
Is it that the cold is cured or that the drugs stimulate you so you don't feel the symptoms? I thought actually curing a cold meant food and sleep.
You're definitely right!
There's versions of alka seltzer with almost those same ingredients though.
Holy shit, that's a cornucopia of illness destruction!
The only ingredient I'm not familiar with is Pentoxyverine Citrate but literally everything else you can get OTC in the US. I don't know why this would 'cure' you.
I think it was just the combo, and doseage.
No it’s not like that, they’re punishing all of us cause a few people use them to make drugs.
Old-school NyQuil was one of mankind's greatest inventions. It was moved behind the counter at some point and rebadged as NyQuil-D, but it was the same stuff. Now it's been replaced with NyQuil Severe which has different ingredients.
They still have them behind the counter at the pharmacist. My go to is Sudafed. They keep them off the shelves because of addicts.
I wasn't sure whether this was still the case. I had heard they had switched the Sudafed formulation as well.
I did buy it behind the counter once or twice, but it barely works for me anyway, so it isn't really worth the effort.
Afrin for 3 days, 2 days off for nasal congestion. Great stuff I have used it for years. You have to take a break after 3 days of use or you will/can get rebound congestion.
Definitely can't stress enough to only take it for 3 days, you can end up a fiend on that stuff for months if you overdo it. Happened to me and kicking the habit was miserable.
Ok, fun story. I had bad hay fever when I was a teenager, and I would use Afrin to help me get through the worst of it. One year, I don't remember whether my allergies were particularly bad, or maybe I was just tired of dealing with it, I took a couple of squirts of Afrin every night for months. I didn't experience anything like addiction, but eventually it hurt when I used it. Not long after that, my nose would bleed when I used it -- that's when I stopped. I'm guessing this was 1980.
Over the next ten years I would try it periodically and the same thing would happen -- pain, and my nose would bleed. The last time I tried it was five or ten years ago and, yup, it hurt like crazy, and my nose started bleeding. So Afrin is pretty much off the table for me.
That sucks. Unfortunately I don't think they realized the connection with afrin and long term nasal problems till the 90's. But I could be wrong.
You can still get the same stuff, just maybe not with the same branding. Pseudoephedrine is used to make meth, so it's behind the counter now, but cold medicines containing it are still sold. What matters is the active ingredients in the medicine and most cold medicines have the same ingredients and the same dosage. The generics work just as well.
I can still buy pseudo over the counter here. That sucks
Dristan use to knock me out.
Tavist D was the best of these, consistent relief for 12 time released hours. Beautiful.
A couple of the Contac nighttime’s, a couple bong hits, some pink Floyd and a good night sleep can cure most ailments I find.
You should try afrin. It's a spray that you spray once in each nostril. It clears you right the fuck up for 12 hours at a time. The only thing is that you can't use it for more than 3 days at a time or else you develop a dependency.
*Contac. That's all. Nothing else.*
Since you mentioned Alka Seltzer, I miss Bromo Seltzer. It was Alka Seltzer with tylenol in it instead of aspirin. As I cannot take aspirin, the bromo was great! It disappeared a few years ago and that was that! Alka Seltzer used to make an aspirin free version, but they got rid of that, too.
Can confirm.
Currently have bunged sinuses for the first time in my life and the phenylephrine-based pills I'm taking aren't doing a damn thing.
You can get medicine with pseudoephedrine, you just need to get it from behind the pharmacy counter and show ID so they can make sure you aren't buying enough to make meth. I use Mucinex D that has it, and it works well.
Cold medication fucks me up.
Alka-Seltzer Plus got me through some godawful colds back in college. Some nights, I was so clogged up I couldn't breathe well enough to sleep. Alka-Seltzer Plus was a guaranteed 4 hours of deep, solid sleep.
Pseudoephedrine was pulled from tons of products because tweakers kept making meth with it. It still is so much better than does-nothing-phenylephrine
Researching, it was PPA that was the offending ingredient, and it was linked to increased risk of stroke.
What? Contac didn't do shit.
The active ingredient in original Alka-seltzer plus and Contact was phenylpropanolamine, not pseudoephedrine. Phenylpropanolamine was banned in the US because it caused some people heart attacks.
You can get psuedophedrine, you just have to show your ID.
It's the phenalalaline (sp?) that has been shown to do jack shit.
PSE is still available, albeit behind the counter due to meth manufacturing
You can get it still, you just have to sell your soul to the government and hope the pharmacy technician is in a good enough mood.
Grrr and stuff that can still work you need 42 forms of ID and blood and have to do a dance routine to get it. And I effing hate the places where you have to go to the pharmacy instead of just showing ID at the register. Especially the ones with crappy pharmacy hours!
I still love alka seltzer. Still works for me!
You can still get pseudoephedrine, you just have to go to the counter in the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist for it so they can scan your ID.
ephedrine pills (trucker speed, white crosses, etc). Unfortunately meth-heads found out about chemistry. I used to be able to breathe so well...(bronchial dilator)
fyi, and this may have been said, but im not reading through all of the responses, you can get cold medicine with pseudophedrine in it behind the counter, just ask for it. they sell it that way because the chemical is used to make meth. but, you can still get it, and use it, and feel better.
1 triaminicin and 2 sudafed worked wonders when you were sick. Triaminicin is gone and sudafed sucks now.
The only cold medicine is time, you get a cold and wait a few days or weeks and it's over.
Colgate shaving cream. It’s the only shaving cream that gives me a good shave. They stopped making it in 2006. I have about 25 cans I bought for about $5 each on ebay.
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Isn't that good news? Now he can start putting toothpaste in aerosol cans by himself and replenish his supply!
EDIT: Please stop upvoting my shitposts and upvote my good comments instead.
This guy cans.
I can too!
I can tell you from personal experience, don't put toothpaste all over your face. It burns.
Genius.
Reminds me of when my girlfriend in high school suggested putting toothpaste on my face to dry it up and get rid of acne. After a minute or two I had to sprint to the bathroom to wash my face. Shit burned like hell.
Joke or actually true?
Joke.
Yes
What?
And then?
It’s one of those 2 things
O I see now, thanks!
"I bought your Colgate toothpaste, the one with tartar control...AND IT MADE ME FEEL LIKE A PIECE OF SHIT!!!"
RIP
Bruh he's alive, dat boi put a video out like a month ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g05cyuSn9ds
I imagine the Razor&Toothbrush that was intended for release at the same time caused serious blood loss during focus group testing.
It's not Razor&Toothbrush's fault those people couldn't understand that you move it left for brush and right for shave
Colgate tried putting their name on frozen dinners for a while too. http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/08/15/the-failure-awards-defunct-branding-1-colgate-beef-lasagne
That’s why company’s make smaller shell companies with a different name when they wanna do something weird now
fuck nestle
So thats why I never got chingivitis!
Saves time in the morning.
Whipped toothpaste
wait really? IF so I can use that...
Wait, for real??
Ever tried real shaving soap with a brush etc., or the stuff in a squeeze tube (Palmolive still makes it)?
Ever tried shaving with the blood of your enemies
Barbasol doesn't do it for you? I hate shaving "gels" but plain flavored Barbasol is still around
If only they made the menthol Barbasol still...
Your /u/ in tandem with your comment made me picture Chewbacca shaving in front of a bathroom mirror and I can't stop giggling
Try Cremo. Seriously.
Misread this as chemo. Thought it was way too harsh and weird hahaha
To be fair, chemo would get rid of the hair as well.
Have you tried shave soap and a brush?
Try using a brush with a puck of soap. It definitely isn't as convenient, but it's a better shave. I use these guys, but there are plenty of brands out there.
/r/wicked_edge
My grandfather (died in the mid-90s) apparently used this. Found a few old cans, unused, in my grandmother's house after she died a few years ago. Never got around to using them, because I wasn't sure if they were still good. ...I assumed not.
Have you ever tried a barber's shaving cream like Proraso? I use their mint one and it's fucking stellar. Bit expensive but you can make up a nice lather with very little.
Agree, try Proraso white or blue. I
Try changing your razor. I used Gillette razors but after I shaved I couldn't touch my face. It hurt. Changed my shaving cream and nothing. Dolar shave club same deal and Harry's was also the same. I went to Walgreens and got myself a double edge razor and went on Amazon to buy 100 blades for $13. Cut myself a couple of times the first couple weeks but even so I could touch my face and had a better shave. Still use gilllete shaving cream but thinking of trying the switch to shaving soap.
Maybe try old fashioned shaving. r/wicked_edge should be able to show you the ropes. There are hundreds of soap companies. The soap lasts forever and smells generally amazing. However there is a small learning curve for lathering.
Edit: wrong subreddit. Thank you u/juniorspank
dr carveys shave butter
Doctah Cahvey's Shave Buttah!
and iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmm just checkin in on yaaa!
I switched from Colgate to Babasol. Then I started buying razors from Dollar Shave Club, and they had a sampler pack of their shaving stuff (moisturizer, prep scrub, etc). The first time I used their shave butter I was sold for life. Cut my shave time down, basically got rid of all irritation and razor burn, and makes it much easier to shave my neck, where my hair grows in weird directions. Definitely recommend.
Use promo code TRONTRAZNIK for 10% off your first order
/r/wicked_edge and /r/wetshaving.
Im sorry, and you are welcome.
You have 25 cans that have lasted you 12 years? How big are these cans?
I bought my (standard size) can of Gillette shaving gel in June 2016, it only ran out last month. Since shaving gel really has a "less is more" approach. I could see 25 cans lasting over a decade.
Shave soap+ brush= way better than any gel bs. I like proaso, the one with the menthol in it.
Damn, there's still a thriving market on eBay - now it's like $20 each.
/r/wetshaving
Try Cremo shaving cream in the tube. You only need a little, so it lasts forever. Also lets you get a nice close shave without the razor burn.
MKMen Shave Foam ( https://www.marykay.com/en-us/products/mens/mkmen-shave-foam-100608 ) is the closest I've found and it works wonders for those not invested in the time for a wet shave.
Try using conditioner, makes hair supple whether it's put on your head or your face
You should try boy butter.
When I was living in South America I used Colgate shaving cream every day. It's still there.
Colgate tried to get into the TV dinner market for a short time on the 70s or 80s too but they didn’t take off because people thought it would taste like toothpaste or something f
You should really try some non-alcohol based ones. You're drying out your skin our of the gate.
https://www.thebodyshop.com/en-ca/men/shaving/for-men-maca-root-shave-cream/p/p002000
Life changing.
I never used colgate, but i get incredible shaves with dapper dragons signature or ice wyrm shaving soaps.
Just grow a beard and subscribe to /r/beards. Problem solved.
https://cremocompany.com/
By far the best shaving cream I have used. I shave my head and I very rarely get bumps or cuts with it.
Over the counter asthma inhalers. Yeah I have asthma, i don't need to pay a fuckin' doctor to tell me that
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I traveled abroad a few years ago and brought like 20 of the CFC inhalers back. Paid like $8 a pop compared to the $75 i pay here WITH my insurance. And i didn't have to see a doctor to write a scrip. It's bogus
And there's still not a generic HFA inhaler. It's insane. My cost to breathe went up 10x with that stupid switch.
Literally just this evening I had to check the expiration date on my Proventil and was wondering why I have to pay as much as I do for fucking old-ass albuterol that's been around for longer than I have.
I wasn't expecting to actually get an answer ever, so thank you for that.
Hi, pharmacy tech here. Have you tried asking your pharmacy or doctor if you can switch over to Proair from Proventil? Both of those are categorized as "Albuterol HFA" (along with Ventolin) and as such are more or less equivalent. The cost would go from $90-$100 for Proventil to $50-$60 for Proair.
I don't think they would object, I'll ask when I'm at my physical this month. Thanks for the suggestion! $50-60 still hurts, but it hurts less. (And of course either hurts less than the whole inability to breathe thing.)
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I bought a Ventolin over the counter last week for $7.99. That was in Sydney, Australia.
I get two of them for £8 when prescribed. Just go to the doctor and request a repeat prescription. Gets sent to the chemist the next day. Are Americans seriously paying $50 for one of the things?!
Yes, the pharmaceutical industry is a scam!
The discs are marvelous
Proair makes me cough up a ton of mucus before I feel like I can breathe again. Ventolin doesn't. My prescription is always written as albuterol inhaler, with no brand specified, and with my insurance Proair has the same copay as Ventolin, so I just tell the pharmacist which one I prefer. I would pay more for Ventolin if I had to, though.
Definitely get where you're coming from. Those are online discounted prices that I mentioned above, so if you have insurance, it should definitely be lower than that.
Ask your dr. about Combivent Respimat. It is the best rescue inhaler I've ever used and a coupon is available on the manufacturer's website which offers a substantial savings. In fact, I'd recommend checking online for coupons for any/all inhalers you use.
Either your insurance company has one specific brand in formulary or your doc wrote for a specific brand. If it’s the second one, the pharmacist can call the doc and ask who will definitely say “yeah sure. Same damn thing.”
They're all about the same cost where I live. Ventolin is the only one that doesn't make my heart race, and also has the only well-designed mouthpiece - the other two are always clogging and needing to be cleaned.
What in the actual living fuck? Ventolin costs me €7 in Ireland. I started on Spiromax recently which costs €47 and I thought that was obscene.
I've had several bad ProAir inhalers. I actually switched to Proventil (and then to Ventolin when Humana removed Proventil from the formulary list) to ensure that I could have inhaler that worked when I needed it.
Having a normal inhaler to take with you is handy, but if you're at home, albuterol ampules for a nebulizer are very cheap. Also, I much prefer Combivent's formula, which is available in enhalers and ampules.
Use a service like alldaychemist and get them for pennies on the dollar. I get my lupus meds there and save thousands a month over my insurance costs stateside.
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It took a month and a half but for maintenance meds it is totally worth it. I’ll be taking these meds the rest of my life. What’s 6 weeks to wait?
My insurance only covers 50% of my medication on a monthly basis it still leaves me out of pocket about $900 a month. Through alldaychemist I’m saving $700 or so each month.
Proventil was the shit when switched over from albuterol
There's more to it than that. What inhaler users experience is a symptom of the pharma industry and the current laws, not an isolated problem. Current laws mean insurance and pharma have a very mutually beneficial relationship that eats off customers, and since insurance had to take on higher risk paitents and now there is legally no alternative to having forced insurance they make up for the added risk by charging higher rates. Then pharma raises they're process because legally everyone has to have insurance so they profit off those raised premiums you pay. So you pay more, insurance makes enough to cover higher risk paitents and then pharma goes around skimming profits from them by raising prices, those raised prices drive the last few holdouts towards insurance and it all continues. It also doesn't helped that region locked insurance means their is virtually zero competition between each states big 3 insurance providers.
Source: Certified and Licsensed Pharmacy tech for year, studied all these laws because patients complained to me so much I decided to try to answer their questions.
If you don't like how this is contact your representatives in congress and ask them to repeal the affordable Care act and deregulate some of the insurance provider laws.
(To be fair the ACA has some decent ideas in there but there's so many tag along sections that it's become a monster that's killing our personal freedom in the healthcare market, if the good ideas want to exist then they need to get passed on their own, not as a spaghetti law that way over steps it's proper scope)
but wait, why would you conceil these obvious reasons and make up lies and sell them as the neutral opinion of a professional?
If you don't like how this is contact your representatives in congress and ask them to repeal the affordable Care act and deregulate some of the insurance provider laws.
oh, that explains it
They may be willing to pay a lot given limited supply, but increasing the amount of people in healthcare would drive competition and prices lower. The real cost of mass producing these inhalers can’t be $75. There’s got to be either a government forced monopoly or an overly burdensome regulatory structure that is at play. Possibly both.
in addition to this: when you have individual health care, each individual is in a very weak bargaining position, since they would literally pay everything to stay alive. When you have a single payer or an insurance, they would be in a much stronger position.
Well that’s certainly the opposite problem, but a single supplier leads to a vastly reduced marketplace. If only 1 or 2 companies are able to supply the inhaler to the government, then costs will rise because the market is fully captured. If 100 companies supply inhalers to millions of individuals, the cost drops because even though the inhaler is vital for life, the companies have to compete to undercut their competition.
The market would work in every case with the exception of emergency care.
If 100 companies supply inhalers
There are patents involved
the cost drops because even though the inhaler is vital for life
not happening though. There are 100s of examples of products selling for the price the consumers is willing to pay, instead of the price the companies produced it for.
This old platitude might work over very long term, or maybe b2b, but not in a consumer market, and especially not when the odds for are this high.
The patent law needs to change to shorten the duration of the patents, but start after approval from the FDA.
Why are you unconcerned about the market for food? Is that not more vital than healthcare?
Why are you unconcerned about the market for food?
srsly, you want me to list your choices in food?
ok, here we go: when you want to eat something you have literally millions of choices of goods from of hundreds of suppliers. And if push comes to shove, you could always grow it yourself. When you get diagnosed with asthma, you have 1 med, which your doctor suggests, and there are maybe 10 alternatives, which may or not may not have side-effects with your pre-existing conditions.
Now ask yourself how and why that difference in markets came about. An artificial barrier to entry has been raised around medical care and the market is completely captured. A single payer system will solidify this regulatory capture and ensure that costs never change. It’ll shift who pays from the individual to the collective, but will do absolutely nothing to bring down costs.
ohh... you are one of those. I already had my fix of discussions with your kind for the week.
Back to your echo chamber then.
single-payer can't be the reason for high medicine costs. After all, Germany has it and the costs are significantly lower despite stronger regulations
edit: now you are supposed to say something like "Germany doesn't count, because it's part of Europe"
Why would I make the argument that Germany doesn’t count? It’s very possible to reduce cost using price controls. It’s just not the ideal way to do it because it limits the ability to innovate and fund new products. Central planning has always been able to control costs. It’s the supply that generally becomes a problem.
I’ve actually lived in the UK under a similar system as Germany’s. The system was sufficient for the basics, but surgeries had to be scheduled 6+ weeks out. The facilities in central London were on par with the US facilities from the 1990s in terms of equipment.
oh, you went the "but the US medicine is superior"-route. I haven't seen that in in some time. That talking point has been debunked years ago, so I'll just leave you with this: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/07/us-worst-health-care-commonwealth-2017-report/533634/
now you should say something like "it may not be superior for the average american, but it is better for the 1%", to which I respond something like "idgaf"
Americans are less healthy overall due to diet and excercise habbits. Your average European walks to work or public transport everyday. Your average American drives.
Americans are less healthy overall due to diet and excercise habbits
Do you think, this could have something to do with the lack of regulation on the food industry?
No, I think it has to do with choices people make.
Your average European walks to work or public transport everyday [and therefor spent less on medicare]
any source on that?
http://metro.co.uk/2017/07/13/worlds-laziest-country-revealed-and-the-uk-is-looking-pretty-active-6775553/
Just for fun, here’s an article about the UK’s NHS. Administrative errors could happen anywhere, but in the US you can get a mammogram in hours, not months.
“Any woman who wants a mammogram will get one within six months, Mr Hunt said.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43973652
"works in Europe" XD If you count getting treatment months after you died from disease as works then yeah. Also I wasn't talking directly about the inhalers and the reasons that HFA is so prevelant, just why the prices are high (HFA didn't use to cost this much) Frankly you're wrong about what drives the drug prices. As long as the pharma company can raise what insurance pays them without making the consumer completely flip their shit then they'll raise it. That's how it's been for the years. So while insurance deals with premiums it allows the drug companies to profit more as well.
But why listen to me? Clearly Big Albuterol has me, one pharmacy tech who works in a chain store posting on reddit, in their pocket so that I secretly push their agenda. My secret is out. /s
Lastly I'd always recommend you contact your representatives and let them know what you think. That's kinda of at least half their job.
"works in Europe" XD If you count getting treatment months after you died from disease as works then yeah.
this is an outright lie*. (to answer what you'll say next: Europe is not a single country.)
Clearly Big Albuterol has me, one pharmacy tech who works in a chain store posting on reddit, in their pocket so that I secretly push their agenda. My secret is out. /s
Since you asked: no, it seems more like you are libertarian/neocon/teepartier.
Lastly I'd always recommend you contact your representatives and let them know what you think. That's kinda of at least half their job.
since ACA is unrelated to this issue, it wouldn't do much, ey?
edit: * even if it wasn't hyperbole
Hey, you made your argument only looking at the wealth European countries, so I made an argument using the poor ones, I figured it balanced out.
It sure does. Like I said, the HFA stuff didn't use to be so pricy, hell it went up again in the last 6 months if I'm not mistaken. Not just the prices consumers pay but the prices our pharmacy can buy it for.
I'm just a person who wants everybody to be able to afford their medicine, I just think we shouldn't be doing it at outrageous costs put in place by an unfortunate series of legislation that let pharma put a stranglehold on prices and force insurance to pass on that and other additional costs on to consumers.
Glass houses my friend. Especially about the Europe thing. I love how you were so confident that you had this gotcha card when you missed the subtle jab at your innane over generalization of the state of health care in most European countries.
so I made an argument using the poor ones, I figured it balanced out.
Then why didn't you include mexico and maybe cuba?
I'm just a person who wants everybody to be able to afford their medicine,
bullshit
subtle jab at your innane over generalization of the state of health care in most European countries.
Europe is not a single country.
We are not comparing Mexico to Ukraine here. We are not comparing continents. We are talking about the US and Germany (I choose Germany because you seem to have trouble distinguishing between continents and countries and I don't want to make this more complicated for you than it has to ;-)
I'm not super flexible so I'm struggling with the mental gymnastics here. So bear with me.
So you started off by saying Europe, then try to call me out for wanting to point out that in a decent chunk of countries in Europe healthcare is vastly worse than the US. Then you try to lump in Mexico and Cuba ignoring that counting Europe as a whole makes sense because of how the European Union works where as adding Cuba or Mexico would be like trying to say Germany and Brazil were directly tied by country spanning legislation that mandates their economy and social practices. Then on top of that you just decide that clearly I can't be a moral person, I guess because you don't think it's possible that a moral person could reach a different conclusion to a problem if they had a different experience? I really don't know why you'd assume that but that's my best guess. And if you want to compare Germany thats fine, you just need to be honest about what argument you're trying to make. Quality? Cost? Quantity of patients served like the board on the pole outside a McDonald's? What are you saying is better? Quality: maybe, they don't have nearly the pioneering of experimental treatments we do but other than that they're pretty on par. Cost: well I'd personally prefer to get to choose my insurance and what exactly kind of coverage I want and then pay for that out of my check myself but if you're the kind of person who wants other people to handle that for you then okay, take their "one size fits all" package and be happy I guess? Quantity: not really a fair comparison considering the population difference but US would win that easy.
What is your argument? My argument is that the government fucked up how our insurance/pharma/healthcare balance of power is and that ultimately it hurts US citizens and I think we could do a better job. I really didn't think that was so controversial that it warranted snarky attempts at 'gotchas' from a human being who wants to assume the worst about the other person their talking to for no reason other than "he has different ideas he must be a bad person".
You do you my dude. I hope that this tactic you do, this style of half truthing what you're saying, I hope it brings you friends, and fortune and all the success in the world if this is how you choose to live your life. Good luck in whatever it is you do from this point forward, but I truly and sincerely hope that it won't be spending the time to write some sort of pseudo-analytical reply to me full of snarky remakrs like you're the teachers pet correcting another student who tried to answer the question but didn't phrase it in perfect grammar.
So I get where you're coming from. I work in healthcare and see the rising costs. I hate what ACA has done in the industry. I worked for a long standing drug treatment facility that could no longer operate after ACA was passed. But let me tell you, what you're saying doesn't really make a lot of sense. Here's why:
Insurance companies do NOT want to pay more. They don't want to pay fucking anything. With taking on high risk patients they know they will be forced to pay a lot more than they had in the past.
Big pharma knows that everyone that needed help, but couldn't afford it before without insurance, will be buying more product than before.
Insurance companies DON'T want to pay the rising costs that big pharma are pushing. They already have to pay more for previously uninsured/underinsured patients. Big pharma always wants to make more profit, so they're going to raise costs regardless.
Insurance companies arent going to up what they cover, but big pharma is still going to raise costs. That leaves the consumer paying more out of pocket, because of big pharma.
When insurance companies don't want to pay (and were in cohorts with big pharma), wouldn't it make MORE sense if big pharma lowered costs? More people would buy more drugs so big pharma maintain profit while insurance would be paying the same and maintaining their profit.
Big pharma is just a stand alone asshole that wants to milk everyone and every situation.
What we see in the pharmacy constantly is the price of a drug will go up from say 100 to 150. Patient used to pay 4 now they're paying 10. Yes their out of pocket goes up but insurance is eating the rest because they're mind of forced to cover it now.
Yes I do know how insurance works, the less the pay the more they make, and I don't mean to imply that they're in cohoots, simply that they're both reaping the profits of a bad system, pharma with the better end of the stick and insurance still making a decent penny, not together, they're just both a problem right now.
Maybe that attempt at phrasing makes more sense.
Spaghetti Law?
That's my personal slang for "law that includes a bunch of bill riders (I think it's just riders actually) that they end up actually taking more pages than what the law was supposed to cover". Kinda like how spaghetti code means "coding so messy it looks like spaghetti and is buggy af"
Wait, generic albuterol isn’t a thing in the States? In Canada we have (according to what’s covered in my province) like at least 3 generic options.
It sure fucking isn't. Everything you think you know about medical care down here? It's worse.
Fucking hell. I mean, I lived in the States for like all my life and lucked out to not have major issues and it still seemed like a farce. Anything more and I’d be done for.
I pay £110 pound a year/ to the NHS for my prescriptions. I have three inhalers a month 2 blues (ventolin) and one pruple seretide. 3x12 equals 36 and. 110/36 just over 3 pound. So just over 3 pound an inhaler. This is about 4 US dollars.
Nope. It'll cost you $50-80 for an inhaler with insurance.
I have a $50 copay for my first name brand prescription each year. After that, my inhalers cost $20. I also have a $20 copay for my epi pens. I was surprised to find out how cheap it all was with my insurance.
The switch from CFC to HFA, while good for the enviornment, was actually a scam by pharma companies so they could renew their patents. Their patent on albuterol was about to run out, so they convinced everyone to ban CFCs and use HFA instead. Boom. New patient, medication is a brand name again, ridiculous medication costs.
Just would like to add to this, qvar inhalers changed how the mechanism works recently and discounted the previous qvar to keep their patent going.
I wondered about that because- really? The volume of CFC's is so low and it's for a medication TO LITERALLY BREATHE. They give exceptions for so many things that are so much worse. Makes sense now.
so they convinced everyone to ban CFCs and use HFA instead.
No they didn't. Everyone who was using CFCs before switched to HFAs. R134a is an HFA. They didn't even invent anything, they just copied the same change everyone else made.
Source?
It's a conspiracy theory, there probably isn't one. My dad is retired now, but he was a pharmaceutical chemist working on inhaled drug delivery systems at one of the major pharma companies (I'm not going to say which) when the CFC ruling came into effect. When I asked him about this, he went on a rant with a level of vitriol usually reserved for the IRS. I'm sure there was probably some pharma exec somewhere who saw a silver lining, but at least at the departmental level for delivery system development, they weren't happy.
Yeah this was crap. The new ones don't give that feeling of instant relief. I knew it had to be a pharma scam.
That is absolutely what they did. When these modified inhalers have been on the market long enough for a generic to be made available, they'll come up with something else to force people to continue to buy the brand name.
No. Cfcs got banned. It wasn't about patents.
I feel kinda bad about this stuff. They're like £10 here and I always think it's too much when I get one.
Mine costs $45.00 after insurance
Mine are $20 before. Now free with ohip+
My best friend can't afford the $200 copay for his inhaler and I was going to ask if buying it and having it shipped from Europe was possible before I realized I was about to ask a really dumb question.
Not so dumb. Whenever I have an attack I am newly dumbfounded that the pharmacy won't let me just buy one, better to let me almost die on the way to the hospital. It's because it's so addictive, gives you a high while letting you calm down, it's destroying neighbourhoods because all the kids are on it these days.
Yeah the "dumb" part on my end wasn't because it's a prescription substance at first, it was thinking it'd be illegal because of shipping laws like shipping kinder eggs lol
From what I remember some company Lobbied the government really hard to ban CFCs as a propellant in inhalers under the grounds that it was bad for the environment when in reality that company owned the patent for the only non CFC inhalers so everybody was forced to go through them when they needed inhalers
You guys should come to Canada. They cost around 19$ in Quebec.
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Same boat here. Is there an actual reason they're not over the counter? I'd understand if people would abuse it but I don't see how that would work.
I don't know why they aren't over the counter, but I know even minor overdoses cause heart racing.
No offence but that sounds like the plot of the lorax where the guy in charge sells air and wants a price hike
Are you in Anerica? There's a genetic for most of the HFA inhalers in Canada. Might be worth taking a trip over. Salbutamol generic is like $25 bucks without any coverage at all ($10ish for filling fee and $15ish for inhaler, so cheaper if you buy more than one).
Do you still need a script up there to get an inhaler?
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It depends where you go. I know pharmacists can prescribe in Alberta (and maybe Ontario too?) so you would just go to the pharmacist in that case but I'd call ahead to the pharmacy before you leave just so you know what you'll need to do/bring.
In BC you'd need a script (and at least for the near future). You cannot use an out of country script of course. But if you want to you can just take a day trip up and see a doctor in a walk-in clinic. 5ish years ago I believe it was around $100 for a non-citizen to see a doctor with no coverage in BC. I doubt it's that much more now, maybe at the very most $200 (but I doubt it). It'll probably be a fairly similar price in other provinces. Even as a non-citizen you'd pay the same as a citizen with no coverage, so it'd be like $10-12 for filling fee (depends on pharmacy) and then $10-$15ish per generic ventolin inhaler. Each rx is good for 1 year from the date the dr writes it, so if you could get him/her to give you a years worth of refills you could keep using the same rx and keep coming back if you run out.
Yep, in the mountain west area.
Ever tried Levalbuterol (Xopenex is the brand name I think)? About to give my doctor a call to see what he thinks. My insurance covers generic maintenance meds 100% and for some reason they don’t get that the long list of generic asthma meds they offer are more or less useless to asthmatics. Levalubetrol however, is on the list so I’m hoping it works as well as the other ones that get their BS patents renewed for not changing the active ingredient. /rant
When the patent is lost on levalbuterol I think albuterol will become completely obsolete
I’ve got a generic one in my hands now. Ask your pharmacist.
Go onto the manufacturer's website and check for a coupon. I was paying a $50 co-pay each for my maintenance and rescue inhalers (Advair and Combivent). I found coupons online which brought the $50 co-pays down to just $10. The coupons were supposed to be in effect for 12 months, but two years later, I'm still getting the savings for the Combivent! I began using Breo Ellipta in place of the Advair (which petered out on me after years of use). Got a coupon for the Breo Ellipta as well!
same. I bought one of those retarded ones that cost like $50. Asthmanefrin Inhaler.
kind of works but, it makes me feel like shit and is such a pain in the ass. I had a major episode one night while sleeping, woke up, ran to my Asthmanefrin Inhaler and the batteries were dead. Thankfully I thought ahead and kept extra batteries but, if I hadn't, I'd probably be dead.
Those are your options. Extremely inconvenient and deadly verses extremely expensive 3/10 people can't afford.
Someone renewed the patent recently, causing the price gouging.
cost to breathe
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I am not sure HFA inhalers have been out long enough.
Perhaps, the switch was in 2008.
It frustrates me that the medicine itself has been out long enough for a generic, but the mechanical delivery system is what is driving the price.
Medical inhalers were one of the very few temporary exceptions to the CFC ban, because they had to come up with a suitable replacement.
Yeah, non medical CFCs were banned in 1996, 12 years before the medical CFC ban.
I was very young, but I vaguely remember this. I remember the taste of the old CFC inhalers, too.
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Sertraline is the generic version of Zoloft, my friend.
Ventolin is a brand name. ProAir is the closest to generic here and their quality control sucks.
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Some would consider ProAir HFA generic but most insurances do not. With the banning of CFCs there are no generic rescue inhalers on the market (at least in the US) once items like Warwick brand Albuterol was discontinued due to that ban.
Some insurances may have a preferential deal on one of the Albuterol inhalers (either ProAir, Ventolin, or Proventil), but there are no generics.
Off the top of my head there are the three there I listed which are Albuterol; Maxair (pirbuterol); and Xopenex HFA (levalbuterol). There are no generic rescue inhalers available in the US.
Source: Pharmacist for about 20 years
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Fluticasone is a steroid, and salmeterol is a long acting beta agonists. They are not rescue inhalers. Rescue inhalers are short acting beta agonists.
If you use salmeterol like Albuterol you'll die
Edited to add, levalbuterol is almost never covered to be honest. Did blank on the availability, good call
Even says in that article "Important Limitation of Use: AirDuo™ RespiClick® is NOT indicated for the relief of acute bronchospasm." In other words, not a rescue inhaler
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Well yeah it does, because it isn't a rescue inhaler. There are generic asthma treatments, but not regularly covered rescue inhalers. And even generic, like the levalbuterol listed above, that doesn't force insurance companies at all.
Generics are often not covered either, or have a high copay. I literally see it every day
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Generics are often not covered. Youre simply wrong. Individual pharmacies cannot change coverage determinations. We can find out what is needed, or if there is an approval process, and inform the prescribers.
And regardless, AirDuo, isn't even a rescue inhaler, hell it's third or fourth line treatment depending on your diagnosis even.
Why do you want to destroy the environment? You must want all the children to roast when the ozone layer is destroyed...
I know I do
Because our children deserve a scorched Earth
I don't want to destroy the environment. I'm fine using an HFA inhaler, I just want a generic, affordable inhaler.
I live in Mexico and someone on another thread was saying that they paid 12k USD every two months for their generic medicine. Looked up the medicine here in Mexico and it's around 600 bucks.
I pay a little over £8 for an inhaler here in the UK.
assuming it's not tiny or just menthol, that's a pretty good deal.
200 doses. Its the same £8 whatever for almost every prescription in the UK.
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It almost certainly is. There are a lot of scare tactics, but most of the foreign drug manufacturing facilities are subsidiaries of American companies. And they run a reasonably tight ship, here and there, to protect their reputation- not because the FDA is so super good at oversight here.
yep. You know why pharma charges what they can in the US... mostly... because they can.
holy crap $75! for a puffer?!? Move to Australia, they are like $6-7 and over the counter, the only ones you need a script for are the preventers and they are cheap too.
I have been thinking about maybe buying them from an online pharmacy, us inhalers are garbage.
Can you just do that?? I have been inhalerless for like 5 years now :(
6 bucks over the counter?! Can I just visit and take a bunch home with me?
Or go online and get a manufacturer's coupon
Are you talking about salbutamol inhalers or are these preventative inhalers? I pay under $6 aud for salbutamol puffers in australia without a script or insurance... 75 usd is insane for an old essential medication
The cash price for an albuterol inhaler in the US (200 puffs) is usually $70 to $80. It's fucked up.
In capitalist America, price of inhalers stops you from breathing.
In Australia I can buy (over the counter) a CFC-free Ventolin branded inhaler for AU$6.99, or around US$5.25. Or a generic for a little cheaper (made by a company owned by the guys responsible for the Epi-Pen shitshow).
So many people are hurt by shitty patents.
The pharmacist in Australia told me they were OTC there. My eyes lit up and I bought 4. I was freaking giddy happy.
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Yes please! I haven’t been able to get one for years because fuck America :(
Like I get why cfc shouldn't be used in stuff but damn, can't we allow it for medical stuff.
That’s a pretty slippery slope.
No it's not, make an exception for rescue inhalers, end of slope. Everyone misuses the slippery slope argument, not everything will lead to the worse possible outcome. We allow people to drive cars on the road but it hasn't lead to people routinely driving cars through hospitals.
And now you know why Bernie wants Medicare for All.
I believe I read the restriction on generics is up this year. I believe June. They used to make generics but of a lawsuit or something. I don't remember exactly. I'm waiting until June.
Fuck me $75? I paid AUD$7.50 for one a few weeks ago.
Edit: For a proper Ventolin one.
Where?
$75? Holy shit.
This is what I pay, no script, no doctor, no bullshit. It's about $5 USD.
https://www.chemistwarehouse.com.au/buy/14892/Ventolin-Inhaler-CFC-Free-S3
Where did you travel to?
where did u get them?
$7 over the counter in Australia
Most other countries where you can buy them over the counter they are around $ 20.
Where did you go?
Sounds like a business oppertunity
Small consolation, but with goodRx.com discount the cash price should drop to less than $60.
Also, either your insurance isn't dropping your price ANY from the cash number, so if you're supposed to have a prescription coverage component you're getting hosed.
Prescription inhaler stuff is even more dumb than the rest in this country, so good luck!
In America you pay $75 per inhaler WITH INSURANCE!?
In the UK its £7 if you get it from a pharmacy or free if you get given one at a hospital for w/e reason.
American healthcare is a pissing mess.
That description of your asthma almost getting worse before getting better is right on the money. It's scary when you're having a serious episode.
They changed the propellant to extend the patent on rescue inhalers.
I thought it's because the propellant was linked to heart attacks...?
I googled it and can't find anything about the really old one that switched. The more recent switch was due to ghgs. Can't say I have an issue with that.
Was in Mexico this past July and bought a 3-pack of Salbutamol (Albuterol) for 20 USD...just started my last one yesterday!
I only use an inhaler when sick since I had what they call "sports induced" asthma that disappeared over the years but only really rears its head when I am sick, recently I have been wondering why my inhaler doesn't give me the same relief it used to back when I was a child since it seems to make things difficult for a bit before it kicks in. This explains it I guess is the propellant that is used now.
I feel like the amount of CFC released into the atmosphere from them has to be negligible. Not a scientist though.
the HFA propellant makes me lose my vision and get really wobbly for a couple seconds. the first time I used proventil HFA (shortly after its introduction), I was alone in a hotel room on a high school trip. proceeded to lose vision for what felt like forever and fell onto the floor HARD. probably happened in just a few seconds, in reality. :/ it was terrifying. I still sit, or at least brace myself somehow, when I take one now.
I think it was worse with proventil than ventolin, which is what I use now, no clue how different their propellants are or if I’m reacting to it differently with age or something.
asthma can suck a butt for real, though.
I just have mine brought back from Mexico. I get 3 for 15 and I can afford to breathe.
I’m confused... you inhale CFC? Isn’t that really bad for you? How does this work?
When you say CFC do you mean chlorofluorocarbons because if so
Those were putting holes in the ozone layer and the reason I can’t get really good hairspray anymore either
Didn't those contain a chemical used to make amphetimines or something?
one of my favourite parts about living in mainland china is every pharmacy has $2 otc salbutamol inhalers. the air quality may kill me faster but i'll be damned if i need a perscription and $40 for an inhaler
Doesn't drug suppliers often change a small, sometimes nonactive ingredient, give it a new name, and sell it for more?
Seriously, just HOW MUCH CFC could inhalers pump out? I feel like they could make an exception for those of us who like to breathe. I'll promise to recycle in exchange.
It's not over the counter because it's over use of blue rescue inhalers is leading to mis-management of asthma and a greater number of deaths.
More people die from 'mild' Asthma than severe. Typically this is because the blue inhalers you see such as ventolin are purely symptom control, they don't actually treat the root cause of the disease which is inflammation in the lungs. But when you speak to many asthma sufferers they'll say things like:
"Oh my brown one (steroid) does nothing for me, I only take my blue one and it makes me feel better"
If you take more than 2-3 inhalations of a blue inhaler PER WEEK your asthma is considered out of control and requires medical attention.
That's why. Thought you might be interested.
That's strange.Are you a doctor?
I'm on Symbicort and ventolin. My doctor told me to take ventolin before exercising.I commute to work so that's at least 6 times a week.
The concern is more that you have to use your rescue multiple times per week without a known trigger (allergens, exercise, NSAIDs) which is a sign that the underlying inflammation in your lungs is not well controlled.
Knowing that exercise triggers your asthma and taking your inhaler as a precaution to prevent bronchospasm/wheezing is different, and not as much of a concern
Good, thank you !
I am not a doctor but i spend time educating doctors about Asthma management.
Exercise induced Asthma is a topic of its own and so has a slightly different set of discussions around it.
The overuse I am referring to is in cases where symptoms build to the point of requiring relief.
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If you are using a rescue medicine 2-3 times per day then your asthma is not in control and you need to speak to a Doctor (maybe a second opinion) as soon as possible.
I know I'm speaking to a lot of Americans on this thread so the cost factors are something I can't help with (I'm from the UK). But the current national guidelines here are that no patient should have only a rescue inhaler anymore (BTS Guidance 2016), as this does not treat the disease.
Having only a rescue medicine for your asthma is like taking aspirin for a brain tumour. Sure it's getting rid of your headaches, but it damn well isn't treating the issue. Let me ask you, if you had headaches and needed to take 4-6 pills daily, wouldn't you be concerned? The preventer treats your asthma, your reliever just makes you feel better for a bit.
Edit: Sorry, you asked what the risks were and I didn't answer. So the reliever works by opening up your airways by relaxing them, however it doesn't treat the underlying inflammation that's building up in your lungs as a result.
A study call the NRAD (national review of asthma deaths) in the UK found that 58% of people died were mild asthmatics, and 48% of deaths were entirely preventable. This was all caused by patients not using their preventers and instead over using their relievers. Essentially the inflammation in the lungs was going untreated for so long that soon the reliever couldn't save them because it had built up so much.
Came here to say this. Untreated or poorly controlled asthma will cause irreversible damage to the lungs. It really should be managed by a medical professional!
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It depends on the cause of the inflammation. My asthma is very seasonal/allergy related so I take antihistamines, montelukast and a steroid inhaler plus a combination antihistamine and steroid nasal spray to help with my hayfever. This combination worked so well that last year I managed to reduce my inhaled steroids for the first time (they've been getting stronger every year) and I haven't had an asthma attack in about a year.
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I'm not a doctor or a specialist in this so my advice would be to talk to (or continue talking to) them. I went to a disordered breathing clinic after having a bunch of chest infections in a row and they were fantastic, I saw a specialist nurse, had allergy screening (as well as a bunch of other tests) and saw a respiratory physiotherapist.
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Well I don't know how to answer your question to be honest because I'm not a specialist respiratory nurse or physiotherapist. They treated some underlying issues that I had (which could be different with you) and so the scope of what treatments I know they can offer is limited to what I've seen them do.
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I had pretty bad acid reflux, LPR specifically. I also had my allergy issues and an underlying autoimmune disease (which wasn't picked up at the clinic) which was making my airways very dry. The result was that on top of my asthma I was getting vocal cord spasms, I can tell the difference now between the spasms and my asthma but when they started all I knew is that in couldn't breathe therefore my asthma must be playing up. Once my acid was under control I got a huge improvement, then when my autoimmune disease started getting treatment things got a lot better because I wasn't dehydrated anymore. I also had to do some breathing exercises, I had picked up some really weird habits after having so many chest infections and my breathing pattern was really weird so I had to retrain my breathing, it was pretty difficult but worth it. I know that I'm not a normal case so I wouldn't base your treatment needs on mine, I have a complicated medical history and more medical conditions than I'm happy with.
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I have Addisons disease, I'm still alive so my treatment has been successful but I've had a few near misses so it's not been as successful as I'd like. I'm very limited compared to life before Addisons, I spent the whole day on the sofa today because everytime I got up I got dizzy and thought I would collapse. Not every day is like this but a lot of days are. Addisons disease is a weird one, it causes a lot of things in a more indirect way compared to Sjogrens. Because I didn't/don't make enough Aldosterone my salt and fluid balance is off and I become dehydrated very easily and can drop my blood pressure like it's going out of fashion. Before I started on my medication I could easily drink 2-3 liters of water and still be thirsty, the only thing stopping me from drinking more was having to constantly pee. I got diagnosed kind of accidently, I had a known side effect to a medication but I was so confused by the Addisons that I totally forgot about it and went to the Dr. They ran some blood tests which came back abnormal (again the side effect of the medication) and they consulted endocrinology who advised further blood tests. The blood tests found that I wasn't making any Cortisol so my Drs freaked out even more and we started to get an answer as to why I'd been so sick.
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When you have one autoimmune condition you can start collecting them (like Pokémon) so they test you for the common ones. Every year they'll test my thyroid, b12 and I've been tested for coeliac a bunch of times but I'm on a gluten free diet as I have digestive issues. They also do an autoimmune antibody test for Addisons but mine came back negative (not unheard of) so they run a bunch more tests to see the cause of the failure - it was autoimmune. When you had your cortisol tested did you have it checked first thing in the morning before any steroid medications?
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It's really hard to get taken seriously. During my diagnosis I was collapsing multiple times a day, had muscle spasms that looked somewhere between the start of a seizure or an over the top tic, I was so fatigued that I couldn't dress myself or walk to the bathroom without help and I lost 6kg in 3 months whilst eating like a monster. I was brushed off with depression then eventually a new GP started looking at me maybe having chronic fatigue syndrome and did a load of tests. He was a gem and took me seriously but didn't know where to begin with it all. Then getting endocrinologists to pay enough attention can be tricky as well, most of them specialise in diabetes and stuff like this is well outside their comfort zone. I had to change endocrinologists because I couldn't get mine to see me even though I was getting dangerously unwell. Things are better with my current Drs but there was a long period where I felt totally neglected by the healthcare system and I thought that I was going to die.
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That's kind of the opposite to what happens with me! Even the smallest cold knocks me off my feet, the only time I've had to use by relief inhaler in the last year is because of a cold and every tiny cold or upset anything totally wipes me out.
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I don't know about any dry lung condition, I had/have vocal cord spasms due to underlying issues with dehydration. It is also known as paradoxical vocal cord disorder if you want to do some research, it is really under diagnosed and it usually needs an ENT referral for diagnosis.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal_cord_dysfunction
So obligatory I am not a doctor (I educate doctors on Respiratory conditions hence my discussion here), but there are additional treatments such as leukatrines and a new class of medications called biologics (Because of my job I can't mention any brands, but give it a quick google).
If you are out of control (which it sounds like you are.) And suffering multiple exacerbations per year, you may benefit most from the new biologics. These have only been approved in the last year or so but have so far been shown to be extremely effective for patients with severe asthma.
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That sounds odd. The definition and diagnosis of Asthma is that it's a variable disease and has elements of reversibility. If you're saying you get little to no relief, or if your FEV1 during spirometry doesn't change after relief medication it certainly wouldn't sound like asthma.
As always I'd encourage you to speak to a Doctor or seek help from a respiratory specialist if you feel that your GP isn't addressing your concerns.
Asthma should be manageable.
Dude, I'd just like to bring back fucking reliability. I take a 'scrip allergy pill that my insurance decided three months ago needed to be dispensed in 90 count bottles as opposed to thirty. Guess what my prescription card doesn't cover? Fuck those asshats. I'm still holding off on getting it refilled because I'll need another prescription (so another office visit+copay) despite the fact that I've been taking the same medication for almost five years now. YOU ARE LITERALLY GOING TO MAKE ME PAY MONEY SO I CAN SIT AND WATCH YOU WRITE THE PRESCRIPTION. It's the most pointless bullshit, especially considering that as a full-time student with a disability, my time and energy are limited.
Pharmacist here. Ask the pharmacy to call the doctors. We do it all the time
Thank you. Today I learned something.
Also, if your doctor’s office uses Epic and has MyChart, you can request refills without a visit, and for some things you can do an e-visit for a reduced fee.
That's not even necessary. Just call up the office, email them, whatever. If it's a drug you've been on forever and nothing has changed (and it hasn't been forever since you've seen your doc) I'm sure they won't mind. I've even had my doc start a completely new script, for a new problem, because I was able to leave a detailed message about what was going on. Some docs will be more cautious and won't write a script without seeing you, some will. Just gotta ask.
Honestly, MyChart was so much easier than calling. You don’t need the e-visit for a refill. It was maybe 5 taps: open the app, touch-id, prescriptions, refill, confirm pharmacy. I got a message within half an hour of them opening the next day confirming the refill. Calling would’ve taken at least 10 minutes, I would’ve had to wait until they opened- I was at a Sunday evening dance class and realized my inhaler was almost empty- and then they would’ve likely told me to use MyChart or have the pharmacy call anyway (I’ve had them do this before).
The e-visit is for things like a cold, or when you get a sinus infection and have already had one before or it’s been going around, or something else that is simple and just requires you to list symptoms. Easier and cheaper than going in just to get a note for work or an antibiotic.
You're right, but I felt like the implication was that only people using that system could request refills on their own.
Welcome!
I'm confused on this because I've been told this advice several times, but when I have asked in the past for simple refills on something like an acid reflux, they've simply refused to do anything and have told me that I need to see my doctor, so I do and they write the script, and then I go back.
Does this differ state to state possibly?
Probably not a state issue. Some docs are more cautious than others, and there's increasing evidence that long term PPI use has unintended effects. Also, if you're not getting better, it may be time for other tests and stuff, only way to know for sure is to do an assessment.
It really depends. It's fairly common for doctors to annotate on prescriptions "patient needs appointment for more refills", so if you come in asking for a refill on a med with that note attached, we'd refer you to the doctor's office rather than waste time sending a fax that's going to be ignored. Otherwise I don't have an issue with sending a fax over, and if we don't hear back in 24 hours we manually call the doctor's office every day.
I work in retail pharmacy though, it may be different at other types of pharmacies.
Your doctor may write a note on the rx that you need an appointment. What pharmacy do you use?
Get a new pharmacy. There are mail order pharmacies that are good.
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😂 love you guys
I feel your pain.
Blue Cross of GA just decided to require a prior authorization for adderall (generic)... I take it for narcolepsy and they didn't give any forewarning to me, my doctor, or my pharmacist that there would be a change... so I went to fill it in January and BOOM out of medication that I legally need to drive... for days while my nurse argued out my need for GENERIC adderall. The insurance company wanted them to re-try me on an insanely more expensive medication that I was declared allergic by GI instead. Ultimately, I just paid out of pocket with a goodRX coupon for the damn adderall and have each month because insurance wants me to jump through insane hoops of trying other medications that I've already tried (and those fucks should definitely have that shit on file, since I've been on BCBS almost my entire life). They're difficult intentionally. I'm convinced.
It's amazing that I can get medication cheaper with a free discount card than I can with my insurance. Whatwouldyousayyoudoaroundhere.jpg
Look into a prescription assistance program through the pharmaceutical company; that’s what I did with my Albuterol inhaler and my steroid inhaler. They will be heavily discounted or even free.
Also, as a college student, look into the on-campus clinic. That’s how I survived when I was still in college with a limited income.
Your healthcare system in America sucks.
Your healthcare system in America sucks.
Fuckin' Primatene Mist yo! I think they still sell in it Canada.
My man
I probably have some laying around. gives me the jitters
...I don't think paying a doctor to diagnose you with asthma would be an issue here.
Not sure what you mean. You used to be able to buy an epinephrine inhaler over the counter in the US, no doctor required. Now it is banned and the cost of epinephrine has gone through the roof, but you can still cross the border and pick one up.
That's awful. Where are you? Here in Australia they're over the counter. About to spend quite a bit of time in Canada and the states and I'm really worried about availability and price.
Yeah, they're over the counter in Australia, but some pharmacies I've gone to have absolutely grilled me over why I need it.
My dude I'm not gonna use an asthma puffer to make hard drugs, I'd just like to breathe, thank you.
Omg this! I understand they are only asking for my benefit but for fuck sake, give me my god damned lung crack before I fucking die.
Tell them it's for a first aid kit. I do. Always manage to get Ventolin that way. I hardly ever need it so going to the doctor is a PITA.
I was at soccer training once and forgot my Ventolin (my asthma is pretty well controlled except when it's going into winter), there was a chemist right next to the fields so I duck in to grab one. I'm wheezing like no tomorrow and she's asking me all of these questions about if I have a spacer, am I on preventative control yada yada
For the love of god YES I HAVE ALL THOSE THINGS; just give me my puffer right this second.
God I know. It's so annoying.
Try to avoid buying it in the US if at all possible. Cheaper in Canada.
How much roughly out of interest?
About $60-$70 for one Albuterol inhaler, iirc. Plus the cost of seeing a doctor to get a prescription.
USA is like that. You can get a script at a walk-in clinic or some pharmacies that have walk-in clinic fyi
bet they're not $8 each in the US though
In Australia the stronger dosage is allowed over the counter because you may need it in an emergency. The weaker dosage you need a doctor's prescription for because it's preventative.
I have a prescription preventer but it's a different drug altogether. I'm lucky here in Aus that I can just walk in and get one for as low as five dollars sometimes.
"Can you breathe?"
"No."
"Well it looks like you've got a problem. Might be asthma."
The problem is, I am a person who rarely gets asthma but when I do I almost stop breathing. I usually have an inhaler with me in my bag or in the car, but sometimes I forget, sometimes I don't have my bag, I get the asthma attack and I need to call a doctor at midnight so he can write a prescription so I can get it from the pharmacy, this is totally bullshit.
If your asthma hits so suddenly and so severely that you almost stop breathing, you absolutely need to ensure you have an inhaler on you at all times. It's irresponsible to your own health not to.
Not negating your point that inhalers SHOULD be OTC in my opinion. But I've had asthma since I was 6 and since I was old enough to be considered an adult I've been without my inhaler less times than I can count on one hand.
I see what you are saying and you are very true, what I am saying is I am a human and I make mistakes.
The problem with those was that they contained epinephrine instead of albuterol. IMO, albuterol metered dose inhalers should be available over the counter. Those along with corticosteroid inhalers would really go a long way. Plus, over the counter medications tend to be far cheaper compared to those available by prescription only.
Different asthma puffers require assessment by a doctor for prescription though.. they would be wildly misused if they were just available over the counter. So many people even with chronic asthma don’t know he difference or when to use them.
Asthma should be managed by a doctor. There are many treatments available depending on severity of symptoms. If you are needing a rescue inhaler 5x a day that’s not right.
Changed my life. I never controlled it for 20+ years. Just had rescue inhalers basically until changing of a doctor in a new city got me on a better path. Advair twice a day and I seriously feel like I don't have asthma. My albuterol basically collects dust unless I know I'm going to do a work out and take some beforehand.
My whole life in sports and physical exercise would have been different if I had managed it rather than just relying on a rescue inhaler. No more waking up in the middle of the night etc.
There's dozens of inhalers out there. Do you know when you should be using one more frequently vs adding a second one?
You can still do that here in Australia, you just say you need an emergency inhaler and can't get to your doctor, they make you wait like 5 minutes and take your name to print on the box like a prescription but because it's damn hard to hurt yourself with one, they still do it.
That said, they've banned over the counter codeine here now without a prescription, which sucks.
Where I am in Aus it's not restricted at all.
Edit: It is cheaper to get it on a prescription though.
Really my husband doesn't have a script, I do and they're the same price at chemist warehouse
Maybe I should start shopping there!
Dude do it, my prestiq is $17 there compared to $38 or something at amcal, and you can look up all the prices of things on their site
My local priceline is just so convenient. :(
Yeah, cheaper here with a prescription (like $10 with or $15 without? something like that)
I've gone to prescriptionrx.com for the last year or so. 40 bucks for 3 generic albuterol inhalers. And I keep a rolling prescription so I get them delivered every 6 months. I would pay $100 for the doctor and then $140 for two inhalers before find that site. Apologies if this isn't allowed, by the way. Not trying to shill or anything.
Ummmm, i tried going to that website and landed on godaddy.com. you sure about that URL?
Apologies, it's progressiverx!
If you live near the border drive down to Mexico. They're 3-5 dlls here.
I'm sorry, what? There used to be over the counter asthma inhalers? What fuckin... who... goddammit!
My brother lives with me and recently his asthma flared up do to bronchitis (we think, or allergies) for the first time since his was a kid. He just got off of our mom's insurance and is in between jobs. He (we) can't afford to take him to a doctor until he gets a job. I tried going to different pharmacies and, yet, they wouldn't sell me one otc. I just wanted him to breath. Thankfully, a good friend (a wonderful friend) had two for her daughter, one was a spare. She gave him the spare and got him a humidifier. It has helped him so much. And, to her SO who sometimes stalks his friend's reddits (I see you Fin ( -. ⊙)σ ), thank you.
Yep. The new inhalers just never feel like they do the job as well. On top of that, it's almost impossible to get your hands on an inhaler (despite needing one to live) if you have any problems with your insurance... and it costs me $60/inhaler now.
My friend saved my butt last year when he had some dental work done in Mexico and brought me back a few extra inhalers (for like $5/each).
This is basic medication that lives depend on. Fuck the pharmaceutical industry.
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Lucky you. Doctors here are adamant at refusing to do more than one time prescriptions. And since inhalers officially only have a storage life of 3 months or so, I would have to go to the doctors office every 3 months.
Oh and also allergy meds are not covered at all. BUT FUCKING GLOBULI BULLSHIT IS!
Yes you do. There are other things that are like asthma that are managed differently.
From AUS, can get ventolin/asmol over the counter at pharmacys here
I once had a breakdown when I was having trouble breathing, but didn't have enough money to go to the doctor to get a prescription. Not to mention I was having trouble breathing at the moment, and didn't think I could wait for an appointment and then to get a prescription and then go buy it.
Thankfully my roommate had an extra inhaler.
In Australia you can get it over the counter at any chemist of pharmacy. It's lifesaving. It should be available everywhere.
While we're at it, we should bring back all of the old school over the counter drugs that have been yanked off shelves since the early eighties. Dexedrine, real Tylenol, actual decongestants, topical painkillers that actually work...
What is "real Tylenol?" And pseudoephedrine is still available "behind the counter" without a prescription if phelyephrine isn't a good enough decongestant (I assume you are in the US). Dexadrine I'm surprised was ever OTC, seems reasonable to keep amphetamines locked up.
I think he might mean benzedrine? Things like this used to have real amphetimine on a wad of cotton inside, and people used to pull them apart and swallow it.
ED just googled it, Benzedrine did in fact contain levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine.
Came in pill form as well
It still contains levoamphetamine.
Dexedrine was otc?? Crazy.
Amphetamines for anyone? What could go wrong?
It's not like it's hard to buy amphetamine in a much more dangerous form now.
I wouldn't mind having that option. As someone who needs amphetamines to function like a normal person, it'd be nice if I didn't need to be on a doctors 30 day leash.
I understand that these drugs are dangerous and addictive, but it'd be nice to have the option to purchase them over the counter once a doctor determines that I have an ongoing need for something.
Over the counter means no doctor is involved. As you say, the doctor should determine your need for it.
It'd be nice if there was a way to be greenlit for certain prescriptions on an ongoing basis. Especially for stuff like inhalers. If I need the medication to treat an ongoing problem I should be able to get it without having to jump through hoops.
Do you not get repeat prescriptions in the US? Surely you don’t have to go see the doctor every month for a script?
(Still very different to being ‘over the counter’ though)
Depends on the medication, not for amphetamines or inhalers unfortunately.
I believe in the legalization and regulation of most popular drugs. Would decimate the black market, greatly reduce ODs from impurities and inaccurate doses, reduce addictiveness and major side effects from inaccurate doses. And the tax money could all go to drug rehab.
I'm pretty ok with deregulation, but opiods, amphetamines, and cocaine are some that people really should have to see a doctor for. People can barely take acetaminophen properly.
I'm inclined to think that even for those, letting a less harmful version be legal will steer more people away from the more dangerous ones - ie dexedrine vs crystal meth, opiate pills vs black tar heroin, etc. It's better to not use these at all, but I'm all for harm reduction for the people who do, since a blanket prohibition of everything obviously isn't helping.
I see your point, but working in the medical field, I think that for every death you prevent, you'll have 50 new people with dependence because these highly addictive substances are sold at Wal-Mart. Of those new people with dependence, several might still end up dying because they take too much, have a comorbid condition, or are injured while intoxicated. Pure drugs are still quite dangerous, and considering there were over 100,000 cases of acetaminophen overdose in the US in 2014, I think it's unlikely people won't do harm to themselves if they have easy and cheap access to opiates and amphetamines, which are much more fun than Tylenol to abuse.
Hitler
topical painkillers that actually work
Like what? Lidocaine is OTC up to 4%, the prescription strength is 5%. It's only a small amount less effective. What other topical pain relievers were available?
Also what the hell is "real Tylenol" lmfao. And "actual decongestants" are still available OTC too. I actually can't think of any "actual decongestants" that are available prescription only but not OTC, other than like straight up amphetamine which is stupid as fuck to use as a decongestant. What are you talking about?
Psudoephedrine requires a prescription, all the OTC decongestants use phenylephrine which is about as effective as a placebo.
Where does psudoephedrine require a prescription? It's behind the counter, but at most all you need is a driver's license to buy it.
Ah, in areas with high levels of meth use, a lot of pharmacies will restrict who can buy pseudoephedrine even further than what local law requires.
For instance, where I live... Walmart will not sell it without a prescription. Neither will CVS. Walgreens will, but you have to have filled prescriptions there within the past year. Haven’t checked any other pharmacies.
State law, however, only requires that it be kept behind the counter and sold in limited quantities to customers who can provide ID.
If you don't mind me asking, which state is that? You have every right to file a complaint to the state board of pharmacy if they're withholding pseudoephedrine products from you which you are legally entitled to buy. That's super fucked up.
Where I live it's prescription-only for the entire country. To be fair, we do have a bit of a math problem at the moment but it's only gotten worse since they made pseudoephidrine hard to get...
Math... not even once.
Where does psudoephedrine require a prescription?
Oregon has it scheduled as a controlled substance. You need a script.
Yeah, I ended up googling it last night. Must say I'm a little surprised at the variation in laws since alternatives flooded the black market after the Sudafed lockdown. Tweakers are pretty darn resourceful.
I live in New Zealand and I'm sure plenty of other countries require a prescription too.
Pseudoephedrine does not require a prescription in the US, where I, the person I was replying to, and the majority of Redditors live.
Actually only about half of all Redditors live in the US nowadays, so my comment is actually kinda relevant!
Oh hey, you're right! I retract my statement lol. I remember a couple of years ago the percent of US users was insanely high. That's great that it's becoming more global now though!
Pseudoephedrine does not require a prescription in the US
In Oregon it very much does.
They still make them. You have to ask the pharmacist for it because it is behind the counter but no prescription is needed.
~~but no prescription is needed.~~
But no prescription is needed in some states. It is actually now prescription only in at least one state (Mississippi), and I have heard, but cannot confirm, others.
No they don't in America ( at least in most states)
They do in Illinois
Just found out my KP app allows me to request a perscription refill. Next day was approved went down to the pharmacy and paid my 10$
Say what you want about Kaiser, but refilling prescriptions is super easy. I don't even need hard copies for my opiates, my doctor can do it online.
Yesss the epinephrine inhaler
Bronkaid
In Australia you can buy them over the counter but only one at a time...
In Australia you can get Ventolin and generic inhalers for $10 over the counter. They tried to introduce an Asthma management card as a requisite a few yesrs ago but they scrapped it.
I wish there was some sort of special card or ID thing you could get for lifetime conditions to make medications that you'll always consistently need much easier to obtain.. I have to pay hundreds to a psychiatrist every couple of months just for him to write me my usual script in a 5 minute appointment for ritalin for ADHD since GPs can't prescribe it here.
The same medicine and same dosage I've needed for years now. And the same medicine and dosage I'll probably need for the rest of my life. It's frustrating..
There are a lot of countries (including Mexico) where you can get them over the counter. They are a lot cheaper than $ 75.
You can in Australia? I've bought them for kids who forgot them on sleepovers at my house
In Australia, we can get Ventolin over the counter, I think one like with Brominine* (utterly incorrect spelling).
come to australia. salbutamol is over the counter here. i think it's cheaper if you have a prescription but you can still get it over the counter with minimal hassle (i.e. "have you used this before? yes? here you go")
Faaar out. When I hear things like this I am so grateful I live in Australia. My asthma puffers cost me almost nothing and I can get them over the counter anywhere. I could not imagine a life in America where something I consider to be a mild annoyance is actually an expensive chronic condition.
Its annoying as shit. I have to go once a year otherwise they won’t keep writing my prescription. Thats a 225 dollar doctor visit for them to go “yup, still got asthma”, so I can refill my prescription and have the privilege of paying 60 bucks for a rescue inhaler. I don’t even use advair anymore since it’s north of 300 bucks per disc.
YES!!! They are currently about $60 each for me right now WITH insurance!!!
Luckily my mom just went to Mexico and bought be the over the counter ones from there. $4 each. She bought me 15. Lol.
I dated a guy for a while who used an inhaler before running races because it made him do slightly better - he had a doctor prescribe them, but he didn't have asthma
I bought some a year ago from some new zealand med site, ship to US. I had to put in a fake Rx number, but that was merely a formality. iirc, they cost about $12-15 each? Simply found vendor with a 5 minute google.
I didn't have health insurance in America so I was pretty SoL (walk-in clinics are a goddamn scam). Moved to China and I can buy an inhaler otc for less than $5. It's a (deep) breath of fresh air.
I live in Malaysia and over here you can still get it over the counter at just about any pharmacy.
100% agree. My SO forgot his inhaler once on a trip to New Zealand. Poor thing was so asthmatic during his trip since he couldn't get it over the counter.
Fuck that was a terrible experience....
Same with eye glasses. It royally pisses me off that I have to pay someone to give me permission to just buy some more contacts.
Good ol' Primatine Mist.
When I was a kid my grandmother took me to a pharmacy to get my inhalers, when I got older and didn’t have insurance I would go in and the guy knew me so he sold it to me. Not sure it was normal but I always thought the guy was a hero for it. I went there until they closed down. RIP Mr.Chen, you saved my life a crap load of times.
Still over the counter in Australia...
However, all drugs with any amount of codeine are prescription only, which sucks because it was nice to be able to take a decent pain killer every now and then when you needed.
The ones that had like epinephrine (I think) and some sort of terrible citric acid to keep you from abusing them.... they were terrible, but they did the job.
I used to use the primatene inhalers when I needed to, but it's probably better that it's off the market. Those things were not good for your heart or your lungs. I found an online pharmacy where I can buy Albuterol inhalers with no prescription which is a much better solution for me.
Altoid Sours
I still dream about tangerine.
makes my mouth wonderfully hurt thinking about it
Fun fact: I ate so many of those at once when I was a kid that it actually made the roof of my mouth raw. I still have a scar there today.
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I have a funny story about Atomic Warheads. In 4th grade a girl that rode my bus, who was a year younger, used to give me atomic warheads every day for the entire year. I guess her mom would send her to school with them so people would like her.
I moved away until freshman year of high school when I ended up back in the same town. The next year when I was a sophomore, the first day of school I saw the girl and we remembered each other. She had gotten quite sexy.
I asked her out, we dated for 3 years before mutually ending things but we’ve remained very good friends ever since. Apparently she thought I was cute on the bus back in the day, told her mom I liked the black cherry ones and her mom supplied them to her so I would like her.
I’m driving to Palm Springs this Friday, meeting up with her parents and our mutual friends and we’re throwing a surprise 30th birthday party for her.
All of this because she gave me Atomic Warheads on the bus in 4th grade!
Edit: I can’t wait to show her how much Reddit loved our story on Friday! I’ll update this post with a picture for some proof after the surprise!
Edit 2: Here’s a picture of us after the surprise!
https://imgur.com/gallery/O51HqAr
That is wonderfully adorable. Also great that you two are still friends to this day!
I agree and this was the perfect way to end my night before I drift off into slumber land.
Happy cake day
Thanks! 🍰
Awesome. This is way better than thinking about all of the people who have unexpectedly died in their sleep.
Watch your back bro. I'm sure you saw on the news that there was a big prison break and slumber land is currently being tormented by a raping murderer. He rapes, he murders, he does it all. And he's coming for you (and in you).
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I don't believe so. I believe he insists on keeping his murder/rape ratio right at 1:1.
This made my night. Tell her happy birthday from Reddit!
Dude, her mom Pavlov'd you into dating her.
I hate that I had to scroll up halfway to check your username.
I was definitely expecting Hell in a Cell nineteen ninety eight.
Why'd you break up?
Bitch stoppes producing the goods. Drop that shit like it's hot.
damn that’s like a love story 😭😭😭😭
Bring her some black cherry Warheads
What a wholesome story! Thanks for sharing!
I thought this story was going to end with you seeing her years later and your mouth filling with saliva at the sight of her and you not knowing why... I guess your version is cute too...
This story makes me smile and just so happy especially since I'm going through a breakup right now and were trying to be friends still. Our story isn't near as cool as yours though!
Well funk you and your beautiful story. (Joke)
Have an awesome time dude!
Whatever gift you're bringing, you definitely need to bring a bag of warheads
Jesus Christ I was seriously expecting Hell in a Cell. The story was just too sweet.
Fuck that shit bro. Get her back, get her naked, get her married, get her pregnant. Step 2 through 4 can be rearranged as needed to fit your needs.
Dude - if you are still friends, then she still likes you. Go on man.
Best advice I ever got as a kid "be friends with all the girls because you have no idea which ones will get hot."
Yo. Her mom has been trying to get you into bed since the 4th grade. Do not disappoint.
Hope she’s not a redditor. You just outed her surprise party.
It would be really neat to be the inventor of a certain candy and then hear about a story like this involving said candy that you created
While your in Palm Springs go to "Great Shakes". Best milk shakes I've ever had, their white chocolate lavender shake is amazing.
Awesome story. Also, she is still smokin! You guys both look great for being 30/31
This made me smile
did you guys fuck
Did you touch her boobies
He's gonna get some atomic head
In 4th grade, on the bus.
ON AN OPEN FIELD
That was awesome.
Commenting to see pics
This is just adorable.
This is one of the coolest things I've read on reddit. Tell your friend Happy 30th!
This is so wholesome. I love this story so much. :)
god damn this actually made me so happy.
Don’t let us down!
So, her plan worked! A few years too late, but still.
Also, cute story, I can't help but smile.
You should give her warheads as a thank you, and as a throwback.
This is the best thing I'll read all day most likely.
Black Cherry was the bomb. Also, I don't think they were that sour out of all the flavors.
“She had gotten quite sexy” uuhhhh?
What is confusing about that?
Not confused, just creeped out
You’re creeped out by a guy recalling when he was in high school and noticed that another high schooler had, “become quite sexy” since he had seen her last when they were children?
How is that creepy?
Give her some warheads as a birthday gift!
So wholesome thanks for sharing
Her mom knew that sharing is caring. You two are proof that friendship is magic. Therefore all the children's shows are correct protrayals of an ideal world. Checkmate atheists.(?)
My best friend can eat so many salt and vinegar chips that she can eventually peel a layer from her tongue because of it. It’s rather disgusting.
That is horrifying.
It is.
I love how it's "at least twice." Like, could it have been more? Maybe, but I wouldn't know because I still have no feeling in my mouth this many years later!
Oh my God, those Atomic Warheads were the best. I'd end up with about 30 every Halloween and I'd end up eating them over a relatively short period of time (like everyone does with Halloween candy). I can still feel that sourness on my tongue thinking about it.
When I was 10 or 11, me and my friend at the time used to play "Warhead Chicken" and try to eat as many at once as we could manage. I didn't have them for another twelve or thirteen years, until a co-worker brought some in one day, and I waxed nostalgic.
Since I still had the memories of agony as a kid, it took me five or ten minutes to work up the nerve to eat one. My mouth still waters funny remembering about them.
They were good, but not as good as they "had been."
Oh my gosh that happened to me once and it was honestly amazing. Like peeling a sunburn, but so much cooler!
But then it hurt on the edges of the peel, and my tongue was so raw for a few days :(
I still get phantom sour tastes on my tongue from time to time after I ate a fuckton of those in one sitting.
I have a scar in my mouth from warheads too
Ditto. Also, balsamic vinegar chips cause the same reaction, and yet I keep doing it cause they taste amazing. Source: peeking tongue and roof of mouth about a month ago.
You guys sure have a nuclear-everything-centered product range. First there's chemistry/physics kits for children with uranium and Geiger counters, now Atomic Warheads and i'm sure i once read about energy drinks containing plutonium.
My whole face puckered just thinking about those things. Black cherry were the best.
Omg I saw warhead otter pops (obviously not the right name) the other day and it brought back SO MANY MEMORIES. I may need to buy some. Warheads were the shit.
Your taste buds were quitters.
Mine soldier on until they are dissolved in the acid hellscape of my mouth on my third set of four warheads.
I did that as a kid at a wedding.
Wait, what? Your taste buds peeled off? From the excruciating sourness? Is this shit for real? How many questions can I ask consecutively? One more? Two more? A thousand more?
I used to buy those in bulk. I'd keep a stash in my backpack and chain them to keep awake in boring classes in college.
I did a similar thing with a box of big red gum my brother brought me back from america.
I've done it several times. Top of your tongue comes off like leather.
one time I ate a bunch of xanax, warheads, and liquor & ended up puking literal rainbows. My friends thought it was hilarious.
Something similar happened to me, I lost the ability to taste sour for like, 5 years. It's still not back to full after another 5.
I did the exact same thing. Made my mouth such a raw, bloody mess that to this day everything tastes different. Good times
Cry Baby Tears are like that too. I am in pain the day after a binge.
Fun fact: I came here to say the same thing. For me, it was the lemon flavor. What hurt my mouth was the bumpiness of the candy. Why in the hell did they make it so bumpy? I don't have a scar, though.
I did that with tear jerkers.
YOU are why we can't have nice things!
There's this youtuber named LA Beast that had so many at once that his tongue started bleeding
I had that happen when I was a kid, but with Sour Patch kids. I ate so many that the insides of my cheeks were peeling and bleeding.
No regrets.
I just got my answer 😂
That doesn't sound fun
We all do
Same.
My mom always warned me not to eat too many or I would burn a hole in my mouth. I always thought she was trying to scare me straight but I guess she was right!
I did that with warheads, first time tried sword fish that night, still have no idea what it wastes like. I couldn't taste fucking anything but pain.
The pasts tide pods
You have a weird sense of fun
I ate an entire "To Share" bag of sour skittles the other night and the next morning skin was peeling off my tongue. Needless to say I can't wait to do it again.
My dad used to bring home the mango ones. Pretty sure him and I were the only ones in the family who actually liked them. I used to grab like, four at a time (hard to grab any less when they're all melted together, and why would anyone put extra candy back?) and then react in shock and fear when I felt little divets, pain, and a slight numbness all over the inside of my mouth from the candy for the hundredth time. That shit was amazing, even if it did eat my flesh a bit.
look up the la beast doing warheads
I've done that with the cinnamon mints.
eating fresh kumquats does that same thing
Watch your language
thank you for not letting me be the only one w a dirty mind. "eating fresh cum" lol
ive never had one i am tempted now
Yeah I just got a canker sore
Omg I forgot about these... They were so good! Ate them until my mouth went raw.
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group.
They are great!
Those and the mango ones, I would eat the entire tin. I wish they'd either come back or that I could find something like them.
"I once saw an Altoid sour the size...of a tangerine." - Michael Caine
I saw a video on YouTube last year were somebody bought a tin of these from an online auction. They got it and when they opened it, they discovered that they had all melted and congealed into one solid chunk
Nah man, mango.
I think I'm glad I missed out. I have troubles letting go of things.
Ate an entire tin of them when I was like 8 years old in an entire day. When I tell you I’ve never felt more excruciating pain on my tongue when I was done with them.... boy. Lesson learned..... they’re still too good though I miss them lol
And the mango!
....and now I am salivating
Does anyone remember PB Maxx? They weren’t candy bars or snack cakes, but this weird hybrid cookie with loads of peanut butter and cookie bits, all covered in chocolate. I could eat an entire box in one sitting , so I guess it’s a good thing that they discontinued them.
Mango for life! RACE WAR!
But for real - those Altoid Sours were incredible.
I would have never survived being pregnant without the tangerine ones.
And marmalade skies...
https://www.bustle.com/articles/95869-why-were-altoids-sours-discontinued-heres-the-sad-truth-about-the-puckery-candys-mysterious-disappearance
Seems as if they weren't popular enough, surprisingly. If you want them back, call up Wrigley and ask for them! 1-800-WRIGLEY
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That seems to happen with a lot of products.
"They stopped making them because they weren't popular"
"Are you kidding me? There's nobody who doesn't buy those!"
Could be a very vocal minority.
There are dozens of us! DOZENS!
You would think they would pick up on this.
You haven't met my father. He goes through hundreds of altoid Tins a year... Well, maybe not hundreds. But probably 1 a week. So dozens. I've started trying to do arts and crafts with them. I also keep little keep sakes in them as I know one day he won't be here and the tin will remind me of him
They're great if you want a case for your Raspberry Pi.
I used to drop a bunch in my hot cocoa. Now I just use peppermint schnapps.
It was a perfect stoner "kit". Could fit a lighter, a pipe, some bud, rolling papers, and it was metal so it wouldn't get crushed. Mine was a Chocolate Altoids. We all chose a different flavor to avoid confusion xD
Also great for guitar picks
They are great passive heatsink for small tv boxes, routers, modems, and other stuff that get warm and need to be elevated for more air circulation.
What happened to your comment?
Just wanted a little off the top?
Uhm it ran on. But yeah, they are great heatsinks.
Nah, on my screen the top half of your first sentence is literally missing. Like someone gave your comment a crew cut.
Lol. Could be an issue with your Reddit app. The official one on Android is showing the comments ok.
I read that as "I haven't met my father" and wondered how you knew so much about his altoid usage.
I bought a tin of altoids original mints to keep in my car for whenever I wanted a mint. It wasn't until then that I realized I don't really want mints...
I miss the regular ginger mints. 🙁
Trader Joe's has some decent ones
I love original Altoids and the smalls. Also, fun fact, they're big in the everyday-carry, hiking, prepping, etc. communities because the tins are very useful for storing things. I'm the only person I know who likes the actual mints, though. I just think they taste good and actually freshen my breath.
I like the original altoids, keep one tin in my car, and one in my edc bag at all times.
Isn’t edc bag what you call your man purse when you don’t feel comfortable referring to it as a man purse?
It's a satchel.
Oh no its my man purse, i referr to it as my purse fairly often, but reddit gets uppity if you call it a purse
If your talking electric Daisy carnival I get the feeling the one you have in that bad isn't for mints
I'm pretty sure he means "every day carry".
Probably that makes more sense I've never heard that before though. TIL
No legit mints. Never know when that not so fresh feelings gunna hit.
Lol I love altoids plus the sours. But if I see the tins they usually fall into one of three categories: drug tin, survival kit, not-so-secret secret money tin.
Don't forget holder of Idea "extra parts"
Also see, what are directions?
Lol yea this is true. the only Altoids can I have right now is holding a hundred resistors. Completely slipped my mind.
This got me thinking about the tins of various flavored candy. They were small and had some kind of stamped design on them. Sweet and delicious. I think Amazon sells them but they're expensive.
Check your grandma’s purse for a tin of the originals
I always have a tin of original on me
I think it’s pretty much guitar players keeping them in business.
I feel like if we push a social media campaign they'll bring it back.
But I think the real reason it was taken away was due to kids putting a lot of them in their mouth and then damaging the roof of their mouth. Unlike Warheads and other sour candies, Sours weren't individually packaged.
Regular Altoids are in every middle aged woman’s purse. That’s why.
That’s too much work. Can it be done with less than 3 mouse clicks?
Or sign this petition
https://www.change.org/p/wrigley-altoid-sours
"Courtney is counting on you"
let's put our money "wear" our mouths are
That's the dumbest, "no shit" article I have read in a while.
...yeah they discontinued something, so it's very likely it didn't sell enough. Thanks, bustle.com!
"the sad truth"
Can we make this candy come back??
ugh, the end of the first few paragraphs ends with re-asking the question, "so why were they discontinued?" save me a click already.
I did this once and they were just very confused.
I read it was because they were causing people to have damaged mouths. Which is just dumb; just warn people not to eat too many ffs. haha.
It was really popular at my middle school to pour the remaining white powder out of the tin when you were done with the sours, cut it into lines, and snort it. 12 year olds are fucking stupid.
I don't think I knew about snorting lines of things when I was 12. I was aware of what cocaine was (D.A.R.E came to my school lol), but people actually snorting powder with a straw was not something I'd ever seen. Then some idiot in grade 8 math class snorted the sugar from the bottom of a bag of sour patch kids. I was like "why did you do that?" And he said "bro im snorting coke, don't you watch The Sopranos?" No, 13 year old me did not watch The Sopranos.
I guess I was a sheltered child lol
In middle school, a friend of mine snorted a Pixie Stick. He only ever did it once.
I did it once! It turned my boogers blue. Then purple-ish. Then a lot of red.
It gave me a bloody nose.
A friend of mine snorted a pixie stick. When he said it burned, I slid over his cup of Sprite for him to snort to "make it better." It didn't make it better.
I was a terrible friend.
You tried.
Oh, I knew what I was doing...
At least it wasn't pop rocks!
Yeah that was the thing, pretty much everyone who did that only did it once. Citric acid in the sinuses can't feel good. Especially when it caused my bud's nose to bleed.
One guy did it about once a year though. He'd ham it up like he was actually high on coke, and basically wanted lots of attention. He got it, but it was mostly from younger kids calling him "Charlie Sheen," (it was around the few weeks when he was all over the place).
Had a seventh grader do this a few weeks ago when they had a substitute teacher. The sub left notes and I guess another one was “smoking” pixie dust by blowing it out in a cloud. I can’t help but shake my head and laugh a bit because this was a thing when I was in school. So dumb...
I had students a couple years ago who loved to “smoke” smarties by crushing them. They were juniors and seniors who did this /eyeroll
For exactly did they smoke this powder?
The pixie sticks I can make sense of, but this not so much.
They’d puff it out and it would look like smoke. Not actually smoking it.
What, the entire package?
I was initially picturing a single smartie.
I think we all had that friend.
One of my highschool friends snorted a crushed up Cheeto. Much regret was had.
We used to do that at summer camp. It would turn your snot the color of the pixie stick.
I made a friend snort salt once, he told me his nose burned for days
I don’t think not watching The Sopranos at 13 makes you a sheltered child
Hell I'm 24 and I still don't wanna watch that shit. Not a fan of violent shows. Game of thrones too. Too rough lol
While The Sopranos has its share of violent scenes, it's more of a drama/character study then an 'action' show. Certainly worth watching.
I have actually seen it, but I really dont like it. I liked the scenes with Tony and his Therapist, but other than that it just didnt float my boat.
That's OK, when the (pre-DARE) drug enforcement officer came to talk in my 8th grade boy's PE class, he circulated examples of all sorts of drugs and paraphernalia (former evidence in court cases.)
A week later the officer did an audit and a bag of cocaine was missing. There was a big investigation. No one was caught...
This is an urban myth. Very similar to the box of 20 joints passed around and when the teacher gets it back, there's 21.
I was there...
What? They don't show real drugs in schools they're fakes lol. Someone stole some sugar.
They showed real drugs in schools back in the day a long time ago.
When I was 12 Scarface came out, and we snuck in to see it.
Also, Trading Places.
I love how my parents would drop me off with friends to see Oh Heavenly Dog and we'd be sneaking into Blue Lagoon.
lol, i did that too. Also those straw filled with sugar powder. Damn i needed a good authority figure back then. i was soo fuckin stupid that everything i did until the age of 21 make me cringe so hard.
Pixie stix?
It was those.
Has.... has anyone tried to smuggle cocaine with these? Brb opening a candy factory in some obscure cocaine capitol
One spot check and you're done, or one drug dog.
That looks plastic. Pixie sticks be paper baby.
Mmmm
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Well i should say that i act less cringy then. During my highschool i was sperg saiyen 3. It might have messed with my gauges.
Sometimes we would snort pop rocks and you could see them pop in your nose.
Bruh if you guys did that you would love what the Mexican kids did at my middle school and early high school yrs.
I only did it once I swear!
We had this Mexican candy called Lucas it was just salt/sugar and spices all mixed up. By itself normally consumed it was just this sweet salty mess that we couldn’t get enough of but if you snort that omg did it sting like a mofo. I only handled it the one time after that I was done being stupid and I continued to laugh at the others who kept accepting dares to snort lines of the stuff.
There was also another version of Lucas that had salt and like a powdered lime mix that one as delicious.
Baby Lucas was my favorite. I feel like it was the girliest flavor, kinda orange sweet but still sour. I totally never snorted it but definitely watched my stupid friends do it haha
That one, the chili one, and the lime one were my favorites. Oh god, I loved the chili one. My mouth is watering do bad it hurts.
Same age, a friend of mine would bring back this flavoring powder called Lucas from visiting her family in Mexico, it was basically chili powder and citric acid I think. We ate it as candy. Someone accidentally got some in his nose when he tried to smell it, so after that we thought it was cool to snort it. It burned, and we imagined it made us feel “high.”
Twelve year olds really are pretty stupid.
lmao i remember kids in my grade back in 5th grade would crush up smarties and do the same thing
Someone probably told him that that would make him smarter.
Back in my day, we snorted lucas and we liked it, dammit
Do your kids eat tide pods now?
Those were the days...ah, to be young again...
It has been my experience that stupid teens will pretend pretty much ANYTHING is drugs. I made a tidy amount of money in middle school selling catnip as weed. Amazingly apparently Andrew G got like suuuuuper high man from them dank weed I sold him.
In my middle school, there was a kid who would pour out the sour 'dusting' of the sour Skittles bag and snort that
On time in freshman year I convinced a kid to snort a line of the remaining powder of the wintermint altoid. It was funny, and seemed very painful. Yet I think the sour powder would be way worse
We did that back in the 80s with Spree candy. We’d crush them up and snort them. I don’t remember anything else about 1983.
Oh god, the sneezing. I could only begin to imagine..
We used to snort Lucas. Sadly yes it was a we.
My friends did lines of the powder that fell off of the fizzy Skittles.
We called that sugar boogers.
We did that with sherbert. The fuck was wrong with us lmao
Used to do that with Wizz Fizz
kids snorted little bits of pixie sticks at my school
Can confirm.
Source: was once 12 and was very stupid
We did that with the dust from Pop-Tart bags in 6th grade
I remember we tried this one time. My friend Harry, a goofy fucker with frosted tips, tried it for the first time in the back of my math class. When that demon powder hit his sinuses, homie freaked out and BOLTED for the water fountain...forgetting about the clear glass classroom door in the way. He rang that thing like a bell. Even my adorable little Mormon math teacher was beside himself, crying with laughter. Class was dismissed.
Nowadays, the middle schoolers are snorting crushed up Smarties.
Source: I have middle schooler.
Did any of you guys ever smoke smarties? Kids at my middle school did that. You'd crush a roll of smarties and open it up a little, inhale then blow out the dust cloud, basically a primitive form of vaping.
Jesus. I had one once, a single time well over 10 years ago, and it’s been stuck in my head ever since
Have you tried gargling?
You're supposed to eat it; not stick it up your nose.
But it smelled so sour!
well of course it is, they go in your mouth, not your ear silly
Same exact story for me. A kid in elementary school gave it to me and I never forgot, but also never remembered to ask my mom to get me some.
Also, I was coincidentally just telling a friend of mine about this two days ago.
That's the Baader Meinhof phenomenon, which you will not-coincidentally hear reference to again soon.
I’ve only ever heard of these and really want to try them
They're delicious and they make your mouth physically hurt from the sour
I think that's the problem. It's kind of a niche product. Everyone has bought one tin every now and then but, were you buying a tin every week or two?
My parents were. I was budgeting for packs of gum for school back then. I prolly would now since I chew less gum.
They’re for sale on amazon for $500 if you really want to try them
Probably a tin full of goo by now sadly :(
They aight.
holy shit i had convinced myself that i imagined those. i had them when i was little(tangerine) and i still think about it sometimes. i had forgotten about my fixation with them until this comment
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Yeah all 42 of us on reddit will make them bring it back
Together we stand, united we fall.
there's dozens of us!
DOZENS!
It doesn't even need to be a on the store shelf thing. I'll be fine with ordering online during limited production runs.
43
44! Also I miss the chocolate covered mints
I heard they caused tongue fissures and caused people to burn their mouths bad. It was too acidic
I did that to myself with Atomic Warheads. A layer of skin peeled off my tongue. No permanent damage though. The sour taste comes from a coating of citric acid, which is, well, acidic and will eat at the tissue in your mouth if eaten in excess.
Warheads kick it up to malic acid.
warheads still do that. i remember back in the day me and some mates would play FFA on MW2 and whoever got the least kills had their mouth filled with warheads and taped shut till they were all done.
lots of pain, some bleeding, bloody good fun
I feel like the warheads nowadays aren't as strong as they used to be, they're only sour for about 3 seconds.
same thing happened to sour skittles. eating a bag of those straight used to sting a bit at the end, now it's got the slight sour tingle of a granny smith apple.
What is up with stuff not being sour anymore? I used to love sour things, is this because of some new legislation, or what?
Taste buds develop as you age, it's possible that if all your memories of really sour candy are from childhood, it was just increased sensitivity.
So true. I got some recently after not seeing them for a decade and was very disappointed
I never thought warheads were very sour. There was some stuff called Toxic Waste that was the shiiiit.
We went through a pack in my office of five in just a couple of days. They definitely burn your tongue.
Still bought another pack because they were so good.
YOU CAN DO IT! (note: end)
I might have a connection.
Interested?
Edit: there is a convienence store across town that may, or may not exist partially detached from time.
If they have them please don't eat them. They're like 15 years old.
The tangerine ones are still my favorite candy... It's been eight years, man...
Was about to post this. Mango was the essence of my childhood
It has been nearly 10 years since I've thought about those and now I'm genuinely sad.
These literally started my love of grapefruit candy.
You can get some on Ebay for $700.
More like around $100. Just sold some myself recently. The guy listing them at $700 offered me $40 for my tin saying that was the best he could do. He was being serious.
Tangerine and the mango ones were the best!!!
Were those the ones that had Sour Raspberry? If so, then A) they were the shit, and B) they weren't really sour at all.
I had no idea they were gone but now I want them
I loved these things and can say, without a doubt, that they were the number one reason I was able to quit smoking. I crunched on tin after tin of them everyday for months. Of course, I ended up needing 3 fillings and a root canal six months after I stopped smoking. In the long, I’m okay with trading good teeth for healthy lungs. Now, the only taste equivalent I can find are icebreaker sours which are sugar-free, so they kill your stomach if you eat too many.
Came here to say this haha
Similarly, Twizzlers Sourz.
And a UK candy, Rowntree’s Randoms Sweet & Sours.
Basically no sour candy should ever be cancelled.
Chocolate covered altoids!
My mouth just watered.
Ugh, I just bought some this morning. Wish granted?
https://imgur.com/xHTQYFP.png
God damn kid-me was in love with these.
Never saw them on the shelves again nearly 15 years ago.
Oh why did you have to remind me of those
are you telling me the one breathmint company can make tangerine sours but not ALTOIDS what the FUCK kind of injustice is this
Ooh, those were great. My mother only bought them for me rarely, but I treasured them when she did. Tangerine were the best.
what........ happened? i thought i just phased out of them but CLEALY
I came here to mention this. Those were divine.
I'd settle for the old Altoids.
You know, when "curiously strong" actually meant that they were strong.
I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy, and they've signficantly toned down the minty heat compared to when they first came out.
Fisherman's Friend
Walgreens has them I think. It's good shit.
i was in singapore a couple years ago and in one grocery store i found like 10 different flavors of them! i thought there were only two flavors until then, it’s really a shame that they don’t have the other flavors around where i live.
I think about those all the time
I came here to say this!
My grandparents would give these to us almost every time we visited for most of my childhood. I miss them so much.
Ctrl + F'd this just to upvote. Lawd I miss the Raspberry ;__;
Why were they discontinued?
omfg this asf! the candy of my child hood
RIP tongue
I only heard about these after they became unavailable, seems like a marketing issue.
My crush in 5th grade (2003-04) gave me a ton of them at the time...I still remember what they taste like!
Omg I forgot those existed. I was about too type “that sounds amazing never had one” but then I realized I had one I had all the ones it’s just been forever oh I miss those things
Why must you remind me of the extinction of my cousins?
Dude I fucking loved those...
I dream of these tangy little bits of ambrosia frequently.
I just realized that I haven't seen these in years!
If you live near Mexico, we still have them
Came here to say this. I miss those sour apple altoids.
I still have a few tins in a drawer at my house!
ME TOO!!
I read this comment in disbelief, googled it and cried.
Wrigley says the best way to get them back is to call!
Oh my God I came here to say this
Mmm. Green apple. That taste is so nostalgic.
Wait those are gone?
Came to this thread to upvote this comment.
They made my teeth weird. Still was worth it, but not as often as I'd have liked.
This is bad.... used to feed them to my yorkie. She loved them...
That is so weird, my dogs hate sour things so much.
It was disturbing i could leave the whole tin there and she would eat them all one by one... there was something seriously wrong with her.
I remember swallowing one whole to get out of school. Made me gag instantly and lasted 20 minutes.
Worked.
Closest I get now is sweet tart sour chews. The gas station I would always buy those at had a two for one deal work a drink once. Rip my mouth.
Ive seen these mentioned so much lately and as a absolute fiend for Warheads...really want to try altoids now :(
Altoids Black Licorice. You can find unopened tins for $60 on Ebay
Oh my god
They were the only thing that helped me survive morning sickness through 2 pregnancies.
Ate a tin of the lemons and my eye started twitching for a couple days.
I want these back too!!
Those things caused the most awesome tongue bumps.
I miss Altoids Liquorice.
omg
Altoid Gingers. God I miss them,
Oh man!! I forgot about those.
when did they get rid of these i’m so sad
Came here for this
Crazy you mention this, I just found two tins upstairs in a desk drawer one is rasberry and the other is like citrus? Def not gonna eat them though, those things are old af.
I just did a Ctrl + F for this. Every time I'm in a checkout I longingly look for their return. I loved these.
I knew I should have scrolled down before posting mine... lol. I miss them so much.
I had no idea these were discontinued and now I'm sad
These were to us in middle school what warheads were in elementary school! Completely worth all the destroyed taste buds!
Yogos. Those little balls of fruit snacks surrounded in yogurt. Shit was like crack
Fuck those were amazing. They had the perfect texture.
If you want to try something similar, there's a thing called Welch's Fruit 'n Yogurt. Basically the same thing, just bigger and with a much lower variety of flavors, at least as far as I have been able to find. And though it's been a long time since I've had them, this may be wishful thinking on my part, but in my opinion they basically taste exactly the same as Yogos.
Yes! They're delicious! Also I throw them in my yogurt sometimes with some Grapenuts cereal and then my taste buds are in heaven.
My first thought too - they're exactly like Yogos
Yes! I have some in my kitchen right now if anyone wants to try them. Come on over.
I totally fogrot those wonderful things existed. Now I'm sad.
First thing on this thread that I remember. Just got slapped in the face with childhood
GOD YES
If these are what I'm picturing then Welch's also makes sphere shaped, yogurt coated fruit snacks that are similar.
THANK YOU!
Literally every food store in Sweden has this stuff
I love when people say "like crack" who have obviously never done crack.
The Office reference. I'm sorry. I can't help it.
No, you’re right, I’m a middle class fraud.
Why don’t you say, “Yogos are like scrapbooking.”
I heard it as "middle class broad". But yeah, you're right. Looked it up.
blows through your curtains
Bite em to crack the yogurt. Then let the outside dissolve. Then mash the inside against the roof of your mouth.
In that same vein, Keebler Grips. I would eat so many of these bad boys after Little League games.
shit I forgot about yogos. I fucking loved them in middle school
Wow, first thing I’ve read that’s taken me back
Wow ... Aussie here. To me, "Yogo" means those little pots of 'yoghurt' (or whatever it was) back in the day. I wonder if it's still sold? I was terrified of the idea of rice in my yoghurt so never tried that one.
still sold. still yum.
I read this and thought "what are they talking about? Yogos don't have fruit, it's legit just chocolate custard... Oh wait, that's probably just an Australian thing
Lol did exactly the same thing!
I know! I was like bitch_WhatDaFuq is going on here!
At first I thought you said Yugos.
Finally someone who knows
Oh fuck yes those were bomb
God I remember when those commercials were all over TV. I only ever got them once but they were amazing
I had forgotten about these.
Why have you done this to me? Bringing back longing with no cure!
Upvoted for nostalgia
Came here to say this
Why did they stop making them?
I think I found some in a chinese market.
They made my throat burn
Man, those things were amazing. I wish they brought them back.
Shark bites got rid of the white sharks, I want the white sharks back.
It was the best one!!!
Agreed!! The white sharks tasted like fruit punch flavored "fun fruits" - the original gummy snack. I f*cking loved fun fruits.
fun fruits
Those were the BEST fruit snacks! Nothing today compares!
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How...Wha...HOW?!
I believe it’s a joke.
I thought this was a joke comment saying that great white sharks have been hunted to extinction because they started biting to many people. Wtf are shark bites?
They were a gummy candy in the 90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4M2scXbV4o
OMG YES those commercials
sorry
/r/Beetlejuicing
Paging u/WhiteSharkBites
/r/betelguise
Damn I forgot how good those were
Why?? WHY???!!! Why would you destroy your product by getting rid of the best part?!!
Pyrex sells a line of products that aren't Brosilicate. Getting rid of the best part of products is an art.
Shark bites are still out there?? Adding them to my grocery list now...
Haha, I kept some as toys when I was a kid. They got really hard like plastic.
Well, at one point the box actually came with little hard plastic sharks. Are you sure you didn't just have those? I had a bunch.
You mean the ones that would dive if you filled them with baking soda? Nope.
They were definitely the chewy ones, but I decided to use em as toys
No these were glow in the dark great white's I believe. Kind of a blueish green white color.
There were four or five colored glow in the dark great whites.
They also had Mega Mouth toys for a limited time.
I think I vaguely remember that haha.
But yeah, those sharks were definable edible at one point.
Oh man I remember those.
I think they started out without the white sharks and introduced a couple years later.
I was probably in 5th grade when they introduced them. They were amazing!
They were Great!
I loved those. I think it's funny that sharks and dinosaurs made up a large part of toys, food, and cartoons back then. I still have my glow-in-the-dark Great White that came in a box of Shark Bites.
Those bastards!!!!
They did WHAT?! I used to eat those all the time and the white sharks were like the cream of the oreo, man.
This world is an abomination.
I went to the store the other day with intent to sample some various fruit snacks in hopes of finding something as good as Shark Bites (especially the white shark). Technology and flavors have come a long way since the 1980s and 1990s so surely there must be some crazy fruit snacks out there right? Wrong. Everything tastes the same. There are no "special" pieces, like the white shark. They also don't have that chew sensation to them anymore. I don't know how best to describe the sensation, but it was like, more... aldente? You can really leave some detailed teeth marks if bit in half. Everything now reminds me of basic, firm Jello flavors and sensation.
I didn’t even know they still made these. But if there aren’t white ones, I don’t want them anyway. Fuck the yellow ones.
Why would they get rid of the only reason to buy them?
For real. White power!!!
wait that doesnt sound right
Thanks! Now I need some old school shark bites and can never get them
Nooooooo! I was just telling a friend last week about how much I loved Shark Bites as a kid!
I'm here for you my friend
Wait. Do shark bites even still exist?
What!?!? Since when!?!?
I remember when they first got the white shark. I thought it was the coolest thing to have ever happened.
Really? I hated them when they were introduced. I might now buy a pack.
My favorite was when fruit snacks were kind of a new thing Sunkist made them in single-flavor packs (no shapes at all, just pellets of gummy joy). The lemon flavor was outstanding and I didn't have to wade through any other flavors. Just a whole pack of mouth sunshine.
I thought they were gone entirely
WHAT
No they didnt please tell me this is a joke !?
Peanut butter toast crunch, I believe it's still available in Canada though.
Edit: and other random states that aren't mine apparently (ಠ_ಠ)
I have never heard of this but I need it!? It sounds amazing I live in Canada and have never seen it.
Oh my gosh it is perfection, it's like Cinnamon toast crunch.... but it's peanut butter.
But French toast crunch, also nearly impossible to find. Also I miss honeycombs.
Where are you at? Around me we have an abundance of French toast crunch AND honeycombs! Unfortunately, honeycomb changed their recipe, so I don't like it anymore :(
I bought honeycomb as like a cereal to dry snack on. It's awful now. Like they took the honey out??
I know right?? It used to be the perfect dry snack, maybe they cheaped out on ingredients or switched to organic ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Make it with 3 slashes if you don't want it to drop the arm
Thanks ¯_(ツ)_///¯
Listen here you little shit
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Haha thanks!
Anytime someone says that, it reminds me of this.... https://youtu.be/8RK8B4HhbhU?t=15m13s
2mad4madlads
woah woah...when did this happen? I only buy honeycombs on very rare occasions, the last time I had them (2015ish?) they seemed like what I remember from my childhood.
Grab a box. It's hard to describe unless you try them for yourself
honeycombs aren’t the same anymore :(
They taste like wet styrofoam.
Delish
They changed FTC to be the squares, and it was horrible, while keeping the toast shape in Canada. They’ve finally brought that back to the US, just keep your eye open for it. I’ve seen it at one store, while another of the same chain won’t have it.
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Absolutely. The squares were terrible. The toast shape should have been the only shape.
We got honeycombs in New England
Just come to Nebraska. That stuff is everywhere
Both at Giant and Target in MD.
Surely you could get some from the internet? They've become fairly common here in Columbus, Ohio since the 2015 return.
Speaking of returning cereal, we just got motherfuckin Oreo-O's back.
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Now why did you have to go and remind me of those.
I... I get it all the time at Krogers in OH...
No fair! Apparently I can only get it off Amazon :(
I am genuinely sorry. I love it just as much as you do, and would hate not having access to it. In fact you have inspired me to pick some up tomorrow.
Go my child, eat the Peanut butter toast crunch, you have my blessing. Think of me while you taste it's subtle peanut butter flavour!!!
Send them some! Cmon what's reddit for if we can't help each other out damn it!
You should make a video of you eating..
"mmm.. ohh.. oh my god.. mmmmmmm.. this is so goooooood."
Wait so why not get it off amazon
Wait so those shits will have it in Ohio but not Indiana?
Fuckers.
I've got a box from Kroger in ky sitting on my counter right now. Can't imagine not having it.
Yeah I never saw them in northern ohio, but I saw them at Krogers near my college in southern ohio.
Pretty sure that just made a comeback here in California at least. Swear I've started seeing it in stores.
Yep I saw I tried.
Oooh! Any chance you saw it around central coast area? I’m in the 805 and would snack like mad on that ish.
92688 and 92679 have it :) maybe if you’re down there sometime?
Bought a box while pregnant. Ate it in basically one sitting. Have never seen again. :-(
I just found out Amazon has it! You can share it with your baby!
losing a pregnancy never stops haunting you. I automatically got uncomfortable at your comment because I thought 'how do you know the baby made it to term?'.
it's been a rough year :(
Im so sorry about that, I actually read through their comment history first to make sure their baby made it.
Good on you for being a caring person.
Sending love and hugs to you and your family!
Not a part of the convo but I just wanted to say I love you guys lol
I love you too internet traveler
Visit Michigan. It is where general mills and post are headquartered so even obscure cereal is available.
In Alabama we've got peanut butter crunch, honeycomb, and French toast crunch. Been seeing peanut butter crunch for years, and the other 2 just recently came back. Though the honeycomb isn't the same as it was when I was a kid in the 90s, so I don't like it
Agreed on the honeycomb, I can't even eat it anymore
It changed when I was a kid. I hated the new version. I mean, I still ate the shit out of it because it never stopped tasting sugary-sweet as hell, but I didn’t really savor it like a wine connoisseur anymore.
Can you send me a pallet of PB Toast Crunch please? In lieu of Reddit Gold, of course.
Do you also have waffle crisp?
I don't believe so
It is way better and still the same.
I've been missing french toast crunch in Canada:(
i’m pretty sure i’ve seen it here in montana. it’s the one shaped like little baby breads right? maybe you’d be able to get some off r/snackexchange ??
Yeah thats it, you can get it a few of those import candy stores, but not my local grocery.
On that note... WAFFLE CRISP!
Whooooa that's a classic right there bubba
Sell it at Target. They still taste awesome btw!
Still available almost everywhere in the lower pennisula of Michigan.
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OooOoooh I'm heading over there right now thank you!
No problem!
I miss the square peanut butter captain crunch. Now they're all stupid spheres and it's not the same :(
Nutter butter cereal is pretty close to that taste, and they're shaped like lil nutter butters!
Like cinnamon toast crunch but peanut butter flavour? I'm in Canada (see spelling of flavour) and I don't recall seeing that. Then again, I don't generally look at sugary cereals, because I binge the fuck out of frosted mini wheats
Yup exactly! It was a few years ago that I looked it up and it said available in Canada, maybe they stopped selling it there idk. Frosted wheat cereal is pretty good though, especially eating it dry. I'm not as much a fan when it gets too mushy in the milk, but I guess that goes for most cereals. Y'all still drink milk out of bags?
You know it. Apparently it's just an eastern Canada thing though, albertans tell me milk bags are weird.
It is pretty weird, but if it's efficient who am I to judge!!
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Amen to that, waaaay to many cereals have taken out the marshmallows. It's disappointing.
This is something I never understood, some products being gone from a specific state. There's this biscuit "cookie" called Trakinas and I bought it every week, about 5 years ago it just vanished from my state never to be seen again. I still eat it when I travel to other states but just knowing that I can't eat it regularly makes me sad.
Trakinas is a Brazilian biscuit brand. You can probably just order it online.
I'm actually surprised you could buy it in the US at all.
Sorry, forgot to mention that I do live in Brazil but it just vanished from shelves in Salvador.
Oh, that's really odd. It's almost like saying they don't sell Passatempo anymore.
Canadian here. Never heard of it. Might be a down east thing?
Yes, that's what I've heard. Sorry bout the generalization.
No worries bud!
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Yaaaay! Do I get a free hockey jersey now?
Live in Montreal, never heard of them either :(
Hmm strange. I love hearing about all these mystical foods that we have in Canada but no ones actually seen them.
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Thanks, I wondered where that went...
😂😂😂
Canada has all the weirdly amazing foods.
As a Canadian you guys outnumber our cool snacks 10:1
exactly! last time I walked into a grocery store in the states I kept taking photos of all the weird shit I found, also they'll have multiple shelves for all their poptart and oreo flavours we have like 5 options of each.
The Oreos are a bit crazy over here. We just got cherry cola Oreos.
I know right? I really need to take a trip up there sometime, just for the poutine. It looks heavenly!
I'd give it all up for Japan's array of Kitkat flavours
This is the first I've heard of these. We definitely don't have these in Ontario
I don't understand, do you mean crunchy peanut butter?
No no no, it's a cereal. It's Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but it's a peanut butter flavour variety!
Ah ok never heard of it
What states? I'll make a roadtrip. I need to try this.
Edit: Its sold out on Amazon, I'm blaming this post.
Whaaat I live in Canada and have not tried this.
Oh but you must, my cool Canadian comrade!
No lie I am going to look for these next time I go shopping.
Do it, I dare you.
Order it on Amazon.
Thaats what I'm gonna doo!
Funny you say this, I just bought a box last week and couldn't finish a whole bowl. Too rich! I just had to cut down on the size.
It all depends on the type of milk you use, it tastes bad with vanilla almond milk but great with original unsweetened almond milk.
Can you explain how to eat it?
Sure! You put one part milk for every two parts cereal. And be sure to use skim milk for best taste, or a non flavoured or unsweetened almond or soy milk
This is a business opportunity FYI.
How so? You think I could get them to sell it nationwide again??
Find the factory, import it and sell it... wherever. Ebay, amazon, shopify.
Oh god, please tell me it’s not true :(
But . . . But I just saw some the other day .. . It's still a relatively new product . . . Why would they get rid of it?
There were 2 reformulations of PBTC. First one was terrible. Second one was delicious. However, they overloaded it with so much crap and the process making it was really kinda bad for you. Don't recommend.
Gotta love market fluctuations.
dude missouri has it
Ooh, I have family there! Maybe I need to pay them a visit...
Wait what!?!? That's a thing! I need it. STAT STAT means now people!
I literally finished off a box of those babies this morning and I live in Tennessee. I think Kroger grocery stores have them if you have a Kroger near you.
Oh snap, what part of Tennessee?
East Tennessee, past Knoxville.
Thank yoou!
Saw this at my local grocery chain in Phoenix Arizona just this week
Call the company and they can tell you where to find it.
French Toast Crunch.
This cereal has been discontinued for years. The new Nutter Butter cereal is a worthy replacement, though.
i thought you said cinnamon toast crunch for a second
I cannot upvote this enough
Available in Michigan.
They have it at my Kroger bro. Life changer
We just had some in my store, came on a shipper for a promotion though so not something we usually carry.
We have them in Texas
What part of Texas? I used to live in Houston and I couldn't find it in any store I went to!
San Antonio
Ah I actually think the last time I had it was in San Antonio!
Basic clothing. I spend the longest time choosing some shirt. I finally found something good, bought it and wear it for a while. It's monochromatic and perfect. I decide to buy two or three more. Congratulations, we changed our whole collection three times in past two weeks.
This is way worse for girls clothes. Every fucking store I go into has those stupid shirts and sweaters that have cutouts or are missing part of the shoulder/back/neckline in some weird way, has ties, ribbons, ruffles, any stupid shit you can think of to ruin the piece of apparel. Same goes with shorts/pants. They're either paint splattered, cut up, distressed, or some variant of all three. Skirts are asymmetrical or have stupid bullshit going on with it, I don't even know but it makes me really mad, haha. I just want basic tees, basic pants with pockets that fit my body shape, basic hoodies, basic work-wear, basic dresses that aren't cut-out or frilled. Seriously, stop!
Eileen Fisher uses gorgeous fabrics and yarns, but so much of the clothing line looks like it was sewn by Mrs. Reardon’s 7th grade intro to Home Ec class. That’ll be $320 for this asymmetrical nightmare you can only wash in the tears of nuns.
That is probably the best and most accurate description of Eileen Fisher ever. I heard that they had a lot of linen so I checked them out. Literally everything was cut to be as frumpy and unflattering as possible. Linen Capri pants in a wide leg cut and elastic waistband? My 68-year old mother thought it was too "old lady."
My mom (age 67) always tells me that, “I can’t pull off that look it’s too young.”
Excuse me, let me get you some linen paper bag waist Capri pants, nurse shoes, a shirt with shoulder pads, and a side of depends for you.
I always tell her, “Just because you’re in your 60s, doesn’t mean you need to dress like it.”
My grandma just doesn't give a shit at that age she just wants to be comfortable and warm.
I understand but there are warm things to wear that don’t make you look like you’re wearing a gunny sack.
I like gunny sac grandma though. She's actually my favorite person in the whole world and my inspiration because she doesn't give a single shit. I like that she is stubborn enough to take care of what she wants and not let other people tell her she wants something different.
My mom doesn't like it and is always trying to get her to wear cutesy shit. Love your gunny sac mom for all of her gunny sac glory.
I googled as I've never heard of the brand, but looking at the pictures is like looking in an elderly philosophy professor's closet.
They legit recycle their clothes and patch them together and sell them again for $280
Rich people are so silly sometimes.
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Yes I totally agree! The price is ridiculous mainly because the clothes are pretty damn ugly.
They legit recycle their clothes and patch them together and sell them again for $280
This is a THING??? This is some shocking decadent shit that needs to be nuked from orbit.
If you're extremely young the most fashionable thing you can do is dress like you have 6 great-grandchildren
"Only wash in the tears of nuns"
LOL. Priceless. I'm stealing it.
Exactly. It's difficult to find stuff that's basic, can be used in a variety of outfits, but also doesn't look like you're not trying very hard to look put together.
Us it. I've never once had a problem just getting a pair of black pants or shorts and then a black t shirt it really doesn't get much more basic then that.
I bought a pair of pants at Marshalls and the tag said, Dry clean recommended." I laughed at a pair of pants. As if.
That was a terrific description. I’ve never looked in an Eileen Fisher store, but now I feel like I’ve been frustrated by it for years.
Upvote for tears of nuns
Good alternative to Eileen Fisher is Judith & Charles. Same cost but a more up to date and also some great professional styles.
Phantom gold awarded.
What am I reading rn
A few years ago there was a trend of every shirt being see through and you were supposed to wear a bandeau or something underneath. I hated that trend.
Yeah, I definitely would not have felt comfortable wearing a bandeau under something that's supposed to cover my torso. I just want to walk outside and go to work looking like I have a full top on. Not something see-through or cut up. I cannot wait for this fad to pass. Fortunately, I know it will.
I'm not one for clothes shopping and I hate it. However, on occasion I will buy something. I found a long sleeved knit pullover top very simple and just when I was about to put it in my cart I turned the top around and saw that part of the back was cut out. Wtf?
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Your coworkers must have been really interested in asking you questions the one day you wore that.
Not to mention I felt like I was being conned into having to buy two shirts instead of just one opaque one!
I'm 99% sure that's why that was a trend at all. Plus they got to cut costs by using shitty thin fabric instead of better quality fabric.
And charging way too much for it.
It pervaded men’s clothing a bit too. There was a period where I couldn’t buy shirts at my usual places because they were translucent. I didn’t want people seeing my brown-sugared man nips.
This is especially difficult with white or light dress shirts. A few years ago my dad bought 10 white dress shirts because they were not see-through
I refuse to wear white dress shirts. They're a stain magnet and I don't want to be embarrassed at work with a big stain on the front of my shirt because I accidentally dripped coffee one time.
What if you had ten of them as spares?
No, they are too expensive for that unless you get something low quality and shitty. And I don't want to iron and have a spare shirt hanging somewhere in my office. I don't really have a place to hang an ironed spare white shirt in my office.
I was joking, since my dad bought ten
I guess you're supposed to wear an undershirt like men did a long time ago.
I'd melt to death if I had to wear two shirts.
My husband has to wear an undershirt, a bulletproof vest, the dress shirt and then his coat. I don't understand how he can stand it. He can't take the coat off at all while he's working, either.
Is your husband secret service? Please do an AMA.
Just put some ventilation holes in the bulletpr- oh...
No, he's not. It's a bodyguard/driver job for an oil company.
Huh. Neat.
I feel naked without an undershirt. It would be so uncomfortable to me to wear a dress shirt with nothing under it.
Same
The undershirt also takes all the sweat so I can wear the collared shirt twice before washing it, saving wear and tear.
Men's fashion hasn't yet adapted to climate change.
Me too. I live in the south.
Why are your sugaring your nips?
Why aren’t you
Because my nipples hurt...
I went to the mall the other day and 1/3 of the shirts were sheer.
1/3 sheer, 1/3 crop tops, 1/3 those weird onesie tops. My friend and I were in the mall yesterday. We were not impressed.
Women's clothes haven't looked good for a long time IMO. I'm glad I don't socialize any more because I wouldn't have anything to wear.
Onesie tops...you mean those things with 3 snaps in the crotch? I've been shopping with my wife and see those things and think why the hell would someone want one of those?
I'm gonna be real with you, I love these. I wear then as undershirts all the time. they don't come untucked and they don't bunch up all frumpy on the sides. And contrary to popular belief, if you get the right size, no wedgies!!!
Thanks u/Putinsgapingasshole for the sensible tip.
It's so that the shirt stays tucked in to the pants nicely. You get the right size and they don't come loose or anything.
Yes, they look like baby onesies. They are atrocious. I don't want something snapped on my crotch. Imagine then wedgie, front and back if you had to reach up to grab something
It really isn't that bad, and if you don't want a leotard, you don't have to buy one.
Especially annoying because they were aimed towards high school girls. Guess what? Sheer tops don't fit the dress code!
Yup! No sheer tops. No tank top unless it had 2 inches worth of shoulder. And all the jeans were butt-crack showing if you dared to sit.
I kind of like the high-waisted pants coming back in fashion.
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This struggle is SO real. I'm trying desperately to find to a basic white T that's not see-through or going to melt in a washer/dryer (not about to hand-wash anything).
All these cut outs and/or shit material and/or stupid high costs for a BASIC WHITE SHIRT C'MON how hard can it be?!
I have an odd suggestion (assuming you’re in North America):
Try Michael’s. the craft store. They sell plain t-shirts in a variety of solid colours.
Edit: And it’s usually cheaper than department stores. More so if you print off/pull up on a phone the online 40% off ticket.
That's actually not a shabby idea. I'm in there a lot, can't believe I never thought about this! Thank you, stranger!
Hobby Lobby sells 'em too. Thing is, they tend to be a little shabby. Like, not sturdy, with a tendency to warp out of shape.
The best T-shirts I've gotten were ones I bought online. Even then, you have to be picky, but some shirt makers are still making ones out of sturdy, high quality fabric, with good stitching.
Yo, miracle cure here. Calvin klein. Men's. Vneck. I have to wear a white undershirt under my uniform shirt, and this is the only thing that isn't see through but still flattering. Buy from Costco, and theyre like $15 for a four pack or something
What about the trend of shirts and dresses being low cut down to your belly button or clothing with basically no back...
Not everyone wants to look like they're going to the club for every occasion. And when I look for something a little more modest it goes to the other end of the spectrum, so you have slutty or Grandma-practically no in-between
I love it when my wife accidentally ventures into the old woman section. I discretely point out that she could buy the same sweat pant suit her grandma wears. She's not amused usually and we edge away from that area quickly.
Not to mention, I want to be able to wear a NORMAL bra once in a while.
Ugh I hated that one so much. It's way too much forethought to plan your bra/undershirt for your fancy see through blouse
Yes. Yes. Especially if you have even a little bit of back fat. I CANNOT WEAR THIS SHIT. to get something reasonable and opaque I have to spend $40 on a shirt. So I have exactly one nice shirt and one good dress.
Oh, that trend is over? So that means I can finally get new clothes again?
But seriously that whole see thru thing kills me when I can go into a store and get piles of cute clothes to try on that magically fit perfectly and they're all rejected for being able to see clearly what my underwear looks like. See thru sweaters was what killed me though.
From what I've seen, this year it's lemons on all the clothes. I don't even know why.
...I'm wearing a dress with a lemon print right now. I feel called out :(
My sister mentioned it to me (I'm a dude) not calling you out personally just noticing what to me is an odd trend.
This reminds me of the modern "fluttery" trend. Fluttery stuff literally only looks good on women with no boobs. The thing is, if your boobs are big, the fluttery stuff hangs off them, making your entire body look as wide as your bust and therefore basically a whale if you have big boobs like me.
IT'S ALL THIS WAY. Except winter sweaters. Summer? Forget it. I'll wear what I've worn for the past five years.
That trend was stupid, but I still have one of those shirts. It makes the perfect summer pjs top because it's light, but I still feel covered.
Now women just forgo the bandeau and let their bra show if they're wearing one.
Or words written on EVERYTHING! things like "BOSS" "baby girl" "chill vibes". Nothing hurts worse then picking up an otherwise cute shirt or hoodie and seeing "SAVAGE" written on it
I stopped shopping so much at Express because of this. There are a lot of stores trying to jump on this wagon and my business is going elsewhere because of it.
COLGATE
BOSS BABE
Women and girls still wear that shit and it makes me cringe every time I see it especially on the ass of short shorts. Ugh.
Literally the only writing I’d be okay with is “Savage” but I feel you. I’m only that way cause I literally have it tattooed on my ribs as a way of taking it back.
Well I can understand that. If I saw a word that I feel describes me that well I might rock it too!
I feel this on a spiritual level. I don’t want shit on my ass pockets. I don’t want pockets that can barely hold a cough drop. I don’t want oddly coloured seams. I don’t want busy patterns on literally every pair of pants or shirt. Clothes. Just clothes.
This weekend, I was out eating and while we were eating we got hit by a rain/hail storm. It let up a bit, but it was still raining by the time we were leaving and I hadn't expected it to do that. We'd walked to the restaurant, but my place is close enough that walking wasn't a big deal when it was dry. So on the way back, I tried putting my hands in my pockets and I had the hardest time shoving them in there to keep them warm. They were just too shallow.
Precisely why I buy jeans from the guys’ section 98% of the time. Sure, I’m a weird size (29-30x28-29), but they have POCKETS, no design on the asscheeks, no overly obnoxious styles, etc. My favorite pants are Hollister guy jeans I bought three years ago on tax free day. Was the only 29x28s in there.
My little legs are too petite to buy guys pants. I'd have to go into the boys section or something, haha.
I worked with a petite friend that did just that. We were always commenting on her cute shirts. I died when she told us she shopped in the boys section!
Have you tried looking for slim/skinny cuts? Normal men's pants are baggy as hell on me, but slimmer cuts are just perfect.
You can also consider stores that cater to teens and young adults(American Eagle and whatnot). Better quality stuff than the kids' section, but still small enough to fit a petite girl well. Uniqlo's another consideration, since they tend to have good basics and run slimmer than the average American store.
i'm a 5'2 trans guy and you just fuckin' saved me thank you
I buy my jeans at American Eagle. They only have one or two pairs that are plain. But if you get the high wasted ones, the front pocket is huge. I can fit my entire hand up to my wrist in those bad boys
Try Aviator jeans. Man sized pockets but cut for women. I actually put on my husband's pair on accident once and barely noticed.
They are kinda pricey, but I might just have to save up for a pair. I hate cheap jeans that have no pockets and rip if you look at them wrong.
They're definitely pricey but soooo worth it. The construction is amazing, the pockets and other travel features are so nice, and they're comfy as hell. I've stopped wearing all my other jeans at this point.
My favorite pair of jeans (currently anyway, my last favorite pair fell apart at the upper inner thighs and had to sadly be retired) are from walmart and were on clearance. Sure, they barely have front pockets, but they’re plain denim with no random shit, and the back pockets are surprisingly reliable to not drop my phone or wallet when I sit down
I also don't want stupid childish sayings on them! " But first coffee" " don't talk to me" "life's fill of beaches" (or some sort of reference of a bathing suit to the word bitchs") like really? Fuck off
I was at Old Navy recently, and they're usually pretty good for some plain, normal clothing options - but for the life of me I couldn't find a single plain muscle tank for working out. Literally all of them were like this with the coffee and mimosas and weird inspirational crap...like ffs I just want a good workout tank, not to advertise my caffeine addiction or drinking problem!
That's exactly how I felt. I was at Walmart for a cheap comfy shit and they all talked about how hard mom life was, or am excuse for looking like shit or about coffee or alcohol or having a shitty attitude. I was like jeez, what have people come to that they think this is what people want. I just want a comfy around the house shirt not, like you said, an advertisement for addiction or an announcement of what a shitty people I am.
What's worse I think it's at the children's place store they have similar shirts for babys/toddlers/kids. Don't put that crap on your kids
Those decorative stones and stuff that they put on the back of jeans hurt to sit on.
I still see people wearing those jeans and it's ridiculous.
I wear those jeans and they tear up the upholstery on my chair and also get you felt up for free at the airport. I'm old, so I didn't know they are on the "you're behind the times" list.
I'm old too. I don't go to the airport so no issues there. I only wear the jeans when I have to go out, never at home. The minute I get in the house I remove all clothes and bra and put on hanging out at home clothes.
I like when they make pants with small but usable pockets and then SEW THEM SHUT. Like, what? What's the reasoning behind that? Now we have to find the scissors.
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Really? I had no idea. These pants were only around $30 so I just assumed it was a weird "slimming" thing. Thanks for the info.
you can usually open them, it's mainly to ensure no damage during shipping, storage, etc. Some people leave them shut on purpose so the pockets' openings stay flat.
Just make sure there are pockets. Most of my pants have the 'slits' but no pockets.
Try opening then with a seam cutter, they do that to some dress jackets.
Last Fall I bought a really cute military style jacket online. Get this, there are pockets but the pockets aren't sewn into the jacket. They are attached on the inside by a few threads at the top and at the bottom. I studied this hot mess for a while trying to figure out what the hell was going on and even tried contacting the company. No one could give me an answer. On the front of the jacket it looks like there should be pockets but it's sewn shut. I wonder if someone just forgot to open up those slits and sewn in the pockets. Or maybe I got a 'dud' jacket.
Someone else mentioned that sometimes they sew pockets shut for shipping and display purposes. You could probably take the stitch out and have pockets!
No I can't because the pockets aren't sewn to the jacket. They're hanging on by a couple of stitches. Maybe it was someone's last day and when they got to my jacket they said fuck it.
That's hilarious. Maybe try to cut the slits open? If that wasn't for shipping purposes, that's dumb. "Hey, I know you bought this nice, badass jacket, but you're too dainty for pockets!"
I could cut the slits open but the pockets aren't attached like that. There are a couple of stitches at the top of the pockets and at the bottom. I could snip the stitches and have two pockets for no reason. The whole thing makes no sense to me.
That's super weird. It's like there's some well-meaning vigilante pocket sewer with very poor execution, sewing pockets on things that don't have them.
I have never seen anything like it. I looked at my jacket for a long time trying to figure out what the deal was with the pockets but I just couldn't understand it. Maybe the sewer was new and misheard the instructions during training. "Make sure you sew on the pockets". Yes they are sewn on but not sewn in.
Omg I ordered jeans online a few weeks ago, and when they arrived I found that they had the words ‘MONEY MAKER’ embroidered on the back pocket. Whyyyyy.
The day I finally found jeans with real sized pockets (6 OF THEM) changed my life forever. I'm wearing them today. On a plane, because they're stretchy AF too. I love them so much.
Wait, six? Where? I get on the front and on your butt but where else.
2 of them are zipped pockets hidden inside other pockets!!!!! Perfect for theft proof travel. Or people who refuse to carry purses (me)
I wanted to stop shopping at a store at some point because the owner is an asshole.
Then I remembered that it was the only place I could find jeans that fit me perfectly, had no weird stuff on them (just plain jeans), and had pockets (and these are real pockets, where I can fit my phone, my transport card, my keys, some coins, and my pocket knife).
Apparently I'm at the point where good clothes go before morale issues now.
I still see people wearing jeans with designs on them, sometimes the jeans have blingy shit on them. Giant pockets (guys) with designs. I guess they bought the jeans when they were in fashion and figured they would wear them until they died. Those jeans are so ugly. I've also seen women wearing jeans with creases on them. The pants look like they had been ironed every day since the 80's.
The worst was like 5-10 years ago when everything was fluorescent highlighter colors. It was the absolute worst and I enjoyed watching those fill the clearance racks since obviously noone wanted them.
I work in retail and honestly, HONESTLY, no one still buys neon colors. Pinks, yellows, oranges. It takes a strong skin tone and the right pairing to pull off those kinds of colors. None of which are up my alley. These things mostly sit on my racks until they’re clearance. Even then, they still sit a while.
Meanwhile, I’d buy neon colours, but men’s clothing doesn’t tend to incorporate them outside of athletic wear. Very annoying.
I own a neon yellow hoodie, though. I’d wear it more often, but the weather rarely suits it. (It’s fairly thin, so it’s great for spring and summer on the northern parts of the USA coasts. Unfortunately, I now live in the Midwest. There are approximately seven days a year where it is neither too hot nor too cold, and no, they aren’t all in the same week.)
Honestly, I would consider white cotton shirts and some cheap Walmart tye dye kits— or even single colors that come by the bottle. LPT: pre-wash the whites and use WARM water in the bottles. Keep in mind too that if you just put the dye and water in a bowl or something and put your shirt in there and there’s not enough dye, you could also add more water but it’ll weaken the brightness of the color.
Most colors are vibrant for quite a while and while they will fade with time and constant wash/wear, you could pursue it as an option for white cotton shirts.
I did this headband for fun a couple years ago and it’s one of my favorites. I wear it to work and get a lot of compliments on it.
Edit: For neons and brights, I own a couple tye dye things. I’m about to do another dye job on a sleeveless tee for Disneyland so that’ll be interesting.
You’d think the people that design those clothes would do market tests before shoving neon onto the casual market without knowing if anyone actually wants it.
Nah because the mentality is, "We're going to tell you what to wear," which sometimes backfires magnificently.
Yeah. It seems like the 90s are coming back again in a lot of the places I checked online for t-shirts, jeans, and dresses. It's fine, I guess, but I guess I'll have to wait another few years for the styles I like to swing back around.
Lands End has some quality basics. They don’t do bling or word shirts. You could check Talbots or Eddie Bauer. Those stores can be pretty fussy but great for cotton t-shirts, jeans or trench coats.
My daughter and I hate the cold shoulder thing. It’s infuriating to see the front of a shirt or dress and pick it up only to see it has 2 giant holes exactly where your bra straps are.
Yes! And on sweaters. I wear sweaters when they’re m cold, I don’t want the damn shoulders cut out!
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I see a lot of trends that wouldn’t look too out of place in the 70s, even though it’s supposed to be a 90s throwback. Fashion trends are cyclical, but things just get altered a bit.
I would absolutely love some 50s/60s silhouettes to be re-imagined into today's trend. That would be lovely! Not so sure about the 20s, though.
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I'm definitely all about the 50s/60s. I've always been partial to the cinched waist, full skirt.
Clearly you were never at an LMFAO concert.
The fluorescent running shoes piss me off. It kills the selection of what I am willing to buy until the next fashion cycle.
You know how some jeans come all pre-ripped to hell down the front of the legs? I picked up a pair recently that looked fine from the front, but were all ripped on the BACKS of the legs. Why tho
Very good question. I wish I knew the answer.
Have you seen the 'invisible' jeans? Everything is missing except for the seams. I just don't understand 'fashion'.
sexy calves?
JC Penney's carries a line of plain solid colored women's shirts, branded St John's Bay or something like that. Pick v neck or crew, the color and sleeve length. No weird saying, embroidery, sequence, holes, lace or other "fashion" stuff. Perfect for everyday wear and always under $20, under $10 during sales. And holds up to heavy wear too.
I'll have to check it out. I'm always on the hunt for basic v-necks and crew neck shirts. They're so versatile. How do they do in the wash? Do they shrink at all or lose their shape?
I wash them and everything else on cold and dry on medium and haven't had issues with shrinking or stretching. I have a preschooler who pulls on the bottom of the shirt a lot and a baby who tugs the neckline and they've held up. Fairly easy to get stains out of. I try to get them out of the dryer and hung up while warm because they can wrinkle if they sit or if you jam them in an overfull drawer, but that's my only complaint. They don't seem to wrinkle while being worn and they have good absorbency when wiping up baby spit, if you also need that quality in a shirt.
Nice to know. Thank you!
Eddie Bauer basics! Simple, sturdy, comfortable, hold their shape after a million washes and t shirts long enough to cover my butt pockets. Perfection!
Nothing worse than finding a nice shirt and turning it over to find some huge bedazzled skull on the back. Whyyyyy
Hahah, god help me, yes. I cannot wait for this trend to die.
https://carmardenim.com/products/extreme-cut-out-jean So you don't like these then?
Hahah, I saw another picture of those on the rack and just laughed. The fact that it's nearly $170 makes it even funnier.
just.... why?
"Relaxed fit."
Thank you /u/si1versmith for the tears of laughter that washed off all my makeup.
r/wtf? $168.00!!!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
DERELICTE!
I am so jealous of how women get way better fashion choices than men. /s
I hate clothing shopping. I feel so out of place in most stores. Department stores seem to only be super trendy or aimed at the 40+ woman. Other stores are either aimed at younger 20s women or a woman in a business attire workplace. Stores that seem to cater to the late 20 something group are way too expensive. It sucks.
Yeah, definitely. It's hard to find stuff for the in-between. I'm in my early 30s and while I want to look nice and put together, I don't want to look like a 45-year-old mother of 3 or a 16 year old high school student. They aren't bad looks, necessarily, but I want to feel my age and still be trendy in a classy, timeless way.
I'm glad I'm retired. I don't have to worry about what to wear because the only places I go to is the grocery store and Home Depot or Lowe's. I wear the same stretchy jeans and whatever tshirt. I stopped wearing makeup when I retired, put my hair up in a clip and go. I don't know anyone in this town and I simply don't care.
I love the ripped jeans, but I had to find a pair of plain jeans for work a little while ago. It was next to impossible to find a pair of plain, cheap jeans I could wear for work. I gave up and just bought some pants that look professional but feel like pajama pants
I don't mind a little bit of a tear at the knee. That's fine. But I have to look professional and put together, and although I can wear jeans at my work, I don't want to go in looking like a high schooler because all I could find was something cut up because that's all they were selling at every single store. That or mom jeans. :(
I found my last two jeans at my local value village for 8 dollars each. No holes, no frays, real pockets, some stretchy to them. Best $16 I spent lately.
Buy the jegging jeans. I wear those and they're comfortable plus I roll the bottoms up a bit because I can't stand for them to touch my ankles. These things look exactly like skinny jeans and I'm not skinny.
I just went to old navy to try for size so I could look d buy everything I wanted online in one go and just be done, and they have several styles of jeans, most of which aren't ripped! If I can't find basic jeans anywhere else I can usually count on them, they're cheap, they come in long which is beautiful because I can never find bootcut or skinnies long enough to suit me.
Ever since Old Navy became a store I have never found anything in there that I liked. Everything was geared for skinny people.
I remember looking for that in highschool. Found some. Also wanted them to be anything but low rise. That limited my selection to two pairs of pants in the entire store with only one of each in my size. Boy I don't miss low rise jeans.
Stupid low rise hip hugger shit came out when my twins were born. Trying to buy a pair of pants after having twins and only finding those, no one wants to see that.
I fucking hate work clothes nowadays. My basic outfits are black pants, and regular camisoles under cardigans. Maybe a scarf in the Fall. I don't want lace, high-low, cold shoulder, or anything else. I fancy my outfit up with jewelry. Otherwise GTFO don't mess with my clothes.
YES. I just want a nice pair of dark denim or black jeans. A blouse that doesn't have frills or cutouts, no puffy sleeves (depending on the style), no off-the-shoulder or showing half my back. Just give me a sleek, versatile top I can pair with different outfits, a cardigan without the same bells and whistles designers like to toss in there and call "trendy".
Oh God, trying to find street clothes is a pain in the ass. I wear mostly hoodies when it drops below 60, long sleeve cardigans until it hits about 75, and then just basic tank tops. I have two pairs of jeans- black skinny jeans, and a pair of regular bootcut.
That's it. I don't want anything else. I don't want "boyfriend" or "flare" or fucking pleather skinny jean. Just a pair of goddamn jeans. I don't want anything fancy or special. I like simplistic and clothes that I don't care about getting dirt on since I have a garden.
Have you ever seen women's hoodies? What the ever loving fuck.
Yes, what the fuck is a good question. I wanna know why there's such a vast difference between women's hoodies and men's.
They are usually too small, they have words on them and no pockets. I don't know where I bought my two hoodies but I got lucky. One is loose fitting, has a zipper, pockets and has a distressed look olive green. My other one is a bit thinner but it too is loose fitting. I think the brand is, 'Just My Size'. I think I just happened upon these things by chance.
I hear ya. I am not a fancy woman at all and I usually wear the same things often. I'm retired, I don't socialize and I am not in a relationship so I never have to wear anything more than a stretchy pair of jeans and tshirts.
If 'designers' would listen to what women want maybe they would make clothes that we can actually wear. I see women wearing those tops with the shoulders cut out and it confuses me. Either wear a sleeveless top or a whole top. Don't go in between.
I don't really get it either, but I know there is a market for the garbage they're churning out today. The problem is that when they focus on one trend, the other styles get put onto the back burner and you have to wait a few years for them to roll back into style. It's ridiculous.
Holy fuck women’s underwear is ridiculous. Everything has a bow
I don't even know how panties are supposed to fit anymore.
Hanes has basics! They're a little pricey but the packs are so worth it.
Well luckily I'm a guy so my only confusion with women's underwear comes form my girlfriend. But jesus there are some dumb-ass designs
Ohhhh agreed. I just want something to comfortably wear over my area. Fuckin' ruffles make absolutely no sense.
It's a shame that someone, somewhere decided that women weren't allowed to have cool/cute patterns without having lace everyfuckingwhere.
That almost-mandatory lace offends me on a spiritual level. Not everyone is trying to be 'sexy' or play pretty princess dressup at all times, ffs.
That's why you have to buy the plain cotton ones. I buy mine on Amazon and they're fine.
Fortunately, I found a style I like and it tends to work for me. VS bikini cut is pretty comfy, comes it pretty basic styles.
MeUndies is a little pricey but seriously the best underwear I've ever owned. Really ugly hipster patterns (literally there's an alvocado one) if you don't still to the solid colors. No embellishments and minimal lines.
Not a girl - but, yes, can we just please have basics sometimes?
No, no one for a second is going to believe that $9 T-shirt is a haute-couture item. Not the people lookin' at the people wearing it, and certainly not the people buying it.
We just want a simple T-shirt. We're not gonna wear it to Milan Fashion Week, or when accepting the goddamn Nobel Prize for Physics from the King of Sweden. That's why we're shopping at Crazy Colin's Clothing Retailery, not some boutique on the Champs Elysees that has light fittings worth more than our cars.
We're wearing this because we want something to cover our shame while we're ducking out to get milk at that place that's run by the guy who forgets he's got a meth stem tucked behind his ear. Not a girl - but can we just please have basics sometimes?
No, no one for a second is going to believe that $9 T-shirt is a haute-couture item. Not the people lookin' at the people wearing it, and certainly not the people buying it.
We just want a simple T-shirt. We're not gonna wear it to Milan Fashion Week, or when accepting the goddamn Nobel Prize for Physics from the King of Sweden. That's why we're shopping at Franchised Clothing Retailery, not some boutique on the Champs Elysees that has light fittings worth more than our cars.
We're wearing this because we want something to cover our shame while we're ducking out to get milk at that place that's run by the chick who forgets she's got a meth stem tucked behind his ear.
Having established that the $9 T-shirt is not some piece of high fashion...stop fucking pretending that you need to change T-Shirt, Basic, Cotton, Mid Grey (SKU# 34759122) from season to season.
We're not buying it because it's the cutting edge. We're buying it because it's familiar, we (theoretically) shouldn't even have to try it on for size. We're buying it because .3 nanometre polyester thread that was holding the sleeves on finally gave up the ghost, but, hey, we got like fifteen months outta it, so fair enough.
Besides, we know why you change it, really, clothing store. Because Dhaka Textile Manufacturing was underbid by Guangzhou Haberdashery & Stitching Industrial Plant #4 at your last round of buying. And we understand that. And you wanted to change suppliers, and save money buy just buying stuff off their warehouse shelves, not order to spec.
And, you know, if you do change the goddamn T-shirt, let us know. At least let us know that GHSIP #4 cuts their shirts 1.5" shorter, and uses 6oz Jersey instead of 9.5oz, and stick then the exact same label on it. Stop baiting-and-switching us.
Yeah, I really don't understand the whole changing bits here and there. A basic t-shirt is a basic t-shirt and it should fit and tend to run the same as such. I get though, that it's kind of a vicious circle. Consumers want cheap and they want it then and there, but good lord do we have to change it so much that the quality practically falls apart the moment it comes off the hanger?
Especially when you're implying it's the exact same one you bought last year.
At big-box stores, like Big W down here, when I see those comparative labels they use - "This T-shirt was $10.48 last year! Now $9!" - I wonder where the savings were shaved from.
Jesus, I know I'm only buying it to wear in the garden, but come on.
Underwear's the worse. Can't find the awesome undies I bought two years ago, because the company stopped making something remotely similarly eighteen months ago.
Do you realize you posted the same paragraph twice?
YES. Thank you. Pockets are so important. Why do girls clothes not have pockets?! Also why is everything so SHORT. Like the sizes get bigger in width but the length is the same for every size. My shoulders do not fit which makes business casual for my job very difficult, and literally 90%of girls clothes just barely makes it to my hips. I’m not tall, my torso is not abnormally long, and yet no matter what, I can’t even shrug my shoulders without showing off half my belly. This also needs to stop!
Yup. I have a longer torso and shorter legs. I also have a very physical job, so I'm moving constantly. I don't want to flash my tummy to everyone because apparently designers think girls should have mini midriffs.
This is why I like tunics.
I enjoy a good tunic myself, but again the ones I see always have something weird going on.
I have found one tunic, and I absolutely loved it. But I can’t seem to find anymore, and I haven’t gotten into the online clothes shopping thing yet. I’ll have to keep a better eye out.
Exactly! I could understand if they were labelled as crop tops, but like 90% of shirts are crop tops on me and I’ve had quite enough of it. I don’t have a good looking belly. That’s not me being self conscious, it’s for real not pretty. I don’t need to be flashing that around to everyone I meet. Although it may work as incentive for designers to make longer shirts.....
If you lived in my town you would flip out trying to buy clothes for yourself. There is a huge Hispanic population and all the women's clothes are catered to Latino girls and women. This may sound racist but it isn't. Hispanic women wear these clothes and I see it all the time. Overweight women who should not wear these clothes. Tops so tight and so short that their big bellies are showing, skirts so fucking tight they can hardly walk, blouses so sheer I can see everything they have. A lot of women here both Hispanic and non like to wear leopard print leggings with short shirts that show all of their fat. The clothes are revealing, tight fitting, most look like nightclub wear and just plain ugly. Ugly colors, patterns, prints, frilly shit. I have to order my tops online because there just isn't anything in the stores here that I would ever buy. Ever.
Hahah, I know that look and that is definitely not anywhere close to how I dress. Not that it's "bad", per se, but I prefer classic, basic pieces you can dress up and down and wear with multiple outfits.
I'm not implying that all Hispanic women dress like they're going out dancing but it seems that this is area caters to them. By watching Latino women on television it seems that some like to dress provocatively; low low cut tops, skin tight skirts, stiletto heels and lots of makeup. I know that non-Hispanic women like that too but not for daytime dress. You're right it isn't 'bad' if you like that sort of thing but it certainly isn't for me.
Yeah that’s not my kinda scene. Basic clothing is my JAM. I’ll have to work on the whole online shopping thing. Haven’t gotten into it yet. Although I hate trying on clothes in the store anyways, so that’s probably my jam too.
I swear I wish I knew how to sew because I would make my own damned clothes.
Yeah I might have to start doing that! I have pretty much zero fashion sense though, so I’d be getting stopped by friends and family members being like “yeah I’m not going out in public with you dressed like that” and then of course I would be like “k fine stay at home alone bye” which would just be an annoying way to live. I like band shirts though! And those guys don’t have time to judge so I just ask for a men’s shirt in my size and I wear it til it dies. Then I wear it some more :P I am supposed to be business casual at work though, and apparently band shirts don’t fit in that dress code very well, so that’s where my problem comes in.
Lol. I have a Pink Floyd shirt that is old, faded and torn under the arm pit. I don't wear it out in public though. I like to wear it at home.
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I can sit and paint on canvas all day long but I don't have the patience to learn how to sew. I have two sewing machines and have used them to sew 'soft' dolls that I have made. I made their clothes too but it's different than making clothes for humans.
No pockets, so they can sell you purses.
r/conspiracy
I believe it. Although they could reach a bigger market if they also took the pockets out of men’a pants. I think they just think women would be too strong if they didn’t hinder us with small things every once in a while. We could be ruling the world right now if we had pockets in our pants.
Why do girls clothes not have pockets?!
They can save 2 cents per pair of pants, and just enough women put up with it(because they carry purses) that there's not quite enough pressure to overcome that.
That's it. I'm pretty sure that's the entire reasoning.
I will gladly pay the extra if it means I get pockets. I don’t want to carry my purse everywhere I go. Like should I be walking around my house with my purse because I don’t want to hold onto my phone but I still want to have my phone? My step mom says no pockets make pants look better and that no pants should have pockets. I almost decked her. I don’t care what I look like! They could be parachute pants and everyone I know could make fun of me everyday for the rest of my life, but I would still choose them over pants without pockets.
Uniqlo might be the solution for you. I’m in love with their heat tech line for staying warm
My hesitation is ordering online, which is what it would have to be.
uniqlo is pretty forgiving in stretch for the heatech stuff. The size chart is really helpful. Get a measure tape from the dollar store and measure a shirt you have and like. The heat tech stuff is generally really good quality. I wear the tights all the time. The best is to get them on sale~ They always have great basics and last for ages!
I mean, many places have free returns these days. So just order a few sizes or whatever and return what doesn't work.
Have you tried
Those tend to be my go-to places for basics.
I used to shop at Gap until they started doing very boxy clothing and weird, weird sizing. Target I tend to get my basic t-shirts at. Old Navy just got way too cheap. Never shopped at Uniqlo, though. Not a fan of ordering online, which is what it'd have to be.
Yeah, GAP’s sizing is insanely skewed. Their activewear is sized smaller than the labels (I always have to size up one or 2 sizes) and their regular clothes are sized wayyy too big.
I’m not stupid, GAP; I know I’m not actually a size women’s 0/2 and I’m not going to only shop at GAP so I can be a smaller size than normal.
Has your local Target cut back on the number of basic t-shirts? Mine recently did. I think yesterday I counted 10 options and most of them were just see-through enough to show a bra, or too low-cut for me to wear to work. They have a whole section of printed tees, though. I was so upset about it.
Yup. They got rid of the brand I really liked (Mossimo) and are now investing in stupid bullshit clothes that have cutouts, laces, or stupid, stupid sayings on them that I'd never wear in a million years. Sad! I bought up all those plain, v-neck Mossimo shirts I could before they went away.
Mossimo is most of what I wear. I bought a few of the A New Day shirts, but they’re not as nice. I’m so upset about it!
That sucks. I figured they wouldn't be as good. Screw you, Target!
Everlane is where I get all my basics!
Everlane
Never heard of this. I'll have to check it out. Thanks!
YES. I have a tattoo about two inches above my wrist, which I had justified because it was far enough up that I figured I could just wear a blazer in professional settings and have it covered without a problem. But then a few weeks ago, I had a job interview I needed to cover it for, and it took me a solid WEEK* of shopping around to find a damn blazer with a full-length sleeve instead of 3/4.
I started daydreaming about opening a store of strictly basic casual and professional clothes that I’d offer in several colors and every imaginable size, with the only seasonal changes maybe being additional colors. Decent fabrics (nothing hella expensive, but none of this fucking rayon bullshit, because fuck rayon), classic silhouettes, ALWAYS offered in black, navy, grey, and white, and reasonably priced. That’s literally it. If I had literally ANY idea how to make this happen, I’d do it in a heartbeat.
*timeline exacerbated by my being plus-size, to be fair, but stILL
A lack of classics at an affordable price I think is the problem here. Stores tend to focus on what's trending and less on what shapes, styles, colors, and fabrics that tend to stand the test of time. There is a market out there for people who want basics, who want something classic and timeless, to wear with most everything in their wardrobe or at least be able to make 2-3 outfits out of. I swear, these companies just want us to have to buy ten different pieces just to get 2 outfits.
Exactly. I don’t want to spend $20 on a cami just so I can wear a $40 blouse because nothing seems to be able to cover boobs without layering.
I have roughly two stores I can buy clothes in (again, yay plus size!): one is Forever21 (so, y’know, not in any way quality), and the other charges $35 for a white v-neck(which is still not of an especially great quality).
Even underwear is shit. Am I the only one who feels like there’s no real waistband anymore? All my underwear stretches out and becomes completely shapeless in the course of two hours, and then I spend the rest of the day wondering if it’s noticeable that it slid off my ass and is bunched at the tops of my thighs.
Haha so the underwear thing isn't just me. Whew!
Noooope!! I can’t remember the last time I had a good pair that actually stayed put and lasted for more than a few months without becoming uselessly misshapen. Pretty sure they were Victoria’s Secret, but from before Pink became such a ~thing~ because that was right around when I noticed that the elastics got way thinner (if they even existed) and the shapes got all stupid.
I once wound up with my underwear almost down to my knees walking from class to my car because I was wearing a dress, so there was nothing to stop the slippage.
Bingo.
What's wrong with rayon? I just avoid polyester like the plague. I'm sweaty enough without you.
I have a deep and passionate hatred of rayon. In the words of this New York Times article from 1991:: “It wrinkles, it's no bargain, it has to be dry-cleaned, it spots easily and trees die for its birth.” And while a lot of rayon pieces claim to be machine washable, they’re lying - it washes like shit, not only generally shrinking but often becoming entirely misshapen. It’s not a high-quality fabric by any means, but it turns up in some damn expensive clothes for reasons I can’t comprehend. And by the end of the day, it looks like you’ve been wearing it a week.
Most of my rayon pieces are a knit so I don't get the wrinkles. Never had any problems with it drying though. I'll keep an eye out for it down the road though.
I’ve had somewhat better luck with rayon knits, but they’re still not great. I NEVER put rayon in the dryer, no matter what the label says - even just a cold water wash fucks it up.
I don't have arm tats but a long time ago I had to go to court for a guardianship. I didn't have anything to wear and it was extremely hard to find something appropriate. I went to the mall and tried on suits, no way. They looked awful on me. I finally bought a black pair of slacks and a plain but nice top. Fuck buying clothes.
I am so tired of the cut-out style. It’s only cute on 16-year-olds and trashy on everyone else. Blergh.
I cannot echo this enough. This trend of cutouts and huge, huge belly sleeves and fringe is beyond annoying as fuck.
Right? I mean, what is up with those bell sleeves? Dragging through your food every time you pass the salt and pepper.... no thank you.
They're trashy on everyone. I see this a lot in my town and the girls and women wearing them would look trashy no matter what they wore. These cut-out tops just make them look worse.
Also, everything is v-necks because it's "flattering" or some shit. Not on everyone, it isn't! I have a very short neck and it just draws more attention to it when more of my chest is showing. I've started buying men's T-shirts, but I'm noticing that the v-necks are invading them, too.
I used to not like v-necks because when they were really big at one point, the V was like halfway down the cleavage. I hated it. I don't have much to show off anyway, but I don't wanna show off my dirty pillows anyway. Just give me a v-neck that doesn't plunge down to my belly button!
That's another problem! Sometimes I'll get a v-neck that looks fine when I'm standing still, but then I cross my arms or bend over, unknowingly showing off the twins. It's a conspiracy to make us buy camisoles, I tells ya.
A conspiracy to buy camisoles or to just show off the twins. No thank you! I want my bazongas covered, please.
I actually prefer v-neck shirts because other shirts make me feel like I'm choking. I'm a woman.
Yeah, a lot of people like them. They look good on other people, too. I personally can't stand them, though.
Men’s tees. I bought a three pack of white v-necks from Walmart and a couple more men’s v-neck tees from the gap the other day. Basics are underrated. Also, TYEDYE ALL THE THINGS!
I’m fat so it helps that I don’t typically shop in women’s anyhow. But when I’m buying plus size stuff, it’s....either all boxy or the wrong cut. Missing shoulders or have a stupid wrappy thing that isn’t flattering on my body type or just isn’t cute.
The boxy part is my only complaint. I buy men's tees too, but I'm too short and small to fit into bottoms. I'd have to go into the boys section.
Bottoms are hard. Even plus size, you’re expected to be a certain “shape” and I am very much not in that expected shape so it’s hard. I loved the old navy denim, until they changed their cuts and UUUUUGH. Back to the drawing board.
I'm overweight too and by accident I discovered a stand-alone Lane Bryant store in my town. They were having a big sale and I picked up a few things that actually fit my fat ass. I was even able to buy two really good bras that I needed. Luckily I never go anywhere other than to the grocery store or home improvement stores so I don't have to care what I look like.
The only thing about Lane Bryant is a lot of their things don’t work for my body type and their sizing is almost completely off (I am actually sized up there into a 22w vs. a 20 in a “straight size” retailer).
The only things I buy there are camis and bras. But it works!
I agree. I bought a couple of tops from the clearance rack but only because I could afford them. Their other items are expensive. I didn't mind paying the price for the bras because they were exactly what I was looking for and are very comfortable. The only thing I don't like is that they are back closure. I prefer front closure.
Just go to the men’s section they got a lot of nice shirts
I tend to get my basic v-necks from there in small if I can.
In Canada we have personal conduct laws that prevent clothing manufacturers from making such alterations. Every clothing store I've been in shows good/appropriate attire. Nothing torn, ripped or dirty to be found. (Well except for Jeans, but those are a given to get mangeled)
what law is this?
If only we had those kinds of laws in the states.
I'm in Canada and I still see these 'designs'?
Not in Nova Scotia. The most conservative unwilling to change province.
For a budget option try old navy when stuff goes on sale. They still have basics like tank tops in every color and a lot of pants to pick from. If you're willing to spend a bit more, try fancier stores. Their designs tend to be more minimalistic.
Yeah, I just don't buy a lot of clothes in the first place. When I do, though, there's always something I hate about most pieces. sigh
I can relate. When I do find something I like, I wear it all the time. Now I'm starting to get smarter and try to by two right away.
OMG. Pockets in women’s apparel, PLEASE. We do things, too. We don’t need every garment to be skin-tight. I just want somewhere practical to stick my phone and keys while I run into the grocery store. Is it so much to ask for some practical pants? I’ve resorted to buying boys’ sweatpants. Of course, I’d prefer girls, but sadly they don’t get pockets either.
Also, nothing weirder than being a grown ass woman and buying pants meant for an 8-10 year old boy. For herself. On the plus side, less tax on kids clothes! (Where I live, anyway).
I have a feeling that the purse industry is in cahoots with the no-pockets industry. They want us to carry a purse everywhere we go.
I feel this hard. I’m 6 feet tall and curvy. I just want a dress that’s long enough or pants that don’t look like cargo shorts or a shirt that’s not a crop top. Which is worse when everything is trendier when it’s shorts and already smaller. Every summer I stock up when Target has their V neck & scoop necks (all cotton and plain colored) go on sale like 3 for $15 because I wear them so much and they last forever. But they’re like $12 normally and it only happens in summer time.
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I can only imagine how much more trying it is when you're not the target consumer. And even so, the ones creating pieces for larger people probably have little to no idea what they're doing anyway.
Lol, seriously. Or everything else makes you look frumpy or like Omar the tent maker.
My last 3 pairs, I got two at my local value village and one at ~~old navy~~ the gap.
I actually found some TH jeans and they were wide leg and I loved the way they looked on my legs, but not at my waist and hip— Soooooooooo much extra fabric.
I am a plus size. I wear the same jeans all the time. They're gray jeggings and I like to roll the bottoms up a little bit. I am a very casual person too so I never dress up. Never have a reason to. When I retired I stopped wearing makeup and stopped caring what I look like. I live alone, don't date, don't know anyone in this town so I don't care. Stretchy jeggings, tshirts, sandals. Hair up in a clip and go.
Its why, 9 times out of 10 my gf checks the men's dept whenever she wants a new nerdy t-shirt. For whatever reason men's shirts don't change every 6 months and get all the decent prints. Go figure.
Yup. I've got so many Disney/Star Wars t-shirts from the men's section just because they hold their shape, don't shrink, and fit relatively well.
I like to wear tshirts with quotes on them like Edgar Allan Poe and/or images like Alice in Wonderland, Pink Floyd, etc. I'm not young either. I simply don't care what anyone thinks. I don't know anyone, no one knows me here and I can't find anything else that I like and that actually fits me.
oh my god, I feel this. I used to be able to find nice, sturdy, all-cotten basic shirts and such at any of the big chain department stores, but now it's all just flimsy crap. But hey, if you can find one in your area, Uniqlo is great for basic stuff!! it's like an oasis of sanity
The Gap still kinda has basic stuff like this and I really hope they don't change.
I only shop their clearance center because I can get their basic shirts for super cheap. One of my favorite shirts is a basic t-shirt from The Gap that is still super soft 6 years later (at least). I think I paid $0.50 for it. Granted, I had to dig through a lot of torn or stained shirts to find it, but it was worth it.
Why would the Gap have torn and stained shirts? Yuck.
Gap clearance center. It’s where the defective, returned without tags, returned out of season, manufacturer’s defects, etc. clothing goes from all of their brands. This means a fair number of things there are completely unwearable, though people will buy it for scrap fabric. It’s a great place if you’re willing to take the time to look through everything. I managed to buy two $80 Banana Republic cashmere sweaters for $1 each a few years back because the entire lot of them were mistagged as extra small. They had Athleta shorts at one point that were a burnt orange color instead of coral that they were selling for $0.25 while the proper color was $50 in store. Last time I went, men’s denim was $1 per pair, and most of it was actually in great shape. It’s not a normal Gap store or Gap outlet, it’s a separate facility in an industrial park in Kentucky.
That reminds me. I knew a guy where I used to work and his wife worked for the Gap. She was in marketing. The guy told me that the expensive jeans at the Gap only cost the company pennies on the dollar. I sort of knew this already and it goes for just about any type of clothing. It's insane. What you bought was probably only worth what you paid for it. Well maybe not twenty five cents but you know what I mean. The shorts certainly weren't worth fifty bucks.
They got a little too boxy and weirdly sized. Every now and then I can find something pretty basic, but I don't shop there as much as I used to.
I second this. Especially pockets, why can't we just have pockets!!!!
We demand pockets!
Skirts are asymmetrical or have stupid bullshit going on with it, I don't even know but it makes me really mad, haha.
My local big chain stores got different problems. It's got piles of plain shirts like literal piles. Fancier clothing gets hung up but basic tees and the like are in a big stacked up pile. But fk me finding a skirt that isn't a pencil skirt. Doesn't matter what time of the year it is, if you want anything that isn't a pencil skirt or a skirt that goes down to your ankles, gotta go shopping in super pricey brand-name stores. Want a dress that isn't flowery straight dress only your grandmother would wear? Gotta go them expensive stores...where they got your issue where they're all asymmetrical, covered in ribbons, have weird holes.
I just wanted a simple plain skater skirt for less than $50 geez.
Yeah. I'm a huge fan of the fit and flare type dress/skirt and designer's idea of what that means sometimes baffles me. They often look more like shift dresses, and if they are a fit-and-flare style they end just below your ass cheeks. Why!?
Guess they think if your going for anything other than a "proper" dress, your some party girl who wants to show off her butt.
I wouldn't be surprised if that was what was tossed around the conference room when they come up with these goofy ass designs.
Try the GoodWill or Salvation Army stores. I used to shop there when I was skinny and bought some really cute skirts. Look for GoodWill boutiques too. They always have the better stuff.
Forever 21! I got a plain black skater skirt there recently and I love it. Thick material, not too short (I'm 5'4") and I think it under $20.
Are you me? I agree with every word here. Womens clothing is absolutely ridiculous. I buy mens sweaters now. They have shoulders! and sleeves that go all the way to your wrists and the bottom of the sweater has no slits and is the same length at the front and back.
Edit. Oh..and neck that goes all the way to your neck!! No massive scooped section. Haha! !
Haha, twins! But seriously, just give me something not cut up and missing part of the fabric, too short, distressed, too small so as to hug my every curve.
Couldnt you just buy "guys" shirts in a smaller size?
They don't always fit well to my shape. I tend to wear them more for everyday stuff and not for work.
Men's shirts are cut differently from women's, so it can be harder to find stuff that looks okay on you.
The color selection also tends to be a lot more limited. Which is fine by me, because I basically live off the main colors of men's clothes(green, red, navy, grey, black), but other people tend to want some color variety.
some are too long, or the shoulders too wide, or they're baggy around the arm pit. believe me, I always try! And yes, sometimes I find something that fits :)
Step 1 be fat. Step 2 profit??? Seriously though I think Eloquii is coming out with straight sizes down to 0 and they have plain basics (mixed with some weird shit).
Yes thank you!! I'm so peeved that I can't find good clothes.
I started buying Tshirts at JoAnn's craft store with 60% off or when on sale for $3.00. Solid colors, yeah!
Could you check amazon for "fruit of the loom" stuff? Nice quality "basic" apparel, the kind you buy when you want to print your own t-shirts or whatever. I don't know what the girls stuff is like but worth a try??
I know I'm responding late to this comment but it could get read, who knows? Anyway, I had trouble with this trend because I'm a simple dude. All I need is to buy cargo pants and a few shirts a year, and I'm all set. A few years ago I found the best deal at Academy of one color shirts for $5! It's a place that I never expected to find normal clothes at, much less for a good price. Now I buy all my shirts there. Hope this helped :)
oh god all those stupid decorative items on shirts! bows, beads, patches, all that shit that ruins the shirt the first time you wash the fucking thing because it gets caught up in the wash.
They pull that crap even like stuff on shoes. I don't want buckles, zippers, bedazzled jewels, straps, perforations, or five inch clear heels.
Can we just, have shoes that keep the water out if I step in a shallow puddle? Is that too much to ask for?
I have been loving Target's new Universal Thread line. I have a few of their tanktops (they've become my go-to), a basic t, a basic tshirt dress, and a short sleeve button down. The quality of everything but the button down is fantastic. Medium weight fabrics, soft, comfortable, and nothing stupid going on with their cut or design.
I'll have to check it out.
Have you been to a Rainbow store? They'll have all the basics for your wardrobe, in all the colors - at a great price. Might not find simple jeans, but tanks, T's, skirts... the basics, they're there
Rainbow store
Never heard of that before, but I took a peek at the website and saw like half of it was truly basic while the other stuff had cutouts and tied up lacy stuff, etc. It looks like it fits super tight, too, which I don't like, especially if I'm going to be washing the clothing in the washer.
I always joke and tell my girlfriend she's wearing doilies. I just don't get why so many women go through so much effort instead of just wearing a shirt or a dress
you might like uniqlo. my wardrobe is all 4 versions of the same items in different colors.
Uniqlo and JCrew are the poster companies over at /r/malefashionadvice I love Uniqlo's simple design with good quality for it's price. Nothing fancy, but gets the jobs done.
J Crew unfortunately has steeply declined in quality but stayed high in price. Of course there is always a sale. But Uniqlo’s sweaters are exponentially better than J Crew’s. Also, as a woman, J Crew puts fugly trendy ruffles and random details on almost all their clothes.
That why you do the factory. 80% as good, 50% the price.
Yes. 20 years ago, there tees and jeans lasted. I’ve mostly given up because it’s rare now to get more than one season out of their stuff.
Or MUJI! My Muji shirts are so soft!
Muji literally means pubic hair in Nepal. Definitely interested in their shirts now
My wife got me a muji shirt and holy crap is it comfortable.
Last time I was visiting Disney I popped in the Uniqlo in Disney Springs to see what it was about, I had only heard of it a little because of its apparent popularity in Japan. I really wish the closest one to me wasn't 10 hours away.
Its a bit basic, but that's why i wear a lot of Vans for casual wear. I know it'll look half decent so whenever i need clothes I run to a outlet mall and buy like 12 t-shirts and 6 zip-up/hoodies to last me for a year or two until they get worn out.
What are you doing to go through 3 to 6 hoodies a year?
I bought 3 hoodies 15 years ago. I was adamant on wearing them as long as possible without washing so they'd fit right. Except that my friend was home on leave and some drunk girl puked all over the black hoodie in his truck. He washes it. IT WAS NEVER THE SAME AGAIN. It was smaller and the fabric was off. I ended up letting him keep it. The green one that went a solid 2 years without an initial wash fits totally different and is perfect in every way to this day. The 3rd one, idk, that became the yardwork hoodie but I still have it.
Wait you don't wash it or don't dry it? How do they not stink if you don't wash them?
I do. What I'm saying is wear the new hoodie for as long as possible without washing. Months. It makes them fit you better. Don't put them in the dryer either. Air dry them on a rack or something.
And since we're on the topic of cloth washing habits I don't wash jeans unless I get food on them, you can visually see they need washed, or they get wet from sweat. I don't know the last time I washed my casual friday jeans. Maybe 6 months.
My "around the house" jeans though, they get washed like every 1-2 weeks.
Same, my friends joke that it's my signature style. Vans classics are just all around easy, unoffensive shoe that plenty of people still recognize and compliment me on. Plus they have plenty of shirts that I get on sale and love the design, fit and quality of. New age streetwear styles definitely don't suit me so it's nice to have something "retro" like Vans.
i fucking love uniqlo
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Where I am H&M is shit quality. Bought a shirt that ripped on my elbow within half a year. Beside, I'm a guy and the men's section at my local store is a total joke. The whole bottom floor is women's, and the already smaller top floor is shared between kids' and men's. We get less than half the room. Oh and there's also discount women's clothing in our section too.
H&M is fast fashion, it's not really suppose to be high quality long lasting products.
It's supposed to last you a couple years at least. I'm not buying clothes that last me only six months...
Yeah that isn't really isn't why one buys products from them. I would look elsewhere if you want durability.
God I love uniqlo. I don't live in Japan any more but whenever I go back I spend way too much money there. Everything is just so simple
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Well, they are a Japanese company. 6" longer and they're dresses here, not shirts.
I was so excited to find some basic plain t-shirts at H&M so I got one in all the colors to be my every day shirts. Was wearing last night and realized they shrunk & an inch of my belly was showing between my pants and my shirt. Ugh.
Do they have Uniqlo outside of Asia? Here, their sizes are way too small for me.
US Uniqlo devotee checking in: their sizing is kinda baggy here. Not extreme but I'd def size down if I wasn't looking for a loose fit.
Yup, the sizing is definitely different from region to region. I was an L-XL for the clothes I bought from Uniqlo in Malaysia, but an M for Uniqlo in the US.
I'm in Korea and I can find stuff that fits me... I'm of American average size. 5'9 about 176 lbs.
6'1" 200 lbs. I'm hardly above average size.
In Korea finding shoes or sandals in my size is nearly impossible. Shirts im nearly at the largest size. I couldn't imagine trying to shop for your dimensions.
How long do they last though?
They seem pretty durable to me. I think I still own everything I’ve bought from them over the last 6ish years. I don’t wash everything on hot and more delicate things I hang dry, which is a good rule of thumb for taking care of any clothes.
I love some of uniqlo's stuff. The boxer briefs, invisible socks, pants... A lot of other stuff is just weird to me.
uniqlo is the shit. Fairly cheap, good looking, well made.
I just bought two shirts off this blind recommendation... if it fits well i will probably make it all my wardrobe.
I hope I didn’t lead you astray!
Came to say this. Unique sells plain-color shirts, shorts, etc. and their stuff is super comfortable to wear as well.
100% agree. Most of my favorite shirts and pants are from Uniqlo. H&M is a pretty close second as well.
The problem with Uniqlo is that their stuff wears out far too quickly.
I haven't found that. Maybe they send different stuff to your country.
I’m in Canada and I wore their heat leggings religiously this winter, basically everyday. I washed them probably over 50 times at this point and they got a bit loose around the waist (that might be because I lost weight though, not sure) but they still look like they’re brand new. I’m thoroughly impressed
Agreed. I've purchased Uniqlo from Japan, Hong Kong, the States and Canada and I've found the quality is pretty much the same across the board. I still have the clothes I bought 5+ years ago and they haven't really worn out.
I haven’t had that experience. I think I still own everything I’ve ever bought from them.
How long they’re going to last I can’t really say, but I went to Old Navy and stocked up on different colored t-shirts. No designs on them or anything, and they’re pretty comfortable
One of my favourite t shirts is from old navy and I stop in there when it’s convenient but I’ve never been abled to find more of them and it’s literally just a plain black t shirt.
This happens to me every time I go to Old Navy. I usually shop at discount stores and wind up liking a lot of clothing from Old Navy. But every time I go to an actual Old Navy, I can't find anything i like!
Go online! Old Navy has so many more shirts online. Or if there is a standalone store near you (not on the inside of a mall, more in a strip mall type place) then try there.
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I haven't done an actual wardrobe update in like 8 years. I've added some items to my wardrobe, replaced a few things that have worn out completely or been ruined, but the bulk of my clothes are between 5-8 years old.
I haven't even done that in like 4 years. I'm so glad to have a stable job that pays well now. I can finally change up my wardrobe. I'm dreading the cost though.
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H&M's sizing is all over the place. I can try on something at old navy and I'm the same size.. xl or 14.. and I don't have to think about it. I tried on a 22 pair of pants in h&m and it was tight.. then I tried on a large pair of shorts and they fit perfect (they are a bit oversized but are supposed to fit like that).
I love their v-neck tees and I’d buy a million of them if I could. Went in last week and they finally had some again but only four colors in my size and only pretty basic colors unfortunately. I wish they had a lot more colors and would carry them all the time. Also, women’s clothing manufacturers - start using white fabrics that aren’t see-through. I’m looking at you, everyone from Old Navy to Ralph Lauren ready to wear.
I work retail and I always warn every lady that picks up or tries on a white shirt— you’ll need to wear a cami underneath, it’s somewhat see through.
That’s kind of you!
Nothing is worse than putting on a white shirt and going... “oh my” and realizing everyone can see your bra.
Source: I own print bras and wear white sometimes.
Target has a few different options like that too if you look deeper in the store near the maternity section. They have all the trendy stuff up front. But in the back there is usually a shelf with tank tops in various colors, V-neck t shirts and round collar t-shirts. The tank tops are good quality too. I bought some longer ones when I was expecting my son and they stretched all throughout the pregnancy and didn't lose their integrity. I still wear them nearly 5 years later.
American Eagle surprisingly is a good place to go. I did a lot of pride comparisons once when looking for jeans, and it turns out AE had the best value compared to quality. I used to think they were over priced but I realized this was because I was always shopping at the budget clothing store.
I was buying $20 jeans from another store and going like every two or 3 months to get another pair... I'd go to American eagle and get a pair for $45 and they last me a year (I tend to wear my favorite jeans often so they wear out fast) oh and they fit better!
and if you don't mind thrifting, there is usually a good selection of AE Jeans for less than $10 available.
I was going to say the same thing. My whole life is taking care of kids and animals so I need clothes that are comfortable and aren’t low cut or ridiculous. I also hate spending money on clothes. I’m not in fashion, but Old Navy ticks all of those boxes.
It's all about the "back to school" sale. Go to Old Navy in August and pay about 6 bucks a shirt, all just standard city in crew necks in various tame colors. Super soft, sized well, and they last a while.
I've had an old navy shirt for about 5 years now and the armpits are starting to get kinda gross.. like you don't see it but you can feel the wear.. besides that it's held up great.
Edit: it's been at least 7 years.. I wore it in my senior photos for high school.. it wasn't that new back then.. so I assume I got it some time between 2009 and 2011.
I’ve got Old Navy and Target shirts that I bought in 2008 and are still kicking. Plain v-necks that I wear with a plain tank top and plain crew neck shirts.
Bingo! Same here. Throw on one of those t-shirts and a pair of shorts and sandals. Now I'm ready to rock.
I do the exact same thing. They go with a ton of different looks/outfits too
You need a few nice shirts that you can wear if you wanna show off and then you have a ton of these plain colored ones that are comfy and perfect to wear.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys simple shirts.
Old Navy and H&M are my go-tos for plain, fairly inexpensive clothes. Don't know if that holds true for women though.
Old navy is way too expensive for me
You have to really time your sales with them. The few times I’m in there I’ve bought tanks for $5 each and they’re really comfy. I wear them under my T-shirt’s as camis and they are less likely to ride up.
Old Navy stuff is fine but the color fades so fast...
www.uniqlo.com
That's like something from William Gibson's Patterns Recognition, Spook Country, and Zero History. The main character in the first book is "allergic" to excessive branding and ends up hunting the world over for a secret brand of clothes with no overt labels, made to last for decades, and everything styled to fit in anywhere from the Depression to now.
That sounds really boring, but it's much better when the author tells it.
That's because William Gibson is actually personally really into that kind of stuff (Japanese no-label fashion, military repros, technical ware, etc).
https://twitter.com/greatdismal/status/562751651174707201
https://www.heddels.com/2015/03/william-gibson-interview-buzz-rickson-line-tech-wear-limits-authenticity/
That dude is into an impressive array of weird stuff, and it's that specificity I think really grounds some of his more out-there ideas.
They're selling the same jeans every other store is selling. Variants of skinny jeans. That's it.
It sounds like what you're wanting is www.walmart.com
Duluth Trading. I bought a shirt from them 10 years ago and wear it all the time. I bought a new one this year to compare and the material, stitching, patterns everything is exactly the same. They have never let me down on their warranty when I did get duds. Check their fitting though, they make stuff in "Tradesman" fit which some people complain fits like a potato sack but it's kinda made for burly tradesman with those kinds of bodies. Their trim fit is what any other store would call traditional/standard fit. They cut their tshirts 3" longer which is awesome for a tall guy like me.
I haven't gotten anything from them yet but I was really impressed to see that their women's shirts have underarm gussets.
https://www.wholesaleteeshirtstore.com/ Have fun!
If I really like something,I immediately buy several extras to stash away. I've been burned too many times.
I have the worst time buying pants. Finally find a brand/pair I like, and can never find them again.
Hence I have adopted blue jeans
Buy multiples
Walmart
also target. Their new men’s line is really simple and no visible logos. Pretty good quality chinos for only $23
Sonoma brand from Kohl’s. Decent label free clothing.
There should be an ISBN for clothing.
It really depends on where you shop. American Apparel went through bankruptcy and they still have the same basic clothes they always had. LL Bean and Brooks Brothers and plenty of other companies have the same staples for 10+ years. H&M and Zara, and other fast fashion is going to change every time you shop
H&M has cheap basic clothes
Disposable
If you're looking for nothing too flashy, try Target/Walmart. I bought a bunch of t-shirts from Target that have nothing on them and are just colors. A handful have slightly different colors going through them but it's pretty simple coloring.
They still cycle through different colors, but they do it for the season.
I'm so disappointed that they got rid of Mossimo. I bought up at least 6 pairs of their v-neck shirts before they could disappear completely. They're basic, fit me okay, and can be used for work and just regular wear.
Yep, when I lost a shit-ton of weight recently I basically restocked much of my wardrobe with basic stuff from Walmart.
Walmart has these still! Plain color T-shirts for like $3! I bought maybe 6 or 7 and it was the best choice.
That's why in the future, everyone is going to finally give up and all agree to wear that "one-piece silver jumpsuit with a V-stripe on the chest and boots."
Word, this is a good point. We are bombarded w so many choices nowadays it’s hard to choose anything. Basic stuff like simple unbranded clothing is the minority now
Micheals craft stores, regular Tshirts with nothing on them.. I get them because they're basic and go with anything, ridiculous amount of colours to choose from, awesome fabric that's well made and comfy to sleep in!.
Just discovered this a couple of weeks ago. Got 5 for < $10 and they’re great quality.
They go on sale often for cheaper than that too, they really are well made and comfy!.
Can I have those basic tees in just cotton, please? Why is it so hard to find 100% cotton anything anymore? I don't want a cotton/poly blend, I just want cotton. Same goes for underwear. I run hot and I swear I can feel my body heat being retained in any poly blend shirt.
Can the shirts be longer, too, please? Not everyone can pull off the crop top, you know. And even if I could, maybe I don't want to.
Please stop making vee necks so deep. Sure, I don't have breasts anymore due to a mastectomy, but that doesn't mean I want the entirety of my chest showing. That's just more skin to put sunscreen on.
Along the same lines as the cotton shirts: women's/juniors jeans that are 100% cotton! I guess it's nice that my jeans will keep their shape but I'm tired of constantly having to pull up my pants because they keep riding down. Besides, I miss that worn-in feeling of having worn the jeans and having them be a little loose.
I have no idea what you're talking about - every store I've gone to have always included a range of basics.
American Apparel is pretty fantastic for this in my experience--at least for t-shirts. They have high quality, well fitting, plain t-shirts in a variety of colors and styles that last for years. They also have decent sales on occasion.
Clothes shopping is the worst. I know I'm old because young people fashion trends are bugging me. I want some solid black, tight denim? Everything is acid washed or has tears in them. I want a simple, plain hoodie that's comfy? Have to go to a silk screening company that bulk orders them to get one for $10-15, when it's the same manufacturer as some of the $80 brand name ones with ugly logos printed on them.
Half the time I just shop at my nearest grocery store. They're trying to develop a line of clothing, and they're usually decent for like a simple dress-casual sweaters and button-down shirts. Boots and jeans and jackets aren't regular purchases for me, but I when I do buy them I typically order online for exactly what I want.
Yes. I'm a teacher, I work with young children. They already see enough branded crap in their lives (especially in Japan), it would be nice to be able to just wear plain t-shirts for work. Nope, can't find plain, colored t-shirts anywhere. Nothing but branded crap or bad English as far as the eye can see.
R. I. P target mossimo shirts. The new Goodfellow ones suck
Try Everlane
Love me some everlane
Psychologist Barry Schwartz gives a TED talk on the counter-intuitive nature of having too many choices. He argues that more freedom actually makes the person less happy after a point, because they're paralyzed by all the decisions they have to make, and they're always wondering about whether the other options were actually better. He specifically cites having to buy jeans at the store, and being more miserable when he had 30 different sorts to chose from than when he only had 1 choice--even though the former resulted in a better set of jeans.
Basic clothing without logos has been in style for like 8 years at this point, you should have no trouble in any way shape or form finding it. Uniqlo literally exists based on this concept but there are tons of other places for the same type of stuff. Like pretty much every single popular store.
The Fruit of the Loom basic cotton t-shirts at Walmart are great and only cost like $7-$9 a shirt. I pick up 1 or 2 every other time I go there.
Get my jeans at costco.. they've had the same mens jeans for like 2 years, picked up another 3 pairs last month.
I like regular fit boot cut men's jeans, none of that athletic or slim cut shit. I found Levi's jeans I liked and wore for a few years then bam, discontinued. Found some acceptable Cremieux jeans, 1 year and discontinued. Then I found some Lucky jeans that I've worn a few years but they're $99, a little steep, but it's increasingly difficult to find the style I like in my size. They always have odd sizes like 34x34 or 38x29 or something but never my size. I can't fucking win.
I buy t-shirts at my local arts&crafts store. So many color choices and they're less than $3 a piece. They're all one color, no unnecessary logos, and super comfortable. Not super stylish, but they get the job done.
You can find Arizona Jeans shirts at Penny's. They're made of cotton, polyester (which makes the shirts surprisingly soft and comfortable), and the tears of children in third world countries. They also come in plain colors as well as your choice of a v-neck or... not a v-neck.
This is where thrift stores come in handy!
Check out jcrew factory. They usually have sales where it’s <$10 for a tee. And nothing has logos. Not as high quality but wait for the sales and it’s solid basic wardrobe, albeit pastel colored but I’m from the south so...
Banana Republic used to have the best white shirts and now they're cut all weird and the material is crap and the pockets are gone...gaaaah enraging
Check out the Arizona brand at JCPenney. Most of the line is simple, no frills clothing. I buy a few of the colored t-shirts each year in assorted colors and only wear other shirts for specific occasions like work or dressing up.
Don't worry your shirt will have a hole in it within a month. No idea why.
If it's not dressy, try Duluth Trading Company.
Their stuff is super durable and high quality across the board, with an amazing return policy. And most of their stuff doesn't have visible logos.
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(I'm sure you have already, but in case you haven't) try searching on eBay and poshmark! I've had some luck finding discontinued clothes that I love there before.
And the new version has our logo on it 18 inches tall. Enjoy!
Then you finally find it and then after several times of wearing it and it getting washed the shape changes and it doesn’t fit quite right anymore.
For simple basic clothing that lasts long I’m starting to find some camping / out doors camping type brands have some. But it’s not cheap. It’s almost like you have to pay more for something basic that just works
I bought a pair of canvas shoes from Asos for $12ish, and they were the best canvas shoes I ever owned. Lasted me two years of constant use. I went to order two more pairs recently, and they are now made out of this cheap nylon sort of material and they just flat out suck.
So much this. I bought a couple of pairs of pants from a store that were comfy and fit great. Now a couple of months later i go back and they're just like "nah we don't have those anymore just theese that look similar but are extremely uncomfortable"
This is why my husband shops at kmomo. He buys monochromatic shirts and that's it
21Men has really good solid color tees for l not much money.
Just get a 3 pack of Hanes t-shirts from Walmart.
Hanes is shit now. Shirts shrink like crazy and very randomly too. Bought a 6 pack of white shirts and couldn’t wear 3 after a wash.
True. What about Fruit of the Loom?
Never really given them a try. I’ve been wearing Gildan’s that I picked up at Michaels and they are quite nice.
I always liked Heather Grey so this fashion cycle is great for me
Look online for a whole saler, I bought 15 plain green t-shirts for 45 bucks total. Need to do the same for pants soonish.
Green pants too? Don't you think that'd be a bit much, Green Lantern? /s
So long as they aren't animated.
American Giant has what you need.
I go to Walmart. You can buy like 5 shirts that are just a solid color for $25. They do the job and last at least a year or two. Don’t remember the last time I had to go in and get new ones
My problem is that I actually like symbols. But not video game logos, or brand names. I'm not attend anymore, can't I just find a shirt that has a sensible design to wear casually?
Charity stores are your only hope now.
Or walmart/target for new stuff
The frequency with which places like Shopko change their options is just infuriating. I don't particularly care about fashion, I like to just keep it simple. I'll buy a new shirt to wear around for a few weeks or a month, decide if it wears well (i.e. fits well in a variety of activities and is durable), and if I like it I go back to buy more. And they are all gone. Fucking Shopko.
I use theadairgroup.com to buy my underwear and monochromatic black shirts in bulk. Hope this helps.
Target, yo. Been wearing exclusively basic solid color tshirts from them for about 5 years, and in that time they've only changed the shirts once, and they got better. Pretty much always $6 each. I always grab about half a dozen when I'm back stateside now.
You need to check out American Giant clothing. It's a little pricey, but worth every penny in quality and basicness.
H&M has basic plain shirts on lock
Hello, consider old navy
Adidas sports shorts are exactly the same, I bought one pair, perfect for gym, so I went back 2 weeks later and bought the same name shorts, now they're different with smaller pockets.
Fine, go back in a few months, changed again, smaller pockets again, rinse and repeat 4 or 5 times, none of the pants are the same and the original ones are still the most comfortable and best lasting.
Been rocking hanes pocket tees for while. They actually look pretty nice and I'm about clothing that comes in a 4 pack. Good sturdy shirts too.
H&M is good for this, I've been buying the same plain Ts and hoodies for years.
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Calvin Klein? You mean that guy from Back to the Future makes clothes now?!
Hanes X Temp t shirts. Inexpensive, great fit, light material, lasts long.
REI is amazing for this stuff. Their REI co-op store brand comes in attractive monochromatic colors, is super high quality, and isn't overly expensive (I believe around $20/shirt last time I bought one). I have some of their shirts that are years old and have been very heavily worn, and they still look and feel brand new. Can't recommend them enough.
Wordans.
I personally now almost exclusively shop at a company called ascolour (I'm in Australia) and their range is fantastic andgood quality with basic designs.
Pro tip: you can buy plain t-shirts directly from the manufacturer, and it's far cheaper than you will find in a store.
Check out old navy. They have soft cotton solid color t shirts for $5 each.
www.weargustin.com
Dpi should look at MUJI. need a shirt? Get a shirt. Need the same size one year later? No problem.
I have blue jeans and a black t-shirt for every day of the week,and sometimes when I am in a good mood, I wear my red t-shirt.
If I try one on and I like it in the store, I'll buy every color that suits me. Then I just wear one, wash, dry and wear again to make sure it holds up. If it does,great! If not, I can return the others. I found myself in your predicament a few too many times. (and it's too hard to find business clothes clothes that work on someone round and 5'2“)
Grandma got me plain shirts for Christmas and I believe they are Haband brand. Good quality, my size, comfortable
Old Navy and Gap. Same company, Gap makes the slightly (IMO very slightly) better quality basics
We made it better by ripping it and giving it fake pockets, you just don't understand fashion /s
Go to Uniqlo. Their prices are cheap and they have a large selection of solid color shirts.
I’m really late but if you’re looking for really basic shirts go to Michael’s or another craft store. Sometimes they have shirts in every size and a fuck load of colours for only $5-8 each. My local Michaels has an aisle side dedicated to these shirts and they’re cheap.
I used to get all my clothing from supermarkets, it was cheap and pretty good quality. Now when I look at stuff the materials feel cheap and don't seem very durable but cost twice as much as before.
Try JC Penny they have Arizona T-shirt’s Of decent quality and comfort in a variety of monochromatic colors, in crew and v neck as well as for a low price or decent sales
If you’re a guy and want plain t-shirts (various colors) I highly recommend Walmart’s new “George” collection. I bought a 3 pack of basic Tee’s from old navy for $17 bucks and they are nice but randomly needed a shirt while out and about a few weeks ago and got one from Walmart for $3 and like the fit and look infinitely better! So theoretically I could buy 6 shirts from Walmart (THAT FIT BETTER) for the price of 3 ON ones.
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Folks, just go to Uniqlo.
The deep fried apple pies at McDonald’s
They had cherry pies but got rid of them. My family loved their cherry pies. They brought them back for a couple of weeks and stopped selling them.
Come to Romania! We still have these, love them!
Still here in Australia too!
And Canada!
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I'm in Ontario and we definitely have apple pies here and I'm pretty sure they are deep fried.
"are you traveling today for business or pleasure?"
And the UK!
Yes! Wtf happened? You get a fried cherry pie in a little weird cardboard envelope and a small vanilla cone to dip it in so you don't set yourself on fire IT'S THE WAY OF OUR PEOPLE
Omg I never thought of doing this when I got mine I just waited until I got home so it’d be cool enough to eat (which it wouldn’t be, I still burnt my tongue).
and a small vanilla cone to dip it in
What fucking sorcery is this?!?
It's never occurred to me to use soft serve ice cream as a dip for your fast food restaurant pies! It makes sense now considering the plated versions of pie come with a scoop.
In Thailand, they had pineapple flavour pies. It was heaven.
I’ve been to a few Thai McDonald’s! If I knew they had the old school apple pies I would have dived right in. How’s this for a hangover Thai meal. Ham and cheese toasty from 7/11 followed by a fried McDonald’s apple pie. I wouldn’t feel bad about that
Chinese McDonald's have the pineapple ones too. I love them.
I'm still mad they got rid of the cherry pies
That wasn't cherry it was lava.
The berries & cream one they currently have is pretty mind blowing.
Just wanna give a heads up last week I had a deep fried cherry pie thing at McDonald's. They are still around!
It’s regional we have them here. Just checked one on the highway 4 miles from my house has them.
It was a sad day day when McD stopped selling peach pies
Those were, by far, the best ones!
Where did they sell those at?
McDonald’s
Broooooooo those cherry creamed pies were something I really miss living out of America.
Oh the cherry pies from McDonald’s :( those were my favorite.
I like the annual strawberry and cream version
What are you on about, I just ordered them yesterday
GRRRRR why the cherry?! :'(
And I loved Mighty Wings, but they were so expensive. Once they discontinued and lowered the price they sold. They should have kept them going at the lower prices.
They had pineapple ones in Hawaii..
Probably too expensive in ingredients to sell for the low price for pies.
I just got a strawberry cheesecake pie from one in the airport last week. It was still pretty good!
They still have cherry just when they don't have a specialty pie. So you have the standard pie where I live it's Apple, then they have a special pie so when they don't have holiday or strawberry cream or something they have cherry as the second pie. Source: was McDonald's manager like 4 years ago
They’ve had the strawberry cream pies here for years when they got rid of the cherry ones. But when they brought them back for a few weeks a couple of months ago they still had the strawberry cream pies. Because when we asked about them they told us they didn’t have the cherry pies but they had the strawberry cream ones.
I work at McDonald’s and a cool manager of mine on the down low put some pies in the fryer for us. Definitely worth it.
Got a McDonald's to throw a pie a la mode into the Mcflurry spinner a few times. Shit is fantastic.
I worked at McDonalds and worked closing shift a lot. One manager who worked the closing shift often would make us all a deep fried apple pie. They were awesome. On April fools once she made them in the fish filet fryer. They weren't awesome that time.
Some people do Lords work
At the risk of sounding like a party-pooper, but I hope it was at the end of the night after the store had closed.
Health and Safety exists for a reason and the risk of cross contamination is high with vats of oil.
Edit: down voted for calling out a potential risk? Wow! Clearly the people who did do not understand the importance of food safety and probably eat out of garbage disposal units!
Any germs that survive boiling oil deserve to kill me
If you can dodge the fryer you can dodge a ball.
To be fair, contamination isn't just about germs. People rely on nothing they're allergic to being cooked in a fryer, which is why people with serious allergies know exactly what is fried where.
If apple pies in the fryer is your biggest worry, I've got some news for ya as a former McDonald's worker.
What's the worst that can happen? I wouldn't mind some pie in my fries.
I wouldn't mind my pie in your fries.
Your user name makes that statement so much creepier.
Depends on the quality of your pie.
What is it made with?
Some places still fry them. Moved to Australia and they are old school pies here.
Australia takes handheld pie very seriously.
On this note, deep frying fries in beef tallow. It’s what made McD fries awesome, until they got rid of it around 1990.
Edit: Thank you for the reddit gold kind stranger :D
There’s a whole Malcolm Gladwell Revisionist History episode about this lol
That was such an interesting episode for me. The explanations by the food scientists alongside the history of the crusade against beef tallow made it one of my favorites from that podcast. I was born in the late 90s and had no idea they used to fry them in beef tallow. Now I kinda want to taste them
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Potatoes fried in beef fat are the best thing ever. We always do breakfast burritos while camping, and we fry everything up in the cast iron. Bacon, then beef, then potatoes and eggs. It is so, so, sooo good. Best potatoes ever. 10/10 fry everything in beef tallow
I find I get really good results with some unsalted butter in peanut oil.
Try horse fat if you can get it.
They were much better. Even Julia Child would rave about them.
Get some potatoes, get some prepared beef tallow from your nearest butcher (yes, actual butcher, not a grocery store one), and make em yourself.
What's wrong with the butcher at the grocery store?
In short, they mix the beef fat in with other cuttings to make the ground beef. And as such, won't sell it to you directly (as I learned from asking all around my area, to no avail)
In SoCal, the mexican supermarkets sell tallow separately. Hell, they'll sell you any part of the cow you want if you know the spanish word for it.
Do you know the Spanish word for beef tallow? I'm thinking of giving it a shot.
crema de toro
The fries aren't as crispy as I expected them to be, but they have that great salty flavor I love.
It really varies from store to store. Some have a way of weighing tallow for sale, and usually theres extra fat that needs to be gotten rid of
When I worked at McD around this time...I distinctly remember someone doing the oil change...but it was a solid they were putting into the fryer. I wonder if this was the tallow?
Yep! Saturated (animal) fats are solid at room temperature. If you ever cook anything in lard, you'll see that when the frying pan cools down, the remaining fat turns white and thickens.
McDonald’s vegetable shortening they use comes in boxes as a solid white lump too though, looks exactly like lard, can’t tell just by looking.
I see! TIL :)
Just like bacon grease
Most likely it was
Man, I feel like this country really started going downhill the moment I was born.
So YOU'RE who we need to blame!
Fucking good news ruins everything
Revisionist History podcast by Malcom Gladwell on what happened to McDonald's fries https://pca.st/ePML
This.
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IIRC they still aren't vegetarian though. They replaced the oil but supplemented with beef flavoring that contains at least a little actual cow product.
If you're in the US they are still not vegetarian. They are dusted with something during the manufacturing process that still has beef tallow in it.
They still contain beef flavour.
Throwawayfishfingers might aswell just say fuck it and get a big mac after that news
Ya dun goofed
That.
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Those.
No one knows
McDonald’s fries are still the shit. I would love to do a side by side comparison bc my mouth is still really happy with them.
They still flavor them with beef at the factory though, making their fries not vegetarian.
In the US they still add beef tallow to the fries for flavor (still listed as an ingredient on the official site), but yeah they no longer fry them in beef tallow.
"hey hey Billy, can you deep fry the buick?"
Yes, fucking vegetarians complained.
It was more the increased focus on animal fats leading to higher cholesterol and heart disease. Episode 9 of Revisionist History covers this whole think really well.
don't forget about the Hindus!
I doubt that's why. They still flavor the fries with beef tallow. They just don't use it to get them.
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I will make fresh fries for customers if they ask. It's important to salt right out of the fryer so the salt melts into the fries.
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Not as frustrating as making salt free fries, when I worked there we didn't have separate equipment without salt coating it, so we had to try to pour the hot fries into the bags.
Everytime I tried I got hot oil on me, it hurt like crap.
I completely agree added bonus if your brain goes into autopilot and you salt them accidently
Holy shit, yes. Man I am so much better off not working there, not even shitting you, I'm like 10 times happier not getting yelled at for not being fast enough.
Yes, it's annoying but it happens often enough that you just get over it.
Yes. I felt it was implying my fries weren't fresh enough for your highness, even though the fries would be used up or thrown out five minutes after they came out of the fryer.
I can pretty much guarantee the McDonald's by my place will not make me fresh fries. They seem pissed I'm even ordering lol.
Not the same store but I assume McDonalds has similar procedures.
When I worked at In-N-Out, we’d always try to make fries as fresh as possible. Fries don’t spend much time sitting anyway, because they sell quickly. Basically, there’s little point to trying to finesse fresh fries, because most fries are pretty damn fresh anyway. Asking for the fry cook to make a batch of fries just for you is pretty inconsiderate, and can back up the drive thru quite a bit.
Unless you have specific health concerns regarding salt, please just order regular fries.
Just ask for fresh fries arsehole. This way I don't have to spend ten minutes cleaning all the extremely salty equipment before making your one box of fries.
Yes I'm still salty (;)) about this shit a decade after the fact.
No, this takes longer.
Just ask for fresh fries.
Pet peeve of mine is people who request special versions of things at a fast food place.
That's a rumor that they fried their fires in that.
What part of the world are you in? They’re still a thing.
I think they bake them now or some shit.
We still fry them in Australia
How do you tell the difference? Asking for a friend.
The fried ones had a bubbly crispy crust.
Can confirm he is asking for me
Can confirm that guy asked for the other dude.
Can confirm that guy confirmed that guy asked for the other dude.
Can confirm that guy confirmed that guy asked for the other dude.
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Nope. Went to a Mcdonalds and was so fucking confused they were fried. Went to another down the street and those were baked. Guess it depends on the store.
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TIL I live in the bad part of town.
You mean Wing Street?
I like Wingstop. I've had better, but I often get worse wings from independent wing places and can trust some level of quality from WS.
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Just wait till you find out that you can get fried apple pies from Pizza hut...
DUDE YES OH MY GOD IVE BEEN SAYING THIS. Pizza huts old wings were orgasmic.
r/InclusiveOr
In the US. UK are still fried IIRC.
They're still fried in Oz, too.
Yeah they’re baked it’s lame
kfc has your back
Not in Germany at least
Some have them fried in test markets again. Checkers and Popeyes have them though.
apparently they still deep fry them in the eastern part of the world :(
kfc sells the deep fried ones, fyi
No, they're not. They're baked now, not fried. They're not the same.
In Hawaii they are fried still
Everything is fried in Hawaii
Even the alarm system
Germany too
Fuck I wish I had known that. I went there to try the McDonald's tery burger, it was actually pretty good.
What's a tery burger?
What's a tery burger?
Teryaki burger. So good.
Hmmm. That sucks
They still exist in Taiwan and McDonald's delivers 24 hrs here. I could have one in half an hour any time of day if I feel like it.
No they're not. They used to be deep-fried. Now they're baked.
Don't get me wrong, the current pies are great, but they're not the same. For a little while recently they were available as KFC "Fried Apple Turnovers," but they apparently didn't keep them around :-( .
It all depends on where you go. In Hawaii they are still fried. And they have other pies too, like Taro!
European McDonald’s has the fried ones exclusively. Fucking sucks, tastes like shit. Baked is the wtg
Why can we not have both?!
Baked is ass. Fried had the glistening crispy crust that flaked perfectly while baked is like getting plain bread.
Hardee's actually has a pretty good apple pie - I realized why they were so good last week when I saw a dude loading them up in their own special deep fryer basket.
Pizza hut has fried apple pies at least the ones I worked at. They are pretty much the same thing just smaller
They got completely rid of them here in Finland. Wish they'd come back, I used to always order them.
Still a thing in Australia. Mmmm.
In Australia they have deep fried apple pies, they also have deep fried salted caramel pies.
Booking my ticket as we speak
Taro pies in Hawaii are fried and one of the top 10 things I've ever eaten
Hell yeah. And the spam option in fast food breakfast sandwiches.
The apple pies here are also fried.
I think Asian/Pacific rim McDonald's all have those. We have them in China
I miss their cookies. They had different characters on the boxes/bags.
Oh Damn I forgot about that! I remember when they had high chairs trays all super clean and sealed with plastic wrap. They had a bib already on there with crayons and coloring pages and stuff.
Pretty sure they still deep fry them in Australia.
We still have those in England!
But there’s always some skinny judge mental prick singing “who ate all the pies?” 10/10 will be back to see my best mate and eat a fried one though.
The apple turnovers at A&W in Canada are like these - deep fried and delicious, except they're covered in cinnamon and sugar.
Be lucky you still have A&W
One night me and a buddy went to every fast food that sold pies and had a showdown.... A&W won, big time. Honorable mention to Harvey’s
That is living the dream
Harvey's does deep fried pies too.
I was going to write that. Sometimes they were hotter than a nuclear reactor when you bit in to them but sheer heaven. the corners were the best AND the last bite.
Death row dessert - julienned strips of Mc Donald's fried cherry pie atop vanilla ice cream served with molten filling of the same pie and crowned with the perfectly crisp corner fucking pieces.
Y'all made me cuss like a nine-year-old
Oh yes, correct on both accounts. You got to be cruel to be kind sometimes!
Wait are you serious, in Germany they sell them at every McDonald's and they taste legendary. I thought something like this would exist in the US.
They are so good that the corporate overlords have deemed them unhealthy for the masses. Can’t have the population too happy!
Shhhh don't tell the people
Closest I’ve found are apple pies at Popeyes Chicken.
They’re still fried in Japan and Australia.
NZ too
And UK
The strawberry cream pies are even better
The holiday pies are the best. The cream with the sprinkles? Yummm.
Omg I don’t even realize they don’t make them anymore (or do they?). Iirc they were seasonal right?
Strawberry is seasonal lol
Who doesn't love a good cream pie?
I somehow missed those. They sound glorious!
In Asia they’re still fried! McD deep fried Pineapple pies in Thailand are incredible!
Someone mentioned that up top. Thailand is one of my favorite places and a fried pineapple pie is 2nd on my list after an ice cold Chang/Leo!
How about those amazing cinnamon rolls from mcDonalds? I used to peel them apart layer by layer in the 90s. Also the cini-minis from Burger King. Damn I’m obsessed with fast food cinnamon rolls.
It's not the same but the taco Bell cinnamon bites are pretty good. They're very rich so I can only have like 1 or 2.
God yes, I get a 4 pack to eat on the way home when I get it to go. Have done the dozen, but didn't feel so well when it came time to eat the XXL Grilled Stuft.
Here's the trick, add the Cinnabon Delights to the XXL Grilled Stuft and eat it before your body realizes what's happening.
The cinnamelts? Still got em lol
Nah man. You gotta go one step back. You are like ten years into the future.
I don't remember then lol damn I wish my memory was better
My mom would get me those whenever I was sick as a kid. Even now 20 years later I crave them whenever I'm home sick BUT THEY DONT EXIST. Feels bad.
Holy shit, the cinnamon melts are the best.
My high school breakfast. I went to Hardee's, but same thing. They don't have them pre-cooked in the morning, but I got to know their morning staff (a bunch of old ladies as this was in small town USA), and they never minded cooked 2 up fresh for $1. I would pull up and like 4-5 minutes later an employee would run out with them. Driving to school in winter, with lava hot liquid apples in a flaky crisp shell....damn those were good!
Pretty sure Hardee's still fries them in the US... Damn. Now I know where I'm heading for breakfast. For science!!
McDonald’s pizza!
there are two locations that still sell it, one in Ohio and one in West Virginia
Ohio got rid of it
So, two places that are more famous for environmental destruction and joblessness than their food. Got it!
I loved their pizza so much, I'm still sad it's gone.
I came here to say this
Taco Bell apple empanada is better
We still have them in Australia!
I know they’re still a thing in China. God they were heaven. I remember one Thanksgiving calling a McDonald’s corporate number to ask about them, but got too shy and hung up when the guy asked where I was located (I was a really shy kid).
They’re still a thing in NZ as well.
They would be great with some Eam-N-Eams
What-a-burger in Texas has those.
I agree. The current pies are shit.
for my money i'm gettin the lemon pie at Whataburger
also you fuckers making me wanna go to a fast food joint and get a pie now
Yes. Lemon is pretty great
I made some from scratch and it tasted very similar and delicious but there is something about the spices or ratio that is so distinctive and tasty.
They don't do those anymore!? They were my favourite.
They still have them in Japan! I was so stoked when I went. I had like 2 every day.
For a damn $.25 too! Well back when I was a kid.
Taco Bell caramel apple empanada. Deep fried, and has caramel.
They still fry them at KFC!
Came here to say this!
The caramel apple empinada at Taco Bell is damn close. So good. If it lacked caramel it would be the same as the McD version. Give it a shot. Deep fried goodness.
What about the pack of cookies at McD's!?!?
There’s a McDonalds where I live that still serves em all fried and crispy
Apparently you live in The Promised Land
These are still a thing in Romania, they even add specials other than the standard cherry/apple from time to time.
We still have this in Norway ;-)
You have a government that actually cares about its citizens and fried apple pies? You are livin’ the dream. Please tell me they don’t put herring on them
Popeyes still deep fries them and rolls them in cinnamon sugar.
That's why I was disappointed the last time I went to get McDonald's pie! Hadn't had one in years and thought that's what I was getting!
Yup, baked not fried for ages. I’ve tried maybe 3 since the baking and noped right out. Not even close to the oldies
They're baked now, not fried. Also, don't order pies late at night, they're probably past the time we're supposed to sell them, but if there's only a couple hours left, we'll probably just peel the sticker off and give it to you.
Source: used to work at McDonalds
Closest current thing I have found is Taco Bell's Carmel Apple empanadas. Not quite the same--but about as close as you'll probably find. And the carmel isn't a bad addition.
Along those lines, the mini apple pie nuggest at Checkers. They were a staple in the mid-90s, I moved away from their area for a couple years, then came back and tried to order them around 99-ish. The baffled clerk looked at me like I'd just ordered a cupful of spiders and insisted no such thing existed or had ever existed. But fuck you, yes they did and they were glorious.
The only Checkers I’ve been to was in Charlotte NC area. Never seen them elsewhere
Man, I wish they still did the holidays pies. Those were the only ones I really liked.
It's been a few years, but last I checked you can get deep fried McDonald's pies in Maui at Lahaina, HI.
We still have these in South Africa. My families favourite treat and the only thing we really get from McDonalds anymore
They're still a thing everywhere around me and they're horrid. I remember them being good, but now they keep them under a heat lamp all day and repeat until they're sold. Last one I took a bite out of just crumbled into pieces it was so dry.
Churches chicken still sells fried apple pies as far as I know.
What? I had one last week, I guess it's a Hawaii exclusive now.
Hawaii McDonald’s is geared to match the Asian McDonald’s — everything is still fried in Asia (Japan, China, Korea, etc).
Jamaica flavored Kool-Aid packets. They sell them on Ebay for like $1 a packet but it would be so much easier to go into a store and buy it.
Does it taste like Jamaicans?
Pretty sure it's Jamaica as in the Mexican juice, pronounced more like "ha-mye-kuh"
Hibiscus tea for English speakers.
So hibiscus is made of Jamaicans?
...Probably.
^ TIL
That's just the Spanish pronunciation of saying Jamaica, it's the same thing lmao.
despacito
... Slow?
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Is it possible he means jicama?
Oh is that what's in the Jamaican me crazy cappuccinos at the gas station? I like those.
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does she taste like Hibiscus?
That juice is more like a tea. You get that from boiling water with flor de Jamaica.
Jamaican me thirsty
not really. Virgin Islanders at best.
So weed and jerk chicken?
You swallowed Usain Bolt.
You tell us.
No, but it's made with real girl scouts.
More like Sour Diesel
Ya mon!
Which, now that I think about, yes, like Jamaicans.
If so it would taste like weed and extreme homophobia, my favourite flavours!
No it tastes like the island of Jamaica.
Kool-AIDS packets
cool, aids.
Yes
Probably just like weed
I feel like you can still find these in Hispanic neighborhood markets.
Have you tried or can you find the Klass brand? It’s sold either next to the Kool-Aid or in the Mexican/International aisle in my area.
I tried Klass and another called Zuko. So far, in both brands, Lime flavor is my favorite. Out of the two brands, I prefer Zuko
And yes, I think "Honor!" whenever I buy Zuko
fire woosh
Jamaica is my favorite, Tamarindo is delicious too.
Now I'm just waiting a bottle of jarritos.
Only the made in mexico ones with cane sugar though, the american ones aren't nearly as good
Didn't even know there were ones made here. Everywhere around me has the Mexican ones.
I'll try it next time I go shopping, thanks!
Holy Cow, I just saw these here in Mexico City, gonna fill my bag with these next trip.
Also, the flavoring is from hibiscus, so if you want to try... buy some raspberry tea and mix it with a shit ton of sugar.
The spanish name for hibiscus is "flor de jamaica". The flavoring of Jamaica isn't hibiscus. Jamaica is hibiscus.
money making scheme:
1) go to mexico 2) buy all the jamaica flavor kool aid packs 3) return home; sell them on ebay 4) ? 5) make millions
I was interested in trying it till you said hibiscus. No thanks. Stupid plant ruins everything it touches for me. So many herbal ruined because that's one of their main ingredients.
Cold, it's delicious, I can't stand it in raspberry tea and such.
Maybe. I also tend to use tea till it's basically giving me water. And the first run of herbal tea will often mask the hibiscus, but everything after that ends up only being hibiscus flavored with hints of everything else.
yeah, don't ever let it stain your clothes either.
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Ranch Market off Roosevelt in downtown Phoenix. I stock up there.
God bless you.
Every Food City and Food Town.
I don't mind making Jamaica from the dried out flowers that I can get from my local Hispanic market. It doesn't take long to boil the water, add a bit of sugar, and then put in ice cubes until it is cool enough to drink, and then I get control of just how sweet I want it.
Now horchata on the other hand, well, shoot. If I want good horchata today, yesterday me had to make it. Does anyone know of good instant horchata? I'd even be willing to get one of those horchata machines that you can get at Mexican food places, that constantly mixes and cools it, as long as it isn't crazy expensive.
Kern's sells horchata. My local grocery stores sometimes have it in the refrigerator case, either next to the juices or the milk. There are probably some Mexican brands too, but I'm not sure if it's readily available if you're not in a Mexican border state.
Ok it's not horchata pura but it's close if you're in a pinch:
Pour cold milk over slightly cooked warm rice, add cinnamon vanilla extract, maybe a bit of nutmeg and let it sit for half an hour. Strain the rice out with cheesecloth and squeeze it until all of the milk is out.
Add ice and Drink!
Use real hibiscus flower petals and real sugar beats and prepackaged crap
Boil the flowers in a pot of water and then pour it in a jug or whatever, add sugar and water and boom.
My mom makes it by placing the dried flowers in a container with water and leaves out in the counter over night and then pours that into a pitcher and add more water and sugar. IMO, it tastes better than when boiled in water because the boiling method kills some of its flavor. All though if you do my moms method you have to make sure not to fill up the container that's left out over night because then the flowers expand and spills ensue; big mess I made.
Yeah, I don’t get this one. Kool-aid Jamaica? Making real Jamaica is a piece of cake.
Clear watermelon kiwi was amazing too. Almost bought 2 packets for 20 dollars
Does anyone remember the koolaid things you’d buy in a six pack, that were in plastic bottles and you had the little color pellet you dropped in, changed color and bubbled. Those were so good!
It's hibiscus. And the real stuff is so much better.
... Does that taste like dreadlocks?
You can buy the dried up flowers and boil them into your own home to make it yourself for cheap (depending on time of year sometimes). Highly recommend. Then cool down and add any sweetener. Don't let the water sit too long outside, refrigerate the leftovers.
The version of this for my family growing up was Sunshine Punch (http://www.inthe80s.com/food/sunshinepunchkoolaid0.shtml) We literally bought a surplus of them when we found out it was being discontinued and only used them on special occasions like birthdays, graduations, etc.
After they discontinued it, my mom made Sunshine Punch by doing half lemon Kool-Aid and half orange Kool-Aid. I don't know how accurate it was to the real thing, but it's the only way we ever had Kool-Aid growing up, and none of the other flavors (even orange or lemon on their own) don't taste right to me. You might try it and see how close to your real ones it is.
Thanks for the pro tip! I'll definitely have to try that this week and see if it sparks any childhood flashbacks.
Let me know what you think!
link?
https://www.mexgrocer.com/6465.html
just buy the leaves and make it yourself, that's what I do
My fave was Purplesaurus Rex. Basically a combo of grape plus lemonade flavors, but it’s just not the same as the OG Purplesaurus Rex. Also Sharkleberry Fin. Yum.
Wait... What? Explanation required...
They sell it at the grocery outlet a block down here in Washington state lol
You mean hibiscus juice
Try looking at other brands, like Mexican brands. It might be less overpriced online.
Alternatively, I live pretty close to a Food City store and I could buy some and ship it to you. Just DM me if you're interested and we can figure out the details.
I looked it up and said it's hibiscus flavored. The passion tea at Starbucks is hibiscus. Maybe try that. Also, it's made by tazo teas so check the tea section at the store and see if that's a close match.
They make tang in that flavour...I stock up when I’m in Mexico. They have around 20 different flavours!
Blue-dini was my favorite back in the day
Hibiscus for those who are thinking of the country
You might be able to find it in Hispanic sections of food stores. We recently got a bunch of different Kool-Aid flavors at my local grocery store (all the names are in Spanish) and they have Jamaica.
(BTW, the word "Jamaica" means "hibiscus" in Spanish!)
I miss Sunshine Punch. It was the ultimate cure for cotton mouth.
Taste like sweat and despair?
I loved the pink flamingo flavor!
Just buy the flowers and make it yourself. It's hibiscus tea. Add sugar, and you're set.
BRING BACK ARCTIC CHILL KOOLAID
Koolaid had a menthol apple flavor, had a cool sensation even at room temp, nobody remembers it.
Jimaca?
Planters Cheese Balls, the ones in the blue can? (gods, I miss those crunchy cheesy balls of joy)
My brother ate pretty much only those and chicken nuggets for like 5 years when we were kids. Somehow he ended up relatively healthy.
Probably because for the most part kids (that are active) can eat literally anything and burn it off. Once your level of activity starts to sink, you gotta keep a tight leash on what goes into your body.
That's just calories though. There's basically no nutritional content there, except for protein in the nugs (idk if there's any real cheese or diary in the cheese power, but I'm guessing little to none). I'd be really concerned about low protein and 0 vegetables, vitamins, fiber, diary ect. That said, I can't really speak for what actually happens when there's deficiencies in each of the above.
What your saying still holds true for adults. You can eat say 400-600 calories worth of those for a "meal", or 5-20 nugs (200-900 calories). At two times a day you'd still be at caloric deficit and lose weight (for not old males), without any activity. You might think you'd be hungry constantly, since it's not very filling, but some people just aren't, and you may be surprised how your body adjusts.
diary
Is that your final answer?
Umm no sorry i meant dairy.
I'm 24, 135lbs and I sit in front of the computer all day... I seem to burn it off ok by being not very active.
U young tho! Call me when you are 10 yrs older still sitting front of that computer...
Exactly. You hit the wall that is 30, and it all is different.
I mostly sat around all day drinking Pepsi and being jittery as fuck and stayed underweight even though I ate like a pig.
30 hits, nothing from my side changes, and now I have a "dad bod". :/
I have the "dad bod" at 21, what do. I do my damnedest to be efficient, but I've been overweight since I was a kid. It sucks man
Don't buy in to any special diet. Don't do any popular workout.
Just fuckin exercise. Jog. Bike. Swim. Jump on a trampoline. Literally anything that doesn't do damage to your body. (Large fellas can ruin knees and ankles if they run for years)
Just run a mile. Then run two. Then three.
I promise if you're struggling, now is the time. Still young, full of testosterone and new cartilage.
I promise 30 is in fact a bitch.
Sincerely, Dad Bod.
Well I'm 32 and lost a shitton of weight after I hit 30, so I don't buy that entirely. It just gets harder to be active the older you get obviously, but diet's more important than exercise anyways in terms of losing weight. Exercise helps keep me accountable though and tones, which is a big help, so I'm not knocking it. But losing weight is more like 80-90% diet and 10-20% exercise.
Sadly, exercise will do nothing if you don't cut your caloric intake down.
The first, and most important, step to weight loss is calories down. Second is exercise. Healthy foods comes last.
I see so many saddened men and women that come to the gym, bust their ass, and see no change in 30 days. But, they leave the gym and go out and eat a big mac, coke, and large fries. That's all the calories you should be eating everyday. So, anything else and your exercise is now pointless. You can't eat 5,000 calories per day and exercise it away.
Spend a week and write down everything you eat and then compare it to the actual amount you need to eat.
I was 100lbs overweight and eating 4000 calories a day. I couldn't believe it. I cut my calories down to 1500 and dropped 2-4lbs a week doing nothing else. I added on 1hr of exercise daily and I lost up to 5lbs weekly for the first month or so. Once I leveled out it went to closer to 2lbs a week. But, 8 months later I had abs and had trained myself to eat so much less that when it was time to raise my calories, I had a hard time even eating that much. (I did this at 38 years old)
Can attest. I am 34 but last year at 33 did a weight loss competition at work and cut down the calories a lot. Cut out pop and really cut down carbs, dairy, and red meat. I never counted calories, just eat better. I was doing about 5 hours of decent cardio a week as well. After 8 weeks I had lost 33 lb's. It was crazy.
I kept with it until around July and then I slowly started getting back into my old eating habits. Sadly I have gained all of it back and now trying to find that motivation to again start eating right and going to the gym. Not sure why it's so much harder to find that spark I need this time.
20s I could fart and loose 10 pounds, 30 came and gained weight like crazy.
You eat less than you think when compared to other people.
30 years old here and my comfort food is chicken nuggets. No shame.
Must've been all those Flintstone vitamins.
Is your brother king Curtis?
And so did his tapeworm!
Says alot about how little our collective nutrition knowledge is. If you told a doctor that you would do this he would tell you that you would certainly die
"If you told a doctor that you would do this he would tell you that you would certainly die" - No, I'm certain that most wouldn't say that.
I don't think a dr would tell you that you would die.
Yes, similar to how russian roulette is safe because i don't know anybody whose died playing it.
I'm glad to see this. My kid is mac n cheese or dino bites for the past 5 years, and will probably keep going until he moves out. I was a little worried.
Cheese balls are a great source of... something.
Your comment gave me a kidney stone.
Just eat these 2 things and get fit! Doctors HATE him!
Idk, my little brother drinks like two liters of soda per day and is still skinny as fuck, with no sign of diabeetus. Some people just have metabolisms of mythical proportions.
I miss them so much. I've never been able to find other cheese balls that taste the same :'(
The problem with every other brand of cheese balls is the same, they are baked. The Planters were fried, this is why the texture was so different. nothing you can get now has the same crunch.
Except maybe caveman-club Cheetos
Huh. The old Planters can says Baked though? -- http://www.kristinehendricks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cbtv5d0rc7l5ol2extvo.jpg
That picture is from a late 70s/early 80s can. The later designs do not say baked. I believe there was a change to frying at some point. You can also find pictures of Planters cheez curlz that say baked on the package and others that say fried.
Ah, interesting. Was just curious! I loved them in the 90s as a kid.
Idk where you are but Utz makes some awesome cheese balls and they come in a huge fucking jug. A single serving is like 30 of them too.
Utz cheese balls are really good, so are Wise. Neither is remotely close to Planters, but they're both quite good in their own right.
Second that. I deliberately avoid them because I know I'll never stop if I get a jug of them.
I lost 50 lbs through calorie counting, and my saving grace were those huge tubs of Utz cheese balls. A serving for a midnight snack feels so indulgent. But still doesn't compare to Planters. I remember doing chores around the neighborhood as a kid specifically to save up enough money to walk to the store and buy 3 cans of Planter's cheese balls. Those were the days.
Yeah, my last break up I had a lot of other bad shit going on and I got one of those tubs of utz cheeseballs for comfort food and still ended up losing weight. If I have to pick a junk food it's a decent one one serving seems like a lot, I guess because so much of it is just air I guess.
Here’s the weirdest thing you’ll hear today: Walgreen’s makes a tub of cheese balls that is the closest I’ve found to the old Planters. Not exactly the same, but damn close.
I think the next best thing are Cheeto's puffs
H-E-B ones are the closet, but still not the same.
PB Crisps
Yes. And anyone who says Nutter Butters are just as good is wrong. Like 2+2= 80,324 level of wrong. You’re just sitting there thinking “how can a motherfucker be so fucking wrong”, but there it is, like a slap in the face.
Disgraceful.
But if anyone has a suggestion that ISN’T fucking Nutter Butters, I’m all ears.
We're these the ones that were crispy in the shape of a peanut with pb in the middle?
Edit: i just googled it and holy shit they are! I couldn't remember the name of these and no one ever knew what I was talking about!
They had chocolate ones too if I recall correctly!
Why did they stop selling them?
According to Planters when I asked them the same question, they decided to focus on healthier things and trying to just sell nuts. Basically, people trying to be healthy ruined everything.
Stupid health nuts
That's interesting. I asked them too, just after they discontinued them.
The reply I got was a little more blunt. They said that although they appreciate that there was a small yet fiercely loyal fanbase for the product, it simply wasn't making as much money anymore. This was after giving it a marketing refresh, and experimenting with a couple of variants. They put this down to people eating healthier.
So although it's true that healthier people was their reason, their incentives were purely from a balance sheet point of view. The altruistic excuse is convenient, but at the end of the day a company is basically trying to make cash. And I'm going to venture that some of those nuts they currently make are probably more unhealthy, what with all the sodium and all.
It’s unfortunate!
Dirty motherfuckers.
Oh man, my mom always packed those when we went to the beach when I was little, and that was the ONLY time we had them. They were so good.
And the Cheese Curls (similar to Cheetos, but better)...both were awesome.
Planters PB Crisps
There are no substitutes, I will never forget those cheesy cans of balls.
Walgreen’s sells a tub called Smile and Save. They’re very close.
Planters also used to make PB Crisps that were amazing. man i miss those.
literally saw a box of these in my grandpa’s old workshop area im pretty sure. except it was holding tools and crap, not... 20-30 year old cheese balls.
Edit: Found It
I’d upvote this a million times if I could. I would love for my kids to know what planters cheese balls are.
I was literally about to write this! I loved planters cheese balls!!! They also had their own version of cheetos too that were pretty good too
Yes! I used to get a can of these in my stocking every year. I would pop in the new wrestling VHS I got for Christmas, and fill my cheeks like a chipmunk, and then suck on them until they we're cheesey, cornmealy, gloop.
Those Planters PB Crisps (if I recall the name correctly) - they were little snacks shaped like peanuts with peanut butter in them - IIRC they were a little pricey but amazingly good.
Also something called Incredabites; basically tiny little crunch granola cookies with sugar cream wafered in the middle like an Oreo - those came and went in the early 90s.
Chocolite candy bars - chocolate bars with millions of little air bubbles inside - from the 70s.
Marathon Bars - the American version, bars of chocolate-dipped twisted caramel - 70s candy.
Burger King's original Chicken Tenders - made from real marinated slices of chicken breasts; the current nuggets at BK today are crap by comparison.
omg those PB crisps were sooo good! I actually just thought about them the other day but couldn't remember their name or brand! Thank you stranger!
Marathon Bars - the American version, bars of chocolate-dipped twisted caramel - 70s candy.
They still make them in the UK - they're called Curly-Wurlies. I always get them for a little bit of childhood even though you will have caramel stuck in your teeth for hours afterwards.
Marathon Bar is what Snickers used to be called in the UK.
...Y'know, I'd totally forgotten what a big part of my childhood those were.
The Utz ones just aren't the same. They're cheesier, but not as buttery.
Try Smile and Save at Walgreen’s. Damn close.
The Utz ones are very good IMO, but yeah. Not the same. Even after all these years, I can still remember the old taste clearly enough to know that there's nothing else like it.
I miss the 3D Doritos but mini in the small can and they were Spicey
BetterMade makes cheese balls that are so similar I sometimes think they took over the plant. Same style can and everything.
I'm going to order these to try on your recommendation. Do they have other products I should try?
Alot of people here love all of their chips. I honestly think they taste about the same as all the other brands. Cheese balls are all I pick up when I see em. CVS usually has them around here.
Thank you!
Better made licorice is delectable. Being from Michigan you can find it places. Not overly sweet and thick pieces. Mmmmmm
Did you ever end up trying these cheeseballs?
At 6 bucks for a 4 pack I was thinking I'd try them but the shipping cost is insane. Just going to have to dream about them I guess.
I wish I could upvote this 1000 times. They were the official snack of my grandparents house
Seriously!
Fuck Utz cheeseballs! It just isn’t the same.
Utz is better than nothing though.
Yeah actually I don't mind Utz that much. Planters is superior, but Utz satisfies my craving fine.
I still love the Utz ones. Though it hurts me that I can't find the white cheddar ones. I had them back in college six years ago from a friend who found them. Oh that was Heaven...
They apparently sell them online.
Also, check stores around Christmas and Easter. Utz sells those things seasonally.
Noted, I'll check around the holidays. I believe they're called Snow Balls so it makes sense but I've just never been able to find them. Ugh.
I think they still make these in Mexico. Either that or I bought a very expired can of cheese balls.
I would literally go get a can of these pretty much every single day after high school and eat the whole thing.
They were soooo good.
Unbelievably, I'm still alive...and not permanently orange!
When I was an intern at Kraft, my boss was pushing so incredibly hard to get those back. I think he even got a small pilot program going.
He gave me a couple cans of the samples. Tasted like childhood.
How long ago was this?
Is there any chance of it happening?
About 8-9 years ago, unfortunately. I don't think he was ever able to get it going - at least in the US. He was in the Export group, so it's possible that they're being sold in some random country in the Caribbean or something.
If I recall correctly, the new version basically utilized Kraft mac and cheese powder for the coating. A shame it never materialized :(
Pepperidge Farms’ Three Cheese Snack Sticks, RIP. Anyone who replies with “Goldfish?” gets blocked.
I miss these so bad it hurts to live
Those were SO good and oily and cheesy and perfect! Did they stop making them entirely?
For some reason you can still buy these in the airport in Puerto Rico
Next time you are there can you check the expiration date please.
I’ve never been able to try these, yet I love Utz cheese balls. How would you compare them to those?
Utz is the most similar thing to them today. It’s been a good 25 years since I had them. They were slightly smaller than Utz, they had a greasy taste to them, not bad greasy, more like oily greasy. Utz reminds me more of butter, planters of oil.
Seriously. The only way you can get them now are the 5 gallon jug knock offs they sell at Office Depot.
I live in Hong Kong and they definitely still sell them here.
Those were the BEST. Pretty much crack.
Oh god. Those were so good
Omg I forgot about these!!! So good. Now I miss them too.
I miss those too. Walmart has a decent brand in a huge container
They had another product next to them on the shelf similar to Cheetos. They were awesome too!
those don't exist anymore? damn. i have super fond memories of my dad, brother, and uncle years and years ago; they would all hang out on the tip top wrap-around deck of the beach house we were staying in on vacation and they would throw the cheese balls onto the roof for the seagulls. it was so damn entertaining to me as a kid watching flocks of birds swoop in and battle each other for bright orange puffs. good stuff.
Well, for you at least the good news is that you can throw just about any food item and a seagull will eat it.
YES. My grandparents always had these!
I get planters might not want to make them. But why are cheeseballs only available in the fucking huge size now? Multiple have the feed army size.
TIL that this is probably what I ate as a kid and not the Cheetos brand.
Those show up at Dollar Tree from time to time.
I also miss the Planters Five Alarm Chili peanuts.
I've now drowned in a wave of nostalgia thanks to you.
Those have died and nobody told me! WHHYYYYY!
Holy shit in the first half of med school I lived on those. They were great but you could only find them in the sketchy Asian store.
Yesssss!! I use to spend my allowance on these.
We never had these at my house but the first summer I spent at summer camp my mom sent me some through the mail. I still remember how glorious they tasted in the Beehive at Hummingbird... they were so crunchy and oily that they were almost gooey...
They were so salty. I pine for them.
They're gone?!
I think about these way too much
Man I would kill to have those backs. I swear my room in the 80’s were full of empty blue cans and pull off tops surrounding my NES.
I still think of these everytime I'm on a road trip.
Such delicious balls of goodness!
Aww, these remind me of my gram - she knew i liked them and that I was a picky eater... She'd always have them at her house when i visited.
I love those. Supposedly, since we don't get them here. Utz Cheese Balls are the closest to Planters.
My family nickname is “Cheeseball”. When i was 7 i picked one out of a can in the Kmart checkout, and not wanting to fuck up the gum that was in my mouth, i literally inhaled one. Mom had to do the Heimlich right there in the checkout. 32 years later they still give me shit about that. And i miss them just like you.
Holy shit yes. I always stare at those absurdly large tubs of cheese balls by Utz (I think) and I consider buying them, but I k of it will never live up to those Planters ones.
Fuck yes, only the cheese curls were my jam. Oh my god, I forgot about those. Shit, now my life is empty.
This is the one I came here to see. No othet cheese ball matches up and it is so disappointing
One of my VHS family videos includes a scene of me in a walker choking on these exact cheese balls. As I look around, not breathing, with panic in my eyes, my grandma just slaps me on the back and all is good.
YES! We have some cheese balls in Sweden that taste very close to the Planters original. When I took my daughter to visit the US last year, it was a futile effort to find anything that tasted similar. All “cheese balls” in the US are horrid now.
Well now you have to tell us what the Swedish ones are called so I can try to find those one day! :-)
Ohh, sorry! OLW Cheez Ballz
I like how www.totallyswedish.com appears twice in that URL.
Are they at all like Hawkins Cheezies?
There was cheeze balls and cheeze curls. When I was a kid, I would simultaneously eat either(but this works best with the curls) with the Planters honey roasted peanuts. The shit I would suck off my fingers were the gods' crumble.
For the love of all that's holy, this.
I only recently found out these were no longer made. Way better than cheese puffs.
I remember they tasted buttery and cheesy. I would love for them to come back to feed my fat face!
You can still get these, at least in canada!
Wtf cheese balls are dead?
I've seen those in like Big Lots stores. Check there. They are awesome.
Gods, my fingers were orange then!
Planters stopped making fucking cheese balls?!
I was just looking for those the other day :(
Oh man. Me and brother ate those all the time when we were kids. We had so many of those blue cans that we built a wall out of them and crash into for fun. I feel like they tasted better than Cheetos cheese puffs.
My sister used to get me those for Christmas!
Ahh grandma's house
Clearly Canadian. It may still exist, but not here in the lower, lower 48. Shitty cheap crapass flavored water is still here, but not that. I've missed it since 2001
If there's a World Market near you, I've found it there! I love the blackberry flavor.
I could spend hours in World Market.
Pocky, Stroopwaffel, green tea Kit Kats, and Bonito Del Norte canned tuna all in one place. It's heaven.
This is gonna sound gross — because it is — but I’ve been getting our Stroopwaffel in the Ross Dress for Less checkout line. Mmm, a bargain at twice the price.
Aldi often has stroopwafels.
I got my most recent batch from Costco though.
Done that myself. If you have a Lidl near you they have good Stroopwafel that's a good price.
Bonito del Norte was so good in Sicario.
Try Tim Tams. (Australian cookies) Everyone I've given them to loves them!
Don't often see random appreciation for bonito del norte on reddit
I could spend hours and thousands in World Market.
FTFY. 💸
When I die, I hope heaven is a Cost Plus World Market.
I used to spend hours there.
Source: I worked there.
Same here. Thought I could never get bored.
Spoilers: I did.
Also worked there. The products are interesting for the first week and then it just becomes another fifteen boxes of Pocky into upstock that's already reaching to the ceiling, oh and it's the rug caravan event so half our seasonal fixtures are moving again yaaaay
Decent enough hours though for a retail gig.
I just went there today with my friend. I told myself I want going to buy anymore chocalate. I walked out with 30$ worth of milka and rittar bars
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Coffee Crisp is dangerously addictive. I found it on Amazon and was hooked!
Ugh, I just want to buy everything and redo my entire home every time I go though. But a throw pillow and candle will have to do.
True though!
Oh man, your comment took me back. I had completely forgotten about CC (specifically the blackberry one)! When I was little I’d go shopping with my mom and she would get me one every once and a while as a treat. Best part of shopping!
My fav was wild cherry.
Man that Mountain BlackBerry was as good if not better than I remembered too. World market buying it by the case!
Omg thank you I'm going to make sure to go there this week.
I remember this being my favorite as well, but I also liked the Grape - and I Do Not Like Grape.
confirmed I bought Clearly Canadian Wild Cherry in my World Market last week (Madison, Wisconsin). It tastes exactly how I remember it.
They all taste like butthole* to me.
*I imagine.
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No, that's where feces comes out of.
Early Canadian Blackberry was awesome!
world market
WOW! I just looked online, and sure enough the world market by me has it in stock for in-store pickup. I really hope it's the original recipe and ends up being even half as good as I remember it from my childhood.
Growing up my older cousin worked at a Canada Dry where they bottled it. He would drop off cases.of that stuff. I still crave it. They came in great glass bottles and everything.
My little sister's hair has always smelled like blackberry Clearly Canadian. Just part of why she's so lovable!
Ummm,,, ok, that's weird. What else do you smell of your sister's?
It’s not weird. You live with someone for 18 years, you know what their hair smells like. We shared pillows as kids, I used to do her hair, we hugged a lot. Her hair smells nice. Don’t you love anybody with long hair?
Oh, that's kinda sweet. But no, I'm a gay dude and I like short hair, lol.
Ain’t gotta be straight to care for somebody with fragrant hair, my man. ❤️
I couldn't believe it when I found these at world market recently! Though I swear they were $.99 in the 90s and I think I paid $2.79 for this one. Was so excited, cracked the cap, took a sip expecting to be carried away on fizzy blackberry waves, but my taste buds must have changed. So disappointed, too sweet for me now.
That blackberry was the best ever!!! Sooo damn good!! I'm going to check the world market now!!!
You are a fucking champion among men (or women). I didn't even know this place existed and not only do they exist but there's one near me with Clearly Canadian in stock! Thank you!
I bought a freaking case the first time I saw it there. So worth it.
Same here, price be damned!
I remember it tasting better. Was underwhelmed and it was kind of expensive. But can confirm it’s at World Market in the Twin Cities area at least.
It is expensive, but everything at World Market is expensive. Those glorious Coffee Crisp bars are worth $2, though. Damn you Canadians and your tasty treats.
It's super expensive though! I just noticed it the other day at world foods, like $3.50 or $4 a bottle!
It’s $2.49/ea. at the world market in town near me, which is still kinda pricy imo but I’m also a cheap bastard so ¯\(ツ)/¯
Blackberry was the best. I miss that stuff.
World Market's are cool.
2.49/11oz bottle. Ouch.
It's back! They had a whole Kickstarter and everything! You can get it at world market and Meijer and a few other places. They are expanding too. It may not be near you but it's coming friend!
Meijer
Ope, almost missed ya fellow midwesterners there.
I moved to the south and I as soon as I heard Meijer I was like Ooooo they are from the midwest.
I'm just gonna squeeze pastcha to get the Ranch.
What kinda pop do ya want?
Rock N Rye!!
Lol. Yup. Michigander over here.
I had a friend in Florida who didn't believe me that it was a real store until I sent her some Meijer brand pretzels.
Lol. Why wouldn't she believe you? Did you tell her publix wasn't a real store either?
This was years ago and she was like 15 haha.
Also I should have said Meijers lol.
"Meijer" is actually correct, but yeah the older folks do call it Meijer's lol
I think it's just a Midwest ( or maybe just a Michigan) thing to put an 's on the end of stores or places that don't need it. I am 33 so not that old and I do it regularly. That was the joke I was trying to make. 😀
they have a ton of flavors at Meijer! Brings back memories.
Now is the time. Flavored water and seltzers have been catching on past few years.
Yes! I just saw these at Meijer last week! Best store ever.
But does it come in that beautiful pale blue glass bottle?
Update: yes it does, and you can even get it on Amazon, for a price.
I'm not your fwiend, buddy.
What!!! I need the cherry one! Thank you!
Try cherry Sprite or 7 up. One of them tastes just like a cherry Clearly Canadian. The other tastes like cough syrup. I can never remember which is which.
the blackberry too, ugh
My wife got a case of it for the kick starter..
I did too, and man does it not taste the same, the flavor I got (it's escaping me right now) tastes like cotton candy. Severely disappointed.
Ah, if only I had a Meijer in my state. Or if we do, it can't be anywhere within a 100mi radius. Never seen one, only ever heard about em on Reddit.
I had some time to kill today and picked one up at Meijer. Somewhat of a letdown. No where near as sweet as I remember and definitely not worth $2.50.
I bought a case from the kickstarter, but with all the delays they shipped mine to my apartment after I had left town for the holidays and then stupid fucking UPS was supposed to leave it at some UPS locker, but ended up breaking the case and returned to sender and I never got my case or my $30 back.
Wal-Mart has Clear American and I think "oh fuck you" every time I see it
This is the only correct response.
I actually like those, but I've never had the Clearly Canadian ones you guys are talking about so I can't compare.
i like them too but it's the principle of the thing. Clearly Canadian was the godfather of all this shit we have now and it was seriously delicious, like not a single one of the flavors was less than awesome. And it came in a glass bottle.
Damn I really wish I could try this now.
We have it here, I haven't tried it myself because it's like, 2.50 for a bottle of it, that's notably smaller than the alternative meijer's brand for .88
Remember orbitz!?!
I still have an unopened bottle somewhere. It did not appear to be holding up very well last time I saw it.
Found it: https://i.imgur.com/2WJX3Cf.jpg
Tape a flashlight to the bottom of it and youve got a mighty fine lava lamp there!
Make a YouTube vid of you drinking it and get mad views brah
My mom saved a bottle of each of the flavors when she found out it was being discontinued. Maybe she thought they'd be worth something? I threw them away when she died. I just looked on ebay and people are selling them for $20-$25. Sorry mom. I threw away about $100.
Yeah, that can stay discontinued. It was like someone puked gummi bear into your soda.
That's so accurate I snorted so hard it hurt. It was so thick too.
I loved orbitz as a kid. I don't know if I'd have gone for it as an adult, but as a kid, it was amazing.
I have a friend who carried change in an Orbitz bottle every day for like 15 years before he dropped it in the parking lot one day a couple months ago and it shattered. I really wanted to buy him a replacement on eBay, but like $20 for a vintage bottle of water just seems like a waste of money.
No way dude, $20 it's nothing to spend on a meaningful gift for a friend.
jelly water!
I came here for this!
I try not to...
YES!! So disgusting in concept. So satisfying in my belly.
I thought that you were talking about Orbitz gum. I was like, "I chew that a lot."
The gum or the travel website?
The drink... It was something.
Don't be puttin that Orbitz shit in my Clearly Canadian dream.
Orbitz was made by Clearly Canadian.
Didn't Good Mythical Morning do somthing to promote this?
They did! It's back in some stores
I thought that was so odd. They were making a big deal out of it, and they just suddenly dropped it and never talked about it again.
It and New York Seltzer (my fave) are back. World Market is the best place to pick it up
Picked up some New York seltzer at the grocery store.. it was extremely sugary. I can't remember if it was this bad when i was a kid, but it's way too much for me.
I guess I'm not the only one who tried new NewYork Seltzer and noticed a difference.
I assume 7 year old me just didn't care about the sugar at the time
It's back. I wish they'd bring back those Snapple "Element" drinks they had around the late 90's, early 2000's. My favorite ones were the Fire, Rain and Sun flavors. So good.
I think they sold those at my High School.
You can also buy it online. Was able to get some after the revive at world market and OMG. Worth how expensive it is. Tastes of childhood.
I was just looking it up on Amazon. Yea, you pay dearly for it, but I think I would be happy with a case for a while. I've spent forty dollars for just one bottle of booze in the past, I think I'm willing to spend forty for a case of CC.
It will last. I bought a few bottles and since I’m not really a soda drinker, they were savored instead of slugged. Not sure if you can’t get more than one flavor that way though.
BlackBerry it is, then!
It's everywhere up here in Canada. I didn't even know it was coming back until I saw it at 7-11!
Wut 😳 Happy hump day!!! I’m totally going to 7-11 tonight
I had no idea until just now, I need to make a trip to a 7-11.
Enjoy my friend
Rhett and Link did some kind of Kickstarter or something, they made a few cases that I know of
I hear they are the reason it's grown again in popularity.
It makes sense, GMM is a massive YouTube channel
They do have it! I just saw it at the grocery store in the soda aisle and was soooo excited. I'm in a Midwestern state, fyi.
Me too, its called Oklahoma. Far from there?
Yeah, I forget how much is actually considered Midwestern, lol (isn't Montana considered midwestern, lol??) im actually in Illinois.. so.. idk how far you'd consider that :)
HA! about a nine-hour drive. Probably worth it.
A distinct memory I have of my mother is that she punched 9 year old me in the nose while I was watching I Love Lucy in my bedroom after school because she thought I drank her Clearly Canadian. Gave me a bloody nose and everything.
Turns out my stepdad put them in the fridge so they would be cold for her. Ha.
Your mom is fucking metal. Hope you are okay! :\
I work in a grocery store in Illinois, and we totally have Clearly Canadian. I literally see it every day.
I should downvote you out of pure jealousy. But I won't. Just appreciate this gift you have been given. It's Mana from heaven. Ambrosia even. Most people in this tread envy your good fortune.
i saw it at meijer and it was $2.70 for a bottle
7/11 sells it here in Edmonton.
Interesting! In all my life living in the many provinces of Canada, I have never seen hide nor hair of this product. Probably because it isn't owned by Nestle/Pepsico/Kraft/CocaCola.
I’ve started seeing it in grocery stores and gas stations in the past month or so. It’s in different packaging but it exists! I’m sure you’ll find it eventually.
It’s almost $3 a bottle though so I haven’t bought it, so I guess I don’t miss it as much as I once thought.
Go to World Market or check their website.
"In store only" But thank you! There is a World Market in OKC and they might order some for me if I call it in! Bitchin' idea!
Rhett and Link of Good Mythical Morning helped bring it back in 2014.
I will have to watch that Episode...
Found some of this the other day at my local Sobeys, was so happy. But now I just want more!
You have my envy. I am glad they are still around, though. Maybe when I get a little ahead I'll order a case or two from Amazon.
I googled it and apparently they brought them back!
I found them at 7-eleven!
Oh man, you’ve just given me flashbacks of going down to our local convenience store in the middle of the night just to stock up on these, they were amazing. Now I miss them...
Jesus I loved that shit, And the glass bottles it came in.
If you really want some I’d send it to ya.
My local grocery store has it - located in Iowa.
Hyvee! I was so excited to see it come back.
I recently got the cherry flavor!
My local Hy-Vee sells it! Also try specialty soda shops. I'm in Kansas, so I bet it could make its way more south!
I work for World Market, we’ve had it since last summer and sell cases at a time. I run our stock team and almost every freight shipment has a Half pallet full of cases of the stuff. Also watched two women get into a brawl over a case of the cherry flavor
I miss that too. I haven't seen it in Montana since the early 2000s. I have found that the dasani flavored water in the cans is pretty good, none of that fake flavor taste, but it's still not clearly Canadian.
Oh, I miss it too. It reminds me of the goods time during childhood.
Search it on amazon it’s just really expensive.
It is at Hy-vee stores in Minnesota. It's too bad you can't find it where you are.
They have it in South Dakota at the grocery store, but it's $3 a bottle so I haven't tried it.
I was talking about clearly canadian like 3 weeks ago in walmart, saying I wish it was still a thing. Therte's a walmart brand thats called something like "Clear American" or something. My friend was like "Is it this and held that up" and I'm like No, it's not that. They're trying to imitate clearly canadian and it's not the same. And he was pretty sure it would be similar, but just didn't understand.
That stuff was made by an alien that heard what Clearly Canadian tasted like to a human and then tried to imitate it. It's a complete failure.
A lot of 7-11s here in Calgary have it.
Oh man, you just brought back memories. They hit the flavours perfect.
I am in Alabama and they recently started supplying it at a world market, my mom was so excited for it
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Your wife sounds pretty cool. Is she single?
I live in Canada, and I can get these at the 7-11 in my town. Love the blackberry one.
There was a CC Indiegogo campaign a few years ago. I ordered a case of blackberry, and after 18 months it finally arrived. On the coldest day of the year up to that point. It sat on my front steps for hours until I returned home from work. 6 of the 12 bottles had frozen and exploded. So I basically paid 5 bucks per bottle. Worth it.
Ironically it’s hard to buy Cleary Canadian for us Canadians at the moment! I was able to pick some up last time I was in the US . Taste the same like the old one but it’s made in the US now...
That’s still a thing in America. That’s all my dad drinks, I personally think it’s disgusting, but hey whatever floats your boat.
You must have had the Peach...
We have a local soda shop in Minnesota that occasionally gets pallets of it in. But all the good flavors sell out immediately and all that's left is peach. Nobody wants peach.
You can get it at the Ex, in Canada. Lol.
Spotted at Bed Bath & Beyond last month.
They just fired up production in Canada again. It’s been on the shelf for about 6-9 months.
OMG. When I read "Clearly Canadian", I could hear the bottle cap scraping against the bottle as someone tried to open the bottle. I loved those as a kid, but hated that noise.
I found some in a 711 a few weeks ago!!! In BC :-)
Came here to say that! Orbits too
We dont have orbits but we do have some places that have Bubble Tea, which I think is similar.
They recently just brought those back. Bought a case of the strawberry flavor from Amazon.
It's back in stores.
We have it in Missouri
You also have hard liquor in gas stations - Missouri is just wacky, man! Caves everywhere and Jesse James hid out in every one of them! One of my favorite states.
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No, my friend. it is most definitely not the norm. I used to live in a place in Texas where you had to drive ten miles to the county line to buy any alcohol outside of a restaurant. Here in Oklahoma you cant buy anything stronger than 3.2 beer in gas stations. Because Jesus!
Also true.
So did this product jump over Manitoba and Saskatchewan because I don't remember it at all!!
We still have them in Michigan
Have you tried your 7/11? We (Canada) recently got them back and can only find them there
Can still purchase at 7-11 in Canada.
Just got some the other day in Iowa. Still amazing as I remember.
Walmart sells something like it called Clear American
Clear American is made by people who hate America and all it stands for. The employee's chug water and artificial flavor and kick each other in the balls until they puke. They add some fizzy shit and bottle it and sell it to soccer moms who give birth to children who grow up to be anti-vaxers and flat-earthers and cut funding to NASA.
Holy shit. I should probably go back to drinking chrome buffer....I mean Coke
No, it is nothing like it. Clear american is garbage. Except for the unsweetened strawberry kind. If they don't include the fake sugar it isn't bad. But still just trash in comparison.
So the company when down. There was a startup to bring it back from the employees or something. My sister helped and I had one 2 weeks ago that was shipped to her
Still got it up here in... Canada.
Yea well laugh it up, funny boy, you also got Justin Bieber. XD
les américains sont très bizarres ...
les américains sont très bizarres ...
I prefer 'colorful' but hey, you do you. :)
Meijer has it.
I'm a Canadian and I've never heard of this.
How terrible for you.
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It's going to do that Jolt cola thing and become a cult drink. I'm alright with that.
Hyvee (Midwest store) has them but they are pricey
Weird, I just noticed these at Walmart the other night and wondered if they tasted like Clearly Canadian... I didn't wonder enough to buy any though.
Those are why Jesus won't come back. Why the rapture will never happen and we will have Ragnarok instead. Those are proof that Satan walks the earth and it's Turtles the whole way down.
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Not a big fan of sugar free personally, I only have soda once in a while though so real sugar is fine with me.
Oh my god! I forgot about Clearly Canadian!! That shit was amazing! Where did it go?!
Apearantly its' making a comeback. It'll be a cult drink like Jolt cola or Blue Bawls.
Man! Both of those! Bawls and Jolt! I haven't seen those in forever either....
I lived in Austin last year and you could usually find Bawls in novelty stores and head shops.
GET WILD....naturally.
They sell it at my grocer in Minnesota. Packaging is the same too
Also New York Seltzer
I MISS THE PEACH!
Kinda far from you, but they’ve brought it back in Canada at least. I’ve seen it at 7-Eleven and Safeway. I’m sure other major grocery stores have them as well.
The Clear American (I think?) Aka Walmart brand is super close- at least the peach is. I haven't tried other flavors yet, but it took me back to the nineties for a few minutes.
The Clear American brand burns down orphanages and smothers kittens and drinks the souls of children.
I'll be sure to warn my cats not to go near the fridge???
Throw out the fridge.
♫"There goes my Hero, Watch him as he goes..."♫
I forgot this existed until right now. That was some childhood memories.
Glad I could help!
Oh man I LOVED those as a kid.
I was a big fan of Sobe Lifewater. It's not discontinued but hard as hell to find.
Holy shit you just busted down a door that was hiding a lot of childhood memories. I completely forgot about that stuff and I fucking loved it for much of my life.
Gald I could breathe some life back into your childhood.
I LOVED these!! I found them at my local grocery store the other day!! I was so excited !! I thought they were gone forever! Soooo good!!!
They're back in production. I've seen them in many 7-Elevens in Western Canada
I have one in my hand right now... Literally. They are available at Sobeys in Canada.
Nice. Enjoy :)
What is this? I’m from Canada and have never heard of this.
From your side of the fence I'm getting "Its' all over the place here" and "I've never heard of this before" Which is it Canada!?
How about trying New York Seltzer? It made a comeback and it's all over the place here in the Southwest US. I do miss CC tho. May fav was strawberry
Either cherry 7-up or Sprite tastes just like cherry Clearly Canadian. I can't remember which one... I think Sprite.
They sell it at World Market and online. The glass they make the bottles out of these days is easily shattered crap, by the way. I'll let you guess how I'd know that.
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Or T.G.I.F. Heard the Anamaniacs were going to come back in some form or another if they hadn't already. Pinky and the Brain was another good one
Decent quality cartoons at any time these days tbh.
The cartoons that played on Saturday Morning were no were near "decent quality." That's your nostalgia blinders in effect. They were cheaply animated and badly written, but we, as kids, ate them up.
Most of the animation that is available today is far and away better made and better written. See: Steven Universe, Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, and for the adults Bob's Burgers, Rick and Morty, and Archer.
Sorry how old are you? and what cartoons (FOR CHILDREN) have you seen from yesteryear and from what dates?
I'm 49. I used to watch Scooby-Doo, Thundaar the Barbarian, Fat Albert, Jabber Jaw, Superfriends, Captain Caveman, Space Ghost, Speed Buggy, Schoolhouse Rock, and a few live action shows that aired during cartoon time such as Land of the Lost and Shazam.
Having rewatched some of these recently, I can assure you they don't stand up to the test of time.
Well, every era had their crap, and you watched all the crap, judging by your reply. I am talking about the following:
Thundercats: who taught children morality, leadership, right and wrong, humility, and how to be as a person, as well as fun and action.
Ulysses 31: who taught children all of the above and also lessons in greek mythology.
Dogtagnan and the Three Muskerhounds: who taught children about all of the above and about one of the greatest stories of literature.
The Mysterious Cities of Gold: who taught children about all of the above, and about loyalty and friendship.
These are but an example. I trust by your ignorance you are American. These are the cartoons I grew up with in the UK. They are mostly French/Canadian.
How can you possibly compare silly animations like Rick and Morty o these?
I would ask you to watch one of my favourite episodes from Thundercats as an example. Such lessons to be learned as well as an enjoyable, action packed cartoon.
The episode is called "Excalibur", and full episode is available on the internet. The fact that Liono challenged his enemy to a duel, the fact that he gave up such a powerful sword (more powerful than his own) until he felt he earned it. The fact that he was content with what he had in the end and gave up Excalibur in the end. Yes the animation wasn't as good as today.. but they did the best with the tech they had at the time.
You compare this to Rick and bloody Morty? Wow. I'm talking about story and depth.. what is good for children not just to watch and enjoy but to learn about how to be a good human being.
Please do not reply until you have seen these great cartoons.. then we may talk again.
Some of these never aired in my country. I'd never heard of Ulysses 31 or Dogtagnan and the Three Muskerhounds. Some of them, like the Mysterious Cities of Gold never aired on Saturday Mornings, where I lived, but were on in the afternoon, after school during the weekdays long after I had outgrown cartoons and was a sophisticated 11 year old that didn't watch "kids stuff."
And as much as you really seem to love Thundercats, I hate to tell you, it wasn't as good as you remember it being. I have seen all of these that you've mentioned. They are not as good as you think.
Here's something you might want to read if you think that the animation of that time was "the best that tech had available at the time." It wasn't, it was the cheapest animation that they could produce.
It was the best they could produce concerning budget. Whatever. I watched Thundercats as soon as I wrote that reply, and loved every minute. I am now watching Ulysses 31 again, and loving every minute. Wanna stick with Rick and Morty? Go ahead mate.. I have watched this for a few episodes.. and what a load of utter shit.
You do not seem to have read my reply properly. Did you take note of:
who taught children all of the above and also lessons in greek mythology;
who taught children about all of the above, and about loyalty and friendship
who taught children about all of the above and about one of the greatest stories of literature.
who taught children morality, leadership, right and wrong, humility, and how to be as a person, as well as fun and action.
Nope.. it just all went above your American head, didn't it?
Watching cartoons isn't about teaching kids greek mythology, or loyalty and friendship, or literature. It is, and always has been about entertainment
You are wrong. It can be all of those things. Such a shame you do not see this.
Watching a cartoon you don't even like for half an hour because you didn't want to miss the one you DO like that comes on afterwards.
The CW still had actual, non-educational Saturday Morning Cartoons up until like 2015? They sucked, but they were the final hold out.
Janet + Justin = death of fun for American children.
Now, I'm depressed. Thank you very much.
After these messages...
We'll be riiiiight back!
Somewhat related to Saturday Morning Cartoons.... loosely... When I was a kid I could scrape loose change up from under couch cushions and go down to the corner convenience store and buy comic books. Too bad kids can't do that anymore.
Yup, they're pretty much only available from comic stores now, and even though they still have ads, they're like $5 a pop. It's much more economical to buy compilation books containing entire arcs.
I'm afraid your dating yourself referencing Saturday morning cartoons, your pushing 50 is my guess
Eh, I'm in my early 30's and I watched the shit out of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
26 here also loved the Saturday morning cartoons if I could wake myself up.
Even some people under 20 might remember the last of them.
Saturday mornings cartoons died recently October 4 2014. Sure they weren't the same buy my toys kinda cartoons but it was the last legitimate block of cereal munching cartoons for kids to enjoy.
Dunk-a-roos. It's clearly the snack of angels, that also have diabetes.
We still have them in Canada.
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Imo there's no difference. I almost like it better. But I felt like I've never been satisified with dunk-a-roos, ever. I always had to save them for school or there wasn't enough dip or enough cookies. I just want a big fucking jar of their dip and a pack of their gramm cookies and gorge my self while watching a movie.
Fruit Gushers are like that for me. I want to buy them in bulk. Not in expensive little individual packets.
I don't eat a lot of candy but holy shit if that was a thing I'd be all over it.
At the local Royal Farms they sell those in big bags like you’d buy Haribo Gummy’s. It’s awesome.
Keep an eye out in Costco. I get them when I can and then don't feel guilty eating 2 or 3 (or 6...) packets of them.
Rainbow chip frosting (or frosting of your choice but we all know rainbow chip is the best) and teddy grahams.
When i die of a sudden and instabtaneous onset of diabetes, i want you to know you are to blame.
I really shouldn't be eating those. But you and I both know better about what I'm going to the store to buy tomorrow. Damn you.
This, this, a thousand times this.
Nabisco used to sell sprinkle sugar cookie sticks that I would beg my mom to buy along with a container of icing for slumber parties which was essentially a "family size" version of a dunkaroo. I got the idea from a girl who brought that combo for lunch one day (not in addition to a real meal, but as a full meal. I did, in fact, go to public school in Florida and instead of being horrified, I was majorly impressed by her ingenuity) All that being said, if you want a giant version of dunkaroos, it can be done.
Get those graham bear cookies and a jar of cake icing. It's pretty damn close.
Replace the Graham bears with animal crackers or arrowroot. I always used the Betty Crocker Rainbow chip icing, but it got discontinued in Canada, or at least Alberta.
There definitely is a difference and its worse. Your tastebuds may have gotten used to the new terribleness
Just buy a can of Betty Crocker frosting and a bag of animal crackers - grown up Dunkaroos.
https://www.delish.com/food-news/a19641864/walmart-dunk-n-crunch/
No it's definitely not better and the taste seems to be off to, they definitely tasted better before.
they changed the recipe too though and it sucks now.
Just google dunkaroo dip. A coworker made a massive batch last week with like 3 ingredients (main ingredient being funfetti cake mix). Then she bought teddy grahams, animal crackers, and these chocolate wafers that taste like oreos without the cream filling. Wow. Sooo good. I literally ate an entire bowl.
It's just funfetti cake mix with cool whip and yogurt. Look up how to make the dip with reddit in the title. Pretty easy imo.
Cake frosting and teddy grahams. It’s just as good!
Fuck the cookies. I just eat the cream.
Id dip every cookie very lightly in it until I got to the last one and took the whole thing on that one last cookie, was amazing.
I'd grit my teeth and eat all but one cookie totally dry then take the whole gob on the last cookie. Sometimes I would get carried away and eat all the cookies then be forced to eat the icing with my finger like some kind of neanderthal.
Isn't the cream just icing? Wouldn't it be cheaper and better if you just buy icing?
This guy understands. Bring back the REAL dunkaroos. I don't know if they even use the same kangaroo as their mascot anymore.
Agreed the cookies are now terrible
Probably another casualty of the removal of trans-fats from recipes. A lot of cookies aint what they used to be. I find Chips A-hoy, and especially the chewy ones, to be a shadow of their former selves.
Death tastes delicious.
And they got rid of one of the flavours. Of course it was my favourite flavour, chocolate cookies with vanilla icing.
The icing tastes different too! And it’s more like diparoos because the cookies are giant.
They've been taking the flavor out of things for years to make us yearn for the tastes of childhood.
Same thing happened with Cosmic Brownies. I bought some to enjoy a nostalgia trip and instead of being fudgy, they were blank and dry. Such a disappointment.
Where are you getting your cosmic brownies? I had some the other day and they were super fudgey.
Kroger. Maybe it was a bad batch? They were a massive letdown.
Gawddd I miss those
yeah that aint dankroos
What do you mean it sucks? You get more cookie because now you get all that shit they use to shave off. Though it's entirely possible they give you less actual cookies now.
This version isn’t nearly as good. The frosting is different too and I don’t like it.
SO GROSS NOW
You still get the satisfaction of eating out the container after the cookies are gone though. My tongue will never put that much work into anything again.
Come to think of it... I don’t think I’ve seen them in any wal-mart or super store lately :/ maybe I didn’t check properly.
I believe there was a Canadian-American exchange website where you could have someone mail you Dunk-a-Roos or meet up or something. Vaguely recall visiting it and, now, regretfully not following through
you should check out r/snackexchange!
"Oh yeah everybody, Canda's the best eh... Where else can you get Dunk-a-roos and affordable healthcare? Sorry your country sucks eh." I'm sick of you Canadians all rubbing our noses in your maple-scented, hockey loving pristine wilderness... ehholes...
I'm sorry?
Everything on this topic has been "oh yeah,they still have that in Canada!". Canada must have a huge variety.
What about sodalicious
I loved those. Haven't looked for them.
And in the US.
Yes we do and i am going to buy some right now thank you very much
I live so close to the border that we have Canadian things in our stores.
All dressed potato chips, ketchup chips, cheese curd, poutine, and even dunkaroos. We don’t get Canadian maple syrup though, you would be hanged by the neck until dead if you brought that stuff here.
And yet the Statue of Liberty gift shop sells Canadian maple syrup in bottles shaped as the statue
Haha, I live in Vermont so that would be treason. I can’t believe they don’t sell New York syrup, they make good stuff too.
More maple syrup for me!
No. We. Do. Not. Those monstrosities should not bear the same name.
Yup! I buy them every week for my daughter's school lunch. We only have the vanilla cream from what I've found in all surrounding grocery stores but she loves them nonetheless. My son hates them though haha. Me too, buddy. They aren't as good as I remember them being.
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What happened to pizza pops??!
The diabetahs?
That too.
No we don't. We have a lie that's pretending to be dunkaroos
You're welcome:
Dunkaroo Dip
1 box funfetti cake mix
16 oz vanilla yogurt
* 8 oz cool whip
Stir together, best if refrigerated for several hrs. Serve with teddy grahams.
inb4 someone says "you shouldn't eat this, raw flour in cake mix can contain salmonella!" To you I say: Get behind me, Satan!
I've consumed enough raw cookie dough to say that I've rolled the dice with salmonella and come out victorious.
Oh god why am I saving this comment what is wrong with me
....why not just get pilsbury funfetti frotsing? That's pretty much 100% what they used in dunkaroos.
You can still get those at dollar general!
In the US?
I bought Dunkaroos for my SO's Christmas stocking at Kroger in Texas 5 months ago. I was ecstatic to see them for the first time, but I see them all the time in the US now that I look for them.
Omg yassss
Yeah. At least the vanilla ones I think. Though they're probably not as good as you remember. The frosting is like oddly oily.
Is Jolt there yet, I heard they were getting Jolt Cola!
Isn't that just cake frosting and graham crackers though?
I remember the frosting being a different consistency than what came in the jar though. It was almost like when they packaged it the frosting was thinner and set up during shipping.
Cake frosting and cream cheese. The internet has recipes.
Oh that makes sense now. I’ll try that out.
IT'S NOT THE SAME
This is exactly what went through my head when I read that.
We use teddy Grahams and that white icing with the rainbow pieces (well...we did...when you could get it). Ulti-dunks. The perfect study snack.
Rainbow chip frosting. Great dunk a roo alternative.
But it’s just not the same if you try and recreate it yourself :\
In Australia it's a nutella-like paste instead of frosting. Not sure what it's like in America but we still have it and you were the coolest kid in primary school if your parents bought them for you.
Stop trying to ruin my childhood!
NO THEY ARE DUNKAROOS AND THEY ARE FANTASTIC!!!!
People could literally just dunk teddy grahams in funfetti frosting.
My mother and I make graham crackers and frosting as a snack all the time, and the amount of people I know who are baffled by this break my heart.
I buy a box of Teddy Grahams and a can of vanilla frosting. It’s just like the real thing to me.
Betty Crocker cake frosting to be specific.
Tub if your favorite icing, with a box if your favorite Teddy Graham's.
Adult Dunk-a-roos at it's finest
I enjoy my adult Dunk-a-roos with mini rainbow Chips Ahoy cookies.
I remember "rationing" the cream for all the cookies except the last one, which I would eat with more cream then it could fit.
Canadian here: those are still a thing
Australian here: we only have the chocolate flavour. I miss strawberry!
Yes! Strawberry was the best
Got a vasectomy, first thing after waking up in recovery room was a tray of dunkaroos. Worth it!
Is that part of the deal? I really don't need a vasectomy but if a large amount of dunkaroos is part of the procedure, I may change my mind.
Teddy grahams and funfetti cake frosting
They changed funfetti as well.
WHAT
Not the same, but I make dunkaroo dip as my party go to.
1 box Funfetti cake mix. (You can experiment with other cakes too) 2 cups fat-free greek yogurt 1 cup Cool Whip Lite thawed
Mix it together and enjoy with nilla wafers or graham crackers.
Cinnabun Oreos taste just like them
Can order them on Amazon. Try not to eat all the icing..... *sticks finger in and cleans the little tub of diabetes, shoves in mouth *
I'm offended. I have diabetes and I didn't get superdiabetes for doing this.
Man I miss those things though. Childhood for sure.
Nope. Just checked Amazon and they don't have them.
Definitely the first thing that came tomind
https://mobile.twitter.com/_LukeKellly/status/988911271679438848
I still have them where I live.
Birthday Cake Oreos taste exactly like Dunk-a-Roos!
Dude, Pepperidge farm makes these cupcake flavored goldfish. Those with funfetti frosting are as close as I’ve gotten, maybe even better.
Wow I am surprised they don't have them in the US, they still sell them here in Canada
They're still available at some Wallmarts near me.
Dunkaroo dip is a thing. I think it’s cake mix and Greek yogurt. Pretty good approximation and great at parties!
Came here to say this. RIP dunkaroos.
the oreo dunkaroos were the shit 😩
I came here and posted this. Fuck. Thought I was awesome.
I've seen them recently at Target
I've seen them on Amazon!
I would cry if I ate one today
Just buy Teddy Grahams and a tub of Duncan Hines icing.
Banned by genies. Now all we have is vitamin C.
We discovered in college that you can recreate the dunkaroos experience by getting "cats cookies" from trader Joe's (vanilla or chocolate sugar cookies shaped like cats) and dunking them.innantub of store bought frosting.
This was immediately what popped into my head.
The closest is the Oreo dunk things. But it's not the same.
THIS.
This is what I came here to say. More snacks need to end in me swirling my tongue around in a hole licking up icing.
Dollar general has them pretty regularly.
There’s an Oreo flavour that tastes just like it. I think it’s cinnamon bun or something like that.
We still have them in America. Check Walmart.
I just had a pack the other day where are you from that doesnt have them?
My solution: Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Grahams with your choice of frosting.
Teddy grahams or Annie's Bunny Grahams with cake frosting is pretty much the adult size of that... May give you a sugar coma if you eat too much.
Worth it?
Is it confirmed that these aren’t sold in the US anymore?
The easiest knockoff I've found is to eat birthday cake and cinnamon bun Oreos together and it basically tastes like a Dunkaroo
I got sick pretty bad one time after eating a pack. To this day I never found out why and it makes me sad.
EDIT: Nevermind I got them confused with Koala Yummies.
Dunka Roo’s are still a thing, if you live up north Kroger has got them.
Oh damn I remember those.
They have them at costco
No.
I found Dunk-A-Roos 5 years ago.
They were just as good as I remembered.
...they still weren’t DIZZY GRIZZLIES though.
Walmart makes their own version (bakery area) and they were actually pretty good.
Still have them in my area
Ctrl + dunk...there we go. I miss them so much.
They still sell them in some states in the US
Someone faked an image on Twitter saying Betty Crocker would bring them back if they got enough RTs. Still, may be worth a shot.
Tastes so good with a glass of mooooo
It might not be the same, but try teddy grams and chocolate cake frosting. It's a pretty delicious substitute!
Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner have been campaigning for these on Twitter. Weird twist, but if their influence brings them back, more power to them!
Hate that I had to scroll down to see this. Should be the top answer.
Still have them here in Australia.
🎵You don't just eat; you Dunkaroo!🎵
Dunk-a-roos are still available in Australia. I see them all the time in Coles.
I miss the old version that came with the frosting and crushed nuts.
Came here to say this.
Just want to mention, cinnamon bun Oreos taste identical to the dunkaroos of older gentler times. Thank you random shelf stocker for entering my life and dropping this information out of nowhere. I'll never forget you.
I can get you some if you live in the US! My local dollar store sells them! (Last I checked anyway.)
Australia have them too
I came here to say this!!! About a decade ago I could find them in the local dollar stores still but not anymore. These were the best treat that I always looked forward to being packed in my lunchbox for summer camp!
I bought them off Amazon a few years ago! Soooo good. Also have done a homemade recipe.
They can be found from time to time in my area of MS. Mostly at local grocery stores or mom and pop country stores
You don't just eat, you Dunk-a-roo
WAIT SHIT, ARE FUCKIN' DUNK-A-ROOS NO LONGER IN WOOLIES OR COLES OR EVEN FUCKING ALDI?!
Coles and Woolies still sell them in Aus.
Straya still has em! Thank god for Woolies aye
I am almost positive you can find a few recipes for the cookies and dip online.
Last time I found them was at a Dollar General or Family Dollar, one of the two. Might be worth a look.
Birthday Cake Oreos is the closest we got
I have off and on found these in dollar stores (general namely).
Try the cinnamon roll oreos. You’ll thank me later
We still have them in Australia
Still got them here in Australia
3D Doritos! That blast of air within the crunch...
My town, for some reason, stopped bringing in Spicy Nacho flavoured Doritos. No store here carries them; I've checked numerous times over the past year or so. I assumed they were discontinued, but stores in other towns carry them. I'm so confused.
Vanilla Coke is like that for me. The last time I saw it was last summer in a store about 40 mikes from my house. Every place tgat sells Coke products stopped carrying it where I lived, and I thought they'd stopped making it.
Also, I miss Pepsi Fire, and I know most people find that insane.
Oh man I love vanilla coke. They sell 12 packs at the grocery stores where I live.
I used to love that shit as a kid. Now I feel like I'm getting diabetes in one sip. But that's generally how I feel about all sodas these days.
Me too. I risk it with the chemicals in vanilla Coke zero once in a while.
What chemicals? Can't be any worse than regular soda other than they use Splenda instead of sugar
The Splenda IS the chemical, along with the sugar alcohols. Artificial sweeteners ARE the problem.
,😂🤣🤣
Have you ever put pinnacle whipped cream vodka in regular coke? I haven’t since I was like 18 but damn that shit was fire
I used to love coke with vanilla absolut. So good.
I had vanilla absolut with orange red bull once. Tasted like a Solero (orange ice pop/popsicle if you're American). Would reccomend
A bar I used to work at made this as a drink. 25ml vodka, 12.5ml passion fruit puree, 12.5 ml vanilla liqueur over ice and pineapple juice. Pretty close to the ice lolly if you wanna make at home.
Just gonna hijack your comment to point out:
The last time I saw it was last summer in a store about 40 mikes from my house.
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Now did he misspell miles? L is right next to K, easy mistake to make...
Or did he mean mikes as in minutes? Maybe it's long-ish nice 40 minute drive.
But if he meant minutes, and around here the highways are 55-65, so if you alternate between sections you'll go 60 mph... so that's 40 miles too!
So was it 40 miles, or 40 minutes, or 40 minutes at 60 mph?
The world may never know.
I think he means it like the Military term? Which I believe is minutes according to: https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-Mike-in-military-terms
I thought it was miles? Idk.
/u/asexualninja please clarify!
I believe it is military slang for minutes. We would always be told that formation would be in X amount of mikes, so I think this may be the meaning in the post up there. Or he could have legit misspelled miles, damn autocorrect/human error strikes everyone at some point.
Now I don't feel as bad using the terms I picked up from my father, who spent several decades in the Army.
Can I move in with you? Living in a grocery store must be so convenient!
Started making it by myself because they don't sell it here :( so good
Exactly how far is a mike? about 5 ft 8 in?
1 smoot plus 1 inch
I understood that reference!
Well I didnt measure each one individually. They all just lined up and we counted heads until we got to the store.
The hard part was getting a bunch of Mike's in one place. I only knew 3, the rest I had to hire off of craigslist.
That seems like a good strategy, I will no find a guy named mike on craigslist to see how tall he is.
Only 3? I work with at least 3 other Mikes, had 5 on my teenage baseball team, and probably know between 15 and 20 off the top of my head counting the 7 prior mentioned.
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Nah he’s 5’11 but 6 foot on tinder
It's either weirdly adopted military slang for 40 minutes or a typo for 40 miles.
I think it is military slang for a mile.
Or 40 minutes out.
As somebody else said, "mike" is usually slang for a minute. "ETA is 3 mikes" or "I'm about 2 mikes out". Sometime it's slang for millimeter, specifically for a 40mm grenade or grenade launcher. "Somebody get on the 40 mike!" Also, Mike is NATO phonetic for M. So it can have some connotations like that, too.
But just by context I think it was either a typo for mile or him saying 40 minutes. Either way, pretty far.
How do you not know how far a mike is??
I think one mike is about a quarter of a shrek away. Not sure though.
Shrieks measure time, not distance.
So you’re telling me it takes zero time to travel any amount of distance and thus the two can not in the slightest be relevant to one another?
Like I said, about a quarter of a Shrek away.
No that's a Matt.
A mike-mike is a millimeter so that must mean a mike is .5 mm. This means the store was 20 millimeters away. That’s honestly not too far to go for soda unless that soda is Pepsi Fire.
A mile.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-Mike-in-military-terms
I figured it was just a typo lol, thanks for the new info :)
Yep!
Australia is Vanilla Coke central.
And I fucking hate Australia for it
Lets trade? I'll send you a box of vanilla coke for the mutiny of that trump fella.
I'll take him.
Okay, you guys jogged my memory. My list:
Coke Blāk
Pepsi Twist
Four Cheese Doritos
Planters Cheese Balls
From what I recall, none of those things existed at the same time except maybe Pepsi Twist and the Doritos, and I can't tell which one I miss more.
I loved coke blak, but I totally understand that almost nobody did.
I guess I live under a rock, so forgive my ignorance: what is Pepsi Fire?
I had to Google it myself.. I now am curious to try one.
its way better than it seems. it tastes kinda like drinking cinnamon gum in a way
Cinnamon + Pepsi it's actually better then it sounds.
I'm glad you liked it. I love Pepsi, but dang, I had to pour the remaining 70% of my bottle down the drain.
Coke with lime was my jam. I have to get it from the fancy Ferrari coke machines now.
Pepsi Fire was atrocious. If you’ve ever taken shots of fireball, well, that’s ruined Pepsi fire for ya.
this, combined with the fact that i've only had both warm, sums up my experience.
Jack in the box with the touchscreen soda fountain has all different flavors of coke vanilla
If you have access to a Freestyle machine (the touch screen coke fountain), it's all about that orange coke!
Try it!
You're welcome.
I’ll have to give it a shot! Thanks for the tip.
No problem.
I worked at one of the beta test locations for those ~10 years ago.
I tried every flavor combo.
Orange coke and peach mello yellow were the only really great combos (that weren't already a thing).
You'd think Sprite would be good as a mixer w/the fruity flavors, but imo always tasted a bit chemical-ish.
Looks like i will have to refill for “peach mello yello” lol
If you're feeling extra adventurous go mix the orange AND vanilla to make a "dreamsicle" coke. Won't regret it.
Isnt.. isn't that Fanta?
No. It's actually Coke with orange flavoring added, and it's great.
^but^not^as^great^as^cherry^vanilla
Vanilla sprite tho
I live in the boonies. I've still yet to see a Jack in the Box, Sonic, White Castle, or Steak and Shake.
Subways where I live have that but with pepsi. Lemon Pepsi is my favorite pop now.
Why do I have a feeling a Pepsi Freestyle machine sounds better? So many different varieties of Mountain Dew!
Vanilla coke is sold in most pound shops here in the UK.
I drink vanilla coke several times a week! The one thing we don't get here anymore is Pepsi Lemon :(
We still sell both Vanilla and Fire here at the gas station by my house. Fires gross but i get the vanilla cokes often.
Ah fuck I love vanilla coke, it gives me hyperrealistic flashbacks to my time in New Mexico, but I love them.
Was New Mexico not a good time for you?
I feel over dramatic saying this but it was a feverdream nightmare
I can respect that. I have a similar way of describing someone thought it would be hilarious to slip me a hallucinogen.
And people wonder why I don't touch drugs.
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One benefit of living in the boonies: Until last year we had a movie theatre with such a fountain.
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wut?!
I never heard of this before, and feel I missed out.
I'm the only one in my house who likes vanilla coke. So I keep it around-- it doesn't get ripped off.
I love this, as I came home to find my family drinking the regular coke I picked up Momday.
It has to do with who owns the bottling/distribution rights for your area. There are still independently owned bottlers, usually in smaller markets, who are more likely to carry it.
I keep hearing about vanilla coke but it is literally everywhere in the midwest. I hope the trend of no-vanilla-coke doesn't reach here.
Vanilla coke is good for the one time you forgot about it and missed it... but then you wonder why you bought a 12 pack of it cause it gets so sickening
I'm afraid I can guzzle it can after can, or bottle after bottle.
I accept having a freakish sense of taste.
Pepsi fire isn't that bad honestly. I warmed up to it after someone bought them by mistake and left them at work.
I really miss Pepsi twist personally. I'll add a lemon to cola but it's just not the same.
The fact that Pepsi Twist was discontinued is one of the moments that made me realize the world is a shitty place.
I missed Pepsi Twist. Everyone told ne Pepsi Firetasted like non-alcoholic Fireball, but since I never had Fireball it was new to me.
I have had fireball and I don't get that personally. I'd say I'd mix fireball and Pepsi and try them side by side but the jerks at Pepsi are just holding science back.
vanilla coke's not uncommon in australia
I do have a friend who moved there in the 90s. Maybe I need to get back on Facebook and arrange a shipment.
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Can confirm we've got them in Upstate New York.
Source: work at an Agway that has them.
40 mikes? Since my mike is only 5’5”, that’s actually not that far.
I'm really the only person that uses mike for miles still, aren't I?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-Mike-in-military-terms
Malibu black and vanilla coke. Thank me later.
I've made a note!
They still sell it near me.
Does Vanilla Coke basically taste like a Captain and Coke?
I...have never had a Captain and Coke...so maybe?
I literally thought that Vanilla Coke had been discontinued until 2013, when I saw it at my local Wal-Mart during a 2:00am grocery run (yay grad school sleep schedules). Since then, it's in grocery stores I go to 99% of the time. I actually bought some two days ago.
At least I know I'm not the only one who thought it was gone.
Vanilla coke is the only thing that beats OG coke for me.
Ahh vanilla Coke. They discontinued it in Canada so now the only way to get it is small convenience stores that import it...somehow....
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That's interesting to me, as I've never had Fireball, and everyone tells me it tastes like non-alcoholic Fireball.
What is Pepsi Fire? I’ve never even heard of it.
A cinnamon-flavored Pepsi that came out last summer and was a sales disaster.
Amusingly, I only learned it existed after a friend posted on Facebook about how much they hated it. I bought some after that and loved it.
Ewww... that sounds horrible. But I am not a fan of Pepsi or cinnamon, so it does not sound like my cup of tea.
Bought a case of Pepsi fire last summer to try it out, tried a single sip, the other 11 cans are still in my fridge, come and get Em friend!
My tme on r/empiredidnothingwrong makes me leery of wookies offering gifts.
Vanilla Coke is the best flavor IMO. I'm lucky that both my work and the nearby Walgreen's carry them (although I don't drink soda often)
I don't either...possibly because I can't find Vanilla Coke or Pepsi Fire.
I'm surprised no one else seems to have mentioned this, but you can literally make your own vanilla coke by adding a splash of vanilla extract to a regular coke. That's how they used to do it at soda fountains, and that's what canned vanilla coke is aiming to replicate. You can have one ANYTIME.
(Editing this to say: a very little splash. Extract is strong. Start with a few drops and add if necessary. You can also find recipes online that suggest using homemade vanilla simple syrup instead. Enjoy!)
I'll give it a go! Thank you!
Lately I’ve been able to find Vanilla Coke everywhere and I am stoked.
Would you like to pour a little more salt in my wound?
Is that the cinnamon one? We have some in the fridge at work that no one drinks lol
I may need to break into your office. There was a post a few days ago about a stranger going into a building's break room and stealing food. Perhaps that man needs to be my spirit animal.
Go ahead and try...we have the toughest 75yr old security guard lol
PEPSI. JAZZ.
Dammit, I totally forgot about Jazz!
Now I have multiple Pepsis to long for.
You could try putting a little bit of vanilla extract into regular Coke, it tastes pretty similar.
I'll give it a go!
I have a store which sells some unusual items except they they're not cheap. A small can of cherry cola can get you two 2L bottles of regular cola and one 1L bottle
EDIT: Vanilla, not cherry. How did I even fuck this up?
A friend of mine found such a place last year. They had Rowdy Roddy Piper bubblegum soda, but it was too expensive for me to justify him picking a bottle up for me.
Finding a personal sized bottle of refrigerated Vanilla Coke is like winning a scratch ticket or something. I was able to buy them at the fucking pharmacy, of all places, but couldn't get it at a supermarket or gas station?!
Not a one. Last year I was visiting some friends when I found it, and I had to explain I was buying multiple bottles because I couldn't get it back home.
I was actually supposed to go to a party this weekend they're attending. Now I'm thinking I should go and ask them to pick some up for me, because I am a Vanilla Coke junkie.
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Thank you! This is very interesting to me, especially as I pass a Coke distribution point every day on my way to and from work. I feel like I should stop by and ask "Vanilla Coke? No? OK."
If you chew up or suck on a red hot candy and then take a drink of pepsi it is almost identical in flavor
I'm going to have to try this. Thanks for the tip!
I know you said you had no luck at CVS but the only place I ever see it is Walgreens over in the cold fridge section. I get one every time I go there for a treat.
We actually don't have a Walgreens in my area.
I feel like this thread is an ode to me living in the boonies.
Wow I thought it was a law for there to be a Walgreens across from every CVS ;) you are just doomed to never have Vanilla Coke again.
Cherry Coke over here -____- But in those tiny "sip-sized" cans. I find a full can of soda to be way too much sweetness, but sometimes I just want a little bit.
Well three grocery stores in my area stopped carrying SPECIFICALLY sips-zed Cherry Coke. What gives!?
You understand the struggle is real.
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Truly you live in the promised land. $2.50 for a 12 pack is the cheapest I saw it before it disappeared here.
Tons of it down here by the beach here in N.C. when I first moved here I was surprised and buy it often. Just hope San Francisco has it someplace when I move this summer.
North Carolina?
My last stalker moved down there.
I could honestly see me going there for it and running into her, knowing my luck.
40 mikes
What is that in smoots?
How many smoots to a mile?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-Mike-in-military-terms
We have vanilla cokes in the vending machines at my job .. I've seen them around pretty regularly in the states still
That's so many mikes...
I'm the only one who still uses mikes as a unit of measure, aren't I?
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I'm going to pretend that's just an empty can, like tge Pepsi can I found from 2008 I keep at my desk.
Nah dude cinnamon is the bomb.com/ask_your_mom
Pepsi Fire is back man
Don't tease. I cleaned out a local supermarket when they clearanced it at $2.50 for a 12 pack. I'm addicted.
Well I don’t know how recent you’re talking about. But in like September we had it on the selves in bottles in the cooler at the Walmart I worked then
What is the ratio of mikes to ikes?
I couldn't tell you. Thise guys' candy always gave me an upset stomach.
Do you have Rubios around you? They have it in the fountain.
Otherwise just wait until the cover of darkness and find it in a neighboring town. Acquire a box truck!
I...never heard of Rubios before.
This thread, it reminds me I live in the middle of nowhere.
I'm so sorry for you. Those are hands down my favorite Doritos flavor
Thank you. Your sympathy makes my mouth water almost as much as Spicy Nacho.
I'm always confused at how fast my local Safeway seems to go through them yet they never seem to order more. Zesty, Original and the other flavours don't seem to sell as well so you'd think they'd get more Spicy... Not so far though.
I only go to taco Bell for the Spicy Doritos Locos tacos. The chips are amazing too. (And still in stock.)
They're actually semi-rare to begin with. They're my favorite too, and I only see them here and there.
semi-rare
Are they? Maybe it's a Canada thing? (I'm assuming by your username, we share that in common...)
Call the local frito lay salesman. They’ll fix it for you.
I used to work for Frito Lay and I may have an answer for you. A lot of chips are introduced regionally, so for instance I live in Wisconsin so we get lots of cheese flavored stuff while somewhere in the southwest such as Arizona would get more hot and spicy flavors.
Some flavors, such as spicy nacho, were introduced nation wide, and then would either continue or discontinue depending on how well the sales were regionally. They recently did this same concept with the Salsa Verde flavor. Hope that kind of helps!
It does help, thank you.
I've never heard of the Salsa Verde flavour. Now I'm gonna be on the hunt for that!
Salsa verde is the bomb!! I can never find that one. Grew up eating it in CO but now I live in NYC with all the non spicy flavors
Assuming you're in the US or Canada and not completely in the middle of nowhere, most grocery and larger convenience stores are serviced by a Frito-Lay sales rep. Most likely, Spicy Nacho wasn't selling well in your area and he stopped bothering to order it. Have you tried asking a store owner or manager to request a few bags for you?
I'm in Canada, yes, not in the middle, but right on the edge of nowhere.
I've been under the assumption the flavour was discontinued, so haven't bothered to ask about it. But last week I found some in a nearby town, and bought 3 bags, which should last me a while. By the time I need more, I'll be sure to ask, now that I know they still exist!!
I'm shocked, if it is in fact true that it's the worst-selling flavour. Less than Cool Ranch, seriously??
Holy shit, I’m applicable here. I currently work at Frito Lay as a Sales Rep in the States. At least where I am, it goes 1) Nacho, 2) Cool Ranch, 3) Sweet Spicy Chili, 4) Smaller flavors/one-offs=/new products, 5) Spicy Nacho.
Obviously your mileage may vary, as we have a few urban areas a little north of me that sells a larger volume of Spicy Nacho and some of the smaller hot variety, but still fewer than any other.
How well does Zesty seem to sell? The local store to me always seems to have tons of it and meanwhile they go through Spicy pretty quickly.
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Weird. They're in the orange bag. Maybe it's a Canada only thing too?
My personal preference is 1) Spicy Nacho, 2) Nacho Cheese, 3) Zesty Cheese. I tried the special edition Guacamole... Never again.
Mine is 1) Jalapeno Cheddar 2) Spicy Nacho 3) Cooler Ranch 4) Zesty Cheese 4).
Contact the Doritos rep for the area. They stock them. My grandma used to love Pepsi One (I think I was that) so she asked the Pepsi guy and he stocked her local grocer with it.
That can be so irritating. I had the opposite problem. When I was younger I loved doritos but didnt like spicy food. So you can imagine my rage when, living in Mexico, all you could find is spicy chips.
didnt like spicy food
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Spicey nacho is a great Doritos flavor. I’ve since graduated to the Tapatio Doritos. I highly recommend. They also pair amazingly well with guacamole.
I love guacamole. If my town has those, I'll be shocked.
Amazon?
Where I live, for some reason some of the grocery stores don't carry them. London Drugs doesn't carry them, Buy-Low foods doesn't carry them... (I'm in Canada). It might be some weird competitive thing because a bunch of our stores are all under the same head company, idk.
In general though, I think it might have to do with what people in various areas prefer. We have Ketchup Doritos up here and I think that's because Canada in general goes nuts for ketchup chips in a way the US doesn't.
Ketchup Doritos?!?
Yup! They're awesome
I'm in Canada, too. When I lived in a bigger city it was nice being able to get anything I want, any time I want.
And I've never understood the ketchup flavour.
It probably means you were the only one ordering them. Next time you buy something on Amazon, search for them. You can probably find 3 bags for 12 bucks or something. They have a pretty good selection of junk food.
Edit: and my buddy just reminded me that a lot of those Mexican grocery stores sell spicy chips and stuff more then the regular store so maybe try there too.
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Move to a different town problem solved. Think of those spicy doritos.
I've been thinking about them a lot recently....
Guess I'll put my house on the market.
tell the manager you want them. if it's old school the tag fell off, no one noticed and older stores would order with a scanner. no tag, no product if no one notices for a while.
I buy spicy nacho all the time at my local stores. They are not discontinued. As another user suggested, Amazon is probably a good bet on where to get them easily.
They're the best flavour!! Last time I was in the next town over, I stocked up (3 bags, hah) so I'll be good for a while. :D
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We have all the other flavours. And lots of Mexicans. So I really can't explain it.
White people are all over spicy nacho because they think its spicy but its not come on
I worked customer service at walmart, and after I moved to a wealthier suburban area, I started having lots of people trying to return the spicy nacho dorito because they were too hot. As a white person myself, they're alright but not really hot. I would like to know what Alton Brown considers hot, that would be nice.
Still around
Nopers, not in my town.
Spicy is my favorite Doritos flavour. Here we can still (thankfully) get it in big bags but now in smaller bags.
I was a fan of the old taco flavored Doritos. I remember trying Taco Bell flavored ones, but it wasn't quite the same.
Diet Mt Dew Code Red. If it was available near me i'd drink so much more soda
Business opportunity...
Sales numbers, if a store doesn't have an item anymore it's because it didn't do well enough in that area and has been replaced for something else that might do better.
That’s probably because the product wasn’t moving as well as it should have. Pepsi co is very conscious about their supply chain and sales movement on a local level. You were probably one of the few that purchased it regularly in your town.
Theyve definitely become the least common mainstay flavor, which is weird to me since they were always the best.
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That's pretty extreme. I like them, but I'm not in love with them. Especially after they abandoned me like this.
They still make them! In mexico, but they are sold on ebay.
I'm mexican, can confirm.
Nothing like cool ranch flavored air!
You must not be an American, because thats what its like to breathe here normally.
AKA American flavor
I loved to crush them against the roof of my mouth with my tongue, such a good pain.
My man
Yesss. There was a jalapeno cheddar flavor that I think is still my all-time favorite chip.
Yes! It was green bag. The jalapeno ones they make now are similar, but no tasty air inside..
The late night cheeseburger Doritos changed my life. They tasted exactly like a cheeseburger. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory tasting wallpaper style. You could taste the meat, the cheese, the ketchup, the mustard, everything. It’s the only tine in my life I ever contacted a company inquiring about why they are no longer sold. (I was hoping they had some leftover and would send them to me, but they didn’t.) I can’t continue talking about how great these were because I’m seriously getting really sad.
Everyone knows this......I thought.....
The only way to eat these is to bite off a corner, fill with easy cheese and enjoy. Extra points if you filled every one, stacked em up and turned them into nachos....
You just became my inspiration
I'll try to take that as a compliment
Oh my god. Jalapeño cheddar were the best.
ASTERIODS OR BUST
The 3D ranch Doritos were the best.
Pizzarias!
https://imgur.com/9znttl3
Fuck yeah!!! I had forgotten those existed but they were so good, I can imagine the taste exactly right now.
I miss the black pepper jack Doritos. My God those were the best when I was in high school and college. I vould eat them plain or with just about any kind of broke college student dinner I could make.
I loved popping them against the roof of my mouth with my tongue.
All Doritos are 3D.
They're hollow and shaped like pyramids rather than triangles, I think.
I was going to say the Salsa Verde Doritos, but they recently brought them back...but they're not nearly as spicy.
For a nation that loves to eat spicy food, we sure suck at actually eating spicy foods.
I have been craving those for like 2 years now!! Ugh!!!
They sell them in Mexico still!
Haven’t seen the baked Doritos in years!
I believe I just saw someone import them from Mexico.
I'd be so great to open a bag of those now there'd be like five
Those still exist in Mexico
I'm from the UK, I loved 3D Doritos but no one else seems to remember that they even existed.
They still sell them in Mexico. You can get them on eBay from people who bring them back over.
But if I put air in the chip, how will I fit air in the bag?
I know it is not the same, but I found Lays poppables white cheddar chips the other week. Closest thing that I’ve I eaten to a 3D Dorito.
Bring back Baked Doritos while your at it. I still feel like they were the superior chip.
I would do disgusting things for a big bad of 3-D Doritos and a 2 liter of original sprite remix.
came in to say this..
I used to love 3D Doritos. I ate the shit out of them. They were like Bugles but better.
I didn’t even think about how they don’t exist anymore.
I am sorry to cause you this pain
For some reason no one else remembered them but me!!! I miss them so much..
They're on eBay if I recall!
I don’t usually eat food from eBay...
Make an exception, just this once#
Ok grandpa. Where do you get your food, Craigslist?
Just ordered some. They’re queso flavored I think, hopefully they’re as good as the originals
queso literally translates to cheese though, does it not?
Nacho cheese is the original name, I don’t think they would just call them cheese in Spanish since it’s a US based product. Hopefully wrong and it will be exactly how I remember, I remember them coming in a plastic canister but these are in a bag like ordinary Doritos
I could have sworn the 3Ds were in bags, but it's been so long I can't be sure.
Apparently they were in [both] (https://www.sbs.com.au/comedy/sites/sbs.com.au.comedy/files/styles/body_image/public/doritos3ds_done.jpg?itok=fFnox1ny&mtime=1471324339)
"Inconceivable!"
The plastic canister was for the mini 3D Doritos which I miss just as much.
Came looking for this one. Oh how I is those crunchy cheese puffs
Because of that commercial.
Like Muncheros
Nobody remembers these when I mention them!
I used to love the smell of a freshly opened can of those. So vinegary. mmmmm
Blazin buffalo ranch Doritos!
I miss the jalopeno flavored 3D Doritos.
Mexico still got them
I loved those, they were the best. Good munchies food
I was going to add the same thing.
Those and PB Crisps were my favorite snacks in high school.
Is this a commercial? lol
Holey moley I remember DDDoritos!!!
You might want to look into bringing some from Mexico, or alternatively, vacations in Mexico.
They wrecked the roof of my mouth but it was totally worth it!
I just bought like 6 bags the other day in Tijuana , work the trip tbh
I miss these so much!! The ones in the plastic tube??? I emailed Doritos so many times begging them to bring it back
We use to bite off a corner and fill'em with spray cheese.
They still make those but you have to assemble it yourself. The air is in the upper 60% of the bag.
Bugles are pretty much the same thing.
Those Watermelon Laffy Taffy bars that had the candy seeds in them.
Edit: Holy shit guys I didn't expect this to blow up how it did! Glad to see I am not alone. I will get to replying now.
FUCK YES. Next best thing now is the Sparkle Cherry flavor...but only if it has the crunchy colored sugar "sparkles" in it. The texture makes it. They sell mostly "sparkle-less" taffy now.
OH MY GOD, YES.
https://www.samsclub.com/sams/wonka-stretchy-tangy-laffy-taffy-24-ct/149677.ip
Every time I go to the store I buy about 5 of those . Gotta have those sparkles.
I had forgotten about those.
I just had one last night. Seriously da best. The gas station in the next town over from me sells the sparkle cherry. I buy like, five bars every time I go in there.
I have seen the sparkle ones a little bit here and there! I make sure I grab a couple when I see them and inhale them when I get home.
OMG yes, these were amazing!
Omg the last one of these I had was at an ice rink in my hometown. I forgot all about those.
My husband and I call it "crack taffy," because it's SO FUCKING GOOD YOU NEVER WANT TO STOP INGESTING IT. Those goddamned sparkles and the cherry flavor.... Uggggh so good.
It's hard to find in our area, but when we do... We basically buy out the whole stock.
Oh, yeah! I haven't seen since junior high! Wow, 24 years ago.
I'm only 19 and I remember having them just a few years ago
Dude what? I have never seen this and I want one. You owe me one now. All the laffy Taffy flavors I've tried are meh, but watermelon?!
Kind of a random place but I think I've seen them at Best Buy before by the check out, at least recently. Way back in my childhood I used to find them at convenience stores.
In the US?
Yeah. I've lived in Washington State my whole life so I'm not sure if it's anywhere else in the country. Keep in mind the one with the seeds is in a red package, not green.
Thanks
To piggy back, wanna say I’ve seen them at dollar tree not too long ago as well
Yeah I had one maybe 2 years ago from the gas station in my college town. I didn't know they disappeared glad it happened after I stopped eating candy regularly lol.
I was gonna say this too! They seem to have disappeared from convenience stores in my area in the last few years, but I still find them at the dollar store. Used to be my gas station candy of choice on a long road trip as a kid. Them crunchy seeds.
Approximately where in WA? I am in the Seattle area and my husband periodically laments about missing those.
We got them in Mass as well. A candy store in my city actually carries them.
So what’s it like being blind?
I last had them in middle school ten years ago. To be fair, I don't shop for candy very often, so I wouldn't know if they're still sold anyway.
I remember telling my younger brother after he ate one that a watermelon was gonna grow in him and cried the whole car ride home!!
Did Rugrats popularize that myth or was it as commonly told before 1992?
Definitely watched Rugrats back in the day but I also remember my grandfather tell me the same thing would happen if you ate a real watermelon seed to me when I was younger too!
It was definitely told in the 80s.
It was definitely used in the 80s.
Typical older siblings. Lol.
I remember the very last one I ever had, I was probably around 8-10. I was playing on the front porch and took a big ol’ bite out of the strip, went to chew it and crunch. I thought it had a big hard seed in the middle. Turns out it pulled a filling out of a cavity in my tooth. The next morning was spend at the dentist.
Yeah those things were sticky as hell. I used to freeze mine sometimes and enjoy them that way.
With the monster on it! We used to each get one every day before softball practice in 8th grade. They used to be called tangy taffy!
Yeah I forgot the name. Shame on me. Doesn't mean I miss that delicious flavor any less.
I think some were Laffy Taffy and some called Tangy Taffy! But the watermelon ones were just so good (in my memory).
You sir/ma'am are correct.
We have these in Canada. Just had one the other day
WHERE DO THEY STILL SELL THEM PLEASE TELL ME
Bulk Barn, no crunchy stuff though
Damn, I was looking for the crunchy candy goodness :/
I found a box of them in dollarama
thanks fam I love you fellow Canadian
I think about this on a daily basis. Been wanting one for like a decade.
Same!
Tangy Taffy, you heathen
I am sorry. Apparently I am not worthy lol.
I used to get one of these every time Dad took us to Blockbuster.
Wow, this needs more upvotes. Totally forgot about this!
Now all shall remember!
They were called Tangy Taffy, had weird little fat monsters on the wrapper, and were a staple of my childhood.
Hell yeah! I used to ride my bike to the gas station and pick up as many as I could with what little money I had.
Don’t forget the chocolate laffy taffy, might be hard as a rock but tasted amazing
Wasn't a big fan of chocolate back in the day, but I am sure I would appreciate it now as an adult.
Candy Seeds is my new favorite porn name.
I remember this kid at my summer camp would always buy those...and pick the seeds out.
Because if you eat em, a watermelon grows in your stomach
Why the fuck did you not slap him. SHAME!
Wow I haven't thought about those in years!
Oh my God I haven’t thought about these in years and suddenly I NEED ONE.
I am sorry. I think about them everytime I walk into a gas station. Now my horror is passed on to you.
I remember the first time I had one of those! It was so earth shattering to me when I opened it up and saw the seeds. That shit was fiiiiiiiire.
Hell yeah that is how I felt!
I remember thinking that the 'seeds' tasted weird
I worked at a Best Buy until like 1.5 years ago, but we sold these? I’m pretty sure they still do? We would eat them all the time.
I was just talking about these the other day! The person I was talking to didn’t remember them though.
Funny story - in middle school, I went to a slumber party (the first of many with the group of girls who ended up being my best friends in school) and we had a taffy eating contest with those GIANT taffy bars. I probably didn’t eat another one of those for a decade after that night though.. it was enough taffy for lifetime 😂
Sounds like a great party lol.
What do you expect with pubescent girls? N*Sync was blasting on our CD player too, I’m sure 😂
I forgot about those. So good.
I LOVED those and the air head fruit roll up things with the sugar on the outside!!!
I remember the air head ones too!
They actually have watermelon popsicles with candy seeds in them now.
No shit!?
They still make them you just have to go to a candy store
Well shit now I am going to go hunting. Do they still taste the same?
Yeah they still make your teeth hurt 😂
That is the best part.
They are for sale at every cedar fair amusement park I've been to, including the one in Canada. Carowinds and Kings Dominion have the most selection of the flavors, including the blue raspberry.
These?
https://www.groovycandies.com/stretchy-tangy-laffy-taffy-sparkle-cherry
You mean monster Laffy taffy? That was my favorite shit when I was a kid.
I have those at the gas station 2 blocks from me.
Thissssssss! I’ve done extensive digging on the inter webs to no avail. They have watermelon but no seeds. 😢
damn.
I couldn’t stand those ones when I was a kid lol. I wonder if I would like them now, with my adult sweet tooth?
Whattttt kind of wack ass child were you!? They were super sweet. If you like sweet now, you would appreciate them.
Those were best! You can still get them but no seeds anymore :(
It is not the same!
That's what I was looking for. The other flavors like those too, but the watermelon specifically.
Tangy Taffy with the monsters on the labels
I remember looking for those a few years back and being very WTF when I couldn’t find them. It’s like how dare they quit making something when I wasn’t paying attention?!
I just remembered eating one of these as a kid for the first time and reacting with horrified confusion at the black pods inside, I had no idea they were supposed to be seeds. I'm sure if I had connected the dots I would've enjoyed the experience instead giving up and throwing out the half chewed, spitty mess lol.
YESSSSS
OMG. I forgot about these!!! I neeeeeeeeeed one
Just got 24 for 28 bux on amazon. It was a variety pack of the cherry with sparkles,watermelon and grape. Im so fucking stoked. I havent thought of those in year. Even the an grape was amazing!
To Amazon I go. Let me know if they still have the seeds!
Will do! Why does no one else seem to love grape? Lol
I love Grape too! Just not as much as Watermelon, and Cherry is my favorite flavor in anything for sure.
Holy shit you just blew my mind
You're welcome.
those are discontinued? thats sad. everyone i know always got that kind...how did they get discontinued...
Wait, what they got rid of these? I had these like.. 8 years ago. I love them. Do they not have watermelon anymore at all or they just got rid of the candy seeds?
Looks like either no seeds, or they are very rare.
HELL YEA. And the cherry ones with the crystal sprinkles.
I still see those and make sure to grab them when I can.
So they really do exist?? I haven’t seen them for well over 10 years.
I guess maybe, IDK lol I am confused now. I haven't seent them for about the same amount of time.
Ahahaha I’m getting so much false hope in this thread 😂
samesies.
At least we have knack 2
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Roger Roger.
Holy shit I totally forgot about those and now my life is crumbling around me because I don’t have them.
Feel my pain!!!!
Oh man I used to love those things until I ate 2 of them right before I went on the Tilt-A-Whirl at a carnival one time. I haven’t eaten them since but those were great.
Worth it.
Gas stations scattered around Iowa have them! I had one a few weeks ago.
Please box me up some and send them to me. PLEASEEEE.
If gas station prices for candy weren't humongous, I'd be at UPS right now sending your package!
Oh, the memories you just brought back!!
I ate at least one every day during summer camp!
Who needs teeth when you can have taffy!!!
Amen!
You just reminded me of an entire chunk of my childhood I had totally forgotten
Hopefully I brought back good memories.
The best my man
How did I forget these!!!
I am here to remind you my child.
Bless you, sweet reddit stranger
I thought I had made up this flavor of laffy taffy in my head. I have searched for it, for years.
You did not make this up. It was real!
I still see these things in gas stations when I'm on road trips. They're just not as popular as the other flavors.
What gas stations and where!?
Those are GONE?!
I guess you can still find them around. Just gotta look. Still though they used to be in every gas station it seemed.
Yesssssssssss they sold those at our Little League baseball/softball fields concession stands and I loved those.
wow nostalgia
THOSE ARE GONE????
I guess you can still find them around. Just gotta look. Still though they used to be in every gas station it seemed.
https://www.blaircandy.com/laffy-taffy-watermelon-24.html?productid=laffy-taffy-watermelon-24&channelid=FROOG&utm_source=CSEs&utm_medium=GoogleShopping&utm_campaign=BlairCandy&gclid=CjwKCAjww6XXBRByEiwAM-ZUIIpF4Nj78CRdI8dgaj2kqSetB8Swl9fUoeA3F8hEHczzP-mMAtOKcRoCYksQAvD_BwE
Yeah but no seeds! IT HAS GOT TO HAVE THE SEEDSSSS lol.
Those were my favorite!!!
Man I haven’t seen one of those in 20 years. They were amazing.
Wasn't it "Tangy Taffy," still at that point? I feel like this was the precursor to "laffy taffy," it was way better with the candy seeds / giant sugar rocks in it
Couldn't agree more. Yes it was Tangy Taffy before.
I tore the wire out of my braces on some watermelon Laffy Taffy. It was an unpleasant weekend.
Damnnn intense lol.
What are candy seeds?
Do they grow if you plant them?
I never tried but I hope so!
https://www.samsclub.com/sams/wonka-stretchy-tangy-laffy-taffy-24-ct/149677.ip
sam's club has a 3-pack with these, the Sparkle Jerry Cherry with crunchy sparkles, and Herman Grape...
Thank you good man!
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I remember the Gran Turismo 1 manual even had a whole section on racing lines and driving techniques, I miss all those extra cool things you could find in the manual.
My God, I pored over that manual. I still use the techniques that I learned about braking/turning traction when driving on snowy roads.
That manual and game taught me how to drive.
I got the chance to drive on the Nurburgring for a bunch of laps. If not for the GT series of games, I’d have been lost after 3 turns. But after thousands of laps in the game, I knew the track way better than I expected, and had so much more fun because of it.
I have never used a video games imparted in real life more than gran turismo. For turns, slow in fast out has stuck with me since I read it as a kid.
Using both the correct form of pore AND braking? Now you're just showing off.
Gran Turismo 2 had that as well. I think I learned more about driving from those games than I did in driver's ed.
Funnily enough, when I saw the original comment this was the first thing to pop into my head, then scrolled down and read this.
I haven't owned a Sony console since PS1 either.
Shit, that manual changed how I drive in real life.
I loved that game and manual, then in the military I did some "escort" jobs which required me to learn defensive driving techniques, high speed cornering, straightening curves etc.
I will be damned if the info in those manuals didn't help a lot and translate to real world driving a good bit.
bru, remember the morrowind manual, that thing was an actual book.
That's the game where you ask people for directions to libraries and then try to stay alive while walking to them, right?
..... you're not wrong
I read this daily before I even owned the game (my friend had promised me the game when he got bored of playing and just gave me the manual). So I just read it over and over again and imagined what amazing fun and adventures I would have. Boy did it not disappoint. I have logged more hours on that game than anything else. Curiously enough, I never even beat the main storyline. Should probably give that a go.
hey, I'm with you there-- I've had the game for years now, dumped hundreds of hours into it, and just beat the main quest for the first time a few months ago. what can I say, it's a fun game to explore and mess around in!
I am so embarassed to say I could never find the dwemer puzzle box in one of the first quests... I should probably just google where it is and find the damn thing.
But you are so right, I got lost in the world for hours and never even was doing what I was "supposed" to do!
The official Morrowind strategy guide was the best strategy guide ever written. Full of tongue-in-cheek asides and one liners. It was genuinely entertaining to read even when you weren't playing the game. I still have it in storage somewhere.
In fairness, it needed that book haha.
I brought out my original copy when they made it backwards compatible on the Xbox one, still has the giant manual and the huge map with it as well with a bunch of scribbles I put on it where items are and stuff. Btw the game runs great on Xbox one, way better than it did on the 360.
I learned probably half of what I know from the SimEarth manual.
That damn book was over 200 pages long and about a third of it was just straight-up hard science, not even about the game.
SimAnt had a pretty badass manual, too. It had little ant facts at the bottom of every page. I miss that book... :(
I thought I was the only one who had played this game. So much fun.
It was always fun switching characters to the Spider and using it to decimate those bastard red ants to give your colony an edge in the early game.
Reminds me of the Alpha Centauri manual. Had a legit short story setting up the lore and an appendix explaining some of the science concepts that appear in the game, and a list of other sci-fi books and movies that inspired it. On top of the actual game manual being quite long, since it's a complicated game.
You know what though? I do not miss the OG manual-based DRM.
It was particularly annoying (but clever in retrospect) when the original manual was printed with some kind of invisible watermark on the pages that only appeared on photocopies. So not only did you have to go on a scavenger hunt to answer the copy protection question, but it was usually written over with "VOID VOID VOID" when you found it.
You ever see "the wheel" for Test Drive 3? This is the challenge and you'd have to line up the keys and the car name and punch in a number. I probably made about 10 copies of this thing with scissors and an exacto knife for friends and so I could have a backup when the brothers ripped it, or I'd inevitably lose it.
I was gonna mention this. I liked it when it made sense within the game universe. I had some Star Trek game (name lost to time) that had star charts and you had to choose the correct star system for the mission.
I just recently bought the Myst 25th Anniversary collection (they have a Kickstarter up right now) and I am looking forward to reliving some of my childhood.
I prefer that to always online bullshit.
Wow, I never even saw these. Those must have happened during my first out of gaming experience (period when I did not purchase or play any games).
These were like, 80s and early 90s.
Oh really? Odd, never saw that.
In the 90s there was a game called B-17 Flying Fortress that had a 50 page manual that not only included a college level overview of the European Strategic Bombing Campaign but also probably had enough information on how to fly that it could be used to learn to fly an actual plane.
Or Falcon 4.0. I'm pretty sure you could use the manual for that game to learn to fly a real F-16.
I still have my Falcon 4.0 manual because it's too fucking awesome. Probably 500-600 pages.
This is immediately what I thought of when OP said old manuals. I remember mine came in a 1.5" three ring binder.
Me too. I sprang for the deluxe binder version. It's got some water damage on the binder itself though, and some damage from being owned by a teenager.
Oh shit I never knew the binder was an option! Glad to see they've made it nearly 20 years!
Was that 90s?
I had that game on my intellivision from the mid 80s
B-17 was awesome!
I still remember the jazzy, big band intro track blaring out of my amazing no-name Soundblaster rip-off.
Jane's F-15 had an actual flight manual for it. That game was so fun...
Oh yeah! Wing Commander had the best manual. They did an on-ship newsletter format that gave you the backstory on the interplanetary war while also giving tips on flying your starfighter. I just looked up the manual and found it: http://download.wcnews.com/files/manuals/Wing%20Commander%20-%20Claw%20Marks.pdf
I was going to comment this! My copy also came with blueprints for each of the ships in the game!
I think I have something in my eyes.
So cool back in the day!
Even console games use to have manuals that explained the bare minimum of the game. Now you can't even get that. It's just a disc that's basically a download code. Shits fucked.
Physical PC games have gone this route. Buy a physical copy of the game with like 3 discs and it makes you download the game online, thus rendering the discs pointless. What was the point of giving me discs if they're nothing more than frisbees? At that point, they should've just had a slip in the case with the download code on it.
I had a bit of a hard time comprehending the logic behind that when I bought a physical copy of Battlefield 3 when it came out. Multiple discs in a box, but upon inserting the first disc, it made you download the game from Origin instead.
YES. If I wanted to download it, I would buy it online. The consoles piss me off more with that. I have a 1tb PS4 and Xbox One, and both of them filled up after the first five or six games. It's to the point that I have to uninstall games to install another game just to play. Like, why the fuck did you even make this in a disc if I have to download it anyway.
To fill up after the first five or six games on a 1TB drive, they'd have to be anywhere from 150-200 GB per game. If you actually are having space issues after that many games, you probably have a 500 GB drive. I have a 1TB PS4 Pro and have nearly 20 games installed, with plenty of space for more left over.
I hardly use the PS4, the husband uses that more, as far as I know I bought the biggest one, but I don't remember for sure. The Xbox is the Halo special edition which is a 1tb, I know. Though it had a little under 900gb free when first turned on. Halo 5 was the first install, then GTA 5, Resident Evil 7, Gears of War, Neverwinter, and Killer Instinct. I don't use music/movies/any of that crap on it, just games. Math tells me that it should only be half full, but I had to (much to my husband's dismay) delete Killer Instinct so I would have enough room for Resident Evil 5 & 6. He went on it earlier today and had to delete one of the Resident Evils in order have room to update it.
Apparently one of these days I'm going to have to figure out what the hell is going on there. Either way it's still a pain. My 360 is one of the smaller sized ones, and I've got something like a hundred (good) games for it cause they are all on disc, just need room for saves and DLC.
Also, some of us still live in rural areas with data caps. I can't afford to download all my games.
Even those of us without them often have slow speeds, like painfully so.
I don't know about PC but the Xbox One does this too but there's a workaround. If you put your disc in it will automatically proceed to download the game from online, which isn't ideal. For me, the Quabtim Break code I got with the console took about six days to complete on my connection.
But I found out that if you disconnect from Xbox live via the menu then put the disc in, it installs from the disc and takes about 15 minutes. This also protects you from internet outages because the game can run offline as long as the disc is in, but installing it through the download (despite having a disc) needs to verify with the servers and won't load the game.
Depending on your internet connection, this is either annoying as fuck or a God send. My connection is fast enough that it's actually faster and more convenient to download the game instead of installing off of multiple discs.
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Most games have a manual within the game man
Some of the manuals tell you who put the game together and direct you to another website.
Last time I bought a console game was 2012- it had some stuff in the box, but it was an advertisement for a different game.
I still have my original Starcraft manual. Great story, good manual. Definitely from the growing days of Blizzard.
Used to read through my WC2 manual at school, and my friends' Diablo and Starcraft manuals when I hung out with them. Those things were fascinating.
Man, the Warcarft 2 manual was amazing. I loved the amount of pictures and overall detail it had in there!
I spent a lot of time re-reading the story and stuff in the Warcraft 2 manual. They don't make them like that any more... I also remember my Sim City 2000 Deluxe manual, it had a whole section of just poetry and stuff about the soul of a city.
Hell yeah. I think those manuals are what made me start hating the newer Blizzard games.
I’d sit there as a kid checking out all these gnarly black and white drawings of orcs and demons holding severed heads and killing scared looking people.
Now the all the art has turned into cartoonish jokes, the demons look stupid, and the orcs are shamans who are just misunderstood good guys. Lame.
By newer games do you mean Warcraft 3 and WoW?
Pretty much from that point on, yeah
Adding to the video game theme... Couch co-op would be great to have as a normal occurrence in video games once again. I grew up with an older brother, so I was always player 2. I love playing video games, but I don't like to play alone and I don't like playing online with strangers nearly as much as I enjoy playing with my player 1 (my husband) who is sitting next to me on the couch. We buy video games now specifically for the couch co-op feature. It would be nice to play some of the fun games I like to watch like Fallout or Metal gear solid, Uncharted, etc as player 2. We play lots of borderlands now. :)
You might like this website: http://www.co-optimus.com/games.php?type=couch
Awesome! Thank you!
If you don't have one already, you'd probably love the couch co-op that the Switch offers
The reason i currently believe Nintendo is the best console company right now. Consoles are made for couch co-op, PCs for single player or online. It's basically impossible to coop a pc game, and basically impossible to find a good coop console game nowadays, so thank god for nintendo
Resident Evil 5 & 6 both can couch or online. Although 5 is much better. I have them both on 360 and Xbox One, I think the One copies were ~$15 each and come with all the DLC, pretty good for how much gameplay 5 has.
I bought Red Baron in the bargain bin at the mall on a fluke, when I was about 11. I had not one, not two, but three manuals with one dedicated to WWI history, the other dedicated to WWI aircraft, and the third for gameplay. It even had physical maps of the more famous battlegrounds in the game. I remember after the mall we went to the PX; I elected to stay in the car to look over my new game materials and ended up reading the first book while my parents shopped and the second on the drive home. The sequel also had an extremely thick book full of history.
That game literally changed my life. It's where I fell in love with aviation, why I picked the major that I did, and the companies I worked for (I even worked for Fokker!). My dad and I would play it together where I would fly the plane (arrow keys) and he would fire the gun. Some of my most cherished memories.
Oh man, you brought back such good memories of my childhood. My mom bought me Rb2 in middle school in a scholastic book order catalog and I used to love pouring over the manuals and learning about WW1. I was pretty socially awkward and met some great online friends in this game and was even in several "squads" in the Red Baron 3D version. I fired it up a few years ago and was surprised to find servers still running with people playing.
I think I went through 3-4 pirated copies of Starsiege: Tribes back in the day, but eventually bought the Starsiege collection. Came with both games, and both manuals. That Starsiege manual was amazing!
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That final cinematic of the Cybrid campaign was a dickpunch.
Damn, I never finished the Cybrid campaign. Righto, off to YouTube to investigate said dickpunch.
I think I went through 3-4 pirated copies of Starsiege: Tribes back in the day
Shazbot!
I'll add cloth maps of the game world to that.
Yeah, I remember the first or second expansion (both?) of EverQuest, Ruins of Kunark and Scars of Velious, came with a cloth map. I tacked it into my bedroom wall.
I loved the Neverwinter Nights stuff: https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/3/39419/2239171-$(KGrHqNHJBME7)6Mq7pNBPHOZNmIi!~~60_57.JPG
Oh my god I felt 12 again looking at that
Shit, if I remember right you could damned near play tabletop D&D with that manual.
I had a buddy even who used to bring it to games as a 'reference guide.'
Pfft. Amateur. Real D&D players memorise that shit.
The second one had even cooler stuff. I wear the rings it came with all the time.
Blizzard manuals were great with setting building and kickass black and white Metzen art.
Damn, you just reminded me of the PC game Ultima. There was a nice linen sack of fake gold coins and some maps. I still have the box with the disks but no coins. 😫
They still have them; they're just in the $150 collectors edition 😥
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It's a travesty. DLCs get most of the negative gamer attention, but these books don't. Idk why...
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I mean, it just makes you download it anyway...
Speaking of old computer games, I miss the old Quest games like King’s Quest and Space Quest. Somehow they became less fun when they got rid of the typing and you just had to click everywhere.
The manuals for those were pretty great too, particularly the Space Quest ones! I'm sure that in some of those types of games, for copyright protection it would ask you to type in word 5 on page 13 or something every time you played!
And I know what you mean about typing vs clicking, it was so much more fun to have to figure out what to do by being like "look console", "insert keycard" etc
Eventually they took advantage of the situation and made you type specific phrases that were grammatically wrong to win the game. It was to get you to call their paid help lines.
It was always great to get a new game and open it up and start reading while your parents ran a couple more errands.
I bought Ocarina of Time at a rural Walmart on the way to our deer lease when I was 13 or 14 the day it came out. I spent the whole weekend reading the manual over and over.
You want my copy? I have the manual in the closet, happy to mail it to you.
From one sieger to another, a gift if you want.
Loved that game and loved the lore.
You bloody legend.
Some of those old manuals were so well written that they were just fun to read.
Btw on steam you can right click games and do "read manual." Its just a PDF, and usually has no useful information...but it does still sorta exist. Just an empty soulless version of it, much like most AAA games these days anyway.
Some simulators still have those. For example, the manual for DCS A-10C is included as a PDF with an option for a 600+ page printed version.
Compare to the "manual" for the f-15 that is just a crappy compressed copy of a video stream of the old interactive tutorial from lock-on.
Also, after you've spent days studying it, you'd learn that even at 600+ pages it still does not answer some of the questions you have.
Tried playing A-10C again, after a few years, could not get the plane off the ground.
A 2nd grader tracing a chaingun on a piece of paper from a video game would probably get lined up against the wall and executed by a school resource officer as a threat to society in this day and age for that.
People freaked out like that even back then. My parents got phone calls or letters from a concerned 3rd grade teacher about my crude drawings of Mortal Kombat characters in class. My parents basically told them "So what? It's his favorite game. He's fine. Besides, we bought the damn game for him. Don't waste my time with this trivial shit."
Oh, the 90's.......
Starsiege was my jam back in the day. Still hands down one of the best mecha games I've ever played. Those and the old school Armored Cores. There have been so many gorgeous mech games released over the past few years but they never seem to really get that fully customizable "This is MY mech." Feeling anymore.
They still make new AC games, but they haven't been as good since Last Raven.
Starsiege came with a manual and a compendium. The compendium had all the cool stories and such. One of my old favorite games.
Still have it :)
Heck, Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego came with an encyclopedia!
"Little old Peter, missing his liter, while Hercy plays in the Red. Down came the glitches and burned us in ditches, and we slept after eating our dead."
I recognized Starsiege just from that quote. Illustrated manual and separate lore book, both full color, with reference sheets on cardstock also in full color! That's what you get from a $150 deluxe preorder today.
I recently bought a WoW Vanilla dungeon guide manual for the feels
Holy shit I havnt heard anyone else mention starsiege in years man I miss that game
I need to go hug Mechwarrior2 now.
Starsiege and the Homeworld series of games had my favorite manuals of all time.
Praise
A lot of PC games still have them, at least on Steam.
Well I'll be goddamned
TIL
A lot of that stuff has moved to wikis or just online databases ala Destiny. It's unfortunate though, I preferred it being in a physical format.
Starsiege had the manual with fluff and a whole 2nd book that was purely fluff. It was amazing.
OH my god I remember Starseige and original TRIBES
Oh man, I just found my Jazz Jackrabbit manual the other day. It's got a whole origin story comic book in it.
Also the old Origin Ultima series. I ordered Ultima VI, hich came in a nice box, with a cloth map of Britannia, two manuals (one for magic, one for bestiary and game play) plus the black smooth moonstone.
And that, children, is how I improved vastly on my school-taught English. (Honourable mention to Jeff Lynne's War of the Worlds and The Hunting Of The Snark with John Gielgud as narrator and Cliff Richard as the Bellman)
OMG I remember my old MechWarrior 2 manual. That shit was awesome, it made the game better tbh.
You know what else I remember? Going to Barnes and Noble, sitting on the floor with the unofficial cheat code and walkthrough books trying to memorize as much as I could about the games I was stuck in.
Yeah. Some games still have decent online lore in the magazine, but nothing is like playing a game for a few hours, then deciding (being told) it's time to go to bed, and then rewarding the paper manual for another hour or two
Same, man, those days were beautiful. I hate being one of those 'kids these days people' but seriously, people don't realize how awesome a well-written game manual is until you pick one up and page through it. I lived for game manuals and lore. Nowadays it is all online, which is cool still, but it's an experience having a hard copy sitting on the shelf and seeing it occasionally.
Having physical copies of memories is really a treasure.
Agreed. Long ago I came to terms with the fact that there will never be another developer quite like Maxis. Today's indie studios are great, but they're not Maxis great.
Dragon quest VIII had an amazing manual, I wasnt even going to buy it but the store clerk gave it to me free with the game. It was also before all the casual internet wikis for things so i pretty much needed it.
I recently bought a cheap PS3 just so I could play Demon's Souls and God of War 3. I'm primarily a PC player for years now and haven't bought a physical game in quite a while, so imagine my disappointment when there wasn't a booklet in either game. Just the disc. I remember reading the Turok and Goldeneye books where they'd go through the weapons and everything.
I remember taking the Halo 2 manual to school so I could practice drawing the Covenant. Got pretty good too. Good times my man.
Come to think of it, all my old PC gakes basically had tutorials on how to beat the first few levels etc.
Even my console games, particularly on the Gamecube had big manuals too. Mario Golf, Smash Bros Melee, Mario Kart Double Dash, and Paper Mario Thousand Year Door had some super memorable manuals. PMTYD even had a little journal area where you could write about your adventures. I found my old manual and read all my 10 year old thoughts, it was cute!
Nowadays you get a promo code or some ad. I used to look forward to reading the manual, it was the first thing I'd do before playing a game.
I developed a videogame manual fetish as a youngin' and, after the great paper manual apocalypse of the last generation, graduated to tabletop RPG books. All the rules, lore, and quality writing of the best game manuals, just without the videogame. I don't even play the damn things, just read 'em.
I'm glad I wasn't the only kid hauling around manuals to read lore in elementary school
OG Starcraft had a great book about the story that came with it I remember.
Oh man, Blizzard manuals were amazing. And the Vampire: The Masquerade manual is a work of art.
The Starsiege manual was fantastic. That full-colour book was like a comic! I remember a picture of the Earth Emperor sitting in this bathtub, with tube and shit all sticking out of him, keeping him immortal.
I remember thinking, 'shit, with that prick leading humanity, maybe the robots winning wouldn't be so bad.'
I miss them putting effort in general.
I still have my fallout 1 & 2) and diablo (1 & 2) manuals. I will never get rid of them.
When I started wow, I read the manual so much trying to decide on what class I would play, some of the game lore, and everything else they shoved in there.
The last game book I bought was Skyrim, my aunt made me buy it when we got the game at the store.
Also, according to her there was a number on the back of the game case or the book that you could call and pay X amount of money to and someone on the other line would give you hints. Can any of you older guys and gals verify this?
Yes, that was a thing back in the day. I did indeed call the Nintendo tip line as a kid.
Wow that’s so cool! Thanks pal :)
Blizzard manuals were great! I also remember the civ 2 manual being 200+ pages
I love a good game manual as well. Now we're lucky to get a map poster or some shit.
probably because so few people read it. I remember that starcraft hat a short novel in it. I'm the only one I know that actually read it
Now you have a two page leaflet with the rest online.
The last game I remember coming with a manual was the Battle Chest for World of Warcraft with the base game and Burning Crusade back in 2008.
Speaking of stuff that would get a kid in major trouble today...
I was born in the mid 80s and did a book report in 8th grade on one of the Doom novels (there were 3 or 4 of them). I got at least an A or B on it if I remember correctly and no one (parents nor teachers) freaked out.
This was a couple years before Columbine, of course...
I always wish I could find those books again. I remember reading them and really enjoying them.
They save that stuff for the special editions.
I miss the computer game industry from the early 2000s. Back when game companies focused on storytelling and innovative gameplay and not just maximizing profits by targeting the largest common denominator.
Half the computer programs have shit manuals, woefully incomplete pdf files instead of a real help file, with no links from the index to the page which is numbered differently inn the corner of the page than in the counter. Or they farm out out to the knowledge base, a forum of users instead of doing it their own damn self.
All that manuals are now is a single piece of paper telling you that you can access the menu digitally from inside the game.
Origin, back in the early Wing Commander 1 era, had a game called "Omega" Where you could program a tank to battle other tanks.
Came with a half inch thick manual for the entire programming language that was the main part of the game.
I feel like I'm the only one who remembers that game.
i remember spending the entire drive home from the store just reading the manual for the cool new game i bought
I learned to read mainly from game booklets. I'm talking pre-kindergarten, getting upset at the local rental place because the booklet was lost by a previous renter. I remember being 4 and saying they needed to tell people to be more careful.
I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease pretty young too, many memories of being stuck in the bathroom with whatever booklet was on hand. They were fantastic.
Manuals and feelies! I miss feelies!
Sure sometimes a super premium collector game of the month deluxe metal box limited edition comes with a statue deck of cards or some dumb shit, but I miss the little things: maps, a coin, etc. And sometimes they were the solution to a puzzle, or hinted at one, which sometimes was just annoying copy protection (looking at you Wizardry), but other times they were pretty clever.
The Diablo II manual is still my fucking favorite. I still remember reading all the lore, learning all the items, and jerking off to the Sorc & Amazon drawings.
I loved Starsiege back in the day! Still one of my favorite games of all time. Plague Dog will always have a special place in my heart
In the 90's I used to buy a monthly magazine for around 10$ that had a CD-ROM with a bestselling game from 2-3 years ago (SimCity, Settlers, Civilization...) and the print consisted only of a manual and a semi-walkthrough. It was a great way to get great games for cheap.
Cracking open the manual in the car on the way home after buying a game was the best. Metal Gear Solid had a fantastic manual, definitely one of my favorites, the artwork was just so cool.
Fruitopia kiwi strawberry flavored drink. Delicious I remember it tasting just like a green apple blowpop but in liquid form.
Edit: a word
Also wow I'm happy so many other people fondly remember this drink! Apparently certain types are available in some Canadian grocery stores and on tap in certain McDonald's.
Oh wow. Forgot about this stuff but I can still remember seeing it in the vending machines in the lunch room at school.
I thought it was hilarious that our schools thought that a bottle of "juice" with 60g of sugar in it was supposedly more healthy than a Coke with 45g of sugar.
Ah, the forgotten Strawberry Passion Awareness. Maybe we need a Strawberry Passion Awareness Awareness Day.
YUUUUUP.
Fruitopia in general! That stuff was so good! Practically ruined 8 year old me when my dad's office stopped stocking it :(
Still have this in Canada!
Whhhhat no way I'll have to track it down!
I literally sold my soul for a kiwi strawberry Fruitopia.
I was in 7th grade and my junior high had one vending machine: a Fruitopia machine that sold cans for 75 cents. I was really jonesing for one on this particular day but had no money. A friend had a dollar and said they would buy my soul from me so I could pay for my Fruitopia. So I wrote something along the lines of "The bearer of this document is the owner of Lachwen's soul," gave it to her, she gave me a dollar, and I got my Fruitopia.
It was the most refreshing goddamn Fruitopia I ever drank.
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I did not. No idea where it is these days. Not that I would have kept it long past high school, I ended up working in customer service for ten years.
I actually lol'd at this. Did the same thing after HS for the same amount of time, my soul JUST fresh came out of hiding..
It's still held by a mortal being. Safe for human threshold rules.
Did you by chance go to school in AZ? My middle school had that machine and a kid who would buy souls
Nope, Oregon.
Simpsons did it
Some McDonald’s still have it.
I noticed from my travels that it's mostly the South
Found one in PA a while back
Omg this was my DRANK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL INTO HIGHSCHOOOLLLLLLL! I just got so excited for a minute then depressed because now they are gone!
I got your blowpipe right here
One blowpipe please.
i miss strawberry passion awareness. evidently it's still available at some mcdonald's restaurants, but not anywhere i've ever found. :(
it's still there it's just branded as minute maid
I was just thinking Fruitopia as I was scrolling! I dont remember what any of them tasted like but I remember loving them!
Still exists in Canada. Source: I am a Walmart manager and just built a display today with that drink in it.
Best part was that it said “naturally flavored with other natural flavors” which always seemed a little sinister. What are those other flavors??
Polonium occurs in nature.
Oh man something just happened to me when I read that
Also, you can probably get this in some places but I haven’t seen Sobē in a long time. I miss when it was in glass bottles. I know it still exists, but many of my favorite flavors are long gone.
Sobe was like the Vitamin Water before Vitamin Water
Ugh. Fruitopia was the grossest shit ever. I don't know how much sugar was in those things, but I basically used the bottle as a concentrate and would mix water in it was so sweet. I'd get 3 bottles of Fruitopia for the price of 1 basically.
Came to say this. They were sooo good.
My McDonald's used to have that and it was always my drink of choice when I ate there.
Fruitopia always made me feel a little gross and overly sugared
Am canadian. This is a standard option at McDonalds.
Any of the original Fruitopia flavours. When they were bought out the recipes changed to some overly sugary generic crap.
Weird, it's still sold everywhere in Canada if I'm remembering correctly.
Maybe I was just extremely lucky, but I distinctly remember getting the "free bottle" coupons on the back of the cap about 50% of the time. Sometimes I would get it 3-4 times in a row.
I remember the juice tasting good, very similar to a Snapple, but I really just bought them for the chance at winning a free bottle or two
Didn't snapple make it too? Where the hell did snapple go anyway?!
Fruitopia was the shit. That and All-Sport
That stuff was so good
I drank this so much as a kid.
The red fruitopia is still in the fountain at my local Mickey D's.
Four Loko with caffeine. Blacking out just isn't what it used to be.
When they were first getting banned, one of my good friends went out and bought about 4 cases of them. Throughout the years we have slowly been drinking them when we want that extra dose of stupidity in our late 30s. We are down to 1 orange flavored kind that has been sitting in my cabinet for 8 years. Don't know what will cause us to drink the last can, but when we do, a part of me will die with it.
Probably your liver.
On the bright side...there's a chance it could grow back? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ayyy haha!
We stocked up on a few cases and took them to spring break with us and ended up selling them for $15/can. We got tired of them and ended up making enough to cover most of our expenses for food and drinks for the week.
15 bucks little man Put that can in my hand...
If that money doesn't show then you owe me owe me owe.
My jungle love
Snootchie Bootchies!
You can't say Snootchie Bootchies to Alan Rickman, Jason!
Bye-bye Mr. Four Loko guy
Drove my Chevy to the levy, but the levy was dry
Them good ol boys were drinking Taurine and dye
Singin this'll be how our livers dye
This'll be how our livers die
Did you write the fuckin' law bout why this drink was wrong for us? Well that's not how we used to drink.
Them good ol' boys drinking 'til they went blind
Drove my Chevy off the levy, 'cause I thought it could fly
And them good ole boys were drinking Loko and rye
2 loko 4 me, home slice.
He danced his ass to the max but his throat was dry
When the last one of you gets married. The Groom drinks it at his bachelor party
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I am good at thinking of shit like that. I always buy the best gifts too.
I have one yellow can left, let's get together and party (or die)
I too have one original yellow can sitting–er...biding its time at the bottom of my pantry.
I’d be a complete moron if I didn’t at least ask if there’s any chance whatsoever you’d be willing to sell it. Completely serious.
I did the same. The shady liquor store near my shitty apartment was still selling their leftovers after the ban. I bought them all out and sold them, and kept a case.
We drank it a few years later (because that shit will outlast Twinkies) and it was an interesting night.
I’m glad they’re gone.
Damn. 20 year old me and my 21 year old roommate got 4 cases of the good stuff as well, but drank our last two the following year sometime. We were not good at saving them, but we did sell one case individually for about 6x what it was worth
At least orange tastes the best coming back up
They banned this while I was going to college. My friend decided to spike the jungle juice with caffeine pills.
My brother bought one before they were banned. It sat in the glove compartment of his car for 2-3 years, then in our fridge for another year. We shared it with our other brother on my 21st birthday. It was the watermelon one. It somehow tasted so good.
Ebay that bitch.. you'll have to get creative with the payment tho.
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You can still buy them, they just don't have caffeine anymore.
You are now tagged "has one remaining OG Four Loko"
Don't they expire?
I don't think there's anything in them that is organic enough to turn lol
I bought one case. I came back from working at home in the summer to 2 cans and like 5 dollars in it. I was pretty pissed.
I've never had a Four Loko but when they started banning them I bought a Watermelon one off a friend of mine and it's still sitting in the fridge.
Has it really been 8 years since they were banned?
Had a friend do something similar. Last one I had, I chugged it right before a Cage the Elephant concert. Perfect way to say goodbye to them.
Are you one of the workaholics by chance?
Bonus points if you drink in out of a styrofoam cup in a gas station parking lot.
I have two just sitting there staring at me when I open the beer fridge to get a Miller High Life. Didn't drink them when I turned 40 (mainly because my son was due any day). Gotta find a reason to drink them.
I did something similar, still have about a dozen in assorted flavors.
I don’t know if you’re at all open to selling one or a few of them, but if you are, please let me know. I’m completely serious. I’ve been searching for one of those bad boys for a few years.
The good old days of losing a couple days
Double fisting (the Ocho Loko) on Thursday started the weekend right. We all know the college weekend starts Thursday night.
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I think it means both things on both sides of the Atlantic. That's what makes it so fun to say.
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Also known as Irish handcuffs
Never heard that one. Love it🔥
I super thought you meant the sexual act was also known as Irish Handcuffs. I was both confused and aroused. Like a Chinese finger trap but more dangerous.
Fuck me I just laughed for a solid 5 minutes at this. Christ.
so is that a two fist fucking you want right?
oooo this is the best one
This is my new favorite saying. Thank you.
This is a way better phrase, I approve
Using this from now on.
edward slizzard hands
Edward Ciderhands
Edward 40 hands
Racism can be funny
I am a Brit that was told this by an Irish family member, chill out its not a dick don't take it so hard
I'm English and I've never heard "double parked," used like that.
I thought it was just an Australian thing, super common. It also means you gotta skull one, because you can't be double parking round here.
Double parked is cool. I might steal that one (I'm American)
He was seeing if you were dtf
That's the point.
Wow. I learned something new today!
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Buy me two and let’s see where it goes.
Double parking or parallel parking over in aus
Say no to queues. Drink in twos.
No in the UK it only has the one meaning... Most people have never heard of the American usage and will be shocked and confused if they heard you use it.
We use "double parked" for holding two drinks.
It depends on the position of the elbow when saying it and motioning. Double fisting with your arms lower than your shoulders is beers, above the shoulder and it’s dicks.
Here in Freedomistan, is means something VERY different!
If you're unsure of a terms usage in other parts of the world, type it in on a porn website first to see if anything comes up. If not, you're good.
Holy fuck I just had a Nam style flashback to someone yelling and an explosion involving double fisting lokos and lighter fluid
Go on....
It went boom.
I broke three ribs falling off a deck after an Ocho Loko. Was so embarrassing to have to tell like 8 doctors and nurses over and over the story. "Well I played beer pong WHILE double fisting Four Lokos and I hit the last cup with a behind the back toss so as you can imagine.... the only option was to get on the second-story deck railing and dance and float and then fell."
Edit: Although the doctors think me being blackout drunk helped because then I was limp - not tensed up - when I landed.
We called it Eduardo Loco Hands.
I think you mean Thursday noon
What if you had 4 4lokos? That would be 16 lokos!!!!
Finally somebody brings me an adequate number of lokos!
We used to duct tape a Mickeys 40oz to each of our hands and play what we called “Edward 40 Hands”. Sounds like this would be fun with Four Lokos too.
And you've got your buddy helping you get your pants down because you have bottles taped to your hands and a terrible need to pee.
Yes this is why it’s highly encouraged that you drink them both very quickly before you have to pee so badly that another man has to unzip you. It’s a thrilling race against time and nature.
But this is how best friends are made.
Edward 40 hands with Four Lokos just sounds like a night of disaster LOL. But I'm willing to give it a shot.
And you don't wake up till tuesday!!
It’s Tuesday and I’m locked up
I’m in jail and I don’t know what happened
They said I was running buck naked
Down the street screaming “Ah-ah-ah-ah!”
Your honor, I’m sorry I don’t remember
All I know is this much: I’m not guilty
They said, “Save it, boy, we got you on tape
Yelling at an old lady to ‘Touch my body!’”
Like Edward locohands?
you GDI. Weekends start with Whiskey Wednesdays.
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Hello ^Newman... I can't say I ever considered that. Never needed to I guess.
Hahaha just jokes!
oh, the old stereotypes...
It starts Thursday and ends Wednesday
Wednesday in these parts.
I guess double fisting Four Lokos means drinking one in each hand, kinda like Scrumpy Hands?
Look, you know Yoko ono likes ocho lokos, okay?
damn man, I remember those nights where I had at least 10 lokos.....oh wait nevermind.
Juernes!
Starts Wednesday here. Sometimes it ends Tuesday, too.
Only el ocho? Things start to get fun when you can't count in Spanish.
Lokin' and Jokin'
I once saw a man put down a dozen lokos
Not when you got class or work early Friday morning. Rip me.
Or, on occasion, on Tuesday afternoon
Just say it starts on Thirsty Thursday. Saves making the choice between morning, noon or night.
I was in high school when they came out, we called them blackouts in a can. Yeah, I know that was a shitty generic meme.
That moment when "the good old days" is at best 10 years ago on the internet
Ahh aah ha I love this
Time travel!
God, I remember chugging two of those before a game at a chess tournament.
Those days are probably a lot older than you think they are.
I tried Four Loko once and it was like licking the floor of a rave.
Wow that's specific yet highly accurate, kudos
Isn’t the goal of specificity “high accuracy”? Am I wrong in thinking that using “yet” assumes that being specific usually results in low accuracy? Or is it just the use of the word “specific” which could be replaced by another word? Could this be fixed by adding an adverb such as “oddly” — which speaks to the nature of the description but also (appears) to be congruent with the use of “yet” to compare relationship to accuracy?
Edit: Asking for a friend
Specificity usually creates more precision, not accuracy, imo. So if it's specific and accurate, it's precise and accurate in my opinion. (Using the scientific definition of the words)
Specific AND highly accurate.
Quiet now child.
Shut your bitch ass up
Blah blah blah. I've never seen someone use so many words but say so little.
2 it just shows where my understanding of the English language is vs. Yours
3 put a comma after “words”
Apparently not. A comma is absolutely not appropriate there. I've also noted you didn't bother proper punctuation or capitalization, so no dice.
Also, using big words doesn't help if it sounds like nonsense.
Thirdly, shittiest troll ever.
You’re gay, you alt-right involuntary celibate
I stand corrected; each troll is worse than the previous.
I’m good at what I do
It was like gasoline with a jolly rancher sitting at the bottom disolving
Sounds like Gasolina.
That's actually a really accurate description
You’re thinking of NyQuil
Tastes like malt liquor, jolly ranchers, shoe polish and for some reason you now have a lot of energy to do stuff.
Gets you fucked up enough to want to do some crazy shit, then the caffeine kicks in and you actually go do that crazy shit.
My friends and I traveled to the states and bought 3 or 4 just to try them. Not a single one was drinkable... For some reason we mixed them together and the result was almost pleasant. At the very least, it was somehow nearly palatable.
I don't know what kind of demon we released by mixing them together. I don't know what sort of hell we unleashed on the Earth but I'm so sorry.
You're the reason this timeline is so fucky.
There is something called "malt liqour", cheap and potent, several brands out there but steel reserve have a pineapple that is around 8%. If you can get past the taste of the first one you won't care about the other 2-3. $6 can buy you 8 tall boys, you only need 3-4.
Well, we were in the states right before the caffeine ban went into effect on it so we decided to try it out to have a laugh on a vacation. Overall, I'm not much of a drinker, and even less so when it comes to 40's.
It's bad but as soon as you get past the first one you're good to have more than you can handle that night
Makes the next day more than you can handle also.
That’s what Xanax, UberEats, and NFL Sunday Ticket were made for.
Replace xanax with a bunch of weed and I agree
Yeah and you get just as fucked up. Tis point.
Four Four Locos? Finally an adequate amount of locos!
That's like 16 locos!
But how many Equis is it? That's like 8 Dos Equis I think
And 2 deaths, probably. The old shit was fucking intense.
Hell if you drink two now you still die
Nah, you pass out now. The old stuff, you drank two, we're blacked but wide awake, and kept going.
I tried Four Loko once and it was like licking the floor of a rave.
This is the truest thing I have ever read.
How many rave floor have you licked?
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Fuck. One of the best explanations.
That was their marketing campaign.
The watermelon ones were like shitty pinnacle flavored vodka mixed with a jolly rancher and some sprite.
I'm not sure if this is good or bad?
So it tasted like talcum powder?
NAILED IT!
Licking the floor rave? I am missing out.
you're Italian aren't you?
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My first time being drunk was with OG4L too. Cracked it open before everyone arrived and then woke up the next afternoon. I vaguely remember running through the party screaming "PRETTY GIRLS DON'T THROW UP!"
Only ugly ones.
Huh, I wonder what the ass beating was all about.
I think you are in a gang now.
I feel slightly validated by the fact that my drinking started in high school with Four Loks.
Junior in high school we chased vodka with 4 lokos. I’ve never in my life had a worse hang over
Almost r/UnexpectedMulaney
"Fuck da police"
"I've never jumped a fence that high!" And then I woke up at home.
And that's why I don't drink anymore
Fuuuuuuuuuuck that is ROUGH
That's strangely similar to my first drunk experience
My first drunk experience I took a shit the top of a slide in the kindergarten part of the elementary school a few blocks away. Not my proudest moment.
Depending on your diet it either slid down beautifully or got stuck and scarred a child.
But god dam do you own it!
Not my first drink, but I had 2 of them when they first came out and woke up the next day puking on someone's yard in another city.
Was this next to a trailer by chance?
Shit. The the kindergarten and first grade buildings for my primary school had a trailer park in the back yard.
How strong were these? Caffeine makes it a bit harder to black out ime but these sounds like 3-4 drinks in one if they hit that hard.
They were 24 oz's of 12-14% malt liquor. By about half of the first can you had a decent buzz going.
Jesus christ, like a bottle of wine. Misleading when it's cans aswell. No wonder they took the caffeine out haha
Half my freshman year of college was a fantastic blur thanks to that
You have to add 2-4 No-Doz. You can also make the bathtub version; jolly ranchers, A St. Ides 40, A 16oz monster energy, and ground No-Doz pills.
Sounds pretty irresponsible. Will give it a try.
I think I've put that much caffeine into my system before. 8 shots of espresso over the course of an hour or two ( I brew up a travel mug full of espresso )
Irresponsible, but it lets me pull off an 8 hour workday on 2 hours of sleep.
I do three 12 hours shifts in a row and sleep maybe 4-5 hours between each shift. My blood is basically red bull and coffee.
Thats how finals week feels right now...
Accurate. I'm scared to let off once it's over because I'm afraid the cumulative withdrawal hangover will literally kill me.
The key is to slowly wean yourself off coffee and 5-hour energy with vodka and red bull. Eventually, you'll just collapse and sleep for a month.
8 espressos ~ 640 mg of Caffeine, or roughly 1.5 liters of regular coffee. Also 240 mg more than the mayo clinics upper safety threshold.
That's a lot, I thought I drank a lot of coffee in college but even during my worst semester I was only drinking... Oh shit 2 liters.... Never mind me.... whistle whistle
:)
It's also over a span of time.
My typical day I down 3-4 12oz cups of extra-caff over the course of the day. ( I'm one of those people who enjoys good coffee. )
If you think that's irresponsible, replace the No-Doz with ground-up ~~Adderall~~ crystal meth.
Thank me later.
"Police have yet to apprehend the notorious 'Socko', described as a young man in his mid to late 20's, completely nude except for his shoes, a timberland work boot and half of a tennis shoe. Victims say the young man will come barrelling out of seemingly nowhere and crashing through thin walls and sliding glass doors. Once inside the house, Socko, as evident by the poop smeared signature he leaves behind, will fervently begin washing dishes and completing menial household chores, all while continuously screaming without taking a breath."
what
I upvoted because it was a good read, but... what
It's a fictional scenario in which a young man consumes the ingredients you all have suggested, and becomes a sort of terror-spreading, drug-addled, psychotic super hero.
Tell me more...
That's it.
It should be a movie.
This was amazing thanks
I mean, meth makes everything better. That's the problem with it.
And knowing it came from a twitchy hillbilly's DIY chemistry set instead of a proper caffeine pill factory is half the thrill. Medicine from the store doesn't have mysterious secret ingredients!
This made me fucking belly laugh.
Please do not.
Sums up my time in college pretty well
I'm almost 30. I don't necessarily miss the days where I could handle 2-3 Four Lokos before an 8:30 class during my college's celebration week, but dang does this rejuvenate my spirit and convince me to try again.
Almost. I got work in the morning. And that paycheck pays the strippers.
Everyone has such crazy college stories I could never imagine pulling off anything close to that. I've never even had multiple four lokos in one sitting let alone to start my day haha I'm not judging honestly I kinda live vicariously through people's stories. Gives me a good look into something I would have never experienced myself!
I once drank four of them and tried to enter a college football game using somebody else's ID. When the cop asked why I didn't look like my picture I told him it was because I'd had facial reconstructive surgery. I eventually got in, though of course he knew the ID wasn't mine.
Listen, set aside a weekend, mix it up, get obliterated, report back if you live.
Right? These kids give me great ideas. And I'm like fuck yea I want to do that right now!
And then I start thinking about work in the morning...
I’ll just stick to doing a few bumps while I drink my Jack and Coke.
Like a god damned adult.
This sounds absolutely horrible.
But I also really want to try it.
You can also make the bathtub version; jolly ranchers, A St. Ides 40, A 16oz monster energy, and ground No-Doz pills.
This sounds like it would go through you (or back the way it came) without changing much.
sighs,makes a shopping list
Something about bootleg Four Loko just gets me all warm and indigested inside
So much heart burn
Just turned 30 and am getting divorced. This sounds like something I have time for now. For science, of course.
Why wouldn't you just drink vodka and red bull (or any other caffeinated beverage) at that point?
At that point why not just mix preworkout and four loko?
Or just do a bump or two of coke while drinking straight from the booze bottle.
Introducing the Faux Loko
Here it is in recipe terms, all sophisticated-like.
Ingredients:
20 ounces malt liquor (6-percent ABV)
4 ounces 80-proof vodka (40-percent ABV)
1 Berocca tablet (Berocca is an effervescent tablet that contains vitamins, a whopping dose of caffeine, and plenty of guarana and hard-to-pronounce mystery ingredients like phenylalanine. Phenylalanine is used to to trigger the release of dopamine, epinephrine (adrenaline), and melanin.)
3 tablespoons Koolaid mix
1 tablespoon sugar
Directions:
Just from reading that I don't think I'm going to be able to sleep tonight.
Way too much caffeine, not nearly enough alcohol.
You can 2-6 shots of vodka "to taste"
The magic of 4 loko was getting all of that for a few bucks. If ten bucks to replicate, it's just not worth it.
oh sweet jesus i feel hung over for two days just reading that
Those St Ides commercials are the best. The Dre version is just beautiful.
Why not 5hr Energy?
FauxLoco
In college last year we made a 5 gallon mixture of blue four loko and blue C4 pre workout. We still aren't sure if it's our best or worst idea we've ever had
You have to add 2-4 No-Doz.
They make effervescent caffeine tablets. They taste vaguely like lemon, but I don't imagine that'll hurt your 4 loco's flavor too much.
This sounds like something no one should ever do. Ever. Under no circumstance. Ever. At anytime. Ever. Should anyone.. anywhere.. under any circumstance.. ever... Do this ever. At all.
In college, we called them "blow bys." When you showed up late to the party with everyone drinking beer and said, "i'll catch up by drinking a Loko." 25 minutes later, you had blown by everyone and were the drunkest one at the party.
ever play 4 Loko pong? when regular beer pong doesn't cut it for pregaming, and sangria pong is reserved for the end-of-the-night-blackout
I genuinely don't understand why Four Loko still exists without it.
I've heard it tastes like fruity gasoline. Who the fuck is buying this crap if it doesn't even have caffeine any more?
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"Pretty high"? The green apple flavor is 14% ABV!
Same with Gold. Sparks was a thing before 4loko, too, so I don't really know why everybody thinks that the caffeine was such a huge difference maker. Shit, we drank vodka and red bulls way before any of that...4loko was just marketed really fucking well.
I got fucked up on Red Bull and Vodka a few weeks ago for the first time in years. The comedown the next day was fucking horrendous. I felt like I was coming off a molly bender it was that bad.
I'm getting old.
Ugh, man, hangovers in general are twenty times worse than from when I was in my early twenties. I don't know how I managed to get away with any of that shit and still hang on to a job.
I did a lot of coke in college, like bartender get out of work at 3am go to after hours bar to do drugs kinda habit, and got away with an engineering degree. Honestly can't explain it. Took me a minute but using that degree.
Apparently I went to the wrong fucking college. I hear people in class excited about getting drunk this weekend...like bitch I'm drunk right now, who's going to sell me some adderall?
Dude or dudette. Don't make my mistakes. Enjoy the fuck out of college. But if you're skipping class, do the homework, and do everything not to miss class. Time management is adulthood. Figure out how to go to class, get your work done and party. Unfortunately it's a 9-5(maybe 10) job. But you're paying for it. It took me 10 years and a family friend to have a salary i should've had at 22... Time management is everything and it'll benefit you throughout life.
Try scotch and Red Bull. Way better.
Da fuq?? I’m pretty sure you can go to jail for ordering that in Scotland
You can
Source: am Scottish
You don’t use the good stuff, you use well bullshit.
I put a splash of tequilla in my vodka redbull, scotch with redbull sounds treacherous. Will try it though.
Honestly scotch and Red Bull works better than vodka Red Bull. The smoky from the scotch with the Red Bull just works perfectly.
I've got a good bottle of smoky stuff, know what Im doing friday.
Your scotch your choice, but I’d strongly suggest using well scotch, not a nice bottle haha.
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Exactly. I knew a few people who swore by Sparks but the marketing/cultural presence just wasn't there like it was for Four Loko for whatever reason.
I had a friend one summer who worked for Sparks. His garage was decked out in Sparks gear including a fridge full of Sparks. My favorite thing he had was a motion sensor wall decoration of a Sparks can that screamed "DRINK SPARKS" at you every time you went by.
I fucking loved me some Sparks. Worst shit ever for you but they sold it in my corner store and it was awesome.
We did sparks stands at early tailgates. Handstand over a sparks and chug through a straw. A lot of people collapsed before finishing. Weird times
Joose was "better" but for some reason everyone refers to Four Loko
Totally forgot about the Joose!
Never forget!
Joose was way worse tf
Our saying was the Joose will get ya loose. If really did.
Gold is the flavor of champions. And hobos. But mostly champions.
God, I think I was drinking one when that (Superbowl, right?) commercial came on.
My SO at the time was not as excited as I was. She seemed to think there was a problem with the drink of champions.
So, chobos?
Idk if you’ve actually drank the gold four loko but it tastes like shit. The peach one is the bees knees though!
UNPOPULAR OPINION
Lol, I really don't think gold tastes bad! I hate peach, though, so maybe we're just from different planets.
I'm right there with you buddy. Gold is the best flavor, peach is ass.
We can all agree that Black is straight toxic waste in a can right? The liquid basically glows green
Yes that was disappointing on all levels. How is a drink called black neon green?
The question is... What does Gold taste like? At least with the Green Apple flavor, it slightly resembles the green Jolly Rancher flavor or green Now-N-Laters. But what is Gold?
It tastes sort of like OG Sparks or Joose. Kind of like a Red Bull/Vodka premix.
Gold taste like redbull, mostly.
Oh fuck dude my I used to steal sparks from my parents and get drunk in my bedroom when I was like 13.
The Frost flavor has my heart
... and also 14% 💙
Frost and Gold. Don't like the... colorations... the frost flavor tended to give me.
I too have experienced this
Yeah, and the cans are 750 ml. It's literally the same as drinking a bottle of wine, it just probably tastes worse unless your wine is super shitty.
Pfft, cool mint listerine is like over 20% bro.
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That's relatively high.
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Gas stations are often closer to dorms than actual ABC stores, plus you don't need to buy a mixer.
And fake ids generally work at gas stations but not ABC stores.
Man, this is one reason I love living in Indiana. The college I went to had 3 liquor stores within walking distance of campus.
Yea but then you have to live in Indiana! /zing.
Jesus
Green apple, gold, blaze and frost All have 15% ABV. Those are my favorites to funnel
Much more and it’s barley wine🍷
Edit: was wrong. Is past barley wine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barley_wine
Same with a Natty Daddy or a Hurricane
Seeing Steel Reserve cans takes me back to high school.
Steel Reserve takes me back to living at the park
Honestly, that's basically the same situation really.
Natty Daddy
I audibly shuddered
Oh man, hurricane. I worked at a gas station during college and would drink those all the time. 20 oz of 10% malt for $1.25? It was a godsend.
In ~2006 you could get 6 packs of 16oz hurricane for 2.99
It’s also cheap as fuck. 7-11 by me does 2 for $3’s every once in a while. Getting hammered for $3 is unbeatable
Exactly. Two months sober here and those were my go to because of convenience factors. If you're really into craft beer, don't let the fact that you're drinking classy expensive stuff that actually tastes good cloud the fact that you're drinking way more heavily than any healthy person should.
It's cheap and it fucks you up. Not much to it.
You get almost the same amount of alcohol as a whole bottle of wine in one easy 24 ounce can that costs $3.00 at the nearest gas station. It's a goddamn godsend. If only they didn't make it taste like the Kool-Aid Man's bile ducts. Why do liquor companies assume cheap lushes always want a shitload of sugar in their drinks? Why can't they just sell vodka and water in a can at the gas station?
Why do liquor companies assume cheap lushes always want a shitload of sugar in their drinks?
Because without the sugar it'd taste like rubbing alcohol.
Truth.
I worked at the place (or one of the places) that made and canned Four Loko.
While working on their quality control taste panel, I drank Loko at least 3 days every week for three years.
Also tasted the alcohol base that they added to it and it's basically like halfway between watered down vodka and a really strong flavorless beer.
The (two) alcohol bases for Twisted Tea were even worse, if you can imagine that!
Now I homebrew and find it amusing how much people value high ABV. It's actually very easy and cheap to make a high ABV drink... you just need lots of artificial flavoring to make it drinkable.
High ABV literally comes down to using the correct yeast and having high specific gravity.
Pretty much. I make cider with beer yeast. Want 10%+ ABV? Add some sugar on top of the juice. Not going to taste great though.
Why can't they just sell vodka and water in a can at the gas station?
What are you, Russian?
Actually though I heard some old ladies bitching about young kids drinking their fruity drinks. Personally IDGAF. I'll admit I get drunk a lot less often than someone drinking everclear straight, but I can usually keep drinking.
If you’re paying more than $2 for a loko you’re doing something wrong
Never seen the 14% loko at $2
The gas stations around me vary between $2.99 and like $3.75 for the good ones.
It added up at a certain point in my life.
At least around here it's 2.99 everywhere (some crappy stores a little higher). There's literally no where you can get it cheaper than that here.
Great fun to play beer pong with. It made me body unreasonably warm.
If only they didn't make it taste like the Kool-Aid Man's bile ducts.
Why can't they just sell vodka and water in a can at the gas station?
In the US at least these two things are actually related because for whatever archaic reason alcoholic beverages are taxed on the origin of the alcohol, not the actual content.
Brew a strong 10% abv but super weakly flavored beer, chemically strip out whatever other flavors you can and add in enough lemonade flavoring to cover up whats left, its still taxed as a "malt beverage".
Take that same original mash, distill it into vodka, and then add lemonade to it until its down to 10% abv? Taxed as a spirit.
Its fucking stupid, but everything thats not actual liquor is an often inferior "malt beverage", even when they have a liquor brand on them. Those Bacardi cooler things arent any different from mikes hard, theyre just awful flavored beers, no actual rum in them. Even "wine coolers" these days dont have any actual wine in them.
Which tax is higher? I'm assuming the "malt beverage" designator is preferred for manufacturers.
Liquor tax is higher, or i suspect wed see watered down carbonated whiskey with flavoring sold as "beer" instead of the opposite.
True, Japan has really good non-sugary "highball" drinks in convenience stores that are like vodka soda with a squeeze of lemon.
If you dont want the sugar just switch to 40s
Fruity gasoline sounds amazing
Well, it's called Four Loko
Its really pretty disgusting.
Same reason MD 20/20 exists, it gets you drunk for cheap and fraternity kids can use it to haze pledges.
I’ll have you know I wasn’t hazed, I was a man and drank the shit accordingly
What is this "h" word you speak of.
Precisely
WOW. Completely forgot about MD 20/20. Guess who’s not going to class tomorrow now?
We all popped our drunk cherries on grape or banana red
Y'know, I still like blue MD 20/20. I'm a grown ass adult, and in the far back of the cabinet behind the good shit, is always good old Mad Dog. I like the taste.
Then after, I like the taste of OJ after brushing my teeth too. And cafeteria food.
I don't know whether I feel more envy or disgust.
Healthy dose of both is appropriate. I can eat or drink almost anything (texture is my big issue). But it's always a pet peeve of my exs.
I'd have thought "can eat almost anything" would be a positive point for a significant other...
Too many are scared to risk it :(
MD stands for Mogen David.... not Mad Dog. Your life has been a lie
Holy shit
People who know enough to pour five hour energies into them. But that’s not me, I only drink Popov.
Popov is decent for what it is.
The only time I’ve seen people drink them since the removal of the caffeine is when you’re making a Sidewalk Slam.
You get a cheap 40 of malt liquor (almost always Steel Reserve) drink some of it to make room, and pour a FourLoko into it. Easy way to get trashed for less than $5
Oh my friends and I call that a fortyloko
That’s honestly a better name for it hahaha
No way, I have a friend that got too fucked up and started calling it 'fortyloko' so for my friends and I that's the correct name hahaha
Fuck Steel Reserve.
In the words of my best friend's dad, that'll make you give back shit you never stole.
Truth.
I made my roommate try it once and he said: "It's pretty good, tastes like paint thinner though."
So people who like the taste of Paint thinner.
You can just DIY now: https://purebulk.com/caffeine A kilo of raw caffeine is roughly $50
No you can't, the FDA cracked down on it because people are idiots, the page you linked even has a big yellow box warning at the top that they won't sell it to individuals.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/13/fda-bans-some-pure-caffeine-powders-and-liquids.html
You can still buy it on ebay lol
Some college kids died and ruined it for the rest of us responsible 4Loko consumers.
responsible
4Loko consumers
Pick one.
Drink 1 can with some fast food on a Friday night while playing video games till 1am. It’s easy to drink responsibly and have fun. I pure, straight hate the fucking college kids that ruined it for adults.
It’s not very good, but it’s crazy cheap and pretty strong. Plus, there’s just something fun about it.
I drink it with a caffeine tablet.
$3 for the equivalent of a 6 pack and much easier to drink
Buy one Four Loko and a forty and mix the four loko into the bottle as you drink the beer. If you drink the whole thing you will be hammered and it only costs like 6 bucks. Bonus points for being easily purchasable in states like Pennsylvania with shitty liquor laws
i'm drinking one right now and u/Arvamaka is right. high abv i can get at my local gas station! ding ding!
It’s like $3 for a giant can of 14%. Shit fucks you up good and cheap. That’s why it exists.
Because it gets you wasted for like $3 a can.
I genuinely don't understand why Four Loko still exists without it.
After the beverage was banned in several states, a product reintroduction in December 2010 removed caffeine, taurine, and guarana as ingredients, and the malt beverage is no longer marketed as an energy drink.
Cheap and convenient fix?
Four Loko gold just tastes like a spiked monster. it’s pretty cheap so people will buy it
Did it taste better before? Honest question I never had it before they took out the caffine
It costs $3.14 and can get you ripped. Yea the flavor isn't great but when you're broke but trying to party it's the affordable, economically smart option!
Because Four Loko Gold. Stuff is 14% abv and down here in the South, it's some of the strongest stuff you can get past 7pm once the liquor store closes. Although a recent challenger has appeared at Walmart with what I could best describe as "faux liquor" made from grape wines with high abv; they have a knockoff version of several more popular liquors, including Fireball and Jack Daniels.
Source: Gas station manager and someone who pays way too much attention to this stuff.
4loko isn't bad tasting considering it's got such high alcohol content. Some of the flavors are actually pretty good even with the relatively high ABV.
I don't understand people talking about blacking out and losing literal days. It's just alcohol... You pass out and sleep it off in 8 hours. They sounded more like they were describing heavy drinking mixed with Xanax bars. I think I'm rambling now.
The guys who ran / run the company (Phusion Projects) were ready for the ban and knew it was coming. Within a matter of a month they had successfully pulled back (recalled) all of the product on the shelves across the country and had the re-branded product back in the supply chain which was a monumental task. All of the new recipes and label (can) designs were already done with the new wording and ingredient statements and approved with the BATF. Cans and secondary packaging were printed and ready to go. There was literally no hiccup in the supply chain as far as the consumer was aware. They sent the product out for reclamation more or less, it all went to a alcohol recycler that re-distilled the alcohol out of it so they didn't have to pay a dime for "disposal", they actually got a little money out of the recalled product. I was working with them on another project a year or so after the recall. Really interesting story.
I like the taste, but it's my understanding that's an unpopular opinion.
It's extremely cheap, and comes in at 12-14% ABV. Also, if you mix it with water, it's very easy to drink it very fast.
A favorite trick of mine is to pound a 14% Four Loko in an hour, then drink some shroom tea. Just as the alcohol starts raping you, the shrooms kick in, so you don't really get the bad effects from drinking the equivalent of 6+ bears in an hour, nor the nauseous come-up of the shrooms. Also, the shrooms seem to hit a lot harder in some kind of speedball effect.
My life is kind of fucked and I make bad decisions, though.
My husband, for the irony. One New Year’s Eve he bought like 7 different flavors of Four Loko, some bottles of cranberry juice and sprite and some vodka. Mixed it all together in a punch bowl. It was brown. I was too afraid to try it.
it's basically 6 mixed drinks for cheap
Just drink a caffeine pill and take 3 shots
drink a caffeine pill
You might need to lay off the four loko for a little while
What's that? Have a fourth loko? Don't mind if I do.
Why do you say that?
I am only familiar with caffine pills that you take, so "drinking" a solid is weird. But apparently there are some that dissolve?
Well I guess what I mean is take, but I usually take pills with a swig of water so I essentially drink them
i mean. they all dissolve in your stomach. getting it to do that outside your stomach is the trick, and it's not really that difficult
grinding into a suspension is also an option
Plenty of solid vitamins and pills in general are drank,along with a liquid medium. Many aren't designed to be chewed.
Nah, just melt the pill down, and drink the molten pill (note, don't do this, it's a terrible idea)
I just put some MioEnergy in white wine. It's gross.
Or just pour yourself a crystal meth martini
I've shotgunned 4Loko's before. Believe me, the decision making only gets worse after doing that.
They sold them AT THE BAR in college for 5 bucks. I can't believe I wasn't arrested more.
Fuck! I was wasting my time with “sparks” that entire time. So many sparks...
Sparks was around before loko, personally I thought the taste was a bit better. I remember in high school a package store was stocking them with the soda by accident for a few weeks one summer, so we'd buy them. I'm sure there was a big 'oh shit' moment when the owner figured out what he was doing.
Plus you would get those bright orange vomits. Tasted the exact same coming out as it did going in.
I’m truly sad that I never got to experience this. Some the best bad stories of drinking I’ve ever heard were when people were drinking this shit.
I'd forgotten all about that. (go figure...)
did you ever pour one into a fourty and have 64 ounces of malt liquor that somehow tasted better than both the separate parts. It's called a sidewalk slam because that's where you end up.
I remember sidewalk slammers. At least as much as one can remember a sidewalk slammer.
I generally remembered by waking up on a sidewalk and thinking 'how the fuck did I get here?'
I am a very mild mannered drunk but I drank 3 in one night and punched a hole in my door and broke my hand. I remember none of it.
I still have 4 brand new cases of Orange flavor and a couple of assorted flavors from before the formula changed. Don't ask me why the heck I still have these things.
hey could I buy a couple off you? I feel like it might be a good birthday gift lol
Sure, I can send you a couple if you pay whatever it costs to ship. Send me a PM.
I'd love to buy a few if you'd send them to Australia!
Sure, I can send you a couple if you pay whatever it costs to ship. Send me a PM.
The pride of The Ohio state university.
Oh my god no. Nope nope. Never doing that again.
My brother & my neighbor were recently shotgunning 4lokos & I messaged him an hr later asking if he was still alive. Later learned they dont have caffeine anymore.
Not only was blacking out a little special back then, but it could all happen for 7$ or so.
I used to mix the OG Four Loko with Everclear and a soda of the same color. (Grape Crush with the purple, Sunkist Orange with Orange, Big Red with Fruit Punch... Etc). I called it Jillie Juice.
That was seriously the craziest drunk I ever did have.
I drank those all the time back in college. I tried one a few months ago and freaking gagged. I don't know how I drank those. They taste nasty and have so much sugar. I felt like utter shit afterwards. How did I ever find them drinkable?
I once shotgunned a Four Loko before going into a club when I was 21.
Drank it in like 10s.
Unrelated - son’t remember much from that club
It was my middle of nowhere college of CWU that ruined that for everybody. Bunch of pass out girls on a front lawn and the police thought they were date raped. Turns out they drank too much fourloco. Figured they drank more than they could handle because of the caffeine content. The result = no more caffeine.
Shoutout The Burg!
Yes.
Drank two of these, half of a fifth of blueberry Burnett's, 6 beers, a lot of rum, and very little water.
I learned a very important lesson that night: that I never want to drink again as long as I live. And I haven't...because puking for 24 hours straight (literally) isn't fun.
But Four Lokos taste pretty good.
I still accomplish that with no problem. Don’t blame your tools, my man.
I believe they still have that version in Mexico
Didn't they discontinue that because someone died?
Yeah a bunch of college students started playing drinking games with it and had heart attacks and alcohol poisoning and shit.
When the fuck did this happen....
It was the first alcohol I blacked out on!
Is there any "recipe" for adding caffeine to them to give them a similar effect to the original?
Five hour energy is the easiest. You want caffeine guarina and taurine.
Very few energy drinks have guarana and taurine these days. The guarana is basically just stronger caffeine though so 5 hour energy plus a half a caffeine pill would be about the same probably
And Sparks!
Man I just had a taste flashback. Ugh.
Finally someone brings me an adequate amount of locos!
Drink responsibly, yeah ok Four Loko!
Sidewalk slammers!
So would you say that you are in fact, "Loco for them Lokos?"
https://youtu.be/KVWWre8tn_U
lmao glad to see this is the top comment here. First thing I thought of when I saw the thread!
Lmao i literally thought the exact same thing before opening up this thread
RIP all Four Loko in Canada :(
Oh man I just got flashblacks to my senior year of high school
I am glad my old roommates stopped being able to get Quatro Qrazy, so I hope it stays gone
Irish coffee?
Ah. So many non-memories after drinking the OG four lokos. Because i can't remember shit.
What bothers me is that the combination is no worse than drinking vodka and redbull/rockstar but somehow that is totally legal because I guess there weren't a bunch of super trashy people getting smashed on the cheap and hyped up by the caffeine in those drinks.
Sparks was better but didn't fuck you up as bad, I'd always add a shot of winners cup vodka.
Can't you just make a Red Bull and Vodka?
This deserves gold.
In Scotland we have Buckfast for our alcoholic high caffine drink, you should try and find that wherever you live.
Dragon soup sounds more similar.
Dragon soups pish but
True mate. There was nothing better than being 15 with the Buckfast and dragon soup combo but.
Hm i dunno being 13 and sharing a 3L of frosty jacks with 3 of yer pals was also a highlight i think
I miss getting a migraine while I'm still drinking.
*fighting and blacking out
Just come to Mexico
Sparks plus. But plus only.
It's impossible to get it in the UK at all - whenever I hop across I bring back like eight cans. That shit is potent - also you get almost two pints in a single can. It's great.
One of my happiest memories is getting fucked up in Vegas with Four Loko with two of my friends for my dad's wedding. Won't be beat and I have 4L to thank for it.
Can't u just drink Vodka Bull?
That's what buckfast is for.
I remember when the peach flavor came out it was a game changer, then it got so popular and we drank it so much that my entire house smelled like it permanently in college, it got old fast
Caffeine is still a go here in Canada!! 🇨🇦🏒
Nothing like being black out but also wide awake at the same time
Just chug a four loko and a 5 hour energy shot. The blackout will be the same
It had the equivalent of 4 or 5 shots of 80 proof liquor in it, if I remember correctly. $5 and you get your money's worth.
Not how math works
Yes it is: proof here
That graphic says it's the same as 4.7 shots of 40 proof vodka though. That's like taking shots of Kahlua.
Not how proof works
I drank 2 Four Lokos and a half (current product) and passed out. My manager told me that the old four loko would have sent me to the grave.
Four Loko is kids toys compared to Zygo. https://www.winemarketny.com/spirits/Zygo-Energy-Vodka-w4473621uw
Yeah but where do you buy it?
Yes!!!
“8 loko” usually was a black out but a “40 loko” was just right.
Pro tip, squirt mio energy into a four loco
Is Four Loko still pretty fire? I see it at local stations and I heard the rumors but IDK if its still worth it.
I lost so much time in college because of the original Four Loko.
Aka my Freshman year of college. We'd shoulder tap and get one per four of us, never since has it been that easy to get schwasty for that cheap 🤙 Also, pro tip: mixed with 7-11 slurpees they were actually semi-drinkable!
buy four loko and a few 5 hour energy. mix. black out.
I bought cases of it when it was discontinued. I'm still loco for them lokos!
One time I bought a four-pack of Sparks Black, came home and set them on the counter, and proceeded to drink them all before they got warm, whilst cleaning the house.
Fuck no, never again
Dude just mix it with a Redbull. It'll work just the same. Plus if that's what you're drinking you dont give a damn about its taste.
Considering I just turned 21 a week ago I’m actually really sad that I was never old enough to partake in these when they were a thing
They still sell Four Loko in about every gas station where I live
Fun fact: The creator of four loko was my hockey coach in Chicago, he coached for a few years, got sued for the deaths of kids who drank too many, changed the recipe, quit coaching and then became a millionaire!
I believe we still have this in canada
Four Loki had 12% alcohol. Cisco Wine Coolers were 20%, and we called them liquid crack in high school. If you drank two, you were gonna have a bad time.
Sparxx.
Ugh. Drank these on tubing trips. 4loko + sun + cold fried chicken from an ice chest that's been sitting in hot river water is not going to end well
You may miss it, but I can assure you that your liver does not.
Ah, yes. When I 1st started drinking I would drink Sparks and Jäger. Instead of Red Bull..
Take a caffeine pill with your four loco
I drank a few of those and took a couple bars of Xanax once. From what I heard I had a great time that night.
You ever have sparks?
You can just buy caffeine pills if you want some that badly, they are dirt cheap. Like $8 for a 100 package of 200mg pills.
At Four Loko, the best nights I'll never remember.
They would immediately make me feel like I had stomach cancer and could win a fight against a lawn mower....what a rush.
I feel like everyone has a “never again, four loko” story lol.
That being said this thread almost made me vomit and my head hurts
Victoria's Secret cotton panties circa 2010. They were perfect, and then around 2012 they redesigned them into itchy wedgie machines.
Seriously I just hate women’s underwear anymore. Why can’t they be cute AND comfortable?? I don’t want a wedgie all day long but I don’t want to look like a 70 year old woman either.
Preach. Normal undies are no more at VS..and if they could maybe not have words on the ass, I’d rather not see “come here often” through my scrub pants at work. (Hyperbole, but even old school VS Pink undies used to have some normal, cotton, solid-colored styles..)
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Agreed. Even when I was 13 and those were all the rage with the girls I went to school with I still thought they were tacky
Yeah it’s all a little trashy
I'd even take stripes or polka dots. I just hate the weird phrases and glitter.
Pink is when VS jumped the shark.
I love underwear from Aerie, specifically the cotton boybrief style. They’re cute and comfy! Overpriced, but I only buy them when they’re on sale
Tokyo laundry has been my undie go-to for the fast few years!
Huh I should check them out! I don’t think I’ve ever heard of them.
I always find their stuff at random places, but everything I have bought from them is simple but not boring, super comfortable, and holds up very well ( plus the white shirt I have from them isn't see through). I also like that a lot of their stuff is cotten rather than polyester. I'm not sure what their full line of clothing is like though since I only have some shirts and underwear.
my wife wears the panties she bought in the 90s because of this.
They're ugly and some have holes but, they are sooo much more comfortable to her. I don't blame her one bit.
I find that their Pink collection is pretty good, so long as your get the right size.
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I’m the same. I’m so picky about my undies. I have plenty of other garments that are uncomfortable, why should my underwear be?
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Their seamless no-show thongs and cheekies are the best! I’ve bought a bunch and these by far are the comfiest.
I’m really upset that they must have gotten a new supplier for their plain cotton v-neck t-shirts. I have a ton of those things. They’re comfy, they fit me just right and they’ve held up to washing really well. I just placed an order for 3 more and they’re completely different. The new ones are too stretchy and saggy and the neckline is way higher.
I came here looking for this one. The girly boxers were my jam. Everything there is too uncomfortable now.
Yes!!!!!!!!! Please bring these back!!!
"Pair of Anguish" torture device
Fingerworks iGesture pads. Fingerworks was a company in the 90s that got multitouch completely right. They had a line of touchpads and keyboards that support multi-finger gestures. If this sounds like the Apple Magic Trackpad it's because Apple acquired the company in the early 2000s so they could use their patents to give the iPhone multitouch capability.
To this day we don't have anything like the original Fingerworks tech. The touchpads understood which fingers were touching it, and supported a ton of different gestures. You could have tapping your thumb and middle finger do a dedicated thing. Rotating your whole hand clockwise was a different thing. All of the gestures were customizable and then uploaded to the device, so you could plug it into another computer with no drivers or extra software and it would just work.
Mine slowly got less responsive over the last 15 years and I finally gave up on it a couple years ago, and I still google it periodically trying to find something as good.
If you have a Mac you can try the Magic Trackpad with Better Touch Tool. Allows for creation of custom gestures and taps.
I was going to suggest the same thing. Highly recommended
Wow, that brings back memories! I used to use a Fingerworks Touchstream LP. It’s basically two pads together as a keyboard. Felt like I was typing on those computer consoles in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
If Apple bought it, you will not find something as good. They will lock that shit for forever even if they aren’t using it.
Wow, that's so Apple. I knew Microsoft beat Apple to multitouch with their original surface (tabletop), but I thought Apple actually did like....some research of their own into it.
Most companies buy small companies. It's super common, it happens every single day.
It's not like Microsoft doesn't do this either. They literally got their start by buying DOS off of another small startup, renaming it MS-DOS and then selling copies to IBM.
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Hmm...I swear I remember seeing a video with MS talking about this new multitouch tech with rear-projection tables in like 2005-2006...looks like you might be right...
I still have one of their mini keyboards but the USB cable is starting to die. Super handy to plug into workstations that are too gross to touch. I've had it for 15 years and it still works great if you hold the USB cable at the right angle.
someone really good with a soldering iron should be able to unsolder the old one and put a new one in for you (if it's just the USB cable part)
Anybody can do that, really.
Edit: No offense, go right ahead and you'll be fine.
I hate it when companies buy out a good product and imediately shut it down or make a crappier version of it. Like they buy it for the proposed value,but yet still put it through the wringer of compromises,and then act confused when it doesn't perform as well and nobody likes it.
Hi I'm a hundred days late to this comment, but I searched and found it. Just wanted to say that I found an iGesturePad on eBay last month for $30 and I'll now be using it until it death do us part. I had a TouchStream back in the Gulf War days but sold it in 2009. My pad is in perfect condition and sits next to my Ergodox now.
I'm currently involved in trying to get the MultiTouch utilites running, and there is a forum for these old products including a marketplace with unaccepted offerings:
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Still sold in England.
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Oh god I need to go down under.
Jeez take me out to dinner first
They are indeed (well, Aus at least). Love that stuff. Hm. Might go buy one. I've avoided them for a while since they don't come in single friendly serving sizes but now I'm scared they might disappear.
I was under the impression that those 750gm ones were single serve.
Touche.
I saw them in T&T the other day, so maybe give that a shot.
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You are a very polite person
Thanks!
Remember when you used to get one with your KFC bucket?
Mate. I just had a flashback to some of my favourite Sundays growing up when we'd get a KFC on our way home from whatever day trip or countryside walk we'd been on and watch the new episode of the Simpsons.
God those were the days.
Wow. Yep. Wow. I totally forgot a piece of my childhood until right now.
Ooooomg! That's why I remember them so vividly! I'm avoiding sugar so I guess I'll just fantasize about it. sigh
Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Germany etc.
And now you can get mini versions on sticks.
Remember when you could get them as dessert from KFC?
I was looking to see if someone said this yet. The last time I had one of these was for my mom's last birthday in 1997. She passed away a few months later in 1998 when I was 6. The memory of the ice cream went with her and I always thought of it as a dream.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thanks, _fart.
a few months later in 1998
I'm sorry for your loss, but I was sure u/Shittymorph got me again for a minute there
You know people get born in the last few months of a year right?
Still in Germany too. I’m lactose intolerant now but I’d god damn devour a vienetta if they came back to the US.
You still can get of you take one of those lactase tablets beforehand
We have these in like every supermarket in Australia
Do we??? I remember randomly thinking about these sometime last year and not being able to find them in Woolies...
They're the fancy dessert of bogans nationwide!
I believe it comes and goes, I'm sure we (woolies) sold them early last year - IGA I think still has them, but now I need to specifically look for it!
Ah, I always forget about IGA, even though I work about 5 doors down from one.
Poor IGA, but I mean, at least it's not FoodWorks 😂
Coles has them all year round - in WA at least
While we’re on the subject - Black & Gold chocolate bavarians anyone? My friend and I would buy one of them, a hot chook and some rolls and smash them down in one sitting. They’re still around as far as I know I just don’t live near an IGA 😢
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Yeah my local Coles had a bunch there yesterday.
Us Brits miss Woolies :(
Sold in Japan still!
Oh my god, I've been wanting this shit to come back to the US for about 15 goddamn years. Good to know that it's still available in other places... cherish it, my friends.
I believe it was made by Breyers. Hit up their customer service and ask them what happened.
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You're right! Went on their website and they now use the moniker "frozen dairy dessert."
For shame.
IIRC, that's because there needs to be a at least a certain percentage of butterfat content in it to be called ice cream. Most of the big "frozen dairy dessert" producers now whip a bunch of air into their product to maintain a rich mouth feel without the higher fat content, which also means a cut on production costs for them. Dairy Queen also can't call what they serve ice cream for the same reason.
They add gum to it like all the other less fat alternatives. I believe it's called a stabilizer.
Alcohol gets an interesting texture if you mix it with gum. Use clear alcohol for best results. It becums an opaque slime.
I also had these every year on my birthday as a child until they were discontinued. I found them in a corner store across the street from my hotel on my first trip to Mexico. I couldn't believe it... of all places. I wonder why they're no longer sold in Canada :(
We have them in Australia.
They had the classiest commercials
https://youtu.be/yyxRhnrbHl4
I mean, not one thing on that thread (at least of the comments I read until now) have I ever seen being sold in Austria, but at least we still have our Vienetta.
I went on vacation to the UK last year and got to have one for the first time in 20 years. It was both elegant and crappy but it was all I wanted it to be.
I have two in the freezer right now. My mother-in-law brought them yesterday. They are just vanilla/chocolates though.
those are the best
Yes, yes, yes!! I was going to comment this. My parents and I would get them once a month and eat it for dessert. We were heartbroken when they were discontinued. We still talk about it to this day.
Vienetta Ice Cream cakes
used to see this in commercials all the time as a kid but was too poor to buy it. they're not expensive neither it's just that i wanted to save money for my parents. little did i know they dont consider it our money and i wasted my childhood saving for them. i should've burned all the money they would give.
What
lol, that tangent into personal issues with my parents. i'm saying i was super cheap for them and didnt want to ask them to buy me anything even though i wanted it so bad. meanwhile other kids just ask for what they want and get it. i guess most kids only think about themselves. i wanted to help my parents.
I was the same. I was always under the impression that we were really hurting for money so I never asked for anything. I did beg for money for the book fair when it came around. Anyway I never got a Vienetta until I was older but the commercials were right it was totally worth it.
I came here to say this too! I used to eat this with my grandmother on hot days after school as a special treat. The way the chocolate cracks in your mouth and melts, I miss them so much!
As kids we thought those were so fancy! I assumed it was for rich people.
Was about to say this, including the New Zealand part! (Funnily specific thing to have in common.)
I think the current NZ brand is GoodHumour, rather than Breyer's, and it didn't seem to have as much of the "chocolate crunch center" as I remember as a kid. But then again, maybe kid brain remembers it as being more.
Either way I miss it in the States. And I miss Breyer's not screwing up their ice creams to cut costs in general (looking at you Reese's Ice Cream).
I saw them while I was stationed in Korea
I’ve only seen them in pictures and I’d love to try one
Try a T&T supermarket if your in BC, Alberta or Ontario. They sell them near the bakery freezer stuff!
Finland still has Vienetta cakes
Australia still has them, they're a nostalgic delight here.
I’m from Australia, and they sell them at my local Chicken Treat
We still have them in the UK
We have them in Australia :) my Nan brings them out every dinner party
Although the name sounds horrible with the Australian accent:
“VEE EN EDDA?? Anyone want some VEEOONEDA,????”
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One of the few things you can't really import personally as well. Sad.
That’s when you knew it was a special occasion.
They used to be made in Simcoe, Ontario.
We have several flavors of that in my country. Including cappuccino.
Yessss! My favorite thing about traveling to Europe is that these things are everywhere and in varieties we never had here in the states.
We have these in Mexico, too.
Yesss we have them in NZ and they are so good! Though I’ve never seen different flavours..
One of my favourite ice creams ever was Magnum Colombia, a fucking coffee-flavoured limited edition Magnum that only existed in Europe for like three months.
Bring that shit back!
You can supposedly still buy a kosher version in kosher markets, made by Unilever who makes the real version. Straus Fantasia
I looked recently in my grocery store (Loblaws) that has a HUGE kosher section, but they didn’t have it. :(
Damn you for reawakening that memory. That creamy, chocolaty awesomeness will onec again haunt my dreams.
Still a party staple in the uk!
I begged for these as a kid. Begged. Only got them on my bday.
My parents had them all the time for special occasions, but now that I'm in charge of my own food purchasing decisions, NOTHING!
I remember the ads on tv when I was a kid and I thought those cakes were like the most luxurious things, my mom only bought one once and it was tiny and amazing.
YES!! My brother and I would call them "chocolate lasagna".
The original version is still available in the UK but not sure about the other flavours. Used to love vienetta as a kid! Don't think we ever had a cappuccino version though...
Jello Pudding Pops
Remember the thin icy layer you had to bite through to get to the pudding part? I miss that
No teeth! Only lips and tongue. I like a nice and slow pudding job.
I absolutely do remember the thin ice layer. I never understood why it had that. But its the first thing I think of when I think of pudding pops. Even before Bill Cosby
Yes! the satisfying part of getting the ice removed without any breaks!
I think it was so it didn't stick to the inside of the wrapper...
Huh, I can't remember anything that happened when I last ate a pudding pop.
I see what you did there...
Oddly no... I don't remember.
The perfect level of crunch... Mmmmmm...
They still sell those.
Zip zop zoopity bop!
One little pill and the panties drop
Do guilty free viewings of Fat Albert and the Cosby kids count as a discontinued product?
Aww, come on. How could this rapists ruin watching Fat Albert for you?
This. I think what happened to all those women was terrible. A completely separate and selfish part of me just wants to be able to enjoy the Cosby Show. I feel like my childhood was taken from me.
have a quaalude, don't tell a cop
👉🏼😎👉🏼 zoop
👈😎👈 zoop
(☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞ Ann Perkins!
Scoopdy di woop
The W A V E is leaking.
The wave is here to stay
The wave is also slightly racist now...?
D'you kids like to play... STICKBALL?!
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Ya'see, JAZZ is like the new coke: it'll be around for ever eh hehe!
Jazz is like jello puddin
Ah ma pop ya twop with my dop!
"Bip bip, boppity zup zup!"
Too soon
Is it, though?
"Poop didd-e scoop, scoop de whoop!"
there it is
Rape rip, rapeity rape rape
Jim Jefferies bit about Cosby was amazing.
his favorite thing is rape. He fucking loves raping people. Now, think about your favorite thing. You might be into sports, gardening, golf. I don’t know what the fuck you’re into. Now think about it. Now replace it… with rape. And that’s how Bill Cosby feels all day, every day.
Jim Jefferies used to be hilarious.
Are you throwing shade?
I mean, he's certainly not funny anymore.
Well, the proof was in the pudding.......
Jello Poontang Pops?
That didn't take long!
J-A-I-L-O jello jingle
There's always room!! :-)
Cosby jokes aside, those pudding pops were delicious.
I can't believe how far down I had to scroll to find this. They were so freaking good. I will never stop craving them.
I came here to say this. Jello Pudding Pops were absolutely delicious. The pudding was frozen but managed to stay soft. And my favorite thing was the thin, delicate ice layer on the outside. It has never been replicated on any other food since. Frozen but still soft pudding and the ice “shell” were pure magic!
They had chocolate, and vanilla chocolate swirl. They were both incredible. I miss Pudding Pops every day of my adult life and it is my fervent wish that they get “rebooted.”
They were rebooted in the mid 2000's. I bought a box and was highly disappointed. I don't think they were on shelves very long.
and banana!
Are you sure those were legit Jello Pudding Pops? I don’t remember banana.
Googled: Holy shit! I had no idea. Impressive memory.
Ha maybe not - but sounds good!
This is exactly the one I miss. I'm pregnant and I bought fudge pops forgetting that they were a totally different product. That was a sad day for me.
Congratulations, Mayor Fartbag.
Thanks, George. I'm very excited for baby Fartbag.
"I love Jell-O puddin' pops. My son Theo loves puddin' pops, too."
Gd those were good. The thin layer of ice on it...
Banana pudding pops!!! So unnatural. So so good.
They were soooo good. But they always made me tired.
Bing boom zippity zop! Here comes Bill with a puddin pop!
Too soon.
These taste so....(thud) 😪. Well alright now 😈.
I got a feeling bill gonna get his pudding popped
They are super easy to make. You can literally just freeze pudding.
You'd think, but there was some sort of magic frozen in those pops.
Ancient elf magic now lost to the waves of time and decay...
Seriously though I think it has something to do with the way the pudding interacted with the wooden sticks + residential freezer burn, but in a good way.
those were damn good
Current events tell me those aren't coming back.
Here, take this. It’ll help you relax.
And the gelatin pops! The orange ones were my favorite.
And New Coke!
Ahhh the ones with that nice rohypnol flavor
Pudding your pop where it doesn't belong
I feel like they could make a comeback, but not until the Cosby drama dies down
Bill Cosby.
This is a bad time..
Too soon.
We have ice pop molds and I just make my own!!
Too soon.
Buy popsicle cups, fill them with chocolate jello (the refrigerated-in-a-cup kind) pudding and freeze. It’s the same, but you will realize they weren’t that good.
False. They were amazing.
They always had that layer of ice on the outside? So you’d lick them and it just tasted like water. The overall iciness was kind of a buzzkill. But the good news is that if you make them yourself by freezing pudding, they will also be icy!
Seriously, this. I bought one of those Zoku pop maker things awhile back and can make pudding pops any time I want in just a few minutes. Also, the Kroger near me carries Jello Freezer Pudding mix - not sure how/if it differs from regular pudding mix but I can say they're addictingly good and the texture is perfect (no ice on the outside either).
I add some Cool Whip to the mixture after the milk is whisked in and they seem to taste a little more like the real thing.
Gold star for this great tip! 🌟
Vault (similar to Surge) just because of the brownie points I would win with my girlfriend, it was her favorite.
Also candy cigarettes, Caffeine pants, original Technics SL-1200MK2, and episodes of Ronin Warriors
EDIT: I find it hilarious that caffeine pants caused such confusion, but Caffeine was a brand name. Late-90's oversized raver pants that were comfortable enough to wear as pajamas, lightweight enough to dance til 7am without getting hot, hidden pockets everywhere and if i remember correctly, the pants could be turned into a backpack (that may be UFO's and not Caffeine the more i think about it)
EDIT 2: Candy cigarettes are definitely still sold in a ton of places
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Are you me? Because I thought caffeine pants was some sick coffee snack. ;(
Now I'm disappointed.
I thought they were a style that made it look like you had some watery diarrhea which looked like you pooped out a bunch of coffee.
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My initial thought was something along the line of charcoal pants to give your farts a sweet cappuccino scent.
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I feel like if we can invent denim chicken we can invent actual caffeine pants. Maybe there are tiny needles that connect with an irrigation system and something like a camel-back bag that stores caffeine-laced saline bags? I guess you could do some kind of transdermal thing where the inside of the pants is just covered in caffeine powder but that seems boring.
Sounds itchy.
Which is just a nice extra way of keeping you wide awake.
we invented what?
Exactly my thought. Says chicken denim like it's completely normal
Well!?! WTH are they?!?
Google says it's a style of pants.
Caffeine is a defunct brand name. Looks-wise they're just silly late 90's oversized pants but they were EXTREMELY comfortable, had hidden velcro pockets on the inside of the thigh, and little reflective straps sewn inside the cargos that could be used to turn the pants into a freakin backpack.
Wow! I had no idea such a thing even existed. TIL about caffeine pants!
Ohhh. I had these but they were called UFOs and were made out of like a parachute esque fabric.
It looks like they are juggalo style track pants from the ten seconds I looked at Google images
Yeah, now im upset there were never caffeine infused pants. Doubly upset I now know why I could never find the type of cargos I wanted....
My first thought after reading that comment.
what did google tell you i cant seem to find anything informative.
"sit still--do you have ants in your pants?"
"No ma'am, it's caffeine!"
It sounds like something. Stephan from SNL made up
Oh man I miss vault. There may be hope though. "retro sodas" are on the return.
I'd love Vault to make a return. I used to roller blade to the convenience store every day during the summer to buy a bottle and drink it while ambling around. Good times.
They made a red one that was incredible
Yep! Tasted just like gummy bears!
I don't even like pop but goddamn I would kill to have a sip of ice cold Vault even just one more time. It would be like Fry in the Slurm factory, I wouldn't even be able to pry myself away.
Still waiting on some Jolt or Bawls...
Some places still sell both if those. We have a gas station here that specializes in weird shit.
Groovy.
Same, I can still get some bawls like its 2007.
Bawls is still available. I had one today lol. Microcenter carries them!!
So does Fry's and Bevmo.
Delicious delicious guarana.
I also see them in a lot of comic book/game stores
Kroger actually carries it now. Saw it last night in the same isle as the bottled water.
I saw Jolt at a Dollar General Express the other day!
Went to a Fry’s in CA and they had multiple flavours of Bawls in refrigerated displays near the checkouts.
Damn. Haven't seen them in over a decade here in Canada.
Bawls is still sold in Fred Meyer here in Alaska (or last I remember), but then again, compared to the lower 48, we live in the 90s (or so I’ve heard).
And thanks for reminding me what Jolt was called. Couldn’t remember, just remembered that I had to get it from TrueValue in high school.
I saw Bawls at Woodman's.
They still make those
They sell Jolt at Dollar General, usually in a can
Bawls still exists. Still see it in grocery stores all the time plus you can order straight from their website.
Wouldn’t surge be considered the “retro” soda of the two?
Yea, Vault was a response to Surge I believe
Vault was actually Cokes response to Mt. Dew, they discontinued it in favor of focusing on Mellow Yellow which just makes me sad.
Yeah this makes more sense. Wasn't it marketed as a soda/energy drink?
Drinks like a soda, kicks like an energy drink!
And then Surge came back, which alleviated some of the pain (and caused left ventricular hypertrophy).
And then they must have just switched back eventually.
I was at a JackintheBox that had Vault on tap.
I was up till 4am.
Lordy, this makes me feel old. I remember being in middle school and a Coke marketing team visited our class to do a business demo. They had samples of a "secret" new drink coming out soon that we were all able to try. Lo and behold, I think my class was one of the first climate surveys for Vault.
If it makes you feel better I was in middle school when it came out. They stocked it in our vending machines.
my favorite was always Josta. i hope to live to see its return!
I'd kill for a Josta...
There's a candy shop near my house that sells all kinds of 'retro' candy and sodas. Including candy cigarettes. It's a really nice place.
Dooood. I saw candy cigarettes for the first time in years the other day. There is hope!
they never left up here but were branded on box as candy sticks and dont have the bit of red colouring on the tip any more
They pop up around the holidays a lot with super hero characters on the boxes.
There's a candy shop in Northern Florida that, from my knowledge of being there last year, sells multiple different fake "brands" of candy cigs. They even have the red/orange coloring as you described.
The candy stores around me still have them. The boxes no longer say cigarettes but they still look like a pack of Lucky Strikes and will have the red tips sometimes
There's an ice cream place in Philly called Franklin Fountain and they sell all sorts of old school candies. Candy cigarettes, necco wafers. They even use Hydrox instead of Oreo cause they're psychopaths.
But Oreo is the knockoff! Gotta have the original.
It's the original sure, but Oreo took over for a reason.
It doesn't have a name that sounds like a cleaning product?
Or he could just move to China. They have those there.
They're at my local dollar store!
Some old school candy shops still have them!
You can get them off Amazon. I buy then all the time. They make a good simply sugary snack.
Ronin warriors? Dude, I hadn't thought of that show in forever. I loved it so much when I was a kid.
I don't even know if it was any good as a show but the armor was so fucking cool, like if gundams were human sized samurai
i am hoping one day the full series of biker mice from mars gets uploaded online... interestingly full episodes have been uploaded to YouTube in Swedish
Who the fuck are you I figured I was the last person making Ronin Warriors references.
there's only ever two replies to Ronin Warriors brought up in conversation; a blank stare or FUUUCKKK
I say FUUUUCKKK because I never got to finish the damn series. It was playing after school in order and I watched it from the beginning for idk how many episodes but something happened and I missed like the last week. Instead of replaying it like the station did with other shows, just nothing. Never got to see the end.
Wikipedia says it didn't air in US until summer 95 on USA and Cartoon Network. I swear it was closer to 90 or something because I think I was in middle school in Las Vegas and watching it on regular tv as I never had cable growing up. 95 was my junior/senior year and I was doing other stuff.
first episode is on Youtube in HD but then again, without the rest you may just relive your disappointment.
i've been PMed that there is a box set available but im too lazy to link it so, it's out there if you want. There's a movie too apparently!
I think I saw the series listed on one of those "watch anime online" sites once but I am not sure. That is cool that it is a box set and I definitely didn't know about the movie. Hopefully it isn't just a chopped down version of the series that happens sometimes. Thanks though, I will check it out.
Edit: Found a link that actually plays it instead of some weird media player download I don't trust. episode one here and the whole list here it has 1-39 of the original plus a couple of other things "Legend of the Dragon Armor" and "Ronin Warriors New Adventures Gaiden"
VAULT! GET TO IT!! When I was at band camp some two decades ago they provided cans of vault at meals. We drank so much that the band director and band parents ended up banning it on the third day.
RONIN WARRIORS FUUUUUUUUCK
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1500 a piece what the fuck. Are they exactly the same or "updated"?
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good lord. i bought my first pair for 400 bucks total at age 17, and 20 years later they still work like new (there was a tonearm replacement and a pitch reset around year 15)
You can still get a ratty one for about $400 on Craigslist in these parts.
and episodes of Ronin Warriors
my man. sage was my dude.
Sai of Torrent, I dunno if that's the dude I liked but it's the name I remembered.
I worked for White Castle in high school and we sold Vault. A lot of customers were angry when we discontinued it, but personally I didn't like it. I thought it tasted like medicine.
a spoonful of high fructose corn syrup helps the medicine go down
It did taste like medicine, I loved it. The thing that defined its flavor was the fact that it wasn't overly sweet for being a citrus drink. I distinctly remember that when you took the first drink of it, it could actually hurt because it was so strong.
Vault might still exist in places. Pizza Ranch near my folks' place had that on tap the last time I was there, a year or two ago.
Red vault was the shit
The red Vault tastes like gummy worms! My favorite!
Man, I haven't thought about Vault in years! I can still remember the exact taste.
Vault was my favorite soda. I was so pissed they discontinued it.
i think they brought surge back last summer. you could probably find it.
We still have the candy cigarettes in New Zealand! They removed the red tip colouring though 😒
It made me laugh when they did that. Wasn't as if they looked that much like a ciggie before but now they just look like a joint.
I used to run home after school as fast as I could because Robin warriors started right after. Man I miss those days
Caffeine pants
I just looked it up. They look like nylon JNCOs...
Are caffeine pants and Vault like JNCOs and Jolt only ten years later?
around the same couple years i think. They were big pants sure, but they were very lightweight meaning not nearly as hot and sweaty when out dancing til 7am on drugs.
Also, UFO's were similar except they folded up into a backpack that you could wear if for some reason you needed your pants to be a backpack.
Candy Cigarettes can still be found at specialty candy stores and some dollars stores; nothing but sugar, food coloring, and...I wanna say corn starch as a binder.
I'm guessing stores stopped selling them when the huge anti-smoking fad swept the nation in the early 90s. Not that it wasn't a good thing, but sometimes the good gets tossed out with the bad.
I was in a candy shop in Tampa and they had candy cigarettes. I bought a bunch for my mom because she loves those. So they still exist, they're just hiding.
My husband insisted we have candy cigarettes as a wedding favor. You've got to buy them in boxes of like, 20 now, so we had tons left over between having to buy slightly too many, and ones left behind. He eats them while he plays games. Still has some over a year later. It's very weird.
original Technics SL-1200MK2
oh no what did they do to the 1200s
They quit making them years ago. Coming back apparently but not exactly the same
seems weird to change it, honestly. surely the still have the old blueprints, they could probably still move a good number of them
Another person in this thread said it was anti-skating improvements and stuff like that, so they should feel the same but OG is OG
I have this sign in my room. For me though, Vault was just a substitute for Surge.
And now that Surge is back, who needs Vault?
Exactly.
I do, dammit
I drank a 2 liter of that shit in half an hour and I've never felt worse
If I drank a 2 liter of anything in half an hour I wouldn't feel tip top, tbh
True, but this was next level shit. Like a spicy full-torso cramp originating in my stomach
Seriously on the Technics... now you gotta bit on some old ass deck on Ebay.
Hooooly shit, Ronin Warriors! I had some of those badass toys
they made toys?? brb
Vault was the shit back in the day.
Omg I forgot about Vault! I was in middle school (2008-10) and I always get one after on the way home cuz there was a Family Dollar that had it. Man I loved it. Haven't had one since....yeah middle school...
Wasn't Vault basically a "rebranding" of Surge?
nah there was a definite difference, to me anyway
A slight difference for sure, but it's not drastic, I feel.
Let my nostalgia have this
Lol, k
My understanding was it was meant to be Cokes answer to Mt. Dew.
Well, Surge is also made by Coke Co., and I was under the impression that Coke took Surge of the market due to all the "soccer moms" complaining about the caffeine content of the soda. This was before the rise of energy drinks. So they rebrand Surge as Vault, and cut down the caffeine content. That way it could be marketed as regular soda.
Now that energy drinks have become so huge, fan demand has brought back Surge, and the Vault is gone.
I really miss Mountain Dews original energy drink MDX, it's still the only energy drink ive had that just tastes like a regular soda, also the fact it's neon green color always seemed like one step away from being actually luminescent.
They sort of brought vault back, Monster Mutant soda. It tastes just the same with the same gimmick.
Yes! It could be a totally different drink for all i can tell, but it tastes exactly like i remember Vault
I really think it's the same! Coca-Cola owned Vault and owns Monster!
The 711 near my high school sold Vault. There were 2 flavors: red and blue. They were in those giant 32 oz resealable cap cans like big ass monsters. This was only 5 or 6 years ago. There may be hope for your gf yet.
Don't forget JNCO jeans with ridiculously wide legs.
I never had those but I did have KikWear
I imagine you have spent a lot of time in the corners of darkened basements, hovering over a sound system with a glow stick.
I had a whole "actuallyyyy" typed out but yea basically I guess.
I only have this image of you because i've been there, and your list just gave me some serious nostalgia.
i was wondering how many people connected those dots, haha. "yea, i used to put vaporub on the inside of surgical masks, why?"
Vault got me through the first few years of college.
Vault may have kept me from starting college
Small candy shops should have those cigs. They aren’t the same though. Either that or I don’t really remember cause my parents would never get them:(
If you're ever in Cook's Forest in Pennsylvania, several of the touristy stores have candy cigarettes.
I used to love Vault, but I settle for Surge. When I can find it. Which nowadays is never.
I had to message Coca Cola the other day because it used to be everywhere and now it's nowhere around here unless I want to spend $15 on Amazon after buying a damn Prime membership.
Gas stations in bumblefuck (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) frequently carry candy cigarettes.
Drinks like a soda, kicks like an energy drink....I miss it too
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Ha! I quit the beat juggles years ago and now I'm on 4 Pioneer cdjs like most everyone, but yes there was a time. My 30 year old mk2's sit in their flight cases now, but I kept all the vinyl and they still run smooth as silk
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Very different. All the same knowledge required for digital but the added challenge of dexterity. Digital, it's just buttons and you press them and they do the thing you want. Vinyl is a martial art. The correct pressure, exertion, speed, and lightness of touch can't really be explained except through doing it over and over. Before, I always wondered why scratch djs made such weird hand gestures like they were trying to look cool, but it's all a side effect of getting the record to do what you want. YouTube is your friend.
The good thing is, any shitty vinyl works for practice, so wear out that 25c Kenny Rogers shit you found at goodwill. Practicing on crap records will tell you quickly why scratch records are made the way they are.
Once, years ago, a company donated a pallet of recently expired vault to the Boy Scout camp I worked at. We couldn't give it to the scouts cause it was expired, so us staffers drank it. And pretty much nothing but it. We had camp set up in 6 days flat for what should have been an 8 day job. Afterwards we all felt like shit and swore off energy drinks all together.
Have an upvote for my jealousy, that was probably the last Vault on earth
I remember waking up at 4 am to watch Ronin Warriors on the Old Cartoon network! Ronin Warriors! Yeah!
I find it quite sweet that your initial response is about making someone else happy. You seem like a good person.
I'm an average person in love, does that count
Good enough for me!
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Never heard of it but gimme some
Let's not forget that they also made a diet version of Vault, for those of us who don't want all of the calories. Surge Zero needs to become a thing.
i wouldnt sleep for a week if they made that. Vault Zero instead though, just because it sounds cooler
Ronin Warriors
Holy shit. I only vaguely remember anything about that show, but I remember loving it as a kid. I may just have to watch it--good or bad--just for the nostalgia factor.
its pretty bad but the nostalgia effect hits deep
Vault was good.
There's candy cigarettes here at the Petro chain gas stations
My sister found some candy cigarettes at our Big Lots or something by us. I got like four cartons. I'm ready for prison, friends.
For a while, I was going out when my buddies would take a smoke break, and go hammer a nail with them.
My parents were smokers when I was a kid and the convenient store in front of our neighborhood sold candy cigarettes. My siblings and I would buy a bunch and pretend we were our parents. When they found out, they were pissed but it was also a wake up call that they needed to quit. Been almost 20 years now I think.
this is why im surprised so many places still sell them, i thought for SURE they would be illegal by now
Ah, damn! Nothing like getting home from school, meeting up with my next door neighbor and chugging vault while battling Pokemon.
You can literally buy SL-1210 MK2s new in box all day long, though? The only difference is that it’s dual voltage since it’s a military base model...
I buy candy cigarettes from Amazon all the time. It's like 10 bucks for 24 packs of them.
How old are you? Fucking loved Ronin warriors.
Oh god caffeine pants. So many bad memories all came flooding back to me.
I was gonna say "phat pants" but.. those are not the same thing lol.
Wow never heard of caffeine pants. I think of some pants you put on and get a slow infusing of caffeine over time. Don't forget to take your pants off six hours before bedtime.
Oh man do I ever miss vault. It was my go to
Welp. I'm pretty sure I knew you in high school.
God I hope not, I was an idiot in high school
More evidence.
"The world will be covered by a wicked dark shadow, but the Ronin Warriors will come to save it..."
Old school Toonami high five!
Technics released a new turntable that’s essentially the mkII, so technically still being made, but it costs an ungodly amount of money for a turntable. I wanna say like 2k.
Yea, another comment said the slightly updated was 1500 or 2k and the straight up copy was even higher at like 4k
I showed my son Ronin Warriors on youtube because I loved that show as a kid. Man it did not age well at all. I was embarrassed.
Yea it's not good. Probably wasn't good back then and we didn't know.
Ronin Warriors were the real Power Rangers. Respect.
I'm gonna piggyback off this comment and say:
I miss small trucks.
Little Tacomas, Rangers/B-series, s10s, and Nissan trucks that were vaguely car-sized and got decent mileage are dead and gone stateside.
Small trucks were the best. Stuff like the Hilux or the Mitsubishi Triton, where you could still haul a few boards or some dirt, but it was small and easy on the mileage. Now there are trucks called the Tacoma or the Ranger, but the new models are bigger than my old Sierra and that was a full-size when I bought it. I missed a chance at buying a great condition Triton a few years ago and I've been kicking myself for it ever since.
I feel like the newer small trucks are bigger than the old regular sized trucks, but I thought I was alone. A modern Colorado pulled up next to my grandma's 95 Silverado, and the Silverado is an absolutely massive vehicle and the Colorado just still seemed even bigger, and that is the "small" truck???
I drive an '02 Sierra, which is the next generation Silverado after yours. I park next to someone's new model Colorado at work, and I swear it's the same size as my truck, even being taller. Pickups in the states only come in "mid-size" and "large" now I guess. I haven't seen anything I'd actually call small in years.
I just remember the s10 seemed significantly smaller back in the day that the Colorado seems now. I think the Colorado is the perfect size honestly, is the silverado like an xxxl truck now? XD because those look like aircraft carriers on wheels.
I drive a 95 suburban XLT, it is a massive 8 seater with room for a 4x8 sheet of plywood in the back, it is a massive truck with a big 350 smallblock V8 getting about 14mpg.
I had to get the transmission replaced and rented a "medium truck" from Enterprise.
Medium.
I am 6 foot 2.
I literally had to climb into the truck, I had to throw one leg in, then using the steering wheel and headrest to haul myself up and into the seat.
It was a 2018 Dodge Ram pickup.
the top of the bed came up to my shoulder. It was completely useless as a truck.
And the ride quality was absolutely abysmal. It was like riding in a truck with zero suspension.
Most people I know with this enormous trucks don't even use them as trucks. They would not be any less able to do the same things in a Focus. Hell, they'd save money and probably be better off. But they WANT it. They just want the biggest, most obnoxious thing they can because they just do. I don't get it.
What is the point of spending $50,000 on a truck that is barely even a truck? They're more like 4x4 luxury sedans at this point. With terrible gas mileage. My uncle's Ram has a bed so short I couldn't even use his truck to help me move my couch. A fucking fifty thousand dollar pickup truck couldn't haul my couch without like half of it hanging off the back of the bed. I think I've seen Ferraris with larger luggage bays.
S10s were the shit
They still make and sell them, just not in the US. We have CAFE standards to blame for the disappearance of compact trucks and affordable wagons from the US market.
I blame both the chicken tax and cafe for the death of the small pickup, bit if I'm honest I still blame the American consumer for most of it.
Even if there were small trucks available, with the proliferation of comparatively sized crossovers and SUV's, I doubt people would buy enough of them to create sufficient demand. If people really really wanted small trucks, manufacturers and legislators would figure it out, but the reality is that small, cheapish, fuel-efficient trucks wouldn't have the demand, and if they did, they would cut into the big three's major profits from selling their luxury trucks.
IMO the demand would be there, still is there, if only they were significantly cheaper, which they otherwise would be; however, between the chicken tax and CAFE penalty, they'd be uncompetitive with a comparably priced SUV/CUV/crossover that's better-equipped and more versatile for the same money. That also explains why luxury trucks and wagons still sell here; their higher price with CAFE penalty is justified by luxury amenities and premium brand cachet.
I wanted a Ford Ranger, but why would I pay the same price for a Ranger as a full sized Tacoma Prerunner with the same exact mpg?
That's exactly my point. Without the CAFE penalty, the compact Ranger would be far cheaper than the midsize Prerunner, which doesn't have the same penalty because it has a larger footprint size with a lower MPG target it has to meet.
There's a tendency among car guys to overblame government policy/related "do-gooders" for things they don't like, but the fact is that the shorty compact trucks were being made exclusively for North America - other countries got them as single cabs, but with an 8' box on the same chassis (thus, "footprint") as an extended cab/6 1/2' box and crew cab/5' box. There just wasn't enough volume to continue the short chassis profitably.
I have a 2wd 2004 Tacoma extra cab with 130k and it's paid off. I consider 2004 to be the last year of Toyotas true mini truck bodies. I am keeping that thing for the next decade.
And when that decade is up, I'm gonna drop the same amount of money it would take to buy a new Tacoma, buy an Australian turbo diesel motor and put it in while refurbishing every other part of the truck. Boom. Better fuel economy, more power and useful load, I can even do the vegetable oil conversation I've always wanted to do.
My very first vehicle was a single cab 1986 Mazda B2000 with a 5 speed transmission and that little truck was awesome. You couldn't kill it no matter what you did to it, it got 25 miles per gallon, and could haul 30 bags of mulch no problem because it had a long bed. And it was did all that while being lowered 4 inches all around.
I miss my 99 Sonoma (sister truck to the s10).
My stepdad had an S10 when I was growing up, that thing was indestructible.
My last two vehicles have been a 2006 Colorado and a 2004 Ranger. I freaking love little trucks, more than anything else. Dunno what I'll do when my current one shits the bed...
You know what sucks about this?
I live in Texas and I've seen the Mexican Ford Ranger, which they don't sell stateside. Looked it up, they're only available in RWD and have 4 cylinder motors or diesels. Almost almost tempted to find out what it takes to get one imported grey-market style.
Edit: apparently they're back in 2019! They look kinda big.
I too live in Texas (check the username) and I just found out what I'm getting next. Thanks!
The Ranger is apparently coming back soon, like next year I think? I haven't done any research on this, just heard it from a friend...
Yup. It looks stupid as fuck though and is only 4 doors.
They're really only selling 4 doors? Why the fuck wouldn't they offer a single cab or extended cab so the box would be bigger? That makes no sense to me.
It's just the European Ranger they've had for the last few years. I really don't like it. My dad has an 09 extended cab. I'd love THAT Ranger with 4 real doors, but not the hideous European Ranger.
There's 2-door images on here: https://www.ford.com/trucks/ranger/2019/
Every modern car is like looking out of a goddamn pillbox on Iwo Jima now.
Looking at you Ford Taurus.
Friends and I called it a Ford Suppository
I read in another thread the other day that all of their vehicles sound better with anal in front. Anal expedition, anal probe, anal explorer, anal ranger.
Anal fiesta!!!
Anal Escape, Anal Interceptor, Anal Focus lol
Anal Fusion
Fuuuuuck that's good
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Anal Five Hundred
Anal c-max
Oh shit! I love it! Gonna get some of those chrome stick on letters and "fix" some friend's cars. 😂
lol for years I drove an Anal Applause. clapclapclapclap!
I believe modern parlance for that is called “twerking”.
Did somebody say Anal [Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker]?
Me and my brother have been playing this game for years! Not sure where we learned it bit it is a fun adult car trip game. I think my fave is the Anal Avalanche.
A bunch of guys just named their bands
Less so in Europe, but still not bad... Anal Mondeo, anal focus, anal fiesta, anal Ka....
I feel like I've seen that before a while back. Maybe it was a year? 2 years? Time flies,I can never tell with the internet. Anyway I guess things like that just sort of soak in and travel along threads to emerge somewhere.
I like Ford's Anal Flex, and Anal Ranchero.
Probe is a Ford car?
Anal F-150.
Works with the names on RV’s too.
Ford Taurus? More like ford sore-ass, amirite? . . . I'll see myself out.
*torn-ass
That's got nothing on the Camaro. That thing has about the same outward visibility as a goddamn coffin.
Ford has decided to eliminate the manufacture of the Taurus. In fact, they are eliminating all of their sedans from now on. With the exception of the Mustang, they'll only be making trucks, SUVs and crossovers.
Feel like I’m gunning down an allied beach invasion every time I get behind the wheel
Ugh yes. I get really car sick sitting in these damn tin can cars. Never had a problem with vans or buses, things with WINDOWS
Or a duck blind! 😂
I was shocked by the size of the windshield on the Scion XB the first time I rode in one. Even though it's pretty much the same size as a sedan windshield, the angle makes it look massive.
To be fair, a lot of this is due to safety. The car pictured in U/pittdude’s comment would fold up like tin foil in a rollover accident. Today’s cars are designed with beefier roll cages, and airbags everywhere. Those “side curtain airbags” are stored in the roofline and the a and b pillars, making them much more beefy to contain all of the mechanisms. Lesser aesthetics for more survivable accidents.
But then ironically because people can't comfortably see out of their cars anymore it's becoming a federal regulation to have backup cameras installed by the factory. We literally made cars safer in an accident by making it more likely that they'll hit somebody.
You live to buy a new car, manufacturer sees no issue.
I actually asked about this and it turns out it's a safety thing.
Yeah, being blind to 80% of your surroundings is super safe.
If you use mirrors and check your blind spot that simply isn’t the case.
I rented a car while on vacation earlier this year, a newer model Impala. Please tell me how I can check the blind spots when the A-pillars are wider than my hand and the back deck is so high that everything behind me is effectively my blind spot.
I had the same experience renting an Impala. You can't see a goddamn thing out of that car. Thanks for the "upgrade" Avis.
Now I intentionally always reserve a class of vehicle that won't be an Impala.
If the mirrors are positioned correctly, the blind spot is minimal. Just look out of your left and right window. Look, don’t glance.
Unfortunately that does not solve the problem of no vision directly behind the vehicle in this case. The rear view mirror only provided a view at an upward angle because of the angle of the rear window and back deck. And sure, there's a rear view camera, if you shift into reverse. That's great - if I want to look downward at the dash instead of having my eyes anywhere else. And side mirrors are of no help directly behind the vehicle, only on the sides.
Case in point: on lower vehicles that were behind me in traffic, I could not see drivers' faces. That's how badly designed that car was.
I work in car rentals, can confirm that Impala’s visibility is absolute garbage. Too many new cars have piss poor visibility all for the sake of style.
I have found Chevy's to be worse than others. And my wife's mini, I cannot for the life of me understand how a car that damn small can have such a large blind spot.
I'm poor I drive old shit cars. My mom drives a juke. They stylized it so that I have almost 0 visibility off her passenger and driver side rear wheels. And a tiny box window out the back further hindering my ability to see what is going on behind me.
Go drive a Camero, it literally isn't possible to set the mirrors up in a fashion that I would consider safe. I know all cars have blind spots, but you could park a bus in the blind spot of a Camero, complete garbage design.
I learned to drive in a z28. Figured I'd try one if the new Camaros. Pretty sure that's what it feels like to pilot a submarine with those tiny portholes they call windows.
Yea, I agree with this totally. The time I drove one I was scared to get on it because I couldn't see a fucking thing.
You'd say a Camero has 80% of visibility obscured?
At least. And out the back window it's more like 100%, unless you like looking at the sky. If you adjust the rearview mirror, and are a bit on the shorter side to begin with so your eye level is below it (I'm 6'3", so dreams of owning a sports car are dead until I can afford a roomy luxury GT like an Aston Martin or Mercedes AMG coupe), it's a bit better in that you can sort of see the roofs of most crossovers, but nothing smaller. That car shouldn't legally be on sale, honestly. I'm not well-read on NHTSA regulations, but there's got to be a requirement somewhere that a car have a somewhat functional rear window. The Camaro has what is essentially a low rear sunroof instead, and it's the size of a tank slit. Maybe they just slid by with the bare minimum that's technically still legal.
It also has what are probably some of the widest C-pillars ever to go into production, only the Dodge Challenger, Honda HRV, and Toyota CHR are worse. They looks okay from the outside because of the way the windows curve up to meet the roof, but from the inside, they're easily 1.5 feet wide. There basically are no rear side windows or quarter-windows, except for a tiny token hole that's functionally an extension of the front side windows. To be fair, the 2019 redesign actually appears to have fixed the rear side window problem, but it made the ornamental back window even worse.
If cars these days under-prioritize vision this is exactly the logic that causes it. No matter how poor a driver's vision is, they're still supposed to make themselves aware of everything around them at all times, that's basic responsible driving, right? The driver gets all the blame if they cause a crash. Even if it's totally unrealistic to expect everyone to perfectly, responsibly adjust for terrible vision all the time.
When a car manufacturer gets zero blame for a crash happening, but all the blame for their car not having maximum crash resistance, they might end up having to make cars with skewed priorities.
All I can say is that I have never had the issue you are describing, even driving vans with significantly less visibility then you describe. Visibility isn’t terrible in modern cars if people actually drive carefully.
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You've never had visibility problems?
No, I have never had an issue with visibility that doesn't hem from the actual road conditions (i.e. blind turns, snow), or from me not carefully taking my time when checking blind spots. I am not claiming to be a perfect driver, if anything I am saying my mistakes are more often my own than not.
Im too tall, any car i drive in has the rear view mirror hanging in my view and the sun visors too most likely.
It's not just rear view it's also front. When stopped at an intersection, the driver's side A pillars of the new cars block the entire left-side view of the crosswalk because they're so thick/shallow angled and the window beltline is so high. Crossing pedestrians/bicyclists get completely obscured from view when stopped at an intersection now.
It wasn’t that it was strength during a crash. Especially the higher windows and thicker pillars. I asked because it annoys me that I can’t comfortably rest my elbow on the edge of the door like I could with my old car.
Anyway, that’s what the dude said, IDK.
If my windows were that large in my camaro I would be pleased lol. It's like driving a submarine with a periscope
I would recommend Subaru for good greenhouses. My STi has the best greenhouse/ view out of any car I've been in.
It's one reason my parents went with a Forester: no other SUV had such good views. (Even the sunroof is huge!)
This is because, as Mr. Regular Car Reviews put it,
"On June 1, 2000 with the NHTSA's ruling report, a precedent was set requiring a car's roof to be able to support the weight of the car in the event of a rollover crash."
https://youtu.be/gw-3zLZheII?t=159
https://icsw.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/rulings/roll_resistance/#a_ssf
A fat person on steroids?
My sides
My civic seems okay. My grandmother's BMW in the other hand...
Yea wth is with the huge moulding on both sides of the front window? Such a freaking blind spot.
Best fucking analogy.
"Pearl Harbour didn't work out so we got you with..." car designs.
God, this is so true. I have a Prius which has been my dream car since I was 15 (I dream big, I know) but it has SO MANY blind spots I risk slaughtering pedestrians on the daily.
That was poetic +1
I used to have a 1996 Buick Park Avenue, and I loved that car like a child. http://strongauto.net/wp-content/uploads/images/1996_Buick_Park_Avenue_7730.jpg
The side view mirrors were tiny, but it didn't matter. A quick glance over your shoulder and you knew exactly what was going on all around you.
Now, I have a 2012 Nissan versa. I love the car but I gotta check 5 friggin times to see any cars around me before changing lanes because the pillars are so thick and the windows so small that I'm constantly second guessing whether or not I've gotten a good view of what's around me.
Almost ran over a jogger while doing a left turn at an intersection in my cousin's murano because the left pillar completely obstructed her till the last second.
These goddamn huge pillars need to go. I make myself dizzy looking around them so that I don’t kill people, and yet I still didn’t see a Mini Cooper pull out in front of me today while accelerating from a stop.
I have a Ford Escape, pretty good visibility even as a 5’2” person and it tells me when there’s anything behind me or in my blind spot.
I have one of those just standing outside my window (Buick Park Avenue) that my landlord owns, it's just been standing there for years (we live on a big yard(?) so his house is like 10 ft from mine) so it doesn't start but a month or two ago we actually got it running so I drove it around for an hour or two. Man that car is so comfortable!
He asked me if I wanted to buy it but I have a feeling he'll never fix it.. Everyday when I drive to work I just see it standing there decaying more and more, to bad for such a nice car..
Edit: I just looked it up and it's a -91 and in goof shape as well, it's a shame he doesn't take care of it.
I just switched to a 1994 Saturn and was amazed at how much I could see all around me.
My son drives a very similar looking car.
Its a 2001 Lincoln LS that we painted to look like a red Mustang with black racing stripes.
I thought I was going insane. The first time my parents got a sedan made post-2000 I couldn't see a damn thing out of it and of course that was when I was learning to drive.
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All cars being somewhere between white and black, no colors. Everything must be inoffensive, saaaaaaaafe.
Why aren't cars more high visibility colors? Everything is white, black, grey, or tan. Where's the electric blue and acid green? Only sports cars seem to get bright colors these days.
I really, really hate grey or black cars. Those colours always blend into pavement really well, and with how often dumbasses will drive with their headlights off in the rain or at dusk, it's way too easy to miss seeing some jackass hanging next to you in the left lane in a grey car.
Modern cars having larger blindspots than the average semi doesn't help matters either. The awful visibilty modern cars have is always a sore point for me.
Grey car owners who don't turn on their lights when it is cloudy can go fuck themselves. With a cactus if it is raining. That goes for white car owners when it is snowing out. I don't care that is 230 in afternoon when it is snowing no one can see you the lights are us as much as they are for you.
I really do not understand why people don’t just drive with their lights on all the time. Do you need them at noon on a bright summer day? No. Do they make your vehicle more visible to other drivers? Yes.
Like, my current job is literally driving. I spend about 40 hours a week in my car for work; never mind the driving I do for personal reasons. Cars with headlights on are always more visible than ones without.
Particularly dark coloured or grey/silver ones. Which, let’s be real, are like 85% of the cars on the road. And I’m probably being generous in my estimation of brightly coloured and white cars.
Anyways, the point is, I don’t turn my headlights off ever. (I mean, I also drive a dark red car. It’s really not the most noticeable thing on the road.) And I heartily believe that no one else should, either.
What do you think of those drivers who drive with high-beams on so bright they blind oncoming traffic at high-noon?
Unfortunately a lot of modern cars have headlights that are really expensive and a pain in the ass to replace. I turn my lights on as soon as it gets even slightly dark or rainy but I'm not putting wear on those HIDs when it's bright out.
Unfortunately a lot of modern cars have headlights that are really expensive and a pain in the ass to replace.
We need Right to Repair.
Here in israel it’s a law that you need your lights on 24/7.
Ugh, I had someone like this when I was merging today, in the rain. Guy had a brand new (grey!) Audi, there's no way that thing doesn't have just auto lights. You don't even have to remember to turn them on each time!
I see new cars all the time driving at night without lights on. There's a lot that doesn't make sense in this world but not using the auto lights is like top 5 for sure. PLUS there's an indicator on the dash when they're on!
Grey car owners who don't turn on their lights when it is cloudy can go fuck themselves.
I own a grey car, whenever it's slightly foggy I'll put my lights on. I don't want to be it because someone didn't see me. It's bad enough when people don't see me on a sunny day.
Most people buy cars off the lot, dealers order a lot of grayscales and muted blues because they're "meh" to a lot of people but not really "yuck" to anyone.
I'm guessing you live in a hot climate with lots of sun. That's why my truck is white. I was living in an area with a UV index of 12, so every little bit to keep the truck cool was necessary.
I live in Texas and drive a black truck.
Cars are one of the biggest preventable cause of death in most developed countries and you expect people to just... do nothing about that? Would you really choose slightly thinner collumns over thousands of lives?
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Holy shit yes. I sometimes drive an '05 Cobalt that has A pillars that are wide as fuck. You basically have to lean back and forth if you want to drive around a curve or a parking lot.
Late model Fusion here, I have a reoccurring anxiety attack whenever I imagine a small child with their hands in their pockets standing at my 10 & 2 o'clock.
I highly doubt having smaller pillars would reduce overall accident fatalities. They're there for a reason.
I had an '87 Volvo 240 that was all glass around and was one of the safest cars ever. Between 1990-94 there were no recorded fatalities in a 240. https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2014/08/25/40-years-of-volvos-240/
If it was so great, then why the hell did they discontinue it?! That car was awesome!
Because life is bullshit!
yes
Better visibility isnt going to make people look at their fucking phones any less these days.
I now honk at people I see playing on their phones and I don't stop honking until I see them set it down. I hope the public shaming makes them think about it in the future, and it makes me feel great to embarrass assholes.
Doesn't help for when they quickly glance up either...
Is that the year it all changed? I was wondering, we bought our first "practically brand new" car last year and it feels like I'm driving a tank with viewing slots, without the perk of sweet firepower. Lucky that my wife drives that car and does't mind, I have a 99 Jeep grand cherokee and the view from that is amazing.
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well our last car was a 04, the new one is a 14. So somewhere between that's for sure.
Best visibility cars:
94-99 Subaru Legacy
Yes, definitely. I love mine.
Same. My 99 legacy wagon is like a fish tank and I'm about it.
I miss my 96 Legacy Outback.
Two cars in a row now, I basically can't see out the back window. It's all side mirrors and backup cam, now.
I've always loved the look of a pillarless coupe
Mercedes still has two bodystyles like that. Not my style, but I’d hate it if they stop doing that.
Impact Safety Ratings rule the car industry. I fully understand the value of crumple zones and airbags and stuff, but holy shit some cars have horrific rear sightlines. You ever sit in a Mazda 3? Anything behind you might as well be invisible.
Give me a quick, maneuverable car with good vision and I'll be fine.
I drove a new Mazda 3 as a loan car, and I know what you mean. And it's not just the rear quarter visibility that sucks in new cars either, the A-pillars also keep getting thicker too - it made me feel like I had to crane my neck around it to check for traffic.
The thing is, I don't understand why visibility keeps getting worse - it can't be just because of crumple zones and airbags, because my 2006 Mazda 6 is a slightly larger car than a new 3 and has just as many airbags, but it doesn't have a particularly high belt-line and I can still see a lot more out of it than the new cars.
I got my 2016 Passat for this reason (one of many, actually) The windows are huge, and has thin pillars. The Fusion was cramped and small windows. The same for the civic and Camry. It is open and airy.
The pillars in the Passat are reinforced and the door pillars are so strong that you can sit on the door and it is fine. Plus it’s a super safe car. It might be bland but you have a lot of views.
I can agree with this.
Seriously. If I can’t scramble out of the window after a wreck I’m not climbing in to the death trap to begin with.
I had a 2007 VW Rabbit, had no problem seeing out of it at all. My mom's 2015 Focus hatchback is so hard to see out of the back, the top of the roof starts curving down making the back of the car shorter than where the seats are. Also the window starts curving from the bottom and that on top of the back seat headrests made me really hate her car.
MKV Rabbit/GTI are the shit!
The decreased window size is mostly (aside from the pillars) a design choice.
People want their cars to be a jack of all trades devices. It needs to fit five people and two dogs and then some room to haul, but also great mileage and enough oomph to have fun accelerating. It needs to be comfortable but also sporty. And it must make people wonder if you have lots of money.
To fulfill these schizophrenic expectations, car makers are turning to designers to fake this. And particulary the desire for every car to be sporty is what is causing the small windows.
AMEN!
YES! I used to have a 1990 BMW 325 and could see everything. Then I got a 2002 325 and can’t see nearly as well, and I know it’s better than lots of what’s out there.
Part of that is engineering to make cars safer in a crash.
In modern cars the roof and pillars are structural components and designed to minimize intrusion in a crash -- essentially a sturdy cage around the passengers. Plus they need somewhere to stuff the half dozen airbags and side impact curtains.
Part of the reason has been the more people buy SUVs and trucks the higher the average vehicle is and cars have to try and compensate which all just reinforces the arms race to the tallest cars and highest belt lines. If everyone still drove cars we would have lower belt lines.
YES! I'm so grateful I learned to drive in a 1990 Civic hatchback -- those windows were ginormous. Probably significantly increased my chances of making it to age 18.
I’m short. This affects me. I have a Subaru Impreza and I can properly see out of my windows, though I wish I didn’t have to raise the height of my seat all the way to do so.
I almost hit pedestrians turning left as my cars pillar was right where they were standing. It also blocks my view when turning left so I have to lean to the right when I turn.
So much this. I really don't understand the tiny windows. I miss my 90's era Festiva. I could see everything!
That last graph, the "perceived desire for larger cars" is so stupid. It was entirely driven by bad tax policy which let SUVs qualify for a tax break intended for US farmers buying big trucks.
Personally, I want the Echo back, standard too! It was really the ideal of simplicity, even if it wasn't the best looking. Only problem it had was when you folded down the seats for hauling long items, the opening wasn't large enough.
When I switched back to a base model Toyota Camry, I found most of these boxes checked. Coming from a Kia Optima SX Turbo, it was almost like a blast from the past, but now I'm used to it again and expect to see out my windows like some ancient dinosaur (I'm 34, so not the normal type to complain about this)
I agree with you so much. I love my 01 Forrester for this reason. It's like a goddamn bubble
All those cars that are examples are hideous, I’m all for better visibility but I’m so glad the fugly cardboard box style of cars is over.
This!
I always figured it was for safety. Now I know. Also, the thickness of the a pillars is annoying and dangerous. I assumed this was door the airbag but now doubting that.
It's so you can actually survive a rollover instead of being squished like an empty beer can.
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You can do everything right and still get fuckin wrecked by some other moron on the road with you.
And you can see just fine. Sorry you have to actually move your head 4 inches to check your blind spot, that must be so hard for you
No, you don't know.
That's an opinion piece. Yes, some cars take it too far in the name of styling, but larger pillars/bigger roofs is a good thing. The visibility trade-off is worth it much more often than not.
I was going to mention current Subarus as an example of decent windows, and that article mentions it!
Seriously though. 2018 Subaru’s are like driving in a fishbowl. And the carpet is a good texture for easy vacuuming.
We have a 2017 Outback and the windows weren't an insignificant part of the decision. Backup cameras do help, but it's so much nicer driving with those amazing sightlines. The front windows and minimal pillars are the best I've ever seen in a car.
Thank God someone else who says this. Everyone I talk to IRL about it thinks I'm crazy.
Visibility out if my 2006 F150 is good, but not as good as it was out of my 96. I rented a 2017 F150 while my truck was in the shop from a wreck. I couldn't see out of that thing for crap. The pillar in the front took up 3 times the space of my trucks pillar too.
I couldn't agree more. Sitting in a Crown Vic and then moving to the new Taurus is like night and day, in that the Crown Vic is like an open air greenhouse and the Taurus is like a tank with slats for windows. It's amazing how poor visibility has gotten in the name of styling and some safety regulations - you'd think being able to actually see out of the car would rank pretty highly on the safety factor.
I do have to admit though... it's hard to make a good looking car like that. All the examples they have of bad look fantastically better, aesthetically. A big part of it might just be that you could out-sell your competitor if yours looked better, and function took a back seat.
I followed your link and immediately felt validated to see the Nissan Stanza on there. I loved that car and couldn't really explain why - everyone always looks at me like I'm nuts when I say I would another one in hearbeat.
I've gotten in many of these new muscle cars and I fucking hate them because if just how blind you are in them. I think Camaros are the worst because just the cabin space itself is tiny but the car is huge!
I had to drive a Chevy impala a while back, good god the back window is so small, what the hell.
I want a weird, asymmetrical car. I think it'd be fun.
Hyundai Veloster?
I want something even worse! Like 1 seat for the driver up against the center line, and like 4 passenger seats in a line down the footpath side of it. Make it look like some sort of retarded Tetris piece
I'll take 10
And a bubble on top so you can see in all directions!
Gross
The newer Toyota Corollas make me feel so claustrophobic. The back window is tiny as, and half of it is completely blocked by the rear headrests!
My '95 Audi A4 is a car with less visibility through the back window. And it has broader pillars. And i have just 3 years driving experience. Parking feels like Dark Souls with Permadeath.
Amen my last car was a 2003 Saab 9-3 and I basically didn't have a blind spot visibility was so good
I owned a 91 dodge colt vista wagon a few years back. Shit was ugly but you could see EVERYTHING.
Modern cars absolutely suck huge cock these days. Unpractical and ugly af.
If I recall correctly, it's because the easiest way to make the car safer is to thicken the columns. So all the manufacturers are trending toward it and huge blind spots.
Blame modern safety standards.
The bigger pillars were done in 2000, so that people wouldn't die when they rolled their car.
I have an 04 forester that has like one blindpot that's not even that bad and I love it! I feel like I can see everything! My girlfriend on the other hand has a 15 dodge dart that's basically just a blind spot. You literally can't see out the back window at all. I fucking hate driving that car it feels so dangerous.
Have you ever been in a 2010 and up Camaro? Driving it requires a 6th sense so you can change lanes
Fuck the pillars
As a 5’2” person, looking at cars with small windows is a complete waste of my time. Car shopping has become a bit of a nightmare. I would rather have a van that I can see out of then a car that I have the strain in the seat to look out the passenger window.
Oh boy e30 visibility... I miss that pile o rust...
You want that or you want better safety standards??
It's crazy how I felt like a frog in a pot of boiling water, the change was so gradual I didn't really notice. Even with my s/o who owns several classic cars, and my parents owning very recent new models, I just put it down to general design, I suppose.
But when my parents bought a used 2010-ish Suzuki SX4, I was fucking blown away, it feels like you're in a fish bowl, the visibility is so good. I think it was more obvious because it's a more recent-looking car, but following more of the older pillar/window ratio and design.
I bought my Jeep Patriot in part because I could actually see out the back-back passenger window (not the window that actuates, the one behind that one, in the cargo area). I like SUVs, but in too many of them that area is a huge blind spot.
Now I'm mad because my parents have an E30 just rotting in their garage.
Dashboards that were flat enough that you could keep stuff on them.
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What about my solar hulaing koala??
It'll replace an eyeball.
Yeah, just do this instead:
https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/6fwnd2/this_new_age_idiot_who_wants_suicide_by_airbag/
Insta-heal from the magical crystals.
that's a risk I'm willing to take for the pleasure of tchotchkes.
tchotchkes
I have never once seen that word actually written out before now.
I had to google the spelling
The materials are flexible to absorb and deflect the energy moving from the outside of the car inward on impact.
And the energy moving from your face into the dashboard.
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I liken it to a bike helmet. After your helmet takes an impact it is done. Throw it away. Get a new one. It isn't absorbing any more impacts correctly.
I'm not arguing, just curious.. Maybe I've had low quality bike helmets my whole life, but how is a piece of Styrofoam with hard plastic around it done after one impact? The foam clearly isn't done yet, the plastic isn't cracked, what happens that makes it useless after one impact?
Even with cars collision auto repair is a massive thing that happens. Is the car less safe after it's crashed and been repaired?
Doing 5 weeks in a car touring a province, you learn to love a flat surface when the vehicle is not in motion. From meal prep to mock 'drive in theatre' with the laptop - it was so useful.
my buddy used to keep his cell on his dash in his old caddy that had a flat dash. Had to slam on his breaks and caught an OG android phone to the mouth. Chipped a tooth, split his lip.
If he slammed the brakes, wouldn't his phone keep travelling forward into the windscreen?
Partly why he had to brake so hard, he was flooring it in reverse
One would assume, unless he did it some other way and used that as a cover.
C'mon, we all know homeboy did that thing where he held his phone above his face in bed and dropped it.
Yes, and it can bounce.
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Catapult
Makes me laugh every time.
If it were a trebuchet it would do real damage
Yeah, I think they didn't want people's house keys imbedded in their faces whenever airbags went off.
My mom has a 2007 renault modus and it actually has a dedicated area behind the steerning wheel where the dash is flattened so you can toss your stuff in there and it's aweasome.
With decently sized glove boxes underneath.
Like this? I have one of those cone shaped coffee mugs that don't tip with the no slip stuff on the bottom and love being able to sit it up there.
My 86 Honda had an actual tray of a dashboard- handy when your drink tipped over because it kept the spill contained. Sort of like this one:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y112/XGRaViSmOrSX/prelude17.jpg
neat
The Hershey's smore candy bar. My grandparents bought them one time in a display box from sams and I never saw them again. They were chocolate covered grahm crakers with a toasted marshmallow filling that was amazing. I don't know if they were even that good but they were a special treat I got when I visited my grandparents and it would be awesome to share one with my grandma before shes not here.
I've seen something similar made by Russell Stover, I think it was. There is an original smore and a caramel smore. This is usually around the time they come out, too. Keep an eye out for them at your local grocery store. They are super good, even if they are hella messy.
The Russel Stover one is a regular item they sell at the checkout candy stand at Rite Aid. (Used to work there) Only problem is depending on where you are there probably isn't one near you.
I'll try one if I ever see one thanks for the heads up!!
those smores bars were only out for like 1/2 years. the russell stover ones are pretty close. i see em 'hidden' around checkouts a lot.
The Russell Stover ones are so good
Those are amazing! I only ever see them once or twice a year though for some reason.
Trader Joe’s has both a s’mores candy on sometimes a s’mores candy bar.
Next time i'm in a town that has one I stop by and try it out thanks!!
It SHOULD be out right now because they brought it out again for Summertime!
Well, I'll for sure be stopping soon. S'mores flavored anything is my vice. Thank the ice cream gods at DQ that brought back the S'mores blizzard. Now I just have to convince them to make me a S'mores frozen hot chocolate..
Dunkin might have that? Maybe?
I feel like you're right, but also I'm sure it can't compare to a DQ s'mores frozen hot chocolate. They had them last summer :(
Maybe DQ can make you one, then. Or maybe they'll bring it back soon.
That's what I was saying haha, I'll have to have them make me one.
Yeah if they’re the ones I’m thinking of, you put them in the microwave for three seconds and then it’s warm gooey marshmallow inside!
They stocked those in the vending machine of my dorm. I lived on those my freshman year.
Omg yes!!! What comes close is the Dairy Queen S’mores blizzard!!
I'll try that next time I'm in a DQ, i dont think it being ice cream will be the same but maybe it will satisfy my desire, thanks!!!
It's a m a z i n g
Stauffer makes a snores candy. Idk how similar it is, but I love it. I usually only see it around Christmas so keep your eyes open. The past two years I saw them jump on the jumbo candy bar bandwagon which is eh.
Sometimes you can spot them at a dollar store or Ollie's/Big Lots off season.
Never heard of Stauffers, but I'll keep an eye out thanks!
Your story reminded me of how my grandmother and I used to eat 5th Avenue bars all the time and to this day I think of her every time I see one. One of the first times I went to visit her grave at the cemetery I bought one to put on her headstone. I really hope you find the Hershey's Smore to share with her
That's beautiful, I'm sure your grandmother was a wonderful lady and would of loved you leaving that there for her.
Thanks for the thought, even if I don't its a special memory I will cherish forever, that old lady has done so much for me and I love her more than she will ever know because no matter what she always saw the best in me and supported me in what ever I did.
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Only saw S'mores kits, but thanks for the heads up!
Oh man, that reminded me of the Ritz sandwich snack crackers you could get, and one was an amazing s'mores combo. Mini Ritz Bites, or something? Just two small Ritz crackers with a layer of filling in the middle. There was peanut butter, s'mores, and cheese, I think. I'd eat whole boxes of them as a kid. (Which is probably why I used to be so fat...)
I don't know if they were even that good
No, no, they were that good.
I remember trying one as a little kid, and it became my favorite candy bar. I was devastated when they were being discontinued, so I bought the last three cases of them at the grocery store on clearance and saved them for a treat every now and then.
it also became my favorite! no one ever knows what the fuck im talking about tho ):
of everything in this post THIS is the only thing im still salty about
The ones from Starbucks are pretty good. They’re in season along with the s’mores Frappuccino. Hopefully soon
I loved that stuff! Was disappointed when Hershey quit making them
I remember as a kid we could get a Nestle chocolate bar. It was like a Hershey bar but better. I haven't seen them in years except the mini's in the holloween candy. They don't taste the same.
Also, it turns out that Nestle is the Comcast of the world, so that helped ruin the candy for me.
Oooh, Hershey’s Cookies and Mint was AMAZING.
YES. I loved these so much!!
These are a thing, but they're just okay: https://www.target.com/p/hershey-s-s-mores-crunchers-6-5oz/-/A-53225921?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&CPNG=PLA_Grocery+Essentials+Shopping&adgroup=SC_Grocery&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9017517&gclid=CjwKCAjww6XXBRByEiwAM-ZUILDTnpn5cQFsOaeGqc7epEyBnQc5VGkU1tqi3tf99XH_Et45-e7iexoCJ4AQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
This basically still exists -- the Cookie Layer Crunch I thought has a smore version? Could be wrong. Also there are smore Girl Scout Cookies.
You could take a look at this. They're pretty fucking good.
Apparently they also have full on Smores bars
Sounds similar to a moon pie, no?
Official candy bar of the state of North Carolina
Have you considered just making smores? Buy chocolate bars, grham crackers, and large marshmallows.
I've had smores since, its just not the same sadly, there was just something about these candy bars that were different.
Wow, it looks like my comment was down voted. I am puzzled at times by Reddit. I didn't think I was being rude, just thought that you'd have a good experience roasting marshmallows.
youre getting downvoted because compairing the two is basically blasphemy
i didn't down vote you though, you could never have known the gloriousness of the smores bar without ever having one.
I didn't down vote you, but I guess some saw it as rude idk, thanks for the suggestion but it's just not the same sadly
They are a pale comparison of the real thing.
Grab some graham crackers (real, not off brand), Jersey Milk chocolate, and a bag of marshmallows. Pure heaven.
Oreo Cakesters, the treat of my childhood.
Ohh i forgot about those!!
Thank you. Signed.
I miss them so much!!!
oreo ice cream sandwich is fucking amazing, it can work as a replacement.
Thank you so much, I’ve been trying to remember the name of these.
Why were they discontinued? They were so fucking good. I still kill myself over the time I traded my last pack for a vachon caramel cake. My parents had never bought those and stupid fucking me traded goddamn oreo cakesters for them. Little did I know those were the last packs of Oreo cakesters I would ever touch. :'(
The last time I tried them was at Sequoia National Park. I went there last October, and I looked in EVERY place I could in their cozy little market. No sign of them, and then I discovered they were discontinued. That was the day my childhood died.
I traded them to some older kid that was at the water park during a summer camp trip. I came home with the wrappers of the caramel cakes and my mom instantly asked about it. I told her what happened and surpsingly she got kinda mad that I was so dumb and got ripped off. She didn't know that they would be discontinued later but the was the last time I touched a package of one. I wonder why they stoped making them they were so good. Remember oreo straws?
Oh those were so awesome! I loved to drink out of those!
They still have a version of those in Japan. Japan REALLY likes Oreos and Kit Kats.
What?! Why does Japan get to keep everything cool?
Well I know where I'm going for vacation
I haven't seen them here in Japan for a while. I'm not sure but I think they discontinued them here too. However, the size of the cookie was smaller and taste wasn't the same as the American version either. Sometimes products from America are too sweet for Japanese consumers, so they lower the amount of sugar in the product. This was the case with cakesters.
Had somebody take a trip to Japan and I kept bugging them to look and they never saw them either.
If you end up coming across some I NEED you to send me some.
I’ll definitely send you a pm if I find any.
Check specialty stores like H-Mart, Mistuwa, etc. I know those two sell stuff like that.
Came here to say this, they have a ton of different flavors too.
Good cakes that stay moist on the shelf are really expensive. That's why Cakesters were discontinued and Hostess went under (and why new Hostess is dry and shitty. Cheap!)
Boooooo! I would pay more for the delicious moist cakes!
Bobby's got his first chest hairs?
I'm a girl
The commercial to Oreo Cakesters had a telephone game that started with "Billy's got Oreo Cakesters" and ended in that. I thought it would be entertaining to share.
Oh! I never saw that!
I just remember their beautiful taste and soft textures, before it faded away from my life.
Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiit thanks for reminding me of those heavenly cakes
Weren't those available 3 years ago?
I didn’t realize how much I missed them until I read this. Holy shit, they were good.
My heart years for them, even now.
Me, discovering macaroons for the first time: so they’re basically hard cakesters?
Aw, I used to gorge myself in the Golden Cakesters every other day after school. I still remember the "won't be restocked" sign that the big boxes had after a while, thinking I was safe since I only ever got the small packages. Good times..
At least I know I'll be truly happy should they ever return.
That is when I will known true happiness again
Yes! Those were the best!
The Oreo straws too. Those things were my crack
The new Oreo candy bar is pretty good. Basically the only candy i ate during my last pregnancy.
If you want something similar check out little Debbie fudge rounds.
No.
That's be cheating
MOTHERFUCKIN YES
The peanut butter ones where my favorite.
These were amazing, one one of the few sweets my mom would let me pack for lunch
I was trying to think of the name for those earlier today. Jeez, I miss those. So damn good.
YES. Oh my gosh, they were my favorite. Put ‘em in the microwave for a few seconds and they were incredible.
also oreo o's
Oreo Os are back! I just bought some a few months ago!
on some countries I guess
Starbucks had something like that recently
Yes. I have been mourning these for quite some time now.
SIGNED
omg those were so fucking good!
Um when did these disappear? I vaguely remember having 'em in my lunches in like Kindergarten
Wait, I remember regularly having these until I stopped buying them. I still see them in stores, I think. Last time I had some was maybe three years ago
FUCK. YES.
Was about to comment this. A few weeks ago I saw macaroons in the background of a TV show and it reminded me of them. I texted a dude from elementary school and we both shared the opinion that these need to come back.
Yuuuuuuummmm
These cakes were my favorite but I used to get the worst stomach aches from eating them. But wow were they worth it. 10/10 would stomach ache again.
I think I got diabetes just thinking about those
They don't make them anymore? I swear I've had Oreo Cakesters within the last two years at least.
Holy fuck I loved these
cant you get it on Amazon?
If only there was a way to answer that question.
(The answer is no.)
The lime Skittles. :-(
The worst part is they didn’t even warn us.
They had a fan vote, lime overwhelmingly won against green apple, then they just pulled the trigger anyway.
Damn that’s cold
Just like when blue raspberry jolly ranchers took away the lemon ones. They never warn us
I....I like the blue raspberry :(
That’s ok! Everyone gets to like their own thing. Lemon candy is just my favorite.
Omg I didn’t even notice that because I hardly eat them. But the lemon ones were so good! What the hell is blue raspberry anyway?
It's raspberry flavoured but coloured blue so you don't confuse it with cherry.
Except the jolly rancher blue raspberry tastes like chemicals or some weird shit. It’s barely edible.
Edit: since this isn’t a popular opinion I like raspberry, I do not like this, something must be off, lol.
I suppose you could argue that pretty much all candy doesn't actually taste like the fruit it's suppose to taste like. But I do remember, years and years ago, reading about why "blue raspberry" exists and it was just so there wasn't yet another red coloured flavouring.
I’m not even being particular about that, other blue raspberry is fine, it’s really just the jolly rancher ones have something about them I can’t stand.
I used to always get the blue raspberry ones, lol
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I found them online, but they are kind of pricy. They aren’t readily available in the St. Louis area. My wife sometimes finds them and gets them for me. It’s like gold in my eyes.
We had them in my dollar store a few years ago too. They've been replaced there by the awesome reds bag :(
I honestly had no idea lemon used to be in the regular pack instead of blue raspberry. The lemon one is delicious. It also doesn't stain your mouth with six ounces of dye.
I'm so fucking mad right now. I didn't even know there was lemon and I love lemon candy.
Seriously, find them online and try them. They are amazing.
Noooooooo why???
We didn’t even get to say goodbye :(
They still call the new shit "original" too.
Green apple is so over powering. I miss the way lime blended with the other flavors when you threw a random handful in your mouth.
A handful in your mouth?
Here I thought I was being gluttonous eating two of the same color at a time for XTREME FLAVOR.
Bro don't talk to me about Skittles and gluttony. One Christmas I was given two of those big, family size bags of Skittles. I'm fairly certain of two things. One: both of those Skittles bags were gone the same day. Two: I have diabetes.
RIP the surface of your tongue
U ain't even know
Two: I have diabetes.
Yeah, what kind of monster doesn't sort them by color, eating the worst flavor first, and saving the best for last?*
*This strategy can be amended if you have siblings or children who don't respect the process, and would then eat the good ones before you could.
Children who don't respect the process must be sold or adopted out. This is legal in 39 states and mandatory in 16. Nevada reimburses the costs.
If I am somewhere that they can be sorted, I will do do. If that is not the case, I will dump some into my hand, return all grapes to the bag, and eat the rest. Thereby saving at least the best for last.
If you can close your mouth all the way when you're eating, you're not really eating.
This is my strategy for steak.
Two at a time allowed you to make lovely flavor blends. Cherry and grape, grape and lemon, lemon and lime, orange and lime...
And now I feel like I'm being enabled in my addiction. :(
In college I ate an entire bag at once. In one mouthful. It was the most uncomfortably juicy experience of my life.
It's like freaking throwing an M&M into the bag, it doesn't jive with the other flavors. Come on Skittles!
OMG yes! And thank you!!! Nobody else I've met IRL feels the same way. I used to buy skittles all the time, but I completely stopped after the switch to Apple exactly for the reason you mentioned. Lime blended with all of the flavors to make a pleasant taste when a bunch were thrown into my mouth. Then they added apple and they fucked up the whole blend. I'm totally happy with a mouth full of a random blend of strawberry, lemon, orange, and grape. But you add ONE motherfucking Apple into the mix and it fucks the whole thing up.
God, I miss skittles but I can't buy them anymore unless I want to go through the hassle of removing all of the green ones before eating them.
I swear the green apple flavor rubs off on the strawberry....everytime I ear a red, it tastes just a little like green apple
The sugary flavor of the grape skittle really brought out the also sugary flavor of the lime.
Red and purple is the best combination.
*absolute worst. Yellow, green, and orange have always been the good skittles.
Marry me?
Exactly! A flavor that isn't great? Not the end of the world. Green apple, with an aftertaste that overpowers everything for the next hour? Ugh.
They taste like the smell of a crushed roach (not the bud kind either)
What other kind of roach is there
“When you threw a whole bag in your mouth”. FTFY
Some say they're all the same flavor....
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/01/08/575406711/are-gummy-bear-flavors-just-fooling-our-brains
I found out about the loss of lime by eating a bag in a dark theater, I assure you, they're not all the same flavor.
It's not just visual, it's also the scent. Your olfactory sense has a huge impact in the way things taste.
So they make them smell different but not taste different?
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I do not believe so
Smell is so strongly tied to your sense of taste that if you lose your sense of smell... your sense of taste pretty much goes with it.
There's a test/game where you plug your nose, close your eyes, eat a jelly bean, and try to guess which one it is. It's surprisingly difficult. You'd think that with "gourmet" jelly beans, which have such distinct flavors, you'd be able to tell the difference.
"How do ya like them apples?"
Not very much.
Yeah. When you see it, your mouth goes into that “oh, i'm preparing for sour” and you get that wierd feeling and a bunch of saliva in your mouth, and then it's bad sour.
It's bad and too sour.
It was one of the flavors that actually tasted like it was supposed to, too, since it had actual citrus acid from limes.
I go through and throw out all the apple ones (red ones too).
There is a glorious vending machine that lets you pick 3 colors and it gives you those in layers in a cup.
Where is this?
And is it only the original flavors?
Either way it would be all orange.
I saw it in a movie theater but it seems like they are scattered around:
https://reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/7na4nz/skittles_vending_machine_that_lets_you_mix_your/
when you threw a random handful in your mouth
I LOVE green apple!
The internet is literally the only place I've seen people trash the decision to switch to Green Apple instead of lime. literally everybody I've talked to has said that those lime motherfuckers taste like lysol
People hate opinions. Look at our downvotes lol
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Yeah, really fucked up that the orchards (full of apple flavors) has lime, and the original has green apple...it should be reverse! There's no better taste than a handful of lemon and lime skittles
To be fair, Darkside is the absolute king of Skittles flavors. But fuck I miss finding lime in the old, familiar red bag.
And then they discontinued Darkside. I swear they are just toying with us at this point.
It drives me nuts, because those things were so good. Best flavor they ever made and when they did the limited relaunch I stocked up like crazy. But those are long gone.
I really don't understand why companies are rushing to replace all things lime with green apple, either. Maybe it's just because I'm a citrus fiend but I think the lime is vastly superior.
It's basically because lime flavoring is more expensive than green apple.
And they were only sold at Wal-Mart. I never did get a pack of those... but I did get a letter about Long Lost Lime. Motherfuckers...
CVS had/has them
Really?! Damn. The letter I got said explicitly “ONLY AT WAL-MART”. That’ll learn me not to do my own research.
When they brought in the limited edition lime bags I waited for them to go on sale at my local Walmart and snagged a couple of the family sized bags for like $2.50 each. I still have one in my pantry for emergencies.
When did they do this?! I never saw them in my area (Texas).
A few months ago. They only rolled them out to specific states.
Walmart only, too.
They emailed me when they released it because I’d written in before complaining about the green Apple.
Only to find out they weren’t going to be available in California. Wth man! Why tell me you’re bringing back lime for a limited time, only to tell me it’s not available in my state?
Their marketing folks must have gotten a laugh out of my rant reply to their Announcement.
They are toying with our emotions... I keep hoping one day they will bring back the REAL original Skittles..
Orchards are really nice, and I haven't seen them in stores in a while.
They still exist here in Ohio. I just bought some yesterday. It threw me off because I got used to the Apple flavor.
Wal*Mart?
Yup. Haven't seen them anywhere else.
I actually bought a pack of orchard and original and swapped the green apple for the lime, recreated the true original skittles and it was wonderful
I haven't touched a bag of Skittles since they changed it. Still bitter about it.
Same.
I don't understand a company that could tap potential profit like this and give consumers what they want, but decide to just be like naw, fuck that. Too much work.
Listen to your customers!
Same. I'm not a fan of apple candy so the entire thing is dead to me.
Same, wtf is wrong with them fuckers.
Bitter about the sour for sure. They might as well make green wasabi flavored.
Me too brother. People hate-spammed their FB so much they shut down their comments in like 2015.
They're still in the darkside packets. Darkside is king.
still sour about it.
They just smell wrong now.
They now have bags with the origal mix.
Where??
They came back last year and it might have been a limited time thing though I remember seeing the big bags of em at a Walmart a few months ago.
They used to be my favorite candy. I won’t touch them now.
I wouldn't say bitter, they're still mostly sugar.
Move to the UK, we still have them.
How? I’m incredibly jealous!
those are our skittles
Aye, we never had the Apple ones which makes me sad
Yeah I'd much rather the apple for flavour variety, regardless of how much it fits with the rest of the pack
WHAT. Time to move up my trip to the UK and bring an extra suitcase dedicated to only skittles for the way home!
Get in amazon uk, they have 1kg bags I'm sure they could ship to America.
I've bought things from amazon us and got them shipped to uk so it can't be a problem
I will look that up! Thanks! I mean, I’m in Canada, but I’m sure it’s doesn’t make a difference. I’ve got a cousin in England, so worse comes to worst I’ll have to get her to ship me some.
Was in France last summer. Also still lime.
Yeah, but you also have the abomination that is black currant instead of grape
Sorry, by abomination you mean clear victor.
The last World Cup final wasn't even as clear a victory as the blackcurrant > grape victory.
I mean, the last WC was fairly close to be fair. 1-0 in the 112th I think.
And those mother fuckers have the gal to label packages with that green apple garbage “original”! I was legitimately outraged when I discovered this.
I get excited and examine the flavors every time I see this and my husband just sits there ready for the inevitable “BASTARDS! THESE AREN’T ORIGINAL!!” outcry/rant as we leave the candy aisle.
EXACTLY! Nasty apple lies, every one.
Jolly Ranchers did the same thing. Lemon is original, dammit! Blue Raspberry is using a fake ID!
AMEN! It’s why I no longer enjoy sour skittles! To the dogs with green apple, it’s my least favorite flavor. LONG LIVE ORANGE AND LIME MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
I keep seeing this, but is it only an American thing? In Ireland we still have Lime flavour.
Canada is green apple too and normally we get the commonwealth treatment on candy. 😡 Why Skittles? Why?!
Check the kosher section of your grocery store. Mine has skittle bags with lime still in them (and black currant instead of grape). Its great.
Wait...what? They disco’d the green skittles???!!!
I don’t eat candy anymore, but boy does this make me livid
They're not gone, they're just green apple now. They're fucking disgusting.
Literally the only time I've ever written emails to a company regarding their products. Lime was the best flavor. They still have them in the Orchard Skittles, but not everyone carries those. Plus, the green apple ones taste like garbage.
Me too actually! And I went the full 9 yards. I sent them a message through their website, and like 6 different social media sites. I’ve checked other packs, they all have something I don’t want in them. I just liked that no matter what, you could pull out any mixture of skittles, any number, shove them in your mouth, and the flavours would all blend and no matter what it was delicious. Now the green apple just makes everything taste like green apple. You could have one green and 15 other coloured skittles in you mouth and still only taste green apple. Doesn’t stop me from checking the “original” skittles every time I’m at the store even though it’s been like 4 years.
They also have them in Darkside Skittles! Darkside is the best. I'm pretty sure most places carry Darkside.
/r/fuckgreenapple
Adding to this, real sour skittles, the ones that ruined your tongue if you ate too many
The real sour skittles had a blue raspberry flavored one, too. Now it's just the same flavors as in the red package but sour.
but sour
That's being really generous
Uh, it's been a minute since I've had skittles. What on God's green earth were they thinking?
r/fuckgreenapple
While in basic training in 2015, I got an MRE that was a couple years old because it still had the lime skittles. I savored every last one.
This lead to me ending my skittles addiction.
I vape lime skittles now.
Come to the UK, our green Skittles have always been lime! Though you'll have to get used to the purple one being blackcurrant; my personal favourite but I know you yanks love your grape flavour over there.
Before I left for my year abroad in Canada I bought a Costco multi-pack box of English Skittles and filled every spare crevice in my suitcase with a pack - lasted me at least a few months of limey goodness.
I would love to try blackcurrant!
I love green apple Skittles, I was delighted when they made the change!
The weird Skittles commercials have turned me off the candy. The one whee the dude has Skittles pox, and the chick eats one.. gag.. I can't eat skittles without thinking of that.
Why do they have to put ugly people in commercials? I'm ugly as fuck, last thing I want to see is ugly people eating Skittles off each other. And more and more commercials have ugly people. Even makeup commercials are starting to put ugly people on.
Skittles did a limited release last summer through Walmart and apparently did it again this year. I didn’t buy three bags or anything when in stock in the Walmart site. Seems some other sites still have em for the original price
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This still bothers me. Why did they get rid of the lime? The sour apple just messes up the whole candy flavor thing they had going. It doesn’t fit.
I for one prefer the green apple
I bought got a pack yesterday because someone else commented on this. I tried the green solo and thought it was ok. Then I did the group test and I could tell it was different. I didn’t mind though.
THAT!!!! Fuck green apple. I just stopped buying skittles.
Me and my dad have talked about this a lot. Why the fuck are lime candies disappearing? Lime is objectively better than sour apple.
I disagree as a blanket statement, but totally agree with Skittles
Green Apple is so much better!
Am i the only one who likes Green Apple better? Green Apple flavored anything is awesome imo.
It’s not that I don’t like green apple flavor, but I liked skittles because I threw a handful in my mouth at a time and they blended nicely with the lime. Now when I do that I just taste green apple. Taste the ~~rainbow~~ green apple.
I’m not going to downvote, but I’m the opposite of you.
Don't get me wrong, I liked lime. I just like Green apple more.
No, it's my favorite.
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Skittles Wild Berry has always been my go-to anyhow.
They taste like the smell of windex to me????
I didn't like the lime Skittles, but apple is not an improvement.
Wal-Mart brought them back last summer, temporarily.
https://candybycolor.net/products/one-pound-of-green-lime-skittles
Green apple is bs. Original flavors is an outright lie.
You can still buy them
I’m still pissed about this. I sent an email to their customer service account back when they did this voicing my dissatisfaction.
I will separate the green from the rest and throw them out. I’m not fucking around. Those things taste like shit.
I haven’t had skittles since
I recently went to Europe and found that the ones in the UK are still lime!
But the purple ones are black currant which are really overwhelming tastewise so it's kind of a wash.
Do you remember the sour skittles with shrek on them lol
They have the lime ones in Kenya
We still have these in the U.K. !
Skittles in the UK, the green one is still lime flavour. :)
Heathen!
They’re still lime in the UK.
Wait what they got rid of the lime? I haven’t had skittles in ages and now I want them but my faves are no more wtf is this fuck you universe!
wait WHAT
Similarly, lime starburst
I miss the blackberry skittles, the grape are so nasty
There's been a general trend to change green from like to apple in tons of candy and I am not on board
WAIT!!!! HOLD UP!!!! FUCKING WHAT????????
And lime Lifesavers.
WHATTTTTT
I had moved abroad during the change. Europe still had lime, so I knew nothing of the controversy. I was so angry stepping foot back into the US, I wanted to move back.
They are still lime in england
still have them here in Ireland
Sorry. GREEN SKITTLES FOR LIFE!!!
I've never felt more anger than I do toward the person that made the decision to switch them to green apple.
They released them last summer temporarily. I hope they do it again this year
That day I said "those bastards" out loud in a convenience store run by an 80yo lady.
What. WHAT. When did they change this? I usually only eat the tropical/non standard skittles flavors. There isn't lime anymore??
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Skittles-Long-Lost-Lime-Skittles-Candy-14-Oz/808753300 not sure if still available but walmart may sell lime version.
They're still available at walmart.com (limited edition)
Green Apple for lyfe
Crazy story. So when I was a fat kid in middle school I ate alot of skittles, always had lime. Whatevs. I decided to get healthier, play football, stop eating candy and drinking soda, blah blah blah... Anyways, fast forward past college and here I am, eating a bag of original skittles for what I guess must be the first time in years cuz my buddy standing next to me is like "it's crazy that they brought the lime flavour back right?? I missed it---" he goes on but wait. What? I responded something along the lines of "what do you mean? It's always been lime.. and I don't even like lime. It's dumb. Why'd they make it a flavour in the first place? These are skittles not a Corona" .... We go back and forth until I googled it and was blown away. I love green apple.. how's I miss it for so many years just to be stuck with lime again..?
Green apple is gross as hell
You can get them in the Orchard flavor skittles packs
They have them in their "Orchard" flavor bag, but yeah. That was a cruel swap. Eff green apple.
Ok, is this a joke? This is the second time I've heard something about this, and I always thought all the skittles tasted the same.
Green apple fans deserve to burn in Hell for all of eternity.
Green apple > lime. I love green apple everything, it tastes like dish soap smells and I love it.
I’m sorry but we did NOT need three different kinds of citrus skittles
YOU didn’t.
Agreed. They should've replaced orange with cantaloupe or mango.
They came out with Dark Skittles for Halloween in 2014 that had the lime, they were amazing.
Fuck green apple.
All skittles actually taste the same. Just different colors and fragrances
fragrance is most of what we mean by taste, obviously they are all the same level of sweet and tart
Ephedrine.
You probably know this but you can get it, just behind the counter. It’s called Bronk-Aid. You have to show your ID and sign a book and there are quantity limits. Walgreens carried it as of a few years ago (haven’t tried to buy it lately).
Walgreens and CVS both still sell Bronk-aid behind the counter. It's about $20 for a 60-pack. It's not pure ephedrine, though - it has guafenisen (sp?) too. So don't take a whole blister pack at once or anything. You'll have a very nauseous heart attack.
guaifenesin
Yes but what if I want OTC stimulants without a side order of kidney stones
Sucks that you can't find this kind of stuff on reddit. Under specific subreddits. From people in Canada. Just sucks.
It's cool. I already have a kidney stone, so that ship has sailed.
Reddit just banned a bunch of subreddits for that kind of stuff
Taking magnesium citrate seems to significantly reduce the risk of developing kidney stones to almost none from the guaifenesin. I cycled with EC stack for a few months this way with no issues!
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Of course! This is the new America friend!
Magnesium citrate is essentially just an electrolyte, but I get your point.
Also a laxative.
And it destroys floor wax.
But it comes with a free frogurt!
The frogurt is also cursed.
Nice
Yeah, if you want to put it that way. You're not wrong. Though that statement implies all drugs are of the same nature.
OR PANCREATITIS SOURCE: GOT IT FROM BRONKAID CAREFUL MOTHERFUCKERS
Not always. Walgreens has they're own brand. Bronkaid also has a version that's pure ephedrine. Just look at the ingredients
You'll have a very nauseous heart attack.
Ow shit my heart attack will puke
And Primatene tablets.
They're slightly different. Bronkaid is ephedrine sulfate and primatene is ephedrine HCl.
Which one is better?
Also I'm pretty sure the stereoisomer of ephedrine used in OTC medication isnt the "fun" kind. IIRC you want dextroephedrine but the stuff at the drug store is levoephedrine.
Ahhhhhh. That makes sense because I thought I remembered it being an awesome pick me up, but I've tried all the brands and they feel junky- like taking a lot of caffeine, (or like adderall as compared to Dextrostat, which is actually the exact thing you're saying. )
Edit- to answer your question, none of them are great, but the Walgreens generic primatene has the most kick. And if you're making a stack, Jet Alert is the smoothest of the caffeine pills
+1 jetalert
I don't actually take ephedrine because I live in a sober house right now and if they piss tested me I'd pee dirty for meth.
IIRC it's just the % of ephedrine by weight, like 75% vs 85% (sulfate vs hcl) off the top of my head. In terms of appetite suppressant, nothing really.
I for one didn't know this, thanks!
It's both Bronkaid and Primatene. The latter is ephedrine sulfate and the former is ephedrine hcl. I'm pretty sure the OTC part varies state by state but it's been several years since I used it in conjunction with caffeine to help my cut.
What is the purpose of taking such a substance?
back when ephedrine was available at convenience stores in 500 pill bottles, I used them to help me breathe (asthma). They're a bronchial dilator and were loads cheaper than prescribed meds.
Bronkaid doesn't seem to work like the old 7-11 pills.
To answer you and /u/cowrevenge.
It's called an EC stack where you take it with caffeine; there's also ECA stack where you add aspirin because if you have a heart condition, then ephedrine and caffeine can be dangerous because it increase your blood pressure by constricting your veins due to it affecting your sympathetic nervous system.
However, as a healthy adult you should be fine. I took it because I go between cut and bulk cycles to improve my lifts along with my physique and EC stack acts an appetite suppressant. It helps with cravings and when I go out with friends because I'm in college and it's inevitable. That way I keep my diet on track. It also increases your TDEE but not enough to be a big difference. Some people say it also works as an incredibly preworkout, better than C4 or other products, but for me it just made me more focused during my lifts.
As with most drugs, you have to be careful with dosages and not rely on it long term. An inherent side effect is caffeine withdrawal should you stop because a normal dosage after slowly introducing it to your body is usually 25 mg ephedrine + 200 mg caffeine three times a day.
When I did stack, I started with 12.5 mg + 100 mg once a day for three days, then twice a day for three more days, then 25 mg + 150 twice a day for three days, and then finally cruise at 25/150 thrice a day for 3-4 weeks (I didn't want to take more than 500mg of caffeine which was fine). I then stayed at that for 3 weeks on 1 week of for anywhere from 10-16 weeks depending on if I was a dumbass and dirty bulked or clean bulked.
I would also like this information.
Weight loss.
Excellent anti-inflammatory and anti-mucus properties.
Wal-Mart carries it too but I haven't purchased in about a year. I think it's a 24-pill pack.
Good call on this!!! There's products marketed to be similar to it, but I've tried them and nothing is quite like the real ephedrine. That (along with diet and exercise) kept my weight now from 18-20. I wish I stocked up before the ban. Sucks how people who abuse it end up ruining it for people who have been taking it responsibly.
I could be mistaken, but I feel like using ephedrine for weight loss is not "responsible" use... It's not something a doctor is going to prescribe for weight loss. They would be more likely to prescribe Desoxyn, which is pharmaceutical meth, literally.
I know using it for weight loss is a lot milder than using it to cook meth, but I don't know that it would fall in the catagory of responsible use. Rough on the body, not good for the heart.
Agree to disagree it again. It was like phen phen to me (never tried it but I knew several people who used it what I consider responsibly).
Just my 2 cents.
I work in a Walmart pharmacy. We have bronkaid.
Depends on where you live, it's prescription only here.
Oregon? I have to cross the river every few months just to get some damn cold medicine.
Fucking asinine.
There was a bill written up to change it to OTC last year, but it never even got a committee hearing.
New Zealand, supposedly it was made prescription-only to stop people cooking P but there's more of it around than ever before nowadays.
Huh, so meth is nicknamed "P" in New Zealand. Any idea why they chose the letter P?
Pips is a colloquial term for meth in Australia. I assume the Kiwi's just shortened it further.
MethamPhetamine, probably.
I remember driving all night coming home from college with nothing but some random ephedrine pills and a single Mr Bungle CD to keep me company. I've done more than a few hallucinogenic drugs in my day, but nothing has stretched my sanity quite as thin as that night.
If it was Disco Volante then I'm surprised you're still with us.
Tell me it was California!
Not just any ephedrine—the "white crosses" you could get a bottle of 100 of at any convenience store near the Interstate highway.
If you haven't heard about it yet, there's s new-ish ebook about the largest distributor of White Crosses from that wonderful decade. Its called Gringo and its available on Amazon for like $3USD.
Its a great read for other reasons, but I'm also a biased (unpaid) fan of the author.
Is it "Gringo: My Life on the Edge as an International Fugitive"?
That's the one!
Cool, I'll give it a read
Shoot me a PM if you enjoy it!
Well, at least we solved that amphetamine problem though, eh?
[Laughs in adderall]
You laugh but you and your insurance pay hundreds for what used to costs pennies on the dollar
[Cries in adderall]
Combined that with a caffeine pill before hitting the gym. Many intense workouts were had.
The closest thing you can get to a real fat burner that doesn’t fuck up your shit if you use it right. Srs.
2,4-dinitrophenol
that doesn’t fuck up your shit
Take your support supplements with it and you'll be fine. As with anything, do your research prior to starting a new compound. Ephedrine has some cardiac risks associated with it.
But ephedrine doesn't have the risk of fucking cooking yourself to death with your own metabolism... This compound literally uncouples oxidative phosphorylation, the process that makes majority of the energy your body uses. It's terrifying.
I am well aware of the mechanism of action. I'm sorry that your cursory Google search scared you.
I mean setting aside it's mechanism of action, you shouldn't injest phenols. Phenols are cardiotoxic as well as nephrotoxic, probably some other toxicity too and they degrade proteins and they are pretty good at making oxidative specie. Not even a Google search bruh, just the structure gives me pause. Like seriously don't take this shit.
Ephedrine makes your heart beat faster. Your body needs potassium to make your heart beat. People who take ephedrine for weight loss usually are on a pretty severe diet also, so they're not getting enough potassium. Your heart beats fast, you run out of potassium, you die. So if you take ephedrine, make sure you get enough potassium.
Eat some bananas people
It also helps prevent cramps. Have you ever seen a monkey cramp? 🤔
This stuff is limited by the rate you body can dissipate heat. Literally you can use your own metabolism to cook yourself to death. Would not recommend...
So if I just stand outside in January until it wears off I'll be fine?
Probably not, the issue is that the process by which the mitochondria turn sugar to ATP is interrupted. The energy which should be made into a usable form becomes waste heat. The rate of heat transfer through the skin probably isn't enough to offset hyperthermia.
Even in wind chill temps that can induce hypothermia in seconds?
Don't take too much, then.
Mini thins? You could feel your hair growing if I remember correctly.
You remember correctly.
Now we just have to make do with Pseudo-Ephedrine.
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chronic sinus congestion issues
If you're using so much Sudafed per month that you hit the purchase limit, you're using it wayyyyy too often. Sudafed is meant for short term use only. Anything over a few days leads to nasty rebound congestion and you're stuck using it forever until you miserably wean off. Have you talked to your doctor about using actual approved treatments for chronic sinusitis such as a nasal corticosteroid and topical/oral antihistamines?
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I had this procedure done at my ENT called somnolence or something. They numbed the fuck out of my nose and my sinuses and stuck a little wire with some kind of microwave thing on the tip and they stuck it in each of my nostrils for like ten seconds and burned some shit. I guess they cauterized something in my sinuses. Immediately I could breath out of nose for the first time in forever, swelled up a bit and aches but pretty easy recovery. Now I barely have allergies and like 90 percent less sinus infections. Ask your ENT about it, I not sure about that name.
Will do, thanks.
Woah this sounds amazing
Astelin is an antihistamine nasal spray, but I believe it is prescription only. Might be worth looking into, though. Less side effects like drowsiness. Also, I always saline nasal spray, and using a neti pot regularly (just make sure you don't use tap water, or if you do, boil it first).
Local honey in clinical trials has had no better effect than placebos.
Bees take pollen from brightly colored flowers, which are rarely responsible for the seasonal allergies most people experience.
Here is one trial.
I retract my statement! I worked as a nurse for an allergy doc for a while and she recommended it, but she was also a cunt, so I guess this makes her a stupid cunt.
Yeah I hear it all the time as a pharmacist. It's an idea that has been around for a while. Even when I tell people in my pharmacy that it doesn't work about half of them are insistent that it does... 🙄
Either way, placebo can be a powerful thing so I don't work too hard to convince anybody if they already believe something that isn't likely to cause any harm.
Adding on to this, Dymista is Flonase + Astelin, and it’s magic.
Oh that's awesome to hear. We have a bottle of Dymista that's been sitting on the shelf for months unsold... I'm half tempted to get a prescription for it just to try it out myself, lol. It seems like it could be really useful, I don't know why it's not prescribed more often (other than being brand name).
Yeah, that’s likely it, I’ve had trouble getting insurance to approve it recently :(
Aww. Maybe you can use the flonase and astelin sprays separately, one after another? I don't know if that messes up the efficacy though.
Also: if your insurance isn't medicaid, medicare, or TRICARE, and it covers the med (but is still really expensive) you can try using the savings card: http://www.dymista.com/en/savings-card which brings it down to $29 per month.
Thanks, those are great suggestions!
Astelin is the worst tasting medication I've had, by far.
It really is disgusting, but if you’re tasting it strongly, you’re using it wrong. When you insert the nozzle into your nostril it should be angled towards the outside, not directly back. After you spray and inhale, you may taste it a little bit but it’s not nearly as terrible as when you aim directly into your nostril!
1) I would give the oral antihistamines another go, especially because there's so many new ones available these days without drowsiness as a side effect (fexofenadine i.e. Allegra, desloratadine i.e. Clarinex, levocetirizine i.e. Xyzal). Unlike older generation anti-histamines, these are drug metabolites and specific active enantomers, which reduce the likelihood of side effects and (theoretically) increase effectiveness.
2) In addition there are nasal antihistamines and mast cell stabilizers like azelastine, cromolyn sodium, and olopatadine which can also help reduce inflammation without any drowsy side effects.
3) If Flonase isn't working for you, there's about a zillion other steroid nasal sprays available, many of which may be stronger or more effective for your condition. Definitely speak with your doctor about that! I happen to also have a hugely deviated septum and have been prescribed nasal steroids for it - I've found that some work better for me than others.
I hope you find some relief! Not being able to breathe through your nose is miserable. :(
fexofenadine
I've tried this one, and it did help with mucus reduction, but breathing was still difficult through my nose. I have no allergies, just narrow sinus openings and the deviated septum, so it's more of a structural issue that gets exacerbated by colds. Blocking histamines doesn't affect this, unless I've got a cold/sinus infection/excess mucus production situation going on, because histamines aren't causing swelling. My doctor said that pseudoephedrine probably works better because it shrinks the sinuses through vasoconstriction, widening the sinus openings and septum-obstructed nasal passage just enough (even when there's no swelling to start with) to improve airflow.
As far as I can tell, my "normal" is similar to refractory congestion. If I go a few weeks without Sudafed because the symptoms are relatively mild, it feels exactly like what people describe when they talk about this.
Get a prescription for the PSE and it won't count against your monthly/yearly purchase limits.
Yup, that's what I do. SO much more convenient, and that way lets you pay for them with your FSA funds if that's an option for you.
The only thing is that half the time, the pharmacy tech gets confused and is like "Oh...uh, I didn't fill that because your insurance didn't cover it." I'm like well, yea...it's still OTC... And idk why but Walgreens won't let me use the manufacturer's coupon for Claritin-D when it's Rx (they almost always give you one for your next purchase in the box it comes in)
There are some really funny laws regarding discounts and prescriptions.
I'm a pharmacist and we generally don't fill first time prescriptions for OTCs because about 3/4 of people don't get them. I'm not breaking a package that I'll never get rid of to fill a 30 count prescription when it only comes in 14 or 28 count boxes for example. I don't want to label something I'll never be able to sell because it's been labeled and a patient didn't want it because they'd have to pay for it.
That's for first time prescriptions though. If you regularly do pick up that Rx then yeah I'll go ahead and fill it. I don't know why the staff at your place wouldn't.
Shit, I wish I could at least find Pseudoephedrine. Its prescription only here, so Im stuck with bullshit phenylephrine.
phenylephrine
Why do people buy it?
Don't tests show that it works exactly as well as a placebo; so you may as well just swallow a tic-tac or something.
Yep, but even a placebo is better than nothing.
by definition, it isn't...
EDIT: I mean from a measurable perspective, it isn't better. now, if people feel better after taking it and there's a psychological improvement, then sure I guess it's better than nothing.
Taking nothing wont change the way you feel, taking a placebo can. So really the definition is different.
Most people don't know that it does nothing so at the very least they'll feet some decongestion from the placebo effect, which is literally better than taking nothing and having no improvement.
Placebos still work when people know they are taking a placebo.
Yep, but even a placebo is better than nothing.
Yes - but people know that phenylephrine is exactly as effective as a tic-tac; so it will work just as well.
I've read a couple studies that show even if people are aware of a placebo, the placebo still works.
Yes - but people know that phenylephrine is exactly as effective as a tic-tac; so it will work just as well.
I think we just said the same thing.
It will work exactly as well as a placebo.
u/yatea34 in my country (Australia) cold & flu products with phenylephrine are the only ones marketed, and many people genuinely don't know any better
Yeah, it blows. But sometimes they got some extra shit to help you pass out or whatever.
I personally hate the stuff, it always fucks with my blood pressure.
I'm in New Zealand and I miss pseudo-ephedrine. They stopped selling it at all here because it's a precurser for meth, but I really wish I could still get cold medicine that actualy worked.
I’ve seen this a few times, but I’m still not entirely sure what people used it for. Could someone explain it to a laymen?
It is a stimulant and decongestant. It wakes you up, gives you energy and clears your sinuses.
It's also a critical ingredient in the production of crystal meth. It was banned some time ago (maybe 2005ish?) and around that time, meth prices skyrocketed and meth quality plummeted as meth-makers had to switch to psuedoephedrine (Sudafed) in its place.
Qualudes too!
I'm not a meth head, I just wanna breathe.
This guy congests.
It’s available with no prescription in Brazil. Thank god
I used to have a high energy job and just before the busiest hours I would take some. Not only was I fast and efficient, I used to do jumping jacks during lulls. When people saw me take it I would say it was vitamins.
There are a few Canadian online sellers who will ship it worldwide, even states it's prescription only. Only 8mg tablets, but it's not expensive. Vitasave.ca I've had good luck with.
Huh, I didn't realize there was an issue with it in the USA. In Canada it's perfectly available.
Meth
Does it burn up all of your carbs? Does not having it make you decide to get cheese fries?
Yes!...if you mean Ephedra herb imported from China, sold in various formulas from Chi Power to Herbal Ecstasy. Great shit, I didn't understand then why it was banned. Now I know that a few kilos of it could make ounces of meth. I imagine US LE knew this back then.
Ephedra wasn't banned because of meth production. It was banned by the FDA because of side effects and poisonings.
I recognize the stated reasons for the ban voiced by Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson: "This FDA rule reflects what the scientific evidence shows -- that ephedra poses an unreasonable risk to those who use it," said in announcing the ban in February (2004). " I consider this utter bullshite, myself and hundreds of thousands of other US citizens used the herb safely for 20+ years prior to the ban. Only upon learning that it is a very cheap and high-yield feedstock for meth production did I, personally feel I understood the real, unstated reason for the ban. You can come to your own conclusion.
Seeds and plants are still completely legal. You just can't sell it as a supplement.
Wow, thanks, I see that now. This should have been obvious to me since I know that the FDA can ban the use of a substance in foods or drugs or supplements, but it takes an act of Congress to ban a substance entirely (and if it's considered a drug that's enforced by the DEA). I've done some searching and legal or not, it sure is hard to find now.
Let's find some and down a handful then follow it with 5 or 6 Four Loko!!!
Rite Aid also has it
My god do I ever miss yellow jackets and mini thins. That shit would get you high as a kite for like 4 bucks.
~~Mini thins are just caffeine pills, I think.~~ But Yellow Jackets were great! They were mostly just ephedrine pills. They helped me work 12 hour midnight shifts for a long time, back in the day. Now they don't sell ephedrine pills at all (here in Illinois). The Yellow Jackets brand tried to continue with "herbal ephedrine", but whatever that is, it is just worthless garbage. It is a shame they are gone.
Mini thins were 12.5mg of ephedrine. 2 of them weren't quite as good as a yellow jacket but they'd get the job done in a pinch.
Fyi: its sold Otc as asthma medication still. Just gotta look for it at your local pharmacy
Y'all are crazy . You can still buy pure ephedrine from the drug store. It's just behind the counter
It's just ephedrine extract now. You can legally buy it from Amazon. I never had the original but the extract is pretty potent stuff.
Original scrubbing bubbles.
What happened to it? Now it's a shitty spray that isn't even effective.
The answer to that question when it comes to cleaning products is usually either; it caused cancer or my personal theory, it worked too fucking well and people didn't buy enough of it so we shittified it so you'd have to buy twice as much.
the Walmart strategy. They design products with the perfect amount of shittyness to eke out the tiniest bit more profit. I got a snow scraper for my car, the brushes are about 1-2 inches shorter in length now. Also 60% USP isopropyl alcohol. Like not 70, they lowered theirs to 60 and made the bottle smaller. C'mon!
Plus, the ice scraper chips real easy. Just from scraping the ice!! Then it's useless. I have to resort to a 20 year old hand scraper, it has no brush, but is smooth as the day I bought it.
I'm still using the scraper/brush that my parents got for their car before it became my car as a teenager 20 years ago...
Or someone has figured out how to make meth with it so they had to take out some of the active ingredients
And to make it worse, meth is as plentiful as ever...think about all the products we lost to combat something that is still kicking.
Yea used to be a dime amount now it's like half the can to even get something fairly clean.
That stuff still smells like it causes cancer to me. Hate it.
Yay capitalism! /s
Spic and Span powder. That stuff cleaned everything! I can only find the liquid and it's just not the same!
Bar keepers friend, any form, is the god of cleaning.
The hardware store near me sells the powder in a box.
What! Where is this?
The midwest US
Same size box as BORAX.
Darn, I'm in Canada. Well I guess if I'm ever down that way, I'll take a look for it. Thanks for letting me know!
I switched to using baking soda ( pour it on the surfaces preferably wet) and vinegar it foams up pulls all the crap off and I wash it off after 30 minutes or less if I scrub. works like the old scrubbing bubbles. I was never into using these kinds of cleaners till most Windex lost the ammonia and scrubbing bubbles went to shit.
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Either way it's like a grade school science project when I clean.
You should be able to still buy the original scrubbing bubbles if we're talking about the powder. I have a can of it under my bathroom sink for shower cleaning.
It was a foam and I can't seem to find it anymore.
I had no idea there was a powder.
Maybe they don't and i thought the brand I have is. I don't use it enough to remember. But I do miss that foam spray too.
Edit: Yep, I was wrong. Comet is the powder stuff I have.
comet is the stuff of satan.
🎵🎵Comet - it makes your teeth turn green, Comet - it tastes like gasoline, Comet - it makes you vomit, so try some Comet - and vomit - today🎵🎵
aaaaand suddenly I'm back at girl scout camp
What the fuck is this from? I can hear the melody in my head.
Colonel Bogie
Think Michael Jackson and Bart writing a song...
ymca
Comet works well if you add a little dish soap to it.
Comet makes me feel like I can't breathe, usage of it should be disallowed. I swear to God that shit in the air is toxic. Headaches, nausea, difficulty breathing, sweating, I forbid it's usage in my vicinity.
You lot wanna kill yourselves with it go ahead, fuck.....
Hmm. It doesn't really smell to me. Are you allergic to bleach?
Never had a reaction to bleached clothes or any sort of aversion to using pure bleach as a cleaning agent in toilets or the like.
i know what you're talking about. I miss that shit. It was so good.
This fucking spray doesn't even HAVE bubbles.
I have a can of it in my bathroom. Target carries it.
Pump bottle or aerosol can? The pump sucks, the spray can is still awesome.
I bought a can at Walmart like two weeks ago (Ohio) it's still around.
Costco has it - https://www.costco.com/Scrubbing-Bubbles-Bathroom-Combo-Pack-2-25-oz.-%2B-2--20-oz..product.100307441.html or is that the "new" version?
Detergents in general have been less effective over the last few years because of much tighter restrictions on the use of phosphates, or in other words, they were forced to remove one of the key components that actually made them effective.
Try a different store than the one you usually go to, because I've definitely got a can of the expanding foam kind in my bathroom right now that I just bought from Target.
They took the phosphastes out. Same problem with spic and span.
The ORIGINAL Original Scrubbing Bubbles used to be made by The Dow Chemical Company. Back in a year I’d have to google, they sold their consumer products division (including Ziploc bags, Saran Wrap, etc.) to SC Johnson. Shit’s changed since then.
50/50 mix of regular dawn dish soap and white vinegar will clean anything. You do need to rinse whatever surface you use it on afterward, though.
Yup. I keep a combo of this in my shower (in those sponges that have a tube for dish soap). Throw down some baking soda if you need to scrub. Rinse & it’s like new.
I found an old jug of Kaboom powder cleaner in a bathroom cupboard. I gave it to my mom, and a few weeks later, she was like, "hey, where'd you get that, that stuff works great!"
That was when we found out basically all powder/crystal toilet cleaners have been discontinued. You can still find some from janitorial supply stores, but they generally require you to buy in bulk, which is way too expensive.
The lost the smiling brush
"shitty spray" also describes the smell
Yea this other Kaboom stuff we have says it stays in place too but that is total LIES
Instead, mix 3 parts cleaning vinegar with 1 part blue dawn dish soap in a spray bottle. Spray down any water resistant surface and let it sit for around 10 minutes. Then you can spray the crud down the drain, or use a wet cloth or sponge to wipe it away.
Medicines that cure and products that work were determined to be unsustainable business models.
Now we have marketing and legal blockades on competing products.
MySpace. I loved being able to personalize everything. Facebook almost feels like a chore these days. I just keep it so I can be reached if needed.
So you were the monster who would crash my browser every time because there were 1,400 gifs, 7 songs, an interactive background, a custom cursor, and just goddamn sparkles everywhere?!
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I think I added a song, and removed the top friends thing.
Top friends caused so much friggin drama in high school.
Only the girls, It was like "Ok Liz you wanna complain about being number two. Well I don't care if you gave me a handjob in the back of chem class while we watched a film on chemistry in the modern workplace. You go to number five for bitching" Guys really didn't care aslong as they weren't beat by someone like Eric Cartman.
Yes that was me. It would crash my own browser too
Facebook used to be just a feed with my friends in it. I had a realisation a while back that it changed - and the change was so slow and subtle that I didn't notice it happening - into a stream of clicking-baity garbage from commercial entities shoving themselves into my life. I'm able to scroll for quite a while these days without seeing anything that actually comes from my own friends.
Oh Myspace, the reason I learned any any amount of coding.
My favorite part was the song. I wonder if it could ever make a comeback
If anything like it would come back, it would be a mixture of youtube, facebook, and squarespace.
Youtube to make it a dedicated video sharing platform, with ads. Facebook to add an indepth social media aspect to these videos. And squarespace for the page configuration.
No way devs are going to let users play around with the HTML of the page... the headaches that caused...
Lets make it come back
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Google+ is the shit. I still use it as a sort of personal journal of things that I like.
Oh, you were rude to me at lunch today? Guess you just got moved to 3rd on my friends list, ex best friend lol. - every teenager during the myspace days. Unfortunately, i was one of them.
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I missed settings song for your page. Now it would seem weird.
Friendster.
the graph that showed how you were connected to other users!
I once saw a MySpace page that had black text on a black background.
I had a friend named Tom.
I had a friend named Tom as well, He always seemed so happy.
I used to enjoy seizures, too!
I used to hate MySpace exactly because of all of the customization other people did. Back then, Internet connections could be pretty shit and trying to see some folks' profiles took 10 minutes of loading only to have it all crash because of too many embedded HTML shenanigans.
I'm glad that's dead.
for the longest time, a buddy and mine ran a New Orleans Saints (of the American National Football League) page. We had so many people convinced we were the actual Saints.
This was before social media blew up and everyone has official corporate accounts obviously.
My one friend went out of his way to load up his Myspace with banana dancing gifs. It was the most ridiculous thing I had ever tied to deal with.
That and Rick Astley playing with no way to shut it off...so...yea. He also had pink lettering for most of the shit on his page which added to the eye cancer that was his MySpace.
I just keep it so I can be reached if needed.
That's what my cell phone is for. Well, that and reddit.
The original unscented Febreze. Their scents are disgusting. The original unflavored Doritos. Super yummy salty corn flavored. I devoured countless bags of unflavored Doritos when I was a kid.
I read about the unscented fabreze it works really well but people thought it was defective because they couldn’t smell anything. Duh. It’s supposed to ELIMINATE bad odors. I’m with ya on that one.
There is a book called “ the power of habit” that actually used the febreeze testing as an example. It did help with smells, but you couldn’t really tell, because people were already used to their own bad smells, so they didn’t notice when they went away. So although everyone knew it helped, there was no way to effectively habitualize the behavior. So they added smells. Its the same reason your toothpaste gets all foamy, it doesn’t need to foam to clean your teeth, but it gives your mouth that frothy feeling, so your body uses that is it’s habit making decisions. I.e. brushing feels good so more brushing. If i can’t tell it doesn’t smell better, I won’t use it.
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gives you what people call canker sores
Son of a bitch
Yeah man. When I found out I was like "NOOO CRESTY CRESTTTT!!! I TRUSTED YOUUU"
Lmao that shit explains so much and I'm pissed now!!!! I get them a lot with certain tooth paste and now I know why. The sonsodyne or whatever it's called does froth a bit but rarely gives me canker sores. I went a good while thinking I caught something. 😤
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No personal experience with any of them, but: here are some reviews.
Sensodyne pro-enamel is SLS free and still has Fluoride (which is super important). It's a little baking soda/salty tasting, which takes some getting used to.
You can get away with the "natural" stuff that doesn't have SLS or Fluoride if you have a good Fluoride rinse and you're judicious about using it.
It's also possible to just rinse your mouth really, really well after using regular toothpaste, and then using a Fluoride rinse afterwards (because rinsing your mouth rinses the Fluoride out of your mouth before it does much).
Not sure if it’s in that book but p&g developed it awhile back. It wasn’t until they found a house wife who used it as part of her reward for cleaning a room that they figured a way to market it.
I've heard that's how they first marketed cocaine, too.
I believe it was in there. It’s a great read, but its been a couple years, so I don’t remembered everything. Everything from cocaine addicted mice to Target being able to tell when people were pregnant within weeks. They have a few examples of that when target would start sending a family ads for baby stuff, when they hadn’t told their family they were pregnant yet. Like this dad whose teenage daughter started getting ads. The dad called super pissed, and then called back to apologize because his daughter really was pregnant. But target knew because she started buying vitamins and clothes, or something like that.
Power of habit is a great read just finished it on audible
Funny, I can hardly smell anything but the original fabreese nearly made me gag. I can’t say I smelled it so much as I just had a sour rotten reaction to it. Hard to explain
Same here. It had some weird chemical smell to it that my wife and I couldn't stand.
Remember a story of a redditor that said some people in an office kept complaining that the vents weren't working when they actually were but because people didn't hear a sound they thought they were broken. After trying for weeks to convince people that the vents were working perfectly and that they were supposed to be silent the company installed sound modules to immitate the sound of vents and people stopped complaining because now the vents were working and they could actually feel the change in the air pfffffffff
How the hell does scented Febreeze work, shouldn’t it absorb its own scent?
lol. I think it’s supposed to do two things at once? But great point.
Need Fabreze Zero.
Same here with the Doritos. I had started to think I remembered wrong and there never was such a thing but you confirmed it!
I have had people deny its existence, but it's true! There were unflavored Doritos and they were delicious!
I’m pretty sure they still exist. I’ve seen what I believe are plain old corn tortilla Doritos here in Texas.
Yep we've got em in tx. Toasted corn doritos
That used to be the only kind there was.
I just found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doritos
They were redesigned in 1993. My own childhood eating of Doritos would have been in the mid-late 80s.
The original unflavored Doritos.
They still have them. I get them every once in a while. I also get the Taco flavor, which was the 2nd flavor they made.
The “original”/unflavoured doritos are still sold here in Australia
Yeah I have never seen a coles or woolies without them, how could they not sell them in the US anymore? In Australia they might even be selling better than cheese flavour, I’m not sure.
You can still get unscented Febreeze! I bought some recently. This was in the Cleveland area, so maybe it's not available everywhere. Maybe on Amazon?
im fairly certain i just ate those doritos in paris. they still exist, just not in the US, apparently.
They exist in Texas
I buy generic corn chips specifically because they have a plain flavour.
They still make the original plain Doritos. You have to request them to be put back in stores. They sold them in the grocery store by my parents and pulled them for a bit. My dad when in there and talked to them about it, 2 weeks later they were back.
They still sell unflavored doritos in many foreign markets.
The plain Doritos are pretty common in New Mexico nowadays. Never did tell them while I lived there, though.
Salsa verde doritos ... nothing wrong with progress my friend
I've made these "corn salt" doritos by accident. I was trying to extract the cool ranch flavoring by blanching the chips in boiling water and evaporating the solution.
Then, I re-baked the chips because, hey, chips right? Added some salt, and boom, ultra processed salty corn chips. Pretty damn good.
The cool ranch extract had too much corn flavor left in it, so that was a bust =(
We have the normal doritos in australia and they taste very close to what I recalled after I moved here.
I live in the Phoenix area and the plain Doritos are making their way back into most major grocery stores I’ve been in lately - I buy them often!
I didn't realize unflavored Doritos was a thing in the states. I've seen them in Europe, where Mexican food is less common and I guess they just sell them as nachos.
They sell unflavored Doritos in Iceland. Dunno if that’s much help, but ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Can confirm they still exist! I’m in Colorado and I buy the plain Doritos all the time!
Those doritos still exist in Texas
i read in a different thread a few weeks ago it still exists
You can still buy plain Doritos here in England!
I also miss the plain Doritos. I always served those with my homemade guacamole. I searched and searched, and was shocked when I realized they had completely disappeared from store shelves.
Unflavoured doritos still exist in Australia. Although you can just buy corn chips.
The unflavored ones still exist in Israel
They have those Doritos in Europe. When I was in Iceland, it was called Lightly Salted.
I loved those Doritos corn chips! They were so awesome for taco salad.
Yes those Doritos! Those were my absolute fave. I neeeed them.
unflavored Doritos
https://www.fritolay.com/snacks/product-page/doritos/doritos-toasted-corn-tortilla-chips
The Doritos are more of a west of the Mississippi thing, I think. I've seen them here in the PNW but never back home in the Midwest.
Saran wrap that actually sticks to things other than itself.
It was really bad for the environment for some reason, and now only professional kitchens have it anymore.
Go to a restaurant supply store. Yeah, it's a roll of like 1000 miles, but it will last a long time.
Costco usually has the good stuff too.
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Those things were sweet. I think topgear did a now-vs-then between the 90s and mid 2000s ones. The older ones were hands down higher performance cars, and still don't look outdated.
The 2nd gen mr2 turbo was a quicker car than a stock supra of the time.
Lol. Doesn't look ot dated, also has pop up headlights
...popups aren't cool anymore?
Only cause they are retro
I like headlights that actually work properly.
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My friend's Camry didn't get that memo.
I don't think there is a single Mazda or Nissan with working flip up lights today
Every single NA Miata would like a word with you
NA owner here, can confirm. Also have many friends with NAs. And S13s. And RX7s. Not one has headlights that don't work.
Yeah, my 93 s13 has a lot wrong with it, but by god, the headlights work like a charm.
pls.
how do convince family NA is not a coffin on wheels?
Uhh, it has an airbag? And good crash safety ratings for it's time, I guess. Unless you're in a rollover. Then you're fucked.
Only one of them ever worked anyways. That car winked at everyone.
My friend's 92 miata has very loose motors "I guess?" on his lights, so whenever he's following you, the headlights quickly bounce up and down about an inch or so. Constantly. I try to avoid him following me at night. Then again, it burns oil, so it smells like death when you're following him, so there's really no winners when caravaning with him.
Pop ups look great on every car that has them except the C5 Corvette. Not dated at all.
How dare you all diss the MR2 Spyder.
W10s look dated as all hell, but in a charming, retro way.
W20s just look dated. Like someone tried to make a 1999 Camry sporty.
But the W30? From the front it looks slightly dated because of the big headlights, but the rest of it is 👌.
I'd rather go "slow" in an MR2 Spyder with the top down, than fast in a frumpy W30 turbo for 20 minutes before it either kills me or breaks down 😤
The only problem is how bad they dropped be ball giving it the 1ZZ and not the 2ZZ.
I had an MR2 Spyder (or the Roadster as it's known as in the UK). I bought it for £300 non-running and it took me about 4 hours work and £65 in parts to get it running again. It was a superb little car to drive and never let me down once in 5 years of owning it. Sure it's not as fast or powerful as the Gen2 MR2 but I didn't care. By far the best car I've ever owned and I still miss it.
I had an mr2 spyder. Sunny days, roof down, and driving it like a fucking go cart.
Yeah, I've always seen the newer ones as more of a cheap, midlife crisis kinda car. While the older ones were built for pure, raw performance. They honestly kinda remind me of the older vipers.
Don't get people started on 90s Japanese cars your inbox will light up.
The best era in my humble opinion was the 90s for Japanese imports. They were built to last forever.
I'm sorry but your opinion is fact.
My '86 RX7 would like a word with you, good sir!
Your Apex seals would like a word with you
Haven't heard that one before.
I wasn't aware 1986 was the 90s
It's not. I inferred with my comment that the late 80's also produced some good Japanese sports cars. It's a joke, you see, which has lost its meaning now that I've had to explain it to you. Funny, right? No? I'll see myself out now.
Yep. Put over 300k on my 1990s Honda.
That being said, I am rolling up on 200k in my 2006 Ford Expedition. All I have done is changed the fluids and put tires on it. It's pulled a boat for at least 50,000 of those miles. (I fish every chance I get)
I want to agree, but then we are leaving out cars like the AE86 or the old 'wedge' Supra.
I still miss my 1991 Nissan Maxima, which was an 80s car strictly speaking.
Edit: as a Nissan guy I can't fucking believe I forgot to include the older fair ladies.
I miss my 96 200sx ser.
Weren't those essentially sentras?
A 2 door version with sideskirts and an sr20de engine instead of the sentras 1.6L ga16de
Easy to work on and has a lot of mods available if youre into wasting your money.
Both the sentra and 200sx offered both the 1.6 and in the SE-R version they had the 2.0
True. No skirts on the 1.6 version either. 1.6 may have had the 2 tone grey instead of the ser black interior too iirc.
My 90 Corolla is only at 135.5k miles. Either someone will t-bone me or new emissions laws will make it illegal for the road, but otherwise that car still has another 30 years. The Nissan Tsuru crash test videos scare me though because my car is basically a Tsuru. I complain about newer cars being so bulky but I guess it's for a reason.
I've got an '89 Toyota Pickup that just hit 227k miles. Sadly I'm about to put it up for sale as I can no longer afford to keep fixing shit on it. It lasted 27 years as a winter beater though so I guess I can't complain.
I had a 94 Corolla sold it with 420,000 miles in perfect working condition. Missed it so I bought another I'm at 250,000 and counting.
The Toyota A engine is almost indestructible. There are videos on youtube of people blowing them up and most are 10-20 minutes long. My car is missing some of the plastic trim/moulding parts and needs a paint job but the motor is still a tiny monster.
That's good, because I owned one from the '98-02 model year, and I can tell you that it was not a good car. Before it even had 130K on the odometer, it burned a quart of oil every 200 miles, destroying the CAT and O2 sensors frequently. The 1ZZ-FE engines in those cars was probably Toyota's worst engine ever.
Yeah in general 98-08 was a bad time for them. My brother just totaled his 02 prizm but it was burning about the same amount at 140k miles. It was so bad in the 07 camry that they had a recall to replace piston rings.
I have a 350z fairlady, I love it. I've driven an older 240 and back then they didn't... Perform. They looked nice, but that was really all. I guess it was a decent chunk of power for back then but these days 140kw just doesn't cut it.
I'm curious what purpose does 140 kW car not cut it? Trackdays?
It's just not as fun. I had a 120kw mitso fto for a few years, and it was wonderful, but it lacked wow power. I'm a little bit of a speed demon, so I like having 220 under the hood. I know I don't need it, I know every time I put my foot down that it costs me money. But... I still love it. I mean I used to get around in an 87 corolla, with a whole 40kw of raw power, but it just didn't do it for me. I love that pushed back in your seat feeling, taking a corner hard and gassing it as I leave, having the rear end suck down into the road, reassuring me that it can handle whatever I throw at it. I love pulling up to lights and having a twerp in a civic try his best to blow past me, and it taking barely any effort to hold in front. Yes, I'm a fucking moron, but I'm a moron having fun. My next plan is to order a vortech supercharger kit for it, and then get her professionally tuned, then I can play with the big boys on track days.
350zs are woefully underpowered. 300zx tt for life
At 220kw with a naturally aspirated engine, I'm pretty happy. I'll put a supercharger on it one day, and that'll push me up around 300,and I'll be a very happy lad.
The 240 was never a fairlady though. Did you mean a 260z or 280z? They only made a 240sx which was basically a pickup truck engine
Edit, seems you are correct, I never realized there was a 240Z predecessor to the 260Z
The original was sold in Japan as a fairlady, but overseas as a 240z. As Wikipedia tells me anyway.
I had one till 3 years ago. Kick myself in the ass everyday for selling it to upgrade to a 350z
1986-90 Nissan Pulsar NX (in the USA, apparently the EXA in the rest of the world). Coupe or Sportback, and you could swap them out on a whim. Fucking awesome little cars, and made pre-Renault fuckover of Nissan, so reliable as hell.
My first car was a 91 NX (Not the Pulsar, just NX) which I called the egg because it was oval shaped. 1.6 Liter slow as shit. But perfect little car for 18 year old me.
pre-Renault fuckover of Nissan
Preach it brother.
I have a 2003 stagea. It's pretty good.
M'fairlady
Not only that, but the looks are both classic and modern looking with over engineered engines. Skyline GTRs, Supras, RX7 FDs, 300zx TT, 3000gt VR4, Silvias. Man, loved everyone of them!
Thought of these cars gives me an auto woody
Geez now I'm really pining for my sleek black 3rd-gen '90 RH-drive Supra turbo with the pop-up headlights and removable roof panel. Bought it second-hand and replaced the stock rims with some cheap chrome Momos and it was just gorgeous. Drove it all through college and was really torn up when I sold it.
My older bro had a cherry red '86 300ZX 2+2. I was like ooooohhhh at the digital dash lol. Those were the days...sigh...
^civics Whu? Did someone say something?
My mom's 90 Honda Accord only broke down ONCE. It only stopped working because it got totaled in a fight with a semi. But like a true samurai, it went down fighting and stopped the truck and protected its driver. BONZAI!
I must inform you that "banzai" is most likely the word you're looking for. Bonsais are miniatyre trees.
Kids, sheesh.
Perfect.
90s jdm, and late 60s early 70s american steel
Yes! America put out some true classics during that era.
The 90s era miatas... Except they never really got bad.
They make great go karts for the track.
I know. I owned one. Only tracked it once. Street drifted a lot. Best car I've ever had. I was intercooler piping away from being able to turbo it and found out my gf was pregnant. Sold it to a friend and she's currently working on it. Best decision I ever made. Maybe I'll buy it back on day.
I used to have an 85 Toyota with a 22R engine, that thing was indestructible. I sold it a little after 200,000 miles and it still ran perfectly.
Had an '88. Drove the piss out of that thing. I was such a bastard to that truck and it just kept going. I literally think I changed the oil maybe twice in four years.
Now I have a '93. I take better care of it so theoretically I should be able to get it to 1,000,000 miles as long as I live that long.
Those 3rd generation Mazda RX7s and the Nissan 240SX S14 are still some of the sexiest cars I've ever had the pleasure to drive.
I have a 98 civic. It's built like a tank and I love it. Kinda junky looking but I like it for what it is.
Unless you drive on salted roads in the winter, then they'll fall apart and rust away to nothing in no time.
00 Altima finally bit it after 250k miles and nigh mid 20s years of use. I miss that SoB. Great on gas. Was a goodtime
I miss my 95 Camry. One of the best cars that I’ve ever owned.
Those 4th and 5th gen Heliux's.... give me a warm feeling inside.
Top Gear UK tried to kill one but were unable. It’s a solid workhorse of a truck that you can maintain yourself.
Give me a skyline or give me death
And the 80s for their bikes. Fuck I love 80s bikes
Yeah, built to last. Except the Mitsubishi 3000GT, Nissan 300zx, Mazda Rx7, and Mitsubishi Eclipse. Sooo the Toyota Supra, Mr2, and Acura NSX were built to last.
300zx is a solid performer and reliable it's just a cunt to work on.
It's why so many are poorly maintained.
That engine bay has no room for your knuckles.
For real. That engine is slid in with baby oil.
DOHC VTEC B18C5 JDM FTW
Nah bruh. That DSM 4g63 for life.
Something something crankwalk.
An amazing engine that had a good run. But you better know how to work on cars, or you better be good at learning new skills, such as how to work on cars.
Former owner of a '99 Eclipse GS-T here...You're not wrong.
'95 GSX 5-speed here. Fun car, for sure.
All about that toyota 4afe!
Why not B18C Type-R?
(DC2 Integra Type-R engine)
Thats the same thing no? @ 5500 rpm it suddenly sounds like a monster.
Edit: the difference is jdm v usdm i think the c5 is jdm? I could be wrong.
C5 is usdm
5500rpm is where VTEC kicks in yo!
Mechanic back in the day, some guy dropped off a Nissan 300zx twin turbo for an oil change, changed the oil and took that baby out for spin. Perfect car. Whoever designed that car must have been the same exact height, weight, whatever as me. It felt as if you became the car and you could do anything. An actual mind-body meld.
Ruined cars for me for the rest of my life. Could give fuck all about them now. Waste of money. Had that one perfect ride and nothing will ever come close again.
A Lotus Elise might do it again.
Couldn't you have acquired similar car?
Couldn’t afford it back then and certainly not now, however, the most important thing is I never cared to. It was like I had that moment and there was no desire to replicate it. I had a friend who surfed and the same thing happened to him: caught the perfect wave and all of a sudden he was done. All desire for surfing left him. It’s not like I was looking for the perfect ride or car or experience, it just happened and all of a sudden I didn’t care about cars anymore.
NISSAN FREAKING 240SX
DATSUN 240Z !!!!!!
I' ve had a few of those. Couldnt kill them.
I just bought the first year, an '89. It is a little monster. And already proven extremely reliable considering the hell I put it thru. I'm in love.
90's japanese cars were the pinnacle of design.
FD rx7, 2g eclipse, mk4 supra all look like they could have rolled out of the factor this morning.
It was basically the golden era for Japanese sports cars. Technology had made it to cars (turbo controllers, electronic injection, VTEC, etc) but none of the stupid weight from CAFE regulations etc. Basically the perfect decade for that type of car.
Source: Daily a 2000 Civic Si (em1) and 2006 Impreza STI
1993 twin turbo 300zx owner here, who’s inbox should I be in?
mine, I'm looking for one to add to my 90s jdm legend collection
Here you go. Just a bunch of random pics I had on imgur from posting in the past
https://i.imgur.com/ERuF79r.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Wr0lEUi.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/wbL0Erp.jpg
looks great, back in the day that is the bumper I always wanted. I think it looks better than the oem 99 spec
It’s grown on me. I’d rather have the 99 spec honestly. I had that on my first Z that was automatic and non turbo and miss it
I drive a '95 Toyota Tercel. 260,000 miles and counting. Love her to death.
300ZX FD RX7 MKIV Supra GTO NSX ITR Skyline
That should just about cover it, but I’ll get lambasted for both including and excluding the ... MX5 240SX 2G Eclipse Prelude
Did I miss anything?
....3000GT VR-4??
Sorry. Used the JDM name GTO.
Oh duh! I didn’t even notice!!
Let's just begin the list of great 80s - 90s Japanese cars:
Toyota Celica GT-4
Toyota Supra Mk IV
Toyota Corolla AE86 (Trueno - Levin)
Nissan GT-R Skyline (R32, R33, R34)
Nissan Silvia (K, Club K, S13, S14)
Nissan 240 SX
Nissan 300 ZX
Nissan (Datsun) 280 Z
Nissan 350 Z (370 is cool too)
Honda Integra Type R
Honda NSX
Honda S2000
Honda Civic (5th and 6th gen)
Mitsubishi FTO
Mitsubishi 3000GT
Mitsubishi Eclipse (2nd gen)
Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, although every model until the X was great)
Mitsubishi Starion GSR-VR
oh shit are we playing gran turismo 2
I had Kaido Battle 2 in my head when I thought of it.
If I had a garage with everything on this list, I would be the happiest man on earth.
Like the one in my garage? Get in loser. We’re going to die.
https://i.imgur.com/ZVThs4E.jpg
My grandma calls the MR2 "Mister Two".
She's super cute.
You watch any of the Regular Cars videos on the MR2?
AW11 master race. all the fun with retro looks and sliiiiiightly less snap oversteer.
My friend had a white '88 MR2 in High School (class of 2009). That thing was so badass. He wound up getting rid of it when he blew the head gasket, and yes, last I checked with him he still regrets letting it go.
My mom still has a red 1986 MR2 sitting in our garage. Barely works, but I'm going to restore it one day.
Do it. Just try your best not to die when you get her back on the road.
Mr2 Turbo is like a stripper, you will throw money at it hoping one day it will give you the ride of your life.
I had one, modified turbo pushing nearly 300bhp. Funnest car I ever owned but I nearly died / got arrested more times than I should admit.
When it needed repairs I sold it on, a sensible decision that still makes me sad to this day.
DID SOMEBODY SAY SNAP OVERSTEER???
I have a Celica GT4, same engine but 4WD. They're good fun and fairly cheap these days, look into getting one :)
The Celica is absurd. Sticks to the road like a bubble under wallpaper.
Solid car tbh. Mine is somewhere around 300bhp and takes on most cars on the road
Oh I wish it were that easy to find a good one (having sold my dad’s pristine ST185 in 2006, which I now miss). I check every week or two on Craigslist, and the last semi-local ST165 I found was sold inconveniently with an extra 1990s MR2. Disappeared quickly.
American? If so the St205 is available from next year for imports...
Too close to home. I'm planning on buying a supercharged AW11 as a weekend/track car as soon as I have a place to put it. Wouldn't mind a 90s turbo either, but a little pricey and hard to find a clean example of. There really aren't any cheap, used entry-level midships like it except maybe a first-gen Boxster.
I race on gravel an '84 AW11 with a 20v Silvertop. Do your preventative maintenance often!
Youtube clip
That car would never sell in North America today. It's not a truck or crossover, and only has 2 seats.
Fuck America for buying such shitty transportation nowadays.
This. Ford's decision to kill their sedans and hatchbacks is the worst news I've seen this year. Fuck crossovers.
Agreed.
And you know this is going to cause a ripple effect. I bet GM will be next.
Those earlier MR2's (AW11) weren't turbocharged, they were supercharged which I think was better for daily drivability.
I couldn't ever get enough of my supercharged AE101 GTZ Corolla Levin. It had the last revision of the supercharged 4AGZE engine.
He's talking about the SW20, the second gen, which was definitely turbocharged.
Just get a Miata. It's still a tiny, manual transmission, amazing handling sporty little econocan that embarrasses much more expensive machinery on mountain roads. The new ones are pretty and still light AF.
I do love Miatas, I've driven my friend's 92 1.6 turbo and the thing is a riot. However, Im 6'5, all legs, so when driving a Miata, I have to choose between steering, or using the clutch.
My mom had one when I was a kid. Someone paid my dad for private security work he did with an MR-2. I hated that car for some reason because I was embarrassed or something (idk stupid kid stuff).
She and my dad ended up selling it to a collecter in our neighborhood so we could get a more practical car. I still see the guy driving around in it to this day! He restored it completely and it looks amazing, like new.
My son had one. We loved Senior Dos.
As another comment mentioned, 90's sports cars in general. They used to offer a sport option for any need or budget. :(
Mid engine, rear wheel drive, turbo. It's like a Porsche Cayman, without the German engineering (for better and for worse). Snap oversteer is only a problem if you don't know what you're doing. Unsafe at any speed, sounds exactly like my kind of car.
/r/MR2
I’ve owned three: two ‘93 and a ‘95. Some of the most fun driving I’ve ever had. My 95 was going strong when I sold it in 2010 but I needed something that wasn’t 15 years old for a daily driver, so I had to give her up. :(
The BRZ is a spiritual successor, and if they had made it mid-engine, I’d have sold anything I had to for one.
Yasssss! also kinda felt like you were in a go-kart with a lot more power when driving
Fuck that Yamaha engine.. that's not an mr-2. I think the S stands for either shitty or slow.
All of Toyota's performance engine heads from that era were designed by Yamaha.
Thats fascinating. Did nissan do something like this?
Yamaha did a lot of work for manufactures back then. The ford SHO engines were all built by or with Yamaha as well (besides the current ecoboost)
I'm not sure, I'm a Toyota fanb01... I know a lot of the Toyota heads I dealt with were stamped Yamaha, or has the tuning fork logo.
Had a '91 MR2 Turbo in college/early 20s... was incredible
EDIT: I'm pretty sure '91 was the first year for that particular generation you speak of
I still have mine! Got her when I was 19...I'm 35 now :)
Garaged it for the last few years but gonna sink some mad coin getting her up and running again.
A friend's ex boyfriend used to have one of those. He almost killed us in a horrible car crash!
Adjusted for inflation, the Alfa Romeo 4c isn't that much more than an MR2 was in the early 90s. The 4C is a beautiful car with great performance
Owned one about 10 years ago. I’d die in a fiery car crash myself to have another.
I think its time for a reboot of the honda s2000. Call it the s2020 and retake the the prize for most horse power per liter.
Give it rear wheel or awd options with either a 6 speed manual or a 7 speed dual clutch automatic with paddles.
Small, 2 seater, convertible option.
Price it around 30-40 grand.
Thanks now you've got me searching online for one again.
the 3rd Gen MR2 (ZZW30) has its merits. personally, i like all the MR2s for different reasons, but enthusiasts have to keep in mind the ZZW30 was designed with a different philosophy than the 2nd Gen (SW20). the SW20 got very heavy (compared to its AW11 predecessor); it sorta drifted into GT territory. for the ZZW30, Toyota made the conscious choice to shed weight (it's actually lighter than the AW11) and focus on pure driving dynamics — not power. in that sense, the 3rd Gen MR2 is a very pure expression of the classic roadster concept.
Honestly any 90's sports cars, they had a very unique style that is gone. Most cars are so benign now.
I wrapped one of these around a telephone pole at 90mph. Thankfully, it had swapped ends when I left the roadway and the engine in the rear took the majority of the impact. That was not a good car choice for a 19-year-old.
First gens are my favorites. Literally a FWD corolla in reverse. The rear knuckles still have steering tie rod links.
MR2, CRX SI and the Fiero
How the model was named:
Daryl and Daryl are sitting on their front porch sofa watching cars go by. Daryl points to a car carrier loaded with fancy sports cars and say, “Them there’s Toyotas” and lights up a cigarette. Daryl replies, “Are not.” Daryl counters with his cigarette still between his lips, “Em are, too!”
My dad and his drunk friend (driver) crashed one into a semi. Both survived somehow. His friend had his jaw wired shut for a long time. The car looked like a giant crushed aluminum foil ball. Beautiful car when not destroyed
My friend bought one. First thing we said is don't spin it out its prone to spin out. He like yep yep I know. Babies the car for a while. First really rainy day takes a corner from a standing start and spins out into a pole. He was fine. But those cars were not designed for the regular driver.
I had one. Still regret selling it even though there was no way to keep it with a family. Most fun I ever had with a car... except getting pulled over every 2-4 miles. Wish it had been something other than red.
I just passed on a white one for $5,500. I'm looking for red. Although I regret that decision right now.
We have an '88 MR2 at the tech school I go to. It's beaten to shit but I love that car.
My brother totaled his when I was a kid, I remember riding with mom to the junkyard to see how bad it was. I'm amazed he didn't break anything with how folded/crunched up it was.
A mate of mine had an MR2. He loved that car. He took it to a specialist mechanic to get some work done on it that he didn't have the facility to do himself. Then the car died a death.
A year or two later his dad takes their Aston project car in for some work to the same guy, and the mechanic forgot to tighten a whole bunch of screws. Nearly killed the car they've spent almost 20 years working on. His dad was understandably livid.
Now it's dawned on my friend that this "professional" is probably to blame for the head going on his beloved MR2.
A friend of mine had one and the take off traction on that thing was INSANE. He could NOT get it to spin tires. He actually popped the front end off the ground by like an inch trying.
The only reason I read these replies was because I was looking for an Initial D reference.
Assuming you don't live in a strict state you could probably get a prestine MR2 straight from Japan. (Must be 25 years old though)
I have one! They're awesome!
I think my brother owned one of those back in the day.
Shoutout to this.
I'd be at the dealer tomorrow if Nissan would release a 240sx with an SR20 already in it on American soil.
You mean one of these?
1994 MR2 ≈ 2018 86/BRZ/FRS
?
I've never been a huge fan of forced induction.
Nothing of the sort similar.
FRS lacks the snap oversteer to drive you into a tree and kill you that makes the MR2 so fun.
If the thrill of wondering whether youre going to fucking die when you press the gas pedal is what you're after, just buy a mustang!
I own a mustang, they do drive like shit. Not in any sort of exciting way.
Mustangs have shit handling though.
MR2 handles like it's on rails, until it snaps loose.
Mustangs have shit handling though.
It's not 1999 anymore. Do some research.
I haven't been behind the wheel of an old school MR2 in over a decade but the new BRZ/86 is handles really sharp and light.
I like the BRZ/FRS, in fact I was very close to buying one about a year ago. It doesn't fill the gap left by the MR2 though. It's just too safe/predictable. Those things were pretty much made to be sideways. I'm sure with bigger/stickier tires, forced induction, and coilovers you'd be closer to an MR2, but it still lacks that mid-engine.
If you find yourself accidentally sideways in an FRS, you simply correct it. If you find yourself accidentally sideways in an MR2, you're probably about to die.
Wow, MR2's suck.
Microsoft Encarta. It was like Wikipedia but I could cite it and trust it to be accurate. Plus it had some cool features like short videos and 3D models of ancient tombs and the like. Sometimes I still go back and play around with it, even though much of the information is wayyyy outdated.
There was that trivia game, too... I played so much of that as a child.
Mind Maze. This was probably my first 'computer game' growing up on my parent's 1998 Gateway.
Did anyone ever complete the game?
Yup. Used to have races with my sister to see who could finish it first.
That and Carmen sandiago were the only games we had so they were very well used!
mind maze was fantastic.
Oh the flashbacks! Back in the days before it was common to have internet at your house and we had just a stand alone pc, this game was my jam!
I was too young to know any of the answers so I would just click randomly, still had the time of my life playing it
Wow I just had flashbacks to the early nineties. Was there a timeline when you opened the software?
There was. And it was on like 20 cds.
Oh man. First "video game" I ever played was the many hours I put into the Encarta Mindmaze. Shit was fantastic to 8 year old me, and is probably the sole reason I'm so fascinated by history even now.
Before the youtube days I would filter all of the content so that it was just the videos, and then watch one after the next.
Our first ever computer had a trivia game based on encarta. You had to navigate a house maze and historical figures would periodically stop you to quiz you on history and science before letting you pass. I had a lot of fun with it back in the day.
Encarta '95 was my jam
I remember there was this footage of a bridge collapsing in Encarta that me and my friends would keep playing all the time in primary school.
Guessing the Tacoma Narrows bridge?
Tacoma Narrows bridge
YES!
Pretty famous bridge, used as an example in engineering universities! Best to understand the environments for your design.
Encarta was a program put on my Grade 6 laptop (when the state government gave us those things) that I immensely enjoyed, especially since I didn't have an internet connection at home.
Unfortunately that was 8 years ago now and the tiny ThinkPad is so slow to respond nowadays that it won't even get to my background screen after the hour I'll spend waiting to be able to log in.
That program died for me before they actually discontinued it. As soon as you had to have the disc in at all times to use it even if you could fit a full install, it became more frustrating than it was worth as a convenient reference. Especially as this was when the internet was really coming into its own as a source.
It was a shame, I grew up wandering through the older ones.
Nelson Mandela has walked a long road - and now stands at the top of the hill.
Edit: that tiny bit of video of de Klerk speaking on the South African elections on Encarta 95 was my fave. After almost 25 years of not seeing it I found it here today https://www.c-span.org/video/?56646-1/south-african-election-speeches at the 4:40 mark for the above line. Oh and in de Klerks strong accent he actually says Mister Mandela
I thought everyone knew to just cite the sources used for the Wikipedia article.
Yeah this is the real trick. Scroll to the bottom and pick random sources (preferably books since no teacher is going to find the book and check) to throw in one of those cite maker websites.
You're never supposed to cite an encyclopedia.
Can you cite a source for that? Preferably from Wikipedia.
Dumbass joke aside I didn't know that. Is that an MLA rule or something?
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Primary sources are when you actually collected the data yourself. For example, catching bugs in a field, digging up pottery, but also take interviews,
Secondary sources are the work you write about primary sources.
Tertiary sources are about secondary sources. That includes encyclopedias.
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Nope, you had better have the actual constitution and interview a guy that signed it.
So similar to what people do with Wikipedia, can you site the source given in a encyclopedia?
Reference works are fine as long as their authority can be verified. Shit, some versions of MLA (not sure about MLA8) even had specific rules allowing you to just put "OED" in parentheses if you were citing it - no page number or back matter required.
The real reason such citations are uncommon is that they're really unnecessary in high-level academic work. Things like word definitions or biographic details are considered "common knowledge" and don't need to be cited in many cases.
Wikipedia is problematic because info isn't always reliably updated and its open-source nature allows discredited researchers to take to the public sphere to defend conclusions that academia has already decisively ruled against. This is a apparently a big problem, especially in science.
Why not?
See the sibling thread posted five hours before your comment.
https://www.cnet.com/news/study-wikipedia-as-accurate-as-britannica/
That just tells you how bad britannica really was
Don’t forget the moon orbit simulator
All the simulators were so great, I remember something about photography and something about lifting an elephant using a seesaw.
360 panoramic shots were there, you could “explore” monuments and places like that.
And the 3D buildings in the later Encartas...
Wikipedia is undoubtedly a more credibly source than Encarta ever was.
Agreed, they just miss it because its nostalgic. However, nostalgic does not necessarily mean better.
learnt a lot of my general knowledge from Encarta
This, and more broadly all the excellent software and games Microsoft was pumping out at the time. They really wanted the home PC to be a thing and some of the all-time best software came out in that period.
I'm pretty sure there are other digital encyclopedias still in production. Otherwise, there are searchable databases mainly used for academic papers, which most colleges provide access to. I assume anyone can buy a subscription, though.
There was even an orbit simulator where you could try different ways to orbit the moon around the earth. Crashing it was a good time.
Aldus PageMaker, was my go to for years.
Man I remember it had really cool looking interactive learning bits to it, I feel like I lost a lot of time to some kind of color mixer simulator
I think about the animation of the spider building her web a lot.
Yes, I remember using Encarta for school papers about 20 years ago. And going to libraries to do additional research.
Often I'd trawl random information out of boredom since our PC wasn't good enough to run many games at the time.
Encartas animation about Chernobyl is why I played and still love S.T.A.L.K.E.R
FYI you can look up the cited source within the Wikipedia references.
I loved Encarta!
I did so much research on this thing. Totally forgot about it. Thanks for posting this!
Creme savers yogurts and hard candies.
are these like Campinos?
They are Campinos, they just called them Creme Savers in the US. Most Americans don’t know we still have them in Canada since the name’s different.
Why do Yous get all the good discontinued snacks?!
Oh fuck I forgot about those....damn now I'm upset they're gone.
We still have them in Canada, they are just branded under a different name - Campinos
The swirl lollipops were my jam.
dude those goddamn lollipops are my one answer anytime this question pops up. so damn good, I liked the blueberry ones
Agreed. I would make some terribly immoral choices if it meant an unlimited supply of blueberry creme savers lollipops... I know because I've thought about it.
They have the candies at the dollar store near me.
Yeeees!
Omg the orange swirl ones
have you ever tried campinos? they're very similar.
Strawberry CremeSavers are still avail on Amazon! I bought a few bags last year.
Yooooo. Cavities here I come. Thank you!!
Pop tart minis.
For an incredibly brief period, only a few months spread out in 1994 - 1995, these beautiful snacks were on the market.
They were perfect 1 sq inch diabetic nuggets.
TIL I either had a very good memory for a 2-3 year old, or my grandma fed us some super outdated popart minis.
lmao
Literally same. I’m thinking they had to be on the shelves after that because I wasn’t even born yet.
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I had that cereal once at a friends house after a sleepover. (My parents allowed three cereals in our house:Cheerios, Kix, or King Vitamin). It was the most delicious cereal I’d ever tasted and then... it vanished. I still remember exactly how it tasted.
I LOVED Pop Tarts Crunch. Also I still remember the commercial from the 90s with a kid playing electric guitar in his garage, lol
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Probably, but I think the box specifically said not to do that, they were meant to go in the toaster oven (or microwave).
If they're one square inch then only a fucking idiot would put them in a toaster
This idiot's never sideways toastered a bagel bite
Pop tart minis
https://www.samsclub.com/sams/pop-tart-mini-crisp-strawberry-22-ct/prod2890139.ip These?
Or you can make you're own...
https://www.thingstoshareandremember.com/mini-pop-tarts/
Ooooh buddy yeah I remember those. Also - GoTarts. Can't tell you how much I miss chocolate fudge GoTarts.
I came here to say exactly this! Those things were an integral part of my childhood. No one ever knows what I’m talking about when I mention them though.
Omg, I literally was just telling someone I'd love if they made mini pop tarts. I was born in '95 so I missed it. :(
I ate them like cereal. In a bowl with milk.
Adding to this: cinnamon poptarts without that shity frosting on it. Get those, toast em, add a little butter on top. Damn good snack.
Before pop tart minis were on the market, I worked in R&D for a company that built some of the conveyors that moved the product from the oven to the packaging lines. Kellogg sent us a full pallet of the minis in bulk (~1000 lbs) to use on design and testing of the conveyors. They were so good, we eventually had to lock them in the walk-in cooler so we'd have enough to finish the job.
Also, pretty sure that's how we all got the diabetes.
They sell them on Amazon! They started making them again in 2010.
Do you mean the 60 calorie mini crisps?
Because those are definitely not the same. I tried them with a heart full of hope and had those hopes dashed completely.
Came here to say this. Specifically GRAPE Pop-Tart mini’s!
Oh man, I have very specific memories tied to pop tart minis. Camping in my backyard with friends and taking the entire box for early morning breakfast before bike rides down the turnrows.
You reminded me! I miss pop tart danishes.
Apple pop tarts with no frosting on them!
In addition to this being able to buy Pop-tarts in every flavor without frosting.
old school peanut butter twix bars IN THE YELLOW AND RED WRAPPERS....
I miss the matte finish of that wrapper and I miss the type of "peanut butter" they used back then...there is a peanut butter twix that is currently available however it's a smooth peanut butter
That whole right twix left twix is one of the most annoying campaigns I've had the displeasure of experiencing, and I hope it dies soon. It's the corporate equivalent of the weird kid who makes up a language and uses it to talk to others and laughs when they don't get it.
Seriously, why can't they just go back to their old slogan, "Two for me, none for you." I mean if I'm buying a Twix, I'm not sharing it with anyone else. I don't care if it right or left, both are mine!
Came here looking for this. Everyone I tell that there was a peanut butter Twix doesn’t believe me! I preferred it to the original. Thank you internet stranger - I thought I had made them up since no one I know remembers them.
There was also one that had some kind of "Java" or "espresso" flavor to it. I literally only had it once and never saw it again. It was pretty damn good too.
The old one had a chocolate wafer, which went better with the peanut butter. New one has the same lame vanilla cookie as normal twix. Bring back old PB twix!!
That’s weird because when I was a kid the peanut butter Twix had the original wafer. I found them recently with the chocolate wafer and it just wasn’t the same.
There used to be a cookies & creme twix too, that I'd bring to school every day. Man...
I remember that one, but my husband thinks I imagined it.
I write Twix every year and ask them to bring back the Cookies and Cream bar. It was my favorite when I was a kid!
On everything I love I was thinking about these today while taking a piss at work.
The OG PB Twix was the first thing I ate after almost a year of being a vegan. It was beautiful.
Oh shit, i’d forgotten. Now I’m sad.
Me too
There was a chocolate fudge one too that was in a blue wrapper. Those were so good, I miss those!
Omg..... I thought i was imagining that! WTF,
Oh my God yes. Isn't the cookie different now? Before it used to be the same kind as the caramel but then it switched to chocolate?
Old school twix are sooooooo good
You mean Raiders?
The old McDonald's chicken burritos from the dollar menu! They had real chicken chunks, peppers and onions topped with a delicious sauce that tasted like a combination of chicken gravy and cheese.
I can still remember the wrapper. I think they were called fajitas though. Either way, I loved them.
I totally forgot about those and you’re right, they were awesome.
Other fast food items I miss:
McD’s cheddar melt Taco Bell’s cheesaritos
You're right about the fajitas. Delicious!
Oh, those were the tits back in the early 90s.
They used to have an awesome steak and eggs breakfast burrito. It had hash browns in it. SO GOOD.
Yes!!! I've never really been a fan of McDonald's but damn were they delicious. I miss them so much 😭😭😭
Wendy’s had breakfast burritos that were awesome briefly. Their hot sauce was amazing too!
Where does Wendy's do breakfast?
Has was supposed to be had. Changing it. It was about 10 years ago in the Seattle area.
Wait. . those don't sound like the recent Snack Wraps they used to have with Honey Mustard, BBQ and Ranch flavoring? Was this before?
Yeah, I've checked those out. Very different.
If you have a chick fil a near you, they have a chicken breakfast burrito that has actual chunks of chicken, hash browns, etc, though they USED to put bell peppers and grilled onions on it too, which was good.
Dunno if it’ll scratch your itch but it just might
Chicken selects!
Whoa, real chicken chunks? That must have been the good old days, for sure.
I’m sure they were delicious but something about the sound of “REAL Chicken Chunks!” (that’s just how I see it in my head) is unnerving and a bit off-putting.
Pantene beautiful lengths two in one shampoo. Before they fucked with the formula, right before they discontinued it.
That shit was awesome.
Fuckers.
Dove did the same thing.
Actually every shampoo I've ever loved has changed or just disappeared. Now when I find something I like I buy every bottle on the shelf every time I'm at the store because I know within a few months it'll be gone forever. I have stockpiles of shampoo/conditioner in my closet.
Why do they always reformulate a shampoo that already works and then discontinue it when people stop buying it?!?!
To add onto this: Herbal Essence for straight hair....I guess it didn't sell well, but it was the best shampoo and conditioner and one of the few ones I could use every day and not look like a mad jew-fro dude when I grow my hair out.
sadly Pantene coats your hair in silicones which is why it feels so soft :/ in turn making it hard for color to take because of all the build up- learned the hard way :/
Pantene had this clear shampoo that was called “Clarifying” or something like that. I loved that stuff and now I can’t find it anymore.
Pantene Ice Shine was my HG shampoo, tbh, and they have one that looks kinda similar called AquaLight, I think but it's just not the same. :(
Baked Bugles and P.B. Crisps.
P.B. Crisps were the best food ever created and I’m not exaggerating
For a while Wikipedia said they were discontinued for being too delicious. I like to believe that’s true.
I still have the PB Crisps commercial play in my head every once in awhile.
https://youtu.be/dTam9BJJq9w
Fuck you for making me remember pb crisps were a thing that I cant get any more.
jesus christ. Those things were delicious. I could eat a whole bag in one sitting. Those things, and garfield ravioli. I couldn't get enough.
I WAS COMING HERE TO SAY PB EFFING CRISPS. I will mourn their loss until the day I die.
P.B. Crisps
I was gonna say P.B. Crisps too.
Well thanks for that tangent trip back to my childhood. Damn PB Crisps. I knew they were so bad for me, but I didn’t care. I was gonna eat ‘em all in one sitting and have an awful stomachache. I would imagine they would make perfect munchie material. RIP
I’m also on the PB Crisps train. A friend tried telling me Nutter Butters were equally as good....that person is no longer my friend.
Holy fuck PB crisps
That was so goddamn long ago
If I had access to consequence-free time travel, the second thing I'd do would be to go back to 2009 and invest heavily in bitcoin. The first thing I'd do is go back to 1994 and invest heavily in PB Crisps.
Oh my god, THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE OF US?
Scrolled all the way down hoping someone else would say PB Crisps. My white whale of snack food.
I came here to say planters chocolate crisps. They were my favorite.
Were those the round peanut shaped peanut butter filled cookies? They were good!
Chocolate too! Those ones were my jam and I'm still so fucking bitter about them going away.
I came to this post specifically looking for P.B. Crisps.
PB Crisp was the absolute best. I remember my friends mom won a "lifetime supply" which was really just a coupon book for free PB Crisp. He would bring our group of friends a few every day, but then his mom found out and limited him to 1 per day. Then they stopped making it and she was left with a big worthless coupon book. Man we coulda had so much PB Crisp!
I have been trying to remember the name of pb crisps for a while now! Those were sooo good!
If P.B. Crisps ever do come back, I will probably cry unironically while eating them...nothing is quite the same.
If you had PB crisps and Koala Yummies in your bag, you owned the school lunch room. I'll always treasure the memories...
At least Koala Yummies are still available :(
I couldn't remember what P.B. Crisps were, so I googled them. DAMN YOU! I LOVED those things but had forgotten about them for years. Man, they really were the holy grail of snack cookies!
Baked bugles? I never saw those.
They were fabulous. Practically grease free, unlike the grease sodden original ones.
Real question, could u still put them on your fingers and act "scary."
bionicles
I remember the day I realized they stopped making them. Nowhere on the Lego shelf at Wal-Mart, all replaced by sad new almost-bionicles out of some new weird series. Then they were gone entirely
I live in Australia and they don't even have the weird shit, just normal lego
Must have been an American series, either way, a sad day. Bionicles were the best
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Yeah! That's the one
It was only a year or so ago that they still had the ones which had the original Toa names but looked completely different around Australian stores.
There used to be a bionicles game and it was the shit :(
For the original Xbox! I still have that game!
There was one online on some well known website as well. I dunno if it would be the same one or not.
There is a website with all the comics I pdf form for you to download. Bio media project or something.
that's mint
Bionicle came back in 2016 but wasn't as popular and discontinued in 2017. I may be a bit off though.
I had all the originals, they were so awesome
Wisk
The discontinued laundry detergent did an excellent job - especially on soiled shirt collars.
I wish I could still get powder detergent in my area. About four years back every grocery and convenience store went to carrying liquid-only.
Liquid or Pods here. I've switched to pods, the powder always screwed up my sinuses anyway, but my dad is pissed he can't find it!
I work at a cvs and they just recently started putting powdered tide on the shelves again
I started using pods when the washer at my new house was a HE one. Once I had stains on my clothes where the pod had dissolved and not quite gotten washed away by the washers sparing use of water, I went back to liquid.
I smell less like detergent now.
My washer hasn't had any issues like that but I have to be careful what detergent I use and its almost impossible to find the one I use out of pods now in my area. I've got super sensitive skin :<
gotta go to Costco/Sams/BJs. Giant tub of Arm & Hammer powder is like $17.
You can make your own powdered detergent. I do it all the time. It works better than liquid.
Thanks!
Persil is the successor, but it’s not the same formula. It does a good job but it has way too much fragrance.
Costco should have their Kitkland brand powdered detergent in a big tub! I saw it there last month and my family has been using it for at least 10 years!
Risk it? Or
WISK IIIIIIIIIIT
Oh dang. My mom swore by this stuff. Specifically for stained collars.
I used it to get stains out of my pony's coat before horse shows. Worked like a charm!
"Wisk around the collar beats ring around the collar." They used to advertise like that was its only purpose.
Literally the only thing my brothers and I are allergic to.
How do you get your butt that high?
I think I've seen it (US Midatlantic)
Try Clorox 2 for collared shirts
I swear I've seen this in Menards.
A lot of great film stocks for still photography. It makes me deeply sad to think I might live to see the end of commercially produced and purchased film. Looks different than digital, forces you to learn and concentrate on the craft and has a proven archiving capability of 100 years.
Man, while cleaning out my grandparents' house (RIP,) I found an old Polaroid Land Camera. I was so excited. I went to the local drug store to get film, and an elderly employee told me, "oh, goodness, I remember those, my family took one on vacation every year when I was younger."
Okay...I called a local photography specialty store. They had ten packs of the film...for $53 each.
That camera looks great sitting on the shelf in my closet.
They started making new film - only about 18/per 8!
not for the older land cameras
Is that $18 for 8 pictures or 18 pictures for $8?
8 exposures for $18
Wow. That's like $2.25/exposure. It's ridiculously cheaper to take digital photos then go print them out at a Walmart photo kiosk. For that price, I could get all my photos printed in 8"x10" size.
Barnes and Noble is selling refurbished Polaroid cameras. Maybe they'll make a comeback.
Polaroid released the camera again called the "one step II" and is now making film for them. Fujifilm did it too, I have an instax wide camera myself. It's very large though.
How are those Instax cameras? I've been really interested in them, but can't bring myself to drop the coin on one when I have an iPhone, haha.
You won't be an Amsel Adams with one but everybody fuckin loves them at parties and weddings. I took mine around Tokyo for a few candid pictures to give to the other people I was travelling with. Great for a keepsake
I have a Kodak instant camera that was my grandmas. Due to a Polaroid/Kodak lawsuit I’ll never see film for it. But I do have a Polaroid One Step and Polaroid Originals (formerly the Impossible Project) makes all kinds of instant film.
Polaroid released a new one step
Really? Omg! When?
It's under the new Polaroid Originals Company the successor to the Impossible Project. They make the film for various Polaroids. The film quality went from mediocre a few years back to now very good.
That's so exciting to hear about. I'm glad that they're continuing to improve what they have to work with, I was so sad when I heard what happened to Polaroid.
Bhphoto is your friend :).
Polaroid is making a comeback recently. It was timed perfectly, I’d found a Polaroid 600 from the 90’s at goodwill but when I went online to find film for it, I came back empty handed. Checked back a week later, something called the Impossible project had bought some old Polaroid equipment and was making film for it. It’s $20 for 8 shots of 600 film but I’m glad it’s still kicking.
I believe they're called Polaroid Originals now.
I remember about 12ish years ago my dad sent in his Polaroid to have it repaird they did not even check it and sent back a brand new one despite the fact my dad's Polaroid was well over 20 years old and beaten up. I guess they did it since they make it back quite quickly on the negative packs (or what you call them).
Be careful - it might be like the camera from Fatal Frame/Project Zero. When you're running out of film taking pics of ghosties, you'll wish it was digital.
Same here. Found a sweet Polaroid for $2 at a thrift store, figured how hard could finding film be. It’s cheaper to fill my car with gas than buy 8 pictures worth of film.
They're about ~$20-$25 now
Join us over on /r/Analog! A lot of film stock is going away, but Kodak and Ilford are still going strong. The new Portra is an excellent film :)
Instant film is making a big comeback
great film stocks for still photography
Kodak Tri-X
Ilford HP5+, FP4+, PanF 50
are all still produced and amazing film stocks.
I always enjoyed shooting tri-x, but digital is so much cheaper (once you've made the investment in equipment).
I don't disagree, but Tri-X is a great film stock still produced. I shoot both digital and black and white film, normally Tri-X or HP5+.
Darkroom printing gave me a deep appreciation for the cmd+Z function in photoshop.
I love Tri-X and T-Max, as well as the recently discontinued Acros as my low-speed B&W. I've shot multiple rolls of each of Ilford's stocks and have never enjoyed the results. In my opinion, Ilford lacks the character and humanity that Kodak has and in my opinion Ilford always looks flat and boring. Just shot Adox Scala for the first time and still waiting for the lab DR5 located in Iowa to ship it back to me. Hopefully Scala is as amazing as I've heard it is!
Ektochrome and Ferannia are coming back, Kodachrome may return too
I don’t see Kodachrome coming back. It uses a whole different chemical process.
But it gives us those nice bright colors!
It gave us the greens of summers!
It makes you feel all the world’s a sunny day oh yeah
I disagree, I think they'll just make the K14 process public.
Kodachrome is never coming back.
Development process is way too complicated.
I guess momma wound up taking Paul’s kodachrome away after all.
RIP, greens of summer.
I disagree, I think they'll just make the K14 process public.
I miss the old pre-1960s Kodachrome now referred to as Red Border Kodachrome. Like all Kodachrome it is famous for being color film that is archival. And it had a look to it that was instantly identifiable.
As far as I know there is only one place left in the country that can even develop Kodachrome film.
That was Dwaynes in Kansas. They can no longer develop Kodachrome. Famed photog Stev McCurry shot the last roll made. The Last Roll of Kodachrome
Yeah, sadly I don’t think Kodachrome is ever likely to return. The processing for it was complicated, environmentally unsafe, and relatively expensive compared to E6.
Still, I’d give both pinkies to be able to shoot on it again.
This made me sad. My grandma and Dad have always been into photography. And when my grandma sold her house I got a bunch of her old cameras. Out of 8 I can find film for 2 of them. They all work perfectly, just no longer have mass produced film.
what kind of film does it need? You can still get 35mm, 110mm, and 120mm, I think the only thing you can't really get is the weird 'advantix' film from the 90's. A lot of it is really cool now if you check out stores like lomography, revelog, psychedelic blues film - really unique stuff.
Yeah, the 110 and 120 I found. One of the cameras is a 53, and i don't remember the others but they all stopped film production in the late 50's thru the 70's.
Probably 620 stock is one that you're looking for.
616 film can still be bought, but you can also hand rolll it yourself on old rolls from 120.
Film based photography had a certain romance to it. Everything from taking the picture to developing them in actually dark rooms (not the automated machine kind) to just the actual photos themselves. You just don't get any of that with digital now.
Making images with a camera is still magical and exciting. It’s just different now.
I have a bit saved in my frig. Its way out of date and I don't use my film cameras anymore...
What do you have left? A lot of people still use expired film stock, especially if it was kept in a fridge.
Are you thinking about selling?
I have my fingers crossed that Polaroid Originals (FKA Impossible Project) and Cinestill are doing well enough to at least keep the current revival of interest going – do you feel that the current interest in analogue photography may be enough to keep Fuji, Kodak, and Ilford producing film as well?
(I ask because you seem to have your thumb more on the pulse of this than I do at the present time – I know Kodak and Ilford has previously fallen on hard times, but they’re still alive and kicking and making film for what I assume is some reason or another, beyond simply the love of it.)
Fuji by all counts appears to be closing down its actual film production (see discontinuation of FP/FB instant peel apart, Acros, Neopan, Velvia, Provia, etc) though they did announce the Natura 1600 few years back. Looks like they're focusing on more commercial grade products like instax or superia. Ilford seems to be doing solidly, Kodak Alaris is a separate entity from Kodak, so the fate of film is in their hands. Ektachrome slide is coming back, after something like a 6 year absence no less, so IMO looks like things are going well.
I dunno, maybe the resurgence is just a trend, but that was said about vinyl as well, and look how well that's doing. I'm personally not terribly afraid, just mildly nervous about the future of film.
Mildly nervous makes sense. Like with analogue versus digital music, I find that analogue and digital photography fill two different niches – there’s plenty of overlap in that particular Venn diagram, of course, but I don’t believe one can completely eclipse the other.
With music, it’s great that I can stream from a library of 25 million songs in my hand or my car, but putting on a record makes me feel different – as it should, since consuming and enjoying music is an emotional experience. Much as digital photography is something I love, and I can create huge volumes of beautiful work with it, but shooting film just feels different, as it should.
Here’s to the bright futures of both!
Welcome to the feeling of being a Rochester, NY resident where Kodak was one of the biggest employers and now it’s dying and taking our whole area with it.
My Dad is a photographer and absolutely refuses to go digital. He has a darkroom and everything.....and he now has to special order his film which naturally costs more. One day it won't be available at all anymore and frankly.....I hope it's after he's gone. Man loves his darkroom way too much to give it up.
I feel similarly. I tried digital and gave up on it. Always seemed like a hassle, was never pleased with the "look" sensors gave me and I detest having to edit almost every photo, whereas with film I just scan a frame and do a few spot removals.
You and your dad would appreciate this video about a man racing to finish his life's work before his supplies run-out. It's sad and inspiring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHINDOtFH1A&feature=share
Thank you. I’m going to forward that to my Dad...I’m sure he’ll be able to relate.
We talked about this in our photography class today
Yeah, I get this. I still shoot with an old Bronica ETRS, and finding actual 220 film is not only nearly impossible, but would cost me hundreds of dollars to get only a handful of exposures. Luckily I picked up a 120 back from ebay, so I can still load Ilford 120, but it's still not cheap.
220 and 120 is the same film, only difference is the film length.
True, but modern 120 film can't be loaded into into 220 backs on the ETRS because the backing on the film is considerably thicker. It can be done if you really mess with it, but it can ruin the film if you do it wrong.
Yeah, my school had a photography class (about 2004-2006) which included hand developing film and even then I struggled to get any interesting film to work with. was always after really low speed B+W film but couldn't find any.
There's a ferrania production plant being refurbed that got Kickstarted a couple years back, I've got some B&W from them and am expecting some colour in due course. I believe they'll be opening up to the public for sales as well at some point.
I've got an old Minolta 9000 alpha that I picked up from a used camera shop in Japan. I've found that film is a lot of fun compared to digital, partly because of the challenge of it all.
And before anyone asks, I tend to use it in full manual mode. Also, cocking the lever after each shot is really satisfying
THIS.
Some types of film really have something timeless and hyper-vivid about them -https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2009/06/kodachrome_rip.html
And the way cinematographers like Jack Cardiff made technicolour work for them is just lost.
Even just having polaroid around for kids at outrageous prices would be good.
I miss Kodachrome so much. Really happy Ektachrome is making a comeback. I've hoarded some E100 in my fridge since 2012, I can finally shoot it now.
I just want the option to shoot on film. I just really hope it remains an option both for stills photography and motion pictures.
I read pornography, and was intrigued for a second there.
forces you to learn and concentrate on the craft
I only ever hear this from people that insist on film. I don't believe it's actually true. Sure, film means you can't just spam taking photos, but it's not like you can just keep taking photos until you get lucky with digital. The craft is still there, and you have to learn either way.
Arguably film is worse to learn with since it discourages experimentation and makes mistakes more costly.
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My baby is sick right now😩
Try the wall plug in from Vicks. Only thing that works for my babes. No meds needed!
Note for next time the nephew is sick!!
Better yet, rub the Vick’s salve on their little feetses, it’s been proven to be more effective that way.
Rub on it's feetses, precious?!
For me that works for cough, the wall plug in works for congestion.
You’re actually not supposed to use menthol on babies. I can’t remember why honestly
They make a baby Vicks. Safe for babes. No menthol.
Huh TIL
In Sweden the docs recommend a dose of paracetamol every 6 hours and ibuprofen every 8 and yes I mean that you can take them simultaneously. There are loads of studies and articles about it and it really was a game changer when I tried it on my eldest when he was a toddler with high feber about 12 years ago.
Ahh good to know. Thanks!
I know you mean well but you can't be giving out info like that without dose sizes. Aside from that too, babies are fragile and you should be consulting a doctor when it comes to drugs for them. I know that 99% of people would get dosing right, talk to a doctor, and have a baby that can healthily take the medicine but any chance at all of a baby getting killed over an internet comment is too high.
dose sizes
well i do say a dose which implies quite clearly that it means whatever amount is appropriate for the person receiving it age/weight, since dosage varies from country to country i merely pointed out the standard practice here in Sweden which is a healthcare standard routine to treat pain/fever. if you give your baby medicine without talking to a doc or a nurse well then it´s on you not me since i would assume it even says that on the packaging in the US. I also refer to the plethora of articles and studies that are a google away. But yeah i do understand what you mean.
I completely agree that your comment is quite clear but I just want to reiterate that there are idiots in this world. While your comment is clear, it was not explicitly stupid-proof clear. It should be stupid-proof clear for a matter that could easily become a disastrous tragedy.
I see your point
Ours as well. These cold medicines do nothing.
He’s also going to be teething soon. We’re sad that Hyland’s teething tablets are gone. They were amazing with our daughter. Not sure what we’re going to do this time...
Those hylands things had either nothing in them or accidentally enough belladonna to poison a baby.
So if your baby isn’t dead, there was actually nothing in the tablets.
They are “homeopathic” which in short means contain no active ingredients. They stopped making them because they accidentally included active ingredients that were literal poison.
Well....glad those are gone
My nephew got teething biscuits. Also I got those little pacifiers that you can put food in and stuck ice chunks or smaller cubes in them for him to suck on. He got wet as hell so I recommend using a bib if you go that route.
I got a wisdom tooth in as an adult (26) after having them removed years prior and ice was the only thing to help numb the pain so I could focus at work.
Yeah teething is a bitch. Luckily we aren’t in a bout of that right now otherwise she’d be a drooly, snotty, stuffed up monster
I think a lot of people used it to put their babies to sleep as well, that was one way babies were dying from over medicating. I remember I had a bottle, sent my baby to her dad and she came back with it empty and “she slept so well” I never sent her over there again and I was happy it was off the shelves for the safety of children but sad that smart parents who used it properly lost it
Our pediatrician recommended Children's Tylenol Cold and just gave us a syringe and a custom dose (and a stern warning against EVER using it to get her to sleep).
EDIT: And I guess I always took it for granted that everyone knew it took at least 30 minutes for oral medications to metabolise and start having an effect. Score one for having to take regular medication throughout childhood.
I thought the problem with infant Tylenol was that it was a higher dose than child Tylenol.
My Dr just have me a chart to go by with weight and how much children's Tylenol to give them
I actually miss the video stores. There was something about grabbing a pizza on a Friday night and wandering the isles of TLA Video looking for that gem that I haven't seen yet and watch it with my girl, or a buddy or even alone.
Perusing Netflix just isn't the same.
The favorite part about my local shop was that the staff had their own "staff picks" section at the end of each isle. They were not to include common/famous films, but obscure films they thought were worth watching. What I loved even more is that a few of the staff were serious movie watchers and could make recommendations bases on my preferences for past films. Ask for a dark action film and you'll be hit with three or four suggestions. Need a smart comedy that does not cater to high school kids? Bam! Three more suggestions.
I miss talking to real people who really loved movies.
I miss talking to real people who really loved movies.
In a similar vein, books. I remember visiting a Waldenbooks in the late 90's, and telling a staffer I was looking something in the fantasy realm that wasn't written for teenagers/young adults/nerds.
He handed me a first edition "A Game of Thrones".
That cruel bastard!
I used to be one of those people - I can't recommend watching much anymore. The middle of the industry where the good movies were made is all but dead. It's mass market big budget or low budget crap these days.
I used to manage several Blockbuster Video stores and I couldn't agree more. It's like they aren't even trying to make great lower budget movies anymore. Long gone are the days of coming across an independent gem.
I grew up in a small town and as a kid I dreamed of working at our local video store when I was older. Eventually in high school I was able to get a job there and it was amazing. I worked alone, could do pretty much whatever I wanted, could watch anything pg13 or under, and I was so happy when I could finally add my “staff picks” to that section!
Exactly
YES! Our local place was called Movie Mart. Whoever handled their ordering must have been a horror fan, they had so many obscure horror movies, it was great.
/r/movies
I dunno, man. It's just so full of trailers and posters and marketing crap along with links to articles and news stories. I've never found it very good for people discussing their love for movies. I find /r/iwatchedanoldmovie a lot more welcoming.
Oh wow thanks for the suggestion! Im going to check this out.
My Granddad owned a video store in a small texas town (3,000 people). I loved that place. I was such a lucky child because not only could I go there and hang out, but also because any popular movie and all of the great NES games were at my fingertips. It was heaven. My Granddad just died in January. Incredible man.
Streaming sucks in some ways. Usually I'm literally done eating before I manage to sift through their horrible interfaces and find something interesting to watch. At least at the video store what you got is what you got and you just had to live with it.
It would be so much better if Netflix and Amazon and all that wasn't so choked with bullshit crap movies. It would be simpler and faster to find a good movie to watch if you didnt have to shift through all the shit. I love the original series on Netflix, but the movie selection sucks.
I'm not 100% on Netflix but why the fuck can't I search by keyword on Hulu or HBO Go? It literally kills my motivation if I'm trying to find something I haven't watched.
... and another reason why I have a decent DVD /Bluray collection. I like the feel and physicality of having the disc and it's extras as well as perusing my shelves for the movie, kinda like the rental stores haha
Word
I still go to the Family Video in my area!
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Very good summary, I remember this story as it happened.
I loved them for the old movies. And games you could rent and if you liked it, you could pay the diff between the cost and what you paid for the rental.
God, I remember a buddy and I renting PS1 and spending the weekend playing Tomb Raider with a cheat book !
Nice I usually just used the guide as needed the first run then used it fully the second time to get everything.
Used to work at Hollywood video. It was a great first job.
I have a combo Little Ceasars/Family Video down the street from me. Me and my gf like to walk down to it and grab a pizza and a couple movies every now and than even though we have Hulu, and you are right it's not as satisfying just flicking through movies as it is to go and browse through all the selections.
We still have a Family Video near me. New releases are $3. Anything old is $1. The service is great and they have blu ray, video games, and coupons a plenty.
Micro machines were a pretty bad ass toy not gonna lie. Either that for my childhood or caffeine infused Four LOKO so I can forget the fact that I'm aging.
Micro machines were the best! We spent hours playing with those in our super van city. Good times.
Omg I forgot about these. I think mine is stored in my parents house. Gonna bust it back out for some nostalgia
I had the military version of that (still do, somewhere on the attic!) and god damn I spent so many hours having fictional battles where I invaded the "city".
I still have the Bradley IFV that opened up to be a base for your mocro machines guys.
I also had a submarine at some point.
And then the games for the Mega Drive/SNES were great too
The 4-player game with the extra controller ports in the cartridge was awesome
Those inclimate days where my friends and I would break out the 4 way play for NHL 94.
Micro Machines aren’t a thing anymore?!?!?!?
google search intensifies
My God...what kind of world is my son coming into where Micro Machines aren’t a thing anymore...I do believe I have a decent stash of them in my attic from my childhood, I hope.
edit this reminded me that Toys R Us won’t be a thing anymore, either. Sad times indeed...
Even GI Joe isn't a thing anymore.
My GF collects Barbies sometimes and I wanted to toss a 12" GI Joe in with them and could not find one except for old ones on Ebay.
Yea I can't believe they're gone it's so depressing. I have found some new boxes but they are waaaay expensive on the internet.
I'm old enough to remember the man who is (or at least was at the time) the Guinness World Record holder for the fastest talker in the world being in all the Micro Machines ads.
I take it ur around 30?
Micro Machines don't exist anymore?
Nope they are gone. Probably a lawsuit around choking hazards or something ridiculous.
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I have a stash as well from my childhood. Best toys ever.
You seem like a straight up awesome person from this comment alone.
Especially the ones whose headlights came on when you pushed down on them.
Used micro machine with my Car Wars RPG! Still have them in the box for the Role playing game.
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Called Campinos in Canada and are still actively sold around here. Order em online or go to r/snackexchange to get a redditor to send you some.
Crystal Pepsi. I got a couple bottle last year from the limited release and found I still liked it.
Oh, I wish the Original Jolt Cola was still available, at least near me.
While I'm on the topic of sodas, how about Full Throttle Fury, originally in a Red can? I'll take a case, thank you.
Edit: some og Jolt bottles I saved
Old School Jolt bottles
Https://imgur.com/gallery/5s3lugk
Don't worry about Crystal pepsi it will be back when pepsi needs to make a fast buck
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Holy shit I had to scroll far to find Josta. Loved that stuff.
Help us out at /r/CrystalPepsi
I found Jolt cola today at the Dollar General here.
I live in Juneau, AK. We get some stuff, but not tons. Haven't seen Jolt here. But plenty of Monster, Red Bull, the current iteration of Full Throttle, and other Pepsi or Coke owned brands.
You can get Jolt on Amazon if they deliver up there.
Modern Jolt doesn't taste like I remember, but it could just be me.
Same here, it doesn't taste the same at all.
Same here, Dollar General Express has cans for $1
The LA Beast got me hooked on these.
Have a good day!
LA BEAST HERE, AND TODAY...
I can’t hear the words Crystal Pepsi without immediately jumping to “Right Now” by Van Halen.
Damn you...lol
Ugh I miss Pepsi Blue!!!
I miss it too.
I don't miss what it did to my poo.
Bright neon orange shits like blue dew gave me?
Why don’t they just keep Crystal Pepsi around all the time it is so much better
One really odd thing about the rerelease Crystal Pepsi, the expiration dates were always like a week from when I got it. It'd be a brand new shipment at the local gas station, expires in like six days.
remember a kid in middle school said he was going to drink a jolt and fight me.
That is a serious threat. Did you die?
Crystal Pepsi
this post made me look for the "Paul's time machine" sketch from Human Giant, but it seems to have been purged from the internet...
Nah man. Pepsi twist needs to come back.
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I always thought it tasted like someone pissed in a bag of skittles.
I find it concerning that I agree with this statement but I still drink way more Monster than I should
Anyone remember Josta cola?
I don't know about the rest of the planet but in the UK, a while ago we had something called Pepsi Raw. It had a more earthy, licoricey taste. It was good.
Ech, you can keep it. I hate licorice.
I wouldn't literally describe it as a licorice flavor. It was just a sort of herbal flavor, somewhat similar to licorice. I assume it was supposed to taste closer to cola's natural form.
I can deal with that. I can find herbal-ish colas here and they make great mixers.
Probably similar to the Pepsi 1893 that we had. I liked it.
Ooh, did they discontinue it? I love that stuff. Haven't seen it in a while though...
Oh, I wish the Original Jolt Cola was still available, at least near me.
My cousin found some near us at a Dollar General randomly about a month ago. Try there.
Unfortunately there is no Dollar store in Juneau, Alaska.
Do you have TrueValue (Anchorage does that’s why I ask)- they used to sell Jolt, but then again, that was... oh man, 13 years ago.
We do have a True Value, so I'll go check it out but I won't place any bets on finding it. Thank you!
There does not seem to be. They seem to sell it on Amazon, though with you being in Alaska YMMV on that.
I liked Crystal Pepsi back when it first came out since it tasted the same as Pepsi, but this time around it was definitely a different taste. I compared it against normal Pepsi, the "Real Sugar" Pepsi, and even Mexican Pepsi. All tasted different from Crystal Pepsi.
The recent release of Crystal Pepsi almost had a citrusy flavor to me.
Yeah, I got that a bit as well. My mom also mentioned how the new version had HFCS in it and said she believes the old one had sugar instead. I know that can change the taste (as I said, I tried against 2 different real sugar varieties and the HFCS version of normal Pepsi).
It did, which meant I usually bought just that instead of Pepsi.
We used to stock up on jolt blue and bawls when I was a teenager. Then bawls switched from the blue bottles to shitty cans. They never tasted the same.
I’m not sure if you have a grocery store named Mariano’s near you but they carry Bawls in the blue bottle and the cherry flavored one in a clear bottle.
I can still get Bawls in bottles here. Caffeinated for his pleasure, ribbed for hers?
BAWLS WAS MY SHIT
I didn't get over the loss of Crystal Pepsi until RC Edge came out - an energy drink before energy drinks were a thing, not even Red Bull really. Now energy drinks are everywhere, and there's no good cola flavored one when RC is just sitting on that recipe!
I do like me some RC cola.
Red bull just recently released a organic cola version and it’s actually quite good!
I would kill for some JOLT energy drinks. They came in big as battery cans and looked so cool. The red cherry one tasted like Dr Pepper and the blue one was like a fizzy blue raSperry slushy. I do know jolt cola is kinda back but good luck getting it. And if you are ever in Germany look for volt cola it's their own version of jolt cola but with even more sugar and caffeine.
Still have the last one I bought way back in September sitting in my fridge. Saving it for a special occasion
Just had a jolt. I found it at a rocket fizz
Dollar General sells Jolt here
I have a cooler full of jolt cola. Its a dollar at dollar generals for 16 ounce can.
All the dollar stores (99 cent store, dollar general, dollar tree, etc) around my area carry Crystal Pepsi.
Crystal Pepsi & Jolt Cola are available again at certain Dollar General stores.
Fucking Crystal Pepsi.
The store I shop at had it for a week and then it was gone. I wanted to buy more!
Everytime I think of Crystal Pepsi I think of this SNL skit. Mmmmmm...crystal gravy. https://youtu.be/g0sjRG34DlA
Full Throttle still has the fury flavor. It's just not called that anymore. All the cans are black now, and the non original flavors are accented with red and blue.
I, for one, miss the living fuck out of SoBe Adrenaline Rush.
Jolt came back at the beginning of this year for a while at Dollar Generals. I got my fix, so I’m not sure if they still have it. They have had some bangin exclusive snacks lately.
I had a jolt a couple of years back when I found it in a corner shop in the UK.
No idea how old it was or if it was the flavor of the stuff, but it almost had the mouthfeel of it being a meaty drink. Not the taste as such, but when the aroma hit your palate it was like a bomb going.
You can get full throttle fury in the red cans by the case at the dollar store next to my house
So, you were the other person besides me that liked that drink?
Stuff like this makes me so sad that in Slovenia, we barely have any unique and crazy variants available. :( Seriously, the flavors are so boring. The most you can get is this huge companies promoting new flavored waters with lemon, orange, peach and stuff like that. Wow. So unique.
I was in US last year for 4 months and just came back from a 2 week trip in Japan. God... So many choices. :'(
The REAL Jolt. In the tallboy can with the twist-off. Fucking yes.
The real Jolt only comes in bottles, as seen in my edit.
Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper.
My favorite drink ever 😢
Find a place with coke a cola free style machine things. They do like 100+ flavors including cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper. So good.
They'll even tell you where to find one. www.coca-colafreestyle.com
In many markets you may have to settle for Cherry Vanilla Mr Pibb
No, the Coke Freestyle machines have Dr Pepper because they know what the people really want
One of the absolute best features about my holiday to Canada. Wendy's had those machines and they are fucking incredible
Florida here, pepsi distributes Dr Pepper here so that's just not possible...
North Florida here, Coke freestyle machines all over. I've never seen one without Dr. Pepper in it.
Must be different in Central Florida then. All they have here is Mr Pibb which isn't even close to the same taste...
Yeah....it’s better!
Get out!
Gosh darn it you're right. :( In all fairness it was 1 in the morning for me. Maybe I was thinking wierd flavored coke zeros. But I have seen cherry vanilla dr pepper recently. I'll have to think harder about where
It's not the same
They used to have a cherry chocolate Dr Pepper that was shockingly tasty!
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I have been searching for it for years. I didn't even know it was still being made.
I dont know if they make it in non-diet form, but I know they make it in diet. The last time I bought it was a few months ago, so unless they quit making that very recently it should still be around.
The diet is the one I want. I can only find the cherry.
I think we have that on base at the commissary. If I see it today, I'll gladly send you some
I just double checked online. They have this at the Albertson's like two blocks from my house.
Actually, they have regular and diet. I could make a shipment if you wanted.
That was my favorite, didn't know it still existed somewhere.
Omg that was our favorite in college! Captain Morgan (or Sailor Jerry on a poor week) and diet cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper! Diet cherry Dr. Pepper is ok, but not the same with spiced rum.
My college dinning hall has them, cant count the number of times I've bought one meaning to get regular.
I used to get that at Sonic before they actually started bottling it. Now, It's back to Sonic. Too bad they don't have RC Draft. I would go there everyday
Raspberry Vanilla Dr. Pepper... I miss that
That was a thing? When??
Probably means the Berries & Cream
A yes, that's what I meant!
Oh man, this reminded me of the berries and cream Dr pepper. Need that in my life again
People think i made that one up. So good.
I thought I had imagined it for the longest time lol
WTF.. I'm in Australia, of all places, Australia and I can get this for like $2 a can
Wasn’t there a Red Fusion one with the same flavor?
I work at a Walgreens in central Florida and we always have out stocked week to week
I still remember the commercial with the seductive voice over singing cherry vanilla Dr. Pepper.
Singing that jingle actually got me into my high school choir lol
Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr Pepper was pretty dope, too... but alas.
I will never forgive myself for not hoarding this soda.
First time I ever got drunk, was vodka and cherry vanilla dr pepper. That was so damn good.
Similar thought, cherry vanilla coke. I've seen it regular but I just want a diet version.
Those Coke freestyle machines have it available (in the U.K. at least, I assume in the US it’s Mr Pibb or whatever)
I don't know where you live, but here in Phoenix you can buy a 12-pack of Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper at any grocery store and it's also available from any Coke Freestyle machine. I had some from Jack in the Box yesterday.
Make yourself an Amaretto Cherry Coke float.
You can make this at any restaurant that has the new touch screen Pepsi dispensers.
My local convenience store has cans of this stuff in stock for $1. We don’t have a lot of those fancy flavoured drinks in Canada or they’re hard to find, but I know I can always count on the little old Korean lady to hook me up with a Vanilla Coke
I’m pretty sure you can get this at the free style machines now a days
I’m pretty sure you can get this at the free style machines now a days
I’m pretty sure you can get this at the free style machines now a days
I used to love this stuff before I went on my diet and cut out sugary drinks...if I could only have one more...
Doesn't Dr. Pepper already taste sort of like cherry and vanilla?
We haven't had it here in my country until like a year or two ago. So when I tried it I was surprised that it tastes sort of like vanilla, and now it's one of my favorite drinks.
Whatever happened to Vanilla Coke?
Well, cherry vanilla Coke tastes like regular Dr Pepper if that helps...
Also, if you go anywhere with a Coke Freestyle machine - you can get yourself some cherry vanilla DP!
The diet version of this was amazing, with both cherry and vanilla flavors it was still so sweet that it hardly tasted diet.
Sonic has those, they're even better when they're fountain drinks
Tan M&Ms
My children (30 and 26 yo) don't even believe me when I tell them there used to be a "light brown/tan" M&M. So sad.
I'm surprised the 30 year old doesn't remember. I'm 31 and I remember the contest they held in the early 90s to replace the tan m&m.
I remember being angry as a child because the colors in the contest were blue, pink, and purple. I thought it was unfairly set up for blue to win because boys would all vote for blue and the girl vote would be split between pink and purple.
Plus all of us traitorous girls who voted blue
I'm a guy, I voted blue. But today I'd vote purple. I'm ok admitting purple is a great color. As long as it's a good purple, not lavender or something pinkish.
Holy crap, I remember voting for blue, but not really remembering what other colors we were in the running..
That is so rigged, they probably were already manufacturing blue anyway
I am 32 and remember them. I loved the tan m&m.
I remember calling the number and voting for blue.
Sorry. I too miss the tan ones.
I'm 28 and I remember the contest. Blue was the winner, correct?
I lived abroad the year that contest happened, so I was completely out of the loop. I came back to the States and met up with a friend at Baskin Robbins. That’s when I saw the M&Ms in the toppings selections and started screaming, “They make blue M&Ms?!” My friend was embarrassed and everyone else thought I was an idiot.
Even if they made a day-glowing enriched uranium m&m, I wouldn't scream about it.
I vaguely remember this, and maybe it was around the same time but I also recall there being a contest where if you found a grey M&M you'd win a million dollars or something like that.
What? I'm 32 and clearly remember when they got rid of them. Think I was in second or third grade.
Wasnt that around the time they brought the blue ones in?
Yeah, there was a big nationwide vote to determine which color would replace tan. Blue won.
My husband set a macro on his phone to call and vote for blue over and over again for days. He thinks he significantly contributed to blue's victory.
I voted many times too. However I read the contenders were pink and purple. Neither stood a chance. Blue beat them both combined. But it didn't need to. 46 percent of votes were against blue. Yet because the other votes were divided among two similar colors, blue win by a landside.
I actually liked blue, at the time. The color was so striking.
really? i'm 31 and vividly remember tan m&ms... then again my home always had m&ms in it, so ymmv
Your 30 yo doesn't remember them? I'll be 28 this month and I do! Wasn't there a vote for blue or something along those lines. That's one of my first memories.
I'm quite surprised, as I'm only 18 and I remember Tan M&Ms from having them at a friend's house. They had lots of M&Ms, and I wouldn't be entirely surprised if they were old.
There aren’t two brown colored M&Ms anymore?
Yo. I'm 30 and I remember the tan M&M.
I'm 35 and I vaguely remember the tan ones
I'm 35, come on now, maybe it's bad parenting hah, jk jk
I remember the phone in contest to replace tan with blue, pink, or purple. I called in to vote for no change. Poor tan.
1–800–FUN COLOR.
I voted for Ⓜ️. I apologize. They didn't explain that a classic color would be dropped to make room for the new one.
Alright, so story time. When I was a kid my sister and I would sometimes get M&Ms and then we'd sort them by color. I was the youngest and looking for cues from my sisters, so I picked up how many piles there should be. But here's the thing... I'm colorblind. So I would spend lots of time looking really closely at some of the M&Ms... and then would end up with two piles each with a mix of red and tan (the other colors I could separate correctly). This is how my mom figured out I was colorblind.
Incidentally, if you're ever administering a colorblind test to kids at an elementary school, don't assume they're lying or joking if they say they can't tell the colors apart. That was some serious BS.
They got replaced with ugly, garish blue. The old colors (brown, tan, yellow, red, orange) looked like fall leaf colors and I loved that combination. The blue tastes the same but the aesthetic experience is now missing.
I liked them when they didn't have red.
Fuck dude, you just brought back a bunch of childhood memories around Halloween. Thanks!
Anyone remember when they made the transition to blue? There was a contest to find a bag with only blue M&Ms.
Hey I voted blue
I've been convinced for years those were eliminated because they looked and tasted too much like Advil, because name brand Advil has a sweetened shell for some reason.
These were my favorite! They come out with a new crazy flavor every month, they should release a retro bag.
They’re my mom’s favorite color M&M.
What colour M&M is a dogs favourite?
Grey
And you just reminded me that they had a grey m&Ms contest back in the 90s. It caused a lot of problems because of vague rules or something.
I've always wondered why they don't mix a few silver and gold ones in the Christmas red/green/white mix bags.
I honestly don't remember tan M&Ms, but I do remember when they came out with the blue ones.
The crazy part is they don't even sell tan M&Ms at the fucking M&M store! I've been to multiple and for all the crazy colors and patterns, they do not sell tan M&Ms.
Damn that's racist
you remember the gray mnm sweepstakes?
Tue espresso crunch m&ns out right now use tan brown and black for colours. Not really the same thing but...
I had some tan ones not long ago. They were coffee flavored, though.
Oh shit. I forgot.
I mailed the blue ones back in protest.
Very bold sir, well played
This! So this! Judge away, but I swear they tasted better than the other colors and were always my favorite!
Have you checked the M&Ms website? You can personalize your M&Ms and they have a ridiculous amount of colors
I was just thinking about the tan m&ms the other day! I thought that maybe my brain was making them up.
I used to tell myself they were beer flavored and thought I was really cool when I ate a whole handful.
Do you remember when you could vote for the new color? I was pissed, I wanted to keep the tan.
Absolutely my favorite ones
II thought they were butterscotch flavored when I was a kid!
Trix that looked like fruit.
You just aren't a kid anymore.
Ohhhh is that what happened?!
didn't they start out as ball shapes originally? i feel like i remember it being a big deal as a kid when they switched to fruit shapes. way to undo progress, cereal people.
Yeah, I remember this as well.
It's retro!
Correct. They were balls and changed to fruit shapes in the mid-90s.
I was gonna say this. I remember the first time I got a box of the new ball shaped trix. It said something like, "Now 1/3 less sugar! You're kids won't notice!" But boy did I notice. They've never been the same since.
When I got a box of the ball shaped Trix I thought someone at the cereal factory fucked up and it was some weird accident, like when your Reece’s Peanut Butter Cup has no peanut butter.
Same here, I got a box in college and it just didn’t taste right either, haven’t bought trix since, I guess it was only for kid me :/
Wait, Trix is balls again? I stopped eating it when they switched to the fruit shapes. The texture was all wrong and something was off with the flavor as well. Maybe it's actually good now.
I was about to say that... there used to be 3 colors, pink, orange, and yellow. Ball shaped.
You mean Trix that once looked like balls, then converted to fruit shapes, then went back to balls?
I remember when they were balls before they were fruit. They used to be more colorful too.
Remember when they tried using natural dyes and flavor? They phased that stuff out so quick
Pepperidge Farm remembers!
Nope, they changed it back to the original shape that doesn't cut the shit out of your mouth. I prefer the little fruity balls.
Or any of the general mills cereal that still had delicious gluten in it...
Wait what? When did this change??? Has it been that long since I've eaten Trix? I guess it is only for kids.
Changed quite a while ago. Don't know the year. After fruit they changed them back to balls, but had the same colors. Now trix doesn't have blue or green balls anymore.
Good old nasty green Nyquil, the old formula. Ear ache? Have some nyquil. It worked for everything.
Fun fact!! You can still get it! But you have to ask for it at the pharmacy. They keep it behind the counter now. I don’t remember who told my mom this but it has been a wonderful thing
wait! what? how!? you mean the old formula with ~~pseudoephedrine?~~?? TEACH ME YOUR SECRETS DEMON, I MUST HAVE THIS!
hmmm seeing other comments in this thread that may not be the magic ingredient. I need to know what was in Nyquil prior to the year 2000, that old stuff that obliterated everything. You'd take a shot of that stuff and a cold would be gone the next morning. sure you'd be in a coma after taking it, but damn it worked.
Lol I don’t know! I do remember now how my mom found out. She was looking for it and went and asked the pharmacist and they were like oh yeah we still have it, it’s just behind the counter now. I don’t know why!! But it exists last I checked!
Our families go to was camphorated oil. It smelled so bad as a kid i hated it, but i swear it worked, bruises, stuffy congestion, or anything that ailed you. Last time my dad went to get some they told him kids were trying to drink it so it had been pulled from the shelf! Fwiw this is the active ingredient in vaporub to give you an idea of the smell. Now imagine trying to drink the liquid equivalent of that, some people just want to watch the world burn..
Edit: spelling errors
Rubbing alcohol has camphor in it as well.
I was unaware and tried using it to clean my naughty smoke pipe, and had to throw it away.
It didn't work, it got you shit faced and shot your nerves so you would feel nothing
Sounds like it worked then
What was in it?
Alcohol
Ethanol and diphenhydramine, mostly.
Wait you can't get that where you are?
Where are you at? I just bought some yesterday. Wife was mad because she prefers the cherry flavour.
Have you seen the guy who made Nyquil chicken?
Omg, no! I'm googling this now. Sounds disgusting!
My grandma used to give it to my mom and uncle for anything. Including not going to sleep.
A man went to see his doctor about his ear ache. The doctor examines him and says 'You're going to have to stop masturbating'. The man replies 'What? That's causing my ear ache? The doctor replies 'No, it's upsetting the nurse'.
If it didn't contain any drugs it would be classified as a wine.
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I hate subscription licenses. I don't want to have to perpetually manage my software. I want to save up for it, buy it and use it when I want to, unconnected to the internet.
I'm too stuck in my old products to switch to more modern, open alternatives. I'll be stuck on my CS6 and obsolete Office suite for decades to come, I suppose.
It's the same thing with cloud storage. A lot of software is switching to hiding away the local save feature in order to encourage cloud storage instead, but for my work I don't ever collaborate, and I prefer saving to my own cloud storage folder so that I can have everything on one cloud, instead of spread across half a dozen companies and subscriptions/licenses. Many of those cloud storages don't even do local copies, it's "streaming", which is completely pointless for me. My cloud folder is accessible from pretty much any work computer because it's on a network drive, and I can get at it from home easily, and I can use the web service to download anything I might need on other computers. Why would I want to tie myself down to hoping each particular computer I need to use has that particular software installed and setup, and being forced to go to another computer to fetch an exported copy on a flash drive if it turns out not to be? Much easier to simply know that I can go on the network drive for my files instead.
I'd prefer to store my documents in my house where I can get to them when the internet goes out. Not everyone has stable internet.
I 100% agree. We had no internet at my parent's place in 2008 when the floods hit 60 miles away.
That's part of why I like my synced folder. Everything I put in it is automatically uploaded and backed up, and when I log onto another computer it gets synced. Obviously no classified files go in it, but that leaves 95% of my work free to go in it. Means I get the same files on my company network drive that I get at home, and they're locally stored in both cases. That's very convenient to me. All these softwares having their own individual clouds with no local storage at all is far from it.
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I'm a digital artist, but also a college student. Adobe products are unfortunately the industry standard, but even with the student discount its still like $10/month.
Yar har me matey, me I be intreste you in the life of the pirate?
I've gotten by on free programs so far, but it might come to a little piracy this semester lol
I had to take a design class, and everyone else in class had both the money for Photoshop and modern computers that could run it. I had a ten year old Dell that ran on burning whale oil and every cent of mine went to living expenses.
I actually found free software and someone had made a plugin that would spit out PSD files. My teacher either never caught on or didn't care.
Ok, $10 a month. Now multiply that by the 50 or so programs I use at least yearly. $500 a month to use my pc. No thanks...
Exactly. That $10 a month isn't even the full suite.
Can't wait till we can pirate software in a way that they will hopefully get away from subscription software and hopefully go back to product.
Also with subscriptions on game consoles like PS+. Can’t play several games with multiplayer unless you have PS+. Which is alright I guess if it’s Destiny where there’s a story and content outside of multiplayer. But then there’s Overwatch, where I can’t play it online unless I pay Sony every month. I just want to buy my game and play it!
I switched to PC gaming for this reason alone.
Subscriptions are dumb!
I’m a video editor, I only need Adobe Premier. I don’t need photoshop, or after effects (for what I do at least), or whatever else adobe makes. I don’t want to pay for a subscription when I only need ONE PROGRAM.
But I also don’t want to play $300 for Final Cut Pro because I had the trial and HATED it. So I’m stuck, and will probably have to pay for the stupid adobe subscription
O.K. Cola.
To me it tasted different every time i had it. Plus they had a fun hotline 1-800-i-feel-ok
I actually wrote an essay in a college marketing class about OK Soda, shit was wild. The same company who created this ad campaign was behind the "Just Do It" and "It's Gotta Be The Shoes" campaigns for Nike. Coca Cola even created negative ads against their own product in the spirit of "all press is good press".
Here's "The OK Soda Manifesto":
"1) What's the point of OK? Well, what's the point of anything?
2) OK Soda emphatically rejects anything that is not OK, and fully supports anything that is.
3) The better you understand something, the more OK it turns out to be.
4) OK Soda says, "Don't be fooled into thinking there has to be a reason for everything."
5) OK Soda reveals the surprising truth about people and situations.
6) OK Soda does not subscribe to any religion, or endorse any political party, or do anything other than feel OK.
7) There is no real secret to feeling OK.
8) OK Soda may be the preferred drink of other people such as yourself.
9) Never overestimate the remarkable abilities of "OK" brand soda.
10) Please wake up every morning knowing that things are going to be OK."
90s as fuck.
This is the greatest marketing campaign ever heard of, with the rise of self deprecating humor on the internet they should bring it back!
That would be Wieden+Kennedy. They also did that crazy Old Spice ad from a few years ago and all the Bo Knows stuff if you're old enough to remember.
Yep!! Coca Cola having them make a nihilistic campaign about fruity-spiced soda is (in retrospect) pretty out there.
This reads like a surreal meme or Dadaist art
Did I just become enlightened?
So can we read the essay?
That hotline was hilarious! I think every 10 calls or so, I got the message, "If you are dialing from a rotary phone, press 1 now."
Pressing 1 now, sir
Tastes like apathy!
Lisa Simpson meh.gif
I love the package design for OK, never had a chance to try it but I’ve heard it was weird
It was designed by Daniel Clowes who created Ghost World (I think that’s right)
Yes! I sat at the pay phone at school and would call during lunch.
The boy scout camp I went to had this. I have thought I was the only one that remembered it, but it was so good!
El Rancho Cima? They had it back around '94 or so.
Hell yeah! Memories! I wondered if anyone would know which camp.
Holy crap, that is something my mind erased. I totally called the hotline.
How 90s
1-900-490-FREAK
I only recently learned OK Soda was not distributed nationwide. I live about 900 miles away from my childhood home and no one here has heard of OK Soda. No wonder shit's depressing here. They never felt OK.
Love that stuff in middle school. Are you from Austin or Portland?
They only did a few test markets, those two along with Seattle, Denver, Boston, and Minneapolis/St Paul (and two more I can't remember, eight in total).
We had it in Seattle as well.
Knoxville. it's almost always knoxville.
Minnesota
R C Cola
The original Little Caesar’s Pizza Pizza from like 25 years ago. Not the cheap $5 junk they serve now days.
I remember two pizzas used to come in a big rectangular tray that you would have to tear the paper off of to get the pizza.
Don’t forget the baby pan pan http://m.ftscrt.com/food/2107cbc4-be43-4e9b-aa7b-bf53bff3a487.jpg
I remember my dad would bring home pizza when I was a kid from little caesars and it was so fun because it seemed like everytime was some kind of wierd shape or named pizza
And burples
This was the mainstay of my D&D group in highschool.
Pizza, Pizza!
Yeah that was awesome when you were a kid, it was like Christmas any time of the year.
LOL. A coworker was telling me today he went to Little Ceasar's for the first time in decades and was basically told he was an idiot by the staff as he asked for everything from back in the day.
He was surprisingly chill about it.
For real. The 5 buck hot and readies arent even in the ball park.
Even the crazy bread has gone down hill.
Every time I eat Little Caesar's the cheese peels off of the pizza in a coagulated mess on the second bite.
Please come visit us at /r/80sfastfood to relive fast food nostalgia!
My sister worked at Little Caesar’s when we were teenagers. If someone ordered a pizza and didn’t pick it up she could bring it home. I am the oldest of 5 kids so we loved it.
They had a delicious croissant crust!!
Dude, no joke, it was so much better back in the day
They need to bring back Crazy Cheese
The crust used to be soo good
I miss the original Crazy Bread, the current stuff is horrible.
This, so much! Getting crazy bread stuffed with pepperoni was amazing!
There was a time when it was good? My mind is blown. I want to go back in time and try it now.
Of all the pizza places around, it used to be my favorite. Then they all went out of business in my area. They made a comeback years later with the $5 gimmick, but the pizza was nowhere near the same.
Remember the Bigfoot pizza they used to have?
No restaurant food item excited me more than the Bigfoot pizza when I was 9 yrs old.
They should being back the Bigfoot.
Rice Krispies treats cereal. Cut your gums like glass but goddamn was it worth it. Edit: so apparently I’m going to Walmart.
This is still available at target! All time favorite cereal
They have it at Walmart now!! Comes in a pink box... not as good as it was in the 90s though. They skimped on marshmallows for sure :(
It still exists at Wal-Mart. It's in the smallest box imaginable, but it still tastes delicious.
I just saw that at Walmart!
I had to order off of Amazon for a bit but they're at Target now! At least in Southern California..
forgot about that stuff until reading this! the roof of my mouth hurts just thinking about it... so good tho.
I bought some two days ago at Wal-Mart.
I liked the 2 bites I got before my brother ate the entire damn box.
Slice Mandarin soda!
Dr. Slice too. Any kind of Slice really :(
Jarritos mandarin is a good substitute.
All the Jarritos are great. Goya too. The Hispanic food section at my supermarket is awesome.
Minute maid orange soda too
I loved that stuff!!!!
Cappucino Pepsi too
Pepsi mothafuckin BLUE
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Oddly, we still have this in Jakarta
YES! Tastes like childhood and diabetes
Yesss!!!!!!!
Never tried it but your description makes my mouth water
While we are at it.
Sprite Remix and dnL
Yooooooooooo! dnL! Right in the nostalgia
Man I have such good memories of making sprite remix floats, topped with pixie stick sugar while watching month python and the holy grail with friends.
Mountain Dew Livewire, the most elusive soda after 2004 (but I hear it's back?)
aaaand I just noticed the other thread
Sprite Remix is available, it's just called Sprite Tropical Mix now.
Only at McDonald's freestyle machines
No, I've bought three 20 oz bottles of the stuff from 7Eleven in the past week. It may not be everywhere, but it's out there for sure
I honestly couldn't tell you the last time I've been in a 7-11
Sprite Tropical Remix came back for about a minute a few years ago, but it was horrendous, tasted like cough syrup, nothing like the original.
One of my friends is a massive fan of this, it's the only old product he wants back. I'm pretty sure it was a massive failure, and I tease him about this at every opportunity while quietly missing Mountain Dew MDX.
Shortly after it was discontinued my mom found it at the local scratch and dent... bought a case of it for my nieces when they were over. Happiest girls ever until it ran out.
I know that feel. They changed up the monster gronk flavor. It used to taste just like Red Bull but I guess they got sued and now it tastes like grape cough syrup. I was in a not so great town neighboring mine and found a liquor store stocking them. I bought them all.
Dennys by my house kept it on stock until like 2012, shit you not. Years after it was discontinued I take a field trip for lunch and a business class event, I thought the menus were out of date until they brought me a glass of it.
Do you remember the song from the first commercial. It was a rock song I think. I can’t remember it.
Edit: Sev - Same Old Song
Fucking YES. I don't drink much soda anymore, but if Pepsi Blue were to hit the shelves again, I fucking guarantee you that I'd be snagging a couple of bottles and downing those fuckers.
Am in China right now and the corner shops all seem to have it. Never tried it, but now I know what I will be drinking tonight!
Man I need a friend in China
BRB. Gonna run to China right quick
Bepis Lube
Thank
I was hoping to find you here!
Crystal Pepsi too.
They did a limited release last year? Or maybe the year before. I don't know, time flies, but I do know that Pepsi is a bunch of cock teases with that limited release bullshit
Yep. I want it back permanently!
I was a senior in high school when it came out, my buddy and I would go to LAN parties with a 2 liter and a Red Bull. Open the Pepsi, drink enough out to fit in the Red Bull, open Red Bull, pour into Pepsi blue, now you have Pepsi teal and it’s amazing.
I used to drink wayyy too much of this stuff. It was like Fry and Slurm
Huh. It's pretty common here in Beijing
Came here for this
It tasted like a sugary Glade plug-in. I love that shit.
I feel like as big as Crystal Pepsi was during its brief comeback a while back, Pepsi Blue would be even bigger. It was the drink Millenials grew up with it before the days of sodas being banned in schools.
Pepsi, bring it back and we will do your advertising for you.
I agree. I went and bought some crystal Pepsi last year and was like”this is cool”. I didn’t remember from being a kid. Pepsi blue? I’m making road trips to stock up
bruv imma bout to blow your mind. Mountain Dew Blue Shock is exactly the same thing. IT'S BACK.
Yooooooooooooooooooo 🤙🏾
You too are a person of culture!
When those were going on discount I bought twelve 2 liters at 50c Canadian each. I would bring them to class and share with everyone then we would all get sugar highs.
Beat me to it. And those Pepsi Blue commercials with that SEV song were pretty wicked.
I miss it every day. Fanta Berry is a poor substitute.
The sweet taste of high school graduation.
I remember when I was a kid and this came out with like 50 different other soda flavors trying to be the next big thing. There was red fusion, Vanilla Coke, sprite remix, coke c2, vault, pepsi lemon twist, none them had any staying power unfortunately
Oh thank fuck, I'm not the only one.
I've tried Blue Powerade and pepsi before at Tacobell, it was like a ghetto pepsi blue. Nothing will beat the original though
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can buy it on amazon. I buy a case of like 20 every 3 months or so
My husband adored this. Called it pixie crack.
I loved whatever song they had in their commercial.
Edit: this one
My friend's band got their 15 minutes of fame with their song in a commercial for this, heh.
YES! I still have a can of this in my room.
Eww... That stuff was disgusting!
Pepsi CLEAR
What is Pepsi Clear?
Orbitz
I always wanted to try them! I saw them in the local grocery store and I had to choose between Big Red, Green River, and Orbitz for a drink. I went with the Green River thinking I'll get the Orbitz next time. When I came back they were gone and then discontinued! It still haunts me...
They weren't bad and I do miss them but Green River is amazing, you made a good call
Whith bubble tea, aloe juice, and other drinks with floating things in them being popular currently, I think Orbitz would sell better now.
Big Red... Orbitz
I thought we were talking about gum.
Oh man, I haven't had Green River since I was a kid and my grandparents would take us to the local pizza shop. I've never seen it anywhere else, but I might have to see if I can find somewhere that sells it.
Green River is pretty good.
I lived on Green River floats in the summer as a kid.
Snapple Elements, though not as cool, tasted better.
Rain and Fire 4 lyfe
These were awesome
Its soda.... with chunks! What viscosity was that shit? Like 10w 30 motor oil.... sure was good. There was clear with red orbs and the one with orange.... orbs...
It was not carbonated.
When I was a kid we had soda with chunks in it. But it was crunchy and the soda had no viscosity. No idea what they put it in.
No need to worry, Orbitz is back!*
*A craft soda group bought the naming rights and it is indeed the original flavors but the floating bits in it are gone, thus completely making its' namesake irrelevant. Infuriating, it's just any other clear soda now with a horrible label with not floaty bits to make that last part okay.
Just the red one. Nothing like drinking a bottle of slime.
My mom just informed me she has 12 hidden in the depths of her garage
They fetch a pretty penny on eBay
They cannot be good.
I actually saw it any my local nuget grocery but they got rid of the lava lamp design and the chunks.
Did they have sobe in the tall glass bottlealso? That and Orbitz were my go to
I know it's not the same, but putting chia seeds in some lemon water or juice has a similar texture. Those were my favorite drinks as a kid and chia seeds have been the closest thing, aloe juice being a distant second.
I never tried putting them in soda or anything, and they have a very slight crunch but they still have a jelly texture.
I usually put them in some lemon water and let it chill/sit for a few minutes,or over night if I remember to make some before bed.
You could also just add small tapioca balls to flavored, sweetened water for the same effect
That's actually an amazing idea. A little more work but probably worth it. You're a genius o:
I'm ashamed at how much I love boba tea and never thought of using the sdmaller balls in a drink.
The raver drink of choice.
Scanned through this thread to find this. I loved those but we grew up with very little and didn't get extra things often my older brother and sister got them every now and then and once or twice they let me try them... I never got my own and have always wanted one :'(
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Thats what Im asking too!!!
...seriously? Like 20 years ago.
They may be thinking of the travel company, but that was founded in 2001 after Orbitz was discontinued. They actually bought their website from Clearly Canadian, the company that made Orbitz.
The next best thing I can find is mama chia drinks
I named these too.my kids were obsessed with them and i would avoid drinking the orbs so i could do them all at once, tequila worm style.
Man I miss orbitz, they were awesome. I wish they would do a run one last time so bad
Literally vomited the first time i tried it. But enjoyed it after that.
Good lord no. Never again.
That's the first thing I thought of too. My middle school self wants to drink one so bad. I'd probably think it's nasty now.
When my mom was going to community College she used to get me a bottle every once in a while. She couldn't understand what I loved about it cause it was weird. I loved it.
Dang, that's why I don't see them now? Now I'm sad.
Isn’t it also a travel website?
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Googled it and I totally remember that stuff, those little balls were weird.
Still exists. Just owned by Expedia now.
I have two sealed ones back at my parents place in CT. If I remember correctly.... they didn't taste all that good
Quisp cereal. It was like Capn Crunch that didn’t rip the roof of your mouth to shreds.
Send me a PM if you really want this. I see it in my local grocery stores often.
Yes! I was coming to post this very thing. I scan the cereal aisle every time hoping someday to find they’ve decided to bring it back. Best cereal ever.
https://jet.com/product/Quaker-Quisp-Crunchy-Corn-Cereal-85-Oz/d587d5ec3f0f47c399bddb8b70cd4e93
they have it on amazon
Quisp and Freakies. I'd love to see them again.
That would be amazing!
My dad always used to talk about how much he missed Quisp, and then one day I was browsing at a fancy grocery store and I saw it! So I brought it home and we ate the whole box.
https://jet.com/product/Quaker-Quisp-Crunchy-Corn-Cereal-85-Oz/d587d5ec3f0f47c399bddb8b70cd4e93
Try "puffins" its like that but not very sugary
Speaking of cereals... There was this awesome one called "Blueberry Morning" made by Post I think. Can't find it anywhere, but goddamn it was good.
That was a delicious cereal. It was such a tiny box that I'd only get maybe two bowls out of it.
Look for post great grains, that's what they're calling their selects line now
Quisp is back, actually. Shit's delicious.
Quisp is still around.
I remember there was also Quake. Wasn't it pretty much the same cereal, though in a different shape?
You are right! Quisp and Quake were cartoon rivals. Quisp was a propeller headed alien and I remember Quake as a cowboy.
but i LOVE the pain of Capn Crunch
I think you're eating it wrong
I actually just bought Quisp. In my area, a store called Marc's is the only place that has it. It's a grocery store that mostly caters to older people.
Squeeze-its!!
What I would do to twist and squeeze one more time...
I would always sip that little bit that was in the top first. Do you remember they had little tab/pill looking things you could drop in to change the color? It was a limited time thing but oh so cool.
Holy shit! Sipping the little bit on the top. Absolutely I do!
Ahhhhh I want one soooo bad. It would be the sweet taste of nostalgia.
I've been wondering for basically my entire life if I'd just imagined a drink like that with the little color changing tabs! I was so young, so I didn't know what they were called. I thought maybe they were Koolaid Bursts, but I couldn't find any with the fizzy color tabs so I thought maybe it wasn't real. I feel so validated now.
This is awesome. Validation!!!
Oh my god
Holy crap, the color changing tabs, yes!
You can buy these in Walmart. Well, I think under the kool-aid brand.
Not the same. They don't have those goofy faces on them. That was the best part.
You can. It’s probably just nostalgia talking but they don’t taste nearly as good. Also they don’t have the little faces on them like they used to, so it’s a lot harder to imagine I’m slurping down liquid brain.
My mouth hurts just thinking about that sickly sweetness lol
Mondo is pretty close and is $1 for a six pack. No faces tho.
They don’t make these anymore???
The goofy faces were the best part! And I loved the commercials they had :) so good, we’d take these to the pool with us during the summer.
Planters Cheese Balls
Altoids Sours (Mango and Tangerine)
Well, that's something that killed my family's waistline I'd forgotten about.
Those cheese balls were my life
YES.
Also, Planters Cheese Curls. (Like Cheetos...but better).
Total wine sells giant containers of the cheese balls that stand up pretty well to the planters ones.
Planters Cheese Balls
Nothing has ever come close to these.
Lemon flavored Jolly Ranchers...they replaced them with the blue ones and I’m still upset about it
You can actually get bags of just lemon jolly ranchers!
I was born in 2001, and I only remember the blue ones existing (they've always been my favorite). I need to try lemon ones now
I've never tasted a yellow one... blue is my favorite flavor.
You can buy bags of just lemon ones at Dollar Tree
The Dollar Tree is great at getting random ass candy selections. I bought a bag of butter rum flavored life savers the other day.
Our local one carries those Haribo berry candies with the crunchy beads on the outsides of each piece, I love those! I never see them anywhere else around here either, but they're not always in stock, gotta keep a lookout for them.
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I actually don't unfortunately, but our Dollar Tree has a whole section of their candy of theirs so I always find something I like!
WinCo near me head a nice selection. Haribo also makes my favorite peach candies.
I cannot believe someone on Reddit is discussing Jolly Ranchers as a product.
I bought a bag for a road trip. The blues ones did not get touched. I miss the peach jolly ranchers.
All the kids loved the blue ones but they tasted so awful!! Purple was the best.
Yes! I was hoping someone would mention these. I used to like eating a lemon and grape one at the same time. I still remember that taste. Edit- looks like they brought them back and have them on amazon!
Jolly Ranchers are not a welcome mention on Reddit....
Why?
Ok but fair warning. jolly rancher story
Well I got to the nodule of gonorrhea and stopped lol.
Good idea.
I’m sorry you had to read that
I've always wondered why they took lemon out to add blue raspberry anyway. It's not like they quit making lemon, so why not have both in the standard bag?
You can get these off amazon.
Thanks to that classic Reddit story, I can't even look at Jolly Ranchers anymore without feeling queasy. My sister unloaded a bunch of her kids' leftover halloween & parade candy on me, and I immediately threw away all jolly ranchers.
Mountain Dew Livewire (it was orange flavored). The only soda I really enjoyed. It might be around still but I definitely don't see it in stores anymore.
It's still around. They still load up the vending machines at my school with it. If your local grocery stores aren't stocking it maybe you could find it at a gas station?
I'm 4 and a half hours away from the nearest gas station that sells them
Been on shelves in UT for around four years now-? I’d dig Citrus Cherry Game Fuel, Original recipe; this 100Cal/can recipe has bogus aftertaste, and the whole stack of cans got nasty after four months.
I miss pitch black or is it still around?
It's still here. Saw it today actually.
There were two versions of pitch black. One was a sour grape flavor and came out around Halloween 2005. That version doesn't exist anymore, the current version is much sweeter and doesn't have the sour bite. I miss the sour version.
Sour version was actually Pitch Black II. The current version is the same as the original that was from a couple years before that.
As long as were talking long lost mt dew flavors, since livewire is still readily available in my area, i would murder somebody to bring back Distortion, the lime one from i think dewmocracy 2009.
Pretty sure the new Mt Dew Ice is just Storm too.
Oh yeah, that lime one was amazing
I want the Passion Fruit one from New Zealand, I don't care if it looks like a bottle full of piss.
I actually just bought a case of pitch black a couple weeks ago. I think the game fuel flavors are the only ones that I see go away sometimes, all my grocery stores carry code red, voltage, white out, etc.
They alway advertised it as a limited flavor but I can always find even years after the initial release. Might be harder to find just in regular bottles at the gas station but I can get a 12 pack at the store no problem.
It comes back every summer here.
Pitch Black was my favorite
They actually started making it again after the big vote to decide between whether baja blast or pitch black would become permanent. Pitch black won, ofc.
I just bought Baja Blast today. It's probably only temporary though
Yeah, they bring Baja Blast into stores for a summer every couple years.
oh yeah. I've got a case in the fridge. No way I was passing on the good stuff. Now, for the time being, I won't have to go to Taco Bell just to get my fix.
they still have that one too, just saw it last weekend in the grocery store!
It's my fave too, but it can be hard to find. It seems to be in stock at a different store every month but only ever in one place at a time >->
My Walmart carries it in the coolers by the self checkouts. What I really want back are the Revolution and Supernova flavors that lost to Voltage.
Yeah...another thing on this thread that we carry in my store.
It's seasonal, comes out every summer.
just picked up a 12pack in SLC, Utah this last weekend!! they had the white, dark, Baja blast, livewire, code red, diet code red, regular, diet, and caffeine free regular.
It's weird I live in the northeast and I've never seen a single container of diet code red ever, and I've seen just about every single one but that one. Did they even try to market it up here or what?
I see it every now and then at Walmart. Seems to go between Whiteout, Pitchblack, and Livewire every few months.
Have you tried this?
My work has this stuff in their vending machines. Stuff tastes like those freeze pops
I can get those in every gas station in Ohio. And code red.
I don't have my glasses on and at first glance I thought this said Mountain Dew Lingerie, and I was really confused
I see it around! Its out there, you just have to look! Make friends with a local mom and pop shop and they might special order it for you. Alternatively, Amazon has a grocery program you might be able to get it off of
Still have it I know I stock it daily in vending machines. It is sold in gas stations in 20oz bottles. Some vending machines in 20oz bottles. Also grocery stores and Wal mart in 12pk 120z cans.
You poor soul... We have all the dew flavors at my Cub just down the road.. If only Supernova was still around :(
Was that the purple diet one?
Not just diet, but yes purple
It's still around but I can't say I share your enthusiasm for it
I saw some 12 packs the other day at Target here in Arizona
Walmart off of Deer Valley and Lake Pleasant Pkwy is fully stocked.
My local library has it.
Can still get it in 12 packs in California.
Best flavor of Mtn Dew hands down.
This is sold at my works vending machines. It's great.
Many sodas are only sold in Regions where they sell well, for example, there's like 30 flavors of faygo, but where i am usually see the same 6-8 flavours. When traveling to places 5-6 hours away if find some of the same and some different
Livewire is my jam. Code Red was good too.
Was never too fond of any of the flavors after that, aside from Pitch Black. Pitch Black II just doesnt taste as good as the OG Pitch Black. Older one was tangier.
My favorites include Distortion and Typhoon! Wish they'd run these again for a short little while!
Distortion + gin saved me a lot of time squeezing limes that summer.
For anyone looking for a still made Coke or Pepsi drink that really likes it, any good grocery store in a decently populated area will ask their guy for a case for you to buy. In more rural areas, it might not be possible.
It's still kicking in my pop coolers at my grocery store! See if you can ask a local grocery store when their Pepsi merchandiser comes in, and catch said person and ask if he could tell where places stock it.
Or ask the grocery store if they can order some for you. It's still being made. Unlike Pepsi Lemon- I don't like it, but I want to get it for my mother.
This was the only mountain dew i liked.
It's available at our Walmarts in fort Myers Florida, they sell it here in Florida as well as white out. I love live wire!
My bowling alley still stocks that flavor for some reason
When I drank pop this was the only Dew I drank.
I loved that as a kid. Then I had to go take medicine that tasted exactly like it. I turned out to be allergic to the medicine, and after it made me sick I couldn't stand the taste anymore. It's been over a decade, I might grab a bottle sometime and see if I can enjoy it again.
They're around still. I'm in Oregon.
I see Livewire every summer in local grocery stores (Pittsburgh PA). Usually rolls out julyish for a few months.
It's their "summer flavor" so check around soon and it might show up.
It's available in Texas
Try r/snackexchange
My favorite orange soda ever. Not available everywhere but I can still snag one now and again.
Check out your local 7/11. My wife gets one almost every time we go past it.
Rockstar sparkling peach and Nestea white peach. Damn companies need to stop discontinuing my low sugar peach drinks.
Nestea white peach. I loved that stuff.
The Snapple White Teas were awesome. White peach was amazing
Hmmm keep an eye out. Rockstar just came out with a low cal fruit punch and I remember seeing something peach next to it. I shrugged it off because it's peach and gross. It may have been monster too but I'm sure I saw a new peach flavor from one of those two
Is that Nestea stuff discontinued? :( I loved the Mango green tea flavour.
Zunes. I love mine and you can still buy them used but I'd love to see them still new on the market. Mine has survived the washing machine twice.
I had a Zune 80 and later a Zune HD. They were so great to use and the desktop software was beautiful. Remember that trippy Now Playing screen?
In the last 5-10 years digital music has regressed in some ways, Spotify and especially Google Play Music are slow and clunky. I'm considering abandoning subscriptions altogether and just going local, if I can find a decent music app for my phone.
After being spoiled by that wonderful Zune software... every time I try to do anything in iTunes I have to walk away before I get violent.
Yes. Such a clean interface. Im still mad they changed the 5 star rating system to heart/broken heart on my 30 though.
Who TF is that polar on their collection?
I am.
I like music. I'm even an Audiophile. But I'm super bothered by rating music by music I like more or less or not all. I either like a song and enjoy listening to it, or not at all.
If I'm in a mood and only want to listen to my absolute favourites - 5 star only. I'm at work want something to listen to but don't want just the same bunch of songs - 4 star and up. Got friends over with similar music tastes and want some background music with a broader mix - 3 star and up. Got friends over with a variety of tastes - 2 star and up. Then there's 1 star for stuff I never listen to but have for completeness because I like the rest of the album, or for intros and filler tracks etc.
This is me. If I rate something a 1 or 2 it's a candidate for deletion. However sometimes for the sake of completeness of a certain album or collection I'll leave the occasional one or two star song on the device. I also like to give music a chance to grow on me.
It can get even better. Mediamonkey has half stars, so you basically get a 10-star system.
Well, have I got a device for you!
I remember not liking that change, but I got over it.
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I’ve owned many many Apple products over my life. Love them all, except iTunes. Every time I use iTunes I scream that Apple should be embarrassed by that program. And every time I open it, it’s completely different. How can you overhaul a program that many times and it still suck so bad?
You can still get and use the Zune software. It's great for music already on your computer:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=27163
I've been saying it for years: I will quit using my Zune when my Zune quits working. Still going strong. It has no right to be such a resilient piece of technology.
Ninja-edit: though, you know, be careful on leap years.
I had a zune 16 then a zune hd. I hold fast to it because there's no other good options. While I'll occasionally stream music through Pandora it's not quite the same as owning the songs myself.
For Android I use gone mad music player. It's one of the few apps I've paid for. They have a trial version to test it out. It can filter your library by folder, either include or exclude. It has lock screen interface. And a decent EQ. Totally worth the money imo.
I don't play local music, but I've heard PowerAmp is great for that
Can back you up on this. Been using PowerAmp for quite a while and it's a very reliable music player. Way better than the default alternatives.
Still have my zune software installed! This makes me want to put it on a USB drive in case my laptop crashes
You can still download it from Microsoft’s site, someone else posted a link to it.
I miss my zune. I got it refurbished and it didn't live long. I keep getting errors with it and no amount of Google fu helps since there's no support for it anymore. I think the hard drive died on it (it's been a few years since I tried). It was a pale red (like an orangey pink?) and it was super cute the few months I had it.
I hated the software though, but I may just have never gotten to know it's full potential since I bought mine well after they stopped making zunes. :(
Have you tried Amazon for streaming music? I haven't tried Spotify at all, and if you have Amazon prime you can get SOME music for free. Some is Music Unlimited only, but I only pay 12 bucks a mo th for it which isn't terrible. It has some more obscure music I like on it which was shocking, and has some foreign bands. Sadly it doesn't have three my fav foreign bands on it, but I'll survive. I really like it.
I'm pretty sure there are skins for Foobar that mimic the Zune software.
Edit - Try this one!
Remember when Starlord played The Rubberband Man on his Zune (given to him at the end of GOTG2) and the whole gang (except Drax who was sleeping) were just happily rocking out to it?
Gamora looked so cute when she was singing along!
And the pc zune music player was so much better than itunes
Well, to be fair that's not really high praise. A high schooler can make a better music player than iTunes in Visual Basic 6 in about 20 minutes.
Then why hasn't apple fixed theirs yet?
Stubborn.
I don’t think it will ever be good, they change the interface every year and it still sucks. I’ve seen 7 interfaces now, they’re all horrible.
I have two Zune 30s and one is always on the ready in my garage with dock and remote. The best sounding mp3 player of all time.
I still have my old Zune HD!
I detest iPods and their shitty software and interface. Plus Zune worked more like a flash drive so I’m able to put several file types on it. Far better.
Still use my Zune 120 from time to time. Might really ramp up use once I upgrade my phone, since my favored Android option doesn't have a jack to it and I'm not keen on wireless headphones. We'll see.
Zunes were the first thing that came to my mind. Somebody knocked my first gen Zune off a shelf and it shook something loose, so on headphones it doesn't sound balanced, but for some reason it always sounded just fine through a tape adapter into the car stereo. I still have it somewhere, although the last time I got it out the battery life had degraded substantially.
Edit to add: I forgot, I'd also bought my then-girlfriend-now-wife one. I wonder if hers is in any better shape. (I got hers when they were discontinuing the brown color and everybody was deep discounting them.)
Still rocking my og 30gb.
No idea what I'm going to do when it goes...
My dad bought Zunes exclusively from their introduction until well after their discontinuation. He loved that it was the only music player at the time that had a buffet style music selection, plus the audio quality was ridiculously good. I remember loading up the entirety of a few different TV shows on my original Zune, downloading all the episodes individually, and playing them through a TV whenever I wanted. 240p videos looked surprisingly good on those things, and you can store a whole shit ton of 240p videos on a 32GB drive. My Zune HD, to this day, is still my favorite music player interface.
Yes. I really disliked how Zunes were a punchline in a lot of TV shows and movies. I've had mine for almost a decade now and it still works great. It's a shame that if I ever need a new power cord or something, it's going to be really expensive to replace
Guarantee within the next decade MS will release a Zune Classic or some shit. There will be some mp3 player renaissance
I still want a Zune HD to this day.
I got a zune hd for my birthday when I cracked the screen I cried because no one sold or repaired them anymore.
I have my 120 still and I would probably still use it, but the headphone jack started cutting in and out
This would be it's time if there ever were one.
My Zune HD provided me music to SO many car rides. My phone with Android Auto in my car has trumped anything my Zune could do though, so I ended up retiring it.
I still have 3 or 4 Zunes in some boxes somewhere. I should get them out.
And send me one! I miss my old Zune!
My coworkers laugh a me for still using a Zune. I love the thing! I have a backup for when I drop it in the toilet for the final time.
Hell yeah. My Zune was and still is perfect. It got a bad rap right from launch day, I remember one influential assclown totally dissed it on CNN on the first day for being brown and "clunky looking" and everyone else piled on.
And here I am wishing Rio was still a thing. Their Karma player was way beyond anything else on the market for its time. It had smart playlists, a volumetric equalizer, dynamic crossfading (it could determine if there was silence at the beginning/end of a track and remove it), true gapless playback, visualizers, and had a friggin built-in streaming server. You could drop it in your dock (which had an Ethernet port), and any computer on the network with the appropriate software could stream music from it.
If I'm coming across as enthusiastic, it's because I beta tested mp3 players for them and moderated a Rio forum back in the day.
I loved my squat little Karma. And the firmware was awesome, I loved that play by decade was built in.
I loved my karma. I never really forgave my friend for pushing in the power button until it broke.
You mean your power button died before the scroll wheel?
Yeah, buddy pushed the power button right into the body of the karma.
I got that part, I just found it amusing since the #1 part that broke first was the scroll wheel.
I went through three Zunes, probably because I forgot them in the car sometimes and it got really hot. :( I would get an error that said "this item is missing or can't be played", and it would try to skip to the next song. It turns out all of my music was corrupted, so it would just keep going down my whole list of music.
I switched to a Sansa, and it just doesn't compare. The Zune had such great UI.
Found Peter Quill
Star-Lord still uses a Zune! Apparently they're all the rage on Earth....
Yeah Reddit has a total hardon for Zunes. I bet you I'll be at -20 in an hour just for saying that Zunes sucked.
Didn't Zunes not have gapless playback or am I imagining that? I could swear that's why I never got one. Gapless is a must for me.
Initially it didn't have it at all. It was later added but had lots of issues.
Yeah honestly it surprises me how so many devices and mobile OSs have such a problem with gapless playback. I'm sure there's a reason. I had a Windows phone for a hot minute and the only working music app with decent gapless playback cost like 5 bucks and was programmed by some guy with a name like "DJCool" or some such thing.
Terrible OS no?
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I asked the lady if she was kidding when she told me no more Verde. I asked her how I'd eat my burrito now?
I just stopped eating them. Not the same.
How about volcano tacos.....i know im not the only one
Have you tried Embasa adobo chilis? Might be able to make your own sauce.
I keep seeing taco bell products but nobody mentioning bell beefers. Am I the only one that misses those?!
Taco bell touches all of us in different waya
Oh man did I love the Fire Roasted Salsa.
My dad loved that stuff, I think the Diablo sauce is slightly similar.
Nah, the Diablo sauce doesn't have that smoky flavor
It’s not the same
Two door off road capable removable top SUVs. Think bronco before 1992 and k5 blazer. Or early ram charger or plymoth trail duster
SUVs in general have become overgrown grocery mobiles
A lot of "SUVS" these days aren't even actually SUVs. They are crossovers. Crossovers are just station wagons, minivans (without the sliding doors), or something in between. Calling them "SUVs" is just marketing bullshit.
Huge, heavy, absurdly-high-center-of-gravity station wagon.
Four cylinder engine.
Seriously, fuck everything about that.
Thwy are the 2010s minivan
Mall Terrain Vehicles
Or just the new “minivan” period.
Like even my brother has one and it’s nice. Wood grain, leather seats, all the bells and whistles. But. It’s a fucking tank and I see a million of them on the road and it’s like, the new minivan. I’m hard pressed to actually find a minivan.
Toyota describes it as "the Venza was built up from a van. The highlander was built down from a truck."
Lol his is a 2006 Yukon.
I see a lot of “crossover” vehicles too.
It's not considered a SUV unless you can tow with it. Let's slap a uhaul hitch on it and take my front wheel drive unibody POS to the boat launch! Sound's like fun to me.
Just look at the evolution of the g wagen
I would rather not.
I just want something full frame that I can tow with for under 20 grand :(
Ugh. I've wanted a Bronco for my entire adult life, the 4th gen is probably my favorite, but I'd love a Ram Charger/Blazer too.
I just pray to the car gods that the new Bronco is good. (But I'm not holding my breath.
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Have you seen the pictures? Looks decent.
Didn't know there where any official pictures.
You forgot 1st gen 4Runner
Yes!!
No I didnt
It drives me insane with the entire car market:
And look what Jeep did to the Wrangler! They stretched it out to where it looks like the car compacter gave it a love tap.
It's because everyone wants their car to project some fantasy image they have of themselves. I'm not an uncool overweight mom. Just look at my super cool Jeep. Ignore the 4 doors and the babyseat and the fact the off-road tires have never even hopped a curb. I'm still a sexy carefree sorority girl ready to go party.
To add to this, a simpler model with off road accessories. Some of us are cool with a base model with good suspension, locking differentials, etc. I don’t need a top of the line, 40k+ model with some crazy DVD player to do some overland and trail runs with my buddies.
I miss the S10 Blazer. They were small but rugged.
Small trucks in general like the S10, Ranger, or Pup are what I miss. Even the new Ranger is as big as an old F-150, or at least it seemed like it.
Same thing with Toyotas since 2005. The new Tacomas are the size of the old Tundras, and the new Tundras are huge. I love the size of my ‘97 Tacoma...it gets me around on the tight Jeep trails.
I'm personally not happy with how large "small" trucks have become. I hang onto my '93 Sonoma because it's small and can get into tight spaces the giant "brodozers" can't go. If I wanted a large truck, I would buy a Sierra or Silverado. Unfortunately, all the offerings for "small" trucks nowadays are huge, from the Tacoma to the Frontier to the new Ranger to the Colorado/Canyon twins. There really are no options for truly small trucks anymore.
Yeah, it sucks. The small trucks were awesome. They were cheap, dependable, and could do all sorts of stuff. The bench seats were uncomfortable but they were easy to clean. I learned how to drive a manual in an early 90's Nissan Hardbody. These new "small" trucks start at $30k easy (more likely $35k) and are too nice to want to do any work in.
My first vehicle was an '86 S-10 4x4 with a 2.8l V6 and a five-speed transmission. I drove that thing all over Washington before I wrecked it. I've owned two other S-series trucks since then: a '92 S-10 2WD with the same 2.8l V6 and five-speed transmission, and my '93 Sonoma 2WD with the 4.3l V6 and 4L60 4-speed auto. It has almost 250,000 miles on it and still runs like brand new. It's easy to work on when it does need work, which is almost never, and I can get parts for it really cheap. Trucks nowadays are too much about showing off and not enough about practicality and simplicity.
That reminds me of something else I miss. Vehicles that are easy to work on. I am by no means a mechanic but if I can, I try to fix stuff. Now everything is so packed in it is near impossible to reach anything. My last car was a pain to just change a headlight bulb, every other vehicle I've had it was like a minute fix. This car I had to remove a fender, lol.
I know what you mean. I used to work part-time as a mechanic. I don't really like working on anything newer than about 2000. The 90s were the last decade of even remotely user-serviceable vehicles.
I love my little Dakota.
I am a big guy and the Rangers and S10's always felt a little cramped to me.
She is still going with 230k on the clock. It's an 03 with a regular cab and a 5spd.
Pretty good off road too even in the stock trim.
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In what way? They were large and powerful and had solid front axles (until the final generation). They were less efficient and couldn't get into small spaces the way the smaller Blazer could. Which one was better was really determined by what someone wanted in a truck. For a small truck, the S10 Blazer was fantastic. For someone who wanted something bigger or more rugged, the K5 was great, but that's not everyone.
Broncos were sold up to 1996. You are probably think K5 Blazer that was up to 1991 with a removable top and 1994 for Ram Charger.
After 92 it was illegal to take the bronco top off due to the their break light
The brake light is not the issue and isn't required, maybe a local law for you. The only issue might be seat belts for the rear seats since I think they are incorporated in the top in those years, but again that's only an issue if you have rear passengers or dont replace with lap belts, but I believe the top is still removable. Of course you could install a rollbar and just mount the CHML and belts to it, so still removable.
It is technically removable. However federal law states that if the vehicle came with a third tail light it needs to be opperational. Whether it's enforced or not is a different issue. And they switched from regular hex bolts to torx bolts to make it harder to remove. And yes the seatbelts we're also technically an issue
Point is both the seat belts and CHML are able to be relocated.
Suzuki Samurai
That thing was a good damn deathtrap
My family got a ram charger in 84 when I was 11 years old. Holy shit was I disappointed when I found out you couldn’t take the rear top off.
Shouldve told your old man to get a sawzall on his way back from the dealer
I just miss suvs being rugged and durable. My favorite was the jeep Cherokee xj. For those that don’t know go to r/cherokeexj
Ah yes. The most expendible piece of fiberglass.. I've legit never seen someone go to the effort of fixing one. If it gets messed up most people around here just scrap it, buy another one and transfer their off road parts
Wranglers still selling like hotcakes, I'm kinda surprised no one has tried again.
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Ahh, I've never driven the newer models. Just my 99 which has the i6
I had the 2.5 four-banger. :(. Still loved that thing though, and drove it cross-country twice with a yowling cat riding shotgun. And girls loved it. Got broken into a LOT though. Traded it for my Saab. Miss that 9-3, too. Also a unique 2-door coupe, brought into the country from Germany by a USAF guy. I ramble.
This is just wrong - the 3.7 V6 has both more HP and more torque across the whole rpm range than the 4.0 inline motor had.
Supposedly the new JL is going to be coming out with a diesel option and a turbo option so maybe the extra power you’re looking for...plus jeeps are just awesome
All I know is I can fry the tires in my 97 Cherokee, my mom can't in her 14 4dr wrangler.
Honestly, the 3.6 Pentastar they now have in them is badass!
I mean, the Bronco is coming back.
I have a 1993 Yukon, two door, bought it as a beater truck two winter's ago. She's a beast, never really taken it off road and gone mudding with it though.
What, no gen 1 4runner?!
So many people are so hard on the 4runner. My buddy has a gen one and I find it underpowered and honnestly just not very fun. It can't go many places that my bronco can't (because of body size) but it's also only got 4cyl power. It just don't do it for me
Or older Toyota 4Runners.
Oh maybe you can tell me what the cars are in this video? You can also see the front at 20sec.
Came here to say this
Hamburger Pringles! My mom died 4 years ago due to cancer and that was the last snack we shared together! We loved them and then after she passed i couldn’t ever find them again..
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Brb just going to go SOB
Seppuku on balcony?
Thoughtful: easy clean up. Just take a hose and spray the balcony down.
Think of the lower floor's window washers though...
Son of a bitch? I don't think you mom would approve of that language...
Were they cheeseburger Pringles? Those exist in Korea.
In America too.
She took them with her :)
When I went to Italy a few years ago I got like 3 separate recommendations to get my fill of hamburger and paprika pringles while I was there because they don't sell them in the States and both flavors are unspeakably good.
were they Cheeseburger Pringles? They sell them at the BX (store on US military bases) and their products are usually pretty uniform no matter where the base is so if you know anybody in the military ask em to hook it up! Or amazon, but they do exist so have faith!
Taco Bell’s volcano burrito
Crunch wrap with volcano sauce. Game changer...
Oh man I was all about those volcano nachos and the volcano taco. Back when I was in high school they had the beefy five layer for a dollar and I would get them to put volcano sauce on it and they wouldn’t charge me for it.
To a certain extent, I blame some of my stomach issues today from the massive amounts of volcano sauce I ate, but I doubt it actually caused any lasting harm
For a few years, when they would ask me if I wanted anything else I would say "Well I'd love a volcano burrito, but you don't have them anymore!"
YES! Taco Bell is such a prick-tease with all their amazing creations. Here one day, gone the next.
Carnation breakfast bars
Carnation Instant Brealfast. Haven’t seen it lately.
Still exists!!
the bars? or just the powder for drinks? The bars were great.
Oh. Not sure about the bars. I meant the drink powder
They still have the powder! I used to have that everyday for breakfast!
Seems like you can only get the basic chocolate or vanilla now, I loved the variety packs because it was the only way to get the malt chocolate flavor, which was the shit. Even the strawberry was pretty good! Fuck the vanilla though.
Yes Vanilla sucks and that Malted one was great.
Still available Canada wide I have them all the time.
I have it every morning!
If I ever accidentally go back in time I’m going to buy a box and eat all 6 of them in a row.
With the chocolate coating and the sorta crumbly insides. I think about those all the time.
Oooh, and Space Food Sticks!
What’s that?
From the late 60's through the 70's. Astronaut-inspired snack food. In the same era and spirit as the Carnation Breakfast Bars.
According to this article, they may still be sold in the Kennedy Space Center and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum. I wish this post was higher...I bet someone who lives near there could track them down. I would buy cases if them. I loved those Space sticks so much!!
I loved those!!!!!
There are recipes for them online. People swear it’s pretty damn close. I miss those things. I could eat a whole freaking box. The powdered drink, on the other hand, didn’t like so much.
This should be higher. These were my favorite snack as a kid. Closest thing i've found to it now is the Zone Perfect chocolate pb bars. Still not the same though.
I post this every time one of these posts come up. I even signed a petition to bring them back. I wish they would just start making them again!
I just had this conversation in the grocery store with my fiancee last weekend. They were so good!!
Mondo.
I still see it once in a while at dollar stores and I think I saw some at Menards very recently.
Menards
Hey Wisconsin bro!
Squeeze -its we're better. They had faces on the bottle. I loved the grape and whatever the pink flavor was.
Squeezeits were ok. But ice cold mondos were better because of the construction of the plastic bottle. When you squeezed it, just the right amount would come out. For squeezeits the bottle would go flat horizontally. Iced cols Mondos also tasted better overall than squeezeits.
Nah mang, Burple had the best grape.
Don't worry scro, Brawndo will be out soon enough
Mondo is still around, I see them in dollar stores, I actually have a bunch of them in my basement (I have blue, purple and red if you want any I’m sure I can ship some to you)
Mondo Mondo!!!
Is it big on taste?
Mondomental!!!
They're still available. The blue flavor is godly.
Mondo Burger?
You’re going in the grinder!
Mondo 2000?
I still have every issue I bought from the news stand. It's not a complete set, but I'm keeping them until I die.
My grandma still buys pack of Mondos for her younger grandchildren
Brad?
Mondo still exist at Dollar Tree!
Still alive and kicking, I bought some last month.
Dollar tree, my friend!
I have Mondo in my fridge for my kid right now. They sell them at all the local Winn-Dixies
I've always missed those tiny toys you'd get in Cracker Jack.
Ugh. I bought a 3 pack for the first time in 20+ years and all of them came with a sticker. I was informed that is the standard now. It sucks. It used to come with a wide variety of toys. It was an actual surprise as to what you would get.
Also, get off my lawn!
All it takes is one stupid kid trying to swallow the toy and we all get screwed.
Wow most of this thread is making me hungry for things I can't have :(((
I'm on the opposite end. I'm not a healthy eater at all but this thread is making me realize how much I never really cared for fast food and candy.
Like Quaaludes
Manual transmissions available in almost every car.
I miss this too. I had to search far and wide to find a manual Subaru that wasn't abused or super expensive with a stick.
I feel you. Here is the result of my long search for a sedan with a modicum of power, RWD, stick, that will fit two car seats behind me.
Afaik the only.other cars that fit that description were the Pontiac G8 and Volvo S60R
Chevy SS. Pretty much the next Gen g8 gxp. And Cadillac cts-v from the same timeframe as the g8.
I wanted (still want) an SS so bad but god damn they went and took what should have been an affordable power sedan and went and added every luxury option as standard with a price to match...
Give it a few years and I'll get one but I was the guy who said "if any company makes a v8, manual trans, rwd sedan again.... I'll buy it immediately", then the ss came out and I balked at the price.
Almost pulled the trigger on one but that was right around the time I bought a house and I figured I had smarter things to spend money on (damn responsibility getting in the way of fun).
I'm just curious, I drive a manual transmission car, but why is RWD so important to you? Does it really feel that different?
Also I'm sad at how expensive the Chevy SS was too :C
I just prefer RWD. Obviously because it looks cooler while doing burnouts... haha
...but on a more serious note, I just prefer the way RWD cars perform when pushed a bit. Front tires are able to handle steering and braking while the rear tires can handle acceleration (and engine braking). Putting more than maybe 250-300hp through the front tires will result in a car that's a handful to drive and just not as fun or well balanced IMO. Not saying FWD cars can't be fun, but it's definitely different and I just like RWD.
Would most people notice a FWD vs RWD difference if they just drive for commuting? No, probably not (and quite frankly, FWD is probably better for most people in that situation since it can be easier to recover from spinning/sliding the front tires than the rear tires if that happens).
But for me, well my coworkers were shocked/confused a few years back when I told them I even prefer RWD in the snow. Drove my '05 Mustang straight through the winters for a few years before I got a Jeep for winter duty. Strongly preferred the mustang for winter duty than my previous car (altima). Just a preference thing I guess.
Even with the G8 you have to find a GXP or Firehawk to find a manual.
Pretty much the reason I got mine. Well that and me being dumb for getting rid of my LS2 GTO
Why did you get rid of the goat?
Speaking of being dumb, I decided to switch to import. Had two v6 Firebirds and I decided I'd try something different, and got a 2008 Mazdaspeed 3 at the end of February. Missing the F body world already
After 8 years and 80k hard miles, there were a few problems coming up with it. I thought that a major failure was nearing and sold it. Last I checked, the current owner had 134k miles on it. Regret that one. I loved that car
Thought your 10 bolt was gonna grenade? Lol.
Understandable though. At least the new owner is having fun with her.
Nah, didn't really have any rear fears. The radiator broke, then the starter kept shorting and blowing fuses. Oil consumption kept getting worse. Had at least 60 passes at the 1/4 track and burned through 5 sets of tires. Then all the idiots that kept ripping parts off it when I had it parked. Took my grills and my rear valence. Then some flatbed tore the front bumper off. Getting parts from OZ just sucked. Everything combined pushed me into a C6. Then I gladly got rid of that piece of shit for the G8
FYI, Buick Regal and Honda Accord can be had with a manual.
FYI, both FWD.
Sorry. Completely missed the rwd requirement
It's all good. I'm a huge fan of the Regal GS 6MT. Better handling and comfort then any Camry, Accord, or Fusion.
In mid-size economy sedans, you can get a Jetta or a Mazda 6 in a 6MT also, but not the turbo that it desperately needs. Having just sold one, I'll never own another Mazda again.
My requirements were similar to yours: manual, turbo, and AWD/FWD (I live in Ohio, so snow is an issue). There's a bit more choice there, what with Golfs (GTI & R), Subarus, Evos, Civic Sis, and the various ST and RS hatches from Ford. I ended up with a 6-year-old Golf R that I had to drive 200 miles to get. Haven't regreted it since.
Transmissions themselves will be a distant memory once electric vehicles become more common.
I have a manual 2013 outback. Love it...except the time I forgot the break and it drove through my garage door. Ha
I’m still rockin a 98 outback legacy (from Dallas) It needs some work but I picked up a standard 98 wagon for 1200$
You in the US? I’ve seen manual Outbacks at a dealer here in Germany but the only manual Outback I saw in the US was a 2007-ish one my buddy owned.
Yup, Seattle area. So many Subus here! Haha
I was in New England before I moved here. I think VT has more Outbacks per capita than anywhere else. I live in Munich now and see a lot of Forresters and only a handful of Outbacks. Subaru sells more cars on presidents weekend in MA than they do in Germany the whole year.
Wow. Here I think Bellingham (north of Seattle near the Canadian border) has the larges % (as far as Wa goes). My brother always gives me shit about mine (he lives there) I think he’s just jealous! I own the roads when it snows.
Fuck ya dude! I went from a shitty rwd Nissan pickup to a forester and these north Idaho winters ain't got shit on me now
Late but...Found the pic from when I crashed the garage. Downside to having a manual...don’t forget the break! https://imgur.com/gallery/hAdxf
Finding unmolested cars is so hard, i got lucky with my scion. The guy before me did some stuff but i think it was all fairly tasteful
The struggle is real. Searching right now. Broadened my search to other makes and models, as well. The used car market is bleak. Even more difficult is that i worked with an automobile wholesaler a few years back, so EVERYTHING seems like a ripoff.
This is mostly a Usa problem. It’s the opposite in most other countries. Even renting a car, it’s usually more expensive if you want to rent an automatic.
Exactly.
Europe has a mixed feeling with the automatic transmission: Automatic was reserved for sport and luxury cars, while the US manufacturers made automatics the standard. As such, European perception of automatics is that it's a gimmick for rich people.
Even today, with automatics being more widely available in standard compacts and sedans, people still opt for manual.
If you buy an automatic in Europe we just assume you cant drive a manual.
And if you do your driving test in an automatic you can't drive a manual if you pass.
Really? Man, our laws are lax here.
For motorcycles especially. You can take your motorcycle test on anything over 50cc IIRC, meaning you can take it on a moped with no actual shifting gears, pass, and are now allowed to take a Harley on the road.
But why would you want to? Do you not have bumper to bumper stop and go freeway traffic in Europe?
Sure we have, but everyone seems to manage it just fine with a manual. Most public transport in Europe is pretty damn good as well so if it takes the same time as going by car public transportation is usually what people choose which further reduces vehicles on the road. I mean its not like there arent any automatics but they are usually only owned by the few who actually want it for comfort or if you inherited one.
Yes, we do, but we are used to it.
American car manufacturers made automatics the norm in the US, but European car manufacturers never really had that in their interest.
As I said, automatics were reserved for luxury and sports cars, and even then it was uncommon at least. Also, automatics, due to not being a norm, were expensive. Not to mention that European car manufacturers were less about style and more about functionality, reliability and low price tags; automatics, which require more maintenance and more expensive parts, were a thorn in that plan.
It just eventually grew into a stereotype where people with automatics can't drive for shit/ are rich assholes, and TBH, manual kind of suits me better despite being more complicated (I've tried both); my uncle has an automatic BMW station wagon that he hates; the clutch is defective and he just kind of never got used to it. He is also vary of it because he feels like he is paying less focus to the road; lack of a stick removed constant attention to the shifting and the effort of multitasking shifting and driving, which made him give less, rather than more focus on the road.
Oddly accurate
As such, European perception of automatics is that it's a gimmick for rich people.
I'd say that this perception isn't completely unfounded. The price difference between the cheapest VW Golf with an automatic and its manual-equipped counterpart in my (Eastern European) country is around 2400 dollars, or roughly 10% of the car's price. The difference is reduced to around 1400 dollars for other car makers, but still.
Wow, TIL. It is exactly like that.
Australia problem too. Autos are just more popular for the consumer.
You still have the option from factory for most, but fuck all are made.
Very few rentals in New Zealand and Australia are manual now. Even the campervans are automatics. Went car shopping a couple of years ago (NZ), and I don't remember coming across any pure automatics, though there were a lot of tiptronics.
You wait.
So much this. No matter how fast the automatic transmission is, I can still feel the hesitation, and it drives me nuts. You want to slow down? You sure? Okay, shift down. You want to speed up? You sure?
I have a manual, but they spoiled two of the fun things about it. One, it won't let you roll back for about five seconds, for fear that you might be lame at driving up hills, which makes parking more of a drag because you have to either wait or shift into reverse instead of just coasting backwards. Two, you can't push start the engine anymore. It would help a lot if I could, because the stupid keyless pushbutton start makes it really easy to leave the power on and drain the battery.
I won't drive a car that has sluggish steering, either. It's not a boat, so it shouldn't drive like one.
Weird. I have a 2015 honda civic si, which has a push to start button, and I've been able to start it by going down a hill lots of times.
It's a real life saver; I doubt I'll be willing to get a car with an auto trans any time in the foreseeable future.
I have a manual Mercedes C300 and while I've never had to push start it, I tried it once just to see if it was even an option and it fired right up.
Mine's a 2014 Mazda 3. It's supposed to cause damage to the electrical system or something if you start by rolling downhill. I tried it anyway once, and it didn't work. Fortunately there was a service garage with a jump box nearby. Annoying, though.
I love my manual 2005 Colorado! You can still find certain cars in manual but you might have to request it I know the new Chevy cruze comes in a six speed! We have one on the lot where I work!
I bought a new VW last year with manual. I'll probably drive it until the market has gone full electric.
You think your VW is going to last 20 years? That's...Optimistic.
You can get almost any car to last 20+years if you take care of it. And modern VW is quite reliable...
Mine did. And the 1.8t was known to have sludge issues.
The engineers closed the disadvantage gap.
Cheaper to produce Better mileage Faster/better shifting And the ability to cram 8 gears in is kinda cool.
From a manufacturer standpoint, only having one choice is easier on the production line, as well as reducing the number of Bill Of Materials combinations and parts you need to maintain.
From a sales standpoint, fewer choices means less inventory that sits and easier product planning, because the buyer might not want the option combo that you have in stock.
From an aggressive driver standpoint, one foot free to either plant on the floor board for support or to two foot your gas and brake and both hands on the wheel most of the time. And the engine computer can even be programmed to downshift aggressively on deceleration to keep the engine at peak power and in the correct gear based on speed for when the driver accelerates again.
All that being said, I agree with you. I’ll row gears until that’s not an option or until my job commute requires extensive stop and go traffic sitting.
Well said. I'm not saying every car should be manual, I'm just bemoaning the lack of choice that was present 20 years ago. I'd trade my 550i M-Sport for a Lexus GS-F in a heartbeat if the more reliable N/A GS-F had a three pedal option.
It’s getting bad. I feel like you can’t find anything in manual these days. Automatic is no fun to drive damnit!
Could not agree more.
I just don’t understand the fun of driving a manual car unless it’s a sports car. Why the fuck would I want to be shifting gears while driving on regular roads in 97 Landcruiser?
There's a sense of satisfaction in the control. I use both standard and auto in the vehicles I drive. Automatic feels nice when you're on gridlock traffic or you're just going to be driving in a straight line for a few hours. Standards give you this sens of purpose and intent. When you get tired of being behind the person who's going ten under on the highway the auto will just have you press a pedal down and that's it. In a standard, you downshift, line that engine back up and you feel the power as you get a burst of speed. Its hard to explain, but it feels like "intent". I INTEND on this, as opposed to I WANT this.
It's like you and the car are one. Driving an automatic is like having to ask someone else to brush your teeth.
That was a positive of driving my dads Audi A6, with the tiptronic thingy. Depending on where you are you can change it up. Driving through mountains in automatic is scary and unnecessary. need to feel more control of the vehicle and use the gears.
For me, it makes an otherwise mundane task (my daily commute, which is 99% of my driving experience) somewhat more enjoyable.
the more underpowered the vehicle the more enjoyable it is - and the more necessary it is. Drive a manual sports car? No interest at all, give us a BJ70 (or any other "slow" landcruiser) that has to be driven flat stick all the time. Brings a bit of fun to an otherwise very ordinary task.
Yeah, I didn't get this until I got a big ol' manual station wagon with 170 HP. Sure, I can accelerate as fast a modern car, I just have to rev really high AND THE ENGINE MAKES VROOM VROOM NOISES.
If you're used to a manual, automatic transmissions are annoying. They never change gears at the right time, they're slow, and they provide no feedback.
Driving a manual forces you to engage more with the process of driving and gives you far greater control over what your vehicle is doing. For many people, this makes it more enjoyable.
They never change gears at the right time, they're slow, and they provide no feedback.
You haven't driven a modern auto. This came up earlier in a thread over on /r/cars, my fiat transmission isn't even touted as good but here's a short video on it.
Recently rented a modern auto.
It was fucking trash.
Sitting on 100kmph on the highway on a dead straight road with no.changes in elevation and the car wouldn't stop shifting between 5 and 6 over and over.
Garbage garbage garbage.
How the fuck do people not drive themselves into a wall just to put themselves out of their misery driving this shit every day?
Because I don't give a shit about my car. It's a tool to get me from point a to b as efficiently and reliably as possible. I drive a crappy little hatchback with zero features other than automatic transmission and power locks/windows. And I don't care. It starts and get me where I need to go. Anything more is superfluous.
Define "modern". Every rental I've ever driven is usually only a year or two old, and I've driven quite a few, including sports cars.
Also, thanks for continuing the Reddit tradition of assuming you know more about somebody's life experience than they do.
You can't really judge by rentals. Rentals have been driven by other people and at least one, most likely more, person(s) abused the fuck out of that car. I had a 2018 Charger rental back in November that hadn't been rented yet by anyone else. I drove the fuck out of that thing like it was stolen and I was running from the police. Many times after getting out of that car the smell from the engine and brakes were a good bit stronger than they should have been.
That video is of a 2015, and if you are saying you have driven modern sports cars with automatics and saying they are slow then something is wrong there.
I said the transmission is slow, as in it never changes when I want it to change, but a moment later. It's entirely subjective, which is exactly why I and many others prefer a manual transmission.
I find it odd that you are so bothered by somebody else's driving preferences.
In the UK its standard to drive manual, if you pass your test in a manual you can drive an automatic too. But if you pass in an automatic you're not qualified to drive a manual. Its also more expensive to have lessons for an automatic license for some reason
Are they so low in number that it would be more expensive for a driving school to source that many automatics
My driving school had 10 manual and 2 automatics. It depends on the instructor really. Im not sure if our driving lessons work the same way as wherever you're from. Manual is just the standard here, pretty much everyone learns manual unless they have something wrong with them and automatic is easier. Like having a physical or mental disability
Thank you. We’re friends now.
Autos are very fun to drive if you have a decently programmed auto and power behind it.
My brother, father, and I all have different Mazdas with stick shifts. All bought used at reasonable prices.
PLEASE check my post history with my 2015 shitbox Mazda 6 (bought CPO). I'll never buy another Mazda again.
We have all had ours for years and haven't had any problems. But none of us have Mazda 6s.
I was still driving around a 93 Mazda 323 until a couple weeks ago when the transmission went out. Engine still runs like a top though I swear I could put a bullet through that thing and it would still work. Never had to do anything major with the engine either
Automatics are great when it's just you and the open road, but round where I live it's very twisty turny and hilly and sometimes you need to be in a gear your car disagrees with in order to get around. Automatics do not like the roads near mine.
Ahhh, the best American anti-theft security system.
What I dislike is that the manual is almost always the base trim level. I will drive my manny Jetta with leather and heated seats and sunroof until it dies thankyouverymuch.
This was the way for the manufacturers to intentionally ease all of the enthusiasts off of manual transmissions. The thought was that we would choose the bigger engine over the transmission, and then basically "forget" that manual is significantly more fun to drive.
Jerks. I’m at a loss for what to do when this car finally does die. I’m not in the market for a fancy pants sports car, just want a daily that doesn’t suck or bore me to tears.
Come to Portugal. Not a single automatic to see in the entire damn country. I’m not salty I had to scrap my automatic there because fixing it was so dang expensive and time consuming, honest.
Honda Civic Si master race
FWD still sucks
I love manual. But most of all, I love the gas and repair savings.
Repair savings on a manual will always be there, but gas savings has swung the other way over the last ten production years (give or take).
See CVT transmissions. Basically infinity gears.
Basically awful.
CVTs are fragile, expensive, and drive like the car is broken.
I learned to drive on an 08 rogue with a cvt and it was like a dream!
If you can afford new or newish cars
True. However, even then - the change (and scarcity of manuals) is clearly on the horizon.
That's not necessarily true. I have a kia soul and get an extra 5-10mpg with a stick shift. Sometimes, the driver being able to predict road circumstances is just better.
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It's a 2016. The EPA guidelines are 25/30. My car gets 33 City and typically 34-37 highway, depending on speed.
I rented the automatic version whole mine was in the shop (same engine) for a few weeks. My average was 28, and iirc I took it on the highway some but not a lot. A friend with one says his is around 27 most of the time.
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I'm using the car's mpg readout. But, I have tested it via odometer and running the tank full to empty after an episode with a defective fuel pump.
I know that kind of difference is very unusual, but it makes sense for there to be some. My average in my previous car (2014 sonota turbo) was 36-37.
How you drive a car has a lot more to do with your mileage than people think.
I love my manual, but I'll admit that automatics have come a long way on economy and they're winning that race. However, they'll NEVER beat the feeling of control in a manual. That thrill as you push the engine towards the red line, knowing it will keep going up until YOU shift it. You could keep pushing and blow the engine if you wanted, but you know your limits and shift at 5750rpm then there's that burst of thrust as the next gear catches. Automatics will never replicate that.
Bingo. My last car was a VW with a dual clutch transmission, my current car is a VW with a manual. The DCT is better in terms of speed, responsiveness, and probably fuel efficiency. Where it falters, though, is in enjoyment. For all its mechanical prowess, it never gave me the same satisfaction that using a clutch and rowing my own gears does.
I'm not discounting your opinion or preference at all. But the sentiments you shared seem to be common among car enthusiasts in here. I guess it's just hard for me to understand. I see a car strictly as a mode of transportation. Fun never factors into it for me
I see a car strictly as a mode of transportation. Fun never factors into it for me
That's a reasonable position. I'm just trying to break it down into something simplified that non enthusiasts can more easily understand. In a practical sense, a manual can offer you more direct influence on how efficiently you can get from point a to b. Helpful in situations where time is of the essence.
My only automatic car also has shift paddles and sports setting that will not take over when I tell it not to 😁 best of both worlds
Wow, this captures the feeling very well. Call me a fake fan because I have an '02 Passat with automatic clutch control, but it's still far more fun than driving in full automatic.
You explained that feeling perfectly. kudos
Even in trucks it's getting less and less common.
Get a motorcycle, even a cheapo one. It's been almost a decade but I miss the control.
I have a manual and never want to get rid of it.
You know what shifts better than a human... a computer.
Yeah my buddy's ram that can't make up its mind on what gear to be in at 65 would like to have a word with you.
If a gear is slipping, how could a human element improve that?
No not slipping, at 65 it keeps shifting back and forth, he took it to the dealer and was told there was nothing wrong with it.
You know what drives better than a human...a computer.
You know who has sex with your significant other better than a human...a computer.
Eventually, the computer will replace something that you actually enjoy doing.
My 2012 Focus is manual. I have the thought of being in the market for a new car when it dies.
Eh, go electric and you’ll stop caring about manual transmissions immediately.
I respectfully disagree.
Have you ever driven a car with a manual transmission?
Yes, all but my most recent two cars. My manual cars have included an Impreza, a 200SX, and a lowered Mazda Astina.
My current car is a Leaf, and I can safely say that the responsiveness of electric - and the Leaf isn’t exactly an F1 - more than makes up for a manual transmission.
Fair enough. We might just have to agree to disagree :)
I think I've only ever driven a Prius before (which was actually probably a hybrid, now that I think about it), and I can't say it was as enjoyable as my manual civic si, or the old manual eclipse I used to have.
To be fair, I look forward to having a lot more electric options when the time comes to replace the Leaf. The Leaf is basically an electric Pulsar, and it's still pretty impressive. I'd love an electric Impreza or a 200SX...
I have. High powered manual, auto and Tesla.
The Tesla will make you look foolish.
Manuals is for kids pretending they are in fast and furious. Proper auto with a good program will beat a human with a manual every time
Oh, sorry I wasn't even thinking about racing. I was just referring to casually driving around town, like to and from work. Imo, driving a manual car is so much more enjoyable than driving an automatic - assuming you're not in traffic for too long.
Obviously if you're trying to drag race or something, the automatic car would be ideal. But, are there really people buying electric cars for racing? That seems so weird! lol.
You realise you're not supposed to drag race on the streets, yeah?
Some of us like driving manual because autos are boring as fuck to drive.
Some of us don't like our car randomly deciding to change gears for zero reason.
Some of us like the ability to push start our car.
Some of us enjoy paying a small amount to get a clutch repaired instead of half the cars value to fix a dead auto transmission.
You enjoy push starting your car ?
But seriously if that's an issue replace your battery. Add a relay to shut off the lights when ignition is off to avoid this issue.
lol, really? Are you misunderstanding me on purpose or are you just fucking with me?
Quite clearly you should turn off your lights when you leave your car, but accidents happen sometimes and when they do I'd prefer to ask a passer-by to help me push my car instead of waiting 3 hours for road side assist.
Sounds like your young. I've been there buddy, learn basic car maintenance and it goes a long way.
Would you prefer to drive your car, or be driven around in a town car? If the latter - the EV future is a bright one.
Both.
Teslas are trash. They will be bankrupt inside of 5 years.
Yep, Tesla's will beat me until they develop heat soak and reduce power before the first lap is over. EVs are trash.
What car are you referring too ?
Electric cars don't have gears, that's the point. They always have traction.
I mean, I got it, but I still don't think they'd be as fun to drive. That's why I asked.
Oh how wrong you are. I test drove a Tesla P85D at an event near VIR. I currently daily an F10 550i M-Sport 6MT, and the Model S is fairly comprable in size and cost. I'm a tech savvy, middle-aged, car enthusiast - so I am definitely their target audience.
I have never driven a car that I hated more before or since. It was hollow, lifeless, and the build quality would have embarrassed Chrysler Fiat. It literally made me sick to my stomach, because it reminded me of my own obsolescence and mortality.
OK, so what you're saying is that you hate Teslas, not that you hate electric cars. I've never driven a Tesla - they are rare as hen's teeth here in New Zealand, and if I was going to sell my house to buy a car it'd still be cheaper to buy a Leaf for everyone in the family to live in afterwards than one Model S - but I saw a couple at a show on the weekend as they are starting to sell here directly.
I closed the driver's door on the Model X. Not a slam, a normal close. The door rattled like half the inside panel wasn't attached. Not an encouraging sign in a car that requires its own mortgage.
I suspect, however, that if there was a 5-series with a comparable full electric drive train you might change your mind. I've owned manual transmission turbo sports cars as well, and even though I'm only comparing them with a Nissan Leaf - effectively an electric Pulsar - the instant torque from the electric motor has convinced me.
When it comes time to replace the Leaf I look forward to far more electric options.
I have also driven an i3 as a loaner. Better than the Tesla, I suppose - because it was laughably ugly, but if I can't shift, I'm not driving.
it was laughably ugly
Ugh, yeah. I suppose I can see why manufacturers think they need their electric models to look different - because they want them to stand out - but ... dear god, please just make them look like cars. To be fair, you can't tell the difference between the e-Golf and the normal one at a casual glance.
I didn't pick the Leaf because it looked cool, but I would've preferred the look of the 2018 model for sure. One day I will have an electric Impreza...
Sprite Ice. It was Sprite with a hint of mint. Fucking AMAZING. Used walk over and rent a video game in the summer and grab a few bottles of Sprite Ice from the cooler. It was the summer of George!
Fuckin AY! I miss that shit so much.
Holy cow. Renting video games. Those were the days.
Yes they were. Really took it for granted...
I think 7UP has a flavour with mint in it...7UP Mojito?
Windows XP.
Failing that, Windows 7.
Came here for this. I just want an OS/technology in general that does nothing more or less than what I tell it to do.
Windows 10 makes me feel like I'm ten and there is parental control on. Fuck Nanny OS's.
I'm still on 8.1. AMA
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About an 8.1/10.
For real though, 8 was terrible. 8.1 is aright though. I just disabled the automatic updates to 10 because I thought it was creepy how they were forcing every machine to upgrade without consent. That and the first release is usually the buggiest.
I think the reasoning behind that was that they realized how terrible 8 was so they upgraded everyone for free lol
Not as bad as 10
Configure it to basically do nothing and then install Classic Shell.
Those two alone make it just a strictly better version of Win7.
I wouldn't say strictly better. Win10's collection of at least three styles of completely different context menus. Win10 often gives the feel of an unfinished product.
You want to change X setting? It's under our Settings app. Oh, that option you just clicked on the Settings app? Yeah, now we're going to open the classic control panel because we couldn't be bothered to move that over into the Settings app because we really just wanted to quickly push out something shiny and new.
Yeah. I'd say "unfinished product" is an accurate description.
I've never used windows 10 except for the 5 minutes I've played with a computer in Best Buy. In that time I discovered that and bursted out laughing
I meant more or less from a performance perspective, and these days, I think the OS is more stable than Win7 now that the kinks have largely been worked out, and it's undeniably much, much more secure.
Yeah it is better in a lot of under the hood ways (though it has about a billion more services that shouldn't be autorunning) but Microsoft's patch model completely fails from a social perspective.
What does it matter if you have good security if you've unintentionally trained user to ignore updates and not take UAC prompts seriously.
They have a long way to go in terms of real-world security.
And the ability to natively mount iso files.
Classic start menu and OldNewExplorer were enough to get me back to where i wanted.
I left the ribbon though instead of going back to the command bar and have adapted pretty well to that i think, its different, but it does offer some advantages. Fuck the windows 10 start menu and fuck them for putting the details pane on the right though, those were unusable.
Guide?
http://www.classicshell.net/
https://articulate.com/support/article/how-to-turn-user-account-control-on-or-off-in-windows-10
It's not worth the hassle to get x64 programs to install on XP and for the most part I have to agree with just turning UAC all the way off and installing classic shell.
You can disable all the privacy invading stuff, but tbh I'd leave UAC on. Pretty much the only time you ever get prompted for anything is when installing stuff which is generally good security to know that is happening.
Not when you have some common sense
Considering I spend maybe like 10 seconds a week dealing with UAC prompts and it has saved me from doing something stupid say three times in a decade seems like a fair trade.
It's just good practice as a human user will inevitably make a dumb mistake common sense or not.
I used a guide on toms hardware I think to turn all the shit off. Will give that UI a go, thanks mate.
Even set up like that the search is way worse, can't fault the security tho.
Except for search and uncontrollable autoupdates.
Classic Shell is not supported anymore by the developer
I have another 16 gigs of ram I can't use and a processor that's too new for updates, but I just don't want to move to Windows 10 :|
Yeah... ram's my problem too. I need an upgrade, but to get that upgrade and be able to actually use more than 16gb I need to upgrade to 10. Hopefully I can find some guides somewhere that help me configure it into a decent OS, I guess.
Look up using the LTSB version; it's what Windows 10 Pro should have been. No Cortana, no live tiles, etc.
"You need critical updates on your computer"----" update failed" then when you try to remove the update assistant it shows up 20 minutes later... IMMORTAL
I may get some hate for this, but... Try linux, seriously. I found it easier to install than windows XP, when XP was new. And I installed a lot of machines in those days. It's only gotten easier.
Why would you get hate for promoting Linux? It's generally free, open source, and you have a plethora of types to chose from. I've only ever used Ubuntu, but I hear fantastic things about some of the other ones.
Because Linux still isn't easy to use. Install is easy, browsing the web is easy. You ever try to install an older version of Java on Linux though? Can't even find a guide to do it. People shouldn't have to go to a Linux forum to ask how to install something that common.
If all you are doing is web browsing though, CloudReady OS.
You mean you tried to install an older version of JRE? How old are we talking here?
Does it matter? If I could have found any instructions on how to install jre from a local dir I would have been able to figure it out. The only instructions I could ever find were for the latest version via the online repository. Missing the point of the anecdote anyway, which is that installing anything beside a flatpack is way above the average user's skill set. Until flatpacks are the norm, Linux will not be a viable alternative to Windows/MacOS for a majority of people. And for the majority of that majority, ChromiumOS is probably a better alternative to Linux anyway.
If you need an older version installing the official java from Oracle is the way, look for how to use the “alternatives” system. That is the usual means to have multiple versions installed and selectable.
ChromiumOS is a Linux distro, customized for different uses.
I searched, man. "How to install jre version X Linux" where X was the actual version and other older versions. Even tried "How to install jre offline". Nothing, it was all useless or non-existent.
ChromiumOS is as much a Linux distro as Android. My point is no one is going to say "Install/Try Linux" and mean ChromeOS or Android. They may be Linux, but when people say Linux they mean Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, etc.
How to install jre version X Linux
Rule one of google: Try a different search term.
Sure google knows all, but you have to ask the right question. For 99% of users the software repository is the right answer. You cannot pretend that there are not obscure issues in every OS, nor can you blame the OS for google not returning the answer on your first try. That is ridiculous.
Things work differently in different OS's. Things work differently between the different flavors of unix. That is not a bug, that is by design. If you don't like one try another, we have made sure you have that freedom. But in this case blaming the OS for ineptness, well that's just your problem.
I wasn't trying to install multiple versions. I just needed the one version. I wasn't just searching with jre, I was using java, wasn't just using Linux, used Ubuntu too. I tried multiple different terms. I shouldn't have to type out and recall all of them to prove how much effort I put in. They all either didn't work or found nothing.
Things work differently in different OS's. Things work differently between the different flavors of unix. That is not a bug, that is by design. If you don't like one try another, we have made sure you have that freedom. But in this case blaming the OS for ineptness, well that's just your problem.
Right, but then don't go around telling people to use Linux is an alternative to Windows/MacOS, where 99% of shit is just double clicking. This is exactly why people don't use Linux because the second anyone has any problem doing anything you blame the user and put the OS on a pedestal.
Ok, allow me to correct you a bit.
I wasn't trying to install multiple versions.
Yes, yes you were. Even if you did not know it. It is actually done the same way under windows and mac when in a well run environment. Oracle, the actual packager of java (linux distros include a java workalaike that is not java) makes it so that you are able to do this intentionally.
Your system needs the newest java, because it is a security shit show, having numerous vulnerabilities, often more than one at once which could be as severe as a remote user being able to take over your machine. You should never skip an update if you have it installed.
Sadly for us they also suck at backwards compatibility, so what runs on jre 1.7 fails on 1.8 thus your need to have an older version.
Every good admin thus installs the latest java, and sets up the special snowflake program needing the older version to run to use the older version, but only that one program will.
This is the way it must be. This is why salty assholes such as myself run things. We know this. You, by your complaints, clearly do not and are part of the problem. Botnets? That's you. Underprotected machines with virii? that's you.
In short you were not qualified to do what you sought to do. That's not an insult, it just is. It's why I do what I do. So if you cannot do it, and are not interested in learning it get someone who knows how to do it for you. But blaming something for your lack of know how? That's silly.
I wouldn't trust your admin skills on a windows machine on my networks either. It's not "99% double clicking", it's knowing what to click. And why that's what to click.
Get yourself a good admin and be happy.
It kinda does matter, you're claiming something was hard to install, but we have to gauge how difficult it was, similar to how you mentioned flatpacks.
The average person does not need to install an outdated version of JRE, especially if it's so outdated that it isn't even in your distro's repositories. You had trouble doing something that only someone with Linux knowledge would bother doing.
Im working in IT and last time I wanted to install an Nvidia driver on linux i almost puked myself to death during the process
I don't get it. What was so hard? I'm currently browsing Reddit with a GTX 1070 on good old Debian (Unstable).
Well first I downloaded the driver, then I doubleclicked the file. Doesnt work. Then I tried to run it via bash, doesn't work. Then I needed to mark it as executable (??? Was some years ago). Then the setup started and always closed with an error. I tried older versions, reinstalled the OS. Changed from Ubuntu to Debian: no chance. 2 weeks later I formatted
Why I hate talking to Linux fanboys. They say "what's so hard about Linux?" You say "Installing anything that requires command line." Doesn't matter how far the conversation goes, it just ends with them making an excuse for Linux. The real question is "what's easy about Linux?" The answer is installing certain distros, browsing the internet & flatpacks. What's easy about Windows/MacOS? Basically everything. When Linux is at the "basically everything" stage, I'll concede that it's a viable alternative.
thats exactly it. I mean I can install the nvidia driver without a problem now, but its really annoying how you always have to defend yourself not being able to instantly do something in Linux to the community. Getting "look up in man of xyz" isn't a good help either
What error did you get? Missing dependencies? Did you download the right version for your distro? Where did you download it from? Was it not available in your distro's repositories?
There's a lot of fundamental details you missed, but you can't answer them because it happened too long ago.
If your job depends on Windows software, Linux will always be a hobby.
Alternatively, if you're a heavy gamer or want to use certain programs, Linux isn't really a viable option. Additionally, most users don't have the ability to handle an OS installation. Yes, there are step-by-step guides, but even that can be overwhelming or just plain confusing for casual users. Even relatively more tech-savvy users (i.e. at the level of being able to at least do some basic troubleshooting like restarting their router when the internet connection is fucky) often find themselves intimidated by something like a complete OS install. It's often easy for us more advanced users to say "it's easy" without really realizing just how complex and terrifying it is for your average, everyday user.
Linux is great, don't get me wrong. I use it heavily for my programming work, from my local dev machine to my local VMs all the way to production server environments. It's fucking fantastic for my work. It's just not a magic silver bullet for every problem ever in tech.
Heavy linux gamer here, I have no idea what you're talking about. Most AAA games run fine on Wine.
This is the issue with the Linux crowd getting them to understand it’s not a viable option 100% of the time.
Give them a reasonable well thought out argument .... response your wrong.
Even better, some of them will just straight up call you too stupid to use Linux. Like "okay, buddy, if I can't figure out how to do something that reasonably should be 2-3 terminal commands and that makes me inept then how is anyone less skilled supposed to use Linux as an alternative to Windows?"
Linux is fantastic. The Linux community, on the other hand, is a steaming pile of shit.
I once tried dual booting Linux on my machine. I'm no novice when it comes to computers, mind you. I've spent years learning to troubleshoot my problems and get things working. I became a goddamn programmer. I mean, fuck, my profession involves doing far more complicated shit than dual booting an OS on a near-daily basis. I followed the instructions down to a fucking T, including the section on UEFI and how to handle it and partitioning my drive. To the FUCKING LETTER, mind you. From the official manual for that particular distro. And it ended up completely fucking my machine, forcing me to restore from a backup.
I mention all of this to the Linux community, explicitly emphasizing the point about going through their official goddamn documentation step-by-step, and request some help from them in figuring out just what the hell I'm doing wrong. What response do I get? "Read the fucking manual."
Fuck the Linux community. They're a bunch of arrogant, elitist, condescending pricks who apparently lack basic reading comprehension when their egos decide to come out to play (which is almost always). I love the OS, but fuck the community.
I get it you enjoy tinkering with you computer and playing with the command prompt.... it does not make you look smarter.
Want to know why I have a Macbook at Home? I spend all day dealing with computer issues or software design meetings. I just want the damn thing to do what I want when I want and not have to fix it.
Man, I don't know what I'm always doing wrong, but in my years of running Linux I have almost never gotten wine to work right. I'll advocate for linux to the ends of the earth, but sometimes it's damn hard.
My experience with Wine was that therer was too big a performance hit. But, so many good new games these days come out on Linux as well. It's not like the bad-old-days of Linux gaming!
But VR and Linux isn't a thing yet, so I'll still have to dual-boot.
Right now I’m dualbooting Windows 10 (that came with my laptop) and Ubuntu 16 LTS. Ubuntu is way faster than Windows 10 and I almost never switch back.
I want Linux to be my next system but the community has a massive blindspot when it comes to the annoying part of software design: fixing things when people screw something up. It's stuck in the Win95 mentality of "just reinstall the OS" when something goes wrong or spend hours trying to fix it yourself!
Once upon a time I had the time/patience for something like that -but that was long ago. I spend hours on setting up all the small tweaks to get the interface as I like it - then one of them doesn't play nice and the whole profile becomes corrupt. Every time I've tried Linux this happens.
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I see it as someone who doesn't know a thing about cars, or doesn't have time to work on them, taking it to the mechanic for repair. If they can fix it quickly/easily, great. Otherwise they give me a list (error log) of what's wrong and let me decide if it's worth paying to get fixed.
It's stuck in the Win95 mentality of "just reinstall the OS" when something goes wrong
You are listening to the wrong people then. Just like with windows communities you will find those that are full of dumbasses. You just need to fInd a better source(s) of info.
Next step for you: When you make a change in a configuration copy the file before you make a change. If it screws something up just copy it back.
That is one advantage of the unix model of everything being a plain text file. If you must use a git repo. I do that for convenience so I can sync some configs across multiple machines, for you it would allow rollback to any point in time.
Next step for you: When you make a change in a configuration copy the file before you make a change. If it screws something up just copy it back.
This is that mentality at play. The software should handle it or a "Mr Fix It" style repair tool - something that doesn't require putting on your tech hat when you're stressed and just want your system to work.
You may be expecting too much for any system. If you screw up your windows registry is there a simple, built in rollback tool? That can undo any mistake?
How hard is cp
If that is indeed too much effort then unix like OS's may not be for you. That's ok, you have other choices.
Yes, there is.
The system restore tool makes a backup of your registry with every restore point. Rolling back your registry is as easy as running system restore. If for whatever reason you only need to restore the registry or can't get into Windows then you can do it in CMD from the Windows recovery environment.
As I stated earlier restore points are not 100% reliable. They must be created by an installer (not all of them do, I've created several installers using different common packages to do so. I know that it's an option, not a requirement) or are created nightly.
That leaves a lot of room to screw up your machine and loose time consuming customizations you may have made (the original complaint), or screw up newly installed software.
The binary crapshoot that is the registry is horrid to be honest. Why the need for it I will never know.
You may be expecting too much for any system. If you screw up your windows registry is there a simple, built in rollback tool? That can undo any mistake?
scanreg.exe/scanregw.exe
How hard is cp
? and to undo cp ?
Remembering to do that before any simple change that you wouldn't necessarily think would require it. Just that magic combo of GUI options that conflict with each other or downloading a new program that screws something up in an unknown location/isn't compatible with your choice of settings.
It's very much within the realm of what is possible for an OS to do - it's just not "sexy" work and it requires long term support so few FOSS developers want to get into it.
scanreg.exe/scanregw.exe
"If invalid registry entries are detected, Windows Registry Checker automatically restores a previous day's backup. "
That is very much a less reliable form of what I suggested be done before making changes. Less reliable because if you make change a, b, c and then d breaks something you will roll them all back. Not desirable, or what you seem to think the outcome would be.
There is no substitute for care and caution when making changes that could impact a system.
Perhaps my perspective on this is different, I do it for a living, but relying on an automated tool that may or may not do what you want when you have the means to do it with certainty is foolish. Yes, such a tool could be made, but the expected solution is "Don't do that!" because, well common sense. It is a culture thing in he unix realm, and if it's not for you then just make it "not for you." No one will complain.
Just what are you doing that "breaks" things anyway? That may need to be examined.
The WRC can be configured for various options but even the day before is fine because most people aren't making a huge number of changes to their system on a given day. It isn't 100% reliable but it's better than not having it and it's something I don't need to think about - it just happens and is there if something should happen. Doesn't need to be everything to everyone.
I've tried to switch to Linux 3 times now (last time was Ubuntu 14). Every time the profile has become corrupt by GUI based settings. I've never manually edited a file and only went to the terminal when I needed to download something. The bulk of the changes I made were testing out interface options to see what was possible. That was enough to corrupt things in a manner that the ultimate "solution" people would recommend was to reinstall.
OK, that is just sad. As a new user you are expected to not know what you’re doing. This is perfectly fine. Your “help“ should be taken out behind the woodshed and beaten. There’s absolutely nothing you can screw up so severely using the GUI that you cannot fix it easily. well discounting formatting, I hope you know enough not to do that :-)
If you ever try again I recommend you find a much better forum to help you.
That's definitely one route. The way I see it, there are only so many people with the technical knowledge to support Linux properly. If Linux is to grow it needs to start handling more of the problems itself, both due to the limited supply of those who can provide support and to keep them from getting burnt out. Not every problem, just more of them. Windows tools like SFC are invaluable as "try this first, if it doesn't fix it, I'll dig into it with you" for these volunteers to weed out the generic/easily fixed problems.
You are talking of desktop Linux. That is not it’s growth market to be honest.
If you like to learn and tinker Linux may be for you. If you want an OS that will hold your hand and prevent you from doing something unintended and dislike windows then Mac fills that market nicely.
Remember, the upstream developers in large part don’t care about market share, growth or customer satisfaction. They create these things because they want to.
Came here for this. I just want an OS/technology in general that does nothing more or less than what I tell it to do.
Debian and Fedora do that.
Ubuntu's about half-way inbetween those and Windows.
I'd argue that Arch and Gentoo do it, Debian and Fedora are more in-between, and Ubuntu, at least by default, is only so much better than windows. (it's a great gateway though)
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Ubuntu likes installing spyware on your computers:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/ubuntu-gets-in-the-user-data-collection-business/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-data-collection-in-18-04-upgrades
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/ubuntu-spyware.en.html
I love 7. I buy obsolete computers simply to continue running it. If I wanted what 10 had to offer, I’d have gotten a Mac.
Amen, brother. Preach it. Yes, that's my slashdot account.
I'm still on 7 and here I'll stay until windows fixes their shit.
I was somehow able to make vista run right, but damned if I'll touch 8 or 10
Check out the LTSB version of Windows 10 - this is as close to "fixed shit" as you're going to get.
I'll check it out, though I also don't mind waiting to see if the next one is any better
According to MS there's going to be any next version.
Then it may end up I'm on 7 for life. I'm really not bothered by being on 7 instead of the newest windows.
And if that's really so upsetting to you, might want to ask yourself why some random redditor's OS is so important to you.
I feel like with technology and especially OS's they need to put out a new product that looks different yet does the same basic things so they can justify selling an update. No one wants to pay 100 bucks for a security update to XP or something like that if it looks the same so Microsoft makes it look different, changes some backend stuff around and comes up with a new menu UI. In the end I still have a computer that does the same shit but in a different colour scheme and Microsoft sold another product.
This might be me feeling jaded at the ripe old age of 28, but it seems like truly innovative tech stuff is relatively rare. So in between innovation leaps, everyone's left with making slight variations off a solid foundation & hoping they don't piss people off by trying to fix what's not broken. But tech companies get left behind if they don't keep up the appearance of constantly trying to innovate, so the pointless wheel-spinning and feature tweaking must continue.
See also: Google.
I guess it is kinda necessary the way the tech world is. Everyone is always looking to the next greatest thing so they can sell the minor tweaks as innovation and it get's eaten up. It makes money, keeps up appearance and most people are happy to get a shiny new gadget. I just wish there was an option to keep using the older stuff.
I got a new work laptop a few weeks ago, it doesn't have the old style docking mount on the bottom anymore, it uses USB C to go into a dock for my monitors. USB-C is kinda nifty but now I need to bug IT for a new dock so I can use my computer. Then they want me to trade in the old dock for a new one but my back shift uses the old dock with his older computer that doesn't have USB-C. After fighting with IT we can keep both docks but we have to swap all the cables between docks every time we change shifts. Why did this need to change? There was nothing wrong before and now it's a pain in the ass. To top it off there is a dock they have with USB 3.0 that both of us could use but it needs a different power supply and they couldn't find any.
I honestly prefer the basic ass 98 but that's just the OS I learned on
Let's face it. The UI was done with '95; but it wasn't until XP that it was stable on just about all but the most obscure hardware. '98 was great, but would still BSOD sometimes. XP was the first Windows where I'd assume it had to be the hardware.
It actually blows my mind how little the Windows UI has evolved over the years.
I get that a lot of the UI coventions from the 90s work well and shouldn't be changed for the sake of it. But we've had things like tabs for over a decade now yet Windows still doesn't support tabs/panes for File Explorer for instance. Even simple things like coloured folder icons are still strictly a BYO affair.
They try to improve things by adding features like the preview/details pane, but they half ass and it ends up being far less useful than it should be.
'98 was great, but would still BSOD sometimes. XP was the first Windows where I'd assume it had to be the hardware.
This had to do with the transition from DOS to Windows NT. 95, 98, and Me (and before) used MS-DOS under the hood, it wasn't until XP that Microsoft used its new NT platform in a consumer OS. (NT 4 and 2000 are just as stable, if not more, than XP)
Windows 3.1 FTW
98 is EVIL like internet explorer!
Specifically, the photo editor that was in Wind7/8, but one of the first Windows 10 updates stripped it of all it's simple and effective editing control wheel things and replaced just about everything with shitty instagram style filter selections. It was such an extremely quick and easy little program for minor exposure/gamma curve/colour corrections that really hit the sweet spot for speed and simplicity vs depth and control. Now I haven't found anything else that hits that mark and is either "photoshop-esque" levels of slightly too complicated and cumbersome, or just doesn't have enough tools/control.
Try Faststone Image Viewer, it's simple and intuitive and very good at what it does.
You mean Windows Photo Viewer? You know it's still there. Just look up the how-to-geek guide to re-enable it.
No, that's not it at all. In fairness I think I may have been wrong including 7 in there, I think it was an 8.1 and pre-creators update 10 thing only..
Windows XP
My desktop would like to meet you.
Windows 7
My laptop would also like to meet you. Ugh. It’s on it’s last leg. I have a pirated copy of Photoshop I use for photo processing and I just... I can’t let it go. It’s so old.
Why would anyone pay for Photoshop
I’ve had it for 10 years. My web design teacher let us burn a copy and write the serial number. Over the years I’ve lost the disc and serial number soooooo if this dies or gets trashed I’m not sure what I’ll do.
Well, I know you can download some old outdated version of Photoshop from Adobes website... I forget what version it was though.
Windows XP....FTW
Still have an XP machine that we use to do all of our bookkeeping....on quick books 2006!
XP was great and all, but I don’t know that I’d continue using it for your bookkeeping. I only say that because Microsoft doesn’t support it anymore so you’re open to more and more viruses as time goes on. Unless of course you’re keeping that machine off of any network then it’s probably fine
If they're still using XP and bragging about it then you know it's on the network.
I think that Windows 7 is an amazing piece of software, but I must admit I still have a certain fondness for the 98/ME era.
I grew up with XP, then learned how to computer on 7, then tried to get rid of malware and junk on a bunch of XP computers. I prefer 7. 10 has some okay features but I prefer 7
I have 7 on my aging laptop. I’ll need to get a new one simply because the intervals are getting old, and I rue the day I’ll have to, because it means being forced into the new windows OS.
honestly 3.1's file system and interface still makes the most sense to me
Spent whole weekend dealing with Win10 PC that died after the forced “creators” update. At first it would occasionally install, restart, fail, restore and restart and be fine until the next attempt. I did everything I could to stop it, I spent hours trying every policy setting to prevent its suicidal quest, but then it began to do this multiple times a day. Eventually the restore didn’t work. Had to remove SSD which wouldn’t work with the update and re-format HD, lost all installed apps and settings but data was backed up. The thing that kills me is that I just couldn’t stop it. I knew it would die after one of these forces updates, but after a certain point there was nothing I could do to keep it from bricking. I am fucking sick of tired of forced updates, and not just MS, but this was the stupidest and most damaging one I experienced. Whose computers are they anymore if the user no longer has a say in what software is installed?
I just want an OS i can play my classic games on: Oregon Trail 3, Sim City 2000, Command and Conquer: TBS and Red Alerts.
What about DOS Box?
Never heard of it.
Am I the only person that doesn't hate windows 10?
Nope. I've been using Windows since 3.1 and I like 10 more than any others. I have yet to have it crash even once.
I feel like half of the hate for it is just aversion to change.
Do you have a moment for me to introduce you to my good friend, Linux Mint?
I was gonna say, I have no idea about Windows 10 because I forced myself to make the switch years ago, but it seems like a mess when I play with it at stores like Best Buy.
There are a few good reasons to stick with Windows, and all revolve around commercial products like Photoshop and games that don't run on *nix. It's not been a problem for me so I am fine without, but understand if you need/want these things. Just know you are paying a price.
BSOD all day baby
This one made me realize how much I dislike Windows 10. Windows XP had some issues but was pretty great. Vista sucked but they fixed almost all it's issues with 7.
You can't search your computer natively in XP.
Sure, you can. You just need to open up a new window to do it, and wait 20 minutes for that stupid yellow dog to search your hard drive. Good luck searching for a program, though.
The problem is that nostalgia has tinted your view. XP was a block of Swiss cheese when it came to security. Nobody ever talks about how literally every service pack for XP and every version of Windows after XP has a security model of "fix what XP didn't do right."
I don't miss XP at all. I've spent countless hours this year alone trying to support it because some wacky mission critical program or whatever only runs on XP, but now nothing else does.
Also, I held out on 7 because 8 was awful. Still held out for a while after 10 dropped, but those Dx12 performance gains are real, and they are amazing. There's little things about 10 I don't like, particularly how the settings menu doesn't have the same power/functionality as the old control panel, but overall I like it.
Now seeing 7 in the wild is like bumping into an old ex. I still kinda remember how things used to work, but I've moved on.
You can still use the control panel in windows 10. You don’t need to use the settings app at all (normally)
I know, but it's slightly buried. You have you go more out of your way to use it, and all the buttons I used to use now default to the new settings.
Fruitopia. I loved that delicious fructose sugar mix swill.
Also Jolt Cola. The true gamer's choice.
Fruitopia is still available in some McDonald’s. I think about my high school days and that thick film it left on your tongue
I work at Dollar General and we started carrying Jolt recently in our dollar aisle, maybe if you've got a DG in your area you could check there.
Damn, as much as I miss Jolt Cola, the closest Dollar General to me is 8,000 miles away.
Thanks anyway though.
Remember the Jolt in the big cans with the twist cap on top? Came in all sorts of flavors too
Shower soothers
CVS or Walgreens here (Phoenix area) still has a store brand of them, my roommate gets them quite often!
I'll give my CVS a look, but I've not been able to find anything close to them in years (Florida here)
https://m.cvs.com/shop/cvs-health-shower-reliever-effervescent-vapor-tablets-prodid-415988?skuId=415988
Maybe check the stock at your store; if not you can order them online for 30% off right now! You’d only need to buy about one billion of them to get free shipping but maybe that’s how many you want!
They had them!! You are my new hero, kind stranger.
Or there’s a three-tablet pack available on Amazon for $60! What a steal.
Those things were amazing for colds/allergies! I looked for them a few years ago and could only find them on Amazon for a small fortune!
Apple Oh's cereal. Idk if they went by another name in other places, but man, those were good!
Apple Jacks
those used to destroy my mouth - but they were so so good!!
I swear I've seen these on the shelf at my local grocery store... what the hell...
It was probably the Honey ones though, sorry!
Here we don't even get those. I was sad to see them dissappear, and I even checked Amazon- no luck. They're discontinued, sadly. But the memory lives on.
That SUCKS!
You mean the fake apple Jack's? I've seen them recently.
No, I have never tried apple jacks but they look different from what I mean. Apple Oh's were apple-oatmeal-cinnamon flavored, and inside each loop was a small ball of crunchy oatmeal.
After some searching, here's what I found: Quaker sold the brand and now it has a different name and formula. Only 10% of cereals have filling, and it appears that they're honey flavored now.
Oh! Those. Those are different from what was thinking. I remember them now though. Been a long time since Apple ohs were around.
Esterderm by Estee Lauder. It was a moisturizer that my mother used my whole life. I got her last bottle after she died. And then I was able to buy one more before they stopped making it. I'd give anything to smell it again.
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Bart's Butterfinger BB's
Vienetta! The amazing ice cream dessert with thin flakes of chocolate between layers... The best dessert in the world. No longer available in the US :( I think it's available in some parts of Europe though.
I had one recently (UK) at my in-laws but they’ve ruined it cos the chocolate layers just aren’t the same and there’re less of them. Sad times! :-(
Oh wow, that's crazy!
Quaaludes.
Has anyone here tried quaaludes? What are they like?
Like the giddy part of being drunk, without any of the other parts. No hangover. Also sort of a general slowdown, like you and everything else are in slow motion, and that is...gggrrrreeeaatt.
They were super addictive though, so I can see why they got banned. It was just teenage party stuff for my crowd.
Here's a story: drummer in my band was rocking out to his boombox while he was on the streetcorner waiting for the rest of us. When we got there, he's just smiling and rocking out to the ny dolls or sex pistols or whatever.
But from half a block away, we could hear the batteries on his device were low, and the cassette was playing at like 2/3 speed. We walk up.
Hey, D, what's up -- is something wrong with your ghetto blaster there? No, I don't think so [looks closely at boom box], Nah, it's working fine, sounds great, right? We fell down laughing, then he started laughing too, then the rest of us took some ludes and had a wildly unproductive band rehearsal.
So how would they compare to gabapentin or lyrica for those who have tried that recreationally? Those 2 drugs practically give the giddiness and wavyness of alcohol without the hangover or being 'out of it'.
On a light dose, fun, not too heavy, and generally a good feeling. This scene from Big Trouble in Little China describes them well.
But take too much OR mix with alcohol and you are in blackout and no-consequence decision making mode.
The potential for abusing others makes these way to dangerous to be available, although they were not as bad as roofies are today (IMO).
It's like walking in slow motion through warm golden honey.
Heaven on earth!!!
Had some through an iv in the hospital.
All I remember is pressing the button and a few minutes later I could feel this tingle all the way down my toes. It didn’t last too terribly long but it felt weird.
I don’t remember a high from it or anything else.
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You are correct!
Time to drop by south africa
[Obligatory.] (https://youtu.be/wBe13StTKaM)
^Fuck...
I thought I was about to witness a coronary.
rip capillaries
I thought it would be this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdEUqbTnuw&feature=youtu.be&t=52
How have I never seen this? And he's fucking right.
Anyone under the age of 45 offering you quaaludes is lying about their age... oh and having quaaludes too.
Bill Cosby agrees.
Lemmons
I had to scroll way too far down to find this response. Yes. Quaaludes.
I was in the West village of NYC a few months ago, and some Australian guy offered me some. I wish I said yes!!!
Also a chance it could be fentanyl which is somehow ending up in everything now days, so you probably made the right choice.
Still available in South Africa
Whoa now Jordan Belford.
I came here for this.
No sleep in my body
Came here to say this, they sound fucking awesome.
714s
South Africa, all over the place, my dude.
Edit: We could still get these in high school in the US during the late 80s...My best friend lost his virginity in a MFFF foursome thanks to them all trying Quaaludes one afternoon.
(I was so jealous.)
Lemons.
OTC amphetamines
Too soon.
Tamagotchis
(Edit: I have now been made aware of newer versions that are still being sold. But they're just not the same as the older models, like the Connections!)
i just bought one this saturday!!! target sells tiny 20th year anniversary tamagotchis that basically only have the original functionalities (aka basically eating, shitting, and sleeping) but honestly i love it so much more than some of those light up screen tamagotchis with so many picky needs!
i mean, yea, you can’t play mini-games with the one i ended up getting, but also you can still live ur life for a few hours and not accidentally kill ur virtual pet in the process
Aw, that sounds awesome!
Saw those at the big red bullseye store a couple weeks ago. Managed to talk myself out of buying it
... that day...
I remember how years ago I was so jealous when my sister got a Tamagotchi Music Star for her birthday. I thought it was the coolest thing ever.
I found one of those old recording cassette players with the microphone attached there the other day too. Reeeeally considered buying it until I looked closer and it said "does not play real cassettes." Wtf is the point then?!
My friend and I just did the same.. it was really hard, especially when I found dinosaur ones.
You can still buy them I guess. They also have a mobile app.
They just released a My Tamagotchi Forever app! It lools nothing like the old ones, but its the same concept, and pretty fun.
Yas! I still have at least one of every generation 😁
My favorite tv show is based off those things I think, Digimon!
Gamestop has some keychain tamagotchis.
They're still available in Japan and in an English format. They're more sophisticated and you can pick one up for around 5000 yen in the Harajuku, that's around 45 usd.
That's... not cheap, is it?
It's not cheap, but it's cheaper than a PS4 game. Here a new top title would be about ¥7500 if not a little more, so it's not overpriced IMO.
They are back as a matter of fact. I think it’s something crazy like $30 for one.
Fallout shelter on android kinda has that feel.
I got one when I was six and it died in 3 days. I didn't know how to reset it, so I thought that I needed to buy a new one.
I bought a Nano Kitty from eBay recently cause the nostalgia hit too hard. No regrets.
My Tamagotchi traumatised me. I left it on overnight and it shat on the floor three times and died.
my friend just gave his girlfriend one a few weeks ago, so they must still make them
I still have all of mine and bought two more last January. Bit of a collector. I'm up to almost 30
Mid-2012 MacBook Pro. I recall they were still available from Apple for several years after newer models supplanted them; but keeping this MBP's chassis, eschewing the CD drive in favor of a slot for a second storage device or a better cooling system and then upgrading everything else would have made for a better product.
Honorable Mentions:
Roland JP-80x0 and/or V-Synth - I only have the former, but various features of these synthesizers (most prominently the supersaw waveform) are still relevant, so Roland could have released updated models every few years in the same vein as Access with its Virus series and added more features/polyphony/timbral parts.
Yamaha AN1x and Alesis Andromeda A6 - Sort of the same reason as the products above, except these are rather rare and no software emulation currently seems to exist.
All Camel Audio plugins - Much like with Logic, Windows versions likely will no longer be released as Apple now owns them.
Lime Skittles (North America) - I always liked eating the five flavors of original Skittles together; Green Apple just doesn't gel the same way.
GameCube controllers - New SSB games may motivate more production cycles, but outside of those, prices are exorbitant.
I guess D-VHS would be cool to see also.
Upvoting for a MacBook with ports!
That's why I bought a 2015 MBP.
For me its the Late 2013 model, as it has the SD card slot, and an HDMI port (not a mini, full sized port) as someone who works in graphics and projections, this was a godsend. Still use mine daily.
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2015 MacBook pro is best MacBook pro
Oh really? I'll need to score a refurb.
I still use my mid 2012 MBP. Put more ram in it and an ssd. Thing still runs like it’s new. Battery is at 95% life.
Mid-2012 MacBook Pro. Yup. I bought one in 2016 brand new (actually manufactured in 2016). My 2010 MacBook Pro started to have issues, and I was holding out for Apple to release the new models. Then they came out with the touch-bar nonsense, so I found a mid-2012 on sale at BestBuy. Maxed out the ram and SSD, and it was still cheaper than the new models.
Hopefully, it'll hold out until Apple gets their head screwed on straight.
Writing this from my 2012 Macbook Pro.
Upvoting for bringing great synths into the convo...
i still use my 2012 MBP, and she runs like a dream. bought her refurbished for only $800 in 2013, and she has so much memory i could never use it all of i tried. had a minor issue not too long ago so i took her into the apple store, and the geniuses were all like, “do not give up on this computer. even if it gives you issues—get it fixed. don’t replace it until you absolutely have to.” i was just like, damn okay, but i didn’t know the newer models got rid of all the ports. so i’m definitely gonna have to make this baby as long as possible.
I was just thinking about how i must be the only weirdo who upgraded from an older (mid-2013) to newer (2017) model who greatly prefers the new. Sure I’d take an HDMI port (and I get others want other ports). And I desperately miss the half-size arrow keys. But battery life, heat, weight, screen, speed — all massive improvements.
While underrepresented in this thread, I doubt you're the only person who likes the newer MBP better. I sympathize with you as I believe myself to also be divergent from other users of early-2010s MBPs in that I ran Windows on mine for most of its lifespan.
Ultimately, Apple's aims in having made this laptop complimented what I would have otherwise wanted in a desktop replacement/mobile workstation, but I'd like to know whether you feel similarly regarding Apple's design motivations in the 2017 model and what you want from a laptop.
I won't discount that the newer ones perform objectively better though (I hope their Windows drivers now allow them to switch between graphics chipsets to save power as they can in macOS).
My late 2012 MBP died last year, and I was so upset. I swear my replacement doesn't run as well as that one did.
I’ve still got my mid-09 MBP, upgraded to max out the ram, a 256mb SSD, and I replaced the SuperDrive with a 1TB HDD. The battery is starting to fail and not hold a charge more than a couple hours, so I need to shop for one, but otherwise it’s still a tank. I’ll cry when it finally dies.
i have that macbook and it need the internal charging port fixed, so i bought a lenovo and ohhh wow do i wish i saved money and fixed my mac.
Timberland boots, before they we trendy, they were just good boots. Now they are just a label at more than twice the price.
Look for the “Timberland PRO” label.
Can confirm. Bought a pair as work boots. Almost half the price of the ‘normal’ Timberlands at approx £60-70 here in the UK. Plus they are VAT free since they’re safety wear.
Yup. Been wearing those for over a decade.
I liked the Timberland Boot Company throwback designs they were quite comfortable, I bought several pairs on clearance at DSW years ago for $20 (apparently these are $300 now, talk about inflation!).
I’ve had Danner, Irish Setter, and various others (I pretty much wear boots whenever I’m in jeans), I did like the Wolverine Multi Shox with the contoured welt when they were made in the USA, Sears has recently started carrying the exact same ones after they had been discontinued for some time but they’re now made overseas. I doubt they’re the same quality.
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Oddly enough I’ve never seen a Snapple in anything but a glass bottle. Are you from the US?
Only switched over a few months ago, when is the last time you had a snapple?
December(ish) 😬😬😬
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People are more likely to recycle glass than plastic too. :/
Something essential changes in the flavor when it's in plastic instead of glass. Same with most sodas too, always taste better out of glass bottles.
The sound it made when you rapped the corner of the bottom to shake it up.
I can't find the pink lemonade to save my life anymore.
KFC Hot Rods and the special dipping sauce it came with (uk) Dairy milk original recipe Cream Eggs
I agree with 2 so much. Since Cadbury were bought out by Mondelez, not only do you get fewer eggs but they don't taste anywhere near as nice as they used to.
Old formula Noxzema face wash...
Nothing smelled cleaner
The thick stuff in the blue jar? Always great for removing makeup and just washing your face.
Felt amazing if you had a sunburn!
I was just thinking about that the other day. I still use an old empty Noxema tub to store things in my desk drawer. Noxema was so ubiquitous that there was a model/actress dubbed the Noxema girl. They don't advertise anymore. And i wasn't even sure if they still sold it.
What did they do to the formula?
Here is an article. Basically they reformulated it for their bottom line.
https://www.badgerandblade.com/forum/threads/response-from-unilever-noxzema-classic-clean-original-deep-cleansing-cream.460488/
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My grandmother-in-law, mother-in-law, and my wife all used Ponds because they each have sensitive mild skin. Three generations using their cream. Ponds then changed their formula. All three used the new formula and their faces all broke out. They lost 3 customers just from one family.
They still sell that pretty much everywhere in the US. Have you tried Amazon?
Not the OG formula, it was taken off the shelves. The newer formula has eucalyptus in it and is much oilier (slimy) than the original. The change happened in 2015.
I had no idea. Still works, in my opinion. I use it every day.
Waffle Crisp cereal
Bruh. I saw them on the shelf in January in my local supermarket, and have been buying them 2 at a time since.
Same! There's one store in my area that sells it and I always buy it up. Post tried to make a similar kind called "Good Morenings - Waffle Crunch" but it wasn't the same flavor.
They had these at Winco one day and I hadn't seen them since I was a boy in the 90's in rural Oregon. It was an amazing blast from the past and I would still argue that they are by far the best sweet cereal to ever exist. I came here to post this and I'm very surprised other people know about them, I had no idea that they had some kind of cult following.
They have it available in some places! They have a tracker online that you can use to look up if anywhere close to you sells it.
Do you have a link? My SO has had this on the grocery list for a year now. Thanks!
None near me :(
Thank you though!
Ive never not seen them at meijer. I had some this morning
So fucking good.
They're all over the place in the chicagoland area.
At least in the north suburbs. I just had a box last week.
I feel so bad for you. They still stock it here in Wisconsin. I'd riot if they stopped selling it.
It is the best breakfast cereal. Nothing comes close. Nothing.
I came here to post about this. I miss waffle crisp cereal. They had a post cereal mentioned in the above comments, but they stopped carrying that at my Wal mart as well.
Certs Cool Mint Drops
I was just thinking about these the other day!
Those were the greatest..Plus that little box with the slide open top was cool. Peppermint was my favorite
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I had about two bags and then they disappeared.
I'm pretty sure I saw these last week, but I'm in Canada. I'm not 100% though
McDonald's bacon clubhouse, seriously why the fuck would you get rid of it.
And the Big 'n Tasty!
They still sell the Big Tasty in the UK
Remember those McDonalds Angus wraps? The one with the Swiss and mushrooms? Holy fuck, I want to go back to there.
I just want wraps back at McDonald's at all. Wendy's is the only fast food place with wraps anymore.
The McDonald’s snack wraps aren’t bad.
Honey mustard wrap was the best
The McDLT was a work of art.
crazed scientist scribbling on blackboard in front of military officers
"It keeps the hot side hot, and the cool side cool! How are you not getting this?!"
/r/80sfastfood
Honestly the CBO's were good.
Fuck the McRib that they bring back every couple months. I miss the cheddar melts that they used to have. They've been gone for years and years.
Logitech G6x Mouse
Mines on its last legs from 2009... can't find a single decent replacement
I still use my mx518
ABSO-FUCKIN-LUTELY! I have 3 or 4 mx518 from many years back, and when one breaks (they do, quite often), I interchange the parts to repair, including micro switches, cords, whatever. So one or two are always working. Best mouse ever.
I thought the mx518 was the best mouse in the world. Then I bought the mx master. I can never go back now...
What a trooper!
To be fair, I quit gaming in 2014 but the mouse is still going skrong
Snowman gang represent
Although the logo on mine wore out. It lasted longer than my G500 did.
Try the g502, ita very good. Comfortable and accurate, also it has and optical sensory so it is better than a laser for tracking and such.
Just got one and it is amazing.
Yes another convert
Only issue is the feet wearing out (mostly the bottom foot). After two years of use, mine has a lot more friction from the wear. It's cheap and easy to replace though, and the aftermarket feet are better than stock ones.
My G700 just stopped consistently left clicking, so I tried to find a replacement and finally found one in Redragon's M801 Mammoth. Similar ergonomics and feel for a lot cheaper than equivalent name brands.
revolution mx mouse: best ever
I had a g5 last me nearly 8 years. Luckily found another in brand new condition on eBay.
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle. It's just too beautiful.
Mom's ex had one. Cherry red, black racing stripes. As beautiful on the ears as on the eyes. Guy was a douche though
For me it's the '69 Camaro. 1969 was a great year for cars
A '69 Boss 429 is kind of my dream resto-mod. Beautiful.
just curious why do you like the 69 over a 70 or 68?
68 is good too. The front end changed in 70. I'll take it as well. :)
I am really partial to 68's if I had to be super picky I like them all until 73 or so if i remember right. I really like the 68 headlights for some reason.
True that.
I'll never be able to afford one, but I ever get the chance...
Such a precious little squirt!
When cell phones had crazy, cool, weird shapes and styles; frosted animal crackers with the thick ass frosting and nice sprinkles, not the watery looking solution they use now; Pop tarts that had soooo much sugary filling and good icing; movie gallery and other video rental stores; film cameras; Trix cereal that had actual shapes and was brightly colored; non plastic food packaging (tin canisters, cardboard boxes/cylinders, glass, cartons, etc); yogo snacks; Disney using 2d animations instead of this 3d clay crap
The circus animals changed because Mother's went out of business and got taken over by someone else... :( That was a VERY sad day in 2012.
You can still get the good frosted ones at Target. When I'm back in the States I stock up on a few bags.
I'll have to check those out!
https://www.target.com/p/frosted-animal-cookies-13oz-keebler/-/A-12990198
Granted, they aren't Mothers but they do the job. If worse comes to worst, Amazon has some. Probably overpriced but worth it.
Yeah, those do look very similar to Mother's though! Probably a very similar manufacturing with different proprietary recipes.
Movie Gallery was my playground as a child. Though, I rented video games more than I ever did movies. I was very sad when that whole franchise closed, and mine was replaced by a Chinese restaurant (best sesame chicken in the world, by the way).
Ours actually had a play place in the kids section. It turned into a thrift store for a while, but I think that went out of business.
Damn, you had a fancy one. Mine was barely bigger than my garage.
It's an AutoZone now
Theres iced animal crackers and frosted animal cracked. Iced is in a pink bag, frosted is in a white one. These still exist
Planter's Cheez Balls. My life is incomplete without them and no substitutes will do.
I'll tell you, it's safe to try Better-Made Cheez balls. Michigan brand, and yes, they come in a blue can!!
Planter's Cheez Balls
OMG I forgot about those :( Those were the premium cheez balls!
Mcdonald's cheese danish. I literally stopped eating Mcdonalds more than a decade ago due to them discontinuing what I could only describe as prepackaged cheesey ambrosia.
OMG I love those! Mom used to bribe me into going to church with the promise of a McDonalds cheese danish. I've tried many packaged cheese danishes since and nothing comes close. But the cheese danish bar Target has in their bakery is really good.
It’s probably not the same, but they have a seasonal strawberry/cream pie. The cream is like a cheese danish filling.
Same. I have never found a suitable replacement.
I remember when McDonalds used to sell bagels during breakfast time! I miss that so much.
Their apple danishes were heaven.
I miss their fruit and walnut salads! Apples, vanilla yogurt dip, a few grapes, and candies walnuts. I guess I could make my own but it was just so conveniently portioned and packaged!
I have never had a McDonald's Cheese Danish and now I want one.
McDonald's has been dead to me several times over the years. The latest is when they stopped selling Hi-C Orange. The time before that - though short lived and possibly regional - was when they stopped serving spicy mustard dipping sauce. Before that it was when they stopped deep frying their pies. On and on and on...
Raspberry Schweppes gingerale. Sooo tasty!
Have you tried cranberry? It's delightful.
They still got it it’s amazing, mix it with vodka great things will happen lol
Love this stuff, luckily I still see it near Christmas time near me.
You can just add raspberry syrup to regular gingerale. It's pretty close. Don't get the sugar free syrup, they sometimes don't label it obviously.
I loved drinking that in elementary school! I was afraid it was just a figment of my imagination.
I'm like 90% certain that I bought some a few weeks ago. There's some wacky selections at a store near me and a lot of things in this thread are at that store.
Omg I just had this for the first time this month. It was amazing! Got it from a Korean market in Georgia. There is still hope!
Sprite Remix! It was so much better than regular Sprite!
McDonald’s has something very similar to it in their soda fountain.
Which flavor?
Apparently it's called Sprite TropicBerry
I've been finding it at gas stations lately, they sell 20oz bottles at Sheetz.
You know those giant SweetTarts? Like 4 big round ones to a pack? They’re chewy now, but during my childhood they were hard all the way through and I loved them. I miss those little round bricks!
is lik-a-made still around?
Sure is! Fun Dip
I think you mean lik-a-mix? It still exists!
Edit. Fun dip is what I’m thinking of.
nice!!!
The old McDonald's ranch sauce. Used to go there just for it and I had to order something to eat with it cause drinking sauce was just weird. Apparently.
McDonald's used to have breakfast bagels, and they had THE BEST sauce on them.
I don't know what it was called, but I would pay good money for a bucket of the stuff.
According to this, it's a mayo and dill mustard sauce.
https://topsecretrecipes.com/mcdonalds-breakfast-bagel-sandwiches-copycat-recipe.html
Very interesting. Thanks for linking that, I'll have to give it a try.
It’s called breakfast sauce, and a ton of McDonald’s still have them! I live in a city where we do -real- bagels and I still love those awful soft bagels McDonald’s carried.
The McDonalds around me all have the bagel and sauce. Sometimes they don’t put the sauce on there (wtf dude?!) but I love that stuff!!
I heard it was supposed to be a hollandaise sauce? Iono, shit was bomb af. I know in Hawaii, at least Maui, they still have the bagel breakfast sandwiches
In the 80s, Mickey D's had these great danishes; my favorite was the cinnamon; then they replaced them in the early 90s IIRC by "Home-Baked Cinnamon Rolls" which were actually amazing.
Today they have those lame ass Cinna-Bites or whatever they call them, and the kids think they're the bomb....if they only knew what they were missing........ :(
Omg yes they were so good
Go to McD’s. Ask for a cup of breakfast sauce. Dip your fries in it. You’re welcome
They have them by me. When I know work is gonna suck, I grab one before I go in. That sauce is magic.
Also, no, it is not worth living in Florida for the bagel.
Steak Egg and Cheese Bagel Meal with a huge fucking mr Pibb got me through the day in my 20s.
Ask John Mulaney, it's holiday sauce
Doug Benson*
McDonalds Spanish Omelette Bagels were delicious.
Tortilla bagels were a thing???
It was literally called breakfast sauce lol.
Omg so good! I worked at a McD’s when I was 14 and my biggest regret is not figuring out what is in that sauce!!
Its not the same! I swear it used to be different, but I also thought maybe it was my adult tastebuds.
McDonald’s just introduced bagels where I am
Fried. Cherry. Pies.
They were a thing and they were the best.
Hot Mustard is my favorite sauce. I was devastated when they discontinued it, but then they brought it back.
but then they brought it back.
What??? WHAT???
Ok after further research there seem to be conflicting reports as to whether or not it's back.
Best option is to just ask at McDonald's I guess.
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Maybe 5 years? Renée's Buttermilk ranch. That was the best fucking thing on earth.
How about the original McChicken from the early 80s?
Wayyyy better than any chicken sammich they got now!
McWraps ... RIP
When I was in college the restaurant I worked at had someone that used to drink ranch by the bowl. He did have FAS, however. I once saw him having an argument with himself trying to decide if he wanted Mt. Dew or Pepsi. He was by himself, in the upstairs bar that was closed during the day, holding the soda gun over a cup, repeating Mt. Dew or Pepsi, Mt. Dew. Or. Pepsi, MT. DEW OR PEPSI!?! I slowly backed down the stairs before he saw me. Poor dude.
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These were so good. I can’t understand why they’d take it off the shelves.
Doritos made a cheese burger flavor awhile ago. Tasted exactly like a Burger King burger. Doritos if you read this i want them back.
Those doritos fucked my whole family up. You could distinctly taste all the different parts of a burger, even the lettuce!! How is that even possible??
i feel like getting ten strangers wildly drunk, feeding them these and making them figure out how it was done.
also i would like to be one of the 10 strangers.
Doritos Late Night Cheeseburger, they came in a black bag with neon looking letters. I loved that flavor! They had a taco one too, but the cheeseburger was amazing.
I loved the taco one! Don't think I ever had the cheeseburger, though. Now I want it...
Bro you left out the best late night flavor, the jalapeno popper. I'd pay like $5 a bag for those.
I loved the taco ones!! I forgot about those and now I want some.
Be careful. You can find the late night taco Doritos but if you are looking for the old Taco Bell^^TM Doritos from the 90's they are not the same.
They discontinued them because of the foot lettuce, didn't they
nUmBeR 15
Burger King Foot Lettuce
Damm. I never had those. I really want to try them.
The old Pyrex containers. Ended up selling the formula to NASA because the glass just would not break.
I have some old original Pyrex plus a couple of the new formula. Found out which was which when one exploded recently, couldn't handle oven / stove top / table / sink scenario like the original.
I thought it was NASA that developed the technology first?
The glass Pyrex is made from was invented in the 1890s and Pyrex made it widespread in the 1910s, long before NASA was a thing.
TIL, thanks!
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As with a lot of things on this list you can still but those in Canada
I was shook when I saw that post, then read this and felt better (I'm Canadian).
I haven’t thought about these in years, but now I miss them. Edit - no kissing
I kiss them. You must really love them. Lol
Pretty sure those are still around :0 I buy them regularly. Different brand I think, but they are the same
I had been craving those recently, too. Saw another Swiss cheese cracker and figured I'd give it a go.
No. Not the same. Your "Swiss cheese & Black Pepper" crackers are like bits of vaguely swiss cheesy tissue paper. I NEED the cracker that's the same thickness as Better Cheddars or any others in that line.
Bonnie Belle Make Up and Lip Smackers
You can still buy lip smackers at Target!
the gel blush was the best.
I just saw those soda lip smackers at Francesca’s!
I was just thinking of the lip lites today. I saw them a couple years ago :(
Flip gloss! And the lip burst! Oh man.
OMG FLIP GLOSS. I felt sooo cool pretending it was a lighter. Honestly would still love to have one.
Snapple Elements. Rain was my fav
Yes! And they need to bring back Summer Peach flavor. It was my favorite.
My friend in high school managed to make a bong out of one bottle. (I forget what flavor) We were all too in awe / chickens to use it again after the trial run.
CtrlF just for this and to upvote you. I'd do anything for the Rain, Fire or grape one. :(
Came to say this. Rain and Fire were the best ones ever
McDonald's Big N Tasty. I used to eat so many of these when they were a dollar!
In college, a friend of mine used to always order them, but he'd call them "Big N Nasty". The looks he would get from the cashiers was hilarious.
I used to work at Burger King around the time they sold that sandwich, and we had a lady order a "Big N Nasty". We had to inform her it was the wrong sandwich, and the wrong restaurant.
If you order a quarter pounder, add mayo, leaf lettuce and tomato, it's pretty damn close. Or if you're McDonald's has the quarter pounder deluxe as an item, that's pretty similar too. None of the places around me have the QPD anymore, so I have to order it special.
They still have it in the UK
Actual root beer, made from sassafras.
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No, it was banned by the FDA because it's a "possible carcinogen". Sassafras is still easily obtainable, especially if you live where it grows naturally. You can even order it online.
Hmm, my sister brought something home from Kutztown, PA that might be worth taking a chance on. I'm not a root beer guy, so I wouldn't know one way or the other.
Turn your sound down before visiting this website, but the place is called Kutztown Soda Works.
There was one I use to get. I think it was called "Journey." It was the best.
Smartphones with actual, physical keyboards...I can pull it off with the touchscreen, but sometimes it's just such a fucking pain in the ass.
I really miss being able to type on my phone without actually looking at the screen.
T9 predictive text on a razr. I swear I was well over 100 wpm on that.
Is it really that different on a touchscreen? I type without looking pretty often and the combination of being used to my keyboard size and SwiftKey being awesome means I type just as well looking as I do looking.
Yes. Especially at the edges of the screen. Also, I'm not great at fine motor control so hitting the tiny on screen buttons consistently is something that just doesn't happen. Takes me 2-3 minutes per text to type anymore which is just pathetic.
Before the swipe keyboard I wanted nothing to do with touch screens. My friends iPhone was garbage to me despite the impressive concept. Phones were still for calling and texting then. Loved my keyboard slide phone. Now i have an iPhone and calling and texting is like the last thing I do on it... Go figure lol
Kids will never know the ease of which you could just fucking type on a real qwerty smartphone without praying autocorrect didn't change your worded randomly.
I came here to post something similar, I found my old Blackberry Perl the other day and damn I miss that phone.
The Pantech Duo sucked ass though. It wanted to be a Sidekick or an LG.
Yeah, it's really too bad - I got suckered into the pantech right as companies were moving to 3G networks, and the duo had MAJOR issues with it. What good is a phone that won't work on your network?
I THINK I had it before 3G was really a thing (GOD I'm getting old...) but I remember its major attraction of the full keyboard wasn't even very useful--the buttons were too small and too crowded together. I remember that I missed my flip phone because I didn't get the satisfying smack when hanging up a call, or the flip open to see a text message. It was a slide, instead.
I miss my N97. That thing with a newish Android and a bit more CPU/storage would be golden!
Blackberry keyone, I want one so bad!
Yessss.... I miss my blackberry b/c of the keyboard!
I almost never am able to type a sentence without having to backspace and retype 4 words.
My phone died a few months before the Note 7 was released, so I decided to suck it up and deal with my ancient Motorola Droid phone with the slideout keyboard. Thing must have been at least 10 years old. My little cousins were amazed that it had an actual keyboard.
A pre-2005 washing machine, refrigerator, dryer, stove, dishwasher etc.
lime skittle
Check Walmart. They have bags with “long lost lime”
Yes! Green apple is nasty.
Butterfinger BB's, those were great in popcorn.
Those were my favorite! When my dad found out they were going away he went to the store and bought their whole supply for me.
He’s a good man 😭😭😭😭
I didn’t know I needed this in my life until I could no longer have it. :(
It took me so long to find this comment and my day is complete now.
You're welcome, random citizen.
Sobe agave nectar. That stuff was amazing. One of the best drinks I've ever had.
Sobe in the glass bottle.
Liz Blizz hasn't been the same since.
They had full vending machines of these everywhere for a while
Ever have the Sobe Mr. Green? It was Dr. Pepper but better as I remember it.
They called it "Rain", was great stuff.
Oh my god, yes! The best flavor of Sobe ever. They had such a cool ad campaign as well.
Damn I miss that stuff. Here's your upvote.
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It was so long ago I'm not even sure which company made it. Rain is all I remember. Here's your upvote.
This and Orange cream Sobe. I got one in Athens Ohio 2 years ago, now no more.
SoBe used to make NoFear, an energy drink. It was so damned good.
The stuff out now is made by someone else and isn't the same flavor.
That stuff was the best energy drink ever made. Nothing today compares.
Butter Rum Lifesavers.
Those things were so damn good.
They are still made, stores with big candy selections have them, like Walgreens, cvs.
Someone replied to one of my comments here saying they just got a pack from Dollar Tree
They still make these but they don't taste the same :(
netbooks. Like small laptops with a 9-10 inch screen. That have programs instead of apps. That have actual hinges instead of a propped up screen (like tablet/keyboard combos)
Man I miss netbooks. HATE tablets.
They were so much easier to type on, I loved my little netbook. Try as I might, I'm just not as fast typing on a tablet and auto correct often incorrectly corrects my typing.
2-in-1 tablets have replaced them.
Man I had one in college as the thing I would bring to class and the library for note taking and basic homework/ IMing my friends/ listening to music. This way I never had to lug my real laptop around campus. That thing was so fucking perfect. Could store in my bag without giving a fuck.
I feel ya. A raspberry pi is faster than my old original eeePC.
I use a Chromebook with Gallium OS on it now.
Chromebooks work well for me as well. My only issue is why not just make it easy AF to use MS office.
MS might suck at some things, but Office is still such a pain to replace
Eh, I tend to use a mix of libreoffice and Google docs. But I hear ya.
You can get office (so I've heard) to work though wine, but I don't need it personally. But wine can be a PIA if you don't use playonlinux or something to set it up automagically.
The biggest problem for me, as an attorney, is sharing docs to other people who all use the office ecosystem. Sending a PDF works, but its a dick move.
Hmm, well all I can say is try Play On Linux with office 2013 (or whatever combo you can get to work).
That or the free online version of office: https://products.office.com/en-us/office-online/documents-spreadsheets-presentations-office-online
Good luck!
Depends what you're using. You can export to Office formats on every Google Docs service IIRC. I frequently draft things up and save as docx.
MS office is for windows.
Chromebooks run ChromeOS which is based on Linux, there is no MS Office for it.
Well... If the chromebook has the latest updates it can use the android ms office suite.
Plus you can get office working on Linux though wine (if you run a full distro of Linux, instead of chrome os.)
Hell, you can run Windows in a VM and use it there - no shortage of options.
I still run it. But your point is my point. Its a lot of effort compared to a PC running Windows 7
You should see the GPD Pocket!
Ooh, it has an Intel processor instead of ARM!
x64 all the way!
Had one of these for testing Linux OS's and coding on the go. They were built to last and great to just throw in a bag. I wish I could still pick one up with relatively-to-date hardware.
Netbooks being built to last? I remember them being flimsy and cheap. I still enjoyed the form factor of them though.
Probably some models. The Asus one I had was a brick, though.
I loved having a tiny laptop that was running a real copy of windows. It could do anything (non hardware intensive) that my home PC could do and the battery was like 9 hrs.
Keebler Magic Middles
You just blew my mind. I forgot those even existed!!! They were soooooo delicious.
Koala Yummies. You can still get the Japanese version "Koala's March" but pretty much only at specialty stores with imported Japanese products. They used to be sold in any old grocery story.
There's a ton of derivatives I see of these at Asian supermarkets all the time
If you're in the us I've been finding Koala March cookies (the big multi pack boxes) at TJ Maxx
They sell them in the ethnic section of wegmans
My local grocery store has an amazing foreign foods section and I always spend way too much time in the Japanese aisle
World Market has them, Harris Teeter (if you're in NC) has them, Hot Topic and any Asian grocery store usually has them.
Five Alive
Still have it in Canada...
you polite bastards...
Yeah I got some in my fridge right now
Utica, NY here and it's been out of my life for 15 years now.
Want to say this is still avail in most grocery stores in the Southeast U.S.
I'm Northeast and its extinct here.
Oh great.. Cuz I just moved up to the Northeast... I will forever miss 5Alive!
PB Crisps (best. snack. EVER.)
Planter’s Cheez Balls
Dole orange popsicles... I still look for them (not the fruit bars, these tasted just like orange juice)
Taco Bell’s Chicken Enchilada Bowl (my college favorite)
Bubble Yum cotton candy gum
Rocky Road cereal
Tato Skins chips
Keebler’s Pizzarias chips
Minnie Mouse lollipops... the solid cherry red heart shaped ones
Oh my gosh, the Pizzaria chips!!! Yes! I do see Tato Skins at the Dollar Tree every once in a while, but it's a spicy flavor.
Pizzarias were the best. Especially when you got that one chip that had ALL the seasoning on it. My taste buds are freaking out already over it.
You can get the Minnie Mouse lollipops around Valentine's Day!
DEFINITELY looking for those!
McDonalds original french fries. Bring back the animal fat deep frying (or whatever it was).
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Still have ‘em here (left coast FL)
From what I have been reading, us left coast Floridians are the only ones who still have it. I did have one in Atlanta, but it sucked.
Are we talking about simple bagel breakfast sandwiches? I thought they were a normal item everywhere. Central pa has them.
I may need to go have one tomorrow to remind myself how lucky I am! I love the steak bagels.
I get a bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast bagel sammich from McDonald’s a couple times a week on my way into work. Still have them in New Orleans!
North East Ohio has them.
At least the current ones are still edible. Wendy's had the second best fries on the market and made them almost inedible. Actually inedible are now Burger King's fries. Who asked for that change and why wasn't he fired?
Wait what did Wendy's do differently?
Yeah Burger King in general sucks now. Maybe its just the one by me tho.
It is probably all of them, unless you live in Wisconsin, the only place I have had them in the past few years.
Wendy's fries used to be almost like steak fries. Arguably the best fries of the major food places. Then they had that big marketing thing a few years ago about leaving the skin on and using sea salt. Horrible change and the fries were so salty I couldn't finish them on more than one occasion. The fries are better now, but not what they used to be.
Burger King fries are still the worst.
Yeah, I have to ask for fresh unsalted fries there. They don't realize that you should use less sea salt than regular and just kept up their old practice of salting them anytime someone passed the station
So that’s why they suck now?? I thought that it was me getting old and my tastebuds failing or some shit
Beef Tallow.
Super unhealthy but sooo tasty!
It wasn't unhealthy though. The vegetable oils they use now are much worse for us than beef tallow.
According to this, vegetable oil does have more saturated fat in it, but beef tallow has cholesterol and has more fat per calories. "Much worse" is an exaggeration, and probably not even true.
First of all, McDonalds doesn't fry in palm oil. It uses canola oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, and "natural beef flavor". Second, dietary cholesterol hasn't been shown to have an effect on heart disease in any meaningful way and the study we all clung to which claimed there was a link was bunk that could only be propped up by government officials who really wanted to feel good about making the American people "healthier".
If it uses canola oil, then that just proves my point further. It's even healthier than palm oil.
If you're saying cholesterol is good all of a sudden, then I'm going to need some sources.
Dude, McDonald’s pizza was my jam.
Mountian dew ultraviolet.
The color of the bubbles was so unnatural.
Hell yes! I remember some nasty gas station had this stuff on the shelves about 6 months after they had been taken out of all of the other stores. I bought every one and KNEW I had to save them... I drank them all in 2 days :’(
I have no idea what they tasted like because I've never really drank a lot of mountain dew and they always have some many flavours I feel like I'll fall into a rabbit hole if I do try some. Anyways by far the greatest grape flavoured drink I've ever tasted was mountain dew pitch black. I had some in the states when I was in Disney world. It's fucking smooth, spicy and grapey all at the same time. You should try some for me because I don't have them up here in Canada.
Mountain dew is so damn good. I don't drink much soda but mountain dew always gets me. Pitch black and code blue are both amazing.
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Voltage is so damn good. What was the white one? Not White Out, but something else (I think from the early 00's?)
There was a white World of Warcraft themed flavor quite a few years back, IIRC
Wait what was this one even? Thought I knew all the flavors too.
It was a diet dew.
My absolute all time favorite was Typhoon. It was a limited edition and my friend and I hoarded cases of it and rationed it out (to ourselves) like it was the only clean water post apocalypse. Sadly, it’s been gone for years. All I have left are memories.
Coke blak, I dream of it often
Try espresso vodka with coke/diet coke.
I have a recipe! I make it sometimes as a treat.
Please share, I beg of you!
Two parts coke, one part cream soda. Add cold brew coffee to taste. The original recipe calls for a teaspoon of sugar but I find it’s sweet enough with both the coke and cream soda. I definitely eyeball mine and make it more coffee flavored than the original.
I need this in my life.
I make it at work for myself. Let’s compare notes.
You see, you can't just say that and not share it with people.
If you put ice in an empty glass pour a tablespoon or more (depending on your preference) of cold coffee over the ice and then the rest just coke, it’s pretty good.
Very close! Must add cream soda to make it taste like the original blak. I add coffee to my Dr Pepper sometimes and it’s also pretty good
The people need this!
I was waiting for someone to mention this. Can't believe it's been ten years... (thanks, Wikipedia)
I thought my husband was the only person in the world who loved this!
Check your local craft coffee shops! A lot of them are doing cold brew coffee and Coke drinks. They are my favorite. And they often taste a lot like Coke Black.
I had a project sophomore year (about six years after it had been discontinued) on marketing “Coke Blak”.
Ended up finding a recipe, and me and my partner ended up making some with espresso and Coke.
That shit was good, and we fucking earned that A.
Diet coke and coffee liquor patron. Tastes closest to coke black.
I saw there are recipes down there and that's awesome, but I thought I would toss this in. I make ice cubes from my leftover coffee, and just drop one or two into a glass of coke...it's quite similar.
The OLD fruit smiles from Walmart. Also, Starbucks made a soda (as some of y’all call it) that everyone says was really good. Oh, and basically every amazing snack from the 90s that we all love.
Oh God I can taste the fruit smiles....
Me too. They were amazing.
Suuuuuuurge
Dude. Surge has been back for a long time now.
You can get it on Amazon, or use this site to find the nearest store to you that sells it.
https://www.surge.com/product-locator/
I live in a rinky dink little town, and 9 stores near me sell it.
Wooooooooooooorrrrddddd
I thought it was just a promotional thing for a limited time! Life is good now and it has meaning. Thank you.
/u/bad_luck_dragon is 100% right. Every Thursday and Friday when I have to work a double shift, I get at least one Surge from the Shell station by my job. And, like clockwork, every day somebody exclaims, "Whoa, Surge!?! When did they bring that back!?!"
Damn. None near me.
Amazon has 12 packs in stock every so often. I think they're all being sold by asshole scalpers at ridiculous prices right now though. They're about $14 a pack when they're in stock.
They are tall cans so it's actually not that bad of a price.
https://youtu.be/0iAzMRKFX3c
My hero!
Unfortunately for me there are 0 stores nearby and Amazon only sells it to Prime members.
It's even SUPPOSED to be back in my area, and is supposed to be coming back in 12 oz cans and yet no store has it.
They’re soon to be gone sadly. At least near me.
I remember they brought it back on Amazon in 2014 a few months before creating my Reddit account.
That feels like so long ago, living in a Reddit-less and Surge-less existence
I live in a rinky dink little town, and 9 stores near me sell it.
I live in the 6th largest city in America, and Surge is not sold anywhere here.
I bought some yesterday. It felt like I stepped into a time machine and went back 20 years ago! Thanks again.
What? We sell Surge in my store.
This is a bit of a tangent, but my brother had a surge alarm clock growing up. I woke up at 6:15 to the sound of someone screaming "surge" over and over until someone turned it off
Work for coke we sell it at Walmarts and convince stores as 16oz cans . Usually in cooler with monster
Jack 3d
Supposedly the holy grail of preworkouts but its illegal now because a few people died.
It’s not illegal USP labs just doesn’t make it anymore. You can buy the ingredient that is “banned” fairly easily. It’s DMAA. Also there’s a similar chemical in other preworkouts called 2a-7 Dimethlyalinine (I think that’s close) that’ll give you same experience.
It’s basically like meth in a powdered form so I’d advise against taking either one.
DMAA comedowns are total garbage too. Lift like god at the gym and three hours later you get all.. mopey? Meh. Wasn’t for me. I stick to the c4 that I totally meant to stop using every day ~~6~~ ~~12~~ 18 months ago
I couldn’t sleep at all after taking it and lifting. C4 isn’t bad but if I don’t switch it up I’m throwing like 4 scoops in to get the same effect
Yeah, I’ve popped around but I find c4 plus a heaping of creatine to be the best.
I actually use creatine and taurine when I’m using clen, since apparently the taurine helps keep you alive.
Wasn't that the one with amphetamine or something like that?
Betty Crocker's Fruit String Thing. It's been like 2 decades since I've had it.
YES! I came here to say this. I miss these so damn much.
Jones Natural Limes with Orange.
It was this amazing potion of deliciousness and I'm still convinced it's some kind of magical cure.
I was working a closing shift at a book store, and I felt like death warmed over. I wasn't coughing or sneezing, just very obviously fatigued, cheeks flushed, dragging. One of my co-workers came over and suggested I grab a bottle of Jones Limes with Orange from the cafe- when he was sick with some crazy flu his room-mate brought back, the only thing that perked him up was this drink.
-$.50 later (cafe discount ftw) I had a drink that changed my night. Idk if it was just the placebo effect or what, but I felt instantly better. Every time I got sick afterward, I'd have some and it was enough to get me through a few hours.
Sounds like the vitamin c and sugar ratio was juuuuust right.
Polaroid film. I should have stocked up when it started getting hard to find in the early 2000s.
There is a company called „The Impossible Project“ you should check out! They bought most of the original Polaroid production-equipment after Polaroid stopped producing film. Not that cheap, but they have a large variety and the pictures turn out great as far as i‘ve seen
It's not extremely cheap, but it's not super expensive either. You can buy the film from Polaroid, the SX-70, Spectra, 8x10, 600 and their newer i-type too. They also sell the older cameras directly from their website too.
Hang in there. It's making a comeback.
Jello pudding pops. The originals.
Icebreakers: Liquid Ice! Found a Japanese alternative, but now they don't sell those either..
In Japan.
Can confirm these are still sold. Or at least they were last week when I bought a pack. Not every store carries them though.
Amazon!
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Shoot.. I thought I found some.. they were out of stock. But I wrote the company, maybe someone will eventually read it. If they send me anything I'll let you know
Liquid Ice?
So water? ^^^/s
Yeah the little tiny balls right? When they discontinued them, my store was selling gallon ziplocs full of them for just a few bucks.
Philadelphia cream cheese cheesecake bars were my favorite as a kid and I miss them terribly
McDonald’s Arch Deluxe.
finally found it, im not alone :)
I still miss it sooooo much
Those Barq's Root beer squeezable popsicles, I haven't seen those in years and they were so good
Just googled this because it sounded familiar. I’d never seen whatever comes in those ‘bottles’ but goddamn I actually did have the squeeze freeze pops! I had forgotten how good they were.
KFC's Double Down.
Maybe I'm in some sort of test market, but the KFC near me currently sells a chicken and waffles double down.
You might be the only one who misses that. Respect.
I enjoyed it I just felt stupid eating it. Well stupider anyway.
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I'm pescatarian, and have zero clue what meat sweats are. Is it too much of some vitamin?
I'll go back farther.
I miss the chicken little. No, not the rebranded snacker they have today. But the slider-like mini chicken sandwich you could get for like.. $.50 apeice.
Those things were the best! You'd think they'd bring them back, or at least come up with a new version of them, considering the recent low-carb craze.
There are several sandwiches I wish they would bring back. My favorite was the Twister.
Remember at first how they had the little crunchy noodly things in them? That they now sell by la-choy, rice noodles or whatever. I put them in my wraps at home now ever since.
I have never had one of those but damn have I always wanted to try one and was so sad to not find it at my local KFC's.
Zaxby’s Nibblers bruh
Also the ginger bread flavored ice cream sandwiches. They used to look like ginger bread men. They had them around the holidays. Man I miss those.
Banana Nesquik mix.
Apparently it's still sold in some places, but not here. I've seen it on Amazon, but it's so much more expensive than the strawberry or chocolate kind that I can't justify the expense.
i was so excited when i saw sir bananas milk but it just didnt hit the spot.
I miss my hyper color shirts. Those thing we're the best when I was in highschool.
Those telephones with the rotary dials! So satisfying
My parents still have one of these from the 70s!
Haha they were awesome ours was green
Badass. Ours is plain beige/white. I had one of those see-through corded phones in the early 00s, though.
Haha my parents do too. And it still works. Trip out!
Totally, man!
Anyone mentioned those A&W Barrel candies? If somebody knows if they still make them/where to get something similar i'd be super happy!
They have those everywhere. Root beer barrels.
They aren't at grocery stores, but they are at candy stores and dollar stores in my experience
Try Cracker Barrel!! Or a Five Below if you’re in the states
Goddamn quality built BlackBerry phones! Brand's shit now that it's owned by TCL. It's going to be a dark day when my Classic finally kicks the bucket. I love the clickity clack of typing on a pkb.
The thing I loved about my Blueberry was that the battery lasted obscenely long on a single charge (I had one last for a few in my backpack when I was on vacation).
Of course the reason it did that was that it’s functionality was laughable by modern smartphone standards.
Man, I fucking LOVED my Torch. Then I upgraded to a Z10, and was like 'this is the single shittiest device I've ever used, wow'. I switched to a Galaxy S4 and was much happier. I actually only just replaced that phone, and it still worked great. I would've been equally as excited to switch back to a new Torch, but that wasn't an option. I loved the touchscreen/physical keyboard combination. Best of both worlds!
My dad owned a Bold 9700, Torch, two Z10's, a Z30, and a Playbook. The app store was just atrocious since no one developed apps for Blackberries. The build quality was superb on the Playbook though, it would still hold up fine today if it could run Android. It had a high quality screen and good front-facing speakers but didn't even have Netflix.
I had a pearl for 5 years. Switched to a Q10, was astonished how small my pearl was. But every time I set the Q10 down, the battery would jiggle and reset the phone. I tried jamming paper in there but eventually jumped ship.
Kellogg’s Product 19
Wonderball candy. I just want to enjoy the uniqueness of it one more time.
I know Walmart has been selling wonderballs lately. I never had one until I bought one like last month. Was pretty bad in my opinion. Fiance used to love them, says they've gone to shit after trying them again.
They used to be made by Nestle (decent, well known brand) but now they're made by Frankford Candy (never heard of them before). I want Nestle Wonderball back, but it won't ever happen since Frankford bought the name and rights to it.
They used to be chocolate balls with a different type of candy in each ball, but now they're a fake-ish chocolate ball with one flavour of knockoff sweetarts per ball.
They used to run a lot of commercials. I'm trying to think of the jingle "oh i wonder what's ina wonderball" or did i just make that up in my head
Peach jolly ranchers!
I told my boyfriend at the time that I loved peach jolly ranchers. Christmas 1999 he got me a large jar full of peach jolly ranchers. He bought a lot of multiflavored bags and picked out the peach ones for me. One of the sweetest and most thoughtful gifts I have ever gotten.
Oh my gosh that is really sweet. Thanks for sharing the story, made my day :)
What the fuck is with all these weird flavors of Jolly Ranchers that I've never heard of
Now I wanna make a YouTube documentary thing about the history of Jolly Ranchers and all their flavors
They have a lot of random flavors like lemon, fruit punch, and strawberry that I have occasionally found. My 7th grade math teacher always had the rare flavors and gave them out to everyone who got 100% on the tests. I was remembering the peach a few years ago and looked it up and found out they still make all the other flavors but peach was discontinued :( If there was a documentary about it I would definitely watch it!
Looks like I may do this then. If I remember, I'll shoot you a PM with a link to it if I ever finish it
Yes I would love to watch!
The fire ones as well
I can still find those in california
There was this absolutely wonderful children's shampoo which was available in the 2000s which smelled like red gummy snakes. It smelled so delicious the whole household used it.
Unfortunately it was discontinued.
Was it L’Oréal kids? I miss their shampoo.
Like hell was it tear free. That shit burned the fuck out my of eyes.
I remember those! Fun fact I heard awhile ago. They packaging wasn’t promising ‘tear free’ in reference to your eyes but to not tearing your hair.
Nah those commercials has kids with suds on their face and eyes wiping it away. Was some bullshit
The stuff that came in bottles that looked like a fish?
Omg I know what you're talking about. We used it too.
Disney toontown online. So much fun throwing pies and dropping safes on toons.
Toontown Rewritten! Group of fans got the open source code and reconstructed the whole game in their spare time. It’s free and it’s still just as fun!
It’s so good too!!
It is! They have done an amazing job! They have come a long way over the years that they have been working on it! Super talented group!
Awesome thanks for the info! New addiction incoming...
ECA Stack = Ephedrine + Caffeine + Asprin (weight loss gold!)
Bronk-aid + Jet-Alert + Aspirin.
Bronk-aid is sold behind the counter at any pharmacy.
Been there done that, not the same.
Be careful about it in large quantities. It gave me a bout of pancreatitis.
That Crest orange toothpaste. I hate mint with a passion but my other option is now using kid's toothpaste.
Cannot stand mint as well, I resort to cinnamon toothpaste but don’t feel it cleans or “freshens” as well.
Is Cinnamon toothpaste a North American thing? I have never seen this here in Australia. We have mint, or charcoal if you're feeling like paying up.
I order Tom's Cinnamon Clove toothpaste by the case. Due to severe morning sickness with my now 23 year old child, and the association with getting sick after brushing my teeth (gag reflex), I cannot stand mint either. This toothpaste is a life saver for me. There are a few sites that sell it, so when I need it I shop around for the best price. Try Drugs.com or Amazon.
I didn't think it was but I guess so. I do recommend it over children's toothpaste. Maybe Amazon?
I have 1 and a half tubes left D: the open one is starting to taste funky because it's getting old. I don't even know what I will do when I run out.
Lush have some toothpastes that aren't mint you could try!
ASTRO POPS THANK$
I've been informed http://www.astropopcandy.com
You can buy them online, they're back in production
No fuckin way
Saltine Crackers... Fuck you anti-salt people, those fuckers were delicious
I bought some today?
Are you in Aus by chance? Cause if so, how ans where can I purchase those salty, delicious squares of goodness?
That's so weird they're not in Australia, they're still ubiquitous all over North America
America. They’re so common here you can find single packs in gas stations!
Headphone Jacks in smartphones
This, phones are thin Enough! Weren't people bending their Iphones in their skinny jeans just over a year ago?
Some were. I’ve never had that issue. Maybe I need smaller pockets and tighter pants
I'll never understand it given that when I'm out in about it seems like the majority of people put cases on their phones anyways.
If people weren’t idiots and realized all they had to do was not buy the iPhone 7 we wouldn’t be in this situation right now
Just get a Samsung, problem solved
LG is where it's at
Lg made the only android I was ever happy with, and where the GUI didn't look like fucking trash. Samsung software is so goddamn ugly.
Except for all the problems Samsung phones have
Like what? I've been using my s8 for almost a year and it's been problem-free
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Well the bloatware is a universal samsung issue, for me personally I had a note 7 and then they started blowing up so they took it away from me and replaced it with an s7 edge that has had consistent problems. It's battery is trash, it corrupt a high end samsung SD card, it's slow, things open in my pocket.
I've only ever had samsung notes before this point but this experience has pushed me over the edge (not a pun) and I am finally trying an iphone X. It finally has the OLED screen I need and I have other apple products so I can't wait to try it out.
Same here. The S7 edge is a complete shit show and will likely be the last Samsung phone I ever buy.
They messed up so bad with it, luckily there is some good competition out now with the features I really look for.
MY biggest issue right now is the battery. I replaced mine on my S5 back in October and it was great, but now, it's back to where it was. I barely use my phone and by the end of the day, I'm down to 70%. I heard Apple isn't any better, but at least performance wise it's fine.
Yeah, I've had good experiences in the past but if they're just as bad as apple now I might as well see what the other team is like.
Get a N8. It's everything the 7 was, and better. I had two N7s and got a S7E. S7E blows chunks in comparison. My 8 is so good I'll likely skip the 9...i just don't need it/anything more than what's in the 8.
This time around I'll try out my first iphone. If I don't like it I might consider whatever note is out at the time. I know the n8 is good, but the s7e has really made me mad.
The new iPhones really do have fabulous cameras (just don't settle for a 6s or older), and the OS has gotten quite a bit more adjustable since I had one. The rest of my family is on iOS and there are times I consider going back (like most of the time with that S7E). :-)
I'm only considering the x as it finally has the oled I want. iMessage will be a dream to have as most of my friends have iphones. Finally no wondering if they have special apps so I can send them videos.
Was that the one that was exploding spontaneously?
Stop. Do not try and challenge the "fuck apple" circlejerk, it's a bad idea on reddit. You will be destroyed.
I honestly agree. Apple has already fucked their consumers up enough, Reddit doesn't need to rub it in.
Yup. And me being downvoted has further proven the point that if an opinion is not that of the hivemind, it is either wrong or bad and thus must be downvoted.
What's a smartphone?
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This is what they call a woosh, I believe
Do you know what a computer is?
https://youtu.be/sQB2NjhJHvY
External storage as well
Home button on my iPhone...
actually good apple phones
Do people actually hate the lack of a home button on the iPhone X? I have one and I really don't mind the swipe controls.
I do. Swapping between and closing apps is so much quicker on my 6s+ than my X. Facial rec doesn’t work in dark and is dangerous in vehicle where touchID was perfect for both.
In my experience, FaceID does work in the dark, but it's a bit more sensitive. As for the point about TouchID, yeah I've got nothing. I've never really had too many problems with FaceID because I don't drive though, so yeah
Facial rec doesn’t work in dark
Yes it does.
Note 8 mate no need to bate.
Kudos to Samsung for keeping it
What? Has anyone but Apple even removed it?
My Nexus has a phone jack. Maybe it isn't smart enough.
Don't have that problem with my Sony 💜
Fucking wireless headphones. Charge runs out while I'm shopping? I guess I'm done shopping.
Can’t even listen to music in the car....
Does Blockbuster count?
Fuck I really miss Blockbuster. Redbox and streaming services don't have the same amount/quality of content. Plus there's something nice about actually browsing the store
Blockbuster in its prime was fucking awesome. Movies, games, candy. Couldn't go wrong
Nah come to AK we still have them.
Club Penguin
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uuuuuuuck! Oh, I’ve been banned.
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Speedrun bans were such fun.
Pools closed due to aids.
Taco Bell's Bacon Cheeseburger Burrito. Man, those got me thru high school, so amazing.
Related to this, the Taco Bell "Encharito".
The chilito! I loved the chilito.
Taco Bell fries. Those were...subpar, but I mean Taco Bell had fries!
Fucking peanut butter Cheerios.
They still exist. They have them at Wal-Mart. But then you have to shop at walmart
They have peanut butter chocolate ones now. Just bought a box the other day
Tangerine flavored Altoids Sours
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Yes!!! I still remember the jingle. That shit was awesome
Theraflu. Not the new recipe. I took some awhile back. The original drink, despite being expired by several years, cured me of a terrible cold.
the Nixie tubes some people are still making them but the prices are ridiculously high. I almost want to drop out and make them full time.
I'd buy from you dog
I would pay a lot of money for a modernized VW Karmann Ghia. You can find them used fairly inexpensively, but at this point I'd want more modern amenities in my daily driver.
What do you love about the original? The looks? (The looks are great, btw)
Yeah, it's mostly the looks I respond to. Although there are cars that look similar, there's something about the lines that I find really unique and respond to every time I see one.
I have a friend doing this very thing. He’s trying to shoehorn a GTI engine in it. Fully modernizing everything.
Oh man I'd love to see how that comes out!
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Sweet! The convertibles are especially beautiful.
I saw a restored example at a car show last week. 18k.
Haagen-Dazs Mayan Chocolate Ice Cream
Omg you made me remember! Nooooooo! So amazing !
I still look everytime I see Hagen daz just in case they listened to my emails
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And little hearts?
That's hilarious.
I'm not sure about the chili powder. Had some fudge swirled in too
Kodak EIR or Aerochrome, Acros, basically any discontinued film, and Ilfochrome/Cibachrome. Such beautiful results from all of those, and yet they're all now gone.
Stock up on your Acros now - it’s not gone yet. Officially discontinued come October.
Don’t give up hope! There has been a big resurgence in film photography. Kodak is bringing back Ektachrome this year. Fuji brought back Provia and Velvia awhile ago. B&W film is going quite strong. There are also tons of new specialty films on from places like this
Squeez-Its and Ecto Coolers. Rest in peace, ye drinks of untold awesomeness...
Ecto Coolers, holy shot that stuff was yummy.
Yeah. I always hated that they only came in those boxes. I would love to have a huge jug of that stuff I could just up-end any time. lol
But it did come in a jug. I'm speaking 1992. I was a big fan of ecto cooler. Dad just bought me a jug . So I drank it when I had a fever and also realized it was green. Something about it just hit me wrong and I didn't like it anymore. When you drank it from a box, you couldn't really know it was green. But it makes sense it was green though right ? I've seen a similar nostalgic post of someone saying they still make it, it's just called something else now.
Shoutin' orange tanger-green.
After they lost the Ghostbusters license, but it's still impossible to find.
As a kid I'd poke open the boxes and pour two or three in a plastic cup. lol They never had jugs or cans where I lived.
Those came back briefly for the latest Ghostbusters film, but I missed them so not sure if they were the same.
I heard that they rereleased it, but I couldn’t find it. Maybe better. I wouldn’t want to disappoint my childhood memories.
I bought a ton and they tasted pretty good. HiC always tasted better from the can to me, but these were nice. I still have like six 8-packs of them I'm saving for a special occasion or some shit.
Yeah, I managed to get one pack (last the store had) and then they were gone...
Orange lava burst is almost identical to the 15+ year old ectocooler I bought on ebay. I drank one of them maybe 6 years ago to see if I could remember what it tasted like. Didn’t die. Bought the rest of the flavors, compared.
Orange Lavaburst, it’s just not green
Not the same to me. I drink lavaburst occasionally. I can see a similarity, but that's about it with my taste buds.
Reverse dilating eye drops, so you can drive home after an eye appointment (yes, they were a thing once)
They still exist. When I worked at an optometrist office last year some patients asked for it and we gave it.
I’m not sure which company did this but I remember actual Wonka Bars being available during the summer of 2010 or 2011. The chocolate was surprisingly good quality and I also remember them being pretty big, like the size of Hershey’s Symphony bars.
The Wonka bars came in a couple flavors but my favorite had caramel and marshmallow fluff. It was the perfect chocolate bar and I inhaled them that summer but when I went to the store at the beginning of fall they were all gone and no one knew what I was talking about.
Pretty sure nestle produced these as part of Johnny Depps Wonka movie release.
they were. i think the candy left stores when the movie left theatres
I thought Nestle did these? My memory is foggy, but I definitely remember drooling over those. I especially wanted one from reading about that exact flavor in the book, but never got to try one. 😓
Lime skittles. Fuck green apple
Haagen Das macadamia nut crunch. 80 grams of fat per pint. Worth it.
Fizzy BottleCaps
Thrifty ice cream. I can’t even remember what it tastes like. All i know is it’s the only thing i ever wanted. Someone took it from me and seven kingdoms couldn’t fill the hole it left behind...
I’m pretty sure Rite-Aid still had Thrifty ice cream in their freezer cases and most have a scoop counter. The LA locations do/did when I was there last year.
Don’t make me panic that they’ve discontinued it.
Chocolate Malted Crunch is LIFE
They still do. Have the big ass to prove it.
Glad to hear it still exists out in the wild! The Rite-Aid in the town i live in just closed up shop a few years back while i was away at college so i can’t get it near home anymore.
Have a chocolate malted crunch on my behalf!
I remember when they had the ice cream service in front, the ice cream "scoops" were square instead of round. Loved going there just for that!
A lot of the water and ice stores seem to sell it near me.
Did you start a war to get it back?
Bubble Jug was the best growing up, basically chunks of gum surrounded in a sweetly flavored sugar dust inside of a plastic jug. God I miss it so.
YES.
My mouth waters thinking of the powderized diabetes inside. Time to check ebay because I swear even if its 10+ years out of date I'm eating that gum.
There used to be these toaster pizza things. They looked similar to a toaster pastry. Just a brown square with pizza filling that you cooked in the toaster. I really miss them I think. Could be nostalgia.
Babylon 5, all of the Seasons
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I grew up on that show. Man it was good.
I have Season 3 on DVD. It has all of my favorite episodes. Man, that was such a good show.
And Crusade.
But NOT Legend of the Rangers.....gosh that was horrible!
I own all 5 seasons and the spinoff films on DVD and will never sell them.
decent front or backyards with houses
Counterpoint: Houses that aren't on huge lots with more yard than most people will ever use. Also houses that aren't 10x bigger than the average family needs because it's a 'better investment'.
McMansions are a plague and it's a shame they seem to make up most new house construction.
Im not talking mansions, just enough space for kids to run around in without being too close to the building. Now a days with no yard, kids' choices are stay inside or hope they can go over several blocks to the park. Depending on the area, some adults will interfere and call cps on the parents, or the kids will get into trouble. The current style of homes being built in my area tend to cater to the helicopter parents.
Our homes are getting closer and closer together with barely any space in between them. We are becoming sardines.
Came for mexi-nuggets! Miss those.
Mexi nuggets!!!! Yes!!!!!!!!!!
Mexi nuggets were the best.
Blockbuster
Blockbuster was ruthless with their late fees. They really treated their customers like garbage, banking on a captured audience.
I genuinely celebrated when they filed for bankruptcy. I know I wasn't alone.
Now they've been gone long enough that people are feeling nostalgic for them and are forgetting what an asshole company they were.
Lmao well you aren't wrong now that i think about it
Never Forget.
Alaska still has 3 open
I still have my Blockbuster card. I just can't throw it out.
Global Video in the UK was my choice, although I think they closed down in about 2004. Can't beat the experience of looking for a movie in a physical shop.
Funny thinking about it how much laziness has impacted my tastes. I only used to go there because my local blockbuster was a 5 minute walk uphill from it but they only had kinda alternative stuff since Blockbuster had exclusivity on all the big movies. Lots of anime, Hong Kong action movies, Samurai Movies, indie movies, Italian horror, that kinda thing which I still watch today because of it.
Net Neutrality
Old Spice after hours body spray.
It was my husband's favorite and I can't find it anymore, or anything that has a similar scent.
I hate when they retire scents. My husband used to use Belize from old spice when we were dating and while the others are fine, they just don’t smell right.
I’ve still got two! My absolute favorite.
The original Irish Spring soap, before they changed the formula in 1986.
Also the original Heinz 57 steak sauce, before they sweetened it all to hell back in 1985; before then it had a much bolder taste, sort of like mustard-based bbq sauce; I used to love alternating them as sauces on steaks and burgers - one this night, the other the next.
Styrofoam burger boxes at McDonald's; pretty sure they now make environmentally friendly styrofoam, and since the insulate so well it's time to bring them back!
I bought that scent deodorant once and was impressed with it, but when I went to buy more it had already been discontinued :(
They got rid if Hawkridge too! They only have it in solid form now
The Dagwood at Denny's. Holy crap was that a good sandwich.
Also, rootbeer flavored milk. It was like a rootbeer float with less steps!
I'm not sure what a Dagwood is, but in case anyone else had a Denny's favorite - unless it was made with some kind of limited edition ingredients, they can probably still make it, or at least approximate it.
You CAN get: a patty melt, a cheese stick melt (may or may not still be on the menu?), a pot roast melt (ditto), a breakfast burger (with bacon and an egg)
You CANNOT get: a Thanksgiving sandwich, any kind of pancake puppy that is not on the menu in front of you. I am sorry. Those are made with special batter and we only get the kinds that are being promoted at the moment. Yes, even the blueberry. Yes, I know we can make blueberry pancakes, but those are made with actual blueberries. You cannot fry a fresh blueberry. It will not taste good..... Yes, I'll get the manager.
Source: worked at Denny's.
Kemp's does the rootbeer milk for limited runs in the summer. At least I remember seeing it last summer.
Shatto Milk makes it as well (though I’m partial to their cookies & cream flavor)
Root beer flavored milk was the best! None of my friends remember it and think it sounds disgusting.
Hey! I just saw root beer flavored milk at my local grocery store! Keep looking
fewer
crispy M&Ms
They still exist. 🙂They just came out with ones that are different flavors too. I saw an ad for them but haven’t found them in stores yet. That’s how new they are.
I agree though they were awesome when I was a kid 😀
I’ve had them! The strawberry and espresso are dope, the raspberry is okay. I didn’t try the mint tho
That’s good to know! I love coffee nut MMs. So I’m excited to try the espresso ones.
Bro, try the mint
❤
They're back!
We have them in the UK!
Aren't these back?
Cherry Vanilla Coke. Now you can only get them Coke freestyle machines.
I think certain gas stations still carry them at least in my area probably depends on your location and the gas station
I don't really know if this counts, but remember when iphones headphones weren't little, fall out your ears bass siphoned, and low quality. Remember the headphones that were circular. I want those to come back so bad I loved those.
Those literally didn’t fit in my ears. They were way too big.
My iPod mini had those... what memories.
They were amazing.
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i read somewhere on the internet about a year ago that a woman drives about 1 hour each way to go to a certain dollar tree that still has them, so dont give up hope!
The Tabasco ones? I’ve seen those at 7 Elevens and regular grocery stores by me very recently
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Hey don’t you hate on my Tabasco Slim Jim’s!
Sobe Elixirs - little green bottles of awesome.
Lime Skittles — rip
Zune HD.
I miss Screaming Yellow Zonkers so fucking much
I’ve mentioned Screaming Yellow Zonkers to so many people and they never have any idea what I’m talking about! I must have eaten my weight in that stuff growing up.
Early 2000's LEGO sets... :(
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My grandparents always had heir fridge stocked with these. I’d drink so many every time I went to visit but I’d completely forgotten about them until I read your comment and looked them up. Those things were so sweet, my mouth hurts just thinking about them. God I miss them.
Coke w/ Lime. Yes I know they still make Diet Coke w/ Lime but yuck. Also chili cheese burritos from Taco Bell. I know some places still serve them but none near me.
Firefly
My motivation.
Back right before ipods really took off, I had me a little off-brand mp3 player. Single color display, but it had a built-in speaker I could activate with just a flick of my wrist: the display assembly slid up to a 30 degree angle, revealing said speaker.
I miss it, ten years on.
It was a Samsung K5/S5.
I had a little MP3 made by Intel and you could print and customize the face plate. The thing was sooooo durable. The back was made of rubber and would literally bounce up if you dropped it.
Windows XP....and Limewire
Just reading limewire gave me a virus
"Nothing like giving your computer AIDS just to get free music" -unknown internet poet
Man I must have been doing it wrong, cause I downloaded a whack of stuff on lime wire and my computer never once got AIDS. Did I just keep winning Internet pirate Russian roulette??
My dad
Same.
You know what? I kinda miss VHS tapes. My childhood was built on my grandparents' tape collection.
Alienware 18.4" laptops. Nowadays it's all tiny 15" screens you can't watch anything on
Those giant Alienware laptops overheated like mother fuckers, one time it tried one of my DIMM slots for memory.
What happened when it tried it?
Great until you unplug the power. Enjoy the 18 minutes of watching.
Mine is 15" and it's big enough for my purposes when I'm out and about. At home I always just use external monitors.
McDonald's honey mustard and McDonald's French vanilla cappuccinos from approx 2002-2004.
I would order a super size fries and squeeze about 8-10 packets of honey mustard all over them. That would be my meal for the day.
A wholesome meal, indeed.
Planters Cheese Balls. I've tried the Utz, Food Club, Giant Eagle, Acme and a few others. None have compared to that can full of heavenly orange dusted morsels, and THEY'RE GONE!!!!!
Walgreens sells some in a giant tub in their store brand "nice". Closest i'm found so far...
Going to try these ASAP! Thanks for the tip.
Better Made, a brand from Michigan, is making them in Blue cans! They are the closest thing I've had to the original yet. Both size, texture and heavy on the orange powder.
Mmmmmm dat orange powder
Dunkaroos
Legit kinder eggs in the US
Come to Canada!
If you're in L.A. there's a place called "El Mercadito" that sells legit kinder eggs from Latin America and Canada. Second floor, there are other stands in the building that sell them in the same area but they might be overpriced. You can get whole cases of them as well.
Aromatherapy pillow mist. It's was lemongrass and cardamom. They discontinued it and I miss it so much! It is the most amazing smell in the world and I slept like a 'wee baby Seamus' when I had some. (Bath and body works) It's the only thing I ever got there. I've seen it on Amazon and eBay for insane amounts of money. 80-100$ for one stinking bottle. I'm sure it's because everyone wants it back!
whole earth catalog (aka analog internet v1.0)
Ninja turtle ooze bars
VIENETTA that sweet sweet delicious ice cream cake!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my fucking God!!
We have that scrumptious dessert in Australia :D My father-in-law goes nuts for it!
No one will agree with this, but the iPod Nano.
Probably more specifically the one that still had the click wheel. Playing music through a phone still doesn't seem like a streamlined experience.
I'm constantly unlocking my phone to skip a song, the interfaces just aren't intuitive and other phone stuff is always interrupting the music. Also I end up surrendering my phone to the aux. It's kinda just better to have a secondary smaller, dedicated music device.
I'm constantly unlocking my phone to skip a song, the interfaces just aren't intuitive and other phone stuff is always interrupting the music.
What player do you use? VLC has a widget for the lock screen..
To be more specific I should have said, skip a song and thumbs it down. Using Pandora. Which I could take or leave compared to an iPod Nano.
Nesquik Banana Milk! Was absolutely amazing. I hear the price on the flavoring got to high hence why they discontinued it.
Mint flavored skittles. I know they sound kinda gross, but they honestly shaped my childhood.
Check out Extra Chewy Mints. They're Mint Skittles in disguise.
I’ve been living such a depraved life and the answer has been before me the whole time. Thank you kind cndymann!
I was gonna say this! I ate a box today.
This reminded me that they also made a chocolate skittles around that time. They were pretty terrible.
They were actually trash garbage and should be forcibly deleted from the minds of everyone
Did these come out when they also had skittlez gum? They were in a plastic container with a lid instead of a oouch.
Yeah! I think the mint one might have been first? But they were pretty close together on the skittles product timeline.
I had completely forgotten about those. I refused to try the mint ones for a while, ended up loving them ,and never had them again. Thanks for a blast from the past.
Oh man, I just did a little checking and here is an article from 2001 about the announcement of mint skittles. Where the hell did 17 years go?
http://adage.com/article/news/m-m-mars-refresh-skittles-adding-mints-line/53329/
ahh I'm not the only one!! good lord i loved those things.
Yisss!!! Maybe I’m strange but I get my fix now Playing the Jelly Belly game (beanboozled?), I always hope that I get the toothpaste bean instead of the berry flavor.
The Toyota Celica.
I had two of them (a 74 and a 86). They were fun cars to drive.
The Solara was also a great car.
All of Toyota's cars are "ho-hum" now. They're like Japanese Buicks.
Remember when the Supra was the upgraded version of the Celica and not two different models? My friend had an '86 Celica Supra and it hauled ass.
The Supra was a longer/wider car with a 6 cylinder. The 86 Celica was the first year the car had front wheel drive. They had a 4 valve version in the Celica GTS. Info here Celicas were always 4 cylinder engines.
I had a 86 Celica GTS hatchback. Great car. Really comfortable seats, great suspension. When the second set of intakes kicked in at high RPM, it was a blast. Got one up to 135 MPH.
The newest Camry is actually kind of slick for a sedan.
Toyota and Lexus need to break away from the "filter feeder" grille.
Had an older friend with a 2nd gen Celica GT4 when I was growing up. That thing stuck to the road like glue and was incredibly fun to be thrown around in. Gorgeous beast too (although now I've seen pictures of that glorious 80s JDM wedge Gen1 I think I'd be all over one of those!)
The Supra is coming back yo!
I was under the impression that the https://www.toyota.com/86/ was a celica under all that scion branding.
Incorrect.
It's a rebranded Subaru BRZ. One of those "joint ventures". Has the "boxer" Subaru motor.
Cheeto paws. I remember eating them when I was 4 but never see them in the store. For a long time I thought I’d imagined them until one of my friends said they remembered eating them too.
You can still buy those!
Green & Purple ketchup.
That stuff was gross
I loved that shit, and it tasted exactly like red ketchup. Lol
I knew people that hated it and said it tasted different. I didn't think so. Maybe they can taste the food colorings in it? I just think they're crazy.
Nah, it's just your eyes tricking your brain. That shit was the same.
yeah, some people are sensitive to the tastes of certain things. I could vaguely taste the colouring but it didn't bother me much as a kid, I was stoked to have purple or green ketchup
It had a different consistency than the normal ketchup. I remember my parents being upset about none of us using the fancy colored ketchup.
My siblings and I did a blindfolded taste test and picked out the colored ones each time.
Maybe they can taste the food colorings in it?
Some people can, blue food coloring tastes bitter to some people. If "Titanium dioxide" is used people report a metallic taste. The tests were blind tests. I'll find the link here in a moment.
I was only, like, eight when it was discontinued, but damn do I remember loving the purple kind on French fries. But I had to have regular ketchup on my burgers and hot dogs for some reason.
It did not. Quit lying!
It totally didn’t! It was thick and weird! I didn’t understand it. It looked cool but I just didn’t like how the coloring changed it.
Knew this kid that put the green ketchup in his sandwiches, sloppy eater, the rest of the school day consisted of us having to look at the green on his fingers and corners of his mouth.
The blue and pink butter were fine. But I'm pretty sure the colored ketchups stained the skin.
Damn. I didn't even know about blue or pink butter.
They had a short run, but maybe an image can jog your memory
You can add a bunch of food coloring to normal ketchup for the effect. I tried making the ketchup purple by adding blue, but it ended up turning green somehow.
Didn't the green kind have Shrek on it?
Oh wow I think it did, that was probably around the time the first Shrek came out. Damn that was so long ago lol
And I'm pretty sure the purple was Donkey. Even though he wasn't purple.
What about the blue and pink butter?
I do not remember this but I'm down to try lol
You're a sick puppy if you actually miss that.
I made meatloaf with it once
I am jelly
I thought it was hilarious. But no one else would eat it. More meatloaf for me, suckas!
Similarly, Pepsi Blue
those still exist.
Real Irn Bru
Nvidia Sheild tablets. I love the form factor of my Nexus 7 but it's pretty dated and there's nothing really around like that anymore.
Yeah my Nexus 7 is starting to become painfully slow at this point.
Mine is so slow now. I only use it for flying my Drone.
Not that I'd play with them now, but I miss the little plastic muscle men toys. There was a huge variety of models. Ah nostalgia.
PB Crisps and McDonald's Mushroom Swiss burger.
Oh god I miss their mushroom Swiss angus. So so good
Planters PB Crisps! they were only available for a few years when I was really young but damn do I want to devour an entire box today!
That Swiss burger!
The Flowbee
CHEESEBURGER DORITOS. Oh man. Oh man.
We had a competition in the U.K. (may have been worldwide, not sure), where they would offer two new flavours of Dorito, for a limited time, and people would vote on which one we wanted to keep.
One was hot salsa flavour. The other was cheeseburger.
Tried the salsa, yeah, was fine - salsa on a Dorito. What’s not to like.
Then I tried the cheeseburger flavour.
This product changed my life. You could taste the meat, the pickles, the ketchup, the cheese ... you could taste the GODDAMN SESAME BUN. You could even taste that the patty was slightly charred.
I can’t describe it. It was incredible. I cried. I even told my grandma about it.
So, there I was, happily assuming we were gonna have a cheeseburger Dorito from now on, and that my life was about to get about 10x better. It was a no brainer, surely:
You want a salsa flavoured Dorito? Get salsa dip! How are you gonna get a cheeseburger flavoured Dorito???? McDonald’s??? No.
Month later, there I am in Tesco. Good old Tesco. I’m in the crisp aisle. Remember my amazing Doritos. Already salivating.
Scurry on over.
Scan the aisle ... see the Dorito flavours. Eyes scan the shelf.
Cool original. Lightly salted. Chilli Heatwave.
...
And Salsa.
Lionhead studios and maxis.
And Bullfrog before Lionhead. If you like Molyneux's early work and have never heard of Dungeon Keeper, look it up. Older game selling services like gog usually have it.
Flipping through a cd booklet to find one cd, yep that’s right, one cd with a measly 12 tracks to listen to for hours.
Basically all of the 90s. Pretty happy they brought surge back. I don't often drink soda but I'll grab one here and there when I see it
Most of you are probably too young for these but McDonalds used to have single serve pizza made on order, it was absolutely delicious, they killed it because of the time it took to make. They also used to do soft shell tacos with the most amazing hot sauce, I miss that shit.
I loved the chicken fajitas with the picante sauce.
iPod Classic. They can hold my entire music collection. The others can't.
Its weird calling it iPod classic. But i did love my gen 2 iPod.
The Flintstones Push Pops, nothing like a melted orange flavored push pop during the summer time.
Planters Cheese Balls. I know there are other cheese balls out there but the Planters that came in the can were the best.
Brach's Pick a Mix candy displays.
It reminds me of my dad. Before road trips we used to go get a bag of candies. On the drive if anyone in the car spotted something outside that was "strange and unusual" they got to pick a candy from the bag. It was a great way to keep the restless kids occupied in the days before iGadgets. I was in a grocery store not too long ago and stopped dead in my tracks where those candy stalls used to be. It had been probably decades since I last saw one and I was suddenly overwhelmed with grief in their absence. Stupid box of candy.
McDonald’s cinnamelts. They were like the middle part of a cinnamon roll, and absolutely amazing. I was devastated when I ordered one and was told they were no longer available.
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Tasteless?? Wha?
He/she uses it as lube.
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Don’t sex shops sell scented oils that are edible for exactly these types of situations?
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Me and my partner bought a bottle of strawberry lube and I'm pretty sure i can still smell it 2 weeks later.
Coconut oil has treated me pretty well in the past, get the solid, warm it up, and bam. No scent, taste free massage oil
Ohhhh right right eight. Duh
This is awkward.
Coconut oil?
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Yeah, but it’s definitely liquid at body temperature. So you scrape some out of the jar and then you have a nice edible massage oil.
"Slippery Stuff" is great and tasteless!
neccos. I actually like them a lot and my grandma used to always have some for us when we were in church.
You can still buy them man. Taste exactly the same.
I heard they stopped making them.
Got some last week at the $1 store, so they are definitely still around
I just bought some yesterday at Rural King - the all chocolate are harder to find. Cracker Barrel, dollar tree and so on have them, even the tropical, which is amazing!
Because they made them all at once, 150 years ago, in one giant batch. There's no Necco production facility, just a swarm of Necco warehouses,
When they're gone, they're gone, so eat up.
(Seriously though, I have a nice little pocket in my heart for those chalk tokens.)
Dollar Tree sells them!
They’re in most gas stations, it’s my hubbys favorite so if I see them I’ll grab some.
Yogos
Slow go on the Yogos!
You can still get yogos from supermarkets in Australia.
That is, if you are referring to the chocolate moose tubs with the cartoon gorilla mascot.
I don’t believe so...
LOL, carry on then.
A vehicule that i can work on instead of a computer on wheels.
Firefly season 2
The Sarah Connor Chronicles season 3 :(
My man!
And Alphas season 3 while we're at it
Spice and Wolf Season 3 as well
Too soon....
Not fair. I was having a nice day, too.
Ouch.
Fuck man, I was scrolling through this thread all nostalgic and shit and you had to throw down that shit. Bruh, right in the feels.
Also Wash, specifically. Be great to have him back.
And Shepherd Book would be nice too.
For all those people (not that many) that are a black licorice fan..... Blackjack gum
Whenever I find it, I buy some for my dad. I'm all about the Beeman's when I can find it. It tastes like the candy Halloween wax lips which I oddly love.
Black licorice is America's 2nd favorite jelly bean flavor after buttered popcorn
Cracker Barrel has it
Still around, just not easy to find.
The Hubba Bubba bubble jugs with powdered gum
Toyota FJ Cruiser.
No idea what I'll replace mine with when the day comes.
Kebbler magic middle cookies. I miss those so much.
Dove make up remover clothes that you had to dip in water and get them to foam. They worked so fucking perfectly. You could use half a sheet and keep the other half dry for later use. You didn't have to worry about closing the package just right and having them all dry out either.
Got 2 B Cashmere mousse. It sells on ebay for three times what it used to cost in stores. They changed the formula or something on it and don't have the same kind in stores now.
Snapple Pink Lemonade
I just discovered this and now I buy it and drink it all the time. It's in 1 liter bottles now. So I know they still make it!
Ben and Jerry's Cool Brittania. Strawberries and chocolate-covered shortcake. So sad to see it in the graveyard.
The first Ben and Jerry’s flavor I truly loved.
Fossil Fuel was my original love. Like Phish food but with fudge swirl instead of marshmallow. And the fudge bits were dinosaurs. I wish I could still be an icecream paleontologist..
The Bigfoot pizza from Pizza Hut. I remember sometimes my dad would order one, I would invite my friends over, and we would play super Nintendo and eat pizza. It was the best.
I used to have a Pizza Hut in walking distance of my house. But they closed down years ago and now the closest location is too far to deliver to my town. :(
I want m&m's to bring back tan so badly that I wrote the company pleading them multiple times. I've resorted to a lifelong boycott of all products produced by the m&m company until they come to their senses.
The original iPod that could hold like two weeks worth of songs and was damn near indestructible.
Firefly
Original recipe Twinkies
Okay so when I was in 5th grade this kid brought in a whole box of Twinkies and everyone was so happy thinking he was going to share with the class. But he didn’t, he ate the whole box that same day and he became known as Twinkie from that point on.
Privacy
Bounce Dryer Bar. The company discontinued them, way too effective and cheap, no way to make a profit for them.
Cornsilk. It was the best facial powder for ppl with oily skin. Smelled nice too. It was made of crushed walnuts.
Black cherry Fresca
They sell 12 packs in my local grocery store
Well, I'll have to set about procuring some. :)
Mazda RX7
Decades ago, yoplait used to make this chocolate yogurt. It tasted like chocolate cheesecake batter.
One day, i went to the store, and it was no more.
Years ago, McDonalds sold cheese danishes. They were amazing.
And post used to make this cereal called Banana Nut Crunch. It was my jam.
Bananna nut crunch!!!!
They still have Banana But Crunch but they changed the name and added almonds :/ It used to be my mom's favorite, but since they added almonds, she doesn't get it anymore since she's allergic.
Oh shit. You’ve changed my life.
Hypercolor shirts. When I was in middle school, you weren't anyone if you didn't have one. Finally talked my parents into getting me one, and they got the one that went from a poop brown color, to dehydrated pee yellow. Didn't matter though, I still rocked that bitch up and down the halls.
Generra...I remember that shit. Good times
GameCube
Sobe Dragonfruit. In a glass bottle...
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I believe they still sell that one in Texas and it’s pretty great.
Sour cream and onion Doritos and before you think it. No, Ranch flavored isn't the same thing, if only it were.
Tomato flavored ramen. I loved that shit and it was a regular meal for me in my childhood, and then it just abruptly went bye-bye and now I'm sad no one will ever be able to understand the beauty of that crossover flavor that made ramen more like Italian pasta
I second this!
A fucking Xbox that turns on and is playable within the first 20 minutes instead of "UPDATE!" "update!!!!!"
The Jeep Cherokee Sport. Also known as the "XJ Jeep" - RIP in 2001. I have one with 300,000 miles on it, and I'm positive they stopped making them because they realized they never die.
I had an xj. It was great right up until it got stolen :( They (no one) really makes something quite so useful and utilitarian these days.
Everything is made of subpar materials these days for engineered obsolescence. I'd pay $50,000 today for my XJ if it were built to the old production standards. Sadly, that business model doesn't keep the automotive industry profits up.
Buy an old accord.
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It was basically a 2 door 4 runner though.
An awesome 2 door 4Runner.
I drive a 4Runner and nerd the fuck out every time I meet someone with an FJ.
I nerd the fuck out whenever I see someone in a 4runner. Fucking best SUV ever, if I didn't need a pickup I would have one so fast.
If it helps, if I could justify having a pickup again, I'd have one so fast. But shit, I love my 4R
I've got a 98 grand Cherokee, I love the vehicle so much! Approaching 200k miles and she runs perfect. Been such an easy vehicle to work on and requires so little maintenance, and I love the old school SUV look so much.
I had a 98 too! I loved that car and it's previous owner did NOT treat it well so it died at 120k miles and I'm always so envious when I see other people driving them.
Sorry to hear that man. They sure are fun vehicles and that inline 6 is bullet proof.
I have one! My Dad gave it to me as my first car. I love it more than any other material object I’ve ever owned.
This guy knows... Jeep family. My parents had two (one was a Grand w/ the 4.0) that both went close to 300k. I have had two...both solid into the mid 200k miles and I didn't exactly treat them well.
I had a WJ. It was my first car. I loved that car. I cherished it. It was wonderful. I don’t remember how many miles I had on it, well over 200,000 and my husband made me sell it when I got pregnant with our daughter because it was getting unreliable. I miss my jeep. sigh
Actual lawn darts.
I'm still mad at my mother for throwing ours away.
Pasta Roni Noodles Romanoff
Apple Airport Extreme's.
Gatorade lemonade flavor I don't know why that didn't catch on.
Edit: Burger King Dinner Baskets -- keeping it sit down classy at BK.
Lemon Ice and Citrus Cooler, ftw. Lemon Ice was back for a limited time at 7-Eleven only about 2-3 years ago.
I just had a gatorade lemonade lol a few weeks ago
Kraft French Onion Chip Dip. Stuff was like crack......on chips.
Carnation Breakfast bars. They were delicious. They were bought out and the recipe changed. They were awful after that.
Ralph Lauren - Hot. I still have a few sprits left of that magical perfume, for VERY special occasions. It smells like childhood and I’m smelling my older sisters perfumes lol
Butterfinger BB's. They were just little butterfinger balls but I couldn't get enough of them
Planters Cheezballs. I seriously still have dreams about them. Nothing comes close.
Bar None candy bars.
Holiday Spice Pepsi
Pepsi Twist
Holy holiday spice Pepsi I had forgotten about this stuff.
Way too specific, but I'm a teacher, and there are things I need. For my college graduation in 2009 my brother got me this Microsoft Bluetooth Presenter Mouse. It's a nice little compact laser mouse, but it also has a selection button on it that switches it to Presenter mode, which disables the mouse functions and then you flip it over and have standard Presenter buttons and a laser pointer. It's the best combination of functionality that I've ever had, but it's no longer made. Mine is beginning to wear out, and replacements on Amazon are like $150.
Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr. Pepper!! So good, tasted like a cherry tootsie roll. Those babies got me through a 5-9pm class I had every Weds in grad school. I actually wrote to Dr. Pepper and asked them to bring it back!
Welch’s grape soda! Orange too but grape was the best!!
Also loved their Fruit Punch!
ALTOIDS SOURS
Herbal Essence shampoo used to have a scent that I loved very much.
They have many different scents nowadays, but none of them come close to what it used to smell like.
And the shampoo was super rough and would strip the oils out of my hair and made it super shiny.
BRING BACK THE ORIGINAL SCENT, HERBAL ESSENCE!!!
Apple cinnamon flavored eggos, and I swear when lion king 1 1/2 came out, there were these fruity popsicles that had gummy bugs in them
Pepsi fucking Twist
Yes. If I eat at a restaurant and decide to order a coke/Pepsi I always ask for lemon.
ITT I discovered a lot of people actually liked McDonald's Pizza.
150 GB iPod classic
I listen to my music on my phone so often, it drains my battery. It also takes up a lot of storage.
Dorito 3D's. Loved those things, especially the ones that came in the bag missing one of the dimensions.
The Jalopeno ones were the best!
Full keyboard slide phones. I don't want the functionality of a flashy time-sucking smart phone, but I also don't want to text with the number pad!
Man I remember phones with a QWERTY keyboard were a big deal. I think the most recent is like 6 years old (Palm Pre^3)
Jolt Cola, which teenage me didn’t know was a soda energy drink, and not just soda, so I drank like three a day and developed a shitty sleep pattern.
BUT IT WAS DELICIOUS!
And Grapenut O’s because I’m old.
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Gods be praised. Thank you.
Fossil Fuel by Ben & Jerry's. It was basically dinosaur-shaped, caramel-filled chocolates in Moose Tracks ice cream. It's excellent and also now one of their graveyard flavors. :(
Actual decent water guns. The older Super Soakers produced in the mid 90s to early 2000s were so much fun and actually packed a decent punch, specifically the CPS (constant pressure system) line.
Ever since the brand was bought out by Hasbro (and probably in response to concerned parents who were worried about their kids injuring each other with them) the Super Soakers produced from about 2003 onward are a shadow of what they used to be.
It slightly saddens me that the kids of today will never get to experience anything like the epic water wars I used to spend my summers engaging in.
My sex life.
What's a sex life?
So true.
So you are free?
They’ve got room a for a few more knuckles ;)
It was a product?
/u/makeminen7 was selling... But no one was buying...
What a story Mark!
old polaroid peel apart instant film and several other 120 films
Planters Cheese Balls
still available
Seriously? Where? I live in Atlanta and cannot find them anywhere not even Amazon. If you are serious please point me in the right direction.
I am also interested in where. We’re talking about the ones in the little blue cans. Not the ‘kegs’ or bags you can still get.
They're available. But I believe not in the US.
King size snickers / mars bar. (UK).
I remember being about 6 yo eating a king size snickers and wondering how I was ever going to finish it and how life was perfect.
Then people got fat and politically correct and ruined everything for everyone.
I remember candy bars being bigger! Now companies scrimp to save money. :(
Aquify contact lens solution, which took less time to disinfect than anything you can get now, and didn't make my eyes angry.
Nilla Crunch and Cinnamon Crunch.
And before anyone says it, no, Cinnamon toast crunch doesn't even come close!
I really crave an Arch Deluxe from McDonalds frequently.
Levi’s 508... finally found a jeans that I really liked and they decided to stop producing them two months later..
I believe my dad wore those too. It was a sad day...
You make me feel old.
lol that wasn’t intended to make you feel old! Lots of people wore those! I just know that my dad specifically liked those because he felt like they fit the best
Can’t agree more with your dad! He should try the suggested 541 too! Although they are all out of stock here..
Huh I’ll let him know!
My husband works at Levi's and I'll have to ask him, but I'm pretty confident there's a new fit that's like an improved 508. I believe it's the 541? I'll have to check on that though and get back to you.
Thank you so much!! The 541 looks pretty much the same. Im going to give that a try!
Find the 541 in a store first a try them on. Don't just order them. The 541 are an 'athletic fit', they are also stretch. There is elastane in with the denim that gives flex to the material. The athletic fit is roomy in the seat and thighs then tapers down from knee to ankle. The 508 were tapered from crotch to ankle. Some people don't like the way the 541 fits in the waist and seat (too loose), some people don't like the taper cutting late (too tight). Some people absolutely love the athletic fit. Point being, always try on new styles of pants before buying them.
No problem. I've heard mostly positive things about this fit, including more stretch and room in the thighs. I hope the fit works out for you! :]
Spicy tendercrip sandwich from BK. That sauce was the tits
I just get a regular tendercrisp and request buffalo sauce with it. Sooo good.
All berry Capt'n Crunch. Life hasn't been the same without it.
Ragu used to sell microwaveable sauce and noodle packets that I absolutely adored growing up up when I could work nothing but a microwave.
Loved those!
Ipods with large amounts of local storage. The old ones are getting very expensive on ebay.
Lawn Jarts
Came here looking for this!
In Mexico back in the early 2000’s there was a Cheetos limited time flavor that was essentially a pizza slice in flavor and shape. Good god those Cheetos were the best thing. They even had a telethon with Chespirito for a whole day on the kids network.
They can still be found if you look hard enough but glass bottle Heinz ketchup.
Ramen noodles hot n spicy. I used to eat them like 3 times a week growing up and they randomly got rid of them. Was a red or orange package I believe. I still look for them sometimes
Crystal Pepsi, i know it came back during the summer in the US, but I’d love to drink it again!
I drank so many last summer I made myself sick. They were great, tasted like childhood
Bubble Jug gum. Loved that stuff.
3D Doritos!
I used to bite a corner off of them and squirt canned cheese into it. That was a divine snack.
Also, dunkaroos and butterfinger bbs
I never thought to spray cheese in the center. I want them back so I can try this.
I don't like gum much, but I used to love Icebreaker Sours Gum. The boxes they used to come in were pretty useful as well.
Blockbuster if it counts
Banana-Nut Cheerios. They brought them back briefly last year and I stocked up, but still burned through them pretty quickly :( Cereal of my childhood tbh.
Koala Yummies.
None of those panda cookies for me.
The ones that have an icing filling? They have those at kroger and sometimes you can find them at independent candy stores
I recall it was a peanut butter-flavored filling.
Sadly, I do not live near a Kroger.
Excedrin quick tabs. Those were the best thing for my headaches.
Cocaine toothache medicine, codeine cough drops, quaalude sleep medicine, etc. Narcotics sold next to candies and milkshakes must have been a wonderful experience.
Brach's butterscotch hard candies.
D-Theater/D-VHS. Blu-Ray Quality (720p & 1080i) on a VHS Tape. Would be a great combo for people who are VHS collectors yet want HD video. A D-Theater tape holds the same size as a double layer Blu-Ray, 50 gigs.
EDIT: D-VHS and D-Theater are interchangeable, though it's more common to say D-Theater.
There are VHS collectors? I guess I shouldn't be surprised but as a broadcast engineer I have to ask... Why?
Because why not?
I guess some movies just look better on VHS than DVD, probably? I don't know a single reason other than I like them.
I don't know a single reason other than I like them.
That's totally cool, I understand that.
I guess some movies just look better on VHS than DVD
I don't understand that.
It's more of the nostalgia of watching it on VHS than DVD, not exactly that it looks better.
Mr. Bubble in the box... Laslo Toth
Scrubbing Bubbles automatic shower cleaner.
Don’t know if this helps but we just bought one at Menards!!!
Perfume from Hollister called August. I wore that shit everyday in high school. Then American Eagle had perfume called Bohemian. I loved both those scents and still haven’t found anything I love quite as much.
Fruitopia, Strawberry Passion Awareness
The Arby-Q sandwich from Arby's.
Kraft alfredo mac n cheese
Gas cans you can actually pour out of instead of those stupid twist lock caps that inevitably either spill all over the place, thereby defeating the purpose, or just break.
I inherited a few old gas cans from my pops that have lasted me forever. I had to buy a new smaller one to mix some 2 stroke in. I could not figure the damn thing out. I thought it was defective.
Sara Lee banana cake. Best thing ever. Still pissed they stppped making it. Sarah Lee, fu
Starburst jellybeans they only have them out in Easter and they are amazing.
I get a bag weekly at my grocery store!
I just finished off my last bag. It's the one only flavor of jellybeans I like.
Blue Mountain Dew Game Fuel.
Also Vanilla Pepsi.
Oreo O's. The best cereal that ever existed. And Taco Bell's Baja sauce.
K but these nike sandals I’ve been buying a pair of every year since I was 13, and they discontinued them 2 years ago. They were my favourite sandals in the entire world, I bought them religiously and just HAPPENED TO LOSE MY LAST PAIR. AND THATS WHEN I FOUND OUT THEYRE GONE FOREVER AND IM SO BROKEN.
The original 1 dollar spicy chicken crisp at burger king. Used to be a "spicy" patty with lettuce and mayo, now its just s regular patty with buffalo sauce.
Also, most of wendys promo items Re bangers, but i miss the gouda bacon cheeseburger and the ghost pepper burger and ghost pepper fries the most.
I miss the pretzel burger :(
Burger Kings Cheese Fries you shook in a bag. It’s what my childhood memories are made of
Remember the tacos?
Burger King had tacos? Whuuut
Hell yea, they were delicious. I remember eating them around 2002.
Just googled them, 2 for 99 cents. Holy shit I missed out
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Oh man, my friends and i would put that zesty sauce on everything from Taco Bell. Was totally worth the $.25 per pack they were changing just for the sauce packet. I would always put it on quesadillas.
There were pizza flavored chips in the 90's that were so good. Like pizza Pringles but wayyy better. Can't remember the name of them though. Edit: Pizzarias by Keebler is what they were called.
Also, P.B. crisps were awesome.
Barack Obama.
They used to make this gum that tasted like Dr. Pepper. In the center was this gel that gushed out when you bit into it, that also tasted like Dr. Pepper. Really more tasty than it sounds, lol.
Miss dior cherie, the old scent.
I have a centimeter of it in a large bottle still. I pretty much just huff it and get sad.
Clearly Canadian!!! The wild cherry one was my favorite!
It’s making a decent comeback as of recent
Clearly Canadian came back a year or so ago, and I can get them pretty much anywhere near me now.
I haven’t seen it in my part of the US. Where are you seeing it? :)
Michigan, bought some at Walmart and Meijer just a couple weeks ago actually.
MONTEREY JACK DORITOS! FOR FUCK SAKE BRING THEM BACK!
Pogs
Yeah, but "pawgs" are a thing now ;-)
/NSFW, in case anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about
What does pawgs stand for
Phat ass white girls
There is an extremely NSFW subreddit for this. No "s" on the abbreviation though.
And slammers!
I still remember at my school they banned metal slammers, because kids were trashing the lunch tables with them. Pure Poison!
It came back for like 3 weeks in 2016, but EctoCooler. It’s not the best citrus beverage but it tastes like childhood memories. Too bad the last movie was shit, making it unlikely it’ll ever come out again.
My husband bought quite a bit of it when it was out. We still have some, he drinks it sparingly. We saw the original Ghostbusters at the local drive in last year and he packed EctoCooler and Twinkies and everyone at the drive in loved it.
He sounds great!!
He's pretty great! I'm a lucky gal.
Tell your husband that he’s awesome! 👻 Believe it or not, my cousin is married to Ray Parker Jr. They live far away and we aren’t close, but Ghostbusters was always been one of my favorite movies, and I remember drinking EctoCooler as a kid. I couldn’t find it when it was re-released. Cheers to you guys for whooping it up at the drive-in!!!!
We found it initially on Amazon, I think. But, then a few stores locally got it. I will tell him that he is awesome!
I bought it in a can strictly for nostalgic reasons but it was actually really good and I bought more the next week. Never saw it again after that!
Those popable 3d chips. Those were something else, they were so delicious!
Slush puppies from Cumberland Farms. Don't know when or why they stopped selling them, but they were so much better than the flavored frozen carbon dioxide 7/11 sells.
You can still get Slush Puppies, their website has a directory.
Guacamole Lays. Thin Lays chips with the perfect amount of spice and creaminess.
Slate, it was a bourbon base alcopop from about 13 years ago (Jesus in getting old). Loved it, but never really caught on.
Milk chocolate and peanut Riesen. Unreal.
Polaroid film for the old cameras ( not the expensive new stuff)
Carnation breakfast bars. Peanut butter chocolate. Not sure if i would like them as an adult, but i remember loving them.
Jack in the Box Pannidos. They were deli sandwiches on an extra long baguette (baguettes! At a DRIVE THRU) and they were my go-to fast food for the brief time in the late 00’s they were available. I know I could just make a turkey and provolone sandwich on a baguette w sundried tomatos, but it’s just not the same.
Ben & Jerry’s Wavy Gravy. Such an incredible flavor.
Taco Bell Beefy Crunch Burrito
Mine has Beefy Fritos Burrito
They're currently testing it in a few stores to see how difficult it would be to bring back. I'd say within 8 months it will return fully.
TGIFridays mudslide in a bottle!
Buzz Lightyear cereal-to this day the best cereal I have ever had.
Agreed!!!
Lemon ice flavored Gatorade
Space food sticks. Even though they were basically soft tootsie rolls.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ooze pies.
I was really hoping they would rerelease these when they remade the ninja turtles movie. I ate so many of them when I was a kid I probably have a neon green tumor growing somewhere. Worth it.
Honey butter, I used to love this stuff as a kid. It was so good on waffles.
Jello blueberry cheesecake pudding cups.
Orange slice soda
ben and jerrys key lime pie
Sounds amazing
it was
I agree. The only one that compared was a Publix ‘Home Made’ brand that came in a full gallon tub. That was good eatin’ too.
Doo Dads. Like Chex Mix but 1000 times better.
This frozen Green Giant peas and pasta in white cheddar sauce. Lived on that stuff.
Bird’s Eye has this pasta and veggies in some kind of sauce, not sure exactly what it is. It’s in one of those microwaveable bags and it’s so good. Apparently it’s still being made but my local grocery store stopped carrying it and I’m super depressed. I used to buy bags at a time and just eat heaping spoonfuls while binge watching Netflix.
Orbitz
Hostess Raspberry Filled Powdered Donuts
Carnation Instant Breakfast Bars.
Ben & Jerry's Kaberry Kaboom ice cream. It was strawberry/blueberry swirled ice cream with white chocolate covered pop rocks.
It was mind blowing!
Cape Cod russet chips. Gawh they were so good - but apparently russet potatoes are hard to fry consistently enough for mass production.
I don’t know where you are, but in NH I’ve seen Utz Kettle Classics Gourmet Russet potato chips and they’re soooo good. They don’t sell them in the southwest :(
The search is on!
Twix cookies and cream
Strawberry Fruit Rollups that are made of strawberry
Wafflecrisp
Timon and Pumba pops-ho hum popsicle flavor, but delightfully gross gummy worms and bugs inside.
The item was never discontinued, but the ingredients changed and stopped making it as good as it was.
I'm talking about Nissin beef flavored ramen.
When I was a kid I ate that for dessert I loved it so much, then they went and changed the ingredients and fucked the whole thing up.
Colt Python Revolver
Cherri and Bubb Mike and Ikes. God I miss that sweet cherry bubblegum goodness. Came back a few years ago as a throwback flavor but my supplies did not last very long.
I comment the same thing every time. 3D Doritos.
I was literally about to comment this!!! God I loved these sooo damn much!
Every once in a while I send an email to customer service. They never say that it will never happen.
Unlike the sweettarts chicks and bunnies that were large. They said those would never be back.
Peach Smints. God damn I loved those things. Also those fruity hard candies with the liquid candy goo in the center. Fruitfuls or something?
Bon Bons.
Fruitopia, specifically the Lemon Berry Intuition iced tea flavor.
OK Soda.
WHAT HAPPENED TO SOUR ALTOIDS
Dove Go Fresh Revive pomegranate and lemon verbena body spray... It's been my scent for over a decade and has been off the shelves for nearly as long. It is officially too pricey for me to buy and isn't even available on Amazon anymore. Used to cost me a few bucks, but now I would be lucky to find a bottle for $40... ☹️
I was telling a friend of mine not ten minutes ago that I would kill for some of that hot mustard McDonalds used to carry.
The hot mustard is back at some McDonalds.
Drive on over to Canada. I always order my nugs with hot mustard.
I don't smoke anymore but when I did in the military, I had a 'dessert' cigarette made by Camel. It was Orange Cream flavored and came in a flat black tin. I would smoke reds or whatever during the day and those would be my last one before bed.
I smoked the Mocha Mint ones for a year or so working my first job. I used to let people bum them like crazy. I thought they would last forever...
The Izmir Stingers were my favorite.
No one remembers those, and I loved them! You could always tell where I sat on my college friend's porch by the maroon colored filters in a semi-circle.
Idk... do financial products count, like pensions?
Where the moon shoes at?
ice cream flavors- baskin robbins oatmeal chocolate chip cookie dough, bluebell mint cookies n creme, bluebell sweet n salty crunch
Fierce Lime Gatorade was pretty good.
Diet sunkist lemonade... recently discontinued :(
I'm shocked I had to go this far down to see someone else mention this. This was my favorite soda. Last time I could find any was in a backwoods gas station in 2008. It was like finding the Holy Grail.
Windows XP 😭
Toyota FJ
Clearly Canadian.
That was the best damn beverage. Hands down.
It's back. Just saw a display last night at the grocery store. It was $2.99 a bottle.
Tempo wipes. They fit in a dispenser that clips on a car visor. Thick tissues that were great to have around in the car. I bought a giant pack on eBay a few years ago as they were getting harder to find, now all I can find are knock-offs that aren't as good.
SanDisk Sansa Clip +
When mine eventually dies it will be a sad day.
Andy Capp salsa fries - best snack ever, I wish I could get my hands on the recipe. If I ever get some crazy expendable income financing personal production of these tasty treats would be one of the few of my guilty selfish pleasures.
Dunkaroos.
Oh they're still around friend
Sodalicious fruit snacks!
this took way too long to find in this thread!
Peasant Pig and the Terrible Dragon went out of print. Its by Richard Scary. My grandma used to read it to me when I was little. After she passed away, I looked everywhere for a copy to remember her by when I read to my kids one day. So expensive to buy out of print books.
Check with a place called Powell’s Books in Portland, OR - they’ve found a few used books from my childhood for fair prices.
Original skittles. As in lime flavored green skittles.
Fucking Berry Berry Kix
In the 90s as a kid, there was this dessert made by Philadelphia right next to the cream cheese at the store.. called Snack Bars or something like that. There would be a box of like 4 of them. They were cheesecake dessert bars, with graham cracker crust and everything! There was either strawberry topping drizzled with white chocolate, or there was a chocolate kind. It was SO GOOD
One thing I miss from my childhood
No one ever remembers them! I thought I was crazy lol
Do they still make those orange Flintstones pushpops? I used to love those as a kid, but haven't seem them in a ages.
Oh, and I couldn't find a single place this last holiday season that was selling the Little Debbie Christmas Spice Cookie Wreaths. What the fuck, Debbie!? I wait all year for these things!
dollar general and family dollar type places sometimes stock different little debbies than the big grocery stores
Those x-ray glasses they sold in the back of kid magazines like Boy's Life and Ranger RIck and stuff. I never got to try them and so I still don't know what the hell they are. Obviously they aren't seeing through shit, so I always wondered just what it is they did for you.
Lunchables Pizza Swirls
I used to put the cheese sauce, tomato sauce, chocolate sauce and m&ms on the same pizza
Pepsi / Coke made from sugar cane.
A reliable clothes washing machine that doesn't have a poorly made controller board and actually lasts 20 years.
ALTOIDS SOURS
Coke with cocaine in it.
Honorable Republicans and principled Democrats.
Happiness
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I still look for it every time I'm near a mall...
The brand Demeter makes a grass scented perfume (along with a lot of other non traditional scents.) Maybe it's close to the Gap one?
Isn't that the brand that makes a lot of cologne that smells like foods and such?
Possibly, they have a lot of different scents. According to their website some of the most popular are baby powder, kitten fur, garden soil, and salt air. I think a lot of them are more novelty than anything. iirc they even make one that smells like latex
The sponge
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We have a bar in Sioux Falls called the Bonus Round. It has vintage games.
Ya we have a few bars around here that have vintage games. But nothing compared to the big arcades from the 90s. Think Fun Factory/Aladdin's Castle.
Altoids sour
Rotary phones.
If there was a home invasion you could knock someone clean out with one of those... and spinning the rotary was so much fun. I used to really enjoy making phone calls.
Mentadent. I just found out it was discontinued last year and now I'm tempted to spend an irresponsible amount of money for toothpaste.
Was this in the white plastic tube that stood up?
Yes, it was!
Jell-O Pudding Pops. I loved the pops as much as I loved Popsicles and Dreamsicles.
Santa Fe or Fiesta gorditas/chalupas at Taco Bell.
VCRs, I still have one tape that hasn't gone to DVD or digital and finding a working VCR is a quest.
Toys in cereal boxes. As I had a favourite cereal growing up (Weetos) I was generally able to collect the entire set and it was so exciting opening a new box.
Creepy crawlers! Take aluminum molds of cool bugs, add different colored Plastic Goop, and heat to dangerously high temperatures! Several burns later, you have your own cool plastic bugs to play with once you're able to use your fingers again.
Yes!!! I stuck dozens of these on my grandparents windows lol.
I miss the old Kanye, straight from the go Kanye. Chop up the soul Kanye, set on his goals Kanye. I hate the new Kanye, the bad mood Kanye. The always rude Kanye, spaz in the news Kanye.
Sunkist Sparkling Lemonade. Discontinued because it was rated (at the time) the second worst soda for kids to drink. Thank you to all the shitty parents that let their kids drink too much soda, you got my favorite summer drink discontinued.
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They do still offer lifetime warranties on hand tools at least...
Chevy Trailblazers!
Even the regular blazers. Can’t seem to get smaller real SUV’s anymore without them being a crossover.
I was going to say the Ford Ecosport is a compact SUV, but it has those little tiny wheels and wheel wells and no ground clearance so it's not really an SUV. Even the Honda CR-V, the Toyota 4runner, and the Toyota Rav4 are colossal now.
Yeah the 4Runner is nice but big like you say and the RAV4 is a crossover. That being said I still own a RAV4
At least it has good ground clearance. I was in the market for the same type of vehicle a few years ago but ended up going with a 2008 Escape Hybrid due to my long commute. It has good clearance, is about the size of a Rav4, has a stupid reliable drivetrain, and gets great mpg. While I love it, I kind of want a tiny car as an adventure mobile that I can beat up. Might get a Suzuki Samurai or something.
You can thank crash test standards and decent fuel economy for that.
You mean a Chevy S10 Blazer? Great suv.
Yeah that’s exactly what I mean. Even the late 90’s pathfinders were pretty cool.
You could import a Lada 4x4, or a Dacia Duster to ge ta really small SUV...
I have an 09, last year they were made IIRC.
It....isn't the best experience. To be fair, after I replace the fuel pump, every expensive part will have been replaced or rebuilt.
I currently own a 2002 Chevy trailblazer. I've got 5 seats, 2 doors and an extra tire on the back. I love this gas guzzler.
IIRC, they still make them in Thailand?
Fun Fruits. Miss those things.
Wow good call. My mom used to pack Fun Fruits in my school lunch in the late 80s. Little chewy, tangy nuggets of love.
I miss them too. The lime was great.
I never had lime! That sounds amazing. I only remember the red cherry ones. I just remember ploughing through an entire box of those things as a kid if given the chance.
Cherry, orange, lemon, lime were there for sure. Maybe also strawberry and/or grape. It has been awhile!
OK Soda
came here looking for OK, not disappoint. i made a cassette recording of all the various automated responses from 1-800-i feel ok, awesome.
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I'm all about "to each their own" but my initial reaction to this was one of horror.
I hate liquorice but I loved those things. I bought my local store practically.
Hi-C Ecto Cooler. I bought a shit load when it came briefly back but seriously, why get rid of the flavor altogether instead of just rebranding it with a non-trademarked name/gimmick?
Also Mountain Dew Typhoon. Seriously can't believe WhiteOut won the flavor contest instead...there's like a thousand different drinks on the market that taste the same. NO ONE I've met drinks the damn thing
Pissed me off when WhiteOut won. Sons of bitches.
Holy balls. Look at my comment history for this particular thread and tell me we aren’t the same person. Or don’t. TLDR: (I also commented passionately about Ecto Cooler and Typhoon) Anyhow, cheers. You have good taste.
Kindred spirits in sugar water drink taste, my friend. I silently mourn both drinks alongside you
Strongbow cider before they Americanized it by adding buckets of sugar.
Orange Crest toothpaste. For some reason it is impossible for companies that make mouth cleaning products to imagine that there are people in the world who don't like mint, of any kind. Not fresh mint. Not sparkling mint. Not spearmint. Not peppermint. Not funky mint. Not vanilla mint.
My husband hates mint and it has been impossible to find toothpaste for him that actually works well. When we stopped finding the orange flavor in stores, I ordered like 8 tubes off the internet in hopes it's disappearance was just a temporary thing. Turns out, it wasn't.
Fucking sucks.
I'd forgotten about orange crest but yes! It was awesome.
Try a brand made for kids. Tastes are more mild and tolerable.
We have tried a few! Unfortunately none of them really feel like you are cleaning your mouth.
I’ve seen lavender flavored toothpaste online. Maybe that would work for him??
Toys R Us
Lol Too soon!😂
Honda element
Was literally about to say this. Had mine for 11 years, but had to trade it in due to family size. My favorite car ever; utilitarian AF, excellent turning radius, great ground clearance, spacious as all getout, cheap to insure, and dare I say, cool - even though James May liked it.
Thank you for this. I will be beside myself when my '09 Element finally dies.
As one who has loved and lost, I implore you; hold on to that beauty with all that you are. There will never be another quite like it.
Yeah, I have no idea what I'm gana do when my '05 dies. No car will ever measure up.
3D doritos
Two Victoria's Secret perfumes, Sexy Little Things and Surf Days. They seem to always discontinue my favorite scents!
Surf days is 100% the best scent ever! My friend bought me a bottle off of eBay last year. I use it very sparingly!
All of the recent Bill Cosby hate had me reminiscing on Jello Pudding Pops, the chocolate vanilla swirl were fire.
Barack Obama
Polo Orbs.
Burgermen. These tomato flavoured wonders were the shit in primary school.
far out i haven't heard that word or thought about those chips in like 20 years. that's a blast from the past!
Not a big soda drinker but Red Fusion. I loved that stuff and have tried to recreate the taste but to no avail
NACHO PICOSSO DORITOS DYNAMITAS!! The bastards only left us the nasty chile limon...
Wasabi Funyuns!
Yes! I found my people!
Flip phones that have English support
Nerds ice cream
Planter's Peanut Butter Crisp snack things
Last time this question was asked I said French Toast Pop Tarts. I stand by my decision
McDonalds Pizza
Taco Bell's grilled stuft nacho...asdfghjkl;'
The cantina burritos are good, but no replacement
Or the volcano burrito. It was the only reason I would go to taco bell. I was completely confused in the drive through as they were explaining it was seasonal and no longer on the menu
Musicmatch jukebox
Musicmatch was great....there is no equivalent to their tagging system.
The original guava rockstar. When they first released it, it was 70% juice and it was the greatest energy drink of all time. Then they cut it back to 50% juice and it was still delicious and still the best energy drink. Then they cut it down to 10% juice and it was fucking garbage. Now I don't even know if they still make it.
Also Orange-lime Juice squeeze.
In college I used to kill like 2 of those Guava Rockstars a day.
A couple months ago I found a dusty old one in the very back of a shelf at the grocery store. I’m not sure how it managed to hide out for so long, but I was tempted to buy it.
PB Max.
A Runescape Partyhat
Zune
Mighty Max toys. I still have all the ones I had growing up. Used to use them to play with my sister and her Polly Pockets.
Planters chocolate filled peanuts
Hot Ham and Cheese from Sonic
Butterfinger BBs
Jumping Jack cheese Doritos from the 90s. They were like a Monterey Jack Dorito. Hands down my favorite
1970 Chevelles. And 1970 El Caminos. They are my dream cars, and if they made produced brand new ones, I would 100% be able to afford a used one that is in decent shape, instead of paying 20-30k.
Original KFC snackers from the 80’s.
The Spicy Baconator from Wendy's.
Impulse Body Spray, the original ones from the early 80s. The pink and blue ones were my favorites. I can still remember the smell. Just thinking about it brings me back!
Downy Aloe & White Lilac fabric softener. Best scent ever!
About a year ago here in Japan there was a Kirby cafe, a whole cafe themed around the video game character Kirby with adorable little food items and merchandise. It was sadly only a limited time thing though, and closed down a couple years ago I think. Now that Im actually living in Japan I would do anything for it to come back since now I would actually be able to go to it.
Vesta Chicken Supreme. Dried 'ready meal' sold in the UK in the 80s & 90s; sauce contained 'chicken', 'vegetable' and 'mushroom' pieces; add water and simmer; came with white rice and was best served by your mum with the rice in a ring and sauce in the centre. Christ, I miss that stuff.
Oh, and the old Kellogg's Special K before they changed the recipe around 2010.
Twizzlers had these cherry twists filled with watermelon filling. Pure Crack!
The store near me had them like 2 weeks ago
Jello no bake peanut butter pie. It's still on my Amazon list in case someone comes up with it again.
The 99-07 Silverados or the squarebody Chevy trucks
Josta soda. I was as so bummed when it was discontinued. I think I still have a sheet of stickers that the Josta street team gave out at an event I went to as a teen.
Oreo brownies by pillsbury
7-up Gold
YES!!
Check out the commercial on YouTube. You won’t be sorry.
Sharkleberry fin kook aid
This is still available at Walmart.
Crystal Pepsi and M.U.S.C.L.E men. Not necessarily related.
Hi-c ecto cooler
Limewire
Creme Savers no shit try to buy them you can’t.
Ginger altoids. Cure an upset stomach in a heart beat.
Oust :( spray it and your stinky poops smell like nothing
Ben and Jerry's Dublin Mudslide. It was the food of the gods.
Please elaborate!
Wonka bars! The ones that came out with the remake of Charlie and the chocolate factory about 10 years back or so.
Mountain Dew Pitch Black. I don't drink soda anymore (was seriously addicted) but I'd take a sip if I could get my hands on one. Just to relive the rainy, humid as hell summers of my childhood. Just for a sec.
Taco Bell’s Mexi-Nuggets :( Taco seasoned tater tots.
They had a bit of a relaunch, recently. You might see if any of your local peeps can get it. Four of us tried it and agreed it's not even close to the same. It's way sweeter than any of us remember. Could be faulty memory, though...
Marathon Candy Bar
Chunky Candy Bar
Not to have diabetes.
Viennetta in the U.S.
I understand it's still available in other parts of the world, but here it's almost impossible to come by.
Sour cherry airheads and sour blue raspberry airheads.
Tamagotchis. The real ones, not the stupid app
I liked the ones that could connect and fight each other. Oh shit, plus I had a Rancor one! I totally forgot about that shit!
The original Snapple Venom.
Torengos pinch of pepperjack cheese.
These used to be my weekends. Grab some drinks and snacks, play some Perfect Dark on the N64.
Those 3D doritos puffs things.
Fruit Loops Cereal Straws
Fucking Tyson Any'tizers Chicken Cordon Bleu Stuffed Minis.
That shit was the PINNICLE of pre-cooked chicken meals. Just a few were enough to fill you up, you could just throw them in a deep fryer for 4 minutes and they would come out perfectly and evenly cooked EVERY time, and they were one of the most delicious things I ever had the pleasure of tasting.
Then one day they just... vanished from all the stores around me. I even tried to order some online, but they were near 50$ a bag (of about 16 bites), and now they aren't made anymore... Breaks my heart that I have to settle for chicken fries now.
Sugar Free Peppermint Bubble Yum. Smoothest bubble gum ever. Great for massive bubbles. I miss it.
Lime Skittles.
Budwine, best cherry-flavored cola in the history of the South.
Lemon coolers. I’d suck a dick for some right now.
MOTHER. FUCKING. KEEBLER’S. PIZZERIAS.
Pepsi Blue. It was berry flavored pepsi and my favorite drink when it was out but you uncultured swine didn't buy it so it's gone forever. I never found anything that tasted like it.
Tongue Splashers gum. I miss those fun little tins.
Chili Cheese Cheez-Its
Guacamole Lays. They were amazing, then discontinued and Pringles has some guac chips that were okay, and then it was store brand or nothing and the store brand doesn't have the right flavor.
Oh! Also purple/green Heinz ketchup. Not because it's good, I just want to gross my kids out with crayola flavored ketchup. They'd love that gross shit.
Tahiti twist. It was 0 calories but actually tasted like it had real sugar in it. I drank it by the gallon. I'm sure it caused cancer so they discontinued it. It was the only diet product that tasted good.
The Super Mario Bros. / Legend of Zelda cereal from the late 1980s. I can still remember the smell.
Jack in the Box Fried Ravioli
The cinnamon bun mini waffle things made by Eggos. It was my favorite breakfast as kid. I still go slowly through the freezer in hopes that one day, they come back. The other stuff Eggos has just doesn't compare to me...
Are they the ones that look like 4 little squares of French toast? The eggo “cinnamon toast” ones? Love those!!!
Not the cinnamon toast ones, they have them. I talking about the one that looks like 4 cinnamon buns, and they actually had icing inside!
Where did the blueberry biscuits go, Pillsbury???!
Late 90s/early 2000s Japanese cars. I really hate how much bullshit new cars have tacked onto them.
The pre-2000 Miniwheats. They changed the recipe. Back in the day miniwheats were these perfect little hay bales that held milk, now they're basically shredded wheat
Keebler Iced Animal Cookies! (Not the frosted) They were my absolute favorite & I haven't found anything similar.
Dude. Mc Donald's cinnamon rolls.
Pepsi Blue. The best soft drink out there in the 90s for a teenager.
I remember the week before I moved to NC we stayed in a hotel where I used to live in AZ that Pepsi was giving it out to all the guests because they were doing product testing.
Had to have drank at least six bottles a day before we packed up and moved.
Kickin Kiwi Lime Koolaid
Cool Whip Cream Cheese Frosting. They made it for about a year a few years ago. It was so good on these pumpkin cupcakes I made. The regular Cool Whip isn’t the same. :(
Silent Hills :-(
Watermelon Ice Gatorade
I once saw heating kits, kind of like the kind that come in MRE's: i.e. you could boil water via a chemical reactions. These were available commercially. I know Mountain House made them and I think somebody else did as well.
As pricey as they were, they provided a lightweight alternative to carrying a stove on backpacking trips. They also provided a way to heat water heating during times of restrictive fire bans.
McDonald’s Snack Wrap
That is very much still on the menu
So I hoped! I have not come across it at various McDonald’s locations near me. In fact, the only thing I have seen served in a tortilla is the breakfast sausage burrito.
That micr poison that came in a little triangle box. It would kill mice so quickly and was so successful.
Urban Decay had this body shimmer (a precursor to highlighter) that tasted like marshmallows
Keurig machines that didn't care what brand of k-cups you used. Or tractors that didn't force you to get authorized service personnel to fix it.
Flying on Concorde
A Mosin-Nagant rifle that costs less than a dinner for two at a mid-range restaurant.
I know. I'm almost to the point where I'll be able to have a safe location to store fire arms. So I started looking at Nagants.
Fucking kill me. Preferably with a Nagant.
Do yourself a favor and get yourself a Lee-Enfield. Despite their recent rise in cost, they're still worth every penny without being expensive, like a K-31.
I'll look into those. Hopefully I'll be able to get a Garand before then as well.
Zune
Starburst Candy Corn. It tasted like sweet, sweet Starbursts but crumbled like candy corn. I was so addicted I sought out stale bags of it at BigLots and Goodwill after Halloween. It hasn't come back...
Also, Spew. It was a sour "candy" that foamed until you were forced to spit it out. Waste of money, but I want to see if I could stand to keep it in my mouth as an adult.
Dreamcast
Skies or Arcadia, powerstone, shenmue, and jet set radio :(
Altoids sours
Sweet Tart Squeeze.
It was like candy toothepaste and it was SOOOOOO delicious
Purplesaurus Rex kool-aid!
Cherry Vanilla diet coke
OG reddit...
F
Hamburger Flavored Doritos.
I had them one night. One. Night. And then they were promptly discontinued.
Altoids Tangerine Sours.
PUNKYS...best candy ever!
Wonka Shockers sour chewy candy. I found a case at Sam’s Club several years ago, but haven’t found them anywhere since!
The guys that make sweet tarts have sour sweet tarts that taste exactly the same.
Either owned by the same company that made shockers or sold them the recipe
Surge!!!!!!!! The last time i had it was at disneyland about 10 years ago.
It's back!
It's back.
Zune HD. Small MP3 player with good battery life, the software was simple and direct (it organized and played MP3s), and the screen was big enough to read information about the music without being huge like a phone (cause I already have one of those.) But everybody wants to compare app stores against Apple, and 99% of the apps are useless crap, I didn't want apps, I wanted a damn music player. And the great, simple, lightweight Zune software got replaced with the crappy XBox conglomerate that used as much RAM as iTunes it seemed. They ruined a beautifully simple and direct product because everything needs to be more more MORE!
Tangerine altoids. I miss those chemical burns.
Not the most exciting answer but man, Multi-Bran Chex. My granddad used to eat them when I was little and eating them always reminded me of him
Altoids mango sours
Microsoft Zune. I LOVED my Zune and music pass. The day they discontinued it was awful lol
Its unfortunate Microsoft had a shitty marketing team for that device. Loved watching their commercial back in 2008 tho
DUNKAROOS
Not sure where you live but they're on ever grocery store shelf in Canada still
I knew you damn Canadians were the ones who stole them all! Ship some to LA and we’ll give you North Dakota!
I'll ship you a few boxes if you promise to throw in Delaware.
Lol I’ll give you Delaware for a pack of gum and a handshake
You drive a hard bargain, but we'll take it! How much if we can get Alaska back?
WHY IS NO ONE MENTIKNING THE COLOR KETCHUP
Altoids tangerine sours i was addicted to thoes
Prince, Bowie, Zeppelin, Van Halen...
Very late to the party, but Gatorade Gum from the 80s.
Zune.
Zune
ALTOID SOURS
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I remember those growing up
Chewy gobstoppers.
People with good intentions.
games that are fully finished when you buy them.
Carnation Breakfast Bars
McDonalds 2 cheeseburger meal.
Zune zune zune zune
Tabasco flavor Fritos. sigh
The Zune. The software was vastly superior to the iPod and i could fucking share my music collect with anyone i wanted. Hey, like this song you're listening to? cool i can just plug my Zune into your computer and drag and drop it on to your computer.
Edit: changed to the correct "you're"
Axe recovery. It smelt exactly like mountain dew and middle school Jomontage loved that shit
Edit: Coke lime that isn't diet too. Why do the calorie counters get all the fun?
Gameboy Advance SP
I used to carry it around in my pocket and pull it out to play it for literally 2 seconds, just so people would see that I had it.
Orbitz Drink. I've never met another person that's even heard of it, but man I wish it still existed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbitz_(drink)
Zune
McDonalds chicken selects strips and BANANA NUT CHEERIOS. I begged Cheerios in an email to bring it back but they said it wasn't popular enough :(
Windows XP.
Gary Larson's The Far Side. Still my favorite comic of all time.
Planter's PB Crisps
Holy shit. 1 minute before you posted this I posted a description of them but couldn't remember the name. I looked them up and came back to comment the name on my post but saw that you had already posted it. Weren't they so good?!
Altoid sours
Physical keyboard phones that slide open.
I used to be so much more nimble with typing. I'd happily pay extra for phones like that now. Well, up until switching to Blackberry anyway.
I loved the Motorola droid
DAE remember Subway's Meatball Marinara? It's was a heavenly taste and back in the time nobody would make a joke about you possibly being gay (because balls, haha no >:( ). You know, i'd give anything to eat a sub with meatball marinara again.
Another thing i dearly miss are phones with physical keyboard. Many people are used by now to touch keyboard and can type blind on them, but in my case i was way more accurate and quick with my physical keyboard. The keyboard could also be repurposed for playing on emulators. I miss my X10 mini pro. The most recent phone is a Blackberry Priv, which is cheap, but doesn't receive updates anymore. It's stuck on Android 6 and not a single custom ROM or kernel is available.
What i also miss are games which work well from the first day. As a software developer i can feel how bad it is to release a product only to find out that a really bad bug snuck through quality assurance. So i don't mind Day 1 updates or other updates during the lifecycle. But then there are games which are still buggy. People like to point out that Bethesda games are buggy. I ran myself into a few bugs weeks after starting Fallout 4. But it worked really well on my PC. I'm currently playing Nier: Automata which has been released 2017. I love this game, but there are some really weird bugs in the PC port, including the blurry visuals. Sonic Generations has also a really bad bug which causes the game to not read input from my Xbox controller anymore. Never fixed. Far Cry 5 has also really weird bugs (i saw them in a let's play). I wish the big developers and publishers would take more time for QA in their games.
Zune
Those mango sour altoids, hands down.
Szechuan sauce! That's what this is all about, Morty
I really wish coke would bring back coke blak. The idea of mixing coke with coffee sounds iffy but it was amazing.
I loved this so much.
Firefly !
In the 90s, Head and Shoulders made a blue formula dandruff shampoo in their white largeish rectangular bottle (still kind of round though). One wash with that shampoo and no more dandruff. The product they put out nowadays is designed to make you use their product continually and never solve the problem. All it ever does is worsen my scalp. I wish they still made it.
If you can get L'Oreal's black and orange bottled anti dandruff shampoo (it used to be blue and orange) it'll kill it for good - the anti dandruff bit is selenium and this has a very high dose, works a treat.
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Air crisps!!!
PB Crisps. Fuck you, Planters. Bring them back!
Still Fanta in McDonald's.
Picture in Picture.
Seemed like such a cool and useful technology in the 90's, I don't understand why it went away. I could sure use it during football. Or even just turning your TV into split screen somehow.
Butterfinger BB’s. The new bitesized ones are nothing like them
Also PB Max...whatever happened to that? :-(
Rice Krispy TREATS Cereal
In the UK we had these things called Heinz Toast Toppers. they were only discontinued about 2 years ago, but no one I know ate them - I'm 24 and I think they were a previous generation thing that sort of died out.
They were like little cans of baby food that you spread onto toast and put under the grill. It sounds grim but there was like chicken and mushroom, ham and cheese and a whole host of other mushy flavours.
They were unreal.
Pizzerias chips!
Coty Wild Musk oil perfume. I started wearing it in the early 70's and men began sniffing after me for years! They discontinued it, but I found it on ebay, sold out of Brazil, at about 4-5xs the American price. It's worth every scent though ( ;-) see what I did there?); this old woman is tripping all over men again!
Master Foods bacon bits. They were like little smokey bacon dog biscuits and as a kid I fucking enjoyed them. Found out they discontinued then because they had "no nutritional value at all" pffft. P.s if anyone from overseas can supply me with them, hook an Aussie brutha up.
I think mccormack used to make them too. Bruh when i was a kid i ate these from the fucken jar
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I once took handfuls of them from a Pizza Hut restaurant and filled up a whole plastic bag. Oh great, now that's another thing that no longer exists that I miss.
Fucken pizza hut buffet. There were tonnes of them around now theres only one left somewhere here in vic
I was literally just explaining Pizza Hut buffets to my fiance who never went to one as a kid. All the pizzas and containers full of pasta and sauce. Also maybe they had salads, who knows. Ah, memories. Also you are the second Redditor to recognise my username. I like that.
Defs had salads, and jelly and Ice cream for dessert! If its what i think its from, that video was quoted wayy too much during highschool
Oh my god the jelly and ice cream! Now THAT takes me back. Also yeah...it's definitely the video you're thinking of. Shouldn't be funny but it is.
Ill take... free of dem
Jolt cola
Check your local Dollar General if you're in America! They still have it for $1 a can. I found it last month and thought I was seeing things!
Holy crap I hope you’re right! - I used to get them at Walgreens but I thought I looked online a few years ago and they said the company that made Jolt cola doesn’t do it anymore - off to dollar general!
I think you're right. But if you go check their site now, I believe it says Dollar General is actually one of their exclusive retailers! I hope you can find it! It tasted just how I remembered!
I just got back from the Dollar General near me and they do have Jolt Cola - Thank you!
That's so awesome!!! I'm glad you found it!!! Haha pass it on! Lol Enjoy the fizzy goodness!
Anything not made of fucking plastic.
The McRib
3D Jalapeño Cheddar Doritos :( such spicy goodness
Keebler's Pizzaria Chips. Those things were incredible.
Also, the Mongo Bat made by Mattel/Aviva sports! It made a cool noise when you hit stuff, and you could smash a golfball into orbit with just a bit of effort. Great for breaking windows several streets away.
Hyper color shirts need to make a comeback.
Not really a product but comedy movies. I really miss those old school "its so dumb and so over the top but its hilarious" like airplane, monty python, history of the world part 1, and naked guns or those comedies likes step brothers, wedding crashers, talladega nights and the first hangover movie.
Now its not a comedy movie if kevin hart is not in it and they dont have great jokes. For example i saw the new jumanji. It was enjoyable but if i saw it on tv while scrolling i wouldnt stop looking and watch that like i would for any of the movies listed above. Also the newer comedy movies have almost no quotable lines either
Nacho cheese 3D Doritos. I don't know why but I LOVED those things. Then one day they were just gone. I hold out hope they'll do a "back in time" thing and I'll just buy a ton.
I miss them too!
Everyone else I mention them too doesn't remember them for some reason, it's crazy!
Someone on here also mentioned them. They said they would bite off a corner and fill the inside with the spray cheese from a can.
That sounds delicious. If they bring it back (fingers crossed!) I'll have to try that.
Lawn Jarts - Yeah, occasionally they’d embed in someone’s head, but what fun they were back in the day!
Pac man ghost ice cream bars
Little Debbie Fudge Krispies...they were the same thing as Nutty Buddy bars but instead of peanut butter between the wafers it was fudge. They were covered with a slightly different chocolate and topped with rice krispies. My all time favorite treat from my childhood and they are gone forever. They've been gone for so long that I can't even find pics on the interent of the box to prove to myself they actually existed.
Banana cheerios. Got them once in a Store, ended up really liking them. Then I never found them again, and the General Mills website said they were discontinued when I looked it up :(
In the 80's there was a rotary food mill/slicer/shredder called the Mouli-julienne. It had interchangeable discs so you could shred in different thicknesses, or slice, or grate. The handle pressed down on the food, so no chance of slicing off a fingertip, and the hand crank made it super easy.
I loved that thing. The ugly orange was horrible, but shredding cheese or potatoes was so quick and easy.
Vintage ones are available on ebay and such, but I'm hesitant to use a grater that's over 30 years old. I want a newer one that's dishwasher safe.
Had the all metal version as a kid in the 70s. Shredded piles of cheese in seconds. Thought everyone had one until friends saw it and freaked that it looked like an insect. Would love to have one again.
Edit: Well damn! Search "moulin grater" on Amazon. $25.27US
There were these lollipops that looked like a paint brush on a stick that were really good. Not the ones that you dipped in powder. Believe they only came in red, blue, and green.
Doritos 3Ds
Fuck yes
I would love to have a brand new 1996 Honda Civic Hatchback. Or even an earlier model like a 94 or 95. Loved those cars. Something fresh off the boat with no K. Or a 90's S10 Pickup
Ipod classics. No smartphone, just a good old fashioned mp3 with 128g of music
Orange Drink from McDonalds. It was the only good thing there but it's been so long maybe I'm glorifying it.
Pre-lawsuit ESP guitars. Their Explorer and V shapes were so much better and cheaper than Gibson's, who were more interested in making overpriced vintage versions of the same guitars with sketchy quality control. Of course, instead of reintroducing their 1984 Explorer (the inspiration for ESP's MX) or just making nice guitars, they sued ESP and won. Gibson wouldn't come out with the model they forbid ESP from manufacturing until 14 years later with the limited-edition, no-lefty-version Explorer '84 reissue, which included the same electronics as the ESP Explorer.
As an aside, Gibson have lost some of their up-and-coming endorsees to ESP during the last couple of years (they also turned down Metallica's James Hetfield when he aproached them to make what would become one of ESP's most beloved limited edition guitars, the original Iron Cross). Not to mention they've recently filed bankruptcy.
I used to be able to find Nike Texas A&M adjustable hats that fit my head perfectly. Nike doesn’t make the hat anymore.
A notepad size (like 4"x6") pad of blue line graph paper where the lines go all the way to the edge of the pad.
They stopped manufacturing this a couple years ago and all substitions sucks and have a 1/2" margin.
Cough syrup with codeine, sold over the counter. Fucking junkies ruined it for everybody.
i'm surprised at the lack of any mentions of flip phones.
i'd love to have an affordable, smart, flip phone.
Android would be a terrific platform, if given a choice.
My first flip phone 1999 or 2000 came with a extra battery. You would place that on the charger and charge. I always had a fully charged battery.
Samsung makes smart flip phones
Progresso used to make a Mexican Corn and Cheese style soup. It was great. I didn't really think about it though and bought it if I saw it on sale only. Figured it would be around forever.
One month my grocery store was having a sale on them again and I went to get it and......gone. No shelf marker or anything anymore.
Blueberry muffin tops cereal. I loved it like I love my own children.
There was this awesome hamburger helper product, microwave cheeseburger macaroni packets. I miss them so damn much.
Head-On. Stupid ad campaign aside, stuff worked.
I miss that product. I her bad headaches and it always helped right away.
TV's you can operate without a remote control. Currently if I lose or break my remote my TV is useless.
IPod classic. Mine is doomed to finally die soon after something like 13 years of faithful service.
My 80 gig is still going strong after a battery, headphone jack, and click wheel replacement.
I haven't had to repair anything on mine!! I'm not going to know what to do when it finally kicks the bucket.
Just replace the hard drive with an sd card, and get a new battery
CREMESAVERS
Bon-bons. The ones with ice cream. And no "dibs" aren't the same thing.
Extra Dessert Delights Gum :( Not pictured there was also Cinnamon Roll, Peach Cobbler, Lemon Square, and Banana Foster Edit: And Raspberry Vanilla Cupcake!
TVs with the PIP(picture in picture) feature
I need Reddit’s help with this. Back in the early to mid 80s at the supermarket checkout you could get these little booklets that unfolded into a background scene and then you’d have characters like superheroes or race cars or whatever and you would transfer them on to the background and make your own scenes. I don’t think they were stickers though. Can’t for the life of me remember what they were called.
When I was a kid way back in the 60's, I liked something similar, think they were called Rub Ons, used a popsicle stick to transfer the images from a plastic sheet onto the paper.
Presto Magix!
OMG! A GIS and it all comes flooding back. You madam are, and will always be, my hero. Thank You!
This one will probably be lost but there used to be a lure manufacturer called Gypsy King. They produced spoons that are absolute trout killers. They swim different than any other spoon out there and dance when you stop reeling which induces the most strikes. They went defunct in the late 80's I believe and when I was growing up if I snagged up and broke off, in the stream I went to retrieve. They're more precious than gold to us. Remarkably, dad found a garage sale that had a whole pile of them around 2005 and so now we got a stock pile of em but I wish they were still made
Jack3d! It was a pretty awesome pre-workout while it lasted!!
Olly's Fiber Gummies. It was friendly to my allergies and helped me to poop. Le sigh.
Dunkaroos.
I dont wish it was available to the public because how a lot of shit bags used it but ghb was awesome for my insomnia.
Coppertone used to make a product called nose skoat(they spelled it weird) but there was nothing better to protect your face in the sun when we were surfing. Dropped it sometimes during the late 80s and nothing compares to it so Coppertone if you're reading this please bring that product back
Washing machines that took 20mins instead of an hour to cycle.
Smartphones with removable battery.
Dino-Pebbles. If they brought them back I'd so be eating that for breakfast instead of this egg whites nonsense.
Brach's watermelon hard candies. They were oval shaped and had a concave center that fit perfectly on your tongue. My grandma used to buy them for me at the grocery store from those pay by the pound bins.
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Rockos Modern Life is coming back for a movie and that's all they have planned.
I imagine whether or not it gets picked back up will depend on how receptive the younger audience is to it. I could see it doing well on Adult Swim.
Or intelligent and awesome cartoons like Tiny Toons, Gargoyles, Rockos Modern Life, etc.
Depending on your humor, Rick and Morty and Adventure Time may be spiritual successors.
Humans that are taught to question what they’re told, capable of critical thinking. I know these still exist, but damn.. they’re spread out very thin over the planet.
You won't find them on this site.
Qualudes. And real ecstasy pills from the 90s, not this bullshit these kids call Molly. Oh and McDonald’s mighty wings.
Oh shit. Mighty wings haha. Takes me back.
Vanilla Coke.
I just bought some the other day. I damn near cried it tasted so good
Try adding vanilla extract to regular Coke. It doesn't taste like nostalgia, but it also doesn't taste like dubious chemicals.
A government for the people.
That’s sadly never really been a thingv
Surrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrge!
Surge. Best soda I've ever drank. Nothing else has that sharpe taste.
It's been back, guess that depends on where ya live I'd imagine but I've constantly been seeing it at my Wall-Mart neighborhood grocery the last cpl of wk's
It's been back for years now, I remember buying it a lot when it finally reached my no-name town of less than 300 people in 2015. (I remember the year because I started my current job and drank almost exclusively surge the first couple days)
Sega consoles....
Breyers fruit on the bottom yogurt.
I miss when breyers made good products. Used to have the best ice cream. Now everything is frozen dairy dessert. Come to think of it, I miss half gallon ice cream containers. Most are 48 oz now.
Me too, I remember reading a thread about the demise of Breyers and it makes complete sense. You used to not be able to get good vanilla ice cream like theirs. Its trash now.
Literally half the parts on my car
It would be great if I could just buy something new instead of having to sacrifice a goat so somebody will give me something they're hoarding on a shelf "just in case" that's used and may or may not work
A friend of mine just bought 5 of his car in parts cars. Ironically, it’s also a 2002.
Yeah 2002 owners tend to do that haha
What's funny is that prices for individual pieces have dramatically increased in the past couple years but strangely enough the prices of parts cars has never changed so it's actually cheaper to buy a whole car and take what you need than to just buy the individual parts, I bought an 81 BMW 320is for 500 and took about 3k worth of parts out of it and either sold them or put them on my car
Same goes for most cars. I was hunting for a gray trunk for my 89 volvo. Best price i could find for a good one was 300 bucks. I ended up paying 400 for a whole car with a perfect trunk. I’m currently tearing it down to sell the stuff i don’t think i’ll need.
Have you tried going to a "u-pull" type of junk yard?
Yeah but my car is a 42 year old German import so there aren't very many of them in the junkyards, at least my friend owns a parts store and he's got connections so when I need something he can usually get it for me or ask people he knows if they have what I need so it's not really as big of an issue as I make it out to be
Hydrox cookies. Better cookie, lousy marketing.
Still available! We found some in a local Kroger and did a taste test against Oreos at work for fun.
Watermelon. God as a kid I loved watermelon. Still do actually. The soild dark green ones with seeds, so much flavor! Now they're all seedless tasteless, bland crap.
Altoids Sours
Altoids sours. I don't care if my tongue hurts, they're so damn good!
Honest Presidents with courage and good manners.
I miss my V8 V-Fusion + Green Tea. It's available on amazon but no where in the stores near me
I think they still make it but my mom used to always buy this Lipton citrus green tea and that shit was amazing.
Original Xbox.
I would settle with just the big Olde Duke controller. I loved that thing.
I managed to get 4 for my original one. They are all still operational. And they are awesome.
I wish there was a converter that would make them usable on pc. I would still rock it.
There is. I have one. It's an Xbox 360 converter that goes to USB from the join in the cable connector. I just cut two small sections out of the connector and it functions like any X input device. There's programs that will do the X input mapping for you too. But I stopped using it as it's kinda a pain in the butt.
Original Recipe McDonald's Pizza
3D Doritos...
2d animated movies....
Giant cereal. I know you fellow old people remember giant honeycomb crunch that was as big as it was on the commercials.
Having common sense
Popsicle Sherbet Smiles, a big orange/lemon smiley face ice cream bar.
Mountain Dew MDX. I think it's still sold in the UK as Mountain Dew Energy.
Lost energy drinks, especially the Lost Cadillac. They were made by Monster's parent company.
Wahoos, these weird corn puff chips that were like a generic product sold at Target.
Sani Flush. Nothing has ever cleaned a toilet better. The manufacturer voluntarily pulled it from shelves for "environmental concerns." I mean, just because if you mixed it with bleach, it made an extremely toxic, odorless gas that one hospitalized a store full of people. Like, sheesh, snowflakes.
Bombay Sapphire East. It was only around for a really short time in 2015, at least in my area. It was all the goodness of gin with lemon and black peppercorn for the ultimate in tongue destruction. Guaranteed to make you go HNNNNNGGGGGGG.
I'll bet nobody remembers any of this stuff.
MDX was the shit. I loved it
See if your local liquor store can order Bombay East for you. It exists, I have it at my store right now.
My elementary school friends dad worked at lost's canning facility. I drank many of those
I am so jealous!
for what it's worth, maybe you're near the border.... http://www.lcbo.com/lcbo/product/bombay-sapphire-east/319673
Bombay East is still available - I bought some last week! That was in Australia duty free...it’s been available in the airport duty free stores for the past few years
The American dream ☹️
We're taking our country back. Vote common sense Republicans
Vote common sense Republicans
So don't vote?
Not solving any problems that way...
A leave in conditioner that came in a true blue bottle with a red squirt top, called 911. That shit was magic in bottle.
Orbitz Soda. I feel like I was the only person who liked that stuff.
What was the floaty stuff? I remember living it, but I think it's mostly because it was cool.
From wikipedia:
The small balls floated due to their nearly equal density to the surrounding liquid, and remained suspended with assistance from an ingredient known as gellan gum. The gellan gum provided a support matrix—something like a microscopic spider web—and had a visual clarity approaching that of water, which increased with the addition of sugar.
Yes! I live in south Texas and that’s the only place I’ve seen em! I love em! They remind me of my childhood.
Rockstars Guava, shit was the best!
There was this seasoning stuff we used to get, it was 'masterfoods orange cardamom' or something like that and it was absolutely delicious. when it got discontinued we liked it so much we rang up about it and got a couple more jars.
Mountain Dew Supernova
It was strawberry flavored and was one of the 3 "new" flavors in one of those contests where you vote on the one you like the most and it becomes a permanent flavor. I don't think they've ever even brought it back temporarily for a throwback!
The Pacman watch
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Strawberry milkshake poptarts.
These are available at all Safeway near me. I just bought them a few weeks ago.
Oh snap, really? Those things are delicious!
Yeah man! I looked them. I live in the PNW though but I doubt its regional like that.
It IS regional! And oh my goodness, they're so delicious! Thanks so much for letting me know they're on the shelves. https://i.imgur.com/32XXZ1c.jpg
You're very welcome my friend! Enjoy!
Amazin' Fruit and String Thing from the 90's!
Lays tangy carolina BBQ.....those chips were bomb.
Sour Altoids.
This is going to sound weird, but: Organic Frosted Mini-Wheats.
Almost all Frosted Mini-Wheat-type cereals contain gelatin, which is commonly made from pigs, which means that Jews, Muslims and vegetarians can't eat it. But Organic Frosted Mini-Wheats used a plant-based substitute so basically anyone who doesn't have a gluten sensitivity could eat it.
AFAIK the only cereal of that type that is made without gelatin now is the Whole Foods store brand, which is obviously not convenient for many people to get.
Buffalo chicken burger from Carls Jr
Sour Altoids
Mint Chocolate Covered Oreos. The good ones that weren't a cheap half-Oreo.
Bonkers chewy candy.
Crazy cores Skittles
mac lip conditioners.
No it was a different one. It was a lip pot conditioner. The one I had came in "petting pink".
Zune! I still have my 120gig from like 2006 and it runs like a champ! Granted it doesn't get as much use as back then, but regardless. It was so ahead of it's time, more advanced than the iPod and way more affordable. Man I hated to see that company never make solid ground. I went through 4 iPods before getting a Zune and it is still my favorite little piece of technology I have.
la creme yogurt
The bacon club chalupa from Taco Bell. Why haven't they brought this thing back????
I couldn't remember the name of this till I saw your comment. Thank you.
Nothing better than standing around with your friends and heaving those death sticks in the air and running for your life.
Mylanta
Sprite remix
3D Baja Picante Doritos.
Creme Savors
The soft drink VAULT, that was the tastiest drink made, including the red!
Monster Rehab Green Tea
Growing up there was a Hersey's Mint Chocolate cookie crisp bar, and it was my go-to candy. It makes me really sad that they discontinued it, I can't imagine tasting it now after a good blunt.
I just bought a Hershey cookies n mint bar. Not sure if it's the same thing that you are talking about. It was clearance at Wal-Mart last week.
PEP mint chocolate patties. York is just not the same!
Chef Boyardee roller coasters w/meatballs. With all the trans fat and everything so they taste like they did 30 years ago.
Green River soda.
They still make it.
Pepsi Twist! Damn that stuff was refreshing.
Creamsavers
Altoid sours. I miss those things.
Zune
There were these fudge pops...I swear they were called Scooter Pops. It was like a standard fudgsicle but only for a thin layer and then the entire core was the most amazing solid chocolate. I was obsessed with them as a kid. Nowadays any time I'm picking out a treat from the ice cream novelties section (usually Drumsticks) I always take a glance around the fudgsicles to see if I can ever randomly find them again.
Wal-Mart used to sell these fruit pizzas that I absolutely loved. They were little "pizzas" that had this purple yogurt on them and strawberries & blueberries on top. This was about 10 years ago and I haven't found them anywhere else :(
Orbitz Drink
Strawberry kiwi fruit roll ups
Hollister August perfume. Seriously, that stuff was magic.
Oh yes! I miss it sooo much!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cereal, with the turtle bowl shrink-wrapped around the entire thing.
Those standalone DVRs with DVD recordable drives in them. They were TiVo without the subscription fee. Got their recording menu off the local PBS station (at least near me). I DVR'd everything and could make DVDs to pass around to others. They never caught on, never went to HD, and I can't for the life of me fathom why.
Pebble Smartwatches
Is it me or did hot cheetos get worse?
The golden nugget powder gum. Used to beg my dad for that shit at the local corner store.
Vault soda. Used to buy one at my local gas station every day before school.
Mint UNO bars. Damn I miss those things.
Mary Kate & Ashley used to do beauty and hair products for girls, sold at like Walmart and drugstores before they went all Elizabeth and James high end. They made a hair detangler that worked better for me than anything else. I've been bummed out about it for 15 years.
Morning Star Farm breakfast biscuits stuffed with egg, cheese, and veggie meat. Possibly the best thing I’ve ever put in my mouth.
They also used to make these little spinach veggie bites that were delicious. I love MSF but it’s frustrating when they stop making the things I’m hooked on!!!
Josta :( sigh...
Irn-Bru bars. Like 500% sugar though.
Irn-Bru 32 close 2nd.
McDonalds pizza!!! I think they have it in Ohio or something at a few locations but where it is it’s like a full days drive for me
Bath and Body Works' strawberry lemonade scent.
PB Crisps.
Guacamole Doritos
Micro machines.
Oh yea, i had micro machines and mighty max. I forgot about those
Oreo granola bars
Creme Savers - the Strawberry and Creme ones
Altoid sours!
Filly Folly Gum, I don't think it's actually discontinued, but it's not for sale in any stores even remotely near me.
Crystal Pepsi and the semi-replacement of Crystal Pepsi... Pepsi Life? I think it was called something like that, was only available for a few months in 2009ish
Proper gas station chili dogs, haven't seen those since 97...
Mango sours altoids! Don’t know why they stopped making those
Years ago, there was this chocolate mint water at Ray's. Sadly the Ray's place closed down and I havent found any since. I don't know if it was actually discontinued or anything,
Bran chex!
I bought a Pelle Studio credit card case from Wilson leather many many years ago. It has held up ok but I love it so much and can’t find anything quite close enough to replace it. In retrospect I should have bought the rest of them to last me a lifetime.
Cadbury Brunch Bars. FUCK.
Any shoe or sneaker that I like. When I actually find one that’s completely comfortable ..and it’s time to buy again...I can’t even find that shoe online.
Crown pilot crackers. People not from New England probably don't know them
Wasabi Funyuns.
Sweetart Shockers, those were the shit
I think these just got rebranded as Sweetart Chewy Sours.
Sour Altoids!!!! I think my favorite were the tangerine ones, loved them to bits!
Doritos 3D. Jalapeno ones were amazing.
Snickers Crunch, with the yellow wrapper. They were so delicious, I never understood why they discontinued it.
Alphabits with marshmallows. Waaay better than Lucky Charms.
There was this really good candy back in the day... It was strawberries and creme and it was like a life saver kind of thing. And it had a game I played online too
Creme savers
Apple Jack straws
A&W bottled rootbeer float
3D Doritos
Twix Cookies and Cream
Burt's Bees used to make a clay mask I loved. It smelled kind of minty and tinged your face. It worked fucking magic on my pores, and I miss it terribly. They also discontinued my favorite hand cream. And ice cream pop tarts. I don't know if they're still made, but I haven't seen them. Mint chocolate chip ones from the freezer were fucking great.
Rice Krispie Treats cereal.
Shit was soo stupidly good!
Srill exists bro
Crystal Pepsi, it came back just to tease me :(
Home run pies. 2 for a dollar. When ever my parents would go to Food-4-Less we’d throw a bunch of them into the cart.
Surge
They brought it back and sell it at my local Wally world neighborhood market, it probably just depends on where you live on whether they carry it or not
Rachel Perry Lip Lover lip balm. The stuff was amazing for chapped lips. It disappeared about a decade ago and the stuff goes for $60 online for a single pocket-sized container. My wife loves the stuff so I bought about 120 of them when they were discontinued and they just happen to pop up from time to time. I'm running out though so if anyone who can change that is listening, bring it back please!
I don't know if anyone said it, but I would sacrifice a million people for Orangeade. Minute Maid or Brisk Orangeade.
I remember fighting in middle school for those ten or so years ago. Nowhere near my area sells it....
And NO. Orange soda or orange juice does not taste the same.
Lawn Darts »»>>>
Welch's tomato juice. It was the best I've ever had and came in a glass bottle.
Doritos habanero.
The slimer pudding hand pies.
Peanut oil Miss Vickie's chips
Pillsbury blueberry waffles. They were square instead of circles and came in a bag instead of a box and they tasted better than eggos in every way.
There was a restaurant near my house that made the nicest Nasi Goreng. The restaurant closed a few years ago. No other dish comes close to it.
That one soda Sobe made in the early 2000s called Mr. Green.
It was magnificent and filled the hole left behind when Surge was discontinued
Ben and Jerry's Hazed and Confused ice cream 😭
Pepsi Holiday Spice, Coca cola blak
They were nectars of the gods.
Also 3D Doritos.
There was a line of drinks made in the late 90s that were in a curvy glass bottle with a twist off metal top. I don’t know the brand, but I liked the clear bottle with the blue text. I would get one every Sunday morning with a donut on the way to church as a bribe from my mom.
Zune
Brach's Christmas Cinnamon Nougats! I can find the peppermint ones and sometimes even cinnamon ones in a mixed bag, but they don't seem to make bags of just cinnamon anymore.
Redken Clean Spice 2-1 Men's shampoo. I love that stuff, it smells amazing and the liter sized bottle has lasted me over a year. It's almost gone now..
All I ever want in my life again is Pepperidge Snack Sticks...
Noodle-Roni Noodles Romanoff. There’s been a huge hole in my life since they discontinued it.
Lemon Jolly Ranchers.
Yes!!! Even if I love the blue raspberry I wish they would've just got rid of grape🍇👍🏼👏🏼👊🏼❤️
Wild berry pop tarts
Banana Nut Cheerios.
Skittles with lime instead of green apple.
Those 3D Doritos.
Pepsi Clear
Soloflesh. Amazing orgasms for under a $100 bucks.
Snapple Elements in the glass jars.
God, I loved those!
Oh hell yes!
Pictochat. That was the best as a kid when you could get a bunch of people together for it and it still annoys me Nintendo removed it for the 3DS
Oh, Reese's Bites! Does anybody else remember those? I have a very distinct memory of staying home from school because I had chicken pox and making myself sick on an entire bag of them. They were little balls of heaven and then they just suddenly disappeared...the Reese's minis just aren't the same.
3D Doritos and fruitopia. That was middle school life.
The Swedish Chef cereal. What I would give for just one more bowl...
Cherry flavored Alka Seltzer. Those were the bomb for heartburn.
Video cameras that output their digital signal over usb or firewire instead of making me get an hdmi capture device.
O'Gradys Thick and Hearty potato chips...all flavors.
Electronic stores.
Yes, I know they're still around, but now all they generally sell are tv's, cell phones and Bluetooth speakers. I really miss just needing a simple cable and simply picking it up. Now I have to wait to have it shipped. Same for things like headphones. They do still sell headphones but the options are limited to like, 3 brands max, so you don't get the opportunity to try them on before buying them these days. This goes for so many products it's disheartening. There are too many things online that would benefit from trying it before buying it that simply aren't in physical stores anymore.
Irish Spring Legendary Classic body wash. It just smelled so good; but now all you can find is a couple overprice listing on ebay of the deodorant.
Double Chocolate Chip Frappacino from McDonalds
Burger King's old chicken tenders. :(
The goddamn lean cuisine meals with “30% more food” so I don’t have to eat two to feel full and look like a fat ass
Vault soda
the soda Vault
McCormick used to sell powdered sour cream that you mixed with milk . It wasn't like straight sour cream, it had some sort of extra tang to it, kind like ranch but may more dill-ish. I wish I could still find that.
Bath and Body Works Vanilla Bean scent, and the Peach Nectar scent. ~~Oh! Also, Sun-Ripened Raspberry~~.
I miss Butterfly Flower...
Pepsi 1.
We used to spell out things along the walls using ASCII with Pepsi 1 and Coke 0 cans.
Fuzzy Wuzzy soap. When you got them wet, they grew “fur.” 1960s thing.
Wink. Was a tart lemon/lime pop/soda from the Canada Dry people.
Mom would buy to mix with gin; didn't last long once us kids found out how good it tasted. The Wink, not the gin...well, not til years later at least.
Chobani Meze dip in the smoked onion & Parmesan flavor. Spent weeks memorizing which of the grocery stores in my city had it only for it to disappear a few months later.
Gas jugs within the vent on the back and the long slinky spout.
Sprite Remix. Nectar of the fruity gods!
Super Soakers how they used to make them in the 90's
Doritos 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burn chips. Fuckin loved those spicy bastards.
Sasha Grey.
My elementary school (early '90s) served these totally bomber, individually wrapped cake donuts. Not too sweet, always warmed-through and paired perfectly with an ice cold carton of whole milk. I was chummy with the lunch lady, aptly named Mrs. Baker, who would always slip me a second. Occasionally, I'll find myself perusing the bakery aisle in the grocery store wishing for a miracle. Alas, I guess they've gone the way of pogs.
Lawn darts. The original ones. Plastic Plumbata.
Dark meat chicken Mcnuggets. They went to all white meat nuggets sometime around the early '90s I think, but damn those dark nuggets were so fucking good.
Peanutbutter Toast Crunch
I've heard my father and grandfather speak of a old shoe store that used to be in northern Iowa/Minnesota area I think. There shoes were apparently incredibly nice, comfortable, and incredibly long lasting. This proved to be a problem for the company as people would only buy one pair, so they wound up going out of business.
For a couple years there were blocks of fabric softener that you stuck in your dryer and just left it there. They worked perfectly and lasted a long time. They were discontinued for low sales but were far less wasteful than sheets and more effective.
Cookies n' cream Twix. Peanut butter Twix.
Was there a mint chocolate chip Twix? I'd eat that too.
SUNDAE SMARTIES!!!
Last time I had that was when I was a kid renting movies from blockbuster. ...
Crystal Pepsi
Philadelphia Cream Cheese used to make these cheesecake bites and I haven’t seen them in over 13 years. They had flavors like lemon, blueberry and strawberry. They were so tasty but highly addictive and could give you a massive stomachache.
It was a lavender mint clay toothpaste. Burt’s bees I think. Best toothpaste I’ve ever used. My mouth was the squeakiest clean ever.
Dominoes used to have their double-melt crust. Two thin crusts with a Parmesan sauce between them. Oh my god I could have eaten that every day for a year without getting tired of it.
I just ordered Papa John's, and now I'm extremely upset that I won't be getting this deliciousness.
Looking at the poor offerings from Apple especially in the laptop niche of products I wish the 2015 unibody wasn't discontinued. The new 2016 and forward just doesn't deserve the "Pro" name
Brachs coconut neopolitan cubes. I know they have those flat stick looking ones but miss the small cubes
Chocolate Mint Jelly Bellies. They can still be found in the "Ice cream shop" assortments, but only in the tiniest of quantities.
Trolls, My Little Pony toys, Lisa Frank, Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?, Oregon Trail, Pez, Ring Pop, Pixie Sticks, Atarri, T.G.I.F., Star Search, The Mickey Mouse Club, Dawson's Creek, One Tree Hill and Blossom
The one thing I think of is the pirates of the Caribbean online game. I miss it dearly and was so underrated
This is the game that got me into gaming. I used to see commercials for it, I guess on Disney Channel. My brother and I became obsessed and never looked back. It was never the same when they started remaking all the original maps. Once I couldn't find my way around anymore, I lost interest, unfortunately.
Common sense.
Pyrex grab it bowls with the built in handle that never got hot no matter how long you nuked it. I only have 1 left from a set of four.
Philadelphia Cheesecake Snack Bars
Taco flavored Doritos.
Nestle crunch bars with caramel centers. Those had the best ratio and consistency I’ve ever found.
The Xbox Original was and still is (imo), the best.
I'm super late, but non-Diet Lime Coke in a can. They do have it in that flavor your soda with fruit fountain machine, but as a child popping that can open with a little mist of lime and cola smell and the strong carbonation... Pure nostalgia. And corn syrup.
Sour Altoids. Destroyed my mouth, but it was soooo worth it.
Crest used to have an orange toothpaste I loved because I don’t like mint (....unless there’s chocolate involved). I’ve been told it’s still available in Canada, but it seems like too much trouble to import TOOTHPASTE of all things.
If it helps at all, I've never seen orange flavoured toothpaste up here. I'd probably try it if I did, because most of the minty ones burn like devil fire and give me a rash round my lips.
Plasma Tv's. Best overall tv you could buy. Nothing captures motion like a high end plasma. picture looked more natural. Motion in tv's today aren't as good.
Fucking Nalgene water bottles with all the BPA. If you hike at the bottom of Half Dome in Yellowstone there are 100's of them that survived the 1000 ft. drop with no damage.
I bought one of the new ones last summer and it broke after dragging it down a river tied to the back of my boat. My old one is still fine and it fell out of a jeep going 60 down a highway.
mint chocolate chip poptarts
Planters PB Crisps
The Walkman and cassettes
Edited for television movies. We used to record everything under the sun onto VHS tapes. 7-year-old me could quote Beverly Hills Cop backwards and forwards. Red Dawn? Blade Runner? Terminator 2? I can't let my kids watch half of the stuff I got to enjoy at their age.
McDonald's Big Mac snack wrap
Whamo super bouncy balls! I didn’t live in the era but my dad told me about them. That they were ridiculously bouncy and super dense. So dense that it was actually hard and after bouncing around, pieces would sometimes chip off. Apparently it was actually a hazard so they were discontinued. But you can still find them online for pretty expensive I believe. As the little kid inside of me, I really wanna see that ball bounce all around!
Choxie. It was a line of fancy chocolates sold at Target. I remember the theme song “Ch-ch-choxie. Chocolate with moxie!” They had these chocolate covered espresso beans that were amazing.
Dunk-a-roos.
Those "kid friendly" salad dressings that had flavors like pizza and nachos (not because I think they'll be good, but because I want to try them to see what shit taste I had as a kid).
Surge
Still carry this at my local Wally world neighborhood market, but it probably depends on where you live and are located
Warheads that are actually sour.
It could just be cause I'm not 8 anymore but I think they changed it. It used to be a goddamn challenge to get through those things.
Michelob Dry. I know that is weird, but it was one of the beers I enjoyed long, long ago.
Swear to baby jesus, I came here to post this. My favorite beer of the 80's, seemed to disappear about the time I joined the military.
Doritos 3-D! I loved those things, and every now and again I get a craving for them, but they're gone :-(
Starbucks used to have a line of ice cream produced by Dreyer's, it was the best ice cream I've had outside of Italy.
Also Ben and Jerry's Vermonty Python.
Mcdonalds steak egg and cheese bagels, those onions were worth waking up early for.
Twix cookies and cream bars
Cherry Trident.
I know the gun has equivalent flavors today mixed with stuff, but it’s not the same as just simple “Cherry”.
I've had this weird hankering to play Oregon Trail 4th edition and there's no emulator for it. I've played the original a bunch this week, but I miss the one I played a lot when I was like 9 or 10.
Nintendo 64! JUST PICKED ONE UP!!! Annoying and hard to find!
Wendy’s boneless chicken wings, those little sauced up nuggets were the perfect companion for a baked potato...
WONKA BARS
Where can I get these?!
A cigarette lighter in a new car that can light cigarettes. If I ever need to build a fire, I'm screwed.
Stuffed Bagel Bites. In high school, a girl used to bring them all the time and would share some with me. They were pure ecstacy. I wish they'd bring them back!
'New Coke'. I was a young kid when that whole debacle happened. I'd love to know what it tasted like.
Try a coke life (green logo) that comes close
That summer shandy beer Coors did a while back in the 10 oz can. I think it was called Coors summer brew.
Red Baron had this buffalo chicken pizza when I was a teen back in 2010, I still have yet to find a pizza that was as delicious as that
Bonkers candy. THE best candy ever
The Cini-Minis from Burger King 😭😭😭
I used to get them for breakfast every morning before school. When I found out they discontinued them, I nearly cried.
Any answer that isn't "Johnson and Johnson first aid cream" isn't as correct as this one
That shit was like magic. Put it on any scrape or cut and it would fully heal seemingly overnight with no scarring
The deeper cuts would take longer, but it would also keep scabs soft and generally make everything easier
I have absolutely no idea why it was discontinued. I used to think that science would propel society only forward- this was the first time that i have seen society get measurably worse.
It's kind of crazy to me that a company can just stop making something like that, and the knowledge is lost to the sands of time. Should be made open source or something.
And it's not just Rose tinted glasses, either. My parents still have some in their house and it still works.
And you can look up the Amazon reviews as well. Raah!
Dorrito 3d's and sprite remix
P.B. Crisps.
Planter's made them in the 90s; they were peanut shaped, about an inch long, had a texture similar to Krave cereal but much less sweet (or like slightly sweet Harvest Snaps; just an airy, crispy shell), and were filled with peanut butter.
I would pay major premium snack prices if I could get them again.
For me caffeine free mountain dew. It was one of my favorite drinks growing up. I have a heart condition, I can't have caffeine ever again. Mt Dew gave up selling caffeine free in the US. While it still exists online it is an expensive luxury I cannot afford.
Old Glide dental floss. They got bought out and the new stuff breaks after three teeth. The old stuff was usable even after two weeks of use. I still have one old spool left that I cherish.
Lifesaver Creamsavers
Cheesy Fries from Burger King. You know, the ones where you pour powdered cheese into a bag of fries and shake it around?
McDonald’s fries that were cooked in beef tallow. They changed the formula when I was 1 year old because of a lone crusading health nut (who ultimately didn’t have his facts straight).
My mouth is watering imagining this angelic crispy delight. Please bring them back!
Saran wrap from back in the 80s, when it actually clung to things.
3D DORITOS
Rock Band. Now the drumset is >$300 online for xbox one. Love that game.
Kudos granola bars.
Ziplock Perfect Portions bags. You know when you buy individually wrapped chicken breasts for twice what it cost as a bulk package, these were basically just the bags to do it yourself. They are a different plastic than sandwich or other ziplock bags and don't freeze together in a solid clump if you throw a bunch in a gallon freezer bag.
Johnson & Johnson Cucumber & Melon Baby Lotion. smelled amazing and just loved it...sigh
Bug City candy. They used to come in little plastic jars and had lids with holes in it so that you could use the jar to capture bugs in it after you ate all the candy. And the candy was so good. I've tried so many times to find it online to buy :(
Sour starbursts. They were always on this little cart full of candy to choose from if you made it on the A/B honor roll. Good times.
Oreo O's.
Oreo made a cereal that tasted nothing like Oreos but it was still the most delicious and diabetes-inducing breakfast cereal to ever be made.
Butterfinger BBs, Peanut Butter Toast Crunch, and Doritos 3D Jalapeño Pepper Jack. The things I'd do for these things to come back on the market.
Chicken bacon ranch wraps at taco bell
Cheesy dots from Dominoes....so good
Pepsi Blue
Nokia 3310, good battery life, no bullshit privacy crap. Durable.
Sangrita Blast Mountain Dew. That was my favorite drink. Spiked Lemonade just tastes like lemonade and had no business replacing it.
Viennetta ice cream cake.
Yes!!!!!👍🏼👏🏼👊🏼❤️🍨🍦
i liked surge
It's been back at Walley World Neighborhood market guess that prob depends on where ya live
Bento by Filemaker and Microsoft Business Contact Manager.
Lawn darts of course.
Coca Cola with cocaine.
Tyson zesty chicken fries. These things were the best frozen chicken. They have homestyle chicken fries. But they just dont compare. Makes me sad everytime I think of them.
Windows 3.11. It let the user write their own macros. I guess that was too much power for the people. They zipped that one up quick.
Wendy’s spicy chicken nuggets
Clearly Canadian
Anyone remember Ragu Express? It was like Easy Mac but in pasta/pasta sauce form. So good.
Vanilla Coke. 3D Doritos. Pepsi Blue.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Coca-Cola-Soda-Vanilla-12-Fl-Oz-12-Count/10291625?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=0&adid=22222222227025351873&wmlspartner=wmtlabs&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=188301669351&wl4=pla-429079266792&wl5=9028768&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=8175035&wl11=online&wl12=10291625&wl13=&veh=sem
Ecto Cooler. Beefy Crunch Burrito.
Costco chocolate-dipped ice cream bars rolled in toasted almonds.
SOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOODDDDD!
Sierra Mist Tropical. Was the best thing to get with my father when I was younger
Ecto Cooler, from Hi-C!
Zima, Pepsikona, and Orbitz, I miss my beverages.
iPod Nano that clips on!
Quaaludes
KICK: The hardcore, psycho, nitro drink in a can
If you don't know what the fuck a hardcore, psycho, nitro drink is exactly. After having a KICK in a can you'd fucking know. It was like Mountain Dew on crack. It was like twice what you'd expect the mythical Double Dew to be. It was like Mountain Dew and Surge were fused together and then concentrated. Im probably only remembering it so fondly because I was like 7 and it was basically pure sugar and caffeine but thats what made it so amazing.
Listen to this lineage. Its so fucking hardcore it had a warning saying it contains stuff you don't even want to know about!
This stuff was pre-nutrition labels, I got curious and tried searching around but couldn't find any facts on nutrition or caffeine content.
Altoid Sours
Those sour altoids
Those frozen Sara Lee layer cakes.
Quaaludes. I’ve heard so many good things from older people but never got a chance to indulge.
Dunkaroos, OK Cola, Ecto-Cooler, all metal Tonka Trucks, Real Super Soakers with a pressure tank, Dairy Queen Star Bars, Hot Tubs that go above 104, deep bath tubs, and lawn darts.
"Rick and morty schezwan sauce"
The instant shells and cheese in the little cups from Trader Joes :( Also Altoid Sours!
Altoid Sours
Quaaludes
FRUSEN GLADJE https://youtu.be/JsAjh7wBVQo And https://youtu.be/aLuyLU10398
Butterfinger BBs. Possibly the greatest candy of all time.
iPod classic- BRING IT BACK APPLE
Zingos caffeinated candies. Ate so many during middle school.
I just kicked a huge 20 year long Pepsi addiction, but I would gladly go back to drinking it again if they brought back Pepsi Blue.
These lolipops you dip into sweet or sour powder/sugar crystals they usually came with stickers or magnets. I still have some pokemon magnets from 2004 (I think?) if someone knows when Pokemon Ruby and Saphire was released I'll change it.
Those lolipops probably still exist but the cheap toys/sticker/magnets just aren't what they used to be
Are you thinking of Fun Dips? Candy stick.. but usually comes with 2 different sugars to dip in?
Maybe I live in Germany so the names and everything else may differ but that sounds pretty close to what I was thinking of
Wasabi Funyuns!
You could only find them at gas stations I think, but damn they were delish!!
BLUE PEPSI
Mt. Dew Volt is close, but isn't truly the same!^atleastfromwhatIremember
Blue Pepsi
The old cell phone contracts.
A McWrap from McDonald’s
Hot chikn from Shake Shack
Five Alive, the citrus drank!
Reddit is killing 3rd party apps!!
Tangerine Altoids.
DRM free stuff. I know it's slowly becoming more popular again but holy shit it needs to speed up and dominate the market again.
Josta
Lawn darts.
Orange Valencia Refresher from Starbucks!
Those sweet fruit flavored altoids
Quaaludes
Dr pepper. When I was in high school they tried to bring it in in Australia but it never took off sadly. Now bout the only place to get it is at costco
Those Mr. Peanut peanut shaped cracker things with peanut butter inside. I can still imagine the texture and taste 20 years later. BRING THEM BACK
Altoids Sours!!! The citrus flavor ones in round tins.
Lawn Darts
iPod classic
Lawn Darts
Altoids sours
Lime runts... lime any candy for that matter.
Starcom... seriously the best toy from my childhood
Vienna Ice cream cakes. So good.
Syrup of Ipecac
My mom gave me some when I supposedly took some her diet pills when I was about four. I don’t remember it but the story of me vomiting horribly was retold many times at family gatherings.
vienetta ice cream!!!
Omg you horrible horrible person. You made me remember the ribbons of creamy ice cream and the crunchy chocolate loves between. The perfect slice! I hate you now. Not really r/nostalgia
Edit: it reminds me of my dad. RIP After almost 20 years. I miss you ice cream thief.
Full sugar Vanilla Coke in the UK. The government bought in a sugar tax and rather than charge a bit more for the full sugar versions they just switched to sugar free ones. I can't drink the sugar free versions as the sweetener gives me headaches.
Lay's Chicken and Waffles chips. Something about those chips hit the perfect combination of flavors for me.
PB Crisps. I literally don’t know why these were discontinued. And in the same vein, Ben and Jerry’s Baklava ice cream.
Cadbury's Astros - chocolate biscuit ball snacks - like M&M crispy, but bigger and better :D
They still have these in south Africa. My parents always being me back some when they go.
No way? That's awesome! Please can you ask them to bring a couple of extra packs for me next time mate? :D So much childhood nostalgia! 😊
Haha. Will do!
Thanks! I'll send you some local specialty from here (Lincs, UK in return :) 👍 DM me if you're serious :)
WoW Vanilla through Wrath of the lich King
Vine.
I really miss giant Goldfish crackers. I used to eat them all the time when I was little. I think about them every time I see Goldfish in the store.
Full Throttle Fury....a souped up Sunkist. Coca-Cola you ruined me. It had a 96% on Energy Drink ratings.
Rice Krispie Treat Cereal.
Muhthuh. Fuhkin. Dunkaroos.
Pensions
Phones with physical keyboards
Snapple rain :(. I remember picking it out at borders.
GUACAMOLE FLAVORED DORITOS!!!
Club Penguin
The PlayStation 2
Sprite Remix. Or the beefy crunch wrap from Taco bell
They brought one of the Sprite Remix sodas back.
They did!? I'll have to look out for it
Yeah it was awhile back, it is Sprite Tropical Mix now.
I remember Skittles gum being pretty good
Poptart Cereal and Ecto Cooler juice
iPod shuffles.
These used to be $50 and are now being sold for $100+ online.
I know a guy who made a killing buying them up right before Apple discontinued it.
Windows messenger,miss it sooooo much.
Phones with actual keyboards.
The local movie/game rental chain
Popsicles with the gummy bugs inside
Apple Kool-Aid
Oreo O’s
Actually I've seen those again at the store!
Baja chalupa
McDonald's honey mustard chicken snack wraps. Used to be the only thing I ate when I went there.. I was so sad when they stopped making them.
Quaaludes
Sunkist Red Grape 😍
TLDR they still sell it in Canada
Squeeze-its, especially those ones with the pills that would change the color
McVities Flipper Dippers, they tasted amazing and literally nobody else I speak to remembers them!
Jello brand pudding pops
Affordable housing prices.
Ice tea flavored Gatorade! Super rare but was so good. Also, Crystal Pepsi...or even Zima😎
Riffels (funny frisch) had tomato flavored potato chips. Looks like it hasn't been popular enough to keep it so now it doesn't exist anymore. I even wrote them a mail asking if they're coming back, unfortunately that's not the case...
"This guys dead wife"
Banshee bones, a type of salt and vinegar snack we used to have in Ireland.
I'd Love to try this
iPod Classic, just pure good music
3D Doritos...
3D Doritos!!!!!!!!! I miss these so much.
Guacamole Doritos. To this day the best flavor they’ve ever released, but guacamole wasn’t huge then like it is now.
Nintendo Power :/
Yesssss!!
PB Crisps by Planters.
Lord of the Rings Battle for Middle Earth 1 & 2. Most likely the fault of EA.
The original KFC Chicken littles, which were two buns, a chicken patty and mayo. I miss them, man. 😔
Battle for Midleearth 2! Sadly discontinued due to licensing...
As i think of it. Computer games on DVDs in general. I want to own what I bought.
White chocolate M&M's in Australia. I have bought the American ones and they are foul in comparison.
Altoid sours.
I’m on mobile so I can’t search, someone’s bound to have said it already
Dunkaroos.
Sobe tsunami orange cream flavor drink, glass bottle and all would be amazing
Most definitely. I haven't purchased a SoBe product in actual years because they don't make that one anymore.
Altoids sours
Strawberry shortcake ice cream bars... WWF ice cream bars... Bonkers watermelon candy... sodalicious... baked sour cream and onion lays or dill... a lot of great products I miss....
Cue up boyz-2-men "How do iiiii say goodbye, to what we haaaadddd"
Altoid Citrus Sours
Ephedra
Tangerine Altoids Sours!
Citrus altoids. Ya know the tongue decimaters
Tangerine altoids
Butterfinger BB's
My heart broke when they became “green apple”! Absolute bullshit.
I was a fan of green apple, thought they’d be an okay addition. It was only when I got to the end of that bag without tasting a lime that I realized what those bastards had done.
Lime skittles were my main obsession when pregnant. I have a pic of my belly painted to look like one. I called my kid “Skittles” for a while.
Planter's cheese balls.
Ecto-Cooler. Cameback just to cocktease us and promote a shitty sub-par reboot. Hi-C needs to just keep that shit around forever.
WRT54GLs. They're still available, but I'd kill for a modernized version that I can run my own firmware on that doesn't cost $120.
KEEBLER BRAND PIZZERIA CHIPS
Salsa doritos. They were so good. Then they just vanished.
iOS 9. In particular “slide to unlock” and the fact that you could switch playlists without interrupting the song.
Also Wonka’s Creme Brulee chocolate bars that were available for a really short amount of time in the UK
Sansa Clip+ :(
Nothing comes close to the price/sound quality ratio it had.
Postopia.com
One of my favorite flash game websites as a kid. I remember this one platformer called waffle boy or something, and another card based game where you fought with monsters. Also a bunch of fruity pebbles related games.
It sounds kind of shitty recalling it now, but it was legit one of the funnest sites around as a kid.
¿CAN I GET A DUNKAROO¿
Firefly
Tangerine Altoids. I’d do some unspeakable shit to get those back.
Dunkaroos. They only seem to be made in cali or at least sold there now. My Canadian friends laugh at me for wanting them. 😭
Habanero Doritos god I used to grab at least a bag everyday and then they just suddenly stopped :(
My will to live.
Pebble watches (F you fitbit)
Balkan Sobranie
VIENNETTA ICE CREAM CAKE.
I tried it once. It was delicious. And then it was gone :(
Alien Blue
Still using it as I updoot.
Likewise, but it’s slowly fading away. Been months since gyfcat links worked.
Things you can buy and own, lend, repair, all with a solid expectation that the thing will last for years. I think only luxury watches have been mostly free of planned obsolescence, but Apple is surely trying to change that.
Lawn Darts... The ones with actual steel tips.
flip phones, i shit you not i despise smart phones and yearn for the days of button pressing and the satisfaction of ending a call by closing the phone.
Ha. I still have a flip phone. When I had jury duty they took all our phones. When the guy gave them back he described each one. He was nonplussed when he got to mine.
Nike Free Flyknit 4.0s.
Really annoyed at the 5.0s, the 4.0s are just simply amazing.
Pollywaffle chocolate bars
Dunkaroos. Still wonder why they stopped making them.
Classic SNES
Affordable housing.
Theatrical cut of the OG Star Wars Trilogy.
Ecto coolers and citrus Gatorade.
The Palm Pre. RIP webOS.
Aldi in Australia had these incredible red licorice tubes with this white sugary stuff in the middle, they were soooo damn good but they don't stock them anymore. 😢
Beefy Crunch Burrito from Taco Bell.
Josta. A great soda, but jumped into the energy drink game just a tad too early before we were all into drinking guarana.
Came here to say the same thing. Luckily Rockstar tastes similar enough to it.
Ooh really? Which one? Original?
Yeah. The original just takes me straight back to 6th grade when I had my first Josta.
Thanks for the tip! BTW, I freaked out for a second because my friend Kyle and I first started obsessing about Josta around that time in our lives too and he always had the number 54 (his football #) in his screen names. But, I don't think you're him.
Yogurt twist nutrigrain bars, cremesavers, kwencher flavored water...there were more, but I’ve found that so many products are coming back.
Turkey twizzlers. Fuck you Jamie Oliver!
Pepsi Blue
I still use Winamp, but I know there will come a day when I'm forced to replace it.
Nerds Blizzard at Dairy Queen. Literally the only reason I went.
Bazouka bubble gum
Lays used to have Tangy Carolina flavored chips and they were seriously the bomb.
Pepsi:Blue
The original Theraflu with pseudophedrine instead of plenylephrine
Asbestos. Nothing protected my house from fire quite like it
$5 foot long from subway
Dunkaroos. Now I'm stuck eating Teddy grahams and frosting.
Planters PB crisps. I still have dreams of those.
Hi-C Ecto Cooler
Net neutrality
The application Bump. Google bought it and then got rid of it. They should make it a feature of Google Drive.
Oreo cereal, Flips cereal (Venezuelan), trip yogurt and Pirulines (chocolate "straws@)
Oreo cereal
3D doritos
Pepsi Blue, Orbitz(the drink), 3D doritos.
Compassion, grace, and the belief that we all have more common ground than differences.
Cap’n Crunch Choco Donuts . I know they have some other donut cereal out currently but it isn’t the same. This stuff was the best!
The real Löwenbräu, made in Germany. I used to drink it, and I remember quite well when they sold out to Miller and the quality went south.
WWF Ice Cream Bars
Planter's Cheez-Balls....oh God, how I miss Planter's Cheez-Balls. Every other crunchy "cheese" snack food out there isn't even close...I'M LOOKING AT YOU, UTZ CHEESE BALLS.
I think part of the magic was the metal can, added a moisture component that modern plastic packaging lacks.
The strange thing is Wikipedia said they were discontinued as recently as 2006, but I swear I hadn't seen any since 1988 or so...it makes me think someone has a secret bunker full of cheez-balls....
Commodore 64. I'm keeping up with it, but it sure as hell is not keeping up with me. Parts are damn expensive and hard to find. And I'm too dumb for 16 bit.
I realize it's not really a product, but... The big oak tree in the backyard garden of my childhood home. The sound of the breeze gently rustling through its leaves was the sound of my childhood.
A lot of the late 90's super soakers were objectively better than anything that came out since. Unfortunately, Hasbro screwed themselves by trying to cut their lead engineer out of his royalties so we'll never get another super soaker like them any time soon. (Hasbro's competitors are still allowed to make them though.)
There is an alternative firing mechanism that doesn't infringe on any patents (as far as I'm aware.), but Hasbro doesn't want to use it.
Here's the man himself: https://www.reddit.com/user/iinex
I actually restored a CPS 1000 from 1997 recently, It's currently the best super soaker I own. https://imgur.com/a/Aeyec8H
Futurama
I'm a big guy, clothes my size are hard to come by. All the Big and Tall stores are pretty far away, and buying on the internet comes with a whole host of problems if it doesn't fit just right. My sister's boyfriend's grandfather passed away and they found a bunch of old shirts that would fit me. One that became my favorite is from a brand called "Knight Sportswear" I looked them up. They stop making this kind of shirt 30 years ago and now only make Futbol kits. (Soccer Jerseys) I finally tracked down 3 from e-Bay.
Apmost anything cake batter flavored, but specifically Ben & Jerry's Confetti Cake ice cream.
Orbitz. That soda was so strange and interesting, I wish I had a chance to have it a second time.
Subway's Chicken Fajita sub! Before the franchise took off and they changed the way they cut the bread (it's sliced in half now, they used to cut a wedge out of the middle then plunk it back on top of the toppings). So the change in bread cutting eliminated the availability of the Chicken Fajita sub because it was delicious liquid mush scooped into the hollowed-out bread. This was 1995 or earlier.
iPod classic
I may be the only one here, but I kind of miss Burger King tacos. Sometimes they just really hit the spot.
Altoids sours
Ciniminis from Burger King. Those shits were fire.
Sesame sticks. You know, the ones you used to be able to get in restaurants. Once those phased out, you could still find them in the grocery store. Well it's been several years since I last saw one in a grocery store.
Planters brand cheese balls in the cylinder can.
Speak ‘N Math.
I regret pouring orange juice into the speaker of my perfect Speak’N Spell when I was a kid 🙁
The iPod classic!
The old Zicam. It was actually effective at fighting off a cold, unlike whatever crap they have on the shelf now. The FDA made them get rid of it because it turned out to damage people's sense of smell.
Edit:
Also salt and vinegar popcorn, and salsa flavored Cheetos.
Im sure not too many people care but SOBE had a glass bottled fruit punch called POWER. it was amazing!
Dibs, they used to be a delicious ice cream that was fairly popular that just disappeared for some reason.
Those old-school dot matrix printers. I always loved how they printed text. Yes, I know they're still around but they've largely disappeared.
Levis 501s - they have a XX on the leather brand patch that stands for 20 oz canvas. They used to be made of such stiff and tough canvas that when you first got them they could stand on their own. Now the canvas is only 9 oz and is not very durable at all. They clearly couldn't take the two horses trying to pull them apart.
Dunkaroos :(
Ummm, Orbitz (the drink with little suspended pearls in it) and Taco Bell Doritos. The best Doritos.
Orville Redenbacher Pour Over Cheddar Popcorn. Pretty sure I’m the only person who liked it ‘cause everyone I knew thought it tasted like ass. But it was hard to find even when it was available, so when my mom saw it in stores she would buy every box. I ate through my stockpile finally and went to look up where I could find more, only to discover that it was discontinued a year prior. I’ve had the worst craving for it all these years, and no other cheddar tastes quite the same.
Coke with Lime. Such a delicious citrusy burn as it scalded its way down your throat hole.
Windows 95
Theme hospital
Do you guys remember that you from the 90s that basically melted down metal so you could make other metal dudes? Yah, that. Best "toy" ever.
I miss phones with the slide out QWERTY keyboards so much, if I could have my Samsung Galaxy with one of those I'd be the happiest man in the world
Arby’s 5 for 5 deal.
Every time I go there now and they promote their 2 for 5 deal I tell them they are trying to erase the historical record and leave without buying anything
Non stretchy bootcut jeans. About everything is skinny jeans
Dreamcast. Mine is now a respectable 20 years old and getting glitchy, but damn, I never had so many fun filled evenings playing Soulcalibur.
A flatscreen TV with buttons on it. I have an older Phillips in our bedroom and if you lose the remote you can still change inputs, get into the menu, change channels, etc. The Vizio in our living room needs the remote to even turn on.
Altoids raspberry sours :(
TI calculators.
Edit: my bad, I thought you wrote " what outdated product still available do you wish was updated or discontinued."
Rear wheel drive V8 and 6 cylinder 4 door sedans.
Here in Australia you could buy a Ford Falcon XR6T sedan with a turbo straight 6 capable of 500+ horsepower with a tune
Or go to Holden and buy a SS Commodore sedan or wagon with an LS3 or you could go to HSV (Holden Special Vehicles) and get the same car with a body kit, better interior, bigger brakes, better suspension and a supercharged LSA.
Too bad Holden and Ford Australia shut down their factories in 2016/2017.
2 door manual hatchbacks in America.
Head on headache relief. I know it was simply a placebo effect, but that cooling sensation felt great when I felt a migraine coming on.
70's era Mad Magazine
http://www.madcoversite.com/mad155.html
The sonic gameboys u got from the mcdonalds happy meals
making mix tapes for someone (on cassette tapes)
Blockbuster
A 2011 Dan Dee My First Easter Chick
My son had one as a comfort object and it ended up getting thrown away in a lapse of judgement. It's been two years and he's 6 now, but he still bursts into tears and mournfully walks "CHICKIIIIEEEEE" whenever he sees old pictures of him with it. I scoured the internet, but it turns out Dan Dee only makes one run of its stuffed animals. I check eBay every couple of months on the off-chance someone is selling one.
Multi-port chargers for 12-volt batteries. We’re still nursing along a five-port charger at my work that has only 2 1/2 working ports, and we’ve been forced to supplement with crappy single-port chargers that take up two outlets on the power strips and don’t charge as strongly or as quickly. I don’t care about the supposed fire risk of multi-port chargers, we’re only leasing the office anyway!
Four Lokos..... the reeeeeal Four Lokos.
How about high/low beam switch on the floor. Floor vents that you pulled that gave you fresh air in the cab and the wing windows.
hubba bubba gum - the flavor didn’t last but it was like a fruit explosion in your mouth when you first popped in a piece
I miss 3D Doritos. Why are they gone? :’(
https://www.change.org/p/frito-lay-bring-back-3d-nacho-cheese-doritos
Two faucet knobs. You can control the pressure AND the temperature.
McDonald's Hot n' Spicy McChicken sandwiches....
They were like 99 cents, and super delicious. I love hot stuff, and usually when a fast food joint calls something spicy it's a joke, but these actually had a nice kick to them, and just tasted so damn good for a processed chicken patty. They had them for years, the only thing I would ever go there for, and undoubtedly a hot seller, but for some reason they got rid of them. I haven't been to FatDonald's since...
3D Doritos. What I wouldn't give to open a bag and remember a time when we had hope for Phantom Menace .
Friendster used to show how you were connected (like the 6 degrees of separation game) to other account holders - it was so cool!
Gameboy games. You can't even find them irl anymore, you have to buy them online which isn't worth it to me.
Cherry Vanilla Dr.Pepper
Firefly
I wish Pebble still made watches
Philadelphia cheesecake bars. I remembered them the other day and was horribly depressed to find out they were discontinued many years ago.
3D Doritos! I loved those cheesy little bastards.
Cinnabon popcorn. I weep for it’s absence in my life.
Cars. I can't stand modern cars, they are so heavy. bloated, full of electronic helpers, I keep buying cars from 20+ years ago when they were lighter, more fun to drive, and looked great. Unfortunately they rust, and parts are not so widely available anymore, so I wish they were still made today.
Jammin Jalapeño flavor from Buffalo Wild Wings. That was the bomb.
Crystal Pepsi, they revived it a few times but they claim it is gone for good now. For some reason it triggered my acid reflux less than other sodas and it tasted great.
Victoria's Secret Vanilla Lotion. It was their best selling one, so they discontinue it. Please explain that logic. No other brand comes close to that smell....
Jell-o pudding roll-ups. Why all the roll-ups gotta be fruit?
3D jalapeño Doritos. If Lays can make biscuit & gravy chips then they can bring back 3D Doritos.
Orbitz drinks with the little tapioca balls floating around in them. It was like a precursor to the bubble tea phenomenon.
Saran Wrap. Yes, I know the chemicals were "dangerous for humans" but ffs, at least the product worked. Now it just sits there, not clinging to anything.
Clairol used to make a shampoo called Herbal Essence. A clean herbal smell, worked great.
Then they changed it to a dozen different weird scents. Didn't even keep the original formulation. I wish the old Herbal Essence was back.
3D Doritos. Lays recently came out with a puff chip that is close, but more like if Chex were to make a chip. Also no dorito taste. I miss them.
Easy Cheese used to make string cream cheese for a brief time. It seems I only remember it being on shelves for 6 months or so.
I'm not sure why they took it off the shelves. It was delicious!
Isoactive foaming toothpaste. I swear I could go a week without brushing my teeth as a kid then use that stuff once before the dentist and they’d tell me how clean and great my teeth were. No idea why it got discontinued (maybe the super not environmentally friendly can had something to do with it) but damn did that stuff do a great job
UK here, golden grahams. Cinnamon grahams can do one, golden or bust
Crest lemon ice toothpaste. Only toothpaste flavor I ever actually liked.
Those Taco Bell chicken chips were pretty tasty when they were around.
That and wonka bars. They were always hard to find but had a pretty unique and yummy taste compared to other chocolate bars, but they didn’t sell well enough and now the flagship wonka candy from the original story is the most obscure one in real life.
Would have also said Oreo-o’s but they recently brought them back and it’s fuckin fantastic.
Man I really like food that’s bad for me...
Those little phones where you could change faceplates and whatnot. Like the freaking Nokia that won't die. I know it won't break but its not even functional.
Tortinos mexican style pizza. That shit was the bomb
Chlordane
Heinz sausage rolls with the tomato sauce in them, I would skydive without a parachute if I got to eat them all the way down.
Newman's Own Giddy Up Coffee Ice Cream. Best coffee ice cream ever, IMO. Don't eat it before bed or sleep isn't happening. Called the company and "it did not create expected revenue". Late to the party so I hope someone sees it.
Terpin hydrate with codeine sold over-the counter. We'd toss back a shotglass and it was like chasing a couple tylenol 4's with a shot of Southern Comfort.
Team Fortress Classic
Talking my language. There's a handful of servers still kicking around, mainly populated with bots and weird no BH rules. But I really miss the old clan scene.
Burger King Stacker Sauce
First they cancelled the burger then they cancelled the sauce.
This. I miss the stackers.
Burger King Stacker Sauce
First they cancelled the burger then they cancelled the sauce.
Keebler's Pizzaria Chips. Those things were incredible.
Also, the Mongo Bat made by Mattel/Aviva sports! It made a cool noise when you hit stuff, and you could smash a golfball into orbit with just a bit of effort. Great for breaking windows several streets away.
Google Reader. Feedly and The Old Reader just are not the same.
Playstation 1 & 2 games
Breyer’s Vienetta. Hasn’t been sold in the US since the 1990s. Ice cream loaf of the gods.
This reminds me of the episode of married with children where Al wins a lifetime supple of some discontinued snack and when he opens them the exppsure to air makes them crumble because they're so old
those hardass Rustler Jeans with 5 pockets that cost $10 at Kmart
you can still get them at walmart but they don't have that 5th pocket for coins
feels way too much like wearing mom jeans without that pocket
worst thing is I contact them on their form and show them a picture of the jeans and they are denying to me and other people on their webform that they ever made them with 5 pockets...
its because Walmart hardballs manufacturers and to save 50cents they took the pocket off.
I am an adult man i just want a decent pair of cheap jeans to wear around that arent acid washed or filled with holes that didn't get there from me working in them.
Mods, please rename this to the Spicy Nuggets Memorial Thread
3-D mother fucking Doritos
Ultimate orange, Ecto cooler, brownie earthquakes from Dairy Queen, cheesey beefy melts from Taco Bell...
Barq’s Root Beer Floatz. They were amazing. I stopped seeing them around 2010. I miss that drink so much. I used to buy it by the case.
Planters cheese balls
Burma-Shave shaving soap. They quit making it about 2010 I think. There's nothing like lathering up with a mug and brush for a good shave.
I wish it was possible to order/buy anything retro videogame as brand new. Would love to buy a new n64 game in its cardboard box for a reasonablr price again
Mcdonalds chicken fajitas. Such a beautiful thing gone too soon.
All the good Nintendo’s
Pizza Hut's Triple Decker Pizza.
A layer of 6 cheeses between 2 thin crusts, sauced and topped again. I use to work at Pizza Hut when this came out. They have everything to make it. They roll out a thin crust and put it in the pan (do not cut off the over hanging crust) put a layer of cheese to cover the dough. Make another thin crust. Cookie cut a hole in center of the top layer. Put on top of the other thin crust. Now cut off all the over hanging crust and top and cook like a normal pizza. They might not have the 6 cheese blend for the middle cheese. They can use the regular blend of cheese. Go on a slow night and ask nicely they might do it for you. Offer to make a ice cream treat run for them.
Blockbuster.
Vicks used to make these little tubes that were the size of chapstick and they had a pellet or something inside of them with some holes on the top of the tube and you could snort the fumes for sinus relief, that stuff was amazing but I can't find it anymore.
I heard you could test positive for meth with those and that's why they were discontinued.
Bath and Body Works Grapefruit scented products. Now I can’t find a scent I like!
Pillsbury original recipe refrigerated cookie dough. Moved over to Nestle.
3D Jalapeño Doritos.
Sony mini discs. Those things were pretty damn cool at the time.
Tangerine altoids!!!!
MinuteMaid Frozen Juice Bars. Don't know if they are still available in some markets but I haven't seen any in Quebec since the 90s.....
Supersize Mcflurries. Get out of here with that “snack size” bullshit. I want a 48 oz cup of ice cream with m n m’s in it
Mercury thermometers. (I will not break it and touch the mercury.) I absolutely detest the digital thermometers.
Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific shampoo.
Using that shampoo got me so many compliments on how great my hair smelled. It was a flowery girly scent. Oh, and in the shower, the scent was just heaven! This was in the mid 70s maybe. Then it was reintroduced around the early 90s. When I was a little older and a little more relaxed around guys. So I had used it one morning before work and was sitting at a desk. This guy came in and reached around the desk to get something and his head was near my hair so he got a good whiff. Even though this is Reddit I am not going to repeat what he did to me. But it in involved me just being in the room (so that my heavenly scented hair would be available) and he would handle things all by himself. I told him "let's go!" He ran away.
But really, it smelled so good.
I'd like a limited release of Pepsi Kona again. But I get why they discontinued it.
Also, Pepsi Spice was the worst thing ever canned.
Arby's chocolate turnovers.
Sony Trinitron TV. Huge. A monster. So heavy...BUT THE PICTURE!!!! 4K has nothing in what I used to have....and it had split-screen so I could have 2 things on at once, like a game and a movie!
Polly Pocket! And i mean those from 20 years ago.
My daughter loves them! (my wife got 10 of these from her childhood)
Why did they change the product? :(
those flying ripcord toys. I remember some dragon-type one for the boys and fairies or something for girls. I am sure they were banned for safety but they were fun as hell and I recently had the urge to play with one, and see how high I could get it =(
Aunt Jemima pancake mix. They make the syrup, but not the pancake mix anymore. Heard a few people complained and poof. Gone. They only found (something like:) 0.01% of boxes were giving people an upset stomach. I feel like that percentage chance is much higher with an average acceptable food item though. Just my opinion.
Pepsi twist and Doritos 3d abd demo discs from magazines Every week I'd use my allowance to buy a 2l of Pepsi twist, a big bag of 3d Doritos and a PlayStation magazine with a demo disc. Sit down and dig into those chips while I played all the new demos
Parmesan and Garlic Cheez-Its
Favorite flavor, but I haven't seen a box in almost 10 years.
Creamsavers. Those things were so tasty, and they just vanished!
Anything (carbonated) and Whatever (non-carbonated), a canned beverage where the contents are unknown and can range from orange juice, cola, citrus soda, to iced lemon tea.
I don't know where they went.
Turkey Twizzlers, I know they probably gave you cancer but I'd to anything to taste one again
The Planters Cheeseballs that come in a cardboard container.
This is the right answer. This will be my highest upvoted comment ever.
Edit: Someone else already said this. God damn it.
Girl Scouts' limited edition apple cinnamon cookies. I stocked up a bit when they were out but I'm all out now :(
Non-fire safety cigarettes....
They have just gotten worse and worse since the early 2000's..
Grapefruit Tang. Back during the Apollo program, Tang came out as an "Astronaut drink." I liked the original orange flavor, which you can still find, but the grapefruit flavor was amazing! It only lasted a limited time, because I seem to be the only one who liked it. They also had a grape flavor that didn't work as well for me.
Late and will get buried, but oh well...
For me it’s the Citrus Blast Crest toothpaste. For someone who dislikes mint, it was a godsend!
Try Pepsodent. No mint.
Cars with analogue speedometer. Not completely gone yet, but more and more cars these days have digital screens. As a petrolhead the pixelated needle hitting the red is nowhere near as satisfying or smooth as the real deal.
What's worse in my car I've got a digital speedometer and an analogue boost gauge so I'm constantly reminded of the difference.
Home phones! It's nice and all to be able to reach someone at any time but
People don't use their freaking voicemails anymore.
It's nice to go out and not have to deal with hearing from anyone if you want to. In other words, privacy.
Doritos 3D’s. Easily my favorite snack of all time for the one year it was a thing.
Come on, Frito-Lay.
Mcdonald's used to have this thing called the Brownie Fudge Melt in 2009. It was this baked brownie in a little bowl with hot fudge drenched all over it. I thought it was the greatest thing ever.
TV with a physical power button on the television. These days if you lose the remote you can’t turn on some of them!
Herb and garlic butter microwave popcorn. Reddenbacher had this flavor back in the mid 90s
John Frieda’s Frizz Ease anti-frizz spray. Garnier Fructis is just a sub par, piss poor substitution.
Also, Rachel Perry’s banana coconut lip balm. All the flavors were yum, but that was my fave.
Lemon Coolers cookies by Sunshine. Not the imitation stuff on the market now.
Electronic Survivor Shot. A primitive laser tag game of the mid-90s. My brother and I had one. You had a headset with a beacon on it, and it was attached to your gun. It was 2 player only, and when you got hit, there was a motor inside that would turn a cam and dot you in the temple at an insane rate for like 4 seconds. Your gun wouldn't tell you if you hit someone. The scream of pain from the other kid told you.
Drixoral 24 hour. Kicked a sinus infection's ass.
There was the shampoo/conditioner called Outrageous in the U.S in the 90’s. It’s pretty much a bucket list item to get my hands on another bottle someday. A legitimate bottle, not a knock off.
I’ve been waiting for years to say this. 3D Doritos. Not the Mexican kind. 3 fucking D Doritos.
Jeans. Not "Skinny Jeans!".
I have thick, leg-day everyday thighs that were not made to be stuffed into jeans that don't allow for male individuals without thigh gaps.
I'm a skinny female but I have wide feet and I can not even get skinny jeans over my foot. I hate them too!
IT'S THE ONLY KIND OF JEANS I EVER FIND! If I go anywhere besides like Target or Wal-Mart that's all they have. Like in American Eagle and Banana Republic.
Honey Roasted Payday
$1.35 vanilla ice cream bar at Costco that they dip in melted chocolate and generously sprinkle sliced almonds....
Hawaiian McCain Pizza Pockets.
Starbucks iced coffee with milk. 90 calories of tasty cold coffee on the go. The only ones I have seen for sale in ages are the black sweetened and unsweetened. <!--3
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Chocolate Philadelphia Spreadable Cream Cheese. It was basically a cheap dessert cheesecake in a container that I could take tiny bites out of with a tiny spoon to savour as long as possible.
Not sure if it's gone elsewhere but where i live in northern canada it's disappeared from every grocery store within the last 4 months or so. My heart hurts just thinking about it.
Planters CHEEZ BALLS
(I scrolled down some but didn't see this posted yet)
BRING BACK BLOCKBUSTER
Hershey's Swoops. They were only available for one year. One. Year. They were basically chocolate slices in the shape of Pringles.
Aside from that, most old candies, like Bonkers.
Ben & Jerry's Willie Nelson Peach Cobbler Ice Cream. Please come back.
Dreyers used to make orange sherbet with chocolate chips mixed in. Tried looking for it a while ago and they discontinued it. It sounds like a really weird combination but it was really great and my favorite ice cream throughout my childhood.
Orbit gum made a flavor called Mint Mojito that was the PERFECT flavor. It was a winter fresh with a little fruity taste. I miss it so much.
Kraft Garlic Cheese spread- That stuff made the best hashbrown casserole on the planet.
Reese’s peanut butter cup with a chocolate cookie in the middle. They have one with cookie bits in it but it’s not the same.
Butterfinger BBs. Hands down. So crunchy. So delicious.
Plain old grape bubble gum. Not grape watermelon or minty grape. Just the classic grape flavored bubble gum. Maybe the memory plus the absence is over inflating just how yummy it was but I really miss it. I didn't chew gum often but when I did, I loved grape.
The Oral B Hummingbird. Best little flosser. You can still get it on eBay, but the chances of them actually working are slim.
Chili cheese burritos from Taco Bell 😢
Coppertone Shade Sunscreen. There was a variant called Gel or Dry or something like that. It was a liquid alcohol based sunscreen they used to make. You rubbed it on and it just evaporated, no greasy feeling at all. It was fucking amazing and I haven’t seen it in years.
Dunkaroos
Black Pepper Jack Doritos.
Marshmallow rice krispies
Blockbuster
Ben & Jerry's cheesecake brownie ice cream
Alka seltzer morning relief tablets. Pretty sure they had amphetamines in them. They were awesome for a hangover.
altoids used to make these like sour mints that were the best candy ever invented literally that and cream savers used to make a strawberry swirl candy back in the early 90s that was amazing
The Dorito Degree chips. They were fucking amazing!
The late night Doritos were also amazing. The cheeseburger flavored ones were odd but addictive.
Butterfinger BB's, imagine Whopper's candy but instead it was an entire Butterfinger bar compressed into a tiny sphere the size of a peanut M&M
Pop Secret Magic Colors popcorn. It turned blue or red or green as it popped. It was a highlight of my childhood.
Butterfinger blast E.L. fudge cookies. All the best parts of Butterfingers without all of the cavity causing texture.
Ecto Cooler
Butterscotch dip for ice cream at DQ. They knly have chocolate now
Pepsi blue
Orbitz the drink with bubbles
McDonald's Mushroom and Swiss 1/3lb Angus Burgers. Those things were heavenly.
Kodachrome :(
I absolutely understand why it's not made and not processed anymore but having scanned Kodachrome slides from the 60s, and Ektachrome from the same time, nothing can beat Kodachrome. That stuff was beautiful.
Oreo O's.
Nike sandals with weight to them. The base of the sandal now weighs nothing and will blow aeay in a slight breeze. They used to be usable to mark things out during summer playtimes (like bases or soccer goals or field boundaries)
Windows phone made by Nokia.
Jarts. There was nothing quite like throwing a ballistically accurate metal spike at your friends, only to have them gather them up and return fire, all in the name of picnic style kids games.
My friend still has the old death torpedo jarts. So far there have been no (major) injuries! RIP to the fence tho.
Magnolia Blossom Eau de Toilette by Bath and Body Works. It is currently being sold on eBay for a $100 or so. While that is not outrageously expensive it was only $30 a bottle when they still made it so I haven’t been able to bring myself to buy it. Still have a couple squirts left from my original bottle!
Probably gonna be buried, but those old jolly rancher lollipops shaped like triangles. You could lick them for a few minutes then bite the hard shell and it'd just break so easily, then you had that sticky hard stuff in the middle. One of the best candies ever. rip.
Market Day Breakfast Pizzas, I’ve tried many other breakfast pizzas and none taste as good as those little fuckers did.
Insecta. Man, I know that stuff probably burned a hole in the ozone, but it was the best insect (mainly spider) repellant. And it lasted up to a year.
Respect for email. Nowadays it’s just another “feed”
Integrity or intelligence in American politics.
Tag midnight body spray.
Apparently a company bought it out, changed the name and went out of business too. You could buy bulk on ebay of it. I shouldve.
Pernox lemon face scrub. I have never found a better face wash and I can’t imagine why they would ever stop making it.
Logitech's MX518 :(
I threw mine away recently because I thought it was broken but now I think my computer is just goofy sometimes :/ I had it for at least 6 years
Nooo! Mine 'broke' kept disconnecting/connecting) a few years ago, I bought a G400 but I still kept the mx518 cus I was too attached haha. And then just a few months I found out you could fix that by cutting the wire where its broken and then reattach it using very high heat. Works perfectly now
I have an issue where left clicking stops working some times. I figured out that I can just right click a few times and then it works again. I thought it was the mouse but my replacement does the same thing. I think it's just because my mobo is getting old and having USB issues.
The children's antibiotics that came in banana flavour. It was so good that children were faking ear infections to get it. Super dangerous, but it was SO GOOD
WWF Ice cream bars.
How’s A.J.?
Altoids Sours, also known as the only good candy at the checkout.
Hv803 Bluetooth earbuds on Amazon. They were 12$ and Some of the best quality earbuds I've ever purchased. I go through them like crazy because I use them 12 hours a day. They were discontinued. Now I am down to my last pair and I don't know what to get. Everything is so expensive!
Chocolate toaster strudels, they brought them back for a bit and they were fucking amazing, just as good as I remembered.
Concorde tickets.
Real Super Soakers
Is Hellman's mayonnaise now a different recipe? It seems different to me.
Red bull cola. Last time I checked, it was only being distributed in Germany now.
Orbitz bottled flavored water with the balls floating in them. When I was 8 or 9, I thought they were so cool looking so I begged my mom to buy it for me. She said no. Only ever had one sip of it and I thought it was delightful. Now that I make my own money, I’d like to buy some.
Sara Lee chocolate dipped cheesecake bites.
Taco Bell's Boss Wrap...my god was it good. Also Subway's Fried Chicken Sub.
Windows Movie Maker Free and Easy UI
Backpage.com
Barq's French Vanilla Creme Soda. This came out for a short time in the summer of 2002 and it was absolute crack cocaine. I haven't seen it since.
Just searched for it and apparently it is still made, but I've never seen it anywhere. It's on Amazon, so time to order up some nostalgia!
My dad and I used to buy these little chocolate Candy's called treasures, I have no idea what happened to them or if they still exist.
Jolt cola!
Pomegranate 7 up. Chobani champions honey nana. Black cherry Vanilla Coke.
Count Chocula
Count chocula is seasonal for halloween. Not discontinued. Though it would be nice to get anytime you want rather than just around halloween.
Oh, it's discontinued in Canada completely and I haven't seen it in the US yet but I'll keep an eye out during Halloween thanks
Tommy Hilfiger's juiced up body wash. Would literally feel like a cool breeze blowing over your balls all day.
It's still fresh but RIP Diet Coke with like, one of the best tasting Coke products ever
Reese's pb cups with the crunchy cookie layer
Lawn darts
Those big square Jolly Rancher suckers. Now they just make those shitty dumbdumb like things.
Bic z4+ needle point roller pen, extra fine point. My favorite pen ever. My last one is on the outs
Guitar hero guitars for Xbox 360. Why the hell are they not making the controllers anymore.
Berry Lucky Charms
Kraft cheese spread. You can no longer get it in nz! Have tried all alternatives. Nothing is the same.
There used to be a candle at Bath & Body Works called Tuscan Herbs that’s been discontinued for a few years now. The only place to get one is on Ebay at an insane price increase :( One of my favorite smells of all time
Crystal clear Pepsi
In the U.K. Heinz use to make these miniature little tin cans called toast toppers. Spread on your bread and put it under the grill. Chicken and mushroom was the best!
I haven’t seen it on this thread yet, and I’m on a phone, so:
KFC Kentucky Nuggets
Best nuggets of all the major chains, for all time.
Volcano Burritos from Taco Bell. I’d do terrible things to get those back on the menu. If I won the lottery I’d invest as much as possible into Taco Bell to force them to add it back. If Taco Bell’s CEO asked me to murder someone for them to come back I’d do it.
They are my Klondike Bar.
Taco Bell's chili cheese burrito....so sad this is gone
I still get them here in Houston
Certs. Especially the fruit flavours.
Original Pizza Hut Big New Yorker.
I thought I knew you
I miss it so much!
Those sour altoids were the shit. I miss them.
Clearly Canadian. Man I loved me that blackberry flavor.
My life
iPod classic 160gb. They things were lifesavers for long journeys etc
Sprite: Labrons Mix.
I have never been a huge fan of Sprite. But I remember grabbing this flavor a few years ago and it was absolutely amazing. It was the only thing I drank the entire summer. Then they were discontinued! I was so upset.
McDonalds Pizza. Come on people, how is this not at the top!
Turkey Twizzlers.
Jamie Oliver can eternally go fuck himself.
DiGiorno had a deep dish pizza that you could use a fork to eat.
Those Penrose hot sausages in a jar. Ughhhhhhhhh.
Waffle Crisp
Dr. Dreadful's monster candy lab thingy. The old one with the test tubes where you actually felt like a mad scientist, not the lame modern remake.
Rubbermaid Roughneck laundry basket. I have one from the mid-late 80'sthat I kept my stuffed animals in as a child. As a teenager, it held my shoes. It came to college with me in 2001 and was finally used as a laundry basket. It came with when I moved in with my husband in 2007. Last year, I gave it to my son to hold his stuffed animals. He dumps his stuffed out, climbs in and asks to be pushed around in it. My brother and I did that as kids, too. It hasn't broken or cracked and is still in excellent condition, after more than 30 years of use. I emailed Rubbermaid to see if they still make them. I got an email in response basically stating that they were made so well that people did not need to replace them frequently enough to remain in production. They don't make things like they used to.
Archway soft sugar cookies. God damn they were good.
Masculinity and masculine pride. As a woman, it's either soy boy or red neck nowadays :/
I've had to get into fist-fights because my co-workers would get lippy with other guys at the bar. And they would be pissed because the guy hit them. As opposed to saying "thanks for almost getting your ass kicked for running my mouth to a bigger guy" they whined about getting hit in the face. And the thing that really sucks is that if I needed them to have my back I know I wouldn't be able to count on it.
So even though there are alot of people on the extremes, there is a silent group in the middle. Guys who can cook, clean, dress-well, fix a car, build a house, love a woman, raise a child, handle themselves in any situation.
Your last sentence is exactly what I am referring to as masculinity. The courage and strength to do what is necessary. The ones who brag about getting into fights and being a tough guy is NOT what I'm talking about here.
I mean, I do appreciate the burly man in a leather jacket on a motorcycle, but not if he's ignorant, loudmouthed, and irresponsible. The "silent group in the middle" is precisely what I would consider the ideal.
Who was bragging, its showing an example of how lost "masculinity" and "masculine pride" have become. It's not about "look at me I got in a fight". It's more about how society allowed guys to lose their responsibility in the moment. The actions of my co-workers had repercussions, they felt no need to own up to. Like the guys I hung out with in college and HS, wouldn't run their mouths or start an unwarranted fight without thinking or at least apologize about doing. My co-workers back then held the internet viewpoint of a fight, that the other person wont punch, and there is always going to be a parent/teacher/boss around to help them.
So maybe to a guy living in this world whose seen the loss of masculinity (in terms of men not owning up to responsibility) over the last five years, maybe that was the best example.
Eagle snack mix. Pretzels, Doritos style chips, honey roasted peanuts, and little bacon flavored crackers. So good.
Ferrara Pan Cherry Clan candy. They had pictures of little Chinese dudes on the box which now seems racially insensitive.
The Goodhumor bar that was chocolate and vanilla with the crumbles on the outside. I know they still have a version of this with both chocolate and vanilla ice cream, but the one I miss is the one with the hard chocolate center.
Cinnamon Tic Tacs...and soon, the cherry cola ones as well (they are still listed, but I don't see them anymore and the other day the last of them were on the clearance racks of walmart)
Mint chocolate pop tarts. I never tried them and would love to.
The Lemon Girl Scout cookies that they pulled from our area.
Skippy Squeeze
Jello pudding pops. I would even accept Bill Cosby having all of his charges dropped to make the commercials again.
cornetto soft...delicius ! i Always wanna have my personal tower ammounition shot of glorius fragola and panna ice cream
Nesquik banana flavored milk
Had a buddy who used to make milky banana splits with nesquik choc/straw/banana mixes, whenever we would do the sweetleaf in HS.
Sombrero Pizzas. Frozen section at Sams Club. OMG...can't even find info on the internet about them, but they were divine!
Manual transmission performance cars (not unavailable yet but quickly dying)
Spiderman cereal and Super Mario cereal
WWE Ice Cream Bars
With as much merchandise as they shill this would be a win win.
Walkmans, do you know how many CDs I have that I wish I can walk around listening too?
BlackBerry. Loved that can keyboard loathe touch screens with all my heart
Bandaid Gum
Lime Skittles
McDonald’s Chicken Selects
Chick-fil-A Buffalo Sauce
Tyson 6oz Refrigerated Popcorn Chicken
Dunkaroos- They were my favorite 90's snack. Cookies you dip in icing? WHY did this disappear?!
Habanero Doritos. Those things were great.
Sketchers Shape Up sneakers
Those things were discontinued due to causing damage to peoples bodies...
My mum wore them for about a year and they made her posture a lot better. I have been trying to find a new pair for her since they were worn out but no luck :/
I have an almost unused pair sitting in my basement.
Trident bubble gum before they started using xylitol. Bubble gum isn’t supposed to taste like mint!
Calypso Shots. They were like little Ice balls here in the UK in Lemon and Lime flavour (think balls the size of BB's of flavoured ice). They were the most refreshing thing in summer.
Dunkaroo's
Quaaludes
Any lime candy that was replaced by green apple. What miscreant decided that was better?
Altoid Sours
Sierra point and click games...especially Laura Bow
Jack3d original formula.
P. B. Crisp. The best peanut snack known to man!
Good super soakers.
When I was a kid, they used to sell Fresca in South Africa. I loved that stuff so much! Ice cold Fresca was just amazing! There was also a candy called Rascals that they stopped selling. Mr Sweets now sells Rascals but they don't taste the same at all!
Cup noodle: dumplings.
fuck that was soo good
Chipotle's Chorizo
Dunkaroos
Super late, but...Lay's bistro gourmet potato chips. If i had known they were taking them away, I would have bought a pallet load. No one even seems to remember them! They were just gone, like they never existed. =(
Edit: spelling
Wasabi Funyuns
I miss when products were made to last. Bought a fridge that was 2 years old, died 2 weeks later. Computers don't work after 3 years now, and consoles die just as fast.
I thought, for me, it was going to be ecto-cooler
I remember drinking that in elementary school with my lunch and when I heard they were releasing it again I was so darn happy.
It took forever for me to find it in stock, in fact had Walmart email me when it was in stock and I bought at like 2am one morning so that I could get it before it sold out.
It took several weeks to come in because I was too cheap to pay for the expedited shipping.
It came in one night after work and I put it in the fridge to get cold just waiting to taste it and relive my childhood.
Next night I pulled a can out of the fridge, popped the top, took a big ole swig. And remembered that I never really liked ecto-cooler to begin with.
So the moral of my long drawn out story? Some things are better left in the past. Especially ecto-cooler
This I worked with a kid who claimed to be the biggest ghostbusters fan and was in tears when he learned this was coming back. Even though he never had it before he says it nice to have it now because everyone's memories online. He has it and complains about it. When someone explained that it was just people remembering a better time of their lives, he almost had a panic attack over never having what he wants out of life. First time I've ever witnessed a "millennial breakdown".
The Snapple element drinks. I got a rain water every other day. Loved them so much. I miss them terribly.
Smores Ritz bites. They remind me of road trips to Florida to see my Grandma
Coke Blak. I truly enjoyed it.
And McDs pizza because why not.
Doritos Smokin Cheddar BBQ. It won the fight for the flavor competition in mid-2007, but was discontinued in February 2008. It was brought back briefly in October 2009, and ever since then, I've been trying to get it back.
The George Foreman pan. This was the best pan ever; it had ridges like a George Foreman grill but you used it like a regular pan on the stove. The thing was a champ at making burgers and steaks but I cannot find a replacement one anywhere.
Adidas Superstars with the old formula rubber that didn't oxidize after 6 months. I loved the old ones.
PB Crisps, they were so heavenly as a snack, I wish they'd return!
David Nacho Cheese sunflower seeds. I now have to buy them in 36ct boxes for an astronomical price online. They used to be $1.50 at every gas station for the big 5.75oz bag
I miss being able to rent a hard copy of a movie. Blockbuster always managed to have the older movies I want to watch. (The Great Escape, The Guns of Navarone, etc.) Red box doesn't have them, and I don't trust online content providers with my credit card.
The altoid sour candies
the original SUPER NINTENDO!!!!
Doo Dads. The greatest snack ever invented. And it has gone the way of the dodo.
And don't even start with that Chex Mix crap. Doo Dads were far superior, and apparently I'm never going to get to eat them again.
Lilu perfume from Pac sun..that shit was the bomb
Tamogachis...I'd treat them so much better...I just need a second chance.
... Sanders for president :(
Primatene Mist. The old ephedrine inhalers. It was the only rescue inhaler you could buy OTC. It was banned because of CFCs. You can still buy aerosol spraycans, but you can't buy a fucking inhaler. Still grinds my gears and it happened in 2011. Used to be able to run out of inhaler, and run to store and grab a primatene in a pinch.
Lime skittles. What the fuck, sour apple is such a shitty idea and clashes with all the other flavors. I remember the first day I bit into a skittles pack that had sour apple instead of lime without knowing and thinking to myself "what the fuck?"
Glade's Blackberry Jam Room Spray!
Best thing I've ever smelled, and the scent now is so nostalgic for my senior year of college. I have one spray can left and use it so sparingly.
I'd pay good money for a case of those suckers.
Not exactly a product, but ultimate marvel vs capcom 3
Full size station wagons. The ones large enough to have rear facing third row seats.
Manual transmissions in 1/2 ton pickups.
Sega consoles. I was the biggest sega fanboy.
I remember there was Pour-over popcorn by Orville Renenbaucher, it was basically just popcorn that came with a cheesey sauce packet.
It was probably unhealthy as fuck, but everything that tastes good is.
Does anyone else remember "oldies" radio as being music from about 1952 and 1980? Radio stations like that were my jam growing up. They were this perfect combination of early rock and roll, R&B/Soul, early British Invasion and 60's/70's folk/pop/disco - everything that sounds golden on AM radio. My now defunct local station was 100% responsible for much of my music education when I was a child. Buddy Holly, Elvis, Chuck Berry, the Beatles (and all of their contemporaries), pretty much everything out of Detroit, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, countless one-hit wonders, mellow classic rock (pretty much anything on the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks)...that was my music education and I'm damn proud of it.
To get something similar these days, I have sit down and carefully comb through several Spotify playlists to come up with something that remotely sounds like I remember. The ones they have are fine in a pinch, but are always missing something. What they call "oldies" now include song from the 80's and 90's now - decades of music I actively snubbed until I was about 13 (and being only 33 myself, I can't wrap my head around music released in my lifetime being called "oldies"). The decade playlists are exactly that, and don't seem to remember a time when the Bee Gees and Eddie Cochrane were played next to each other. The Guardians of the Galaxy soundtracks come somewhat close, but they also include the movie scores. And then there's the problem of adding songs that aren't the original recordings and it just doesn't fit...the whole thing can be very frustrating.
Anyway, that's my rant.
3D Doritos. 3D Doritos. 3D Doritos. 3D Doritos. 3D Doritos. 3D Doritos.
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Preach
The Microsoft Zune
Omfg lucky sons of bitches! I must travel to the underworld where food attacks you for a piece of VIENETTA.
I miss my Zune.
I still use mine!
I miss “Nosgoth” by Psyonix good game that was
Planter's Cheese Curls and Cheese Balls. Can't find anything that tastes as good.
The Subaru Baja ='[
Active speakers.
I had to buy a new record player a while back, I'd been using my dads old one and it finally crapped out. The old speakers were still good though so when I got the new one I attached the old speakers only to find that they didn't work. Turns out they're active speakers, meaning that they received both audio AND power from the turntable. The new turntable only supports passive speakers, which take audio but NOT power from the player meaning you now have to use 2 plugs for the one device.
To remedy this I began searching for something that supported active speakers only to find that they apparently don't exist anymore. Am disappointed.
Those spherical flamin hot cheetohs that came in a plastic tube container.
3D Doritos
Glad I found someone wth the same thought!
My wife would kill for Orange Scope Crest toothpaste.
Microsoft Zune HD
I love mine!!!!!
Fiery Habenro Dorito Chips! They have those Dynomitas, but I want the regular chips!
Orange Julius with the egg in the drink.
Skintimate had this after shave lotion I LOVED...then they discontinued it. Jergen's Wet Skin Moisturizer is close, but it's not as good.
Also, there used to be this candy called "Milkfuls" that came in a blue bag, and no one remembers it but I LOVED them. They had a caramel outside and a really gooey center. I feel like it was Stork that made them..
Hershey's made this candy bar back in the day, they were basically m&m's, but they were hershey kisses shaped. They were called kissables, and they are the most amazing thing to ever grace this earth
Also M&M's made a chocolate bar, which was even better.
They were both discontinued.
Once upon a time, Doritos released a Cheeseburger flavor that I swear tasted like a cheeseburger. I mean you could taste every part of the burger. I never saw them after that one summer (late 2010s I'm thinking). I still think about those chips.
Gummy brand headphones-the origional ones that dont crawl up into your ear canal.
Mountian Dew Dark Berry. Came out for a Batman movie and is gone now. Holy shit was it good. And don't tell me to drink voltage instead just because the can is dark -_-
Starburst Hard Candies and those ice cream bars that came out around Christmas that were just straight up shaped ice cream in a bag with no stick. One was shaped like a Christmas tree and the other was Santa. So good.
There was also a Toy Story 2 ice cream from Blue Bunny that I really loved. The chocolate pieces in it were heavenly.
Sour Altoids
The original Clean & Clear Deep Action Cream Cleanser formula I've been using for 20 years. They changed it a year or two ago and it doesn't tingle anymore :( The formula is also more viscus, which makes me use more. I hate it.
We still have Twinkies in Canada
Not sure how Ecto Cooler isn't in my ctrl-f of the top comments
Mazda rx7
TGIFriday's Pizza Chips
An internet that didn't spy on me and constantly try to sell me shit.
3D Doritos
Maybe I’m too late but Hot Cheetos Asteroids. I miss those more than I miss some people.
Skittles Gum
Butterfinger BBs :(
Guitar hero, the old style where you can have 4 players with different instruments and with cartoon characters. Good times
Doritos used to make a black bag "Salsa" variety, they were my favorite flavor ever and they stopped making them. The "Blaze" flavor is close but it's not the same.
CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH MUFFINS. They were the best thing that ever happened to me as a child and I was so disheartened when they were discontinued
Two things:
Cars that have simple dashboards with knobs instead of electronic touch screens with features buried three screens deep which risk crashing when trying to change the temperature or whatever. This is one of the main reasons is why I’m hanging onto my 2007 Honda Accord.
Second: Maypo hot cereal. Can’t get it here in Florida.
Sobe Mr Green, it tasted like a sweeter dr pepper with less carbonation
Common sense..... So hard to come by these days... It mustve been discontinued.
Cars that you can see out of and that have an option of a manual transmission. Everything these days feels like a tank, especially the obscene amount of crossovers that make soccer moms feel invincible. It's terrifying for someone who might be getting a Miata soon.
Andy Capp's SALSA FRIES! I would give someone a chunk of my soul for a bag of those.
Snapple Elements. Fire and Rain were the most popular, but there were a TON more flavors. Star, Sun, Diet Air, etc.
I've signed so many online petitions through the years to get these back.
this is still being made but i will be very, very sad when they stop. what is it? levis skateboarding jeans. specifically the rigid indigo version. there is nothing in that price range that can even remotely come close to this stuff in terms of quality and features. 17% polyamide for abrasion resistance (aka unbranded kevlar) , double layer of fabric on back pockets, all the seams are extra stitched, plus reinforced crotch. these things are indestructible, they hold their shape better than any jeans ive ever seen.
Beer in returnable bottles! The bottles now are screw caps and are thinner walled and the beer just doesn't taste as good anymore. I'd rather have beer that way than in cans.
Neapolitan 3 Musketeers.
McCormick Mac n cheese powder mix. Sold in a giant bull size spice container. Why buy Mac n cheese boxes when you can just buy the mix and your own pasta for much cheaper?
But now nobody sells it. RIP.
Older versions of Auto CAD that were a lot more simple to use and you didn't have to pay for an individual "seat" like now.
Windows XP ... nice piece of software
Snapple Elements drinks, and the Sobe Dragon drink. Those things were the highlight of my preteen/teen years.
Paragon... :(
Being able to buy cheap vinyl at a used record store because CD's were the wave of the future. No idea what happened, but spending 20 on an LP or up to 40 on a double LP sucks.
Nintendo Gamecube Controllers.
Kraft Caesar Ranch salad dressing. To this day it is the only salad dressing I have ever really enjoyed.
I tried mixing ranch with Caesar. Not the same.
The WWE ice cream bars!
Nickelodeon used to make this slime gum that would become almost liquid (slime) then congeal into normal chewing gum the more you chewed it.
I remember this.
Brilliant Brunette used to have this darkening product, you would put it in your hair in the shower, leave it on for 10-20 minutes, and my hair would be the most amazing shade of brown I have ever seen. It would last a few washes and made my hair smooth as fuck. Every time I used it, people would ask if I had my hair done recently.
I can't find it anywhere anymore
I still dream about Altoid Sours...
LeBron James Sprite
This shit was so good! I discovered it at a dollar general and proceeded to buy every last one they had lol.
I went to do that at my local grocery store because I saw they were selling them for 50¢ each. The next day I went back with all my money and they were all gone. I felt like a part of me left that day.
I swear there’s a sprite out now that tastes very similar. Could it be called sprite remix??
Possibly. I've never heard of it before but I'll have to check it out!
Smartphones with keyboards
Swype or drag-typing is so much faster though.
Eh wha? Ok I'm going to try that. Holy shit it actually works! Drag typing I mean.never tried it before now.
Still a fan of tactile feedback but yeah this is viable
You'll learn to love it. The extra screen space by not having a keyboard is more valuable!
True, though a slide out thingy like the Nokia E37 was ideal
Then thin phones wouldn't be a thing!
Oh no! Our pockets would bulge slightly more! What a horrible thought :/
Back in 2007 they had a candy called yogo's that I would give my kidney for another bite
Can anyone tell me if Hormel still sells Kid's Kitchen Cheezy Mac and Beef? I haven't been able to find it for over 10 years since I was a kid but it's still on their website and Kmart's website but they don't ship it and it says it isn't in my area.
Halo 3 GameFuel from Mountain Dew. Those drinks were the bomb.
3D doritos, specifically cool ranch and jalapeno cheddar. Yes I'm aware of the queso ones.
Rootbeer Popsicles. Can't get them in Canada anymore.
Thermasilk shampoo and conditioner! And Jessica Simpson’s Dessert Treats.
Pepsi blue
Real Barqs sodas.
"Jungle Oil" which was this Swedish mosquito oil you rubbed on you.
Gives you cancer or some shit cause it had DDT but it's the only thing I've used that made me impervious to mosquito bites
Appliances that last years before they break.
M.U.S.C.L.E. figures. My favourite toys growing up. My parents threw my collection away and it still pains me to this day. :(
Blackjack chewing gum
Pizza chips.. pizza flavored potato chips.. highlight of my youth
There was a bar in my town Foggy's notion. Best wings I've ever had. My mom and a friends mom used to date the bouncers there so I'd been going to that place since I was like 12. Kinda odd to be a regular in a bar at that age. Or to be a staple when your 21. But still I have never had a better buffalo wing, and thier onion rings were on point to. Burgers decent but man every time I go get wings I'm disappointed.
the good sudafed (the kind with the crystal meth in it, apparently). it totally solved my allergy problems.
Zoopals
I wish they still made those Nestle Crunch Bars with the Caramel inside. Fuck Nestle as a company overall though. This was the only item they made that I wouldn't boycott.
Dunkaroos
Oh Dunkaroos!
Philosophy’s layering perfume collection. I received two samples, Giving and Truthful, meant to be worn together. I took these samples with me when I visited California for a week back in 2015. I got regular sized bottles later on but by the time I ran out of those, the whole collection had been discontinued. It’s depressing when something has a lot of nostalgia associated with it and then it becomes unobtainable.
Some foods I miss from my childhood:
Magic Middles by Keebler. These cookies were amazing. Filled with substantial creamy fudge filling. Out of this world. I think about them all the time.
Also from Keebler- Munch ‘Ems! Specifically the sour cream and onion flavour.
PBMax
Choco-Licious and Grizzly Chomps snack cakes
Oh man. Junk food was amazing back in the day.
The Big Extra burger at McDonalds
Royalex is no longer a thing for canoe manufacturing, because it's too expensive to produce.
Now the lower/mid-range is stuck with poly boats, which are okay but not nearly as good as the Royalex ones they replace.
peanut butter rice crispy treats with chocolate on the bottom, butterfinger flavor hot chocolate, pillsbury made little microwaveable brownies they sold in the refrigerator section (they toyed around with them a few times changing the product slightly before finally discontinuing them all) and reese's peanut butter cup cupcake mix (sold alongside the still yummy, but not quite amazeballs, herseys smores cupcake mix)
Post Blueberry Morning Cereal. I miss this stuff much. 😭😭
Quaaludes.
F L I P phones! click a bitch off when I was done with them. angrily touching my future screen doesn't have quite the same effect.
Does anyone remember "glass wax" it was a glass cleaner that you applied like car wax and when it dried and was buffed off you got perfect, streak free shine every time
Stetson Country.
It is the only cologne my wife likes on me.
Coty discontinued it. No other brand smells the same. I put it on and my wife cannot resist me. This is a very special cologne for me.
I saw a guy on Ebay selling it for 10 bucks per bottle, I bought all that he had.
Cambridge Analytica
Quinine! It was so so helpful for leg cramps at night. They don't carry it over the counter anymore and you can only get it prescribed if you have malaria.
At least 5 Bath and Body Works scents.
Bounce Dryer Bars
The marshmallow sundaes at Dairy Queen. What kind of boardroom executives are so dastardly that they would take marshmallow sundaes away from us?
Those dessert lunchables. The ones where you can make a dessert pizza, and the other ones were you get to make your own cookie or brownie while using up all the frosting and sprinkles.
Things I wish were still widely available: Vinyl Records Typewriters Cassettes Tape for cassettes.
Camcorders and video cassette players.
Many childhood memories are now locked away forever on a magnetic strip contained within a plastic enclosure. The worst part? The film degrades over time and these home entertainment systems of the 80's, 90's and early 2000's are hard to come by for a reasonable price.
Bug City candy. It came in a little bug collecting jar and were chalky tasty tablets shaped like bugs. They taste how those evaporating raspberry air fresheners smell.
Bubble Jug for sheer nostalgia purposes
Josta
The Microsoft Trackball Optical mouse. It fit my hand great, and lasted at least a decade. Now we're mostly stuck with logitech trackball mice which have crappy buttons that start double-clicking (or not clicking) after about a year.
Ruffles’ Original BBQ Chips were the best BBQ chips I have ever tasted and then they discontinued them out of the blue. They’ve been coming out with lame knock-off flavors ever since. Miss them a whole bunch.
Also Butterfinger BB’s!
iPod classic. Owned several of them, it was so convenient while driving, because you can pause, rewind, etc without taking your eyes off the road.
I couldn't think of anything and then it hit me: those cheddar jalapeno 3D Doritos. I haven't thought about those in forever.
TAB soda. You can taste the caffeine. Throw a lemon in it, go out in the sun and life is good.
I also miss Thermasilk Conditioner. It was the perfect conditioner for my hair.
Late to the party, but Dualshock 2 remotes. Until PS2 games get remastered I shall keep playing my old console. Downside is I have to use that POS RadioShack controller.
Swissmiss hot chocolate with caffeine
orville redenbacher pour over cheddar popcorn
That stuff was amazing
YOGOS. PLEASE YOU BEAUTIFUL YOGURT COVERED BALLS <3
Milk in a bottle, the cream used to rise to the top.
Smuckers Jelly Beans used to come out before Easter every year and they were addictive like crack. Jelly Bellies quaked in fear when SJB’s were on the scene. Starburst Jelly beans are nearly as good now,but not quite.
Tato Skins Original: no cheddar, sour cream & blech, shirachit-flavor. Original, dammit. Oh, and Razzles that didn't turn into gum. (Yes, they existed.)
Family values. I believe we are a "product" of our upbringing and surroundings. We can either chose to stay the course, if the up bringing was not the best circumstances, or we can chose another path, learn from the experience and completely change as a person. I've been to so many homes these last few years, where there is total chaos. The language, the drinking the drugs. WHY?!?! If we can bring the Family Values back and teach people to let go of their egos, what a difference the entire world could be.
The Orange Lava Burst Hi-C flavor...man, that drink would be the only good thing that we got from McDs...it was a sad day when they took it from their machines!
clackers
Windows XP
A laserdisc player so I can watch Side Out the movie which I have here.
Rotary Dial Telephones. Hey, I grew up with those phones.
Atari Gaming Systems
Taco Bell’s Stuffed Nacho
I'm gonna sound really weird, but I loved the Chicken and Waffle lays from "Do us a flavor" a few years back. They lost the vote by a landslide, but God do I miss them.
Aquafina had this raspberry sparkling water and I was completely hooked on it all throughout elementary school, like 6 bottles a day hooked. One day I went to buy it and found out it had been discontinued, ended up drinking an energy drink and I've been hooked on those ever since.
moment of silence for oreo cakesters
my first amendment rights
Please do tell of your 1st amendment rights being violated
How much time do you have?
Lets just go with one of the most recent ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhZ00uxvdEY
News Now Houston, a gy by the name of David has visited this place a number of times, he has explained what they are doing is unconstitutional, he got the DOJ to explain it to them, he got their bosses to explain it to them.
In 2010 the DHS put out a memo to all government agencies that are protected by the FPS that they are absolutely 100% not to interfere with a photographer engaged in a constitutionally protected activity.
Now watch the video above.
Tell me, are government agents violating this mans 1st amendment rights?
Universities
They are private entities that have the same first amendment rights like anyone else.
Just because you can't violate their rights doesn't mean you are oppressed.
Most are government owned and considered to be a level of government for legal purposes.
even if that were true (it isn't, most are in fact private), the first amendment does give you the right to free speech, it doesn't force the government to provide you with a platform to reach more citizen.
you have a right to speech, not a right to an audience.
There are ~5800 colleges in the US. 42% are private (~2440). Making the majority public.
And Tinker v. Des Moines says otherwise. To restrict free speech on government owned property is an infringement on 1st ammendment rights.
"It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." -Justice Abe Fortas
the government can't prohibit you from voicing your opinion, but no matter how much certain people might want it, they also don't have an obligation to give you a platform or force others to entertain your ramblings...
Then be sure to protect your 2nd.
Zima
Are people still putting Jolly Ranchers in their Zima?
The only thing I know about Zima is that it had product placement in this season of Agents of SHIELD.
Where and what episode? I haven't spotted it at all.
Season 5, Episode 11. They make a big deal out of it, and have mentioned it a few times since.
https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/8gbjwv/i_saw_zima_for_sale_in_the_store_today/?utm_source=reddit-android
Yea they had it back for a short time.
Found it in MA last summer, seems like they might be rolling it out seasonally now.
Zima is alive and well in Japan. You can get it at nearly every convenience store. There’s even cherry flavored and something called Zima Secret Black.
Here is a recipe to mix up your own Zima. You have to find Calpico, which is a type of soda from Japan, but everything else is very common. I've tried it. It tastes pretty much like Zima.
It came back last summer around here and most places you can still find it year -round now. In ohio.
Found it in stores again up in Maine recently
It was back last summer.
Ellios pizza. That was the best
They have this at the HEB near me!!!
WHAT?!?!?! so jealous
Where are you, that shit is everywhere here in NJ..
Baton rouge Louisiana
Take a trip to NJ someday, we have TONS of it!
Oreo-Os were the best cereal I’ve ever had. Bring it back.
They are back. Walmart has them
All the grocery stores by me have them now.
Carl's Junior used to have Western Bacon Steak sandwich. It was like their burger just 100 times better for like a buck more.
7N6 5.45x39 - I want my cheap AK74 ammo again, damnit!
FATF
I bet I can think of more
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Messenger
good ol msn I had held onto that to the very bitter end
Xtreme salt and vinegar chips. I think they were made by Old Dutch. You couldn't taste a god damn thing for a day or two after eating a bag of them, but holy shit they were the best.
Dishwashing detergent with phosphates in it. For fucks sake I just want the dishes to come out of my twenty year old dishwasher without being coated in limescale and caked on detergent. I don't care about your algal blooms.
The livesavers that were creamy. The strawberries and cream one I can’t remember what they were called. Cream savers?
The McRib
Like skittle
Like, I meant
Edit: LIME
The death of the lime Skittle is why I stopped eating Skittles.
I know it’s just not the same
Cough syrup with real heroin in it.
I'd love to know if PB MAX was as good as I remember.
Del Taco used to have some items that I loved that I can’t get anymore. One was the “macho bacon and egg burrito.” It is not the same as any of the breakfast burritos they currently have on the menu. It had a particular sauce on it that I loved but I’m not sure what it was. I can’t custom order it because I don’t know what all the ingredients were.
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Interesting. Do you know if they still use secret sauce for anything? If so, could I get it by asking for “secret sauce?”
club penguin
K-Swiss classic shoes. All their new designs look absolutely awful, but the classics were some of the best sneakers on the market. I wish I'd stocked up.
Monster's Black Ice. It was actually a delicious energy drink that didn't make me want to kill myself while drinking it. I used to drink two a day while working 12 hours days to get me through. I've actually been watching their products page about once every few months to see if they ever bring it back. Till then I guess it's coffee for me.
If you don't mind the taste of milky coffee... The Monster Javas are pretty decent; especially the salted caramel that is always sold out.
A kardashian brand liquid eyeliner. The brand no longer exists. I’m not even a fan of these ladies but I tried this bad boy out and I swear it was the best liquid eyeliner I ever tried. I was like a paint brush with a collection of bristles coming to a fine tip... I loved it! Gr I’m mad now
Horse and buggy. Wish we all traveled like that. But, that would be really really bad for the environment. We think having hundreds of millions of cars is bad. Think about how awful that number of horses would be!
Mc donalds pizza
Diet Pepsi Twist. It was lemon lime flavour and it was the only pop I actually liked.
Community episodes
Firefly episodes
More firefly or I will misbehave!!
Manual transmission cars.
I'm late to the party but I gotta get my comment in.
I miss Monster Chai Hai. It was a chai tea energy drink made by Monster and it was fucking delicious.
A part of me believes that it "failed" because it came with "JAVA" on the can and was marketed along side the coffee Monsters. In my experience, chai drinkers are chai drinkers because they're not big fans of coffee, so it went under the radar to them.
When they went discontinued I went and bought 9 cases of them.
Hershey's Powerdered Chocolate Milk Mix! Fuck you Hersheys, the syrup is not even good!
Headphone jacks
Coca Cola with cocaine, or just cocaine at the pharmacy
anything that has been taken over by an environmentally problematic equivalent.
In the U.K. in the late 90s there was this strawberry flavoured yoghurt and the lid contained loads of sprinkles to mix into it. I can never remember the name because I was like 5/6 but I loved them so much and wish they would bring them back.
Where they called sprinklins? If so, I still crave those.
Yes!!! That’s them, thank you!
was it somewhat like this? http://www.thehowie.net/blog/images/yogo.jpg
Taco bell's Rancho Steak burrito.. from the nineties. Please anyone who knows what was in those let me know!!!
Fizzy Jerkz by Wonka.
Monster Khaos. I loved its taste till the very end.
HP model 32S II calculator. It's not the most powerful, nor the most portable of HP calculators, but for me it comes closest to what a calculator should be. Fortunately, I have enough spares to outlast me.
Turkey Twizzlers.
The unpopular Suzuki Grand Vitara! Pulled out of the US for lack of sales but my base model looks great 10 yrs later but parts are getting hard to find. I don't want to make the jump and buy a new/used car!
I know where there's one cheap..
Thks but i have no more room
The Breeze sleepgear Nasal pillow CPAP Mask.
That is... oddly specific, and if I had any familiarity with it, I'd probably agree.
Scotts Apple Jelly Delicious stuff especially on a plain breed piece
PB Maxx candy bars.
Classic IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad 7-row keyboards (to be honest they made the classic keyboard in the TP25, but it has less travel).
Jolly Jellies.
Bubblegum Skittles
Tastykake BBQ potato chips from a LONG time ago. Came in big barrels for 99 cents, they had enough spice to burn your mouth without tasting like pepper juice.
Rock Star Cola. At least here in Nevada. However, last time I was in California, I didn't see them on the shelves either.
Chewy Chips Ahoy Ice Cream Creations: Root Beer Float - they were limited edition cookies that came out a few years ago and I could never get enough of them. I'd buy a pack and finish them within an hour of opening them...every time.
I also put in my support for bringing back Altoids Sours.
JBL Studio 530's
The espresso truffle from Starbucks
Purple speed stick
Raisin Mini Wheats. My girlfriend ordered some from England because they apparently still make them over there but it wasn't quite the same. Even still, I may order a dozen boxes because that stuff is so freaking good to me.
The mac and cheese bites (wedges?) at Jack in the Box.
It's more of a game than a product, but Bushido Blade 2. Where is Bushido Blade 3??? Cmon
I remember there used to be a fruit flavored dairy drink called Club Moo that i really enjoyed as a kid...
Panda pops
Witchs brew juice. I remember drinking it on halloween when I was a wee boy and I've not seen it since.
Team Flakes
yogos
Bodyslam Energy Drink Vault
Noodle Roni Noodles Romanoff.
There were these cookie things called Sultanas. They were basically raisins between some crunchy dough. They were about 1/4 inch thick.
Affordable imported labor. I wish I don't have to do chores and I don't have to pay someone to do it. I could get free food and have it cooked for almost free except for maintenance cost. When will we have robots yet?
Toffee crisp did a coconut edition about 15 years ago they were amazing
Rugrats icy poles! They were only 20c and we would taking turns shouting each other every Friday before sport.
Pepsi Light... 👍
BlackBerry (not the Android ones around today). Email, phone, text and brickbreaker. No other stupid apps for everything.
Super Mario Soda
Sunkist Solar Fusion
Peanut Butter Twix
C.W. Post cereal :(
Guacamole flavored Doritos
Bic round stic grip pencil. My favorite pencil ever.
I greatly miss vanilla monster munch and the monster munch which turned your tongue blue.
Blue Pepsi.
Cheeseburger Doritos
OK Soda. The taste wasn't great but I liked the cans.
Frosted mini chex
BIAS (Berkeley Integrated Audio Systems) PEAK 6.0x Audio editing on the Mac platform. I'm still using it but damn I wish they were still around.
Logitech G27. Only gaming wheel I want, but they go for like $1,000 online :/. And the g29 just isn’t the same.
the 1964 Corvair.
Really miss 3d Doritos
IBM's 5100
OK Soda. I really enjoyed it in my teenage years.
Bucky balls!
Orbitz Korg Prophecy Uncle Acid’s ‘Mind Control’ hoodie
Strawberry Chex cereal!
Turkey Twizzlers.
Fuck You Jamie Oliver.
Old Spice round stick.
Batman cereal
Dreamery Ice Cream. Heart attack in a carton, but so good.
Is LeBron lightning lemonade still a thing? I miss seeing that shit in the checkout aisle.
Johnson and Johnson First Aid Cream. Very soothing to cuts.
Pebble Watches :(
You will be missed
BBQ Heat Wave Doritos. My favorite snack ever, we're around for a bit last year, but didn't stick around.
The Starbucks Chantico.
It was blissfully decadent
Skippy Snack Bars.
Google image search it if you're uninitiated. Absolutely delicious
Fucking BBQ Goldfish crackers
GAMECUBE CONTROLLERS
I play smash with gamecube controllers and if I wanna buy one they're over 100 bucks
Mountain Dew Revolution! Voltage is trash! Give me Revolution!!!!!!!
Turkey twizzlers
The spicy tomato ones.
I used to love them as a kid, but they were discontinued.
Vine!
Everstay business socks
Tourevo II Toyo tires... They last forever. You would usually replace them after about 90k miles once the rubber started to break down. God I miss them.
back when there was the energy drink craze there was something called Blade Energy. That had a large print of the word Energy on it with blue or green lighting going through it.
OK Soda
snapple elements in the metal bottles. They were amazing energy drinks.
The vault drink. I think coca cola made it. Used to live off this shit
Danon Creme yogurt. Those were legit.
The coconut water Rockstar energy drink.
Altoids mango sours
Peanut butter and chocolate Rice Krispie treats
And 3D Doritos
Frosted Grape Pop-Tarts.
I bought a jacket from FCUK about 7-8 years ago. Black padded peacoat. It's been my winter coat ever since then, and it's starting to fall apart, but they don't make it any more.
If I had a time machine, the first thing I'd do is go back and buy four of them.
3D Doritos or Hershey's S'mores bars.
Peanut butter Twix, the original recipe with the CHOCOLATE cookie
The original Vega bar, before they made it into a glorified candy bar.
I LOVED Google Reader. Feedly is ok ... but just not the same
Dunkaroos
McDonald Sweet Chili sauce. It made McNuggets 100x better.
Grilled Fritos
He original, non-red bunned angry whopper
A and W whistle dogs
So the Bacon Cheddar Gordita Crunch from Taco Bell circa ~2009
Stella Doro egg biscuits. The big circular kind with frosting on the outside.
Windows Mediacenter...loved having my cablecard setup on my htpc and streaming to my Xbox360s. If MS ever brought it back I would resubscribe to cable in a heartbeat and build a new computer to run everything...
The Psion Series 5. Obviously it would need to be more of a smartphone now, but damn that keyboard was awesome. If the iPhone 8Plus unfolded to reveal a keyboard like that it would be damned great.
And speaking of physical keyboard, Blackberries. Yes the iOS sucked and that would need to be addressed. But the form factor with that physical keyboard was really nice.
Soaps, the old school grinding shoes
Eggo muffin tops
Dunkaroos hands down! I miss those little snack so so much.
Sour candy. Shit nowadays isn't sour at all
Chick-Fil-A spicy chicken nuggets.
PB CRISPS! https://imgur.com/gallery/WBi4Z So Freaking Good Man.
Glass wax
those little crunchy peanut shell things filled with pb and j or chocolate. they were like wafery
McDonald’s pizza!!
Twin Cobra app for my phone. Needs an update from the company that owns it. I love that game.
Kaboom cereal - it was the best...
Old Spice Matterhorn scent in everything, but especially deodorant.
Trader Joe’s soy garlic chicken wings (I think that’s what they were called, it’s been a long time) Perfect Netflix food:(
So many different twisty puzzles. Specifically one called the Mosaic Cube
Lemon Cooler cookies. The absolute best.
Doritos 3D
Stagg Stew. That shit is amazing. I used to eat it all the time when I was a kid (~20 years ago) but it suddenly disappeared. What’s weirder is I’ve scoured the internet for at least a picture of the can and nothing comes up. It’s like it never existed. Anyone else had it before or is this early onset dementia?
Are you thinking of Dinty Moore, maybe? Plaid label? Ate it a lot as a kid when I was younger, you can still find it
Nope. It was definitely Stagg. :(
Dang. I tried to help
Stagg makes a huge variety of chili. Maybe it’s one of those?
MVP Baseball 2005 for the PS2!
keebler pizzarias
Sen Sen breath mints.
That Diesel aftershave in the white bottle, it was like essence of me, or I should say it complimented me. It's nice to be complimented.
Lawn darts.
Butterfinger BB’s.
Pepsi Kona
Noodles Romanoff
Starburst hard candies. They were the absolute best hard candies, ever. Way better than Jolly Ranchers.
Hot Cheeto Asteroids
The like skittle. Who at Wrigly said “hey, like sucks. Ima change this even tho nobody complained” like wtf?
Bug City candies
Pop tart minis need to make a return 0~0
I found some old floppy disks with pictures on them and no way to read them. 😔
Just get a USB floppy drive on ebay. There's tons of them and they're cheap
Spicy chicken McBites. They were so amazing and consistently great. Way to go, McDonald’s.
Fanta Verdia. Pure perfection. Low calories and awesome taste.
There used to be a Jif peanut butter that was mixed berry flavor that I could sit and eat all day. I loved that stuff
Wendy’s pitas
I haven't been able to find the 1st gen Ink'd earbuds from skull candy in a long time.. Love those things.
Gen 2 put mic's on the cord and the drivers are smaller. They also, for me anyways, broke way quicker than the 1st generation.
Ink’d wireless are great
Haven't tried them yet. My experience with the 2nd gens and the fact that they are almost $50 last time I saw kept me from getting a pair.
I had a first gen Ink'd years ago. I liked them. When I broke them I got the Ink'd 2, and they sounded awful. I returned them immediately. Skullcandy isn't as good as they used to be.
Indeed. I should have bought more of them when they could easily be found at the local outlet stores. I only have the pair I'm using, and one unopened package left.
Poptart Go-Tarts. Absolute classics.
The Sponge
Pepsi Lime.
The new flavor is terrible, they went too far. Its some kind of nasty fruity drink now.
There used to be just enough lime to mellow the cola a little it was great. Now the lime is overpowering, and has a weird aftertaste.
Those square Pillsbury blueberry waffles were the shiiiit Also the eclipse mints that came in the cobalt blue tin
Dunkin Donuts Sobe Coolata.
Dexatrim.
Doritos 3D jalapeno flavour.
Orbit mint mojito gum
Acai berry vitamin burst K cups. That tea was delicious and a nice cold drink for summer.
Chung King mini eggrolls
Miss those Dunkaroos.
The volcano burrito at taco bell.
Soda-Licious
Asteroids. If they had a different name, I don't remember it. Basically, they were little puff balls with the flamin' hot cheeto powder (before they were a thing). They came in a plastic can-like thing and I absolutely loved them.
Butterfinger BBs. Enough said.
Pepsi Blue. Shit was the best.
Give me my Tangerine Altoid Sours and my Hubba Bubba Sqeeze Tubes back
Snapple Elements
Cookies &
Purple and green ketchup lol
MD Forte face wash.
Doritos Chile Limon.
No, Takis are NOT THE FUCKING SAME.
Sour twizzlers
Honda Element, that ugly box was the best car I’ve ever owned :(
Ipod classics. I wish they where less than 300 dollars now.
Vault soda. I was addicted in my teens and mourned deeply when it was discontinued.
Moore's NaturalLight rice. Whole grain, nutty flavor, but like a cross between brown and white rice. Loved that stuff.
dunkaroos
Mint Skittles
Pizzarias.
French toast pop tarts. I ate the shit out of those when they came out then they just dissapeared.
PB Max.
Count chocula
Oreo Cakesters
Ragu pasta that was like Easy Mac but with spaghetti, Snapple Elements, and Waffle Crisp cereal.
Buc Wheats was a cereal from the early 80s. It was like Wheaties but with a honey glaze. They were effing delightful.
A few things from the "99p Stores" franchise in the UK. Since Poundland absorbed that company and replaced all the 99p stores with Poundlands, I've missed some of the products that store used to stock.
Butterfinger BB's! When they first came out, our local arcade was giving them away for free in this little stand. My brother and I would go clean 'em out with a grocery bag and get stomach aches after.
Archer Farms Chai Latte K Cups.
Hot Cheetos asteroids that came in those plastic cans
Giggles cookies from the 1980s. I can just barely remember them from my childhood. They came with stickers and tasted like everything good in the world.
Pepsi Blue.
Vault. And Mint Dots. And Red Jak. Those three.
I used to love this pair of sneakers that had wheels for rollerblading built into them. Used them until the latch holding one of the wheels out wore out, but by then they were seemingly discontinued and heelys were the new fad and I had no interest in those. I don't even know the name of the brand.
Butterfinger bbs and hi-c ecto-cooler (I know they brought this back for the most recent movie but still miss it)
The Timon and Pumbaa push pops with gummy bugs in them!
Baked doritos
WWF wresting ice cream bars
Marathon bars. Long braided chocolate and caramel. Used to put them in the freezer.
McNuggets
Jarts. Radioactive Camel's Hair Album brushes 8 track players SX-70 Cameras
That's a good start.
Icebreakers limade flavor
Best mint EVER
French Toast Crunch. I can't find it anywhere :(
Orville Redenbacher pour over cheddar popcorn
Milky Bar Choo Choo's... I swear they were like 20p each at my local news agents
I remember me ma giving me $3.00 for hot dinner at school, and I would spend it all on Milky Bar Choo Choo's, space invaders and Blue Panda Pops... Good times!
OK Soda. Mostly for the hotline. 800-I-Feel-ok was amazing.
Lava sauce from taco bell. The ORIGINAL lava sauce.
Exteel
Pebble watches
Starburst licorice.
Spaights gold medal beer. Used to be a distributor which would import it from New Zeland. Now just beer memory. :-(
Tavist D
Nestle's quick Taffy bars.
The lime flavor of skittles, because fuck green apple.
The original BooKoo energy drinks. They were by far the best energy drink ever.
WWF/E ice cream bars
Orange Snapple
Chili-cheese burritos from Taco Bell mmmmmm.
Ninja Turtle Pies
Nestle Toll House Candy Bars
Super soaker. Yes, the squirt guns. In particular the xps150 and cps2500.
That rice crispy treat cereal.
cereal straws
Hershey’s S’mores bars
Planters cheese curls
Nike memetowns high with the buckle
Cheap HD Radios for the Home.
Plum flavored Arizona iced tea, the nectar of the gods
McDonalds' fajitas from the early '90s
Am I the only one who remembers Pop Tart Pastry Swirls? Those things were amazing! Way better than Toaster Strudels (at least to 10-year-old me's palate).
Fast and free delivery from Jimmy Johns
Google Wave. Orb (the software that could turn your PC into a Roku).
Beats music. Free premium trials with no email verification. Took about 30 seconds to get a new 30 day trial. Not as big of a library as spotify but it was nice.
Those soft, flaky poptarts. The ones that were round with softish icing on top, and soft enough that you would never dare actually put it in a toaster.
PB Max. The best candy bar ever.
Tostitos Spicy Quesadilla chips. Best chips ever made. Damn you Tostitos for discontinuing them.
Red ropes in a bag. Also these m&m graham cracker snack that was dipped in chocolate when I was a kid... wish I knew the name. Oh also there was this milk that was orange cream flavored and it had the coyote from the looney toons cartoon as the mascot.
Clothing made by adidas slvr or diesel stylelab. Man do i miss those brands
Physical copies of DS and GBA Pokémon games.
Those green maraschino cherries. I make a shortbread with them for Beltane.
Guacamole Doritos!
Vault. Red or green.
Vanilla WOW
Bella Sara cards. Ok, hear me out, 10 year old me was obsessed with horses and I still have an account there with all 200 something virtual horses. The illustrations were beautiful and they all had some inspirational quote on them. I used to see them in Targets, but since I've grown up they've disappeared from the shelves. :(
Josta soda
Fizzix yogurt
Pearl Lager.
R-12 refrigerant. That shit was ice cold ozone depleting magic compared to today’s r134a.
Lawn Darts
There was a brand of drum sticks called CarboStick, literally carbon fibre drum sticks. They were cheap, felt great to play and they were damn near impossible to break. In fact, after several years of playing, I only stopped because I lost one. By that time, the company had gone under, and I haven’t been able to find a pair since.
Vic Firth makes carbon fibre sticks called Titans, and I have a couple pairs, but they’re nowhere near the same as the originals. They’re also a hundred bucks a pair.
Doritos salsa, they were in a black bag. So good, the only way you can get them nowadays is by buying the hot mix but that’s just not worth it.
The oswald the lucky rabbit funko pop
Yogos.
Waffle Crisp
A1 cracked peppercorn dry rub. It was phenomenal for grilling baby back ribs.
Real tools
DNL...that wacky 7up
Cadbury Bytes. Boy were they heavenly!
Webshots. I’m still pissed about not saving all my albums before they shut down, so I lost a shit ton of pictures from college.
Nobody I know remembers Josta. I had it one time when I was younger on a trip to North Carolina with the boy scouts, and could never find it again. I saw it pop-up on a background poster in the original Taco-Bell chihuahua era Godzilla movie, and nobody knew what I was talking about. I miss it.
The soda? I remember that.
iPod classic :(
Kodachrome
iMac G3 in Bondi Blue or Blueberry
I often wonder if I bought one now if I would be able to actually use it at least for internet (facebook, reddit)
Hostess Choco Bliss! For those who missed out, it was basically a chocolate twinky with chocolate creme filling topped with the icing from hostess cupcakes. They were divine, and I believe went extinct in the mid-80s IIRC.
WHERE!?!
The candy bar called a marathon. It was a braid of caramel Ceres in chocolate. Mmmmmmmmm. So good.
Ice breakers Liquid Ice, those were one of my favorite minty candies that I've had as a kid and never really knew what happened to them as I got older
Dunkaroos w choclate icing. P.b.crisps
Nacho fries
McDonald's pizzas
Mountainberry punch. Occasionally a single packet will show on ebay but i cant pay $30 for a 40 year old sugar packet.
Fish McBites and the McDonald's Mushroom and Swiss Angus burger.
Ranch flavor frito twists.... unbelievably delicious. Now we are stuck with BBQ... meh.
String Things. I ate them all day every day of elementary school. They were delicious.
Altoids Sours.
They were little heavenly morsels of sour, sweet, tart candies that were addicting as hell. One day, they disappeared and I haven’t fully recovered from the loss.
Me. Melon. Damn I miss that candy.
Attacktix! The Wikipedia page doesn't really do it justice, but it's basically a really awesome action figure game where figures shoot physical missiles at each other to knock each other down from across the table (figures are "dead" once knocked over, and the goal is to knock over all of your opponent's figures). There's an actual game, and there's a surprising amount of strategy to it (making teams, maneuvering around, etc). It even had Star Wars, Transformers, and Marvel figures, which allowed for some sick cross-universe team building. Unfortunately, Hasbro put it on hiatus in like 2006 and it hasn't been heard from since.
quaaludes
Spring Fever body soufflé by Origins.
Fiery habanero Doritos :(
The original Jolt cola
La choy mini egg rolls :(
I really miss Voodoo Axe. I still have half a can of it in the bathroom.
Yoplait Apricot Mango Yogurt
Yogo Dirt Dessert 😭
Turkey Twizlers......F Jamie Oliver
IRN-BRU bar
Smurfberry Crunch...I can dream right?
PB Maxx. Haven't had one since I was like 10. They were so effing delicious!
Good Call of Duty games.
Betty Crocker Noodles Romanoff
Crunch Tators BBQ potato chips.
Outliers women's clothes. Why exclude a whole gender? We want quality pants too!
Mrs. Baird's Spice Cup Cakes.
Most won’t know what this is, but I still crave the Beef Bacon and Cheddar sandwich from Rax.
Thunder Crunch Chips https://amp.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/s7q21/whatever_happened_to_thunder_crunch_potato_chips/&ved=2ahUKEwilpuLhgebaAhUX42MKHdXcC-0QFjAVegQIBhAB&usg=AOvVaw1FT8HguYMnsEHRIbnb9XH1&cf=1
PB Maxx!
Score micro-emulsion hair groom. Worked far better than any beard oil or heard balm.
Red Fusion Dr Pepper. Loved it in high school (granted mixed with crown royal half the time). Whenever I bring it up to friends I have to Google it just to prove it ever existed. Also, don't drink, kids.
Whipper Snapple smoothies
Coming from Argentina I say: BRING BACK "PINGÜINOS MARINELA"!!!
Dominos Chicken Kickers.
Man we used to binge eat those in my college days. Anyone from Boston University when they were available should know what I’m talking about..
Ikea Jerker
Waffle crisp cereal.
3D Doritos.
Well it’s not completely unavailable yet... But it will be soon as it is discontinued: the AirPort lineup from Apple.
If only they would make a new one...
Altoids Mango Sours
Josta was a great Guarana cola.
EnamelOn toothpaste.
Quaaludes
Your mom.
Cookies and cream nesquick powder
Bacon PotNoodles
PDQ Eggnog Beads.
3 Musketeers Taffy, it was like they flattened out the inside of the candy bar..so good.
Chewels
They came back for a little while at one point, but disappeared again...
Kaboom! cereal was cool, also.
Sunflower Crunch cereal. I miss it every time I pour a bowl of an inferior cereal.
Old El Paso Burritos........ please bring them back!!!
Rundells Salve
Targus wireless optical track "wheel" mouse. I've had mine for 10+ years and love the optical track "wheel", as it can scroll in any direction easily. I've dropped it, my kids played with it, but it still works great. I'd buy another one for work if I could. I'd buy them as gifts for all my friends. This is simply the best mouse experience I've ever had. And the longevity! How many of you plebs have had a mouse you love and use daily for 10+ years?
Pepsi Blue.
Habenero Doritos
Pebble smartwatch. I mean, you can still get them, but Fitbit is ending cloud service support on June 1st and certain models are getting much harder to find. I went full Pebble and ended up with 7 watches and I'm sad the ride ended.
Gatorade gum. Asshole twisting sour and rock hard almost impossible to chew. Those days....
Honey Bunches of Oats, with peaches. The absolute best flavor of that cereal, and they discontinued it. Now I have to make due with the strawberry flavor.
Space food sticks.
The Spicy Chicken Crunchwrap Supreme.
You can take a current Crunchwrap, and ask them to put spicy chicken on it, but it’s not the same.
It will never be the same.
Cupcake pebbles
That cereal legitamatly tasted like a cupcake, I want it back.
the wafer mr.peanut things filled with chocolate.
Those sour tangerine altoids, so good and so far gone.
Nerds ice cream. I miss that overwhelming sugary goodness.
Mattel ULTIMATOR (nerf bazooka looking thing).
Honda Element
Those snoopy ice creams from ice cream trucks. Got replaced by spongebob on a stick. They were so good. Ugh Im sad all over again.
Choco-nilla krispies. Literally chocolate and vanilla flavored rice krispies that we made treats out of.
Push pops in the grocery store. I dont want to buy 1 at a time in a gas station.
When Coffee Crisp and Crunch Bar teamed up to make the best chocolate, yummm
Djarum Internationals Kreteks - Filterless class B cigarettes. extra large, extra long smoke, sugar dipped ends,crackled when you inhaled. totally delicious
Sour Mango Altoids!
They were amazing.
Every Australian atm: cadbury caramilk.
Starbucks Ice cream
Vault
Oreo Cakesters.
My fucking brand of cigarettes.
Noodles Romanoff
WHEAT CRUNCH
Dip and Top. Combination of BBQ sauce and ranch.
Yogos, those yogurt balls with chewy fruity stuff inside
guacamole doritos 😢
50g JPS
Rockstar energy sour green apple flavor
Had it almost daily in my freshman year (2011), never saw it again once I started school the next year.
Cadbury Dream bars.
Josta soda.
Old games on like PS2 and such because I have a PS2 and some games but I wanna play more old school ones.
Strawberry Slam Yogo Bits
3D DORITOS
Candy Apple Red finish from Tama.
SkullCandy Aviators
Great sounding, good looking headphones.
Better than Beats by far. Cheaper by a lot.
But they discontinued and now they have these shitty looking uncomfortable headphones. Why?!
Moxie's Maxi Platter. 15 bucks for nacho's, Chicken wings, Chicken fingers, and potato skins. It was my meal for years when I went there. Then it disappeared (about 15 years ago).
Beyblades. Not the Burst ones, just the regulars.
Pure uncut Peruvian marching powder
double jolt soda
Doritos 3D, Dunkaroos
Pebble smart watches :(
WWF Ice Cream bars!
McDonald's used to sell these zesty mango sandwiches, I miss those
Idk if this counts but club penguin
Kettle herb and spice chips.
Surge
Backugan
Subway’s horseradish sauce
HOT SALT
fucking tangerine altoid sours.
Cheetos Cheesy Checkers
Twisted Cheetos. They were like puffs but more dense and with about 5x as much cheese.
Candycrate.com sells old school candy in the original wrappers.
The older recipe for Smart Puffs with the Wisconsin Cheddar. The new recipe just isn't the same
Blistex Clear Advance lip balm
I'm not going to lie. Ephedrine.
The Pizza Hut P'Zone.
all the dirt cheap stuff i got from closing day of a local radioshack :(
Costco mini-pancakes that you could heat up in the microwave. God that shit was so good back when I was a teen. Can't find them anywhere in montreal costco's
Doo Dads snack mix.
https://www.change.org/p/nabisco-start-making-doo-dads-again
Rockstar Cola. It was by far the best Rockstar drink. It tasted similar to a rum and coke.
Angry whopper
Phones with physical keyboards and battery life. I don't need my phone to be as thin as a toothpick just thin ebough thats its easy to hold.
old.reddit.com
Louisiana Hot Sauce beef jerky. Had it once and never seen it again
Jell-O Pops. I don’t want the raspberry ones though...too many sore throat memories.
Mountain Dew Typhoon. It was a short run, but it's the only alternate flavor I'd ever liked and actually loved. That MD touch is normally kinda gross but it enhanced that one so much. That fruit punch taste still has yet to ever be matched by other drink for some reason.
I should probably stop drinking soda until it comes back, come to think of it.
I've seen it recently at taco bell/kfc. You may want to check there.
Mashies from KFC. They got me through my pregnancy and I always crave them whenever I drive near a KFC store.
Gobble sticks... they were fucking delicious.
Chicken club toaster.
Kellogs Yogo Bits :(
Volvo 240s, especially the wagons. No car made now has the same incongruous mix of stripped back utility and stately comfort.
Mojo candies specifically the banana ones
Tomato-flavoured two-minute noodles. Perfect for winter when you can’t be bothered cooking lunch.
Elaine's sponges
Nike polorized contacts
Jarts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_darts
Simply-brand pomegranate lemonade. They still sell every other weirdo kind of lemonade, why not the good one?
Also the Honda Element because more cars should be hose-out-able.
McDonald’s chicken fajitas. Sound gross but they were so good.
Vault, the old energy soda from Coca Cola
I really loved cellphones from the early 2000s like the Razr and just flip phones/ brick phones in general. I love my iPhone and all but It just brings me back to simpler times
Cookies and cream twix and p.b. max candy bars.
Pizza flavoured Spitz.
Creme savers!!
m&m chocolate bars
Skeleteens Black Lemonade soda
The Willy Wonka Oompa Loompa candies... I loved those things.
Dunkaroos.
Nutrageous Bars
DUNKAROOS. I'll never get over it.
Altoid tangerine citrus candies. Those things were amazing. No, wait, they were fricken crack in sugar candy form. I swear I wore the skin off my tongue I ate so many of those things... And they were so delicious I didn't care that it hurt.
Lays Carolina Barbecue potato chips. To this day (several years later) I still have yet to find a BBQ potato chip that come close in flavor. That sweet vinnegar bbq flavor was just to die for.
This one is for all the Australians out there!
Unsure if it counts, as they got reintroduced last year, but Yowies. Basically they're like Kinder Surprise eggs in that they're hollow chocolates with a toy that you have to construct inside. I would always beg mum to buy one for me whenever we were in the supermarket and I had a huuuge collection of Yowie toys as a result. Eventually I outgrew them, but was still devastated when they were discontinued.
They recently made a comeback, but according to my boyfriend who works in wholesale, their sales have plummeted and their future is not looking too hot.
Tamagotchi
Grooveshark. If only they'd paid royalties.
Escada Sentiment perfume. Sometimes you can find a bottle on overstock, but it doesn’t smell the same because it’s an old bottle.
Napalm
Levi's 508. They were my favorite jeans.
Ecto Cooler please
The little Cube things that had the stick figures on them. They were so fun to watch and mess around with because they would interact with each other in weird and funny ways. What I wouldn’t give to get a few of those for my desk to just turn on and watch when I get bored.
Pilsbury spacefood sticks
Google Finance portfolios!
Hubba Bubba 'glops' and Hubba Bubba 'sour double berry' bubblegum
Sunbelt Fruit Jammers. Used to buy these at Wal Mart. These were the best, though the Target brand ones are also solid. I’m hungry now...
Suspenders! Instead of just squeezing your pants tighter like a belt, some genius decided that if you want something that holds your pants up, you should have a device that pulls your pants UP!
Those little skull-shaped lollipops. One side was white, the other side purple, and they only came out around Halloween. I've found them a few places online recently, but they are ALWAYS sold out and say discontinued.
CHIA PETS, idk they probably styill exist lol
They're still around! My coworker has one in our office!
I know what I'm buying today xD
Old style Macbook Pros. At least up to 2015. Afterwards, their keyboards got worse, the touchbars are pretty gimmicky, and it's overall more disliked.
Headphone jacks.
Almond joy iced coffee from Dunkin
Yogos bits
Subaru Legacy Gt. I drive an 08 and would love to buy a new one in a few years. Never will happen though :(
Josta soda. Shit was like drinkable heroine. I lived it so much.
Ben and Jerry's Late Night Snack. That got me through many turmoils in high school
All the baked chips by Lays (I still eat the ones left, but I need Doritos and all the others back).
Citrus Altoids
What the fuck mane? Those were incredibly good.
Matterhorn deodorant! They got rid of the best scent but kept the shitty Fiji...
Flaky Flix by Mother's Cookies
First generation of Vans OTW Cobern that were around in 2011. They were mostly a blackish leather with a little red canvas on them. I've had about 6-7 pairs of them through the years. Bought my last pair last year. They are super hard to find now. Got them my sophmore year and has been mostly the only shoe I will wear. It's time to buy new ones again and it's always a struggle finding them. My last pair was only $20. My girlfriend found some for $70 but they sold out before she could buy them.
Schwalbe One 25mm tubeless tires
Cadbury bytes,Dip Trix and Cadbury choki.
Apple Cinnamon Eggo waffles
Freedom of thought
Those Sobe element drinks that came in glass bottles. Rain was my shit.
They still exist, in canada I believe, but no where near me. I want dunkaroos back
3D Doritos
still sold in Mexico
Coke Vanilla in Thailand. They launch it for a bit. It doesn't do well. I was so happy I saw some in QFC.
Clodhoppers! I can't find them where i live
Chicken Soft Tacos at Chilis.
Plasma TVs.
apple cinnamon flavored pop tarts
Josta.
Green Nos and yellow Monster. Both are lime flavor and both have been discontinued in the last 2 years :/
Space Food Sticks
Old Spice Aqua Reef Anti-perspirant AND Deodorant. Not they just do the Deodorant, no idea why.
IPod classic!
I just wish local stores still sold Pilot G2 0.38 pens -.- having to order online every few months is really killing me
Chicago deep dish style pizza from Pizza Hut. It was a promotional item they had sometime in the early 2000’s that they never brought back.
I want Taco Bell to bring back Lava Sauce.
The bath-salts you could buy on your food stamps
Nabisco Ideal cookie bars...
I expected this to be funnier, but people are just naming foods...
Jolt energy drinks
Pascal Country Mints
The original lawn darts. Magic lobotomy missiles, sure, but so much fun to aerate your lawn.
Wasabi Funyuns were bomb AF! Was sad when those disappeared as the flamin' hot ones that replaced them are crap.
Pepsi blue!
Sprite Remix. That shit was my jam.
Kirkland brand turkey burgers! 35g of protein for only 200 calories, and they were so so yummy :’) Why Costco stopped selling them I will never understand.
Nextel or SouthernLink PTT
Daily, I miss "Sobe No Fear" energy drinks :(
I should probably find something more tragic to talk up my time.
TEAM cereal
Head on
Yard darts. They were so much fun and went a long ways when you got the knack. The new ones are like nerf rockets. No fun!
My wife was a big fan of Softlips stuff you put on your mouth. Can’t find it in stores anymore. To which I always comment “I got your softlips right here.”
Hershey's Swoops. They were like Pringles, only made of chocolate.
City of Heroes 😭
Shrek ketchup
Hershey's chocolate milk
The Nexus 10, but with updated specs. That tablet was amazing, huge battery, amazing screen, front stereo speakers, an actual bezel to hold onto, widescreen instead of square, just a shame that the internals are old and outdated.
Pipe works from playskool. Still have mine from when I was a kid. My kids love them. I would buy more in a heart beat.
Lakrits. They were chocolate pastilles in a crunchy anise shell, the same size as a plain M&M. They came in a tiny white box and they were a little bit of heaven.
When I tried to find them online, I discovered that Lakrits means "licorice" in Swedish. I may as well be looking for "that chocolate candy."
I really miss them.
CD caddies, but for Blu-Ray.
Never any need to touch the actual media, stores as-is on the shelf.
Doritos 3D
Burger Kings - Old french fries
Pei Wei's - Caramel Chicken.
Passion fruit Gatorade. No flavor comes close to being as good.
mcdo's pizza
Slime slurps
Olestra chips. While everyone around me was shitting their brains out, I had no ill effects. And they tasted great! And they had less calories! I miss them :(
Doodads, the original store-bought Chex mix (though they couldn't call it that, because Nabisco doesn't make Chex). The mix of ingredients, grease, and whatever flavoring/seasoning they used was addictive as all hell. It smells and tastes like movie night, road trips, and family get-togethers.
Quaaludes
Gatorgum!
Froot loops cereal straws. Those things were so sugary and delicious.
Tucker vehicles
lawndarts
Turkey Twislers
The Fire and Ice grill.
Sour cream n onion chip dip. French onion just ain't the same.
Altoids sours please god
Bacono’s (I think that’s the name—late 1970s) from Frito Lay. Consistency of Funyuns but tasted like bacon!!
Coffee Crisp in America, but I guess if I had it all the time it wouldn't be as good
Whitney's yogurt
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth on PC
Carrera GT
Snapple Elements. Gatorade Lemon Ice.
Jello pudding pops. Minus Bill Cosby
Fireworks in Illinois.
Gatorade Midnight Thunder. Got to taste that sweet sweet nectar of the gods when they previewed it at my school's field day.
Nothing will ever come close to it.
Pepsi blue!!
Creme savers, those were my jam
PEANUT. BUTTER. BOPPERS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgiGlulegwo
Butterfinger BBs. I miss them.
Cotton candy blizzards at dairy queen
oreo o's
Carnation Breakfast Bars, the chocolate chip ones were the best.
Sunkist Fun Fruits.
Crystal Pepsi
Windows XP
Yogos bites, the little yogurt balls my childhood was filled with
Halo servers
Border Fries from Taco Bell.
Gamespy, and by association Nintendo Wifi Connection :(
(Yes there are open source alternatives now, but it'd be nice if companies didn't buy and then shutter nice things)
Big Johns Beans and Fixins
Cheetos asteroids.
I want a 2018 Toyota Supra :(
Car indicators
I would love to have the Powerade drops that you could put in your water. They had them 2-3 years ago, then they just disappeared! Saved me so much money and tasted so good.
Fruit shaped Trix
Jalapeno goldfish. I loved those things as a kid.
Altoids Tangerine Sours
Jeep XJ's with the straight six 4.0, two things will survive a nuclear war. The roaches and the XJ.
god I miss my XJ...
Tazo iced tea. And those elements drinks.
Ocean Spray Mauna Lai juice. It would probably hurt my teeth to taste it now, but I loved it as a kid.
Guacamole Doritos. Off-brand can't come close to how delicious those were.
Dunkaroos.
Figaro cat food.
Fucking tired of dumping what could maybe be a mix of vomit and shit into a cat bowl. Made by Blue which I saw was some sort of scam.
Regular Lime Coke, not Diet
SURGE
This nestea right here.
They used to sell it in Canada and I havent been able to find it in at least a decade now.
Edit: Specifically the sugar free version.
Double edit: HERE is a picture of the product and box that was specifically sold in canada.
Someone please help
Hot Cheetos asteroids, those things were the hottest around. Hotter than OG hot cheetoes, bring them back please!
Nike CTR360 Maestri football boots(soccer cleats/soccer shoes, whatever pleases you). Best boots I've ever owned. Any of the three generations. The Magista just isn't the same.
Wheat crunch. I liked all the flavours.
Gogurt Fizzix. Mom packed me them everyday in my lunchbox and it was like soda flavored gogurt.
The Snapple Elements drinks...
levi's 508
butterfinger bb's and green squall powerade
Coca-Cola with real coke
Altoid sours
Banana Quik
Wholly Salsa. Makes me so sad even to think about it.
AND BEEP JUICE! AM I RIGHT???
Peanut Butter Twix
Mr Salty Pretzels
Clearly Canadian
Walmart sells their own knock off version.
Hershey’s Goodnight Hugs and Goodnight Kisses hot cocoa.
Barry B Benson RC Helicopter
Ecto Cooler
This sherbert popsicle I absolutely loved as a kid, I think they were called cyclones. They disappered from the grocery stores 13 years or so ago
I was obsessed with the Flintstones orange sherbert push-up pops.
Yes! I had forgotten about those. They were amazing too
They still carry them at my local quick trip gas station
...so you're sending me some right?
Chantico -- Starbucks' drinking chocolate! So rich and chocolatey... it was ahead of its time.
Crystal Pepsi.
Flintstones Orange Sherbert Push-Up Pops. Those things were my childhood in a cardboard cylinder.
popsicle shots. particularly the green ones
Sobe Adrenaline Rush!
Turtle pies. The green hostess pies filled with pudding.
Those and PB MAX
SOCOM Series by zipper interactive... but the closest to it as an AAA title is Ghost Recon Wildlands
Nesquick banana milk. I loved it as a kid and still would if they still made it.
The capri-sun drink pouches that had the sugar/sour in the straw. They were the best.
quaaludes.
Ragu Express
Salsa Doritos
Planter's Cheez Balls
McDonalds Pizza
Full size American automobiles
That Mountain Dew that was so full of caffeine that they had to quit selling it
I know most people won't agree, but Pepsi Blue!
I drank a shit ton in the late 90's almost knowing it was too good to stick around. I've never tasted anything like it. Probably used some toxic ass blue flavoring..
McDonalds chicken fajitas
There's this one rpg that used to be on the appstore called illusia, I really freaking liked it but it's now unattainable.
CRT Televisions, old games consoles, old games, old computers.
Pitfall for life.
Donald Duck grape juice. I see the orange juice but I want the grape!!
Baked! Doritos
Snapple Elements :( I can dream that one day, Snapple Rain will come back. ^^^^one ^^^^day
oreo o's
Club penguin
I miss the Muslix Banana Nut cereal a lot. It was the only cereal I ate.
logitech g9x. there is such a huge following that before people made after market parts available for it, they were going for 130 dollars on ebay. now the price for a refurbished one is almost the same price as it was new. it's one of the only mouse that can be used on either hand. it has its own speed setting so you get stuck on it. the middle wheel button allows quick open in new tab with a tilt. since it's a cylindrical shape wheel, it doesnt fatigue the finger as much when you tilt it.
Pizzeria chips
Trader Joes had a wheat cereal with fruit flavor stuffed inside. Stopped selling it around 2008. I was livid because that stuff was awesome.
Grape Nut Os. Best. Cerial. Ever.
Every time this question comes up I have the same answer. Sprite Ice #NeverForget
Those oversized "old English" brownies with the walnuts you could get from vending machines. I miss them so much hahaha
Goodearth lemon grass tea!!
Mister Phipp, please revisit your Pretzel Chip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yr2SFGI0zY
I have no idea what 90% of the things in this thread are...
Alphabits cereal with marshmallows. Almost impossible to find reference to it online but I KNOW they existed. I’m not crazy, I swear it!
Everyone here wants something sweet or deep fried. I would just like to try some of that liquid cocaine.
Strawberry. Fucking. Cream Savers.
Apple mini wheats, kfc snackers.
Reggie Bar. One of the most delicious candy bars ever made.
http://the-foods-we-loved.wikia.com/wiki/Reggie!_Bar
Yogi green tea with lemon grass. My favorite tea ever and they seemed to have stopped making it. Now I go around trying different brands of green tea with lemongrass and it’s never The same.
I'm a little late to the game here but anyone remember N.Y Seltzer water? Black cherry was my favorite. And also Dunkin' Donuts' turkey, bacon, cheddar flatbreads!
I remember seeing that and that flavor like 6 months to a year ago. Did they take it off the market again?
Black Cherry was everybody's favorite, and I liked those little glass bottles that they came in.
Headphone jack on an iPhone
Dunkaroos
PB Max. Hands down
A Zowie Mico Startale Edition.
I have the KT Rolster edition. It is the best mouse I have ever had, but I don't use it any more because I don't want it to break, and I dont know where to get another one, since they were discontinued.
Teva Toe Pros! The classic open Teva design, but with a closed toecap. Perfect for biking, hiking, beaching or anything.
They're sometimes still available on eBay, Amazon or Asian sites. I'm a size 12/13 so it's rough.
If you can find a pair in your size I couldn't recommend them more.
Flaming Hot Cheetos Asteroids, Oreo Os, and those little liquid filled mint orbs. They were put out alongside the strips that melt in your mouth.
Green Skittles.
When I was a kid, my Mom would buy these amazing chocolate balls filled with this whipped-like peanut butter filling. They were twisted in this gold wrapper and iirc they were called Bon-Bons. I sooo miss those.
Honestly, there was a really good torpedo level with a pipe reemer, de-burrer, and grade bubble in it with two of the stongest magnets ever. Milwaukee! Why u take my love???
M&M Premiums
Snapple Elements
Dunkaroos
Sprite Remix
Pepsi Blue
bionicles
80s Nissan/Toyota cars. True Japanese engineering. Simple and ridiculously reliable. No ABS, no ESP, no airbags, no lambda, no catalytic converters, power steering optional. Just simple mechanical linkages and carburetor. Anything that could happen you could fix on the road with no help. You controlled the car 100%. I will continue driving these cars until there's none left.
That’s how I feel about my 85 Dodge caravan. Old thing has a little stock mitsubishi engine in it. Most reliable damn car I’ve ever had.
22RE for life!
Original Lawn darts
Wheat Hearts hot cereal from General Mills, similar to Cream of Wheat but good.
The original Hagoromo chalk
Altoids Sours. Especially the Apple flavored ones.
Does anyone remember the Winnie the Pooh themed ice cream that was purple and blue I think with pieces mixed into it??
Sour cherry, apple, and mango altoids.
iPod classic
Creme. Savers.
Mallomars. We do t have them on the West coast
Vienetta. The dessert lasagna.
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I'm eating Cinnamon Toast Crunch right now.
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Hey, it may not be as good as ftc, but it's still good cereal dammit! >:|
I know. I shouldn't lash out at you or CTC. Forgive me. I'm just so damn lost without my cereal.
Butterfinger BBs
Pilot h-1005 vanishing point pencil.
Broke the one I used all through college and now they sell on eBay for 80 to 100 bucks. Mine was a graduation gift and cost 8$ at the time.
Chilitos from Taco Bell!! Omg, so good!
Z I M A
Cheetos asteroids
I miss those little plastic spoons that came in the Fruit Loops box.
There was once a "diet" drink called Sego. It used real sugar, real milk products, was packed with vitamins, and one 10 ounce can was a meal replacement. I loved it. It died under the weight of Nutrisystem, I think. Maybe got bought out, I don't know. But it's been gone for decades.
Hydrox cookies.
Muffin tops cereal. That stuff was the titties.
The MacBook Air. N64. Target's tall jeans and yoga pants. The original formula of cough syrup with cocaine and booze and opiates. Schoolhouse Rock. Sea Monkeys/ Ant Farms. Ayds.
These mini-burritos at Albertsons. They would heat up in like 30-40 sec, and they tasted so damn good. They came in this black plastic container with a clear lid. I think they were bean & cheese, came in like a pack of 10-12.
Bounce Dryer Bars
Dunkaroos
Pebble Steel.
Best overall smartwatch I've ever owned. Sure it doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the other smartwatches. But you could read it on the brightest of days, the battery lasted a week and the tough casing could easily take a hit at work in the warehouse.
The gallon jug of nesquik chocolate milk
Coke BlāK.
Butterfinger BB's, man they were good.
Speak and spell!
Kettles thick cut chips (crisps)
Vanilla Oreos with chocolate filling. Those things were absolutely delicious and I can't find them anywhere.
3D Doritos also need to make a comeback.
Huarache 2K3s, Kobe's first Nike shoe. Had an awesome black suede with grey accents pair in eighth grade. They stopped making them though, guess the NBA will never find out what a legend I could have been...
Playstation 2
Oozinator
WWF Ice Cream bars. Every bar had a different wrestler. I don’t bunk you can get them anymore
Snifters, Sparkles, and Tangy Fruits. You suck, Cadbury (Mondelez).
PB Crisps
Fruity loop straws... my unhealthy childhood addiction
KFC Honey BBQ Boneless wings.
Went into KFC one day and ordered them. I was told they were no longer on the menu. Haven’t eaten at a KFC since that fateful day, even though I really like their coleslaw.
Milk treat chocolate and this snack named Byte
Shark Bites. The great white sharks were basically lunchtime currency.
Doritos 3Ds and Clearly Canadian
Cherry Slice.
"Turkey loaf" which is a vegetarian alternative for meat... I miss it.
And Veat or Veet (I can't recall) vegetarian meat... It was really yummy. But, again, discontinued.
Kick soda
Grape Grog SoBe
Arby's homestyle fries
BMW turn signals
Logitech G9x mouse
Good Halo games
Dunkaroo's
SweetTarts used to have a single candy about half the size of a hockey puck. I would get one, and it would last for over an hour, because it was too big and too hard to just chew up. It only came in Grape or Cherry, but Grape was my favorite. I haven't seen one since the late 1960s.
Jarts
Hot Cheetos Asteroids.
Apple-flavored Slice soda, and Wheat Nuts. Also Fashion Plates.
Aluminum foil bags for the grill. I used to use them all the time. Then, BAM, can find them anywhere. 😞 it’s so hard to get them to stay together when you try to just fold that shit shut.
The liquidized sweet tart tunes...
Jell-O pudding bites.
Streit's egg matzos. It was delicious!
Jello 1 2 3
SOCOM 2 on the Playstation 2
Nutrogena Clean shampoo and conditioner
Cherry Stick donut from Tim Hortons. Walnut Crunch too..
PB Crisps
SUNSPRAY COAST BAR SOAP!
Sobe No Fear energy drink
Firefly
Starburst jelly beans
Space Food sticks. Had em in my lunchbox for most of grade school. Need em one more time before my days are done.
Easy, Lego Monorail set. 6399
purple ketchup
3D Doritos. We knew ye well....
The Unity desktop.
Wendy’s spicy chicken nuggets
Nesquick bottled Milk shakes. I’ve never had a better milk shake in my life. https://i2.wp.com/www.theimpulsivebuy.com/images/nesquikmilkshake.jpg?w=648
Tamagotchi , it's not available , at least where I live.
The good suran wrap with the chemicals that were great for clinging but probably not great for food.
I know it'll be back soon, but man. I actually really like crystal pepsi
Starburst Hard Candies
Pepsi Blue and Sprite Remix.
Fritos Cheddar Ranch Flavor Twists!
Those toaster strudel type things that were filled with pizza stuff instead of sweet stuff. They were AWESOME.
Inside Out Resee Cups
A&W root beer barrels candy. Nothing I've tried since has come close to that deliciousness.
Could always go to a A&W restaurant and get some.
Colby Cheez-its
OK soda, but maybe I'm the only one
Kodachrome.
VCRs
or to be more specific: VCRs with tuners.
Zapp's Potato Chips -Creole Tomato flavor. My starchy white whale.
Full sized Frosted Mini Wheats
Taco lunchables were the best thing ever for my younger self to have for lunch
OK Cola.
Purple ketchup
Crystal Pepsi
Bubblejug. It was basically bubble gum powder in a small pink jug I would devour those things. It was like a drug
Potato smilies
Tres Hermanos hot sauce
Star fruit Gatorade. The liquid was a kiwi/cucumber greenish with a silver wrapper. I remember it coming in the tall slender bottles with twist caps when they were a pretty product. So, so good.
Old Dutch Rave chipa, either jalapeno chedda or salt-n-vinegar
Waffle crisp and Oreo o's.
Oreos o's are back in production(US) came out with a whole cookie cereal line up. Chips ahoy,nutter butter, oreos...maybe one more.
Not sure how I feel about those other ones.
OG Waffle Crisp was my jam, but apparently Oreo O's are still a thing/making a comeback?
I need to find them then. Need to.
Lawn Darts
Act II soft pretzels. They were miles better than the soft pretzels currently on the market, so I don't know what happened. I guess it's a good thing because if they were still on the market my weight loss wouldn't be as effective.
Edit: Also Lay's Light chips. I remember eating the original Wow! chips and them giving me the shits, but I rediscovered these Olestra chips about a decade later and they were much better.
The droid 2. I miss having physical keyboards on my phone.
Mini Ritz Crackers - not the ones with peanut butter or cheese in the middle, just plain ol' original Ritz
Quaaludes
Super Smash Brothers Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube.
Dove Grapefruit Lemongrass bodywash. :(
on that note: Juniper Breeze Body Spray
Smells just like 7th grade
ITT: Americans wanting things that still exist in Canada
Lemon Fanta. I miss it so bad.
Jeno's Pizza. Best stoner food ever.
Magic: the Gathering Beta booster packs.
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you might be the only one
MANGO PEPSI MAX
FUCK
I didn't even really care for the Pepsi Max line, but one day my cousin and I were looking in the soda aisle at Safeway and saw the mango-flavored Pepsi Max and decided, "eh, what the hell? It's new and it's like $2". Turns out that shit was fucking delicious and after about 2 months, we were never able to find it again.
There was also a Chai Java Monster that we got addicted to before they discontinued it as well and I hate every day that it's not a thing in my life anymore.
3D Doritos
2012 Runescape
I think they are still made, but I never see them anymore. Surge, Mellow Yellow, and Jolt.
Edit: Surge looks like it's only sold on Amazon these days. Jolt kind of still exists but seems rare, and Mellow Yellow is still in production, but it's a little bit rare.
The blue Bissel 3300 Go Vac that came with the charging base. That thing was small, convenient, and surprisingly powerful. Nothing cleaned the carpets in my house better. They replaced it with the 33014 which just did not have the same power/suction; then they phased that out too. Their current small convenient cordless vacuum, the Featherweight stick thing, blows. Gimme my tiny blue bissel back.
Rocky Road cereal. Why did they ever take it away!
ITT: 3D Doritos and Altoid Sours
Mothers cookies- cookie parade.. 4 types of cookies: iced animal, chocolate chip, sugar, and a chocolate cookie with chocolate filling, like an oreo.. makes my mouth water.
The mechanical pencils that look like pens. Writing with those felt really smooth.
Hot Cheetos Asteroids
Zeo sleep monitor
Fruit shaped Trix. The spheres just don't taste the same man.
ITOP! The greatest toy of the early 2000’s.
The 10th anniversary blues clues handy dandy notebook
Lemon Ice Gatorade.
Yoplait Custard Style Vanilla Yogurt.
I used to eat a dozen of those a week as a kid. Every time I pass by the yogurt aisle I feel a twinge of sadness.
Sega Channel
Hell Yah!
Vanilla Nesquik
Altoids Tangerine Sours.
Crystal Pepsi and Mandarine Orange Slice...Party like it's 1995 'yall!
Aspertame free wild cherry Diet Pepsi. Great flavor with none of the migraine headache.
The arm and hammer mentadent (?) toothpaste that would come out of two sides-the white and turquoise side. That toothpaste was the bomb
I can't believe I'm saying this, but, Zune. It was a portable HDMI flash drive with a built-in screen.
Fray Bentos Spread. Don't think it existed outside of South Africa, but it was so much better on toast than Marmite, Vegemite or Bovril. And now it appears to have totally vanished, there aren't even any photos of the jar online.
Gator Gum
Pepsi Fire.
ipod classic and any old game, but at a lower pricepoint. Although I can get whatever I want off Ebay
Women
Good n Plenty fruit flavored. Not the crap they claim to be the original.
FRUJU TROPICAL SNOW
Lead based paint chips. Delicious with salsa!
Dunkaroos
Adidas superstar 2gs. Man I wish I could find another pair. Bought my first pair of regular superstars the other day and they are not as comfy or anywhere close. All these rappers make crap shoes, one should put their name on the ss2g to bring it back.
Jazz cologne for men, by Yves Saint Laurent. It came out in 1988 and at some point in the 90s stopped being made.
Ipods
Purple ketchup
Rice krispie treats cereal .. the best cereal ever
PEARL IZUMI made running shoes that are like heaven on my feet. I haven't found another running shoe that even comes close to the comfort for me. I was in a car wreck and have pretty bad joint pain as a result. These shoes are the only ones that make running bearable as I don't suffer from high levels of pain during and after a run.
I get the impression that the running community in general didn't receive these shoes with favorable reviews, so pearl Izumi went back to just making cycling shoes. It's a shame for me though, I don't know what I'm going to do when my current pair wears out.
Jack in the Box’s exploding cheesy chicken sandwich munchie meal. Soooo dank.
Original Coca-Cola.
3-wheelers! Them Honda 3-wheelers are so much fun. Luckily my dad still had his so I can ride it around, but more people would love em!
I don't know if it was ever a thing here in the USA, but Pepsi X. I used to drink it in Brazil and it's basically Pepsi with an energy drink. So many nights playing Counter Strike and drinking that... The can was black, if I remember correctly. Anyway, I thought it was amazing. I'm probably the only one, though, cause they stopped making it.
Toobs :(
PB Crisps 😭
Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Asteroids.
Miss Vickie's honey and roasted garlic chips
Dunkaroos. What happened to them?
Firey grilled wings from kfc
Chili cheese burritos from taco bell!
Clusters cereal
Sunshine Lemon Coolers cookies!
dNL soda. Limw green in color. Like Surge but better.
Ruffles chili cheese chips. They were so fucking good that I could easily eat a whole bag to myself. Then poof they take the best junk food in the world away. Although I would be so incredibly fat today. Wish I could find something like them.
NCAA football video games
Gameboy color
the jockey breifs with the orange logo in front.
The Microsoft Zune HD. That was a beautiful little touch screen MP3 player. I wish I still had mine or could buy a new one...even though I have a smartphone, that thing was just a joy to use.
3D Doritos Oreo cereal
Rdio.
Josta
Oreo cakesters
Planters PB Crisps lol
Breakfast Squares
Croonchy Stars cereal.
iPod classic
Batter Blasters! Made the best pancakes ever right out of a cheez wiz canister.
The board game Omega Virus. Seriously one of the best things from my childhood.
Pudding Pops
Wait. Can we mention qualudes and real hash? Guess I just did.
Google Reader
Whatever chalupa that was that came with pico de gallo, corn and black beans. That was the shit
Fight night video games
Skittles gum, that shit was lit
Yo-J. Blessed combination of yogurt and juice. About as 90's as it gets.
Go-Gurt reigns supreme.
Crossfire and fireball island. Although I saw some entity is remaking fireball island
Sour Starburst. And not that sweet n sour crap. I want the whole bag of sour starbursts 😔
Dr.pepper bubble gum.
Why isn't 3D Doritos the #1 answer in this thread
My favorite Windows Mobile Phone. The original Motorola Moto Q.
Super slim, sleek design, came out amidst the blackberry hype so it had the scroll wheel on the side, but it was just so cool in Black, with the blue backlit keyboard. Never have I loved a phone as much!
Wendy’s Spicy Chicken Nuggets😫🤤
The website FFFFound.com
Blockbuster.
Milkfuls
Doubledowns and sour Starburst.
Lawn Darts with an actual piont so that it can stick in the ground
Blue Raspberry Pop Tarts. So delicious. And the sprinkles changed from white to multi color when you put them in the toaster. Why they stopped making them is beyond me.
Cheeto asteroids. God damn they were sooo greasy but sooo good.
Chocolate toaster strudels. Oreo O's with marshmellows
Taco Bell breakfast menu from early 90s.
Could have sworn that Frosted Mini Wheats had an apple flavor (long ago), never seems to be in my grocery store now.
Butterfinger BB's. AKA the best easily swallowed candy ever.
Pebble smart watches
Rice Crispy Treat Cereal
Dark Side Skittles are my favorite thing in the entire world.
Project M. May you rest in peace, sweet friend. It was not your time.
Mini Thins
Agave Lemonade Lifewater
Mint brussel cookies. The round ones... I can only find them at Target once a year, maybe.
Altoid Sours.
Arctic shatter Powerade (the cherry Gatorade is not the same!)
Baja picante Doritos
Amazin' Fruit gummy bears
Sobe had an energy drink a while ago called Adrenaline Rush that was legitimately delicious. I'm not even really an energy drink kind of a guy but I loved the Sobe Adrenaline Rush. RIP
Vienetta
Scorched Peanut Bars
Those hot cheeto astroids. Damn those were incredible
Soda licious fruit snacks, truly there was never a more delicious treat.
Pepsi Kona , myself and 3 other people in the world loved that drink. My god I miss it.
3D Doritos
So I could still pretend that my snacks are also tiny sumo wrestlers.
chicken friend chicken at jack astors restaurant
Saran wrap that clings.
I know the composition was changed because of environmental reasons, which I approve. But I still miss it..
3D Doritos, PB crisps (the peanut shaped cookies that were 3D and filled with peanut butter cream or something), REAL SLUSH PUPPIES NOT THAT GARBAGE ALREADY MIXED SHIT. And Canada Dry, and orbitz the drink with the balls in it.
Og i pod
Chubby pops
Don't know about the rest of the world but in Australia they used to sell this thing called "chicken munchies" which were essentially popcorn chicken that you could buy at the supermarket. I haven't seen them for over a decade and it hurts my soul :(
Proper Guinness. Shit's been watered down since Diageo bought them.
Ezo denture liners
I play clarinet and those things were great for protecting my lip from my teeth. You cut off a 1/4 inch chunk, mold it over your teeth and play as normal and you can go way longer than normal. Throw it out once every few days and the box lasts you a few months. It was a cheap and effective solution to a painful problem (also helps for people who have braces and play).
I'm sad that they're gone. The new stuff is crap.
“Calgon ... take me away!”
For those that don’t know, it’s bubble bath that’s kinda old school. If it’s still available, I haven’t seen it.
Root beer made with real sassafras.
Google Reader
Blueberry hubba bubba. Goddamn that was the best gum ever.
Web 1.0. I don't necessarily miss the
Banana quik in the US
Mountain Dew Distortion, Typhoon, Revolution, and Supernova. Basically all the old special Mountain Dews that haven't been out in a while.
Gatorgum
The ice cream bars at the Costco food court. They had these vanilla ice cream bars that they would dip in chocolate and roasted almonds. They were amazing and just disappeared one day.
Penguin cookies. I have no idea when they were discontinued but I had them as a kid in the 60s. Chocolate covered chocolate cookies
Wheat crunch, sour cream flavour iirc. All flavours actually.
Edit: just remembered it was cool ranch. Damn that stuff was good 18 years ago
The purple and blue pop tarts, not available in Ontario Canada from what I've seen and I cry every night because of it
GameShark
Firefly
Aspen soda. Pillsbury Space Food Sticks. Michelob dry.
Blue nehi :(
Dunkaroos. The original ones with cinnamon cookies and white icing.
Delicious.
Jolly Rancher Push Popsicles. I used to have those everyday at school, they were basically my childhood
Oven baked Doritos
PB Max candy bars were literally the best thing on earth.
Hydrox
Sour gushers
Lipton Alligator Soup. My mom used to make it for me whenever I was sick.
Heroscape
taco bell verde sauce
Dunkaroos. Don’t know if they’re still available in the states but definitely not where I’m from.
Waffle crisp cereal
AE86
Welches Grape Soda!
That Taco Bell smokey sauce.
Dino Sour Eggs & Wink Pop
Custom Robo
Post Fortified Oat Flakes
Blackberry phones. I hate typing on the screen and miss the tactile buttons
Tacobell's Naked Chicken Chips, I miss them so bad.
iPod touch, I can't keep all my music on my phone due to storage and streaming shafts the artists I love so...the last iPod touch I've owned for years has become my go to but soon it'll be rendered completely useless
I don't know what they were called, but they were these bars of cheesecake made by Philadelphia. They came individually packaged and were like little handheld cheesecakes. Its been like 20 years and I still miss them.
Bran Chex. As a kid, it was my favorite "adult cereal". I can still taste it despite the last bowl I had was probably 1987.
Ben and Jerry's banana peanut butter frozen yogurt
They probably still make it, but I haven't been able to find it for years.
Let me tell you the story of the american optical cool blue welding lens.
This is the little piece of glass welders put in their face masks to shield their eyes from the super bright arc. The "AO Cool Blue" worked better than anything else on the market. It used a special formula of cobalt glass that was fundamentally better at filtering out the arc rays.
Well they discontinued them... in 1990. Yeah there were "replacements" fancy $500 auto darkening helmets, but nothing works as good as those cool blue lenses. A normal welding lens may cost $15, occasionally a cool blue lens shows up on ebay for well north of $1000.
It's the holy grail in welding and I've seen journeymen come to blows and arguments over the theft or damage of an AO cool blue.
Pre-GM Saab 900, hands down.
Coke Zero before they recently changed the formula. I liked it because it didn't taste like Coke. WTF.
The 1990s Milo Bar.
Transpods. I could have my own radio station and other cars nearby could hear it.
I always wanted to get a custom bumper sticker advertising my transpod channel.
Over the counter cocaine. ..or coca cola with cocaine
The mixed berry amp energy drink
Mcdonald's pizza
I doubt anyone will remember this, but for a while in the early to mid 2000s, Brisk sold a green apple iced tea. It was sweet and a little sour and super refreshing. Every couple of months I Google it to see if, maybe, somebody makes something similar. I once had a dream that I found the exact recipe online. It was a, truly, disappointing morning.
OK Soda. Coca Cola released it in the early 90's when I was a kid. I remember loving it.
Ordinary K
Dunkeroos. Someone say dunkeroos already?
Zima
V Black
EGGO CEREAL
Apple's iPod Nano 6th generation. I have two that I still use regularly, but they won't last forever. As close to a perfect mp3/audiobook player that I've ever found.
grape nuts O's
Trader Joe's had these chocolate covered banana chips. Could not control myself.
The McSkillet Burrito.
Beretta 92 Vertec.
Altoids
A few yrs ago, Green Giant made BBQ sweet potato chips and they were soooo good and less fattening than normal chips. They were sniff sniff discontinued.
Josta soda. Yeah, it probably causes cancer but they pushed it so hard on us as kids...I miss the flavor.
Uncle Ben's Rice Florentine
Wasabi funions
Cookies of a certain brand ("Prinzenrolle", literally "prince roll") filled with hazelnut-chocolate spread. The current ones have only boring chocolate. Sadly the company replied to pleas to bring it back with "Due to low sales back in the day it was discontinued and is not planned ATM." -.-
Lush Flying Fox shower gel
Mt. Dew Dewshine. Glass bottles, smooth soda, and a great taste... gone too soon.
Old Spice Butt Wipes
Those Cheetos asteroids ball snack. Those we're badass
Fuck those were good. I remember them having funyun ones too. Or do you remember when Cheetos and Doritos would sometimes come in metal drums?
I was addicted to those, but I haven't been able to find them for years now.
I even sent an email to Nestle about them, but they said they don't make them anymore, or something like that.
iGoogle. Bad name, but boy did I love that thing. Tried the replacements that came up after it got shut down but none stuck.
Ricola seaberry coughdrops. They were so good. Can't seem to find them in ottawa at least
Fuji acros 100 😢
How is nobody saying P.B. Crisps??
Bonkers candy.
the pc game of natural selection 1
Oreo twix. Bring em back!
Product 19 or just '19' as it was most commonly called. RIP the very best healthy cereal ever created =[
Sobe adrenaline life. Best energy drink ever.
Kraft Red Box Spaghetti Kit
The Logitech MX518 mouse
Fizzies!
OK Soda.
Dunkaroos. Gosh those things were great.
Dunkaroos. They were so good why did they discontinue them?
Oreo O's
I miss getting awesome prizes from McDonald's. I remember when that shitty Batman and Robin movie came out they had these FUCKING SWEET engraved glass mugs. It was probably the coolest thing I ever remember getting. Then they went to shitty painted glasses where the pictures come off after a wash, then plastic, now they just give dumb bullshit
Fucking strawberry Cheerios
If anyone knows if these are available somewhere please tell me. Me and my mom both loved them
I had chicken and waffle flavored Lay’s chips once. One small bag and I never saw them again.
Urkel Os.
https://youtu.be/rd-JZGr6IcY
Chick Fila spicy chicken biscuit
Häagen-Dazs Mayan chocolate ice cream. Had it once, loved it, found out it was discontinued.
The dell latitude D series and the good hp elitebooks
Shiriff Sauce 'n' Cake. Come to think of it, you don't see many things'n' other things at all these days.
I was almost attacked by a mob of hungry New Yorkers when they saw me eating a Kinder egg...
Where I am (Europe) they still sell them, but for some odd reason they dont in the States...?
Spacefood sticks!
3D Doritos!
Oak Ice cream.
They were the best.
Green ketchup by Heinz!
Itt: American snacks.
Yogo dirt dessert
Virtual Boy
Mars delight, and kit Kat sensations, not a day goes by I don’t miss them.
Starbucks chantico
3D Doritos
Musk.
Taco bell verde sauce
Heinz microwaveable jam pudding.
Different colored ketchup
Pebble Smartwatches (you can still find them, but onlt God knows for how long)
Berries and Cream starburst
Good, easy to navigate iTunes.
The Puma 5000M. Most comfortable pair of shoes I’ve ever worn. I left my last pair in a vehicle that was sold. Long story.
Rice oriental hamburger helper
Mine was a simple raspberry vinaigrette that we made a giant salad with once a week. It broke my heart when they discontinued it💔💔💔💔 goodbye great salad dressing 😪
Nobody will even see this, but Godiva ice cream. It was AMAZING. They had this flavor, vanilla black chocolate raspberry, and it was hands-down the best ice cream flavor you could buy in a grocery store. It was a pretty short-lived product that disappeared like 10 years ago and I still miss it.
Cheetos Asteroids.
Original Miller Chill Beer. And not the lite beer they replaced it with.
Good old sturdy household appliances....
They used to last 20 years....
Kind of late but Creme Savers
Royal Kashmir Incense ! The vanilla kind was so amazing
Lemon Lime Slice soda.
3D TVs. With Hollywood still churning out 3D Blurays for each and every movie, I'd like if the TV companies still made them. I love my old LG 3d tv which is on brink of extinction. It's sad to think that all my 300+ 3d blurays would be useless after my TV dies. LG and most of other companies discontinued 3d support.
Sprite Remix
Team cereal from the 80s
Haven't searched real hard but chocolate pudding in the gogurt type pouches.
Chewy Runts
Reese's Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups. Same as the regular ones with with some crushed peanuts on top.
That awesome Bluetooth keyboard my brother lost and now I found out isn't in production anymore. Am pissed
Nesquik Cookies and Cream powder. Oh man I loved that stuff.
Brach’s Sundaes-mmm. Coconut sugar coma.
The TV show Firefly
Some of the older, more creative smartphones(with modernized hardware, and OS)
The original KFC popcorn chicken
Sega Channel.
Bacos imitation bacon bits.
Incredible Hulk Chocolate Milk Mix
Dunkaroos those things were delicious. Also rice crispy treats cereal.
PS2 or the original playstation. I never got the chance to use the original playstation, and only had PS2 for an year before they discontinued it, so I would like for it to be available (even if it were for a limited time).
1956 Gibson Les Paul
160gb iPod classic ("7th gen").
I don't care how much storage I can have put on my phone, it's a bloody masterpiece as far as I'm concerned.
Cheeto Asteroids
Bon Appetit. I don't know where it went, but it was the best spice.
The Motherfucking ARCH DELUXE
That shit was ahead of its time. It was a huge "failure" for McDonalds because it was kinda pricey at a time when people just wanted cheap.
Had they waited till the whole Angus craze hit all the burger joints, and joined the ranks of the Six Dollar Burger, Angus Steakhouse, etc. Im sure the Arch Deluxe would have thrived.
That aside, man I just remember how good the damned thing tasted. From the texture of the buns, to the seasoned patty and zesty sauce.
Chili cheese burritos
Smore Galore Parfait from Dairy Queen. Closest thing they have now is the Smore blizzard. It's just not the same though.
Coke Zero, not that zero sugar bullshit.
What were those food sticks from the 70s?
Mentadent toothpaste. Why can’t any other brand create a nice, standing toothpaste cartridge? Tubes are ugly and messy. It’s only been discontinued a year and I’m devastated. Been using it all my life.
Please. Burger king make cheesy tots a permanent thing. . . .
Cherry chip ba da bing ice cream. It was so much better than B&J’s Cherry Garcia.
Butterfinger BBs
Turkey twizzlers :(
Cookies and cream Twix. I don’t know anyone else who remembers them at all.
They sell a lot of different flavor twix in Asia. Maybe you can order them online?
Papermate megalead mechanical pencils. That is the only pencil I've enjoyed using.
Pokemon and Justice League tazos that used to come inside packets of Uncle Chipps or Lays. It was so much fun collecting them all.
My mom secretly threw away my collection. :(
Tropical ice breakers.
I'm not talking about the gum or the sour mints. The original tropical ice breakers that had layered flavors and were my life
Dairy Milk Marble Chocolate block :-(
A long, long time ago, Baskin Robbins made a flavour called Chocolate Raspberry Truffle. It was my all-time favourite ice cream flavour EVER! If BR ever brought it back I’d literally fill my freezer, I loved it so much.
<sigh>
EDIT: Have to add the chicken Caesar pitas Wendy’s used to sell.
Great. Now I’m hungry...
I can't remember the name of them, there was an ice cream sandwich during christmas time that was gingerbread flavor. Gingerbread man shape and ice cream in the middle. The box was green with argyle. Good lord. So good.
Blue Lays if you’re from India. RIP
Life Savers Holes (Sour Ones)
Video game cheat codes.
There used to be these things chicken burgers called Flatjacks. You'd cook them in a toaster like pop tarts and then stick them in a sandwich, they were so good
Just get a pack of Tyson chicken patties.
You might think I would say schezwan sauce from McDonald's but I don't think we ever got it up here.
The food that makes me mouth water for just thinking about it is KFC's BBQ boneless wings. The original recipe, not the one that came out the following year. I was addicted to those and would love to have them come back.
Green tea amp, the legit lime redbull, the lemonade amp... Every energy drink I love gets taken from me.
I miss Skannerz :\
Sprite Remix
Hot cheetos asteroids!
The goddamn Chile Mocha from Starbucks. They only served it for one holiday season and immediately discontinued it because apparently I'm the only person who liked it.
McDonald's Pizza
Squeeze Pop
Wendy's pita
1 vs 100 on Xbox live
Those PB&J chewy snack balls. I think Welch's made them. They were so fucking good. Omg I miss them
Last week I found out McCormick's Garlic Bread Sprinkle has been discontinued and I was legit distraught, standing in the spice aisle at the grocery store (having googled it since it was the second store to not have it). I use that stuff all the time! I have since made my own, not the same but it'll have to do...
Bar None candy bar
3d Doritos. That shit was awesome.
Black pepper jack doritos
Ninja turtle cream pies
Teenage Mutant Nina Turtle pies. They were a gas station staple and I was allowed to get one, just once, on a family road trip. The fact that I still remember it some 30 years later means it was something special- and horrible for me. It was something Hostess put on when the movies/ cartoons were big.
Burger King's crown shaped nuggets. They were my favorite thing to eat. The day I ordered some nuggets only to be given their new shrink wrapped dog shit instead is one of the worst, most disappointing memories I have. The chicken fries are ok, but nothing will replace those crowns in my heart. Fuck you to whatever bk executive decided to do that.
Micro Machines.
Doritos 3Ds
Original Nokia 3310
The Jack In the Box Beef (Steak) Fajita Pita. My favorite item ever at Jack In the Box, they got rid of the Beef one in the mid 90's, but still have the chicken one to this day.
For some reason, they haven't even tried to bring it back as a Limited Time Offering, even though they love to try new items and bring back old ones. AND you can't really find anything about it on the internet, which is so odd. It's like JITB wants you to forget that they you could get their Fajita Pita in a steak version. Makes no sense.
Warheads were lots of fun
Mr. Pibb. If I could bring a case of that home, my husband would love me eternally. It's why we go to Chipotle so much
Doritos 3D.
May have been a scam to sell bags of air, but damn did I love those things.
K’Nex
Dr pepper berries and cream
Concorde
Soap shoes. Those were so much fun to have throughout elementary and middle school.
Currently, I wish I could get a Xbox Guitar Hero Controller for a decent price.
Late 90s to, early 2000s cars. Reliable yet feasible.
Skoal vanilla
Brut Attitude.
Smells absolutely great but they discontinued it.... :(
2012 MacBook Pros. Fuck the touchbar models.
Pepsi Free. I remember getting this in the old school bottles in the early 80's.
McDonalds got and spicy mustard sauce. Oh and Altoids Sours!!!
Lebrons Lemonade gum. Nothing else is like it, only genuinely good lemon gum I’ve ever had
Yogurt Cheerios. They were the best Cheerios.
FNH FS2000
Chili lime Fritos.
Artic sun, a soda made by Faygo when I was a kid. Damn, I miss it. Its been outta commission for years. I found a 20oz. bottle at a random gas station last year on my way out of Michigan, and damn, that shit took me back.
S'mores bars. They were around for pretty much Halloween 2005 and I have been trying to find them again ever since.
I don't know if this has been posted, but flaming hot Doritos. They came in a bag that had a see through panel with a purple outline. Pretty great Doritos if you ask me but every one I ask about it, no one remembers them.
PTFE Oneball Jay snowboard wax. The greatest ever.
Dunkaroos
CapriSun Juicers fruit snacks, I used to buy them at target and they would be all gone by the end of the day.
Also Coke Blak, it was this weird coffee flavored soda they made for a short time but I was the only person I knew who liked it lol.
Balls mints. They were caffeinated mints. Straight up the poor mans addy
Fun Squeeze Colored Butter!! I remember that it came in pink and blue. I don’t even remember if it was good but it was just so fun to put on waffles and toast
The Microsoft Sidewinder 2 Force Feedback Joystick.
I played a lot of Pacific Fighters with it, and love that dead stick you get right before stalling....
Between that and VR, it would be perfect.
Smurfs cereal 1983 post
Seldane
Altoids sours!
3D Doritos and Drake's Coffee Cakes
Cherri & Bubb candy. It was the Cherry and bubble gum flavored candies like Mike N Ike. Omg it was so yum.
CK MAN Eau de Toilette. Always a head turner with its lingering smell.
NCAA football. I just want to play in a playoff game on my xbox one.
Clear Pepsi
Denny's OG Meat Lover's Skillet (from, like, 2002).
Good god, never was there a more perfect plate.
Sprite Remix.
Windows phones
Green and purple ketchup
Clearly Canadian, and orbitz
clodhoppers
grapermelon slurpee
P.B. Crisps
Milkfuls, a caramel candy with a creamy filling.
Tapatio chips by Doritos! So sad they are being discontinued.
Vioxx is was a great pain reliever!
Reddit from four or five years ago. Watching it turn into FB2 sucks ass.
In Canada I haven’t been able to find cruncheroos cereal in ever. I loved that stuff
Pepsi Blue.
I don't know why, but I just have a fond memory of it back when I was a kid. I'd love to see how much id hate it now.
Deep Dish DiGiorno
Yogos!! That yogurt ball snack was this shit!!
Clusters Cereal
Rice M&Ms
Clear Pepsi!!!!
My favourite pair of shoes :(
Those Cheeto balls that came in the Pringle looking cans
Doritos dinamita, nacho picoso though, but the shitty green bag. So crunchy. So spicy.
Certs centers even with the aspartame
Wendy’s Spicy chicken nuggets
It was a special edition Pepsi. It showed up around the holidays and it tasted like regular Pepsi but with a spicy after taste (like a cinnamon type of spice. Not pepper spicy).
chocolate dipped ice cream bars at costco food court
Tahiti Treat. Plenty of sodas have come and gone by nothing quite does it for me like that.
I'm not saying I'd suck dick for some Tahiti Treat but... I'm heavily implying it.
Been seeing a lot of nixie clocks lately, it's outdated but damn they're so cool
Ego Waffle cereal. They stopped making it a few years ago, but it was so good.
Starburst Fruit Twists....I’d pay anything for them.
Clip art
The previous generation Makita cordless impact driver with post batteries. It's fast, the batteries charge in less time than it takes to drain them, and it's tiny and fits everywhere.
Popeyes Chicken Waffle chicken with maple dipping sauce
There was this Bubbaloo lolipop flavored as cucumbus. It was delicious.
i never got to try those chocolate balls with candy filled in them... always wanted to try one. also, those sour icebreaker candies with green apple and other berry flavors come a dime a dozen these days. shame
Szechuan Sauce
3D Doritos!
Planters cheese puffs in the big tin.
Big stuf Oreos. Those things were ginormous
Yogos
Trader joe's salt & pepper lentil chips!! Also their yogurt cheese (jalapeno & regular)
Google Reader
Classic Space Lego.
Josta soda.
Piramint
It was just so delicious!
YO-J!!! Might just be a Midwest thing, but it was this amazing juice/smoothie kind of thing my parents would always buy when I was growing up.
Cookies and cream Twix. Oh how I miss thee.
White Owl Spiced Whiskey. God damn that shit is good. I just checked online and the closest liquor store that has it is a four-hour drive from me. :(
Reese’s whips. Like a 3 musketeers filling consistency. Got em all the time in high school then one day I was only ever able to find fast breaks instead.
McDonald’s mozzarella sticks!! My mom used to let me get them off the dollar menu once every few months in middle school. They brought them back a while ago but they just weren’t the same.
The sponge!!! Just so my wife can tell me how awesome it is first hand. We are both huge Seinfeld fans.
Parts to my underwood type writer( i know i can get ribbon) but i would like to have new parts when they break.
I used to eat Rice Krispie Treat cereal religiously when I was a kid. I told my friend how much I missed that stuff, and for my next birthday she bought me a bunch of boxes of it. I took one bite and threw it away. They still sell it...but they've replaced the Rice Krispie Treats with little pieces of garbage.
Downy Wrinkle Releaser. I cannot find it anywhere local.
Little Cesar’s bucket of spaghetti
Wink, the grapefruit flavoured drink made by C Plus.
Sprite Remix
Kettle Herb and Spice chips. Literally their best flavour and they fucking got rid of it.
McDonald's Broccoli Cheese Soup and Chicken Fajitas. The Breakfast Burritos are ok, but they used to make them with chicken! Last time I saw one was spring of 2004. And the soup - oh man, best broccoli cheese soup ever. Never found another like it.
Gingerbread poptarts. They were only around for the Christmas season for like two years and then they were discontinued. I would literally buy 20 boxes of poptarts around Christmas just so i could have them all year
Hershey’s S’mores bars
Salomon roller skates. I’m actually a big fan of this brand and love stuff they do. Owned cross max slap2 model and liked it a lot.
Google Reader!
The purple Heinz ketchup!
Sears build yourself kit houses you could buy and build yourself (with help ofcourse) from the catalog. Seriously, imagine the amount of money you could save, and live a life free of debt. Can't believe no one said this yet. (yes, i know building codes changed 1000 fold since, but still, it would've been nice to make a come back)
Menards actually sells them...
oh wow! You serious? In that case I got some nice updates for some of my friends.
PB Crisps. Cookie covered peanut butter goodness. Here and gone way too quickly.
Dunkaroos
The Orange Pop flavored Lip Smackers.
Also Bubblicious used to have a lemonade flavor that was named after Lebron James.
Popeyes chicken biscuit. Best $1.50 snack
Tamagotchi Connection
Really? Nobody wants the wwe shortbread ice creams back?
dunk-a-roos
Zune, yeah I’m that guy.
Blockbuster
Taco Bell crunchy beefy burritos
Oreo cereal.
Australian Dr Pepper! It contained cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Much more palatable.
Vans made some really nice floral print classics three summers ago. Want another pair after I messed up mine skating but I’ve managed to sorta piece them together. Also the late night cheeseburger Doritos. Tasted amazing.
Planters Cheese balls
Taco Bell nacho fries
SUPER SOAKERS! My son is nearly at the right age, and the selection of lousy knock-offs is saddening.
SOCOM 2
Asteroid Cheetos
The Sobe Mr. Green sodas need to come back.
Mountain Dew Game Fuel!
Naked Juice, gold machine flavor.
Cubeworld!
Ms. Pedicure foot lotion
Was sold in walgreens and cvs and was amazing for my feet.
Ben & Jerry's Late Night Snack ice cream. So. Good.
Rice crispy treats cereal.
Heroscape
Puzz-3Ds... I used to collect almost every piece!
Pepsi blue or Snapple elements
Fucking Honey Nut Clusters cereal. That shit was SO GOOD and they discontinued it years ago. It was so good I'd literally pay someone to give me the recipe so I could make it myself. I miss it badly.
Butter. Finger. Milk.
That shit just disappeared out of existence.
Mystic Mints
V8 made this passionfruit tangerines juice.
Also the Taco Bell Burrito Supreme chips
Wonderballs
I'm from the southern united states. Please tell me someone remembers KFC's chicken snackers that came in the pretty blue wrapper. I now have a pavlovian response to blue aluminum foil because of those perfect lil sandwiches
Decent cassette decks.
That perfect bra. Every. Fucking. Time.
Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner. Mine broke, and now I can only find them on eBay for a small fortune.
Fruity marshmallow krispies! As a kid I loved starting my morning off with this cereal.
Fisherman's Friend, Aniseed version. Was not able to find it in the last 20 years.
Pebble :(
dnL Soda!
Szechuan sauce. I WANT THAT SAUCE MORTY. GIVE ME THE SAUCE.
WOBBADOBBADOBDOB !!!!!!
All these years later... I still miss Napster.
Carmex lotion
I really really wish they'd make Fruit Wrinkles again.
Ben and Jerry's Late Night Snack ice cream. Had chocolate covered potato chip clusters in it. The ice cream was the perfect example of salty and sweet. I'd eat so much of it. Then one day it was gone
Mother fucking Salsa Doritos
Club Penguin ^^^/s
ECTO COOLER
mofuckin’ 1998 honda nsx
Fintstones push pops.
Cheez-its buffalo/blue cheese twisterz
Pebble Time/Time 2.
It really sucks that Fitbit bought over Pebble...
Sprite Remix
Giant Goldfish.
They were saltier, crunchier, and easier to snack on. And using them for dipping was awesome!
Powerade jagged ice. Dizzy grizzlies Steak taquitos from Taco Bell Those weird cinnamon cookies from mcdonalds The Burger King chicken nuggets from the 90s
Most of my finest and nostalgic memories revolve around food 😋
Was going to say
Spatini Spaghetti Sauce
But, doing a quick search, I discovered that it's still sold in bulk sizes to restaurants and there is a market to buy them through restaurant suppliers. Just ordered a package big enough to make 10 spaghetti dinners. Will probably just donate the 2 jars of bland marinara I have in the pantry now that I have the sauce on the sauce.
Chewy sprees
Pepsi Blue.
And dont you dare compare it to Moutain Dew code blue (or w/e its called)
Ben and Jerry blonde brownie.
Taco Bell’s verde (green) sauce
Mighty Bites cereal. Those were a staple of my childhood and I can't find them anywhere
Chick fil a cheesecake
Oreo Cakesters
Doritos 3d and Pepsi blue.
Sprite Remix!
Crystal Pepsi.
Logitech ultra x keyboard
Thoro.
It’s an old school cleaning solvent that is no longer on the market due to a pretty significant EPA violation...that ultimately led to the manufacturer having the book thrown at them.
Nonetheless, it’s was legit.
3D Doritos
Mountain Dew Red. It's the only thing that can defeat brain-supercomputers that look like evil wintergreen tictacs that are activated by green meme soda.
Mustard Chicken McNuggets sauce. It was discontinued in Brazil a couple of years ago and I'm still not over it.
7-UP Ice Cola
3D doritos ..you know the ones in a can
Doritos 3D
Sobe Dragon, tea/fruit drink.
Kobe Bryant.
Mint Chocolate Chip Pop Tarts
Crystal Pepsi
Those crown shaped nuggets Burger King used to sell (my god those were heavenly)
Mobile phones that fold. Technology peaked with my old v60.
HOT CHEETOS CHILE LIMON !!! It will continue to live on in my heart as the best Cheetos flavor ever
Chilly Bears. They were magical seasonal only graham cracker ice cream sandwiches. Haven’t seen them in forever, but man. So gooood.
Starburst hard candy. It was the best and have so many varieties.
It's not a product persay but I miss the old school really good cartoons on Saturday mornings. Best part of the whole week was waking up early, getting a big bowl of cereal and not moving all morning watching cartoons.
Frosted Mini Chexs those fuckers were the best Cereal out there aside from Team Cherrios but still I miss those things everytime I walk past the Cereal isle.
TaB energy drink. Tasted like liquid jolly ranchers.
IPOD CLASSIC!!!
Banana milk. Id fight someone for a bottle rn
Pizzerias supreme chips
Hot Cheetos Asteroids
G.I.Joes
Hubba Bubba Bubble Jugs. Essentially 70% sugar and 30% powdered bubble gum. Was such a nice treat every once in a while, but I've not seen them for sale since the 90's.
Kellogg's cinnamon mini buns
Crystal Pepsi. That shit was awesome
Butterfinger BB's!
Vault
Pepsi one or the pepsi with splenda
Chick fil as sweet barbecue sauce. This popcorn from frys that was in a pink box that came with marshmallows sauce. Lisa frank. VHS movies. Gameboys. Pocket pets.
Battleships
McSkillet burritos from McDonald's. They were so good!
The Arcsaber FB, lightest racket by yonex and no one liked it because of that. I’m buying the last one from my local shop while I still can.
Starburst ice cream, it was a mix of all the flavors and it had little chunks of starburst through out it. Not sure if they still make it but I haven’t seen it in about decade where I live.
Jarts
The popsicles with gummy bugs inside
Pebble watches.
Scooby doo berry bones cereal. Those were my favorite :(
Pepsi twist
Yogos
There was this awesome brand of soap made specifically for bubble baths, and my mom got it from Dillon’s up till I was 7. But then they stopped selling it and I was left using this crappy off brand. I’m an adult now, and I really miss it; it would really help with adult-ing stress to just lie back in a big tub full of bubbles and soak for an hour or two. I don’t even remember the name, only that it had a pink bottle.
O'Grady's extra thick potato chips. They were awesome.
Pillsbury Buttermilk Waffles were amazing. Huge part of my childhood that has been gone for years.
Nassau Royale
One of the all time best liqueurs!
The black and green version of the REI Flash 45, a hiking backpack I've been trying to buy for a while now.
McDonalds Cinammon Buns
Clodhoppers
Two things: Penrose brand hot sausages and Gatorade gum.
HDMI from phone to TV.
WTF?! Why is that feature gone?
butterfinger bbs and 3d doritos
The Arch Deluxe
I was a kid liking an "adult" burger and I'm an adult that wants it back damn it
Rice Kristy treat cereal... still get it on amazon but why not in the stores?
Hathaway boxers. I bought them from Costco like 3 years ago and they are just now starting to tear. I probably bought two dozen at the time. So comfortable. Nothing compares.
Sprite remix.
Treasure Rocks
Snapple Element Drinks. They were my favorite thing ever back in the early 2000s.
Acura Integras
AskJeeves.com
The red and green menus at Del Taco
The ORIGINAL formula Vaseline Intensive Care lotion in the yellow bottle.
Cars with pop up headlights.
Headphone jacks
Zune
Salsa Rio Doritos.
Damn you Frito lay, you brought them back for a summer and ripped them away again. They were the best snack watching after school cartoons before going outside to play.
Reese’s Swoops.
Fruit Wrinkles
Rainjet sprinklers and valves, better quality than most of what's available now
Sobe Zen Blend I miss it so much.
Kodak’s instant camera. Far better than anything Polaroid ever made. Great color saturation, great surface finish on the photos, never any mess.
These pretzel popper things they had in my middle school cafeteria. There were pizza and buffalo i think but the pizza ones were my jam. Never been able to find them since then
Remember that pink soda can "Tab?" That.
Just because.
Altoid Sours. I was addicted as a teen and still mourn them on an embarrassing frequent basis
Twizzler's Sourz. Best sour candy ever, wrongfully cancelled.
I'm going to be that person and say Bionicle.
Blue Mountain Due.
Clear raspberry Kool aid. Sure it didn't make your toungh and everything else it touched blood red, but you could /drink it on the couch without getting yelled at/.
SKITTLES GUM ahh they were so good
The lobster fondue at Red Lobster. Came in a bread bowl, was fucking delicious
Bump. Send someone a file or photo or contact by tapping your phones (iPhone, Android, whatever). Send them to and from a laptop or desktop by tapping the space with your phone.
Dep Sport Pomade. I just want to smell it again.
Samuel Adams Oktoberfest
The always discontinue it for 9 months out of the year :(
Pepperidge Farms MINT Brussels. The Mint Milanos are good, but those Mint Brussels are the best cookie I've ever had.
Please bring them back...
Tan M&M’s.
Frosted Mini Chex
Shasta
Planter's P.B. Crisps. Crunchy on the outside, creamy on the inside.
PSVita, not officially dead but America almost completelt turned a cheek on it
Trix cereal in the fruit shapes not the stupid balls they have now.
Trix yogurt.
I'm was an early 90's high school kid in north Phoenix (paradise valley). Our cafeteria always had these 6 inch ham and cheese subs and a little soggy, cheesey, greasy morsal of food magic called a "Pizza Snack"... and i can't think of much i wouldn't do to get my hands on either of them.
My brother started high school the year after i finished and i sent money with him to bring some home... both had disappeared.
Devastated, still 25 years later!
I also grew up in Phoenix and do you remember the subs that Kmart used to sell? Your post made me think of those yummy subs they used to make in store and sell, not in the restaurant but the little deli they used to have in the front of the store?
Yup.. cactus and 32nd street. Those were good too! Also had a little crispy burrito i loved.
That's the one we always went to even though we were a little closer to 32nd/McDowell (or somewhere around there, it's been so long I can't remember.)
Long gone now though....
Teenage mutant Ninja Turtle ice cream where the eyes were m&m candies.
Meiji Coffee The Milk. That shit was the perfect balance of coffee and milk.
The Super Soaker 2000.
It ruined squirt guns for me, because after it broke, no other squirt gun could come close to its power and volume of water so I never bought another one after it.
Fuze water flavouring. I loved the raspberry iced tea one.
Hostess Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies. I’m 34 years old and still dream of them. I miss those the most.
Ham breakfast sandwich from Tim Horton ...and the dutchie for that matter
The Nokia brick
Kellogg's Mini Buns. That was my favorite childhood cereal. I hear that there is such a thing as Kellogg's Cinnabons now which look to be nearly the same thing but they are not available where I live.
3D Blu-rays... for reals. I am a huge fan.
Lumia Mix Radio!
The first generation of bionicle
Those huge rainbow bubbles you blew through a straw.
Cheese flavored Cornuts. They are nowhere to be found up her in Canada any more
Cinnamon Crunch Crispix. To this day it has remained the single best cinnamon cereal out there.
Taco Bell's original Frito Burrito. None of that new wannabe Beefy Crunch etc. The original. Luckily it's fairly easy to recreate at home.
L'Oréal Studio Senses Hair Refreshener Spray - "The Cool Scent"
Snapple Fire. The good one in the glass bottle.
Every lipstick shade I ever fell in love with, alas.
Giga pet
Flintstones rainbow sherbet push pops.
Cell phones with physical keyboards.
I miss lime crush so much, still can't find any beverage with the same taste
Coke Black
Steelseries merc stealth. I loved the gaming buttons area of that keyboard.
Sweet tarts squeez. I loved that stuff, Icee has something similar but it's not quite the same :(
The Dodge Stealth
Coca-Cola: Blak HNNNNGH was that delicious!
The final season of my name is earl
My confidence
I remember as a kid there was a supermarket here called LIDL that used to do a packet of pasta called "Pasta Casa Funghi" that I used to live on daily, I remember it being the best flavoured instant pasta, I still hope one day I'll be able to try it again.
Tangerine Altoids
Surf Berry Crunch cereal. I can still remember the taste of that sugar ladened heaven.
Fritos Cheddar Ranch Flavor Twists. These were the best when I was a kid, I absolutely loved them! The last time I had one, they had been discontinued for awhile and I found the one bag at a gas station in Alaska. Good times.
The blue snakes Allen's used to make. God damn parents and their no artificial colours and flavours. Can't even walk around pretending I'm a blue tounge lizard anymore
Soft drinks made of sugar. Taxes are being introduced on the stuff now in the name of public health and even Irn Bru and Lucozade are full of zero calorie flavour mirage dust. Zero calorie Lucozade, what is even the point of that? I'm trying to get through a night shift here.
While I'm at it, potassium chloride isn't edible either. Stop it.
Meguiar's Gold Class foaming dash trim and foaming leather cleaner.
14 years ago I got a detail kit with those in it. I detail my interior once a month. The leather foam ran out after 8 years, the dash foam I still have 10% of the original can left...
Beyoncé had a soft drink line once about 5 years ago. The “butterfly” one was pretty great
And jello ice pops
And the TAB energy drinks. I bought a pack of tab soda a couple years ago and was so disappointed when I found that it tastes like motor oil instead of the liquid gummy bears I was expecting
Edit: just found out they’re not bringing back s’mores frapp this year 😭
Grape Nuts flakes. I dunno, I just liked them. They clearly still have the equipment for them, they're in that cereal that's a bunch of cereals mixed together, the name of which I can't remember, but I haven't seen grape nuts flakes in years.
Sodalicious. Root beer was the best!
Muller Frut Up yogurt cups. Wasn't a fan of yogurt until I found them while working at a grocery store. Still the only yogurt I love. Unfortunately they shut down their US plant a few years back and have no plans of opening another last I've heard.
Shaker Fries
They use to sell a liquor called Cyclone. It mixed two popular liquors though its been too long to remember which ones. But I remeber it was the best shots ever then if I remember correctly it got removed for recipe stealing or something to that effect. But man do I miss it.
Little Cesar's pretzel pizza. Never cared for the pretzel part but I really dug the nacho cheese sauce replacement.
Also the Bronco, Dead Space games and the FN FS2000.
Surge! Best soda ever.
Those fruit altoids that would destroy your tongue
Drive in movie theaters.
Xperia play
Hypercolor Shirts
Starting the day with a big bowl of Fruit Brute.
Josta soda, such a unique flavor. I haven't had it since circa 1991.
SWCCG. Star Wars Cutomizable Card Game from Decipher.
Sour Altoids :(
Sauce stuffed crust Freschetta pizza. It was the most amazing thing. The crust would come out light and flaky while the sauce had things zing to it. It was amazing. I'd be 500 pounds if I were an adult when they still made it. Don't know why they stopped, but they did. It makes me sad. It was the best frozen pizza I've ever had. :(
3D chips.
Sour Altoids
25¢ thin little styrofoam toy airplanes that flew pretty far and used to be readily available across all city bodegas.
McPizza
Those god damn altoid sours
Dinograhams
Green slime ice cream that nickelodeon sponsored
There is a henri Lloyd weekend bag that i would kill to get my hands on but they are not being sold anymore
BK Large Big Fish (Whopper size).
Dunkaroos.
Pebble smartwatches.
ARIZONA BLACK AND WHITE TEA.
Crystal Pepsi
Tangerine flavored Altoids
The pebble smart watch. The whole series. Those watches were so easy to use and reliable and affordable until Fitbit bought them up and stopped production and support.
r/pebble
Pillsbury waffle sticks
The phorm light voyager reading light. That thing was hands down the best reading light made to date, but there is room for improvement on it, and they never did! I would pay a lot of money for a compact aluminum body variant of that with dock or inductive charging capability and lithium battery pack.
Androstene.
Stuff was legit and didnt require a Rx.
Palm treo
Nothin’ but Nacho goldfish
Tim Hortons wrap snackers. Used to be $2 for a chicken wrap, with ranch or chipotle sauce. Delicious and cheap. Now they sell bigger versions for $5.69, and i used to be able to get 3 of the wrap snackers for that price. ugh
Starbucks Coconut Crème Frappaccino
Kraft "Miracle French" salad dressing was a staple of our household in the 80's. There is nothing like this oily masterpiece... :(
Wire wheel hubcaps and white walls hahaha
Black Pepper Doritos. Tasted awesome and burned on the way out. That's how you knew it was special.
Four Cheese Doritos.
NYC lip balm. They replaced that snit with glue.
Doritos Guacamole flavor
Haagen daz's Sticky toffee pudding ice cream. This is, by far, one of the best ice cream flavors I've ever eaten
Corn-Quistos. Man, I really wish these would come back. Combos are rancid pig shit compared to Corn-Quistos.
Gain or bounce dryer bars
Citrus polos. Got I miss those yellowish green little bastards.
The orange drink at Mcdonalds and Aspen soda
Johnny Seven OMA. Coolest and most badass toy gun ever.
Taco flavored doritos. I just miss them so much.
The burger king Ice Age icee floats
Ben & Jerry's Wavy gravy flavor
The XR line of bikes by Honda. I have an 02 XR 250R and the bike is awesome, except it's a chore to find aftermarket stuff despite how much people online loooove those bikes. Maybe it's the vocal minority?
Dream Cherry Cigarettes. They got rid of them because they were flavored or some BS. Isn't Menthol a flavor?
Zune HD. Great music player in a nice form factor
Bonkers candy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonkers_candy?wprov=sfla1
Alfredo mac and cheese. Please bring it back
Europe Jupiter Bars!
HEELYS FOR ADULTS
McDonald's pizza. Apparently there's a few places in the states that still make it, but you can not find that shit in southern Ontario
GPU’s at msrp pricing
Strawberry Blasted Honeycombs
Salsa Doritos in the black bag. My white whale.
Nexus 10 magnetic pogo charger cable... (pm me if anyone wants to sell <3)
Cupcake Fruity Pebbles. It’s been years since they sold them, but I still double check every time I’m in the cereal isle.
3D Doritos
Orkut
Apple Strudel Pop Tarts
Regular old Coke with sugar.
Pizza Hut P’zone
Big stuf Oreos
Black Forest Gummy Bears, the old recipe. The new ones are shit.
Skittles gum
It might’ve been a regional thing, but TeaBerry Gum.
Twinkies.
Musicmatch Jukebox. Yahoo purchased it and then subsequently destroyed it.
ios 8
From dusk til dawn & grass from LUSH.
Vans Docket shoes. If anyone can recommend anything close to this please do so!
That blueberry pomegranate juice minute maid used to make. It was like 75% juice and it tasted delicious. Only $3.50 a quart. Then one day it eas just gone.
potable wild water
Phones with motherfucking buttons.
The zoon. A quality mp3 player that wasn't apple
Voltron, Defender Of The Universe action figure but the Canal Street knock off variety, lol, they built a digital watch into it's chest.
Lime Skittles and Lime Runts. Screw you green apple
Ipod with scroll wheel. I loved that thing!
Coke BlāK
Lakrits, licorice candy coated milk chocolate, similar to M&M's. I don't know what company made them, but I believe it was Lindt. They were amazing. There are other candy companies that make their own version, but nothing can compare
Gameshark
Planters Cheez Balls.
Other companies make similar ballz, but they don't taste like I remember Planters tasting.
Old PC keyboards that made that satisfying click sound when you typed. Ahhhh.
You mean mechanical keyboards? They still have those...
Tower Records!
Pepsi blue
Carnation Breakfast Bars. Not too sweet, dense, yummy, crispy, nutty goodness to start your day. Nothing like the chewy, sugary shit everyone makes today.
Dunkaroos. Those things were amazing
The weather stripping and chrome trim for my 300zx
3D Doritos and butterfinger bbs.
Planters cheez balls, berries n creme Dr pepper, slice soda, Doritos extremes where every chip was the flavor crusted chip... Yeah all mine are gonna be foods.
Jello 1-2-3 the three layers were amazing.
I miss Pepsi Blue.
Yo-J for sure. Delicious
The old legendary Gibson guitars. Nowadays their QC is pretty so-so.
The Gore (like goretex) N2S (next to skin) layers were amazing. I could wear one half zip pullover for my 20km bike ride and be fine rain or shine. I even used it for ski touring. Perfect for the up, great under an outer layer for down on cold days. It was breathable, water resistant, wind proof and I have no idea why it was discontinued.
Mine was a MEC brand top, but I’d buy any layer that used that fabric.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pies. Green pastry shell, delicious vanilla pudding inside.
Cookies and cream KUDOS
The hot cheeto Astroids or whatever they were called. Also Sprite Remix. It came back last year at limited stores and I was so surprised to see it but haven't seen it since.
Dr. Pepper Red Fusion
Dunkaroos
YoGos! I think thats what they were called anyway. Little bags of chewy candy balls in strawberry, blueberry and a couple other flavors, covered in yogurt! They were the perfect texture and so tasty
The Snapple Elements drinks. Soo good!
Dunkaroos😂
Volcano tacos at Taco Bell
Mine would be from Doritos:
I am sad that Doritos don't make both of these flavors anymore.
Planters Cheese Balls.
Nesquik Cereal
Hot Cheeto asteroids
Those 3-D Dorito bites. Loved those as a kiddo.
Sliced peanut butter
Ronald McDonald seats in Maccas ;(
Coke Vault - I miss it so much. I remember drinking a 2 liter of that stuff in high school before boxing and losing my god damn mind
Volcano Tacos from Taco Bell. Hell, just the lava sauce would be great.
Dunkaroos! Specifically the funfetti icing version.
Lidl did a great mozzarella pizza they got rid of, my old don't headphones they where about £25 but could stand toe to toe With some £100.sets when it came to quality, there follow ups in the same price bracket are horrid
Original shark bites
Planters chocolate crisps. Delicious soft chocolate in a crispy wafer shaped like a peanut.
dnL
((7-upside down))
Oldsmobile. I'd do just about anything for a modern-day Cutlass.
Visual Basic 6.0
You can hate on Basic all you want, but VB6 struck a fantastic balance between functionality, simplicity, and rapid development. Sure it wasn't a "serious" programming language, but it was a fantastic, underrated, and for many essential swiss-army-knife. You could knock together seriously useful software really quickly and easily.
I get why MS wanted to go down the .net path and that's fine, but VB.net was pretty much made redundant when C# came along. VB.net and C# are so close that there's not a lot of point in VB.net existing anymore, but meantime there's a gaping hole where VB6 used to live.
That's just my 2c but it seems I'm not the only one.
Honey Wheat Thins. The squares, not the sticks. Been looking since mid-2000s.
FURBEES
Vault energy drinks
C-3POs cereal.
Zima znd Mustard Combos
Golden bear. Lemonade with honey, oh god it was so good
team soda
rOtring 600 fountain pens :/
Anything for sale on eBay is super expensive
Flip phones.
Couch Co-op games, every co-op game seems to be online only now.
Yogos
Pebble Smartwatches... I actually liked how great it was when it came to customization and how long the battery lasted.
I can't find Hydrox cookies fuckin anywhere.
The company (Sunshine/Keebler) that made them did indeed discontinue them.
But! Another company (Leaf Brands) is making them again! You might have to get them from Amazon, but they're available.
Oh my god.
Wonderballs! They were chocolate and had fruity candies and a prize. All the different themes made it great too! It was the easiest choice to make when my mom let me have one candy in the grocery store line. The day they weren’t there was slightly devastating.
SNACK & 1/2
The American Dream?
Keebler's pizza chips.
Ecto Cooler. I bought a case when it made its all too brief comeback but it wasn't enough.
Fat Albert
Those little hot cheeto puff balls, that came in those cool thermos-like containers. I would always have my mom buy them for my lunches for school.
I maybe late but limewire. Nothing beats free mp3 download.
Tim Hortons bread bowls.. they’d hollow out the middle of a circular loaf and butter the inside before adding stew to it. Then you use the middle piece for dipping. After you’ve eaten the stew you can eat the bowl!
Lawn darts
Twizzler's Twerps. They aren't that old, but they were only around for a few years. Long enough for me to fall in love with them, and then for them to get discontinued.
Doritos 3rd Degree Burn Scorchin' Habanero. Still crave them to this day.
The Sidekick phones.
Kirkland Turkey Burgers. So good, healthier than beef, and completely out of stock for the last 9 months at Costco.
Those hot cheeto ball things that came in those little pringle-esque containers. They were too delicious, and now they're gone.
Original twinkies
Cajun McChicken/Buffalo medallions at the Safeway deli/
iPhone 4S. Also taco bell chicken flatbreads from like 6 years ago
Good old strawberry-orange SunnyD didn't see them since like 2012
Shark Bites and Snapple Elements
Are those Wonderball candies still out there? Because I would like one of those bad boys
not really a product, but net neutrality
I had a Billabong backpack that I love that I had to retire this year. I got it in primary school that I used for everything. I used it while at primary school, all events during high school as we had proper school bags, it went to uni with me, all over Australia and it was perfect. If I could still get them, I'd buy a few of them just to last me a life time.
St. Ives shampoo and conditioner.
Sodalicious. The little root beer’s... damn.
Aside from all of the typical 90s nostalgia items, Canada Dry green tea ginger ale. I miss it so much! It was my favorite soda in high school.
The original Diablo. Come on Blizzard, you did a free remastering for starcraft..
Kid Cuisine taco rolls had lead in them or something, but I'd annihilate those motherfuckers when I was little.
Jammin' Jalapeño at Buffalo Wild Wings
Bennigans restaurant
The original Lays BBQ chips.
Vult. Or maybe Volt. But that drink was great when I was little. I probably would drink it now, but it was still the coolest drink that my parents disapproved of.
This probably won't get noticed being added so late, but I miss an old candy called "Pond Scum"
Here's a link to an image of the stuff: https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/1013/11/vintage-krazy-kids-candy-packaging_1_1f2e154bde7e52667d067c712c4d6d3a.jpg
That shit was delicious and I always thought it was way better than fizzies or any other similar candy. When they stopped selling them back in the late 90s or early 00s my dad bought 20 boxes worth. It took us 6 years to go through it all. That was with us trying to save them after we went through 10 boxes in 6 months.
Quinoderm
Shakes fist at EU
Nickelodeon Slime popsicles. I still look for those every time we go shopping. I won’t give up.
The McSkillet burrito!!!!!
OG snapchat
Pringles Wild Consomme
Australian here, so many things.....
Pepsi samba,
Pepsi blue,
Fruji icecream,
Samboy chicken chips,
Slush puppie icey drink
Tonka Trucks that were made of metal.
The Bar One ice cream. Not that sandwich shit, and not the Bar One flavoured King Cone. The Bar One ice cream on a stick that had standard ice cream on the outside and a liquid chocolaty caramel middle.
Also the Sevens chocolate bar.
Dunkaroos
Wendy’s spicy chicken nuggets
Sprite remix. That is all I've ever wanted
Crystal Pepsi.
I know, it came back for a bit. But it's almost impossible to find again. And it tastes a thousand times better than regular pepsi.
I need my crystal. :(
Costco ice cream bars dipped in chocolate and covered in almonds. For $1.50.
Ute's.
I would wish I could buy a brand new El-Camino with the Camaro engine today.
That freakishly neon blue deep sea diver oatmeal. Had little candy treasure chests that hatched into sharks and fish. Like a magical ocean version of dinosaur oatmeal.
Tomagotchi
capsela and erector building sets.
Oreo O’s cereal, I’ve been craving it the last couple years now.
Yogos
Not sure anyone will see this now but Bacardi Fusions were amazing. My favorite one was the Pineapple / Coconut Fusion
Ündo. It was a chemical that made stickers lose their stick for about a minute and then they would magically regain it. Good as new and ready to be placed somewhere else. It was great for moving hard-to-find stickers from old laptops to new ones.
Turns out that chemical is basically liquid cancer though. It's been illegal for years but I think the rubber-stamp enthusiasts bought it in bulk before it was outlawed and have been hoarding it ever since.
Ps3 controllers. I know it's not common thought here, but they are my favorite controller. I know I can buy them used I just wish they were still sold new. It also sucks because they were $60 when they were still being made, now that they are discontinued that price won't drive.
Planters cheese sticks!! Nom nom!!
Ephedra. The heart palpations, night sweats, and night terrors were worth it.
The day Dunka-a-roos was discontinued in the US will always be remembered.
Citrus polo mints. Oh I loved those so much. I remember going to the corner shop getting those! Best sweet ever!
Peppercorn Ranch Sun Chips. Please bring them back.
Garnier Fructis Survivor putty. It was an amazing hair product. Once it was discontinued I bought half a dozen for $5ea on Amazon. When I finally ran out I found the remaining inventory to be $40+. Damn shame.
Butterfinger bb’s
ITT: 90% food, 10% cassette players.
Horrible junk and fast food, too. Ew.
Butterfinger BB's
Cherry Vanilla Coke & Flaming Hot Cheetos Asteroids. I figure I could combine the Cherry and Vanilla Cokes but I've never tried it admittedly, and the closest thing to Asteroids are Puffs but they just don't taste the same.
Taco Bells fries. I already miss them.
The old Cherry Coke. I KNOW IT'S STILL AROUND, but it's trash compared to the old recipe.
If this was early 2017, someone with a Rick and Morty username would say SzeChuan Sauce.
^^^^I'm ^^^^90% ^^^^sure ^^^^I ^^^^butchered ^^^^the ^^^^name
Degree clear gel deodorant. That shit smelled heavenly.
The Mutant League series of sports games.
Apple Blast Poptarts.....
PB Max
OKCupid from about 5 years ago
Kellog's Just Right cereal
Pudding bites. They were these chocolate and vanilla pudding flavored gummies and they were delicious.
Tuna Twist, alien jawbreakers, New York seltzer, Orbitz drink, and Brach's coffee candy.
Pucker Pops from Kroger's. They were Sour Popsicles with a hard shell you could bite off and a soft inside that you could suck up. I haven't seen anything remotely like them since.
The original Pink Thing from Six Flags. They changed from Cherry to Strawberry and it's just not as good.
Pullman Cars.
If I had one of those on a siding at my station, my daily commute would be glorious!
Theraflu. They took the packets off the shelves for a while to reformulate and it sucks now. The old version would knock you out good. It was amazing.
Dreyer's Swiss Orange ice cream. At least they have Tip Top brand of it in NZ. I'd move there just for that!
Aerie's pj boxers they had in the early 2000's
The ZF 5M (Hurth 50) Marine Transmission.
McDonalds STILL Fanta.
There’s not an extra value meal that passes where I don’t miss you.
Vault soda
I know this was not that long ago, but Taco Bell got rid of their nacho fries and they were literally like the best thing ever :(
Skotadakis Greek Yogurt Jalapeno Dip from Costco. It shows up for like 2 weeks every couple years.
Google Reader
Monterey Jack Doritos from the early 90's
Santa Fe style Gorditas at Taco Bell
As someone who grew up in the 90's in germany.
Frufoo Joghurt.
It had an Alien Toy in the middle.
WWF ice cream bars
Black pepper-jack Doritos along with berries&cream Dr. Pepper.
Creme Savers. Especially the raspberry ones
Mountain Dew Tropical Smash. Fuck me, I hate mtn dew but that shit was liquid gold. I cant find it anywhere anymore.
Taco Bell Volcano menu
Amazing pizza that you can't find anywhere anymore.
Mikes Pan Pizza, that shit was amazing.
Delissio Garlic bread All Dressed pizza.
Quaker snack mix
Cars with popup headlights
fruitopia and tomato flavored ramen
Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream from Ben and Jerry's!!!!
Mitchum cream deodorant. No smell for at last two days.
Devondale Long Life Cream
Fuck you Murray Goulburn!
Hot cheeto asteroids
Carnation Breakfast Bars were the best. I'm not sure they made the greatest breakfast, but the chocolate chip breakfast bars were awesome!
Oreo Cakesters
An overengineered anything. Things like steel vacuums, etc.
MP3s, I hate using my phone due to battery and they all use pretty low end components, I still use a 3/4th gen iPod touch because the auto quality just seems better, plus there's hardly any good MP3s out there that work was well, I looked at ponos and zunes but there getting expensive and the software hardly works/gets expensive, I don't like streaming as alot of music I like is not on Spotify or iTunes plus again battery and data.
Deep fried cherry pies at McDonalds Beef tallow fried French fries at McDonalds Deep fried apple pies at McDonalds
Thanks for completely shittifying your best products in the name of namby-pambyism, McDonalds.
(Also, Cosby being in the news, I'm reminded how incredible Jello pudding pops were.)
Pop Tarts had a line of danishes around 2000. Ate those things every day that summer. The cheese ones were awesome!
Poore Brother's kettle cooked steak and onion chips. Those were the best chips I have ever had.
dnL, the double down, Skittles bubble gum, bubble jug, the original m&ms bar, original four lokos. The list goes on for days.
Guacamole Doritos.
Toobs.
Yeah nah I'm not crying, you're bloody crying.
Clubhouse la grille Fiery Habanero spice, it was amazing! Also, their Jamaican Jerk spice was awesome too!.
Motherfuckin LIME skittles! Seriously fuck off with that green apple shit! It tastes like sour ass and is just a rancid flavor. Same goes for replacing lemon with nasty banana.
Lipton's Alligator Soup
Those cheesecake bars my mom used to get at Publix. They were like crack.
Siracha flavored Cheez It Snack Mix. It was released fairly recently and discontinued soon after. That stuff was so good.
It'll get buried, but..Mountain Dew MDX. So..damn..tasty. like drinking lime jello after it dissolves amd hasn't set up yet.
Altoids sour. Best candy of my childhood.
Samboy Chips Flavorbomb sachets
Land O'Lakes Butter pretzels. Nothing is comparable to their buttery greatness.
pudding pops
Zune
The original Pepsi Vanilla. I could drink that by the gallon back in the day.
kellogg's yogos!!!!!
Qualudes
Rice crispie treats cereal.
Holy crap, answer is so obvious. Pepsi clear you nerds
Candy cigarettes
BBQ Cheddar Cheezits. Loved those things. I'd eat 2 or 3 boxes a week.
Toaster strudels with the meat and cheese in them.
Clearly Canadian drinks. Vienetta ice cream.
Cinnamon flavored Certs. (Certs, in general, are hard to find but not discontinued.)
There's a bunch of men's body hair removal creams that no longer seem to exist. Like Veet had a nice one. Formulated for the thicker male hair, didn't have to risk chemical burns like you do guessing how long to leave the womens one on.
Super late to the game but windows do. I wish it was still an option that was supported.
Polly Pocket
Proper lsd
Nintendo 64, and the video games of that style. There was something about the way that the limited technology influenced the philosophy of the games that lead to really simple, yet really creative and amazing games.
Flat Twix
Ecto Cooler
The round Reese’s peanut butter cups.
Slimer Hi-C in the can and Jurassic Park cereal.
Ninja Turtles cereal!!!!!
Bionicle
Hot Cheetos Asteroids
I would have said Oreo-Ohs, BUT THEY JUST FREAKING CAME BACK MAN!
Amaretto Lindt Truffles.
Those things were orgasmic, and they were discontinued months after I discovered them. The heartbreak is still with me to this day, and whenever I pass the Truffle section in the candy isles I always take a quick glance for that sweet sweet purple, and they’re never back.
French toast crunch
Burger King Stackers, for years I could get them even when they weren't on the menu. Then BK put them back on the menu for a short while and when they removed them they were completely gone.
Kitchens of India Butter Chicken Curry, changed the formula and now it is just full of salt.
32oz Hoegaarden, I used to get them when I wanted some beer with dinner, now I'd have to pony up for a 6 pack. (I think the bigger bottle was 32oz, not sure)
Pop Secret Sea Salt popcorn, went from Olive oil to Palm oil at some point.
PB MAX
Mountain Dew Typhoon
There was also this starburst flavored sorbet (not the bars, it came in a container) with little starburst chunks. So good
Reach Cleanpaste Floss... the best I've ever used... like rope through your teeth, picked up everything and took out the plaque
http://www.dentalproductshopper.com/reach-cleanpaste-dental-floss
beepers
Taco Bell Volcano menu.
Safeway’s refreshe sports drink. 2x the potassium and 1/2 the sugar of Gatorade.
Windows 7
Citrus Tangerine Altoids
The iPod classic 80GB
Those hot Cheetos puff that were in a like canister like Pringles but it had a cup... I can't remember the name!
Whip ‘n Chill
Turkish Royal lotion from lush!
Safeway Organics White Tea with Spearmint in the glass bottles. That was literally my favorite drink in the world for years. Now IF you can find it, it comes in a plastic bottle that isn't even remotely the same.
Same goes with Sobe Orange Carrot in the glass bottles.
Those fuse fusion drinks
Triples cereal
Heydays (sp?)
When McDonald’s went to all day breakfast last year, they got rid of the separate egg style they used for the bagels, and just started using the regular McMuffin egg, and it sucks. The Bacon & Egg Bagel was my jam.
Bionicles. Like, pre Nuva series. I loved the original Toa, and now that I have the money to buy any of them, they don't even exist.
Doritos locos tacos
PB Crisps
Surge. They brought it back last year and then quit making it again. WE WANT OUR SURGE DAMMIT!
Hot wing shake n bake from kraft
Cadbury's Astro's They were my favourite candy and then they just vanished :(
The original Jolly Rancher Fruit Chews.
cherry lemonade lifesavers
Don’t imagine many people can relate but the President’s Choice brand at Superstore used to make these artisanal (aka artisanally branded) mushroom filled tortellinis that were UNREAL good. I used to eat them all the time and then one day... just gone :(
I suppose I count games as products so Free Realms it shut down a few years ago and it took a part of my childhood with it and murdered it in this game you were able to do anything: fish, race, demo Derby's, fight with a fully developed class system, do quests, build talk and trade with friends, ride dragons or snowballs, obtain and play with pets(miss you taco the dragon), play chess, or tower defense, mine, be a mailman, become a soccer star, they even had a fully developed card game system, bake food, compete in seasonly events, explore a vast world or even join a friend who had a ticket to the exclusive part of the world!, Updates came often including new areas items and more! Hell I almost want to cry thinking about it someone hand me a damn tissue
French toast crunch
Pennrose hot sausage in the glass jars.
The Mint oreo blizzard from Dairy Queen D:
Tastiest goddamn things on the planet and my world came crashing down when I heard they were discontinued.
Strawberry bagelfuls
Oreo-O's. Yes they had a limited run at Walmart, but they had no Oreo cream marshmallows and they didn't taste anything like I remembered.
Late to the party, but Halo 3/Modern Warfare 2 servers
Ok soda
I'm late but: MOUNTAIN DEW'S DEWSHINE. It was a limited time drink but it tasted oh so goooood. Sad they stopped producing them
Taco Bell verde sauce
Rockstar punched guava energy drink, kickstart limeade
Stratos. Norwegian chodolate bar.
New Zealander here: snifters and pineapple lumps.
MP3 players for sure! I don’t like having music on my phone.
Pepsi Blue
Taco Bell hooked me with its burrito with chips in it and then wrenched it away within a month.
Lawn darts, unsafe my ass
NCAA licensed football games.
The last one was EA's NCAA Football 2014.
WTF man that was my favorite game year after year since I first played it in 1999.
Fuckin just pay the players to use their likeness already.
Space food sticks. Don’t care what they are made of gimme gimme
Juicy Drop Chews
Heely's.
cinnOmin lifesavers!
Taco Bell fries
Brute active blue cologne. My wife loves that smell on me.
Coconut M&Ms. Those were amazing!
Waffle Crisp cereal
Bronze Eyeliner from MAC that was discontinued earlier this year. It didn't smudge at all, and you could even sleep with it.
A clapper. Now that I am a college student and I have the work ethic of a sloth, being able to turn the lights on by clapping sounds fantastic.
Skittles gum
John Deere 4020
Dr Pepper and Frosty Root Beer made with sugarcane and bottled in glass from Dublin, Texas.
Them pumped-up kicks.
Sweet chili tango Pringles
WWE Ice Cream Bars were my favorite summer treat growing up! I would really like to have one again.
Bonkers
The powder gum Bubble Jug was delicious and my favorite candy as a kid. Really wish they would bring it back one day
Also Victoria Secret had for a while a skin lotion that would come out as mousse, smell amazing, and was very soft when rubbed onto skin. The best part was it was eatable. Used to put it on my arms and licked it off. And yes eventually used it for other things with then boyfriend.
Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000. It's a somewhat unique keyboard layout that I've used for the last decade, and a lot of my muscle memory is tied to it. They stopped manufacturing them several years ago. I've burned through half a dozen of them already, but I'm lucky enough to have a current one, and two spares.
Please Microsoft, bring it back!! My future contribution to society depends on it.
ITT: Nostalgic items that are still available for purchase.
Dominion Natural Sour Stilts. Why ALDI, WHY!?
Kinder Suprise Eggs, they have em in Mexico but not in the States
Szechuan Sauce
Sara lee pound cake
I miss the old Kanye
McDonald's pizza, good stuff. Ready in like 5 minutes. And the old multicolored mcdonalds styrofoam burger containers, bad for planet but they looked cool.
Sobe Dragonfruit and Snapple Fire. Those were so good, I drank them all the time. It’s been ages since I’ve seen them.
Flaming hot asteroids
Zune! With Google Play Music soon to be scuttled, I may have to return to a dedicated music player.
Old spice matterhorn. Favorite deoderant ever and for some reason they kept the ones that all smell like all the other ones.
Ectocooler Juiceboxes
Cyanide pills
Dizzy Grizzlies. They were the best.
Zite news-aggregator.
McDonald's Mulan tie-in szechuan sauce.
The orange pop at McDonalds.
Mountain Dew Pitch Black II (ie sour grape)
It's been over a decade and I'm still torn up about it.
I haven't seen it and this will probably get buried but Josta energy man.
Chik Fil A spicy chicken biscuits. That's all I used to eat from there and now I haven't been there for 2 years.
Purple ketchup
Oh, I could go for days on food stuff alone.
OK Soda. Not just a soda, but, an experience. Original Carnation Instant Breakfast. Swiss Miss White Hot Chocolate. Pub Fries - not cheddar, not hot. Burger King's Bullseye BBQ Burgers and Italian Chicken Sandwiches from the 90's. BoKu boxed juices, even if Richard Lewis' commercials were incredibly annoying. I forget the name, but, there used to be a generic "bon bon" candy that was like a larger, more airy version of an After Dinner Mint, but, in cherry flavor. Donkey Kong cereal. Ice Cream Cones cereal. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cereal. Veryfine juices in the can.
Clearly there's a part of me that never left the 90's.
Alien Blue
Trader Joe's Flourless Chocolate Cake Bites
Trader Joe's Dark Chocolate Raspberry Jelly Sticks
Trader Joe's Tuna in Yellow Curry Sauce
J. Jill Clothing the way it was 2006-2012.
Clothing in general the way it was 2006-2012.
The television show Carnivale (still bitter about cancellation).
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised that these are all food products.
Sparks energy drinks with alcohol at a dollar a pop they we're the perfect combination of debauchery
fudgecicles
Coca-Cola BlāK.
Gatorade AM strawberry orange flavor. Some juice like gatorade they tried out for those early morning joggers I guess. I’d drink bottles of it while watching saturday morning cartoons
Lawn Darts 🎯. The ones that will puncture a beer! Discontinued likely because they will also puncture feet and small children.
PB Crisps
O'Boise potato chips
Blockbuster.
B-relaxed Vitamin water
GUAC DORITOS
Lemon jolly ranchers. I can’t believe it’s not a thing anymore
schezuan sauce
now i wait for the karma
laughs like a maniac
Quaaludes
Garnier Fructis Fiber Gum Putty. They have a version that they reformulated that doesn't smell the same as it used to and comes in a smaller container and also doesn't have the same consistency or hold. Basically a completely different product they've been trying to pass off as the original that does not pass muster.
Pilsbury cinnamon flaky biscuits please
Irish Spring Intensify. That shit felt great. It's been discontinued for a few years now but I found a body wash very similar to it. Just not the same.
MOCHA JOE JOE'S from Trader Joes cookies with a wonderful coffee flavor
Revlon Outrageous Shampoo and Conditioner and Salon Selective hair products.
3D Doritos
Planter's peanut butter. It went away around a time we were having some sort of peanut blight and never came back.
Jumpin Jack Cheese Doritos
Bath and Body Works: Lavender Flowers
MSDOS - the last time I felt truly in command of my own computer.
OTC cold medicine that would fix all your symptoms then keep you up for three days and that wasn't a bad thing because hey boom your house is hella clean now.
The quesalupa from Taco Bell!!!!
Pepperidge Farm croissant crust pizza and Magic Middles cookies
Little Caesars pepperoni+cheese filled breadsticks
Pizza Hut's New Yorker pizza
Smoky Chipotle BBQ Jacked Doritos
Original recipe Milo
Blood orange vitamin water!!!!
Mini middles and magic middles
Punkys candy
The Sennheiser 409. An awesome mic.
http://www.coutant.org/md409u3/index.html
BBQ Doritos. Best damn things ever.
Dunkaroos
Pepsi Blue
Dweebs. Candy that was kinda like Nerds but more sour. And there were 3 different flavors
CRTs. Or at least a progression of the tech that doesn't sacrifice any of the amazing benefits while getting smaller and lighter. We gave up a tremendous amount just for those physical space savings.
McDonald's Snack Wraps. I tolerated the switch from chicken strips in wraps to cut up chicken patties, but they got rid of it completely.
Was that a regional thing, or is it gone for good everywhere?
Squeezit color changing juice packs.
Bionicle
Please Lego/Greg Farshley fill this void in my heart with something thats not a shitty imposter.
McDonalds Orange Drink!!!
Philadelphia Cheesecake bars. Anytime I see one of these posts I'll always say this in hopes someone that works there sees this, and acts on it. Because apparently all of my emails aren't getting through.
Rice Krispies treats cereal!
Coke Blak, it was half coffee, half coke and was super delicious.
Jarts!
Those little Chin King mini frozen Eggrolls, I used to put Taco Bell sauce on them. Man those things were great.
I swear my old Nike shoes are better than the ones they sell today
IBM model M keyboard.
Laura Mercier moisturizing foundation warm ivory in the original formula. Never before did I find a foundation that matched my skin tone, and they discontinued it after a decade of me using it. I’ve never found anything remotely as good ever since.
Blasters bubblegum. Biggest bubbles I've ever blown from any gum right there
Rancho Steak Burrito at Taco Bell
Lawn darts because throwing metal spikes in the air is fun.
Lawn darts with the real points. Kids are so sheltered now. Learn from your mistakes.
Big Border Taco from Taco Bell. Had white shredded cheese and was like double size.
Yik Yak
Cinnamon Goldfish
Smuckers strawberry lemonade mix (was sold in Costco)
Dank memes that were actually dank
Daiquiri Ice from B&R's
Work at one, supposed to be a standard flavor that all stores should have. Personally one of my favorites. 👍🏻👍🏻
What!? The ones near me in AZ got rid of them years ago, did they bring it back!? I stopped going there because they didn't carry it anymore.
CA here, been working there for 6 years now and have had it the whole time to my knowledge. Could just be your area, hard to say. That’s strange to hear though since it’s a dairy free option.
Pepsi Blue. Best fucking soda ever made. After school I would ride my bike with a friend to k-mart and go to the strictly pepsi blue vending machine and drink 1-2 of them before going home. I miss those times.
Legit giant size super soakers that you could pump air pressure to the point that water was coming out so fast you could do serious damage if you blasted someone in the face.
Old Spice Komodo!
Tangerine altoids
Slice Orange soda.
The cartoons from my childhood, especially one called "luftens helte", can't really remember the English name Edit: it's called "TaleSpin" in English
We have a group at work that still uses LOTUS FUCKING NOTES as their main app.
Ash vs evil dead season 4.
Planters Cheez Balls and PB Crisp.
morphine in a bottle
Super elastic bubble plastic,...
They make it,but it's not as dangerous as it was back in the day
Oreo cakesters
JARTS
best lawn game ever. like boards but with some danger
I would do unspeakable things for marshmallow Three Musketeers. A year back, someone at my old job brought in a full bag and I ate the whole thing in one sitting. I wish I could have asked who brought them to figure out where they were purchased, but my cover would have been blown. I look at the candy isle every time I go grocery shopping, but they're never there :/
Jack in the box ciabatta burgers
Mr. Green
YOGO's
Oakley M Frames. Mainly the heater lens.
The President's Choice brand Black Cherry Cola up here in Ontario. I miss it. I have come close to replicating the taste with syrups and coke but it's never quite right.
Butterfinger BBs.
Methalade
Laurentian Pencil Crayons!
Texas Tang Doritoes
Orbitz drinks
Snapple elements
The Flowbee
Spongebob
Tomato and basil Lay's
Fireball island
King Vitamin cereal. I used to live on the stuff as a kid. No one ever knows what I’m talking about when I mention it. I’m not really a cereal person now but I would kill for some KV.
Technics SL1200s.
And Orbitz.
All of the amazing flavors of Sobe Teas that used to exist.
Szechuan Sauce.
For anyone looking for French Toast Crunch, it's on Amazon.
FULL THROTTLE: FURY. Fuck I miss the hell out of those.
The old black and red Nerf Turbo football.
Koogle Peanut Butter
Dr. Pepper Gum
Guacamole doritos
This Tasmanian Devil themed wild mint flavor toothpaste. My girlfriend told me how she loved it as a kid and I wanted to get it for her as a present, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. I eventually found an old collectible shop selling a Tasmanian devil toothpaste and got it for her. It was the wrong Tasmanian devil toothpaste...
Chocolate raspberry coffee creamer
A headphone jack apparently. The first Galaxy to drop the headphone jack will be when I stop buying them. That's really the only thing at this point that'll make me get something else.
Pepsi Blue
Ocean Spray Guava juice. My family loved it, and it was fantastic to freeze and make a “slushie” out of.
Also, Waffle Crisp.
The sponge!
How has Josta not been mentioned? I used to live off that.
Those goo-based little toys from the 90's. Always used to see 'em as a kid in the little toy slot machines, rents would never let me have them because they were afraid I'd eat it or something. In the 2000's they all seem to have disappeared, new regulations against them maybe.
Fiery habenero doritos!!
Sprite Ice!
The Honda Element
Lawn Darts.
The metal kind
Guitar Hero. It was and still is my favorite game. They need to re-make it for the Nintendo Switch or PS4
Those strawberry shortcake ice cream bars sold at convenience stores.
Johnson & Johnson unwaxed floss -- I only very recently learned that this was discontinued. Seriously, why is EVERY floss waxed now? It just smears against your teeth without actually getting anything out.
Years ago I was having a chat with my dentist about how terrible and ineffective waxed floss is, which was a view he initiated. Now I go to his office and all he gives out is waxed floss.
I'm using this terrible POH unwaxed floss because it's all I can find, but it tears easily and leaves strands of floss behind in my teeth. My wife refuses to use it, even though she hates waxed floss (almost) as much as I do.
Seriously, what are you people doing?! Either everyone stopped flossing their teeth or you're all pretending that waxed floss is actually doing something other than gracefully gliding right over all that gunk that I'm trying to actually remove.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.
The chino pants I wear for work. I like slim-fit pants and wear a 38x30 and there was this specific style that my coworker told me about that I tried. I loved them because they fit perfectly without any hemming required and didn't have a bunch of synthetic materials so I bought another 4 pair. Now they're all starting to get faded so I was looking into replacing them. Lo and behold they've been discontinued and replaced. I figured to myself that it was no big deal and ordered them. They get here and they fit like they were relaxed cut. Saggy on the hips, really loose in the crotch and butt, and the legs were like 4 inches longer than they needed to be. I've been trying to make the chinos I have left last me as long as possible
Bottle caps candy. Just thinking about them makes me sad, I was addicted to the root beer flavor. Thank god we still have nerds.
Orange millk-to-go
KFC Works burgers or just pineapple as an option in general...
Lemon ice Gatorade. I used to love it when i was in little league!
I wish they still delivered ice cold Milk to your front doorstep in a glass bottle.
Willy Wonka chocolate donutz. Solid chocolate donut with a truffle like inside and sprinkles. Extremely unhealthy but super good. It got discontinued for lack of sales. Curse whoever didn't buy those precious, calorie filled donutz.
roland sh 101
roland juno
roland 808
roland 909
roland jupiter
you get the picture!!
(for those that do not know, these are classic synthesisers)
Duncaroos!
Taco Bell nacho kit.
3D Doritos
Bagelers
PB Crisps. And the resealable bag they came in.
Skittles gum.
I know your not suppose to swallow it, but damn, my brain kept wanting me to
Mrs. Baird's French Pastery
The salad shakers at McDonald’s. Now that I have a job where I spend all day in my car, that would be really convenient for days I don’t pack my lunch and don’t have time to park and eat.
SAAB.
The Elka Synthex. Or the Oberheim Matrix 12. Or the Jupiter 8. Basically, any old analogue keyboard from the eighties.
iPhone 5C with the colorful backs
MacBook Pro 17"!
Mcgriddles ! I need the sweet release of those godsent heavenly goodness. Removed in my country for some reason :(
Freaking Polaroid film. That stuff used to be crazy cheap when I was a kid. I know it’s still available through the Impossible Project but seriously? Charging 18.99 for 8 pictures??
Hot Cheetos Astroids. Nuff said
Mountain Dew Pitch Black. Sour grape as a soda? Yes, please. It is distinctly different, and was very moreish.
I can get the same effect by dumping a packet of Kool-Aid Grape into 2 liters of Mountain Dew...but it loses carbonation so quickly.
Coke Blak. Coffee + cola? Surprisingly works. Again, I can make up a batch of cold brew coffee and dilute it with classic coke. It's good, and very dark tasting...
Watermelon cherry koolaide made great popcicles. Its just not the same mixing the flavors myself
Grape pop tarts.
Oreo-O's cereal outside of South Korea but not for a million dollars on Amazon
That cereal is back in both the United States and Canada...
The legacy mode being enabled by default.
Seriously. I'm on the verge of quitting due to how hard it is to say collapse comments.
There was these "Chile and Limon" Cheetos in the 2010's. They are not the Hot Cheetos Limon, they were a completely different flavor, often times sold side by side with the Hot Cheetos Limon.
I remember them clearly having a bit of a smoky flavor, and a bit more sour than the Hot Cheetos Limon
Don't know if it's discontinued but I havent seen a pack of now and laters in forver
Those Cheetos in the plastic bottle in the shape of balls!! Astros is what they were called??
The old Chokito candy bar. There is some new abomination in stores. The whole point of the chokito was crispy bits, nougat and some choc covering it. Now it's 'AND LOADS OF CHOC' but if I wanted loads of choc I'd buy fucking chocolate. Screwed the product.
Volvos that were actually built in Sweden.
Dunkaroos.
I really miss Kayo.
Picasa. Simple, perfect picture management software. Dammit, Google!
Front safety belts that moved on a track along the ceiling of the car and could be unhooked.
Lever 2000 with the sponge
AOL chatrooms
Dryer bars. No more dryer sheets required.
Sour Green Apple Rock Star
As soon as I caught wind of it's discontinuation I bought them up by the case load. I loooove sour drinks but dislike lemon so to find a good sour non lemon drink has been hard to do.
Popeyes spicy honey mustard. Fuck all replacements. That sauce was Popeyes to me. They are nothing to me now. Nothing.
Tamagotchis, fuck yeah
They are in Best Buy Stores.
Shit, maybe I need to peruse a Best Buy one of these days
It’s a niche but.. FULL SIZED KAWASAKI TWO STROKE MOTOCROSS BIKES.
To anybody who isn’t familiar, two stroke engines are far simpler to work on for the common man. They’re cheap too. People are still riding 80’s and 90’s two strokes on their umpteenth motor, just for the nostalgia.
Manufacturers stopped making two stroke engines (only three of 6 major companies still do). This is allegedly because of emissions, because two strokes mix oil and gas. So people went out and bought four strokes. But we REALLY know, that the companies are just being greedy. There’s more money to be made selling brand new 7-8k dollar four stroke bikes, because when a four stroke blows up it’s almost always more cost effective to just get a new bike. If everyone just rode two strokes, all that would sell after a while were the super cheap motors.
Kawasaki made the winningest two strokes of all time. All of the greats raced and won on them. If Kawasaki made full size two strokes again, no one would buy a KTM/Yamaha/Husqvarna two stroke ever again.
TL;DR: politics and greed forced two strokes away. Only one of the major companies makes them now, two if you count KTM. Kawasaki would destroy the bike market if they brought back their two strokes, as they were the magnum opus of two stroke bikes across all eras. Most championships, most wins, all by the greatest riders of all time.
Quaaludes
Nintendo Cereal!
Stella D'oro Anginetti Cookies...that pineapple and cream cheese sweet filling with the flavor of the cookies was incredible!
My Holy Grail toy is the original Hulk Hands from when the 2003 movie came out. I don’t care the condition, as long as they are about 90% together and make the sounds. I’ve told my friends this is my dream gift.
I don’t even care about the Hulk that much...
The more modern is the Dev Edition Collector’s Box for Dead Space 3, my favorite video game franchise. Sold out days before my birthday, after I found out about it.
Casette tapes, I want to be able to listen to music in ny car wouldout draining my phone's battery
DUNKAROOS!
Double bacon and cheese ciabatta burger from jack in the box.
Gee your hair smells terrific.
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Shampoo and conditioner. My grandparents used to always have the conditioner. Smelled amazing and makes me think of childhood.
Cheeto Twisted Puffs. They were the perfect combination of crunchy and puffy.
Mr. Phipps Prezel Chips. None of the new ones come close to how good those were.
Pizza flavored Spitz (sun flower seeds)
Wonder balls.
Sour Straw Capri Suns
Tomato flavor ramen
Peanut butter Pop-Tarts. I miss them so much.
crystal pepsi
Johnny West doll, with horse.
Iceberg popsicles
Loved this as a kid! Tried finding them later but never could. Not sure if that’s the real name. They were pyramid shaped and were kinda of like a solid snow cone.
Lenovo x220 and t420. The last great generation of Thinkpads.
Kaopectate with kaolin as an ingredient. Nowadays it’s just bismuth. Shit, I can get that in Pepto-Bismol, and that’s not what I want.
Super soakers. Nothing else is even close. Except maybe Laudanum
Halo 3 MLG pro circuit
Has anyone said Sprite Remix? Because that was the absolute best.
Stick on cold patches to clear sinuses. Stick em on your chest and it clears you up pretty quickly, but they stopped selling them because people started chewing them to get high...
Hyperscan! It was this rad game system with scannable cards, I loved it, I also wish they would bring back Heroscape.
The Just Bunches cereal, that was only the bunches from Honey Bunches of Oats. They were the shit! Now they are gone!
Looking through this thread and it's all Food!
Peach Jolly Ranchers.
WTF... BRING THEM BACK!!!
Gamergrub I've never tried it
Does anyone know anything similar?
Air crisps
Flaming hot Cheetos Go cups
Right Guard clear stick antiperspirant. Was totally clear like a gel antiperspirant, but dried quickly like a solid antiperspirant. Didn't leave white streaks on everything, and actually prevented perspiration, unlike the clear stick deodorants that are still available. Disappeared from the market around two years ago. I'm down to my last stick from a six-pack I bought on Amazon. I've been trying out alternatives but they're all awful, so I don't know what I'll do when I finally run out.
Ketchup flavored potato chips
Logitech's diNovo Mini. I've never seen a wireless media PC keyboard as cool as this one. My friends have one that still lives but the thing has been out of production for years.
https://www.cnet.com/products/logitech-dinovo-mini-keyboard/review/
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hostess pies
Taco Bell Nacho fries. I don't care what anyone says. They were perfect.
Mars Delight
Imported Ceylon Tea from Peace Tea, that shit was like crack to me. I drank it so damn much I pissed it straight out without filtering it. I would go into the corner store and just clean them right out. I'd buy all of them. The cashier would have this look of disgust on their face, thinking I had no self control......well I didn't I'd do some pretty depraved things for that tea, and then they go and stop making it the bastards! I've still not gotten over it and it was going on 10 years ago now. Some wounds just never heal. :(
Doritos 3D
I kind of miss Blockbuster just because of renting video games.... So I say being able to rent video games. Some places still do sure, overwhelming majority don't.
Also demos of games. Mainly because I miss Demo Disc.
Diet Ramen Noodles and Diet A&W cream soda. Ah the days of youthful ignorance and not understanding nutrition at all.
Sometimes the Coke Freestyle machines have diet cream soda. It’s amazing.
Texas Tang Doritos
Altoids lemon drops. I have many fond memories of being in the car with my father when I was young and on long road trips we’d have some and talk. I fucking loved those trips and those lemon drops.
Reebok kobo iii sandals
There was a tea made by a canadian company that I used to make a sorbet the first time I cooked for my husband. I made the same meal again when I proposed. I made it a 3rd time for the wedding. It's now discontinued, but I would have loved to have some to make it for our anniversary.
I was thinking about Yumsters yogurt the other day. Nice and thick like a custard, which I think is fun.
Gamecube controllers ffs
Tempurcomfort pillow. Was hard as a rock but molded to my neck like heaven. Had that pillow for 10 years of honest service. They only make the travel one now and I even wrote a letter gushing about my love for it.
Tangerine candies from altoid
Reel to Reel tape recorders.
I want a Stretch Armstrong as an adult so bad
Schezwan Sauce
8 track tapes.
The flowbee
Those toy blocks with digital stick men. You could connect them together and they would interact.
Hot Cheetos Asteroids
Dasani/Aquafina had a line of flavored water as far back as I can remember (2005?). Lemon, strawberry, mixed berries, etc. These days I can only find sparkling flavored water at the grocery store and I'm not as big on those.
I bought some flavored non-carbonated Aquafina just days ago
It's probably just where I live that they're not in stock.
Probably. Try Walmart if there is one near you, here they carry 6-packs of the stuff for like $1.88. I've only seen a couple flavors, though.
Dunk-a-Roos
Dunkin Donut chicken salad on croissant
Cheetos asteroids and McDonald’s spicy popcorn chicken..mmmmmmm
Oh and those sour straws that I can’t for the life of me remember the name but they came in red blue and green
Old nalgene water bottles. You could drop those down a mountain and then shoot them (both of which I've seen) and have them not break. All because BPA could possibly leach into water at like 140 degrees in direct sunlight at 4 PM on Thursdays on odd numbered dates
Good enough to me!
Sour blueberry frozen drinks from Burger King. When my partner and I first got together we'd get these every day after work in the Summer. I want them back partially because they were delicious and partially for nostalia.
Jalapeno & cheddar 3D doritos 😋
Logitech G700. They don't even make anything like it anymore, it was seriously the perfect mouse, you couldn't possibly improve on the design and button layout. The new mice don't even have those volume buttons to the left anymore and only have two buttons near your thumb vs 4. Just rebought a refurbished one on ebay I think I'll buy 10 more so I can use them for the rest of my life.
Violently cries about Halo: Fleet Battles and Halo: Ground Command.
old.reddit.com as the default stylesheet.
Vienetta Ice Cream. No longer sold in the US.
Pepsi Spice was a great drink I believed was made the same year The Polar Express came out. I remember my family buying a few bottles before it was gone forever.
Orange slice, old time Hardee's with the Frisco melt, the original fool throttle which was amazing gummy breast goodness instead of citrus shit.
Doritos 3D. Both the jalapeño cheddar flavor and the nacho cheese. I crave these so much.
Jell-O pudding bites, and those chocolate milk straws.
Hot Cheeto Asteroids were my favorite when I was a kid haha
Velamints! The were delicious chocolate mints that came in a metal tin. I think Wrigley's made them. God, I miss them...
HI-C used to come in a giant can you had to open with a can opener and it was glorious when I was a kid. Fruit Punch? Orange? Ecto Cooler? Deal me in.
3D doritos
YOGOS!!!!!
Fusion juice with the jelly balls in it.
Jalapeño Cheddar 3D Doritos. It’s all I think about most days.
Acrophobia
Original Jack3d preworkout. I miss it so much. :')
Zune, it was way better than an iPod.
The Zune! My favorite electronic device ever, but for some reason want never taken seriously
Those old wwf ice cream bars. Cookie on one side, chocolate on the other, and vanilla ice cream in the middle.
Farm rich mini pizza slices I miss them so much. I used to eat so many and God they're awful but they're amazing
Pepsi Blue
I already got my wish of Oreo O's returning last year, now all I need is this
Jell-O Pudding Pops. Just one other thing that Cosby took from us.
McDonalds' angus chipotle BBQ bacon burger, I ordered like 3 a week. The day they weren't available I left the drive thru without ordering.
Also, Pepsi Blue.
iPod Classic. Mine is in white screen of death and all I want is my indestructible portable music back. Apple you done fucked up on this one.
Somebody please bring back the dangerous JARTS!
Oh, and Maurice Lenell Pinwheels.
Cup O Noodles used to make a tomato flavor. I know it’s gross, but that shit nursed me through every hangover from 1999-2001. It’s been discontinued and I’ve suffered miserably ever since. I don’t know how I survived before I discovered it...and I’m not sure how I’m surviving presently. It was such a short lived romance. I weep daily.
Waffle Crisp Cerel? I think thats what it was called. And Intensify Irish Sprint shampoo.
Zune was the superior music experience. Less games though
Sodalicious candies! Omg... just thinking about them and I can taste them...
Doritos midnight burger. Can’t find them anywhere.
Motherfucking Yogos.
Those little round candy balls that had a hardened “yogurt” shell and a chewy inside.
I hear about a lot of people who despise them but I loved those. I wish I could get some these days...
Small smartphones, the pinnacle of which was the Droid RAZR. At some point, designers decided that miniaturization was a bad thing and that top of the line phones needed to be bigger. People talk about how thin the new flagships are, yet the ergonomics are worse than the old feature phones.
Coke with Lime. I still remember the commercials where they parodied "put the lime in the coconut" to "put the lime in the Coke, you nut". I know you can get it from Coke Freestyle machines but it's so syrupy that way and not quite right.
McDonald's pizza.
Grilled cheese uncrustables. Those were AMAZING
The New Zealand lamb from outback. That lamb was something my dad would get every time for almost 20 years(with the occasional try something new meal). Then it translated to me where my father and i would get the lamb the same was everytime. We didn’t care that other places had better lamb Becouse it wasn’t about the quality. It was about the memories and countless birthdays and relaxing after a big event. And the wine sauce. That sauce was the best thing in outback right next to the ranch.
Sadly they made their menu smaller so they could cook it better and lamb was taken off. Becouse of this my family has never looked at outback the same but what can we do other then reminisce and force one of the chefs to make it for us
Sprite remix. Berry blast. Not that Aruba jam garbage.
Otter Pops
Dweebs. They were like nerds but a little bigger and more puffy. I loved those things. I dont think have made them for a long time :(
Bill Cosby’s Pudding Pops. Can’t seem to find them any more?
Windows 7. Mostly on the driver support side, for newer hardware.
A Google Pixel with a fucking headphone jack.
Bring back Red Bull cola! It was in the goldilox zone for sweetness!
Vitamin Water Formula 50. It tasted so good. I don't give a fuck about the vitamins, it was refreshing.
Windows XP
Wendy's French fries circa the mid 2000s. They changed them to the new "fresh cut" style and they just have never been the same.
Spyware Doctor. Got bought by Norton and they jacked the price up
Cini minis at Burger King.
The online services for Nintendo DS & Wii. Also Miiverse. And Miitomo gets shut down in about a week so that too, it had no offline mode. Basically all the good parts of Nintendo are disappearing.
Dr Pepper Red Fusion, it came out in 2002 and only lasted about a year, but I loved the stuff.
Gatorade Gum (or Gatorgum) :(
3D Doritos
The original Monster Gronk.
They replaced it with a new, lower calorie formula and my god, it literally tastes like a thinned out cough syrup. So awful. The original Gronk was like Red Bull, but for a cheaper price. :\^/
Monster also discontinued Mad Dog, which tasted like lollipops in a can. I'm not too beat up over that one, but my brother is.
McDonald's snack wrap. I still remember the day I tried to order one and they were gone.
Mars planets
Ecto Cooler Hi-C
Taco Bell Bellbeefers.
Coke Blak.
Schwinn motorbikes
Burt's Bees Soothing Lip Balm with Eucalyptus & Menthol
Remington disposable razor blades. Got bought one years ago, used all the cartridges and loved the shave but I can't find new ones and I'm not convinced they ever existed except for the handle in my medicine cabinet as proof.
Kudos bars
Spyderco Nirvana :'( R.I.P. to the most beautiful knofe ever made
Pepsi Blue
Planters Cheese Balls in a can.
ETA: honorable mention to cherry pie almonds.
Mr. Clean Auto Wash! That stuff was amazing!
Butterscotch dipped cones from Dairy Queen
Planter’s Cheese Balls (in the small can)
Squeezits (juice in a squeezable bottle with faces on the front)
Chick-fil-A Chicken Salad Sandwich
Ford Explorer Sport Trac
There used to be pizza-flavored crisps, shaped like a circle with 2 lines across and 2 lones down. They were delicious but for some reason they stopped making them. I don't even know the brand..
Jello pudding pops and rice crispies with marshmallows
Trader Joe's coconut popcicles from the late 80s, maybe early 90s. They were magic.
Yo-Go’s those were the best lunch snack ever.
McDonald's pizza. Nothing since has compared.
Bonkers candy! (1980s)
P.B. MOTHERFUCKING CRISPS.
Orbitz was the drink I suspect is entirely nostalgia flavored. It was probably horrendous, but I remember it being amazing and part of the reason I like boba tea is because it reminds me of orbitz.
Ting- Antibacterial cream and DD-7 miracle cleaner.
People were so hung up on crystal pepsi...does anyone here remember coke lime??? that was the shit!
Nokia phones. I loved the hardware on my Nokia 920.
McDonalds fries from Beef Tallow.
Oreo funstix. They were the greatest breakfast item ever created.
Sodalicious!
Salsa fries
pudding pops. I miss those.
Canada Dry Green Tea Ginger Ale Was literally the best thing i have ever drank It just disappeared one day now they make lemonade ginger ale but it taste like somebody drank ginger ale and lemonade and pee'd in a bottle and said stfu and drink it. Thats nasty
Dennison tamalitos
Drake's Funny Bones. They are in Maine for some unknown reason, but I cannot get them in New Jersey.
Pizzarogies... I'd pay good money to get that shit back up here in Canada
Big John's Beans n' Fixins'. Sounds stupid, but utterly delicious.
Qualudes
Etch a sketches that arent shit
The iPod classic. Easy to use, tons of space, nearly indestructible. Even if it was just for the car I'd love to have that old click wheel brick back.
4-lokos before they got neutered.
Halo 3
Asprigum!
Skittles Gum, can’t find it anywhere makes me sad
Josta
They used to make this chocolate bar called Take Five. I cried when I found out I could never have another one.
Same with Vice Versas.
PB Max
The faulty transistors used in the 808.
American Eagle Seventy-seven. I have not found perfume that smells similar. I miss it sooo much. :-(
Mars delight, no idea why they got discontinued they were the best
I miss mcdonalds having honey as a normal dipping sauce, I just use my own now.
Poptart Pastry Swirls. Never forget. Someone please tell me there is something with the same flaky texture, and amazing flavor. :( Please.
3D Doritos my dude...
The Flowbee
Kix with berries and Butterfinger BBs!
the razor
It was this juice made by Kool aid. It was marketed as a sports beverage sort of like gatorade, I really liked drinking it but they discontinued it. I also liked white Maltesers and I miss choose your own adventure books.
The nintendo wii
Wicked Kitchen Buffalo Chicken Hand Pies.
AFAIK, not discontinued yet, but stores around me stopped carrying them recently, so I fear it's only a matter of time. I went to every Publix in a 20 mile radius and bought their entire stock of them at clearance price.
I think part of their problem was lack of promotion. They just kinda showed up in the frozen section one day alongside one of those coupon dispensers offering $1 off. Never seen an ad or commercial for them.
Another major problem was their shelf placement. At the stores in my area, they were always on the bottom shelf of the freezer cabinets, behind the metal bar separating the glass doors. Very difficult to see if you're just casually walking past, which completely negates the benefit of their otherwise eye-catching packaging.
They really should have been offering free samples. One bite is all I needed to get hooked on these things. I can't overstate how freaking good they are... Just don't follow the microwave directions or you'll ruin them.
Butterfinger BB's!
Nestle choco bake. If you're reading this for god sake bring it back.
Logitech g500, best god damn mouse on earth
Center shock, it was an awesome chewing gum that was really really sour at first but then got really sweet so the flavor of the chewing gum lasted way longer than normal this was available in India when i was a kid and u really wish they brought it back.
ChillMi.. Who doesn't want to drink mint and chilly together.
SLIME SLURPS
those WWE ice creams that had wrestlers printed on them
Reese’s whips. God I miss those things.
Coffee flavored instant breakfast. Boom .. drops the mic
Air Hershey
/r/pebble
Snapple rain
Wheat Thins that we're actually crunchy and salty and didn't taste like a semi sweet cracker. I really miss those 1980's Wheat Thins! Nabisco? Are you listening?
Those Christmas tree cakes from the 90’s when you put the gel on yourself. Those things were so fucking good! Late to the party btw.
Mint Oreo blizzard. Bullshit that DQ stopped making the mint flavour.
Mint chocolate poptarts. These were literally my favorite! Wth happened man
If this is the age of the nerd, then where's my effing Jolt Cola??
Dr pepper Berries and cream
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Dunkaroos
P.B. Crisps!
Chinese apple pomegranate arizona
GAP Grass. I’m still hoarding a bottle of the original. It came back for a hot minute a few years ago, then disappeared again.
Hi-C Ecto Cooler
I wish I could find dunkaroos that weren't expired :(
Mt. Olive hot mixed
Crest citrus splash toothpaste. Some of us are allergic to menthol and hate cinnamon.
Oreo cakesters, Blue Pepsi, and 3D Doritos
Shaq soda. That shit was so good and only $1!!
Honey bunches of oats with peaches...Why the fuck did they take this from me?!?
Lawn Darts.
Ability to socialize with real people
Why did chilly cheese ruffles have to only last a few months :(
Vault. The energy drink that was take enough to be called soda.
Zune
OK Soda. Test marketed in my area but it was sooooo good.
I'm good now that oreos cereal is back, thanks!
L'oreal The Feel - it was this clear hair serum stuff that made my hair so soft smooth and and silky. It was wonderful. It was sort of like Biolage silk but a much better price point.
Quisp cereal & Ecto Cooler Hi-C.
Mint Sprite
Nerds Cereal
Sour starburst is all I want. And not the sour jellybeans or anything, the originals
Hot cheetos Astro balls that were in the can. Something about them had a different flavor.
TAP TAP REVENGE 4
McDonald's deep-fried apple pie!
Plum Arizona iced tea. Id sell any number of organs for a case of it.
Elvis Reese's. The banana and peanut butter combo was so good!
Cherry Red Amp Energy drink. It had yerba mate extract but hey changed the formula some time after 2010 and it just doesn't cut it. It was my "get shit done juice".
Original Taco Bell Breakfast menu. Those country breakfast burritos had that awesome fusion of eggs, cheddar, sausage nuggets, mexifries, and a slightly runny, but peppery country gravy. None of that thick tasteless fat paste stuff Taco Bell squirts onto a crunchwrap.
Seven-Up Gold
This might seem weird, but Bath and Body Works's Liplicious glosses. Glamorous tubes of sugary-tasting gooeyness. They had, like, a hundred flavors or something and I never got to try all of them. Sadly people kept stealing tubes so it was discontinued.
the nestle wonder balls. the pinnacle of grocery checkout lane treats for me when i was a kid.
/r/paragon :(
Those deep fried jalapeño rings from del taco :(
Ore-O's or whatever that Oreo based cereal was called, I only ever had one box of it as a kid.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.
Unrelated story, but I just want to tell it cause fuck you:
I remember eating it out of the box one night while my parents were talking with some of our neighbors and a fucking bat flew over us as I was stuffing my face full of dry cereal. It was the coolest shit.
My brain before Trump
Gameboy SPs, I cant find a cheap one anywhere.
Heroscape
A late 90s / early 00s The North Face Wasatch backpack. It was absolutely perfectly designed and built like a brick house. Mine was stolen in college.
Valencia Orange Refresher.
I miss the old Swing icecreams in the weird triangular package. That shit was amazing >.>
Bubblicious LeBron's Lightening Lemonade! I remember loving this gum as a kid and now when I ask my friends if they've ever had it or remember it, no one knows what I'm talking about!
arby's popcorn chicken shakers, hasn't been a thing for at least 8 years
Wall-mount rotary dial phones.
My big sister introduced me to Steiner Sebosyn hair conditioner fifty-five years ago when she was eighteen and I was thirteen. I've been using it ever since. In the early days of the internet I managed to find someone in New Zealand who had some and I bought enough to see me out. Everything else in my life has changed many times, I've moved forty or fifty times, been single married and single again, worked in offices, in the fields and at sea, been broke and rich and broke again, but my fine and frizzy hair has been gently tamed by Steiner Sebosyn through it all. As I approach the end of my life I still have some hair, it's a comfort to know I still have half a bottle of Sebosyn and it will comfortably outlast me so I'll never have to manage without.
Bonne Bell 10-0-6 face wash (the pink one) and Agree shampoo.
Delaware Punch!
Nesquick Cereal.
The Big Mac sauce chicken wrap. Also, the original recipe of kraft Mac n cheese before they slightly changed it recently.
T2 Meltdown candies, so sour my mouth is watering thinking about them.
dot matrix printers
Motherfucking 3D Doritos
Marathon candy bar (US). Such chewy caramel that I lost a tooth in one. European Curly Wurly is almost the same. Almost.
Diet code red mtn dew. Used to get it back home in WI, apparently its not a thing in Arizona.
1995 Mazda RX7 :)
Typewriters, yeah I know that there still around but it's not the same
Reeds Cinnamon Roll Candy
Remington guns before they got bought by Freedom Group and the quality went to shit.
PB crisps
Adobe Muse
Pepsi Blue
Josta
Brisk Green Apple Iced Tea.
David brand Simply Salted sunflower seeds. They were so tasty and it didn't feel like eating a big bag of salt the way the regular ones are :(
Szechuan sauce :-)
All old consoles and games. Even if it meant they had to be special ordered.
I've been trying to get my hands on some old games recently and the amount of fake games out there is making it really hard to find legit copies.
Strawberry caprisun
Flamin' Hot Cheetos Asteroids. I used to stuff as many as I could into my mouth and enjoy the flamin goodness.
My first Nokia cell phone. Best reception and tough as a tank!
Oreo O's, I know you can get them online, but, still, being able to take as many as I wanted to home was awesome, I'd eat them dry on my way back home at the backseat with my older brothers, that cereal is a part of my childhood.
Glass Snapple bottles.
I can't think of a reasonable explanation as to why, but I haven't picked up a bottle since they all changed to plastic here.
Maybe it's just spite.
The Heinz multiple color ketchups.
Club penguin
BBQ SunChips best chips I have ever had only available for a summer
There was a certain kind of Ravioli, basically Raviolio's, but not quite, called "Garfield's Ravioli". It featured Garfield the cat, and was absolutely delicious.
Snapple Elements. It was a line of fruit drinks that came out in the early 2000s. One of the flavors was "Rain", a clear agave cactus juice. It was the nectar of the gods on a hot day.
Hebrew National BAGELDOGS!!!!!
Absolutely my favorite after school go to!
There was a version of Honey Bunches of Oats that was Just Bunches! I miss it.
Tiny teddies that you could dip in chocolate and eat. I used to love them in school but I haven't seen them around in years, all they have are the chocolate backed teddies and they're just not the same.
Wheaties Fuel. Still holds the place as my favorite cereal despite not having it for a long-ass time.
Dunk-a-roos! Anytime those made it into my usually boring lunch bag, it was a good day. I miss just barely dipping most of the cookies in the frosting and then using the last few to get every last bit of frosting out. Those were the days!
The Motorola sidekick. I loved that indestructible big ole brick.
Baked cool ranch doritos.
Green colored ketchup.
Any deviantart products. They had a lot of good shit but now it's just prints.
Tangerine Altoids, Pudding Pops (bring on the Cosby jokes), and those little Madame Alexander dolls that used to come in McDonald's Happy meals, my sister and I loved those things. Imagine getting your chicken nugs with a Barbie child. Those hula hoops with water in them so you could pretend you didn't totally suck at hula-hooping. Neopets, Zoog Disney and playhouse Disney, Blockbuster, Bumpers (similar to Sonic but with way more class)
Those spinny phones... I loved them when I was a kid. The ones where you had to spin the wheel to dial?
My style of glasses
McDonald’s bagel breakfast sandwich’s. They had this secret sauce on them that was sooo good. Haven’t been able to recreate :(
Zune
Chili dog burritos. They were a staple in elementary school. I looked them up hoping I could buy them on amazon but nope. 😢
Also Ben and Jerry’s used to have an ice cream called Coffee Toffee Heath Bar Crunch. It was so good, then B&J went all No GMO stuff and MARS candy isn’t, so they put some random toffee in the ice cream. It tasted like feet, or like it had sat out in the sun and then froze again. I threw away the first pint thinking it was just a bad pint. After the second one tasting horrible I realized they changed it. Wrote an email to the company and they wrote back why they changed.
Now I’m sad because all my wants are food related.
Care Bear Waffles, Keebler "Pizzeria" Chips and Pringles "Corn" Chip flavor
The Triumph Daytona 675 and 675r.
What the hell Triumph.
Just several months ago I started seeing these Digiorno brand spicy Pepperoni and Poblanos pizzas. Best pizza ever. Disappeared just a couple months after I discovered them. My life is forever diminished. I don't know why they wouldn't be kept around, they seemed to fly off the shelves almost immediately when they were being sold.
capri sun juicers! those fruit snacks were so good
Fujifilm FP100C, and Polaroid film in general. The Polaroid Originals (formerly the Impossible Project) is good, but not the same.
O'Ryans sour cream chips.
Those sandisk clips
Stamps. Because they're fucking cool.
A candle from the store Illuminations called Fresh Air
Rave salt and vinegar chips.Amazing!
Zune mp3 player. Solid build, easy to use UI, very compatible. Mine was stolen out of my car while I was at work. A week later, it was discontinued....
Honda Element
Keebler Pizzarias
Outdoor Products with their original logo
Oreo Cakesters.
I have had very hard time finding boxer type underware.
Also, quite often you'd wish to buy shirt of some specific color but no, the store has only the colors of that fashion season available. I don't give a damn about the fashion season I want the color I came there to look.
You know those chocolate Pringles? I wish I had stockpiled them.
While we're on the subject I would love for(i think coke was the company) to bring back Okay soda.
Philly cheese steak pizza from Trader Joe’s
Sunsilk shampoo. It was amazing. I haven't found anything similar. And yes, I know I can buy the Mexican version on Amazon. No, I'm not spending that kind of money.
Citra soda
Burger King chicken tenders
Coco Casa.
My father was a legend in his fraternity (in the 50s) for making the most delicious Pina Coladas in town. Coco Casa was a cream of coconut that was vital to his recipe. It was discontinued years ago and none of the new creams have come even close to being a suitable replacement. Coco Real doesn't hold a candle. Coco Lopez is the closest, but is still pretty far off.
I remember my Dad being so proud of his recipe, and him being seriously disappointed when it was discontinued. He found a large pack of it from an online grocery store 5 or 6 years ago, and when they ran out...he just simply stopped making them. It went from being a weekly treat on the porch every summer to something he never makes.
My Dad is getting older, gone through two separate cancer scares, and is clearly bucket listing to get ready for the end. I really wish I could find just one more can of it, or a recipe for it, so he'd be able to enjoy his favorite drink again, but I simply don't think I'll find it, and any cans I'd locate at this point are probably rancid anyway.
The old four Lokos
APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD
Andy Capp's hot fries before they fucked them up with whatever they did.
Cape Cod Spicy Cheddar Jalapeño Chips. Wrote them after they were discontinued and they said they had to change the flavor “in response to their customers changing tastes to remain innovative.”
Best goddamn chips ever made. Never found anything that’s come close.
Berries and cream Dr.pepper!! I feel like I'm the only human that remembers this nectar of the gods!
Those long liquorice ropes.
I've been desperate to get my hands on Björn Borg 109 deodorant, but they have discontinued it... I've never loved a deodorant like I did that one.
Trix cereal when it was the actual fruit shapes
BerryClear Sprite Remix
Mw2
Sprite tropical remix. The most delicious soda I ever drank.
It’s still out there. I have can buy it for my store but it’s seasonal mostly.
Anyone remember the Peach flavored Nutri-Grain bars?
They were so fucking good, but were replaced by the much inferior Multi-Berry flavor... Also back when Nutri-Grain bars had actual filling content, not just a miniscule smear of flavor inside.
Chicken Roll
Weaver brand
That fucking retro Nintendo shit that came out like a year ago
Showing my age I'm sure, but Johnson & Johnson Baby Cream. That stuff could heal up anything!
Rice Oriental Hamburger Helper
Lite Brites. Seriously the best toy.
California coolers in a two liter bottle.
The Big and tasty at McDonald's which was only thing in menu was not the bland same old menu since 50's.. Another at B&B Twilight Woods best smell in the world and now retired only available online yet Japanese cherry blossom still there and smell is very strong musk like someone stinks and trying to cover up/hide it by mask its odor lol my personal opinion though.. But the thing I miss most that's gone is full bag of chips, mystery of the world's social life, and store bags from another happier time not so long ago when it had a purpose and believed in them. The days of checkout bags intact to reach the front door are over! Why do I have to keep asking clerk to double bag still, but amazingly somehow overfill is at a alarming growing number?! This generation do not get bag trained or been to store to buy 15 or more items before? Vest guess attraction to both hollow bag and hollowed shell dingleberry employees go hand in hand!! Who tries to put large size detergent and gallon milk in same bag after 5 min. lightbulb and 3 rearrangementa to realize it's not Tetris or candy crush to know can not fit!! I hate you bagger Know who you are stop it!!! Inching for me to snap on one of you if you don't get it together and ima be standing there looking like like the crazy lady who forgot to replace their stressball!
E c t o C o o l e r
Burger King's Shake-em-up fries.
Lawn darts. Never got to play with them but seems like if you’re careful it could be a lot of involuntary manslaughter. Oops I mean mans laughter.
wwf ice cream bars
Dairy Queen S’more Galore parfait. Vanilla ice cream layered with marshmallow fluff, hot fudge, and crushed graham cracker bits...
Wawa’s rustic roast beef sandwich. A behemoth on the most delicious bread.
90's cheese CC's
My answer is Flipnote Hatena. It was an online service for Flipnote Studio, an animation app on the Nintendo DSi. It was a very niche community, but it always had tons of users online. The types of animations created using the simple software ranged from epic stickfights to stylish music videos to entire 91 episode anime-inspired series that took years to complete.
It was such a great community, and part of me died when it shut down.
And yes, I know about Sudomemo.
BUZZ LIGHT YEAR MARSHMALLOW CEREAL.
I remember both the marshmallow one, and the alien saucer one. It is literally the only flavor that I can “think” of and nearly taste. It was that impactful in my youth. I can even tell you I got it as part of my Easter basket.
https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=49
I would cry tears of joy if anyone could link me a cereal that is like it, a copy of it, or is it. I need that damn cereal 1 more time.
Real Pyrex
Planters PB Crisps, Fruitopia for food products...
Edit - adding Coca-Cola Lime, no, not Diet Coke with Lime. I’ll fucking murder you if you say Diet Coke with lime. Don’t test me.
Tang. Not the regular Tang, I want the monkey on it DAMN IT
Lawn Darts
BBQ Fritos... not the shitty chili flavored or whatever it is.
Sour Altoids. The current Altoids all SUCK.
The X-Treme Berry Sherbet that Baskin Robbins came up with to promote X2 was spectacular.
Also skittles with the old lime instead of the gross apple.
Blues clues ice cream without a doubt.
Menton glasses by Bulova. They had an awesome lens frame and the sides had stars, moons and lightning bolts on it. This is it: http://www.eyewearlibrary.com/simg/201301/1351C053.JPG
I had them for two weeks, and lost them in a river. Tried to find them again but I can't even find second hand ones.
Dr Pepper Vanilla Float
iPod classic that could actually hold my music library and had the little wheel-click thing on the front
Blueberry vanilla Lifesaver lollipops
Also the baby bottle pops with the liquid instead of powder.
YOGOS!!!
Those perfect little gummy morsels covered with yogurt that was discontinued by Kellogs. I miss those sooooo much.
Oreo Cakesters. Those things were the bomb.
Wheat crunch
iGoogle. It was cool having a bunch of flash games and widgets for a Google homepage, even if it did slow down my laptop a lot
Also, Limewire. That program was the tits back in the day.
Pizza Hut Insider - cheese inside the whole pizza, not just the outer crust.
Lotus Agenda, the most useful PC program ever! People still use the 8 bit version. Lightweight, super fast, amazingly useful data organization.
Orange mocha Frappuncino.
WWF ICE CREAM BARS!!!
Dorito's 3D. I have no idea why... maybe nostalgia. I dont remember them tasting better than normal dorito's. I was just remembering them the other day and kinda wished I had some.
Salad Shakers at McDonald’s
Same as last time a similar question was asked: Lemon Ice Gatorade. It's listed here and there online, but isn't available for purchase.
I cri evrytim
Sprite remix
7-up Big chunks gum. Oh I miss them.
Young & Smylie Black Licorice
Trident Vitality Gum. For those who don’t know, it was gum that came in green tea, ginseng, white tea (and a few others I didn’t like). It was one of the best gums I’ve ever had. Chewing it was relaxing and it helped clear my mind unlike most other things have. Plus I loved the taste. They got discontinued, and now you can only find it on EBay and stuff. You can only buy in bulk, and I simply don’t have the $75 to spend on gum. I miss it so much.
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Y I K E S
The original N-Sane pre workout. That shit was basically drugs. One scoop, and if you didn't work out within 10 minutes your whole face would itch lick crazy. Best workouts I ever had in my entire life!
Late to the party, but contraceptive sponges. Those things were so convenient.
McDonalds Pizza. Damn things were deep fried goodness!
I saw a while ago there was ONE place that still served it.
Haven’t been to Burger King in years but I’d totally pay them a visit if they revived the Angry Whopper.
Bonkers fruit chews. They were always my go to choice when my mom would let me pick one candy when we went to the store
The EA Skate series :/
Turkish royals
Pebble watch
3D Doritos and the other little air puff chips that came in those little plastic containers.
iPod Classics. Especially for the purpose of giving my kids a reasonable music and Audiobook player that doesn't come with internet connectivity or games....
The OG Jalapeno Doritos 3D
Buying a game when it first comes out and having all the content day 1 with no updates needed or DLC
Polywaffle. A marshmallow filled log of crispy chocolate coated deliciousness.
SPRITE REMIX!
Diazanon. Best damn ant killer ever. A couple tablespoons would wipe out a whole colony
Tropicana used to make mini orange juice cartons and I swear orange juice tasted at least 47 times better out of those little cartons.
ive said this many a time. strawberry honeycomb. i can still vividly remember the taste, they were AMAZING. one of the best things ive ever eaten and a fond memory of my childhood. i was incredibly upset when i learned they were discontinued and hope theyll resurge some day.
KFC's Double Down
This wasn't even that long ago - I think they were called Cry Babies or something. It was this bottle with sour sherbet inside. The mouth of the bottle was hard candy (like a lolipop) and you would dip into the sherbet and suck on it. I loved that shit, but I can't find them anymore.
Soda licious fruit snacks
Butterfinger BBs
r/pebble :( Discontinued but loves my many, including me.
IDK if its completely discontinued, but I cannot find cherry vanilla Dr Pepper anymore. I still look every time I am out of town.
Those powdered bubble gum little gallons that I use to love as a kid
3d doritos
Wild berry smints
Sprite Remix!! I used to love that stuff.
Kraft dinner crackers.. one of my all time favourite munchies, RIP
purple ketchup
Shrek Twinkies
Talking about Hookers online.
Flip phones or the old Nokia phones. I just want texts and calls. I get everything else on my tablet.
Even though I know they taste just like the others, I really miss the light brown M&Ms.
Also, BK cheesy tots.
Nintendo 64
The zune I loved that device. 4 years later and I’m still upset about mine breaking.
"Bar None" https://i.imgur.com/EZToALz.jpg
bonus discontinued candy gallery: https://imgur.com/gallery/M2n9I
Frosted Mini Chex Cereal. It was discontinued in 2007 which I learned from calling general mills after not seeing it in stores anymore. Yes there are still chex cereal however it isn't this kind, and yes there are frosted cereal but it isn't chex. Yes cereal is pure sugar and bad for you I don't care I miss this specific one.
Delissio made a buffalo chicken pizza with franks red hot sauce and it was fucking ridiculous. It really blew all other frozen pizzas out of the water and had become a staple of my diet. They discontinued it.. i tweeted them and told them that I will see them in court. They responded that they dont plan on bringing it back any time soon.
The fucking p'zone from Pizza hut. Good mother fucking god the best 4$i ever spent
Killer shake.
My grandfather told me about a foundry kit he had as a kid that he used to make lead figurines.
That sounds pretty badass to me.
I miss the old Scooby-Doo fruit snacks. They're different now.
Cookie cats
Jello Pudding Pops. My favorite!
I want those cheetos asteriod canisters back. I can still remember the flavor back when i was 5.
Doritos Pizza Hut and Taco Bell flavored
Psion handheld computers! They were great especially the series 5 that had a full qwerty keyboard you could touch type on. They ran the first version of epoch (later renamed symbian of early smart phone fame ) on ARM processors. They were so ahead of their time
Cellphones that aren't smartphones. Damn they were convenient.
Little Debbie Spice Cakes
Campbell's Souper Combos
Went through so many boxes of these during the '80s. Loved 'em.
Ecto cooler. When they did the re hash it came out... And I got my fill.... But I miss it so.
I crave Ruffles Smokehouse Bacon dip. I don't care if everyone hates me for it. It was pure bacon grease.
McDonald’s mcshakers! Salad in a cup! Gave the perfect way to evenly distribute the salad dressing and made me feel like I was eating healthy
Dude.
Lays Kettle Cooked Cheddar Cheese Potatoe Chips
Those were my fucking jam and then they disappeared. At least where I live.
Idk if this counts, but those toys you would get in your happy meal for sonic the hedgehog (the videogames that lasted a good while).
Vault soda
I'm just glad Oreo's are back.
No pun intended considering the current news but, seriously, Jell-O pudding pops were so good
Logitech MX518: 30$, good quality, ergonomic and usable for both office work and gaming. When it went EOL the price for new ones shot to over 200$
The little boxes of cookies you used to be able to get from McDonald's.
Sechuan sauce
Planters cheese balls and cheese curls.
The Amiga Home Computer.
KFC Popcorn Chicken Shakers
OR McDonalds NYC Benedict Bagels
OR Old El Paso Gordito Kit
Root beer flavored hi chew.
Coke
Sprite berry remix. Been looking for it since I was a child.
WWF ice cream bars. Never got to try one.
Yogis It's coming back. They've got to. ^^^^right?
Those big, 200 gram Digestive Marabou chocolate bars.
Old school McDonald's French fries, when they were fried in beef tallow
Airheads cotton candy. Not a cotton candy flavour but full on cotton candy. I remember loving that shit back when it was still being made.
Acros film.
Bolthouse chili lime almonds. They were tasty.
The original Carnation Breakfast Bars
Fierce Lime Gatorade please and thank you.
Amazing Fruit Gummy Bears.
Starburst fruit twists.
Twizzler Sourz
Gameboys. That shit was fire
Pre-2003 Toyota 4-runner, almost impossible to even get them used because no one wants to give them up.
Sundance sparkling water. When I was a kid my parents bought them from Sam's, and it was a summertime treat. I have tried and tried to find more, but the company is totally gone.
Smuckers: grilled cheese undcrustibles. The PB&J ones are still around, but I'm allergic to peanuts :/
ITT- canada has the stuff you want.
Taco Bell Nacho Fries, goddamn.
Stompers. Where the heck can I get some Stompers?
Original lifesavers flavors with cherry, orange, and lime.
In high school when I worked at a gas station I saw some dill pickle popcorn... decided to try some and was hooked, but after a short time they were gone and we never got more in. It's not on the Van Holten's website and it's out of stock on Amazon.
Tap Tap
Kelloggs elevenses
Yellow stride gum. It was so good!
Pebble 2 hr smart watch. Gonna cry the day mine dies.
McDonalds Szechuan sauce.
Logitech G700s
Dunkaroos
Kettle nutritional yeast popcorn
Frosted Chex☹️
Carnation Instant Breakfast Bars.
Pepsi blue.
Yikes pencils
A bunch of plagues
Wendy’s Bacon Paninis
Harambe stuffed animals
Burgers king cinny minnies
Empty CDs and DVDs
I still buy these?
Apple cinnamon poptarts
Does anyone remember those fruit loops cereal straws?
Purple ketchup
Pepsi blue forsuure
Cheeseburger Bagel Bites.
The “tomato sauce” was ketchup and the cheese was yellow American.
So good. RIP.
The Hershey's Kisses from BEFORE they changed the recipe.
Now it's more like Hershey's Dingleberries...
Duel Disks
I miss the southwestern lobster rolls from red lobster. They were so yummy
Hot and Spicy, and the Jalapeño McChickens at McDonald's.
These were discontinued to bring something called the classic McChicken, which fuck that, it's just a 2 dollar McChicken that ain't worth shit. Regular McChickens are great, but the Hot n Spicy and Jalapeño McChickens were a great $1 item I always get 2 of each with a large Coke or Sweet Tea for my night shift lunch.
Dr Pepper Berries & Cream!
Sara Lee Bites
It was pint container of strawberry cheesecake bites in the frozen section of grocery stores. Remember Dibs ice cream bites? Think that but semi frozen cheese cake bites. They were amazing. They poetically still sell them, but I haven't seen them in years, and I've been actively looking.
The old version of otter pops before they went to real juice, making them all taste like apple juice :(
Keebler Magic Middles cookies
Pepsi Blue. Nobody I talk to seems to remember it or care, but I remember that shit being the best pop when I was a kid
The Lucas candy that still had lead in it.
Strawberry Fruitista from Taco Bell
The original Chicken Littles from KFC
The Gap, up until about two years ago used to carry the greatest socks. They were grey, thick, durable, comfortable and I got them for years, every 7 or 8 months or so I'd buy another batch. But they replaced them with these thinner, less comfortable, wear out faster socks that just don't cut it. I've looked everywhere for them but they're just gone.
When I was growing up, there were some chocolate dipped breakfast bars that my parents would buy. This would have been about 20 years ago. I can't remember the brand, the name, or anything... man I wish I could find those fuckin things again.
I think they were about an inch wide by three inches long. Maybe half an inch tall? I really wish I remembered more about them.
Cheetos twists. They were like Cheeto puffs, but twisted.
When Wendeys had the Frosties with the crushed M&M's... Perfect pms treat.
Jello Pudding pops.
Ecto Cooler from Hi-C
Mine was New York Seltzer until they made my dreams come true and FUCKING BROUGHT IT BACK!
So I have to say Snowballs. In the 80’s you could buy cocoanut covered vanilla ice cream balls that were heaven
Jello 1-2-3
Punky's!!! (The candy)
Cremola foam
Chocomint lifesavers. 😢
Google Reader. (Feedly is passable - but I still miss Google Reader something fierce).
Crystal Pepsi, I know it was temporarily brought back thanks to the LAbeast but it didn’t last long before dissapearing again...
I loved Pepsi Blue, but apparently I was the only one.
Pebble smart watches -> /r/pebble
Wonderballs and dunkaroos.
I wish I still had a physical keyboard on my smartphone.
Vault energy drink.
Shit was the bomb.
The flowbee. Would make cutting my kids hair SO EASY!
Dunkaroos!
Doritos 3D! I loved them so much... if I could only have one more bite of 'em...
Guacamole dorritos
Wonka Bars!
Pomegranate 7-Up
Portable audio players with physical buttons. God i love the 2000s.
Every now and then I get the urge to buy a Zune.
Fine point markette markers, with the previous bullet tip that was perfect for drawing. The new design is garbage.
Fruitopia! Come on Coca Cola, I need some Strawberry Passion Awareness in my life again. Why do you hate taking my money?!?!
Lawn Darts, Apple Slice soda. Stupid parents who can't control their kids!
Pizza hut’s the big New Yorker pizza
Google Reader.
Thai Flavored Jack Links Jerky
Fritos Lays: Chili con Limón. Or was it just Limon. It was in a green bag, the chips looked like original lays.
These are so delicious! Finger lickin good (seriously). I would buy them three times a week to bring to school. Then one day, no more.
Nestle alpine white
Ouch! gum and Squeez-its drinks.
So I thought they stopped making these but this thread made me remember it but: Fruit Stripe gum. I always associated it with the board game Candy Land when I was little.
Berry Berry Kix
3D Doritos
The Citroen DS
Swoops, those pringle shaped chocolates
Baked Bugles. They were easily twice as good as regular Bugles.
Crystal Pepsi.
Basically all of the 1990s.
Sprite Ice. Pretty sure I alone carried that market
Arnotts caramel Tiny Teddies
Use to love these when I was in high school but alas, they no longer sell them.
Flamin' Hot Cheeto balls in the plastic can thing. So good!
Rick and Morty fans be like: SZECHUAN SAUCE! WHERE IS MY SZECHUAN SAUCE?!
Jack in the box pannidos
All the discontinued Lego sets :-)
Count Chocula
Chicken Caesar Grilled Stuffed burrito
I’ll never forget you
Intelligence.
Kodachrome
Potato Smiley Chips. Round potato chips with a smiling face cut into them.
So good!!!
Wonderball. When I was a kid, it was like kinderegg except it was filled with smartie tarties shaped like Nickelodeon characters and a sticker. It tasted like cheap chocolate mixed with smarties. Not the best, but it was cool. I actually saw them at Kroger the other day. I wonder how they’re cheating the law like Kinder.
Powdered bubble gum 😭 I wish the bubble jug was still available
Roundy's cream soda.
Surge...wait. It's back. Cheetos Paws....wait. THEY'RE BACK
happy dance
Edit: oh, and Pepsi Twist needs to come back to the USA (The one with a lemon twist, NOT lime)
Lawn darts
Steak, egg, and cheese bagel sandwiches from McDonald's. They were my everything.
Turkey twizzlers. Yes they were probably super unhealthy but they were ducking delicious.
Orbitz? I think it was called. This clear drink with little jelly beads floating suspended in it. Weird as hell. I loved it just for the novelty.
Basis Peak. And Smores cereal from the 80s.
Lego Universe
the limited edition dunkin donut Mocha oreos :(
Jim beam barbecue sunflower seeds
Krave cereal. It was like these little pellets filled with melted chocolate and tasted amazing in milk. No clue where it went, though.
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they still make that
Orbitz, it was a fruit flavoured drink with these gelatin like balls that floated in it.
Peanut Butter Twix...where'd they go?
Nokia N9 - with an updated version of Meego
Oreo cereal that shit was the fucking bomb
The Monte Carlo and El Camino
King Vitamin Cereal. So delicious.
Ipod
Honeywell HT-800s. The real noisy fans that moved a lot of air. They were total MVP during the summer and I couldn't sleep without one. Its motor eventually gave out and I still can't find an exact replacement for it to this day.
Blackcurrant lucozade. Just disappeared
THE ORIGINAL LAY'S BBQ POTATO CHIPS BEFORE THEY CHANGED IT TO THE KC MASTERPIECE ABOMINATION!
Capri Sun Juicers.
Basically gushers, but cube shaped, capri sun flavored, and had an amazing chewy texture!
At the moment, nacho fries. What the hell Taco Bell? Manzanita Sol, too! I know that's not Taco Bell exclusive, but that's where I got it.
Sugarless Peppermint Bubble Yum
Red Bull Cola
Aspen apple soda
the 2 door Jeep Wrangler Unlimited (basically a longer TJ)
ZuneHD
Willy Wonka Chocolate Factories. I swear that's what they're called, but alas I could find nothing about them on the internet. We got them at Big-Lots. They were these tasty chocolate cradles of amazingness. You got like 6 Hershey chocolate shaped hollow boats, with a variety of things you could put in them / top them with. Like peanut butter/frosting/sprinkles.
I wish I could find them :(
3-D Doritos
Zune
Really submissive women who enjoy doing what I tell them. /s (or is it?)
Mars Delight
Powerpuff girl gummy candy. The taste will never leave my memory
Mystic mint cookies
Szechuan. Sauce.
(I never got to try it even though I heard it sucked big ol dongers)
Creme savers. God I fuckibg miss those....
Strawberry and cream candies by the company that makes werthers? Butterscotch candy
WWF ice cream bars
Regal Crown Sours, especially cherry. That was our treat any time we took a road trip.
Blizzard ran Vanilla WoW servers.
Lucozade Apple
Riviera Original Recipe Minestrone. It was fugly as all hell but so flippin delicious.
Little pickup trucks.
There were these delicious small pizzas that my mom used to buy for my brother and I. We called them medium pizzas because they were right in the middle.
I haven't seen them since. I known there are probably plenty of frozen personal pizzas out there, but they won't be the same
wendy’s spicy chicken nuggets. rip.
KFC chicken fries. I loved these things. Why do they have that tasteless corn but got rid of these strips of deliciousness?
Streets Vienetta Ice Cream
Rainbow bit icing
Dr. Pepper Red Fusion.
Turbo Tango, the squirty foam tango drink
Thick material on shirts/clothing in general. I may be in the minority here but I despise these super thin lightweight shirts they have nowadays.
Waffle Crisp
My happiness
Wrestling IceCream Bars.
Chocolate flavored Chapstick. It was amazing. When they stopped selling it, I bought a three pack of ridiculously overpriced chocolate Chapstick but it has been long gone.
Diet Coke Vanilla. Sweet nectar of the gods.
Impulse had a Spice Girls edition spray around 97/98. Every girl in my class would bring it for after our swimming lessons in Year 5 so I have big nostalgic feelings about it to a point I’ve even considered buying one on eBay!
Noodles and Company's Indonesian Peanut Saute. I ate that nearly every other day my freshman year.
The old school Dimetapp. It worked so well when a little one had a cold. The “new” version doesn’t work well, at all.
giant french fancy bday cake
Motor Razor. That phone was gorgeous.
ZUNE!!! ZUUUUUUNE!!!
Better deal than Spotify WAY before spotify!
Better hardare than Apple by miles!
But their first gen was a brick, and so as a brick they died. Plus Microsoft fucked their early adapter at every possible turn
Cremesavers
Hot Cheetos astroids.
Ecto cooler
Bubble jug! It was basically just crumbled bits of gum mixed with bubble gum flavored powder in the cutest little hot pink jug. It was so good but I haven’t seen it since like 2002?
A payphone.
Crystal Pepsi and McDonald's fajitas.
Mw2 with multi-player
Tostitos creamy southwestern style ranch
VINE
rip vine
Turkey twislers. Fuck you Jamie Oliver.
Entenmann's Devil's Food Crumb Donuts
WHY DID THEY EVER STOP SELLING THESE!>??!???!?!?!
Taco Bell's chilli cheese burrito. Was my favorite thing on the menu.
Ecto-cooler!
Mountain Dew white out. That was the best one but I can never find it anymore
Pepsi Blue
Spangles. UK sweet (candy) brand.
it's gonna sound stupid, but the wolfcrest scent of old spice deoderant
WWE ice cream bars
Pink lemonade Arnold Palmer, that was by far my favorite
Wonderballs and Green Apple Abba Zabas
Jack3d preworkouts original formula...you can still get it on eBay but it runs like $100 a pop
Mountain Dew dark berry from the dark knight movie premiers
Triple Bacon
Peanut butter boppers
This powdered candy called Ravens Revenge. Other powdered candy couldn't compare!
Those bitchin rubber pop things! You indent them and they fucking pop into the air. I loved those things!
Flaky flix
Keebler's Magic Middles
Zune, please don't laugh...
Shake em up fries from Burger King. I loved those things.
Lego Space Police III
The original Hitachi Magic Wand. Apparently the ones being made now are a crappier company making them with half the power of the originals. And there's a whole bunch of fakes on the black market that catch on fire easily from overheating.
Corsair vengeance behind the neck headset. That thing was insanely comfortable. Can't find one under $100.
I would do questionable things for mountain dew supernova to be made again
Yogos... those freakin yogurt orbs were my life in third grade
Oreo cereal
BBQ flavored Sun Chips
Grape Tang!!
E60 M5
Lava Sauce from Taco Bell.
Intelligent political discourse
Boxee Box
Gillette Sensor Razor. The original with only 2 blades.
I haven’t seen Minute Maid pomegranate lemonade in at least 3 years. They had it at Disney World and it was surprisingly good.
Caribou Coffee Bars!!! Why are you gone? :(
Milka white chocolate with lime was the shit, I last saw it about 10 years ago
Starfruit Gatorade was discontinued like 17 years ago and I still remember it as the best flavored drink I’ve ever had
Lime Skittles, Pixi Stix and sweettarts
True cologne. For men. By American Eagle. Literally the only product I ever have or ever will buy from them.
McDonalds Pizza
windows 7
Oopas, the candy!
Bionicle. I loved the lore and was pissed when I heard they discontinued it because the lore "got too complicated for a young audience."
McDonald's Pizza. The kind from the 90's.
Fatshark Dominator HD V2 goggles. Why even V3 has smaller FOV! What's the idea behind it?
Flaming Hot Doritos
KC Masterpiece BBQ Ruffles. My oh my, yummy.
Restore discs when you buy a computer. They were handy back then. Now companies partition your main hard drive as a recovery partition. Companies will charge if you request restore discs. Relying on the restore partition is not a good idea if the drive itself goes bad. When getting new computers, take the time to create backup discs or create a system image.
Pebble watches
mint skittles. oh my, but they were amazing.
Doritos had a really good buffalo wings flavor. Before the jacked ones I wish they took that flavor and put it on a regular chip
Habanero Doritos :'(
Yogos Bits they were my favorite thing when I was younger.
Spicy McChicken at McDonalds. It's so clearly superior, yet they only have it for like 3 weeks a year at complete random.
Pokemon pop tarts
Twizzlers Zours. They were sold in the US around 2004/2005/2006.
They were a bite-sized, multicolor/multiflavor sour gummy candy. Think Sour Patch or Sour Brite Crawlers, but with the shape/texture of chopped of twizzlers.
For me, this was the absolute perfect chewy sour candy. I absolutely loved these things and ate numerous bags of them. They were discontinued sometime in 2006, and I never saw them in stores again.
I did come across several packages of them when I was traveling in Mexico in early 2007, and bought every single pack I could find. I savored each bite.
These days I try to satisfy my cravings with Haribo Sour bears or Sour S’ghetti, but I’ll never forget the majesty that was Twizzlers Zours.
This is not to be confused with some other candy that is sold as Zours.
Any of the DLC for the Rock Band games :(
Winamp. Hands down the beet music player for musicians with all the available plugins.
The headphone jack. (Jk, my phone still has one)
Trader Joe’s had jalapeño type Cheetos, I miss them dearly.
Fizzle skittles
Crystal Pepsi. I know;I'm the worst. Also, walmart had carrot cake flavoured real ice cream. It was dirt cheap and amazing.
Sunnyboys. Oh God don't bring it up!
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/eat/sunnyboy-ice-blocks-are-no-longer-being-made-and-we-only-have-ourselves-to-blame/news-story/75a333e369d61a83b9e1988e77d41812
McDonalds Orange Hi-C. Don’t know if it has been mentioned yet and I don’t know how to search on mobile
The amp energy tradin’ paint drink
Chick-fil-a spicy chicken nuggets. I don’t think they ever existed nationwide, but I was in a test area. They were amazing and actually spicy.
Ben Hurs http://speedydeletion.wikia.com/wiki/Draft:Ben_Hur_candies
Corn puff ball cereal (i forget the name) it was the best crunchy corn cereal ever!
Taco bells green verde sauce
Rice Crispy Treat cereal
For lime candy lovers. https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2sldqr/eli5_why_did_skittles_switch_from_lime_to_green/?st=JGOOAFIM&sh=1a89bedf
Westminster icetea
McDonald's spicy chicken mcbites and fish mcbites, twisty cheeto puffs, and oreo cakesters.
Habanero Doritos
Floppy disks had a future I’m telling y’all. They also stacked really well and inflict more damage than flash drives.
Just amazing with Bacardi 151 😬
Flappy Bird. Not kidding, it kills me every time I just need to waste a couple minutes tapping a screen.
Still have the app installed even but it doesn’t work on iOS 11.
Hot Cheetos Asteroids.
No idea if it is discontinued or not but all of my local stores stopped carrying it over a year ago and I cannot order it online.
Cran-Tea from OceanSpray. I loved that stuff. And pretty upset I cannot obtain it anymore.
Dijonaise. Loved that stuff.
I wish Josta was still available. It’s just the nostalgia talking probably but I remember really enjoying that soda.
The Radio Shack Armitron. It was a robotic arm that you could program to pick up stuff.
Also Surge soda.
Edit: and Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burritos. I'm hungry.
Thundercats BBQ crisps!
Campbell’s Pepper Pot soup. So amazing.
I used to love A&W fries cuz they coated them in bread crumbs or some shit but five or six years ago they changed the recipe and got rid of sizes too :/
The nacho cheese chalupa.
Pepsi blue
Hot Cheeto Asteroids
Google Earth, the reason I enjoy geography
WWF ice cream bars and the Zune
Torani Tiramisu syrup. I used to eat it on ice cream at my grandparents house. Memories yo
My favorite childhood candy. 'DinaSour Eggs'.
Nutella made according to the original recipe.
Pizza and ranch 2 flavors in one bag Doritos. Also the red salsa flavor doritos.
Fiesta flavored cheese-its.
3D Doritos
Ipod
Lime Coke to buy in cans and not Freestyle machines.
kínder chocolate eggs with the toy inside
Bayer herion
Over the counter 😂
Oreo Limited Edition Cookie Butter cookies. They were so good, I bought like 3 packs while I could. Only saw them during the winter. Bring them back Nabisco!
Dunkaroos
Fruit String Things
Watermelon fruit by the foot
KFC in the 90s and early 2000s
Blockbuster
Apple Strudel Pop Tarts
Rockstar cola.
I can’t believe no one has said planters pb crisps. They were like these puff shells in the shape of a peanut 🥜 filled with peanut butter. Greatest snack of my life.
Made in USA Converse suede skateboard-type shoes, made pre-Nike buyout.
Kodachrome...
antibacterial soap
fuck you if it doesnt do shit why is it in every hospital on earth
Music videos on MTV.
blue bell key lime pie ice cream :( it was a sweet tart pale green ice cream with a swirl of whipped cream running through it and little crunchy bits of Graham cracker pie crust. RIP
Hot cheetos asteroids
Cheetos X's and O's
The simple things in life, man. Like all that beautiful cheese powder stuck in the crevices of dat sweet, sweet X
D'Peach Mode Jones soda. Now the only peach soda you can find is store brand made with who knows what kinds of flavorings.
D'Peach Mode was the bomb diggity
The purple and green Heinz ketchup!
Tahiti Treat. Tasty soda.
Pepsi Twist (Lemon flavoured)
Joy of Cooking white macaroni and cheese.
My God that shit was so good and so simple to make and it's GONE.
Levi’s 508 jeans. For a guy with big thighs who wanted the tapered jean look. Those jeans were a godsend. The were replaced with the 541 and they don’t fit the same at all. Why Levi’s!!!! Why!!!!!!!
Bonkers candy
Two things: 1. The pentel T1 (predecessor to the "Techniclick" series) have 1 that I've maintained since 2006-7. Really nice handfeel. Draw with it lots.
Turkey twizzlers... thanks Jamie Oliver 😔
Trader Joe’s Wasabi rice crackers with wasabi peas
3-Doritos, that jalapeño bite of air was amazing. It was so much extra crunchy.
Gonna be buried at this point, came here to find it and haven't seen it yet, the McDonald's pizza!!!
Taco Bell - Mexi Nuggets
Black Cherry Red Bull
Microsoft Zune. Nuff said.
Planter’s cheese balls. Those things were amazing.
Twinkies
Saturn V rocket
Orbitz.
I miss the candies "Now-N-Laters". I still see them occasionally in candy mixes but I never see them in full packages like they used to sell at grocery stores.
Wendy's had an amazing Greek Pita about 16 years ago. I've been craving it ever since.
Nixie Tubes. All that's left are really expensive soviet-era tubes. They look so cool and I'd love to have a clock or something made of them.
Forum snowboards, Koston eS' shoes, and new Mission Hill episodes.
C2. It was basically Coke with half the syrup. Half the calories. It was thin enough to be refreshing in the summer. My ex and I loved it.
As a Finn, strawberry soft serve. I don't know why they stopped selling it, it just vanished.
I read from some article that it was due to health hazards because of chemicals in strawberries or the strawberry mixing with the soft serve or something like that, but I can't find it anymore. Just recipes to make it at home and reviews of strawberry ice cream that isn't soft serve.
Makes for a dull selection when the only choices are vanilla, chocolate or both.
Vanilla Pepsi!
I know vanilla coke exists in cans, but they aren't the same as the Pepsi variant. They also used to be in bottles too. Oh, how I miss their sweet and sugary taste
Original preparation H. It was the bomb for keeping wrinkles away. Now in order to get the original formula you have to order it from out of the USA and it costs a small fortune.
The Super Mario / Legend of Zelda Cereal. One sleeve of each in every box!
Alka-Seltzer Morning relief. The greatest hangover cure, Alka-Seltzer plus caffeine and pain relief.
The Oreo Cereal. Best cereal in the world. Only available in South Korea now cause the rights to the recipe and the rights to the brand are owned by 2 different entities, everywhere except South Korea.
Daemon tools without viruses.
Cozypod
I’m in between Oreo Cereal or Pepsi Blue
Jello brand custard mix. I'm a sucker for custard and other creamy desserts. Also growing up they were a special treat my mom would get for me. Now they are gone and I don't know an easy way to just make custard
Mailbox.
Awesome mail-zero inbox- program. Clean and simple. Bought by Dropbox only to be discontinued :/
Starbucks Lollipops. The blue cola ones were my favorite
Koala Yummies.
Yeah I know, they still make them, but around here, they seem to sell them for a couple of months and then they're gone for 2 years again .
Mr. Meijers owner, if you're reading this, please bring back koala yummies.
Viennetta ice cream. I used to get it all the time when I lived in Europe, when I moved to the US I could still find it in the beginning, but now it's disappeared.
Planters PB Crisps
Lifesaver cream swirl suckers / lollipops.
Best. Flavors. Ever.
Tahiti Treat
Arizona Blueberry White Tea
A LOT of the old LEGO sets. Also, some of the newer LEGO sets that apparently I can't find now
Burger King tacos. truly a masterpiece RIP
Redken Fresh curl cream in the green soft squeeze tube, it was the only thing that left my hair with the right curl pattern and didn’t leave it feeling greasy and gluggy. I sent them a strongly worded email. Tres disappoint.
I used to love butterfinger BBs.
There was a really awesome Swedish candy called Zig Zag. It was like mentos but better. I have two boxes saved but I'm saving them since they're really the last I'll have access to
Thundertaste
Cocaine and heroin from the corner strore
WWF ice cream bars
Dunkaroos!
Taco Bell's Volcano Burrito
Snapple Rain / Snapple Elements.
I walked half a mile in the night for that shit.
Limited Edition Caramel Apple Poptarts
BBQ Fritos, not the honey bbq twists.
Sprayable pancakes... a.k.a BATTER BLASTER
Soaps and bad ads flash games, particular side scrolling fighting games.
The Baconator at Wendy’s
those sour candy altoids ;-;
Brown sugar blunt papers. Imagine a book full of rolling papers but the papers made from tobacco leaf. Made 17 year old stoner me soo happy. They quit making them because they appeal to kids.
Slaves
Altoids Sours. Way better than the mints. And as a teenage stoner, THE greatest cure for cottonmouth. But all around just fucking delicious.
Vault Soda.
Microsoft Sidewinder joystick with Force Feedback. Really enjoyed okaying Freespace with that thing back in the day.
Yogos - the weird yogurt flavored snacks from I forget how long ago
Sprite Remix, goddammit
I may be in the minority, but lemon Jolly Ranchers. So tart, so delicious. And then these fuckers had the audacity to try and pass off blue raspberry as an "original flavor". Fuck outta here.
They used to make Nesquik taffy that was amazing. Idk why it was discontinued, that shit was delicious.
Edit: TAFFY!
Citrus Polos
Bar None candy bars
My old co-wash I used to use which would get my curls silky smooth and tangle free. But apparently I was the only one who used it. Damn you, Silky Essentials!
Apparently, everything from my childhood.
The Shasta Shortz bubblegum soda. 10/10 biggest treat of my childhood.
Cadbury Bytes. They stopped them in India at least.
Apple I-pod Classic. I still have mine, and I can still get a refurbished one for a little while, but what happens when it’s no longer available?! What will I do?!
Blistex Herbal Answer Chap Stick. That stuff was amazing!
Vienetta.
Clearwire. It may have been slow but I miss just being able to take my home internet where ever I went.
Disk drives on computers, they aren’t really outdated I guess but they’re less and less common
Opera VPN. It was incredibly easy to use and without any intrusive ads.
Was discontinued a few days ago.
Anyone remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Chips that were shaped like a "sewer"?
Oreo Ceral
Surge. So many sugar fueled nights playing War Gods and shit on N64 growing up.
1996 Pontiac Grand Prix 2-door. I say that year because that was the last year before the body style was retired. I had a 1993 teal one.
ALTOID MANGO SOURS!! Yummm
Pepsi Blue and Fire. I loved both.
The buffalo tenders at saltgrass steakhouse in Texas and the chicken masala at olive garden... Why! Literally my reasons for going to those places almost every weekend. Now I dunno what I want half the time. :(
Chicken Caesar Crunchwrap from Taco Bell.
Breakfast Buddy Sandwiches for real. A while ago they sold something that should should have been similar, but instead of producing a quality product, they made Breakfast Shots and all they did was take a cheap tear apart slider bun (not the separate bun), literally rip apart a sausage patty into two pieces, and throw it together with an egg.
Lawry's brand Pinch of Herbs seasoning!
HEELIES
I, a 25 year old man, want king vitamin cereal
Cheez-it Twisters.
God awful for you, but flavor packed goodness.
Oreo Os.
Maybe they're still in production, but I'll be dammed if I can find any.
Everybody talks about chemistry sets or dangerous toys but NO ONE mentions the 4-cheese Doritos that were caked in deliciously overwhelming powder. Link
Hand drawn animation.
Space food sticks
Pepsi Blue, holy shit.
The old trix cereal with the shapes
McDonald’s chipotle bbq snack wraps. Those were so fucking delicious. Now all they have is ranch. And getting it without ranch and putting bbq on it just isn’t the same.
Fanta Frozen
3d Doritos
Limeade kickstart
Real Bucky balls!!!!
MAC Viva Glam V lip glass!!!!!!!!!! I would buy a case and deep freeze it if I could. I still can’t believe MAC would betray their loyal customers so viciously by discontinuing it. Seriously.
Pizza Hut P'Zones!
FUCKING DIBS
Those chocolate coated ice cream thingies were THE shit.
Would love to have a new gameboy advance and a bunch of games... maybe just give me the Gameboy Classic already!
Pepsi Blu. Shit was the best fucking soda ever.
MtDew Voltage is a real close, but I cant say for sure because well... cant directly compare them.
Best fucking soda ever made.
I never actually had it. It was out before my real caffeine drinking days because I was kid (I belived kids shouldn't have caffiene). I'd give it a shot if they brough it back.
Gobble Sticks
Microsoft Intellimouse 4, that had 1 thumb button and 1 pinky button, not the bullshit 2 thumb buttons.
Also Captain Crunch Oops All Berries.
Lava sauce at Taco Bell.
Slide box salems
Those yummy drinks from the 90s that had the little flavour balls floating in them.
BarNone candy bar
Older nokia phones with those symbian os. Especially the N series phones. I have fond memories of watching... Ahem... Never mind.
I would buy them in heartbeat if Nokia brought them out again in 2018. With updated specs and Android ofc.
Taco Bell’s beefy crunchy burrito that used flaming hot Fritos.
Get a beefy nacho loaded griller.
Pizzeria Chips....they were kinda like Doritos but only flavors were pizza types and they were 1000x better. Supreme was the best by far, cheese was kinda meh, but God, do I miss those..?
Velvet sugar body mist(know I can get it online) at the bath and bodyworks store.
Dunkin Donuts pizzas. They where like a bagel bites but on an actual bagel
Mad Dawg gum that made you foam at the mouth.
Calvin Klein Crave. Used that perfume for years. I can only find half empty bottles on eBay now...
Sansa Fuze MP3 player.
It was the perfect size, the scroll wheel had a good feel to it, it had expandable memory that meshed well with the internal memory*, very good battery life, and the display looked good. No one uses standalone MP3 players anymore though and I have yet to find a suitable replacement. Yeah, I could always use my phone, but if I'm on a long car trip, I really prefer to have a dedicated device for music, especially if I might be using my phone for GPS.
*By that I mean that when I inserted an SD card, it sort of integrated the stuff that was on the card with what was stored internally. If I had an album By Queens of the Stone Age on the card and another album by them on the internal memory, you'd find both under the same artist listing rather than separated by what's on internal memory vs. external.
Maybe not what you’re going for, but the Discovery Channel and Animal Planet and History Channel that I remember growing up with as a kid. Those shows were amazing.
P.T Silent hills demo
Lucas Mexican candy. It supposedly had lead in it or something but it was so good.
Starburst made these fruit twizzlers for a while and they were the business. There are other fruit twizzlers on the market now but they taste nothing like the ones made by starburst.
Ninja Turtle ooze filled pies.
Lucozade Energy Apple. I can't find it anywhere anymore.
Nvidia shield line.
They took them off the market and stopped making them since they made the nintendo switch...which is basically a shield K1 that's totally locked down.
I never got to enjoy the K1...came a year after i bought my first tablet in 2014 and was discontinued by the time i bought my new one (although it was admittedly growing less attractive vs 4 GB RAM/64 GB storage alternatives).
Wish they would've come out with a new one when they discontinued the old one. Totally would've went for it.
WAFFLE CRISP
Auxiliary ports.
Citrus Gatorade--Jordan's favorite. Right Guard Alpine Air deodorant.
Terry's Chocolate Mint. Love the texture of the chocolate orange, but I don't really dig the orange flavor. Chocolate mint was the best.
3D TV's. Apparently I'm one of the few people who enjoy watching 3D movies at home.
McDonalds had some amazing ice cream flavors for a while back in the late 1990's/ early 2000's era, and there was one (I forgot what it is now) that I loved as a kid.
My old Motorola metal flip phone (the V60). It was THE BEST. Virtually indestructible, small, cute, nonaddictive, and had such a satisfying click when you closed it. I really miss that phone.
Alexander McQueen Kingdom — lovely stuff.
Fruit roll ups
Dunkin Donuts Strawberry Banana Smoothie. My life has not been the same since they stopped selling it.
Black pepper jack Doritos!
The volt energy/ diabeetus infused soda that used to be sold here in Texas.
ès Muska pro model skate shoes
Jack3d ☹
3D Doritos
The original Necco conversation hearts candies.
Choc mint print Paddlepops
Ecto cooler hi-c!
Creamsavers
Skittles gum
Johnson's Cucumber Melon Baby Powder.
As a man, it was nice to be able to powder up and combat sweat without smelling like a baby
Honestly...? The original recipe for Apple Cinnamon Cheerios. I’m sure there’s others I could think of, but it reminds me of a better time in my life.
PlayStation Portable. I miss the amazing library of games back in the day. Fuck Sony for fucking up the Vita's potential.
The blueberry frappucinos from Starbucks
Games with cheat codes. Now games that would've had cheat codes just make their games in such a manner that even on the hardest difficulty feels like playing with them on. If I want to play an actually challenging game I have to buy a different game.
Talkboy
Pebble watches are still the best smartwatches on the market, and they have been bankrupt for two years.
Citra soda, I loved the flavor.
Logitech MX-518
pokewalkers
PB Crisps 😭
Allens made this Toffee Apple candy bar that was the best. It had an apple face on it that looked like the evil guy from Super Ted. My partner and I have tried other versions but none have come close.
Logitech G9X mouse. Best mouse ever made.
Pizzeria chips from Kebbler. Came and went before my weed phase.....probably a good thing
Oreo Cakesters. Trading other kids for those in middle school was the shit.
Chili cheese fries at carls jr.
Alens green frogs only bags
3D Doritos!
Josta. It was ahead of its time.
Pascall Columbines. RIP the best caramel lollies ever!
A beeper. I hate being able to call people back.
Sizzurp
There used to be these chili limon Fritos I would eat as a kid and they were awesome
Suprised no one has said Szechuan Sauce.
Grilled stuft nacho from taco bell
heelys
Bar None candy bar
Quaaludes
There was this frozen deep dish pizza made by Pilsbury that was called Pappalo's. It was really good.
Nokia Lumia Mobile series. 😭
Eastland Johnson shoe. They were the best ever and I have not found anything to replace them.
Sunkist Citrus Fusion. If you never tried it, it was basically like drinking carbonated gummy bears. In my town it was only ever sold in this convenience-store/bar for like 65 cents. RIP to the most delicious cheap soda I ever tasted.
Bluebird Polly Pockets. The original one-inch ones that were totally choking hazards and came in little houses that opened up at a hinge. Those were my favorite toys growing up, it was all I ever played with, and I'm so sad they aren't made anymore.
Classic Transformers that I swear you'd have to fold out the instructions repeatedly to transform them! Now it's just...3 steps.
maybe not a product but I loved the rentable ps2 games at block buster
Burma-Shave for no other reason than their incredible ad campaigns.
Walmart used to sell a cotton candy scented body spray and it was AMAZING. I don't know if it's only been discontinued in Canada, but I haven't been able to find it here since 2013 :(
Original 4 Loko
DUNKAROOS
Audio Technica ATH IM02 balanced armature IEMs. Those drivers are legendary...
thisll be near the bottom but Dr Pepper Red Fusion was the best soda ive ever tasted.
Nvidia Shield Tablet K1. It‘s one of the best and cheapest tablets but got discontinued this year. I really hope mine doesn‘t break down.
Space-food sticks?
Maruchan Instant Wonton. Hot and Sour was the best one.
OK soda. Tasted like they took the bottom of the barrels of coke and minute maid and mixed them together. Was only 25 cents in the vending machine in my high school.
A choke on a car
Habanero Doritos.
Hot Cheetos Asteroids
I think I was the only person on the face of the planet that really enjoyed this.
Orbitz drink?
It was like the Aloe Vera drink before aloe vera drinks were popular.
3D Doritos
Bring back the BK Flamer!
So I’m late to the party! But there are a few things that I miss that are no longer made. ☹️
Tuna Helper Tuna Pot Pie and the Cold Tuna Salad!
I grew up on that crap and i loved it!!
Brach’s had a sour ball that my dad always bought and I would go through his candy stash to find them! Miss those too.
I wish they would bring me a crystal clear Pepsi. All I wanted was a Pepsi.
There's this kind of sock I really liked, I can't for the life of me remember what it was called. It was made by starter and was about a 2:1 polyester-Cotton blend and were black. Really comfortable, durable too. Able to take them hiking or wear with my dress shoes and were just really nice.
Went to go buy some more about 6 years ago and they were gone.
Trix yogurt. Can't find that shit anywhere
KFC Twister Wraps
film photography or the availability to get film developed in my area. the last film developing place closed in the town next to me, and now the closest one is 200 miles away.
Do it yourself. Get equipment and chemicals from freestyle.com
Coke Blak!!
Four loko, original recipe
Sims Online
Eternity Purple Orchid.
I had... difficulty controlling myself around my wife when she's wore the stuff.
Wonka Donuts. For a while, the Willy Wonka brand was experimenting with all kinds of unique candy from chocolates to gummies to pastries. It really felt in the spirit of the book/movie. Nowadays the only things that have survived are nerds rope and laffy taffy.
Pez dispensers
Toyota pickups from the 80s and 90s. They're practically immortal and the ones that are in good condition with low mileage are so valuable you can't even take them out in public anymore without getting 10 notes with buying offers on your windshield
Water Foutains in parks and outside buildings.
Used to be every school had one or two water fountains on the outside wall near the playground and every park had a prison grade water fountain.
Hot Topic's original formula black nail polish, the kind that came in fake drug vials. I've had dreams of getting to go back to HT circa late 90s/early 00s and I nearly cried at being able to buy it again. I was SO disappointed when I woke up because that shit was like tar and it dried in five seconds, perfect for nail touch-ups between classes.
That, and Hot Topic being an actual mall goth store in general, instead of a generic pop culture store.
Asheron's Call
Chocolate Toaster Strudels. Where. Did. They. Go. And why?
Butterfinger BB's! Man I loved that candy. It was the right amount of Butterfinger without having to get crumbs all over the place. I remember getting my last pack at a Kenjo a few towns away because I knew they always had them... then I never saw them again. It's been at least 10 years.
Craisin hard candies! Anyone remember those?
Club penguin
Original version of iTunes.
Miller High Life in the 20 oz. bottle
D:
Sodalicious
I miss all of the old Sierra Adventure games. I know you can get a lot of them now, but I miss playing through a lot of them with my Dad, sitting on his lap as we tried to figure out a puzzle in Kings Quest or how I'd sneak a few games of SWAT in over the summers when he was at work.
Carnation breakfast bars
Fax It prints on the spot
Sidekicks chocolate bars
There was a fruit drink called Mystic. They had some really good flavors and looked like wine coolers. I think there is a new version of them but it’s not the same.
Asbestos
PY153
Pizza Hut Doritos
Nintendo 64
Land 'o lakes butter cookies. I'd probably be in much poorer health if they were still around.
Fucken go gurts. I loved ripping their heads off and sucking there guts out Cant get them in aus anymore😢
Snapple Elements juice. The bottles were pretty cool and were so tasty. Now all you can get at gas stations are energy drinks. I miss the days of juice variety.
Zima. They were like an alcoholics starter kit.
Powdered water.
The Lion King Bug Pops. My favorite popsicles as a kid
Purple, green and blue ketchup
I really miss Pepsi Twist. I know I can (and often do) just add a slice of lemon to a glass of Pepsi and it's practically the same, but drinking it right out of the can was just nice for some reason.
Probably just nostalgia speaking.
Fruit-o’s
Cheap housing.
Mountain Dew Typhoon and Supernova
Two things:
Garnier used to make a curly hair leave-in conditioner in a green bottle that made my hair look like it was blessed by a goddess. The new stuff is crap.
Taco Bell’s spicy chicken Crunchwrap. I miss it so much.
PIXOS.... I wanted them SO bad as a kid but they got discontinued because they became a date rape drug when mixed with the stomach contents (valid reason, but still)
I can't even remember what they where called, but it was like a lemonade lolly ice with real strawberries in the middle - think it was called a solero ice iirc although a google Dosent brings the results
spongebob mini baguettes
Cheez-it crisps. Damn those were good
The Honda Element. Mine is getting a little long in the tooth, and I’d kill to get a new one someday. I have two huskies, and it’s the best doggy car ever. Super roomy, the floors make it easy to clean, and it’s extremely comfortable to drive. I’ve yet to find anything that compares.
Ford Flex still has another year or two before discontinuation. I have my 2010 at 188k miles.
Blue Pepsi
Watermelon laffy taffy with the black seeds! That, and bubbajug!
New Belgium’s Mothership Wit Beir.
God I miss that stuff. I’d pay $100 for a 6 pack right about now.
MSN Messenger :( It was way better than Skype.
Pudding pops
Creepy Crawlers. I can still smell the burning gummy liquid.
KFC Extra Crispy recipe. It's still available in the US but not in Canada. About once a year they bring it back for about a month then take it away again.
Firefly Season 2
Stretch Armstrong. Would be so perfect for most of the kiddos with Autism I work with.
Super late to the game here, but "President's Choice" chocolate chip cookies. I only have the faintest memory of eating them when I was a kid (late 90's/early 2000's) but they were fantastic cookies. I can't find them anywhere now
Tube TVs. Only true way to play classic console games.
Jam filled ego waffles.
Holy fuck man were they good
The Sennheiser HD598 headphones
Purple Tang.
Qwick Cook Grill. Looks like a trash can that burns newspapers rolled up into balls. Can grill up burgers or hotdogs in a flash! I believe Dick Butkus was in those infomercials.
Original Oreo Os with the marshmallow bits.
The original Fifth Avenue bars with whole almonds on the top, basically the love child of Butterfingers and Almond Joys.
Also Coffee Crisps in the US. Canada’s greatest contribution to international cuisine. You could get them in my area for awhile, but then they vanished. Coffee and chocolate, my two remaining vices. Pulling them from our market was like taking a bone from a dog. Senseless cruelty.
Give me PB Crisps or give me death.
Mountain dew Baja blast 12 packs of cans.
Ben & Jerry's had a pistachio ice cream that was incredible.
Vanilla Coke! They don't sell it in my area anymore. When I was a kid you could get a case of cans, now I can't find it anywhere.
Runts candies that actually tasted like fruit.
Tasty Toobs.
Product in Adelaide, Australia :(
The Logitech dinovo edge. I still think it’s the best looking keyboard ever made and would like to get one.
Oreo cereal :(
Crossfire. The original game from the 80s
They had it the last two years at Toys R Us as an exclusive. You are too late now.
The remake one or the original one?
Seemed identical to the original, except they changed the people on the cover and some of the graphics on the paperboard insert. But the plastic seemed identical.
EDIT: I was thinking 1980/1990's. If you meant the 1970s version then no. Sorry.
Ah.. I bought the later one which was a different shape and size. The original one is bigger. And more rectangular. I'll look out for it on eBay. Thanks.
Apple-Kiwi flavoured Cottees cordial. That shit was the best.
Well they brough back Sprite Remix (now Sprite Tropical Mix) so I wish they'd bring back the others.
Snaps by Cadbury's. At least they aren't available I'm the UK anymore. I was absolutely addicted to them.
Starburst candy corn was discontinued a few Halloweens ago. Texture of a candy corn, flavor of a starburst.
Sparks, the alcoholic energy drink... Brings me back to my high school days
Edit: Sparks
Jello Pudding Pops! I remember those Bill Cosby commercials like they were yesterday. I’m sad to admit that while most women look at him and think “rape”. I look at him and think “chocolate vanilla swirl frozen goodness”!
Butterfinger BBs
Sidewinder 3D Pro. The joystick still works, I just need the mother-humping dongle!
Ben and Jerry's Baked Alaska ice cream
For any Australians out there Humphrey B Bear lollies from the mid 80s (I think) oh and chalk lollies.
Firefly
:(
Can't take the sky from me...
Cheetos Flamin’ Hot Asteroids 😭😭
RC Draft Cola. That shit was DELICIOUS! It wasn't out very long and it was pretty expensive for the time ($1.25/bottle in 1995) but it was well worth it. It had this stout cola taste with a hint of chocolate. I drank my weight in RC Draft.
Bonkers Candy. It was like a Starburst inside a Starburst candy.
Italian-style Shake'N'Bake, I remember seeing it stores for like 1-2 years and then they stopped making it
Hot pockets cheese stuffed crust pizza.
The og monster flavors.
I had saved the cans and made a "monster rainbow" on my mini fridge in my room and my mom threw them away thinking they were trash. All but green, red. And (blue, ew)
The Watermelon ice cream flavor from Baskin Robbins that had the bubblegum seeds in them. For like ten years straight that was the only flavor I got whenever we went there. I miss it to this very day...
Guacamole flavored Doritos
Twerpz
Dr Pepper Berries & Cream
Tavist D. It actually removed all cold symptoms for 12 hours. It got banned because the active drug increased risk of stroke.
Sometimes I want to take that risk though.
Samboy atomic blast
Chef Boyardee used to have a spicy nacho cheese rotini pasta.
Peach fruit bursts
Pretty 1980 Coca-Cola. The one with real sugar, not that corn crap they use now.
Reprint every old great comic series in paperback and some nice hardcovers
Kettle Brand Potato chips Thai Chili flavor. I bought 10 bags, the entire shelf, when I saw they were discontinuing the brand.
The iPod Touch. :/
McDonalds pizza was amazing. It was salty, garlicly, cheesy, tomato delicous.
Fruit flavour Toffos, nowhere else can you find bite size pieces of pineapple flavour toffee yumminess
Pb max, what I wouldn't give for them to bring back that delicious candy bar.
I've looked online for a copycat version and there is one on YouTube but I've yet to try it.
Walkmans
Hot Cheetos Asteroids
Those Hot Cheeto Asteroids that were sold in cans/bottles when I was a kid. Those were so good and I remember always buying them when I'd go to the store with my family.
My Zune HD.
The small Snack wraps from McDonald’s
Wheatables
They still exist, sometimes, but not in the same form.
They used to be a wheat cracker that was so filled with fat and salt that they were crazy good. I still crave them sometimes.
a simple NOKIA phone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YehZ-7eHgU
Ninja Turtle Hostess pies.
Sodalicious “fruit” snacks. I don’t know why. They didn’t really taste like soda, just sugar. But I loved them. I still randomly think about them. They also had 7up “fruit” snacks that I miss.
Also, squeeze-its!
Chewable Gobstoppers
Pepsi Blue
Milky Way Chocolate Bars.
8 track tape recorders
Sultanas and Wheat Bran with the little yogurt bites.
Those were good.
Team Flakes! A cold cereal from Nabisco... yummmyyy :)
24k gold sober energy drinks. They were the best.
Clark's Teaberry Gum
a gamecube controller
Windows XP/Vista.
Say what you like, but I still use older PC's that can't be upgraded to 8/8.1/10 because they lack NX support. In some cases 7 is too slow or doesn't have compatible driver support leading to slow performance and numerous BSOD.
Sure I could choose to get newer PC's, but I purposely have these systems and use them for older games and programs. In the case of 1 laptop in particular, XP has the best GPU support with the benchmarks I've ran on it vs Vista and 7.
I made this comment simply because it wasn't just Microsoft that discontinued support for XP/Vista, but just about every developer did. Wanna run chrome or Firefox? You have to put up with an older version - not that that's a problem but each time those browsers are loaded there's a window that pops up to tell you XP/Vista support has been discontinued with no way to disable this message. Even then, some websites won't load at all simply because I'm on an older OS. =\
Yogpod. The stuff they do now isn't the same. I long ago stop watching their videos but their podcast was special.
Rockstar pomegranate flavor and the vanilla milk nesquik mix. I probably had way too much of this stuff when I was a kid, but i don't care I want it back.
Those burger king chicken tenders things from like 2004
El Pollo Loco flan
To this day, I haven't tasted any flan that can rival it
Tamagachi!
Superman ice cream.. it's my absolute favorite and only the ones with different flavors not just the regular vanilla with food coloring. The problem is that I can never find it, it has been years since I had a true Superman ice cream.
Pogs
Kazoozles. The original recipe. None of this "Chewy Ropes" crap.
Double Fudge Yoo-Hoo. It was everything original YooHoo should have been, and like drinking a Hershey bar.
McCain Triple Chill Cake
Old Hershey’s chocolate (changed in Canada, I go to the US to get my fix)
Old recipe for Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Changed a few years back. Has less flavour now.
The original McRib. It came back as a shadow of its former self.
McDonald’s chocolate ice cream. A twist cone or a McFlurry made with chocolate ice cream was so good.
Cplus fruit punch. Was my favourite as a child.
Lately, Dr. Pepper 10. It’s not discontinued, but the supplier for north-west WA has decided not to carry it. Too expensive for me to order online.
Gatorade Fierce Lime
EverQuest Online Adventures, loved that game when I was younger
Way late here but Snapple elements, specifically the Rain flavor. I could drink that by the gallon.
Those slime popsicles marketed by Nick
The original ding-dongs wrapped in foil, and hungry man dinners.
Benigans
Taco Bell Volcano Burrito. And Oreo O’s cereal.
Hot Warhead lollies
The Doritos and cheese big Mac special in Hong Kong
Orbitz drinks. I feel like I was the only one who liked them.
McDonald’s salad shakers
It doesn't really count imo but the Suzuki Samurai and Land Rovers 2009 models.
Tic Tacs Cinnamon. Originally discontinued in 2008 or close enough. Tic Tac brought cinnamon back very briefly a few years ago. Or perhaps it was a counterfeit. My local Casey's had cinnamon for less than a week. If I didn't have the Casey's receipt no one would have believed me and just assumed I found some old "expired" Cinnamon Tic Tacs. lol
Lebron’s Lightning Lemonade gum
Cheese danishes from McDonald’s
Canada dry
still available in some countries xD I think we found it in Prague, and it is popular in the US still ;)
Skippy snack bars, they tasted sooooo good
Volcano burrito from taco bell
Mega man handhelds like the ones where it was your own little mega man or zero. I had one when I was 12 and I lost it one day at my dads never saw it again
Planter’s Cheese Balls.
Way better than Cheetos...
Trix yogurt
Starbuck’s baked goods 10 years ago. Their muffins, Rice Krispie treats, brownies, etc., used to be huge and delicious.
Blue Bell Ice Cream in Nevada :( !!!!
Dunkaroos cookies...I'm a simple man
Normal headphones with flat earbuds, non of these crappy rubber-ring-plugs that don't stick in small ears like mine. And you can't lay on them either when you want to listen to something when going to bed.
Everquest online adventures, loved that game when I was younger
Cream colored computer parts. I wanna make a retro build really bad now.
Berry Berry Kix
I wish you could get some damn Fruity Pebbles up here in Canada!
Sour altoids.
Best candy ever.
Coke Black, I used to love that stuff!
O'Grady's potato crisps. It was magnificent.
This one is fairly recent, but the chicken bakes at Costco. You can buy them at their counter service restaurant, but not frozen in the store anymore? wtf.
Tomato Ramen 🍅 🍜
I KNOW YOU’RE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE!
Wanka Bars! mmm
SUUUURRRRRRGGGEEE!!!!!!!
Altoids Sours fight me.
iPods.
Man, that WWF Ice Cream sandwiches and Dunkaroos(on U.S shelves).
The Real Ghostbusters Cereal. It was basically boxed diabetes. The marshmallows would eventually turn the milk a neon green color (like slime, I guess). I would kick a toddler in the balls for just one more bowl of that slimy goodness!
Mint Skittles, my favorite test ever
Szechuan sauce
McDonalds southern style chicken biscuit
Chili cheese burritos at Taco Bell
Outdoor backpacks used to have adjustable straps for your water bottle holder on the side. Now, it is just an elastic strap that doesnt really hold your water bottle tight. I have no idea why they took those out.
Human slaves.
Club penguin
Tommy Hilfiger used to make the sweetest zip up hoodie, fully lined with ultra soft faux fur and with just a tiny little logo on the sleeve. Ultra comfy and not garish like far too many Hilfiger products. They made them for a few years and I owned a couple, now it's been years since I last saw one. I look every Autumn anymore.
Planters cheese balls.
Barbecue ruffles
The three mini deserts in a cardboard box they used to sell at McDonalds in the UK! Brownie, cornflake cake and something else... I never had to choose...
Dolly Madison strawberries and cream pies. They had cherries and cream too. Basically a cherry or apple pie single but filled with cherry or strawberry pudding. They were so good.
1973 Volkswagen Beetle.
Out of the top of my head the most memorable one would probably be Pepsi Blue or Altoids as people mention.
Cocaine the energy drink.
Cheddar lovers bacon cheddar cheese burger from Wendy's and windows xp.
Mufuggin Josta. Give me that majestic flavor!
strawberry twinkies =,(
Kodachrome. Discovered analog photography too late to try it out :/
Ben & Jerry's Late Night Snack. That shit was good. They stopped making it a few months after I first tried it. I was sad.
Yugoslavia.
Friends. The TV Show... and the real thing.
Butterfinger BB's, off the top of my head.
In the 80s there was a cereal called, I think, raisin squares. Little shredded wheat squares with a plump, not dry raisin in the middle. Fat 8 year old me loved it more than all the sugary cereals, and almost as much as Cheerios.
Schezwan Sauce!!
AK Octane computer chair. Bought it at Best Buy years ago and was the best chair I ever had and nothing else has ever lived up to it. You can't even buy them anymore. :(
NFL Street
The Concord, I just hope we will get a new supersonic aircraft soon.
I loved the Zune interface system and friends list. I found so many great bands and songs. I miss the zune :(
Blueberry cake donuts at Krispy Kreme. I don’t wanna hear if your local store still carries them... mine doesn’t.
The concorde.
I love the idea of innovative flight for whatever reason. This feels like a direction that got shut down before it could really begin. Shame.
Quaalude
Real Polaroid cameras
Although the original older models are nice to own, they still make Polaroid cameras that work with the old 600 film.
Wow I didn't know that, thanks!
Yep! The new Onestep camera works with both their old 600 Film and their new I-type film. And you can also still buy the old models from Polaroid
3D Doritos!
Neccos are going away soon bc cmpny is closing up. There goes my childhood.
Were you a child during the depression?
1980s...so yes.
Teddy Graham cereal and if I remember correctly fritos actually had a chili cheese dip that was put off this world.... But if I'm wrong I'll just blame the Mandela effect.
The logitech g9x mouse. It annoys me that i didint buy backups since i really like that mouse. Fit my hands in a way no others have done.
Dr. Slice and Australian toaster biscuits.
The old Cookie Crisp cereal, the one with the dog and not the wolf. Doesn't taste the same.
General Mills’ Wheat Hearts. Like Malt-O-Meal from angels.
Those asteroid cheetos in a tube
Pizza-Rolla’s! I know those things were scorchIng hot pockets of cheesy death, but if you managed to dodge natural selection long enough to enjoy one, then they were so tasty!
Logitechs g500 mouse, i miss it so much
Lawn Darts
IBM Model M. Not the Unicomp ones, the real old ones
old style Irn Bru, aspartame free :(
Cadbury snaps <3
Speed Stick Aqua Marine Sport deodorant.
Snickers Cruncher
Thoese sour orange Altoids. And dunkaroos!!
The Old Home cinnamon rolls that came in a bread bag on a paper tray. That was the cocaine of my childhood.
Masterpiece's Dip&Top
No one here probably remembers Josta soda. It was made by Pepsi and it was delicious. I think it was just promotional in Arizona at the time (back in '94-95) but it was awesome. 10/10 would unleash again.
Cadbury Dreams and Pizza Fingers
Monster M-80. The assault ones don't taste the same either. Then again none of them do.
Hershey’s S’mores bars. The best candy in existence
3 MOTHERFUCKING D Doritos.
The original Nokia 3310. Literally indestructible and can go for weeks without recharging.
In the UK McDonald’s used to have hot fudge sundaes with warm fudge sauce and they were amazing. I miss them.
Habenero Doritos. Ruined my butthole everytime I ate them. Worth.
Magnet men. Not sure what they’re actually called but they were rad! Has little magnets on their feet so they could walk on space crafts like in zero-G space scenarios. I still have a few little guys floating around but no vehicles or space station.
The Google Nexus Q. I wish to control my entire house with gestures, not voice control.
Lawn Darts.
Pebble watches.
Orange lucozade pre recipe change
Flammin Hot Munchos! Those chips were great!
Hot Cheetos asteroids
Hot cheetos asteroids. They came in a bottle and I think they tasted better than the original.
Ben & Jerry’s Rainforest Crunch - Ice Cream with a cashew and Brazil nut butter crunch.
Honey Nut Clusters.
President's Choice in Canada had this creamy balsamic pasta sauce that they discontinued without warning one day. It was the best thing I've ever tasted from a grocery store. I miss it so much.
hot cheeto astroids :(
White chocolate crunchies. I loved those things.
For awhile, Popsicle had a product that was kind of like Dippin Dots that was pretty tasty. The one I miss most though is Dr. Pepper with Berries and Cream. My all time favorite soda.
Android phones with physical keyboards (like the slider phones)
Choclaires Chocolate bar in Canada. Not the candy.
Not really a product but there was a restaurant in San Antonio called Baccones, they sold a desert called a Bambino Huey, fucking incredible. Also Rooty’s root beer, also in San Antonio
Buffalo wing Doritos.
Gatorade Gum...mmmmm
Screaming saucers. Tangy, blue raspberry flavoured hard candies. Made your tongue solid blue and your shit green. Nothing like em. Can't even find evidence they existed except on a few dead end threads.
Casper the friendly ghost ice lolly. It was bubblegum flavour and have bubble gum flavour goo inside the ice.
POGs. I fucking loved them. Still have my collection in a box somewhere, with almost all of my kinis, too.
Butterscotch Twisties. Every so often I get a craving for them, but they haven't been on the shelves in years. It wouldn't be so bad if there was a near-enough substitute, but there's nothing!
Functional news broadcasting
Cranberry Sierra mist
Mp3 players that did only that and did it well.
Ok soda!! TMNT hostess mutagen pies!!
Nestle Wonderballs
Megaupload, because sometimes the only link you can find is a megaupload.com link.
Classic consoles and games, like the NES and SNES. Not redesigned modern versions of those consoles.
Heinz flamin cajun sauce. The single best condiment ever devised
Santa fe ranch lays chips!
/r/pebble :(
Coco Pop Straws
Josta. My D&D group lived on that in college, along with bulk cookies.
IBM Model M
Those things were fucking amazing
It's gotten really hard to find men's casual shorts that are above the knees.
The knees want to breathe freely.
Winamp.
The Cornballer
SMORES CANDY BARS!
VHS tapes and VHS players... i have both but idk what i’m gonna do when the player dies
Spearpoint collar shirts.
Team Cereal (aka Team Flakes)
Best tasting healthy cereal ever.
Not sure if I’ll find any help here but for any Aussies out there you know icy poles right? The lemonade ones? I swear they used to have solo lemon flavoured ones but nobody I’ve talked to remembers them. I’m not dreaming am I?
OREO O's.
That shit was the best.
Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver and many other videogames that aren't being produced anymore. Of course there's emulators but Gen 4 Pokemon is a clusterfuck on any emulator out there.
I'd like to see the cartoons from my childhood on tv, not some shitty 3d-looking remake of it. There's no need to remake them, it's not like todays kids have seen them already. Of course there's good new stuff too,but I just hate to see a familiar cartoon name, just to switch to that channel and discover it's not the real deal.
Yogos. Little fruit snacks coated in hard yogurt-sequence shell. So tasty, and the flavors were really pleasant and sour. I miss them so much.
The Lunchables that had the really sour candies with the blue ones that were supposed to negate the sour. First grade had a lot of those Lunchables.
McDonald's Sweet and Sour Sauce.
Brownie earthquake from dairy queen
Burn Lemon Ice
It's the only flavour of Burn they discontinued, and the only one i really liked
Old video game consoles. I know there's emulation and things like the SNES mini but it's not the same. And buying second hand can be a bit of a lucky draw for if you get one that works fine or craps out after a few months.
Sour tangerine altoids
Hot Warheads candy. Now you can only get the sour variety.
Kirkland Signature Rice Crackers With Nuts
Pogs
Heinz toast toppers, miniature jars of awesomeness
Skittles Gum was amazing
Lash Injection mascara from Too Faced and Mojito marinade/simmer sauce from Trader Joe’s. I’ve tried and can’t find replacements that I like as much as these two products. I become genuinely sad anytime I think about either one.
Chicken Teriyaki Top Ramen
Old school iPods.
snapple element drinks! Rain was amazing. I miss that agave cactus juice.
Lime flavored skittles. They were much better than the green apple ones.
Chocolate Velamints
Saw them in the dollar store a year or so ago and got a couple of packs. I should have gotten way more. Haven't seen them since, and they are so damn good.
Lost Energy Drink - I used to drink it in 2002-2003 but I haven't been able to find it in a long while.
KFC Malaysia used to have popcorn chicken when i was kid( 2000s). Damn I miss those :(
3Doritos
Nesquik banana I'm in the US
Planters Cheez Balls
There used to be a candy by Wonka called Oompa Loompas. They were little fruit chew cubes and they were so good. I can't find any evidence of them anywhere that they even existed but they just disappeared one day and nobody else I have talked to remembers them.
Relentless inferno. Why would you even think Orange Crush was a reasonable replacement?
UCS Millennium Falcon.
I hope the Zip-It is never discontinued or outdated. It's the greatest for getting long hair out the sink drain.
Canadian here - onion bagels from Tim Hortons. Used to love them as a kid and they haven’t had them since. Or good bagels for that matter.
Baby Swiss cheez its
Zima! /s
Tomato and Basil Triscuits. They were the crackers of the gods, the greatest snackable food ever made. For a period of about four months after I discovered them I averaged at least a box per day, many times 2-3 boxes. I almost single-handedly caused a shortage of them in my city, that the stores apparently couldn't adapt to since they kept ordering more of other varieties which then became overstocked. Then one day they were gone, and apparently never coming back.
Right gaurd arctic fresh with the power strip, ever since they got rid of the strip its just become a basic deodorant ):
Microfiber fabric work pants, they never need ironing and they're cool enough to wear in an Australian summer. It seems that they've discontinued its use for some unexplained reason.
Lime skittles instead of green apple. Why skittles, why??
Vanilla Coke, in Canada specifically.
Quaaludes
There was this cheap Blue and Silver coloured “Titanium”electric shaver As seen on TV and sold at Walmart for $9.99 that ran on 2 double A batteries and gave the closest shave I’ve ever had from an electric shaver. After it broke I looked everywhere to buy a replacement and never found one again.
Pb crisps chocolate. Shit i miss those. They were made by planters back in the 90s
Edit: https://youtu.be/dTam9BJJq9w
Altoid Sours!!
Little late here, but Trix yogurt. We had them in school as kids, and they were absolutely delicious.
Robert’s Fruity Booty
McDonalds Orange Drink
Twix- Cookies & Cream. It was my favorite as a kid. I was really surprised it didn't make a comeback a few years ago when there was an explosion of cookies & cream flavor things everywhere.
So many makeup products that brands had discontinued through out the years.
Starbucks Marble Loaf Cakes
I miss my zune.
Ready salted chipsticks. They only sell salt and vinegar now
3D Doritos. 100%
Doritos 3D.. jalapeno cheddar
The Nesquick cereal that turned the milk into Nequick chocolate milk 😭 (also kinda looked like rabbit poop)
Idek if it's still made but my dad threw out our GameCube several years ago and me and my brother are still salty bc it was dope
The Chiller channel :*( watched that and SyFy with Pawpaw growing up. Still watched them but it was cut off several months ago. feelsbadman.
The streamify extension on Chrome.
Commodore 8 bit line with tape, floppy, printer, but brand new with modern tech.
But then someone is trying to make them: http://mega65.org/
Szechuan sauce
Blistex used to make liquid chapstick with a roller ball applicator. It was the best and now it is no more :(
Hot cheetoes asteroids and Doritos 3D
Starburst fruit twists.
Twizzlers could lick their fuckin boots.
Also Amazin' Fruit gummy bears.
Cadbury Dream, it was the nicest white chocolate ever but now I can only get it in New Zealand...
Twisties Zig-Zags
Turkey twislers... thanks jamie oliver..
Walkers BBQ rib crisps
99¢ flat bread melts from Taco Bell. Highschool lunch almost everyday. And while we're talking about Taco Bell I wish they still had that coin game. Used to win that shit on a daily that I couldn't play anymore lol
Chili cheese burrito at taco bell
blue bunny carrot cake ice cream
tombstone stuffed crust pizza
confetti cupcake poptarts
those cheese flavored hashbrowns from 15 years ago
chicken quesadillas at perkins
those god-like boneless bbq wings at KFC. the sauce was so fucking good, but if you ate too many of them it would make your saliva thick and you would desperately need a drink xD
everything i love dies
at least they brought back oreo o's and my pillsbury cheesecake swirl brownies, so i got that going for me, which is nice!
Yogos. They were so tasty and creamy with the candy center!
3d doritos
Parmesan garlic Cheezits. They mad your breath stank but god they were good...
The ipod classic it was well built good size memory,battery for days and charged pretty quickly in my opinion it was the best devise ever for audiobooks and and podcasts when it it broke i broke a little
Coffee Walnut Whips
Butterfinger BB's. The only movie theater candy that rivaled Buncha Crunch
McDonald's pizza.
It was great!
"FUCK ME JERRY"
Every grocery store frozen mac and cheese that I've loved has been discontinued.
Every. Single. One.
Logitech G25 wheel. The new wheels are dumb expensive and not much better :(
Taco Bell’s volcano burrito. man that was good. and now im hungry.
Crunchy Reese's PB cups.
Hostess Potato Chips
I was finally in a place in life I could afford Photoshop. Went to purchase a copy, saw it switched to subscription, proceeded to keep using my pirated version.
Tangy fruits
Altoid sours
Ben and Jerry’s late night bite! Vanilla bean ice cream, Carmel, and chocolate covered potato chips
The fucking delicious chicken nuggets Burger King used to have. Now it’s like they buy from a McD supplier and cook them in motor oil. Also their fries used to be good and now not so much.
Spicy chicken biscuits from Chick-Fil-A
Bubble Jugs. I still look them up from time to time hoping someone found a huge stash and posted them for sale.
A Toyota T100, my family has owned two of them and I plan on owning my own soon enough. One of the best, most reliable, well put together vehicles I have ever had the pleasure of driving. 21 years and 257k miles as of this morning.
I may be on my own on this one, but slimy slurps candy. I used to melt them just enough in the microwave and eat them with a toothpick. I can still remember the delicious smell.
The Toyota Matrix! I freaking love mine, wish I could just get a new one someday when it finally dies, but noooo. It’s a shame.
Pepsi crystal.
Phones with a slide out keyboard. They look so cool.
Chick fil a spicy chicken biscuit
Dr. Bronner's seasoned corn chips.
Smurfberry Crunch cereal and lime Sweet Tarts.
Curly cheetos
Cadbury Fuse. One of their most successful products and discontinued despite campaigns bigger than Wispa to get it back. And Wispa was brought back.
Ruffles Flavor Rush Big BBQ and Cheddar
democracy
There's a very specific visor beanie that I bought from Dakine but was ruined after heavy use and then rain. I searched for years for it but it was too late, they don't make it anymore.
Double Chocolate Fudge Mcflurries at Mcdonalds
Schwan's Man Lemon Iced Tea
Breyer's Vienetta
Club Penguin
NACHO CHEESE COMBOS-RIP
Turbo Tango.
coca cola black....
Pepsi Blue
iPhone 6 :(
Baked Doritos. Am I the only one that liked these way more than normal Doritos?
anybody remember creepy crawlers?
Where the FUCK did my Waffle Crisp go? Why can't I have it anymore? Why must I suffer so?
I've said this once before, but the Guacamole Doritos. Those things were deliciously addictive.
Peanut butter Jelly Bellies
The PlayStation 2, I have so many games for it and my childhood one broke years ago. How I miss you old friend..
Pulse News app. It was one of the best things I’ve ever used and LinkedIn bought it, toyed with it for a bit, ruined it slowly by introducing moronic LinkedIn content and then shut it down. Fuck you, LinkedIn.
Skittles gum
Elysian Drop troops from forge world. Missed getting my last order by a couple of hours.
Marathon bars. Twisty chewy caramels coated in milk chocolate that were 1 foot long
Lipton ice tea, stevia free
Kickin’ kiwi lime kool-aid
Altoid sour candy!
Turkey twizlers
Nearly crippled myself but I was OBSESSED with my skip-it as a kid. Hours spent in the drive way just hopping and tearing up my ankles.
Sprite remix!
Pepsi blue. Was so good. Still dream about it sometimes.
Sun Lollies - Home freeze orange/cola lollies in a triangular tetrapack. Used to eat them by the box of 10.
Quaaludes
Rockstar had a purple "juiced" energy drink I used to drink like it was water in high school. Toward graduation they discontinued it and it slowly started dwindling in stock in my town. The last place that had it was a little market owned by a nice middle eastern man who was a little irritated when I made him go in the back and dig to find the very last can. Wish they'd bring it back with the original recipe :'(
Appliances that are low tech, work really well, and are easy to service with parts from the hardware store making them last forever
The Peanut Yorkie.
B I O N I C L E S
Uranium
Viennetta ice cream in USA and Rice Krispie treat cereal
Starburst joosters. Little jelly beans that starburst made in the early 2000's. They tasted unlike anything else and I used to salivate at the very idea of them
I'm late and I think it's just an Australian thing, but...
The Natural Confectionery Company's Jelly Beans :(
McDonald’s hot mustard dipping sauce
Mocha Crunch Bars
Pokemon cereal with little jubie pokemon chewy things.. I don't know if it was only in Aus but they were around, around 15yrs ago
Kettle chips death valley chipotle flavour
Burger King Shake-em-up Fries! I tried putting some movie theater cheese powder on them and it's not the same :(
Hot Cheetos Asteroids. I don’t know what made them different from regular hot Cheetos but man...I wish I had some now.
Rave Extra salt and vineger chips. Those things were badass. A bag of those and your damn tounge was raw.
Altoid sours. Specifically tangerine but I’ll settle for any flavor
Smores frappachino from starbucks. I have no idea if they are bringing it back.
Leviathan
Pizza cravers doritos. I would eat myself into a diabetic coma
Ben & Jerry's Imagine Whirled Peace
Only ice cream I truly loved. Nothing compares.
Pawncock tail watsits
White chocolate malteasers.
Flaming hot Doritos
Szechuan Sauce
I was gonna say Oreo O's but those recently made a comeback so my life is complete again
Aerodynamic hoods, inefficient engines, and generally cars that prioritized style over safety.
Altoid sours. Specifically tangerine but I’ll settle for any flavor
Sour Green Apple Rockstars. They replaced it with Hardcore Apple that is not sour at all and more sweet tasting. Miss drinking it on my night shift.
Foamy fruits
Denny's restaurant used to have a thing called a Veggie Melt sandwich. It was such a treat back when being a vegetarian was difficult.
Octagon Soap
Wonderballs.
Gatorade gum
Tab Energy Drink
I sure do wish Wendy’s still sold curly fries. I can only eat ones from Arby’s now!
Surge!
Buckyballs. Those tiny magnet bead things that you can play with. They got shut down cause little kids would swallow one, and sometime later, swallow another. Then the magnets would attract each other and rip apart the intestines. Stupid kids.
https://www.buckyballsstore.com/
Bam! Be joyous.
What?! When did this happen? Brb, gotta go order all of these. Thank you!
Lost Energy Drink
Soda-Licious, the best gummy snacks ever.
Digivice. I have a few but I don't have s1 &2 and I don't know where the cable or disk that came with the s3 one is missing
Lebron’s Mix Sprite. That stuff was magical.
Common sense
Altoids Sours for sure
Lemon pepsi.
Lawn darts
The Carolina pizza from Dominos! So delicious.
Gucci used to make a cologne for men called 'Envy'.
My dad always used to wear it before he and my mother would head out for a night.
The smell brings me these vivid memories of both of them being excited about having the night to themselves and saying goodnight to us kids before they left.
Years later i adopted that scent as my own when i started to "go out". My mother says it smells completely different on both of us. I even once had a bar tender stop and specifically ask if i was wearing envy on a night out many years ago. She said she loved it and could pick the smell anywhere.
They stopped making it years ago. However i still keep a very, very small amount in a bottle I used to own and will smell it every now and again.
I would love to own it again. It reminds me a lot of so many different times in my life; from being a child to discovering my own independence.
Count Chocula. Best cereal ever. Chocolate lucky charms dont cut it. :(
Dinosour eggs and Bud Dry.
Turkey twisslers
Expansion packs for games, that were actually good and worth the money. Some other studio, that was fan of the original game usually developed them after the game was out. They were nothing like today's pre order DLCs.
La choy pepper steak from the box not the can
Lost Energy Drink. Not sold anymore where I live, been a good 6 years since I've had one of those. Some energy drinks are close, but not as good.
cherry fruit by the foot.
them bitches was smackin.
Original Gatorade. The stuff now is just a ton more sugar. Sometimes places will sell G2, which is there "low calorie" version, but I almost never find it when I look. Gatorade used to be great when you wanted something cold and refreshing you could chug that was not just water and was not loaded with tons of sugar.
The zboard merc keyboard. It's the only keyboards I've used for I think a decade now, and they don't make it anymore. I don't use regular keyboards to game, it's just not comfortable, so when my merc dies I'll be really upset. lol
Smoothie Skittles (about 7-8 years ago)
Without a QUESTION, it’s Dunkaroos.
Also those choose your own adventure Lunchables snacks (brownies, cookies, etc.) Kellogg’s Snack Ums - Froot Loop edition Wonka Bars
Claussen Hot and Spicy Pickle Spears. Best Shit Ever. They were on the supermarket shelves for three life changing months then disappeared. Or... disappeared.
Ayds (pronounced as "aids") Reducing Plan Candy. It really worked!
Doritos 3D and cheetos asteroids. Those were the days.
Wendy’s pitas
Concorde flight
Bugle boy
Shock Tarts
The McRib
Keebler almond crescents
Chocolate toaster strudels.
Just.
Chocolate. Fuck your pie flavors.
Irn Bru Bars
McDLT. Only burger serving configuration that really understood me.
There was something from Vicks or something, called red energy, which was an energy drink in pill form. Shit was lit.
A version of Windows that isn’t full of Ads.
snapple elements
Lemon Ice flavored Gatorade. That stuff was amazing!
Democracy
Altoids tangerine
Tangerine/mango altoids
They used to have these things that were resses cups but shaped like pringles i miss them
Purple ketchup
ludes
Hot Cheetos Astros
Polaroid products, especially the iZone camera with the sticker film.
Fruitopia drink.
iPod Classic
Those WWF ice cream bars with a wrestler’s photo printed on the side.
The pieces that Brahms burned because he thought they weren't good enough.
Blues Clues Ice Cream by BlueBell! I was so fkn good!
Strawberry Fruitopia, have not had it since high school and can't get it here. :(
Slice orange soda.
Corn Pops the Kellogg’s cereal. The taste of my childhood. They stopped selling it in Ireland around 15 years ago not sure if it’s sold anywhere anymore?
Doo-dads
Soap shoes.
Stuffed Bagel Bites.
Hostess god damn blueberry pies. If I could’ve back in time, the first thing I would do is find about a dozen and eat myself into a pie coma.
Noxipro pre workout.
Peach juiceful candy. I miss them so much.
The 1000 dollar bill
Gorilla Munch cereal. Never had anything as good since it was discontinued.
I'm late but I want Fruitopia if anybody is listening.
Nokia 3310
I would kill for a delta fox hoodie or the sweats. Were baller but weren't really in the budget when they were out.
Original recipe mojos from Shakey's Pizza. These things were the Ye Olde Magic equivalent of a warm bear hug.
Then the trans fat scare happened.
Hubba-Bubba squeeze pops
Vanilla Coke! Not available in Canada 😭
This is really old, but Mac computers used to say “It’s not my fault” I wish they’d still do that.
THE CHICKEN FLATBREAD FROM TACO BELL
When I was a kid there was this Scooby doo cereal and it was soooooo delicious. It has crunchy chocolate pieces then these white chocolate balls. Swear I'm the only person who remembers it.
McNugget Schezuan sauce in all stores across world.....
Jones fufu berry soda and Ben and Jerry's creme brulee ice cream. Hands down.
Senseo coffee makers.
A really decent cup of coffee. Boiling hot water shot through a wafer of coffee such that you get a nice, creamy foam on top of every cup. You could use 1 or 2 coffee wafers and adjust water amount to vary strength.
And yet they disappeared and Kuerig cups invaded. Yes, one cup of coffee at a time, but it’s not brewed any differently than a basic drip pot that does it just one cup at a time. The cups were always more expensive than the filter pods and just kinda crappy in comparison, yet, here we are. My Senseo finally broke. Had attachments so I could use my own coffee, but there’s no replacement for the machine. I miss that thing.
City of Heroes.
XL lunchables deep dish pizza, steak and potato flavored Tato skins
Nabisco Twigs crackers
Winner Tacos. Man those things were ace.
1600x1200 monitors that pivot to portrait mode. The best for vertical monitors.
Hot Pockets Soft Baked Subs... for some reason I could care less about the standard hot pocket sandwiches, they just felt like cheap microwave food, but the Soft Baked Subs had a bit of quality to them and were very tasty... sadly discontinued.
Silent Partner. Last one I saw on eBay sold for $600 :/
A few weeks ago I would've said Pizza Perogies, but they just re-released them and I've never been happier.
magic burst poptarts please
Planters used to have this product that was a peanut shaped wafer filled with peanut butter, the good kind. Like sugarized peanut butter. Anyone links me a way to purchase them and sends me their email, I will reward you!
Samsung Galaxy s5. Last non-gimmicky phone, that was made with the consumer's best interest in mind, imo. Afaik, there aren't any quality phones with removable battery and sd card slot. Has just enough static buttons, USB 3.0, headphone jack, reasonably sized screen, minimal bloatware, rootable. Idk, I could be wrong, but current phones all seem like too much money to lose some standard features.
I think only available in the UK but I miss those little pink UFO shaped yoghurts that had the toy in the middle, Onken Frufoo so Google tells me.
Choose your own adventure books.
I could never remember there name, these circular yogurts as a kid. You eat the yogurt and their was a toy in a small circle in the center. This was probably between 2000 - 2004 for me personally
Ipod Classics
Video games with cheat codes
Skillet Strips
Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. Not only did it taste amazing, but it was also objectively the most fun soda to pronounce. Dr. Pepper over the last couple decades has had a bunch of weird flavors that sort of fell off the radar, so I’d also like to mention the Diet Cherry Chocolate Dr. Pepper and Dr. Pepper Berries & Cream. Both were a little too out there to survive, but both were pretty darn good.
Pear berry body wash from bath and body works. I’m still angry they discontinued it over a year ago.
Pepsi Blue, Sprite Remix, Pepsi Vanilla, Jolt in those poppable cans, Orbitz, Sodalicious candies, Count Chocula cereal, Doritos 3Dees, When fast food burgers actually tasted good ex: 90s-early 2000s wendys Bacon Mushroom Melt used to be the best now it tastes like doodoo....Just for a few of the very many many many many many. Oh I loved Incredible Edibles 90s version as well.
Lawn darts.
To be honest I wish they didn’t discontinue the toys for life figure sets. Those were fun, but then again they created a whole new meaning for DLC.
Snapple Elements flavored waters/juices, probably from around 2003-06 Came in super cool metal bottles that I saved.
Also from around then, Pepsi Holiday Spice. I've never met another soul who understands the pleasure of that beverage.
Aperrently CocaCola Life has been disscontinued in sweden. I liked it more than clasic coke and I did not like cola Zero.
Bac-Os. God I miss Bac-Os...
Josta cola. I miss that stuff.
Smores grahams
Green & Blacks Cherry chocolate. That was amazing!
Blue Crush soda
my ex
Mint skittles
CamelPhat 3 for FL12 😥
3d doritos. Don't know why but I thought they were amazing.
Headphone jack
TAG body spray. That midnight sent was amazing
Zeltzer Seltzer
Rice Crispy Treat Cereal
iPod video 3!! The best size. And overall a good music player I think we need again.
Orange and banana juice from Sainsburys, anyone remember that sweet sweet nectar?
Crystal Pepsi
Pogs.
Hot Mustard from McDonalds. Such a loss.
Sprite Remix
Altoid sours
Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Microwavable Popcorn, Pour Over Cinnabon
Sprite Remix Berryclear ffs sprite BRING IT BACK /u/Sprite
ALTOID SOURS
Thermasilk
Happy Face Biscuits, in the UK at least.
Are you thinking of BNs? They're still about
Sunny D in California. England only stocks the Florida flavour now which is bitter.
The squeezebox. Mine are all still going strong and doing everything like using my Spotify account and accessing BBC iplayer thanks to the kindness of open source strangers but that might not last forever.
Skannerz were the shit.
Larosas stuffed pizza
Club penguin
First party Xbox 360 controllers.
As far as I know, Microsoft stopped making them and made the Xbox One controller standard. That's all well and good, but I can't always throw around $60 for a new controller. 3rd party alternatives are rarely the same, and the ones I've found on Amazon are overpriced.
Soldier Front 1.
Such an amazing game and the game changed so much when you jump from the casual playstyle to the competitive side.
Entenmann's milk chocolate donuts. They were unbelievably good. They had some delicious glaze inside the layer of the milk chocolate shell too.. I can't believe they discontinued
Lawn Darts. Oh man... Death from above...
Motherfucking Double Chocolate Swiss Cake Rolls. Little Debbie keeps putting out all other kinds of cake rolls: Valentine's, Zebra, hell I'm pretty sure I saw a St. Patrick's Day kind. But can she bring back double chocolate? Apparently fucking not! Did you lose the recipe, Debbie?! TELL ME
3-D Doritos, those were theee best.
nesquik banana flavor milkshake bottle
Hershey’s Smores Bars. Those were my crack and Im sad they stopped selling them.
Don't start the taco Bell sauce train
PB Crisps. Every damn day.
P.B. Crisps?
https://youtu.be/dTam9BJJq9w
I apparently get attached to food. Prego used to have frozen dinners like Stouffer's. The fettuccine Florentine was pretty much glorified Mac & cheese, but it was amazing. Red Baron used to make "Hot Pockets" (not the brand, but a similar product. My favorite was the chicken and wild rice. I'd even tolerate the water chestnuts in them. Lastly, before Michelina took over Budget Gourmet, BG had a beef & peas over egg noodles and a "Chicken in White Sauce" (w/noodles). When Michelina's took over, the dropped the beef dish and butchered the recipe for the chicken one before dropping that as well.
That mint choc chip flavour chewing gum. Used to get it in the American food aisle at Tesco. That shit was SO GOOD.
Dunkaroos
Full priced games that aren't early access
hot Cheetos asteroids
A&W cream soda
Orbit drinks
Rockstar Cola
Red Bull did it first but then Rockstar followed but the Cola flavored energy drinks. Rockstar Cola got me through my first two years at College and those early classes. Wish they still made them, it was an off Cola flavor I just couldn't get enough of.
Turkey Twizzlers in England.
I lived in England for 3 years as a young child and loved Turkey Twizzlers. My family then moved back to the US for 10 years. When they asked what my 15 year old self thought of moving back, my main motivation (as sad as this may be) was turkey Twizzlers. Moved all the way across the world to find out they are no longer sold.
Fuck You Jamie Oliver. I moved across the world for food and you stole it from me.
Ouch! bubblegum!
Paraquat
Walkers blue envelopes
Welch's Purple Grape Soda, Motherfucker!
Wade sneakers circa 2006
Speed Stick Talc.
The old school kind of Polly Pocket toys
iPod Classic
SOUR STARBURSTS
Yo-yos yogurt candy
I wish that they had the taco lunchables!!! i also liked the chicken nugget ones
Turkey twizzlers.
I'm still not over it Jamie Oliver!!
The Secret World.
TSW was hands down my favorite MMO because it had a great setting and truly top-notch writing.
A while ago it was taken down and replaced by a free-to-play rework. It’s still the same bones, but it’s kind of been lobotomized. The wild thing about MMOs is that you don’t own the game, you’re really just paying for access. If the company decides to end it, that’s it. Like Starwars Galexies.
I guess more media is moving in that direction (renting access to content, not owning it). It still feels odd though.
Shock tarts, Surge,Strohs, and Snapple Elements Fire
Alpine Chocolate
Seamaster 225400
Don’t remember exact name but they were like ranch flavor twist Fritos
Battlebots toys in Happy Meals.
Floot loops in UK
The orginal cini minis burger sold. Those were amazing an now they have garbage ones
Paiste Twenty Custom Metal series cymbals. I'd probably fight someone to the death for a set of those bad boys
Polaroid.
Pizzerias chips.
Slaves /s
Creepy Crawlers. That little oven was so legit!
The ORIGINAL Coka Cola.
McDonald’s Cheddar Melt.
Chocolate Honey Bunches of Oats. Hands down best chocolate cereal in existence.
Dr. Pepper Berries and Cream
Oh Yeah Orange Pineapple!!! Kool-Aid
Every goddamn pair of shoes and sunglasses I really liked but they don't make anymore and GODDAMMIT THEY FIT PERFECTLY AND WERE THE PERFECT STYLE!
Proper Kinder Eggs, with complex toys that needed assembly. They were awesome.
The previous generation (ports and all) MacBook Pro, just with updated hardware.
The Audi C4. Damn that thing was built though and thorough. My current C6 A6 is better in many ways, but when you start working on something you notice that everything is built down to a lower price than the C4. I retired mine after 21 years and 406,500 km. There was almost no rust, and what little was there was due to small dents in the bodywork caused by other drivers. It was easy to work on and almost everything in the engine compartment was easily accessible.
Yogos. Pretty sure they’re discontinued. They were my childhood.
(More correctly, they were a treat for me in my childhood because we were very broke so when my friends had them I was very excited)
The volcano nachos and the fruitista freezes from Taco Bell. I think Taco Bell just hates me.
Black pepper jack Doritos. Those things were so damn delicious!
Salsa Verde Doritios were amazing. They have Jalapeño ones now that taste similar but extremely watered down.
Doritos Nacho Italiano. I would cut off my toes for a bag.
McSpiders from McDonalds
Hot Cheeto asteroids.... use the lid as a cup to pop like 5 of them in your mouth at a time.
McCormicks southwest flavor fajita seasoning.
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How the fuck does the best energy drink by far get discontinued anyway?
There used to be this sports drink similar to Gatorade that was watermelon flavoured. It was my favorite drink on a hot day, or during a hangover. Haven't seen it around for over 3 years.
Windows 7
3D Jalapeño Doritos
Salad shooters
Logitech g13 gaming pad. Best one ive used by far!
habanero doritos! Those were the best flavor of Doritos they ever made in my opinion.
Taco Bell's Daredevil Ghost Pepper Grillers. My god those were tasty with just the right amount of heat.
Sunkist Creme Supremes, specifically strawberry ones. I have no idea if they ever where really good or not, but I have fond memories of eating them while on camping trips with my Dad.
Cookies and cream twix or chilly bear ice cream sandwiches
lost energy drinks
Kinder happy hippo :c
iPods honestly
Relentless juiced. The original one in the light green can. Mmmmmmmm
Gamecube controllers
Waffle crisp, the best cereal ever!
PB Max. It was sort of squarish candy bar with a biscuit base kind of like a twix, on top of that was a thick layer of peanut butter with crunchy dense cereal based balls in it. They were hands-down the best peanut butter based candy bar, nothing's really compared since.
I also really liked PB Crisps, which were a peanut shaped wafer filled with sweetened peanut butter.
I also wouldn't mind if they brought back the drink Orbitz, if only because I never got to try one >_>
Wheaties Fuel Cereal. Ate that nearly every day, was way better than stuffing my face full of lucky charms or something. And then it was gone. I'd like it back please.
Side Note: Doritos Street Taco was also fantastic and that's gone too. Just like TV Shows, all the good snacks never stick around for long.
Mother's classic circus animal cookies. The white and pink ones with frosting and sprinkles.
Lawn Darts!
Blue pepsi.
Wonderballs, either those or Dunkaroos. Oh childhood.
Freddo, no question
Queludes
First generation iPod. I liked the scroll wheel way better than the click wheel, and plus it was just a monochrome screen so the battery lasted for days. All it really needs is flash storage instead of a hard drive and it'd be perfect. Oh and USB instead of FireWire.
[Flaming Hot Cheetos Asteroids.] (https://www.shopyourway.com/cheetos-asteroids-cheese-flavored-snacks-flammin-hot-2-5-oz-70-8-g/371794) Last time I checked they were selling them at K-Mart or something... Checked again and they are completely unavailable anywhere now.
That mulan mcnugget sauce
Mx518
The milkfuls candy
Jack in the box french toast sticks
Mars Delight
The old late 90s style super soakers. The ones they have now just aren't the same as the ones in my childhood...
Purplesaurus Rex Koolade. It was like grape but with more purple. Shame they discontinued it
Instantly thought of food. So bubble jug, burger king's old nugget and fry recipes, Wendy's chicken caesar pita thing, Papa Gino's pizza before they ruined their recipe, and those hexagonal chocolate cupcakes that I would literally kill for
Baja Blast Mountain Dew (only available in Spring/summer). I miss it for 6 months out of the year.
It's more of a food item... bubble gum coal. Little black pebbles that looked like coal and then you'd chew them and it would turn into gum. They used to sell them in gas stations and Walmarts everywhere but I can't seem to find it anywhere anymore but Amazon.
Crispix. The glorious golden cereal of all cereals.
Fruit in the Middle cereal. was like mini wheats with fruit jelly in the middle. Had like 3 flavors.
Mercedes-Benz W124 diesel wagons! They're so rare to find these days
Coffee toffee twisted frostee
BURGER KING SHAKE EM UP FRIES
Fajita Grilled Stuffed Burritos from Taco Bell. The greatest item they ever had. I haven’t had one in almost 20 years now and I still crave it.
Also the Taco Supreme Doritos along with the BBQ and Pizza flavors. I hate the “traditional” Taco flavor.
Hienz EZ Squirt, now that i am a grown adult who does my own grocery shopping I got to admit if I seen purple ketchup again I'd buy it so fast.
Butterfinger BB’s
Large McFlurries, they come in small and snack size now and 99% of McD's in my area of Canada do not serve larges. Which is upsetting because you're just cooling off on a hot day... and it's gone. :I
My happiness
Tooth Tunes!!
The Cheetos asteroids that came in a plastic container. They were AMAZING!
The cornballer.
Old Spice Foxcrest
Bakelite, I just think it was a wonderful material and it's a real shame most of the ovens, telephones etc have been replaced now.
It might have something to do with the design of products from the time it was used. But there was a the finish and toughness that really appeal to me. I can feel the cheapness of a lot of the replacement materials.
Chocolate mint wafers. Perk had introduced one when I was 10ish, and it was quickly discontinued. The only mint chocolates now available where I live are stuff like Lindt which are too expensive for me
Space Food Sticks. Fuck they were addicting.
Domino’s Brownie Bites
IBM Model-M
Cherry Bomb Jolt cola and Wasabi Funnyuns they were around for like a summer, but I liked them so much more than the flaming hot ones.
Battle for Middle Earth II. Super Smash Bros Melee.
Cheetos asteroids
Hot Pockets. I miss them so much. My school used to sell them for lunch for about 80cents some years back. Cant find these devilish tongueburners in any shop where i live.
Razzle Dazzle Rice Krispies. My favorite cereal growing up as a kid.
Planter's Cheez Balls
The headphone jack on cell phones.
Nestle's Alpine White candy bar, it was so damn good!
New Coke
Grapefruit sour Altoids.
GameCube games
toys-r-us
Fruitopia (in the United States). Like Snapple but better. I know it’s available in like, Australia? But in the States you can only find it every once in a while as a fountain drink in McDonald’s stores in the south, and that’s about it.
All these serious answers and all I want is a pallet load of wood-fire barbecue chips from kettle.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pies! Like the fruit pies, but they had vanilla pudding and a green frosting over the whole pie. Sugar coma!
Honestly can't remember if this was a made up product from my imagination when I was a kid or if it was actually real. Nickelodeon green slime gum. Back in the late 90s early 2000s u had it. I haven't been able to find an image of it even. Anybody remember this?
Jello pudding pops, man I was a crack feind for those.
Altoids mango sours
Hershey’s mint chocolate chip bars and Sir Chomps A-Lot mini ravioli.
My favorite part was getting the uncut strips of ravioli in those bad boys.
iPod Classic
Those Hershey's gogurts. God bless I miss that chocolate pudding goodness
Concentration cereal. Don’t know why they stopped making it. So creamy good.
Viennetta (American here)
chocolate& peanut butter skippy
Zots or Bottle Caps.
Both were candies, but I loved them.
Zots was a hard sweet candy filled with a sour jell so that when you bit into it the sour juice squirted into your mouth. The mix of hard sweetness and sour soft worked great together.
Bottle Caps were these bottle cap shaped hard candy that came in different colors to coincide with the flavor of the "soda" the candy tasted like; Brown was Rootbeer, Orange was Orange Crush, Green was Lemon Lime etc. Loved these too.
Now you can't find them anywhere except this catalog in NY that caters to nostalgic items but a candy that cost ten cents back then, in the catalog is like twelve dollars. Ridiculous.
Altoids sour clementine
Not really a product but the Video Store. Now movies and TV series are so readily available at the touch of a button on your computer at home. I miss the anticipation of waiting for a movie to be released on DVD and going to the store to borrow it for $2.50. Everything is so convenient now but those were good times.
Laserdisc. I fucking love Laserdiscs and as a cinebuff it is the superior format!
Orbitz drink
I don't remember what they were called, but the commercial jingle went "rip, slip, brush, ahhhh" and it was an on the go breath freshener/toothbrush thing
Google Desktop, killed in 2011. Indexed your hard drive including email with instantaneous search results. Could find any file or email in seconds. I've never found anything to replace it.
3D Doritos!
ITT: if you're not American or Canadian gtfo
WWF Ice Cream
Does sea monkeys count?
Coca-Cola cherry. Dr Pepper. They aren't exactly discontinued but I don't see them in stores that often, and when they appear they're always overpriced.
Also in my childhood you could always buy a bubblegum with a colletible picture of a car (or even those Love Is things) FOR ONE RUBLE in ANY KIOSK on the street. Where is this shit now?
Marvel Heroes the mmoarpg! :'( Used to reroll the main character of each marvel show or movie that I enjoyed watching, recently watched Daredevil, I have a sad now :(
Cadbury Triple Choc Ice Cream
Fucking Altoid Mango Sours. God why did they have to leave us.
Super late to this party but here in California they don’t have Superman ice cream idk how to explain it but it’s so good
Passion Supreme Snaple in the 10oz glass bottle.
If I had the money I would buy the forumula and make it myself.
I doubt snapple even knows where the forumla is. It was one of the Original flaors that snapple made. This was NOT the soda. it was the fruit juice.
ahhh I can TASTE it like 30+ years later. DELICIOUS!
There aren't even photos of the bottle online. I DARE you to try and find Snapple Passion Supreme. DARE YOU!
Club penguin, forever in our hearts
Cover girl marathon mascara! THEE best waterproof mascara stayed on forever and was only $3!
Logitech i-Feel mice. Force feedback mouse. They never caught on.
It was incredible and made using a mouse a tactile experience. I have two still. The software hasn’t worked since windows 7. I’d be so happy if I could just get mine functioning again.
I had this sweet game called black and white that had I feel support. I miss it so much.
Fruit chiclets
Fiery habanero doritos
Slice red
Almond toffee crunch n munch
Blue pepsi
Green ketchup
Vault Soda. Which I guess was Coca Colas competition to Mountain Dew? I used to drink one or two a day
Old jdm cars
Pepsi Blue
Planter's Cheese Balls. Man those were good
Sour nibs. I'd drop $50 for a 5$ package today if I could.
DEW-S-A, I really hope they bring back for this upcoming summer
Koala yummies.
1991 Honda Civic Si & CRX
Fruitopia!!!! That was the greatest drink when I was younger.
Rice Krispies Treats cereal
Something only 90s kids will remember.... Orbitz.
the original Tamagotchi. I want one so bad but the new "remake" is so poor.
Okay, so. Hershey's ran a series of nesquick style plastic bottle individual milks. They had a chocolate, cookies'n'cream, and a strawberry milk. I haven't seen any of the flavors in ages at any store across each coast of America as well as Texas.
That hershey's brand strawberry milk was some straight up ambrosia. Among my greatest fears is finding out they still make it, and discovering it doesn't live up.
this l'oreal shampoo and conditioner i used to use lol was an orange bottle.
McDonald’s spicy popcorn chicken.
jello. fucking. puddinpops.
Mcdonalds had a ''burgers around the world'' action going on, then they had a mexico burger i think? it had nacho chips on it and a green and red sauce.
it was the only burger worth a damn and i don't think it ever came back.
that was about 10 years ago and i still wish i could find out how to make it myself
Purple Twitch hoodies.
There was this flavour of V called "Mr Bootleg's Sour Tonic" and it was the best shit I've ever tasted. Bad for my health but good for my taste buds and I want that shit back.
^^^Carnival ^^^was ^^^pretty ^^^good ^^^too
Doritos Extremes, hands down
Hi-C Ecto Coolers. They were neon green and were also great as popsicles frozen.
Qush . It's an English squash . The advert featured an alien who poured it into thier ears.
Lights with thicker filament
chicken and waffles at stanton social one of my fav restaurants in nyc the new one is disgusting chef needs to just sit down and stop changing the menu
Critical thinking.
Buzz Lightyear Cereal
Not szechuan sauce. I really hope we can all agree now the way those kids acted was awful.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41543636
Terry's Neapolitan chocolates.
Fuck you Kraft.
Wendys Sweet and Spicy Asian Chicken
Cheese Act II.
WWE ice cream bars!
Wrestling fan or not, that shit was heaven on a stick.
Heelies
Man, GameCube controllers. I'm pretty sure right now they cost a ridiculous amount and Smash players need them. Hopefully Smash Bros. Switch will make the price go down. COME ON
Fuck it. I'll say it. I loved the Zune and I would have been very happy if the Zune beat the iPod and we were all on the Zune 10 right now.
Pacific surge old spice deoderant
Reese’s put out a promotional Elvis inspired Reese’s peanut butter cup. It was a regular Reese’s with a thin layer of banana cream on top of the peanut butter. They were so good cold.
It was a temporary thing and I wish I ordered it more often, dirty Louisiana from KFC, holy shit that was a good burger.
Oreo o’s but there still sold in South Korea
Slaves.
Pizza Hut P'Zone!
Happiness.
Kellogs Corn Pops
Tamagotchis
The Chumby. Little shit was ahead of its time.
Gameboy Advance
The hot Cheeto asteroids in a can! I remember as a kid those were absolutely amazing.
Dunkaroos.
Was literally the best thing ever invented
Prawn cocktail Wotsits
Pop tarts cereal. It was absolutely horrible-for-you sugary nothing but it had strawberry filling and was so fucking yummy.
Hismanal
Hit Clips
The Toa Nuva from the first generation of Bionicle
There was this brand of spicy ranch chips a No Frills so around me, they were amazing by far my favourite chips, the bag was Yellow with stripes, I sadly don’t remember the name :(
St Ives Swiss formula hair thickening shampoo. I still miss it despite not using it in 20 years. I used it for the scalp tingles.
Huy Fong Pepper Sate Oil. That stuff was delicious, spice flavourful hot, savoury. Huy Fong stop making it around 2000, too much trouble or something like that. I’ve spent near the last 20 years looking for an adequate substitute.
NABISCO MARSHMALLOW SANDWICH COOKIES
Space food sticks
The scott pilgrim game
Coffee flavour Roses chocolates. Can’t find anything that compares in flavour and consistency
There used to be these Garfield branded freezies that came in cylinder shapes attached to each other like hot dogs. The casing was a thicker plastic and never tore/ripped, they had amazing flavours, haven't seen them in like 10 years.
Flintstone Pushup pops with Nerds inside.
Your mom
Trix looking like fruit :/ im too grown up i guess
Fallen footwear.
Doritos Jalapeno Fire
PSP
Definitely Sprite Remix.
Chicken Selects.
Marley’s Mellow Mood!!
Simple and reliable cars, that you can fix by your own without diagnostic tools that you can't afford. Like the Mercedes W123
the fusion of haribo and smarties in one product (forgot the name)
My will to live
Lawn darts
Now, I'm no shill for Taco Bell, but I would throw that ass back for a Beefy Crunch Burrito.
Von Dutch Energy Drink.
Vampire, The Masquerade: Redemption/Bloodlines
I'd love for an open-world type RPG of these games, similar to The Witcher 3. Closest thing is the game Vampyr, which is coming out in June, but VTM has such a rich and interesting lore to draw from. It's a shame that the IP got sold to a company that doesn't seem to be making any games with it.
Pepsi blue in the summer before 9-11.
Also, digiorno Alfredo sauce not that 4 cheese bullshit
A bit specific, but the Plantronics GameCom 780/788 series headsets. Hands down the best headset I ever used. The microphone is almost on par with an entry-level studio mic (tested it myself).
I asked Plantronics why they discontinued it in favour of their (worse) RIG headsets and they didn't even give me a proper answer. They just told me it was discontinued, as if I didn't already know.
Freshen Up gum! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=lbgr9tLPweU
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These Doritos. I hate you, Frito Lay for giving me these and then taking them away like some cruel god.
Lemon Jolly Ranchers.
They were my favorite.
We used to have cadbury bytes back in my childhood. I wish they would bring it back in my country.
There used to be grape pop tarts. They sound absolutely disgusting (and maybe they were), but ten-year-old me LOVED those. I was so sad when they were discontinued.
The Bounce clothes dryer Stick
A fragrance from United Colors of Benetton, "COLD".
I really love the smell and my go to perfume when I'm going out.
AXE Fever Brazilian Hot Mud Shower Gel, what I imagine heaven smells like
Black pepper jack doritos
3D doritos. I don't think they're particularly amazing but the nostalgic part of me just wants them back to see them again.
Redken #23, I think it was? Was a dry clay for styling hair that they discontinued. I didn't need to use any hairspray with it, just the clay and it would last all day.
Doritos 3D
Quaaludes.
Virgin airlines. It was the best! I loved those planes. I loved their main hub out of San Fran. Great customer service. Now Alaska Airlines has acquired them and they’re already talking about discounts. Ugghhhh.
The Lord of the Rings PC game on MS-DOS in the 1990s I was twelve and my uncle had it on his IBM. I would visit my Aunt and Uncle in the summertime for a few weeks and I would commandeer his computer and binge. This was the hardest most complicated ridiculous game I had played at the time. (I was obsessed with RPGs already...Dragon Warrior on NES was my first real fav. Not Legend of Zelda. ) I would like to play that turd again. I guess it could still be available though. Maybe it doesn’t count.
Josta. Screw Surge, I want my guaraná soda back :(
Kinder Eggs. Like the actual chocolate egg with the toy inside in that orange capsule thing. All the Kinder eggs I find now are in egg shaped packaging, with the chocolate on the one side and the toy on the other. It's pretty lame.
ProStars cereal. It was pretty much Honey Nut Cheerios in the shape of stars but god damn that stuff was delicious.
PBMax
Rolo Cookies, where art thou!?
The original Lever 2000 bar soap. The new formulation is terrible. Lots of 1 star reviews on Amazon for this soap now.
jalapeño fire doritos, in the UK at least
Tosca chocolate bars. Can anyone remember these? It's a very distant food-memory from my childhood in early 80's Australia...
Dr. Slice
Bacon Thin crackers!
Good coke
Vienetta. Holy shit that stuff was fucking good.
Chocolate toaster strudels. They discontinued them a while back, just found some in the store with “Limited Time” on the box, thought I was hallucinating. Was my favorite thing to eat as a kid
Hellgate: London A fun onlinr game that sadly didn't live long enough to reach its full potential 😥
Hershey’s cookie and mint. Apparently they made a comeback and I missed out ☹️.
Pepsi clear. I don’t know why. That’s why always comes to mind when I’m asked this question.
Turbo tango
Sour Altoids
McDonalds pizza.
Fuck it was good.
Kudos bars
Gak
altoids tangerine sours
cappuccino lollipops
CITRUS POLOS
The Altima coupe. There are still some used ones around but they discontinued them😢
I think I speak for all Brits when I say Turkey Twizzlers.
Blue pepsi
McDonalds sechuan sauce
Doo dad's. Best Chex style mix ever. Had peanuts, and only one type of pretzel. Plus the cheese nip thinggie too.
I want new lines of Bionicles.
Fukin hero factory...
Cadburys Spira
Teaberry gum :( it was my mamaws favorite and now I can't find any for her any more
Spearmint polos WITH THE BLUE BITS
Bionicle
Pepsi Blue. Oh my god I loved that drink.
Cheetos zingers
Veinetta Brownie
In the UK they sold Dream bars (white chocolate) with strawberry bits in them. Oh and strawberry Milky Ways (not the same as the US version, your version of Milky Way is our Mars bar)
Starburst Squirts
Vanilla coke
Can still get in Australia I think
Time to move to the Outback eh?
Or start a bootleg trade and smuggling operation as a coke dealer. https://www.woolworths.com.au/shop/productdetails/180941/coca-cola-vanilla-bottle
Pepsi Blue
I would stick my dick in a pile of running chainsaws if they brought back Vault soda.
There was a flavor of 5 gum that I was hooked on in high school. If I knew that I wouldn't have time to eat breakfast or if I just needed a snack, I would buy that gum. It was raspberry flavored, juicy, and smelled wonderful. The intense flavor used to curb my cravings, as well. I live in Nebraska so when I didn't see them at convenience stores anymore, I just thought they started to sell them at larger department stores like Wal-Mart. Turns out, they discontinued the flavor in 2014. It was called 5 gum elixir. I miss it.
Wonderballs
Lawn darts. Can't find them anywhere but played with them a bunch as a young kid.
Pyrex.
The real shit, not the cheap stuff that will murder you.
Mona yomild puur drinkyoghurt
Ps1 games
(Burton's, I think) Puffs, crisps we used to have years ago when I was a young teen They came back for a while, but they stopped making them again.
Creme savers and mars planets/galaxies
The iPod classic
Fruit wheats
Milka Tender Chocolate
SaraLee Chocolate Gateau. Most other gateau tastes like crap in comparison to this one. For some reason it was pulled from supermarket shelves about a decade ago despite its popularity, and hasn't been seen since.
Red Bull Cola. I don't know how it tastes and it's sheer curiosity that makes me wish it was still available. Unfortunately, Red Bull decided to pull it because they tried to take on Coca Cola and Pepsi with a far more expensive drink and failed in spectacular fashion.
Dairy Milk. I don't mean the current bars with the rounded pieces that Kraft introduced to reduce the amount of chocolate per bar. I mean the original bars with actual rectangular pieces.
Red Bull cola was an abomination!
BBQ Pork from Panda Express.
Sen Sen
Crom! The gods be praised!
Thanks so much.
Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey in the UK.
Fuck this pisses me off.
Physical keyboards on phones!
Anybody remember Keebler holiday grahams every Christmas season? Graham cookies coated in red white and green frosting. Can’t find anything about them online now, it’s like they never existed.
McDonald's personal sized pizzas
Ps3. I just need a new Dual Shock 3 so I can keep playing it!
99 runecrafting in RS3.
Ouch! Gum. Not the regular flavored rebrand, the kind that came in watermelon, grape, and strawberry and came in a little metal tin. My mouth’s watering now thinking of them now.
Back in 2009 they released limited edition Strawberry Peanut Butter M&Ms to promote Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. They tasted like PB&J sandwiches and I miss them every day.
Clearly Canadian
Sobe Adrenaline Rush.
The Zune. My. Computer couldn't use the Zune library, and now that I've built one I don't even own a damn Zune.
Carnation Instant Breakfast, fuck "breakfast essentials"
The original Sprite Remix
I miss the first Razer Naga Hex
Know anywhere I can find Snapple’s Pink Lemonades? They’ve got every other flavor under the sun but never the one I want. I miss them so.
iPhones with 3.5mm audio jacks
Ramblin' root beer
The old shaker fries from Maccas. Not this hamburger one, the one from the 90s that briefly made an appearance about 5 years ago. That stuff is the greatest. I really hope maccas brings it back.
Pepsi Blue
Planter's Cheez Balls. Damn I miss those.
Gap Grass perfume
A lot of parts for my SVT Focus
I just want a Wonka Bar!!!
Skydancers
Popeyes Chicken Bowl which included red rice, beans, and strips of chicken, in a bowl. Served with a packet of sour cream. Magnifico!
The game BattleForge
Wonderballs!!
Wendy’s spicy chicken nuggets
I wish there was an up-to-date version of the Subaru STi. A current-gen 550bhp hybrid turbo with diffs, adjustable suspension, ride-height and mechanical, torque vectoring, 4WD. Yes PLEASE. A true rally car.
Steak, egg, and cheese bagel at McDonald's. That was my favorite thing there but my locals don't serve it anymore, now I'm sad :(
M&M royales
Welches Grape Soda!
Windows fuckin movie maker so I don't have to email myself shit and edit on my other computer
Sony Ericsson Walkman Phone W800. White and Orange
carnation breakfast bars.
MA dick
Windows Longhorn. It was such a promising project, but it discontinued in favor of Windows Vista.
Cadbury's chocolate covered pretzels
Oh lord, so many, but they'd mainly be food products:
Bonus Round: Axe Fever Body Wash. Say what you will about Axe, but I feel like that Brazilian Mud soap was the best men's body wash ever.
Staying home from school sick and spending all morning watching countless episodes of Scooby-Doo or Tom and Jerry.
Not really a 'product' but McDonalds used to serve these Cheesy Macaroni Snacks years ago, for 2 weeks this went on and it was all I could eat. I miss them.
the iPod classic
Mid 2012 macbook pro
Arizona Black and White Ice Tea
3D Dorito's!
Tropical Sprite Remix
Nik naks in a yellow packet-cream and cheesy flavour
Oreo O’s
Democracy
Smoky BBQ Doritos. Anyone else remember those?
Blockbuster movies. It's more of a service but it was so epic.
Go tarts. The big, frosting filled stick pop tarts they sold for like a year in maybe 2005. I was fucking obsessed.
Yikes pencils@!
Josta
Flash Forward
Wrigley's Creme Savers
A normal jerry can without one of the stoppers.
PS/2 Keyboard
Ecto Cooler.
As bro-ish as it sounds, axe body spray had a scent called willing that smelled incredible. Received a ton of compliments on how good I smelled.
We have "Nougat Bits" here which are cereal pockets filled with chocolate.
When I was younger, they had a special edition with an apple filling. They tasted amazing like some apple pie. The other day I got cookies filled with some apple stuff, and they taste so good it reminded me of the apple filled cereal.
Hardee's + Auntie Anne's pretzel bun BEC. Jfc.
Airport Express
Tech21 Comptortion guitar pedal, cause I really want one that’s not insanely overpriced
Lite-brute the original
iPod classic.
PB Crisps.
Those things were so fucking tasty.
Pepsi Blue. I would pay some serious money to have that goodness in my life again!
Bulla icy poles when the mixed pack came with a green one that was mint not lime
Old school Sour Skittles!
They brought back this crap, cheap imitation in Australia and they're just not the same :(
Bionicle
DUNKAROOS..I NEED THEM. I CRAVE THEM IT HAS BEEN TOO MANY A MOON.
Saltine crackers made with real shortening instead of whatever petroleum product has taken its place. McDonald's french fries cooked in beef tallow.
Any old appliance I’m trying to find a replacement part for.
Hot Cheetos Asteroids.
A comforter made by Room Essentials. I’ve had mine since college and have been wanting to replace it but they discontinued it.
Astros. They were the best. Crispy outside chocolate inside.
Disney movies made with classic 2-D animation. Seriously, Pixar is overrated.
Those lil bottles of juice where the bottle is made out of bubble gum candy and you can eat it / chew it afterwards.
Just about every photographic film ever :(
Cheap video capture cards. Had one in my 98 Macintosh clone, but ever since then they've been prohibitively expensive.
Pepsi Summer Mix. I still have rainchecks from years ago for them.
Maybelline waterproof liquid eyeliner. They changed the formula in the late 80s - early 90s. It smelled terrible, and was mildly irritating if you got it in your eyes but it makes all the liquid eyeliners of today look and wear like a joke.
The old iPod Classics
Clearly Canadian.
Chef Boyardee - Tortellini
Why!? My belly needs this nostalgia again
Hi-C Ecto Cooler
The umpc and more specifically the oqo.
Doritos 3D
Pudding Pops
Pebble watches. Best smartwatch ever.
Coca cola with cocaine inside
3D Doritos
Honey nut corn flakes. They were a thing, and they were so good!
Blockbuster. I was never around for it. I wanna hire xboxes, man :(
Goddamn pebble smart watches. No one has made a watch that is waterproof, has interchangeable straps, custom watchfaces, multi day battery life, always on display, and good notification support. I'm buying used ones on eBay whenever I can.
If anyone is reading this and has an old pebble time steel or pebble steel they'd like to offload, please let me know.
KY Intrigue. I've found other kinds of lube that have come close but nothing quite like it. Probably found out it causes genital cancer or something and stopped making it, but damn did that lube feel nice.
1950's Fridgidaire Stove
Not sure about rest of the world, but about 15 years ago Nerd Mcflurries were a thing
TANTRUM!
Peach fruit bursts.
No one seems to know why they were discontinued, but they were unequivocally the best flavor.
Pepsi Blue. While everyone was screaming "Bring Back Crystal Pepsi!" I was wishing they would bring back Pepsi Blue
Hecking Facebook's plants vs zombie adventures. I waited 5 years for that damned game and it was discontinued when I finally got a chance to play it.
Blue Ox Energy Drink. Down with Red Bull
Real ORIGINAL Twinkies....
2C-B
Lipton Green Gunpowder tea. That shit was my jam.
Mars Delight
Butterfinger BBs and Surge.
Dunkaroos
Squiggle wiggle writers.
They were battery operated pens that when activated made your writing squiggly, and impossible to read.
Turkey Twizzlers
Spacefood sticks!
3d doritos
Chocolate-covered Payday bars.
CRT TVs an monitors for classic TV and games. they're getting more and more difficult to find.
Butter finger bb's Can't find them anywhere anymore :(
Dinoriders toys. I had hours of fun playing with neighbors that owned sets that I didn't have. Tyco had a heck of a run back then.
Mango sour Altoids, just once please.
Little Debbie's Spice Cake, please!
red bull cola.
I thought Surge. Then I found one a couple years ago, fresh, I guess a re-release? Anyway, half a can and my stomach hurt for a day and a half. Nope. I'm not doing that again.
Arnott's old shapes flavours. They brought back a couple, but I want the old Nacho Cheese and Cheese And Bacon flavours back.
parfaits at KFC
Twix Mix. Return my twix mix damnit.
McD's Schezwan Sauce
Pepsi Jazz - especially the black cherry flavor.
Luna Bars, the Chocolate Raspberry and Cookies n Dream flavors (my two favorites were the two they initially sacked).
MAC Makeup - Light As Air eyeliner and Sheena lipgloss.
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Deep fried, crispy McDonald's apple pie.
IKEA sold this awesome fish slice/flat spoon hybrid and it was literally the greatest cooking implement I have ever used. I would love to replace it.
Citrus polos!!
Pepsi blue and orange jolt
sim-ant, hell the old maxis developer.
and a zune
Goat's cheese and chilli jam crisps from Tesco.
Hiptop/ sidekick. I always thought they looked so cool as a kid
When coke had coke in it
Buzzlightyear cereal. THAT SHIT WAS AMAZING.
The southwest steak Boarder bowl at Taco Bell
caramel rolls from Pillsbury :)
Crispix cereal. Lord have mercy.
Also those chocolate things that were shaped like pringles. Snaps?
Entenmann's Apple Crumb Pie. Carvel German Chocolate Cake Ice Cream.
Royal Castle. Yes it was a South Florida knock off of White Castle (oh my joy when after 10 Royal Castleless years I passed a White Castle!)
Mmmmmm, sitting at the counter sitting just a foot from the grill watching them fry the onions and little square burgers up real close.
The Saloman soft boots. I swear to goodness the best ski boots ever for teaching. Like slippers. Zero performance but utterly perfect.
Tyrkisk Peber pastilles - small soft explosions of strong liquerice. They have made couple of other larger things but they are shit compared to late 20th century goodness.
Ralph Lauren Romance Silver for men.
Altoids Sour Hard Candy. Those things destroyed my 10 year self's tongue.
Arcade games everywhere. 7-11 , grocery store, pizza place, movie theater, hotels, every freakin where. And sticking your finger in every pay phone slot to see if it had change in it. Like a kid version of winning the lottery.
Commodore 64. I’m too young to have used them new, but to me using something so limited to do so many cool things is just kinda awesome.
Vanilla Coke is almost non existing in Norway, only special importers sell it... I really like vanilla coke
Puma frankenclyde shoes. Gillete clear stick anti perspirant. Both retired well over 8 years ago tt
I’m fairly sure they have it in other countries still, but “Krave” cereal. It was a limited time product in Australia and it was the greatest cereal I had ever tasted. Never gonna get it back :(
Pollywaffles and Toobs. Australia is worse off without them.
3d doritos
Oreo cakesters! Those suckers were delicious
3D Doritos
Philips Pronto, yes I know there are way newer and better remote solutions, but there is something about using a pc to program it and having all the customization you want...
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The BBQ chicken from KFC back in the 90s.. Oh that was so delicious!
McDonald's hot mustard sauce
Those old WWF ice creams that were around back in the day. Though they were the most expensive items the trucks carried they were so worth it.
berry sprite
Goya body spray.
Butterfinger BB’s and those Doritos that were shaped like cones. Asteroid Hot Cheetos.
Dorito 3Ds. And the imposters from a few years ago don’t count.
Apple Lucozade
Cheerios Snack Mix. All of the flavours were fucking delicious, and Chex Mix just isn't the same.
Hi-C hard candy. Those were soooo good! Hit clips! Skip it lol
Trader Joe's Tom Yum Cashews.
Snapple Elements
Sour nibs. Best candy ever, but I can't even find any proof online that it existed.
Nerds chewey, they had a hard exterior and a delicious chewey interior, I swear they only sold for line a year, they're so hard to find now
Edit: it appears they've been rebranded as nerds bumpy jellybeans
The Kobo mini e-reader. That size is perfect to keep in my back pocket and it made a really cool gift. Must have sold badly, so now all e-reader readers are bigger
Sinclair C5, dangerous but would be hella fun.
Hershey's Kissables (mini kisses) I have memories of eating this as a kid hanging out with me mum
Twisties Zig Zag, it was a type of chip in Australia now all they have is original and chicken flavour
BBQ Fritos, my man. Like they crash landed on the Lost island.
Bacon thin Crackers. I would sell my soul for those to come back. Eat those tickets with some easy cheese and I am golden.
Apple slice soda
Topples Crackers. I loved eating the little crunchy things on the top. Plus we always called them topless which is hilarious in middle school.
Horseradish Pringles. I think I'm the only person that liked them, but man were they good.
Pizzaria chips. After they discontinued these my ex and I found a bunch at a surplus store and we bought all of them.
My will to live
Pepsi blue and crystal pepsi
Mx5 NB series in Australia
Sprinkle Sprangles hidden treasures cereal
The BK Quad stacker. I remember a time where dad and I would get four every day while working on the house. Those things were addictive. We were sad when they got rid of the quad, meaning we had to get 6 triples instead.
Don't see them on the menu anymore sadly.
Also Golden Bear arizona is not sold anywhere in central Ohio. The strawberry mix one is, but I hate that one and just want straight GB.
Sobe's Black and Blue Berry Brew. It was a dairy based drink so it had to be refrigerated. Only had it once and never saw it again.
Also Lemon-Lime shots made by Popsicle. Used to get them from ice cream trucks as a kid but can't find them in my area anymore.
Honey Graham Oh’s, the cereal. Post bought it from Quaker, which was fine up until they changed the recipe. Had their new “Honey Oh’s” right after having a box of the old ones and the flavor and texture just aren’t there...
For those of you who don’t know what the cereal tastes like, I think of Honey Graham Oh’s as large crunchy Cherrios that have a better taste and texture and also crunchy bits in the center. Also they had graham flour which gave it that good flavor.
Wacky Wafers!
Anyone else with me on this one? No? Anyone?
The BLT taco from Taco Bell.
PSION PDAs,
fit in a pocket, had a keyboard good enough to type lectures in realtime on, a touch screen for scribbling formulas or sketches, a functional database, spreadsheet etc. And ran for 20 hours on a pair of AA batteries. Modern 'ultrabooks' are far more powerful yes, but they fail the 'can I put it in my pocket and just carry it everywhere' test. Mobile phones don't have the keyboard or the fully functional apps.
I really miss both Coca-Cola with Lemon and Pepsi Twist since I'm very much into Cola soft drinks with lemon.
Well, way back in the olden times My computer worked for me. I'd laugh and play, all night and day On Zork I, II and III.
The Amiga, VIC-20 and the Sinclair II. The TRS 80 and the Apple II. They did what they were supposed to do.
Wasn't much... but it was enough
club penguin plushies
Totino's Sandwich Rolls - Cheeseburger flavored.
Fuck Pizza Rolls, these things had a bunch of meat in them.
Bonus round - the BK Whopper Jrs on sourdough bread.
Starburst JOOSTERS!
Does anybody else remember Hidden Treasures, the breakfast cereal with the frosting filled squares?
Fiery Habenero Doritos
Pepsi Blue. Yeah I said it.
Fight me.
Cadbury’s Spira, they were my favourite chocolate bar.
The McRib. I miss that shit ao much i tried to make my own bootleg version from a banquet meal microwave dinner. Also the fried apple pie from Mcdonalds
Crystal Pepsi
Tangy fruits(in New Zealand) not sure if there still available world wide
The milo bar that was like a solidified chunk of milo covered in chocolate.
The original Black Forest gummy bears. They changed the recipe and now they're terrible. It's only Haribos for me now.
Personal Budget Tools
A deceptively simple and small DOS .exe pre-Windows program I’ve used since 1984. It was freeware and beats all the pay-for software for personal budgeting. It had a clever feature of borrowing against future bills/savings to satisfy current needs (thus getting more “bang” out of your short-term savings), but everything worked out in the end.
I switched to Mac five years ago, but keep the old clunky Windows PC around just to run this one program.
I wish the author continued to develop this little jewel, but neither seem to be around out in the market. Unfortunately, the search for his program (PBT.exe) now turns up a high-risk Trojan virus.
Tamagotchis. My childhood :(
there are only a few billion on ebay to buy :P
CRT TVs... For the hours of fun using Light guns
The spicy nuggies at Wendy’s
Coke when it still had cocaine in it. Its the obvious answer here.
Berries and cream Dr Pepper.
there's a drink that was around in the 95-99 era called kwencher creamsicle water I can't even find it on ebay today
Pepsi blue. I loved that shit, the rest of the world, not so much.
The Nexus series of phones/tablets because they have the best execution of the "budget flagship" concept that OnePlus and other budget flagship manufacturers can't match.
The Apple slate blue color (best known from the iPhone 5). They could have improved it and made it less likely to scratch, but nope. They killed that awesome color after a year and replaced it with boring shades of grey and black.
American Apparel before they became nothing more than a brand owned by Gildan. When they actually lived up to their name and made shit in the US in addition to having way better quality than whatever Gildan is capable of. I don't mind if they are outsourcing to other countries now (I mean they supposedly don't use sweatshops so that's good if true), but the quality just got fucked hard in the ass by Gildan.
Quality Abercrombie and Fitch/Hollister clothing. Their products have turned into shit and are continually getting worse since 2014.
Pretty soon, Ford cars in the US market will be added to my list because they're killing them all except for the Mustang and the Subaru Crosstrek-like Focus Active. I don't live in the US, so I hope Ford doesn't do the same here.
I used to like a food item Sainsbury's did for many years...it was a minced beef roll. My mum always bought it when I was younger and I really enjoyed. Sainsbury's stopped selling quite a while ago.
So this is something that only recently became discontinued, but Windows 10's pdf reader. Microsoft's released an update that got rid of a simple layout, low ram usage reader, and shifted it to their Edge browser. Which means it no longer saves your settings, uses more ram, and may not always work offline.
Basically, they got rid of a perfectly good program, causing me to refuse to update my other computer for the rest of its life. If it isn't broken, don't fix it, because Microsoft's idea of fixing things is utterly breaking them.
Josta.
This post has been up for a while and this comment probably won’t get many views, but the Xbox One launched in 2013 with the ability to play a game while simultaneously “snapping” an (usually video) app to ~1/4 of the screen. Microsoft got rid of that capability in updates around a year or 2 later in order to increase the speed of the console as a whole. I wish it still existed because I frequently want to play a game and watch my favorite team play baseball at the same time, but instead have to choose one or the other.
Sprig-o-mints
Coffee Klondike Bars
Metal Tonka toys, citrus sharp flavour polos, fuse bars, these m&m topped biscuit things, strawberry and cream hard candies (the brand name escapes me) blue raspberry panda pops, freddos chomps and fudges that still cost 10p, tropical flavour hubba bubba, forest fruits flavour solero, ettemann's chocolate fudge cake, (no longer sold in the UK) various action man toys from the 90s I never got, various gen 1 pokémon card theme decks I never got, halogen bulbs, pre-sugar tax Ribena, (RIP) pre-sugar tax Irn Bru, (RIP) the NEO-GEO... I could go on.
But it's mostly discontinued food items that hurt the most.
Surge and Krakel. They brought them back for a bit but now I can't find them anymore.
Pokemon cereal. The one with the little marshmallow Pokemon. I loved that when I was little!
Onken frufoo chocolate UFOs. They were THE shit as a kid, alas apparently Onken has said no to ever bringing them back :(
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Nintendo Gameboy
Infinite data in my area :(
GoPro Sessions. Just recently discontinued :(
McDonalds Mighty Wings
(Ireland) A good cereal selection. I remember when I was younger, you had a huge array of cereals to choose from. Now it's just Cornflakes, Weetabix and Special K.
Doo Dads. They were perfect.
Official Battlefield 2142 servers
The Logitech MX-500 (and the 510 and 518) mouse. Best mouse ever.
Burger Men
Since it hasn't been said yet and despite the lateness of my post.
Dear pizza hut, little ceasars, and the rest of your pizza assholes.
I would like my pretzel crust pizza back please. Me and the other 5 million people who want it as well.
Hotcheeto Asteroids
a delicious can of Surge!!
Dark chocolate Reese’s
DUNKAROOS
Need for Speed Most Wanted 2005 as a PS2 classic on the Playstation Store
PB Max . Sadly I discovered it within 2 weeks of it apparently being taken off the market, at least in my area
Citroën's hydropneumatic car suspension system "Hydractive". Makes the worst dirt road feel like velvet. Like riding a magic carpet. Really!
Sour altoids
Taco Bell flatbread sandwiches.
I ate 5 a day for months.
PopTarts that were made with pastry and filling instead of cardboard and filling remnants.
The old ipod shuffle
Grilled cheese Uncrustables. No one ever remembers when I bring them up.
The ESP FX series. Great guitars for the price from what I've heard (lower budget) but discontinued...
Weberli by Lieken. That a small cake with creme filling and different chocolate around it. (White, brown, darkbrown, hazelnut and so on) There are only fake products with DARK chocolate available and they are ugly. XD Btw: american cakes are much more sweet.... It's not like a twinkie, weberli is not so sweet even with its creme filling.
The crispy chicken quesadilla from taco bell. I would spend 60$ on them if they came back.
I kind of want to try cocaine cola, but something much less than a line mixed in.
Blue Pepsi
Panda Pops!
2 pack medium sized jaw breakers.
Pop tarts in Australia
Strawberry frosted chex. Everytime I go to the store I hope to see it, but it's never there...
Costco's Kirkland "Court Classic" shoes. They decided after something that worked for 20+ years to replace it with a piece of garbage. Pissed me off bigtime. No warning or anything, just one day, oh, no shoes. Thanks.
Craftsman tools. They're now just garbage made in China.
Small smartphones. I can't buy a new smartphone, because they're too big for my pockets and also too big for my fucking hands.
Turkey Twizzlers
When The Incredibles came out it had this amazing strawberry cereal and I loved it so much. Also Yogos.
Vine
IPods with the scrollwheel!
3D Doritos and Pepsi Blue
Nestea was so good before they rebranded.
Does anyone remember the block of wood? It was softwood on the outside and a "mystery toy" on the inside made of hardwood, the instructions were basically take a knife and carve away anything that isnʻt the toy?
Big Red gum by Wrigley's. It's probably still available in the US, but I can't seem to find it anywhere here in Europe anymore.
Available in germany at least in 2017 (but perhaps imported through edeka)
Germany is actually one of the few European countries I have never been in, but thanks! I'll keep my eyes out for it when I go there someday!
Otherwise, you could try to order it via a european internet shop. there are many shops with imported sweets, chips and co. Add a few Reese's etc or buy more bubble gums and you will reach the minimum order value. I do this with many things when i know it's still available in other countries.
Gotta try this out, thanks a bunch!
Centre Shock chewing gum
Champs Sporting Goods Tall Tees. The best under shirts ever made...
The msg in 80's crisps.
The old reddit layout feelsbadman
ROCKY ROAD CADBURY CHOCOLATE. They still sell it at like corner shops and everything but not at main stores anymore.
Coca cola with cocaine seems like an incredibly good idea
Green apple flavoured Coca-Cola! I remembered having them as a child while doing my homework every now and then!
Even though its not a product, Club Penguin
Planet HotWheels.
Was an awesome online game for a 6 year old car/hotwheels freak like me
Motherboards supporting older cpu sockets :'(
Laurentian pencil crayons. Not sure why they left but I never liked Crayola.
Pepsi Blue.
Marlboro Gold Advance, best cigarettes ever, not too strong, not too light. Discontinued like 5 years ago ? I've been smoking Reds since and it's just shit
The Sponge
Gakken denshi block - which was basically like legos with electric circuits built in. You could build radios and light sensors, and various other systems.
[I grew up in Japan in the 70s]
It's not discontinued yet but it will be in a couple months.. :(
The MOBA Gigantic
Mountain Dew kickstart lime flavor.
Pickled onion discos.
Doritos Collisions, they used to have two equally delicious flavours in one bag so you didnt know what flavour you were getting. I could eat 4 share bags of those bad boys easily.
I miss legal cannabis. RIP 1937..
Hot Cheetos Asteroids small and compact, had a bottle every Friday for 5 years as a kid.
Marie Calenders Steamers. Specifically the mac and cheese one.
Zune HD
3D doritos. Still nothing like it.
Pepsi Blue
3D Doritos
Vanilla coke. Its disgusting alone, but with rum is amazing. Too bad it was only in store when i was like 5 years old
The iPod classic. I have one and it’s a tank but it would be to have another for when it dies.
BMW M3 e92
Szechuan sauce
Fucking parts for my car!
Fender Rhodes and hohner cabinets 👌
Vimto
Bill Cosby as a non rapist.
Factory straight 6 turbo'd cars.
Dude that's like every car BMW makes.
I should've been more specific, I mean mainly Japanese cars.
Sims 3. I know Sims 4 exist. I just want sims 3 extension packs. And all of them to play at the same time.
Original Oreo ice cream with the chocolate ice cream, not the boring vanilla ice cream. Ate buckets of it in the 90's.
Snowflakes (no, not that kind). They were white chocolate versions of the 'flake' chocolate bar and were incredible.
Doritos Habañero :(
Google Reader :<
Ocean snacks, the best potato chips ever, used to be able to get them at Lidle
Been discontinued for years now, but I still have hope every time I go to the shops
Whatever kind of Sketchers GoRun sneaker I used to have. Wore them apart, and there's not many around anymore.
3D Doritos. I was only like four when they were still around and I only ever had them once, and they were the tits.
Cherry and Bub Mike and Ikes.
The cherry flavor you can get in almost any Mike and Ike box, but the bubblegum flavor is nowhere :(
No fuckings body will read this but
Maggi chicken
And kfc spicy girlled chicken
Backkk
Hubba Bubba Jug!
A proper mini-hifi like in the 80s/90s. Those micro-hifi you can get these days are junk, unless you're willing to pay a high premium price (and they still would be junk then, I'm sure). They look like junk too.
Im a tactile person. I like to have nice, firm buttons to click, or a nice smooth dial I can turn. And a Big clear display And it just worked better and faster... The one I have now is junk and i regret buying it. The buttons are horribly plasticy with no input, if you don't press it juuuuust right it doesnt take, the display is utterly minimal and already is broken, and for some goddamn reason, whenever you turn it on it reads the CD first, even if you have it on radio when you turned it off.
And this already wasn't a cheap thing, so it's not like I bought a 25$ pos.
This product, basically a caffeine pill wrapped in 4~6 hours of coating that your stomach dissolves while you sleep. Good if you don't have much time to sleep and tend to oversleep. I bought a pack in 2016, but I guess they went out of business.
Parts for cars older than 15 years.
Quatro, fizzy drink available in the UK in early 90s. Flavour was amazing
KFC bean salad. So mouthwateringly good.
The Franco-American macaroni and Cheese, gosh that stuff was good. Oh, and getting the chemistry sets that came in cardboard boxes, purchased at Radio Shack.
Doritos Late Night Midnight Taco (they had a Cheeseburger one too, but I loved the Taco), or Doritos Almond and Cheese; this one was only in Japan, I was able to order them once, loved them, and was never able to find them again.
Candid, a free anonymous app like reddit, but you don't have a profile so nothing could be backtracked to you.
Orbitz flavored water with the floating candies
Altoids Sour Tangerine Candy was so good
Virgin hookers.
Real cast iron products that actually last instead of having to overpay on Ebay or elsewhere.
Jack in the Box’s French toast sticks
Hi-c Ectocooler that shit is delicious
Lemmings. Best damn computer game, but its speed is based on the computer’s clocking so on modern computers, all the lemmings move like they’ve just snorted a couple lines.
So many great cars... Silvias, MR2s (the good ones), Lan Evos (the good ones), Mazda Rotaries (the good ones)...
Yogos, those lil yogurt balls
Chips Ahoy with sprinkles.
Vault, the greatest soda/energy drink every made.
Pepsi blue
Cheese stuffed chicken nuggets. I don't remember the company, but after I moved to South Dakota as a kid, I haven't seen them since.
Incandescent light bulbs are dying so fast, but I love them so much. Just more atmosphere than leds I think.
nixie tubes :P
Walkmans
Software wise Windows SteadyState, most people remember the 'deep freeze' functionality, but it was more than that. It had decent management features like controlling what programs a user could use and how long they could use the account. But you could lock down any user account even further to the point that you probably couldn't install malware if your tried. Too bad it was only for XP and Vista.
Now I know that some of the functionality has been move to other built-in features like parental controls in Windows 7 and Windows 10, but its not the same, there were many things you could easily lock down via steady state that's more cumbersome in later versions via GPO or Policy Plus.
Tamagochi, I dont know, there was something about it i really enjoyed. I could never complete it though, I had my little creature but when I went to school I couldnt play it so I would come back and it would be dead. I want to have another go, take it to work with me and nurture my little Tamagochi.
The McGreek
Planters PB Crisps
its always related to some kind of make up.
Original recipe Codral. Thanks a fucking bunch bikes for taking a helpful medicine and using at as a precursor to amphetamine products.
The products of as recently as a couple of years ago still doesn't hold a candle to that of 20 years ago. Even further than that the products here in Australia now no longer contain codeine and it had been replaced by paracetamol. Another "substitute" option is phenylephrine, which to me has never been anything other than a placebo.
Daniel Smith Watercolor Quinacridone Gold
Taco Bell’s bellbeefer. Maybe it’s bell beefer. I dunno, doesn’t matter anymore.
McRibs
Pre-Kraft Cadburys chocolate
Vine :(
Halo 2 on the Xbox. Superjumps and sword/rocket lunge
can easily still play. Easy to mod the xbox now and you just play on what is basically a privately run xbox live service. (free)
You can also play on PC with what is a basically privately run xbox live service.
http://www.h2v.online
Josta
White maltesers.
Taco bell volcano burrito
Taco bell volcano burrito
In the UK. I used to love the Ben and Jerry’s sorbet, Jamaican Me Crazy. Haven’t seen it in years :(
The smarties push pops. Although they still exist, they don't in Australia
hard to find in the states too. Just depending on where you live they can be common, or super rare.
Whenever i do road trips i know where the good spots are to buy some :D
Super Mario Kraft dinner. It's like the shapes made it taste better.
Hardee’s classic double cheeseburger
My will to live
Pillsbury Waffles. The ones that came in a bag. Ate those all the time as a kid.
The Serie Flash Forward. I'm still waiting for answers from the first (and only) season.
There was a snack in the 80s called "Dooley's" I think. They were like Combos, only instead of pretzel on the outside of the tiny cheese log, it was potato chip. They had different flavors like sour cream and onion, and they RULED.
I want the 90s era Trix cereal back. When it still had the colorful fruit shapes. I was so disappointed in the box I bought last week.
I remember having these two balls, one blue and one red and when you hit.them together they would spark, can't remember exactly what the chemicals they were coated in were but they felt chalky. I wish I still had them or could find a set :/
Also, video game demos.
The Google Nexus 7 2013 version. Fantastic price for a great tablet that has not in any way slowed down with time. If I can get a hold of like 5, I would mount them in certain areas of my house to control lights, music, etc. I cba with voice command stuff.
Fucking Yogos
Original Moviepass
Strawberry milkshake poptarts
Google reader...
Still waiting for Fanta still to come back
Heinz toast toppers 😢
Turkey twizzlers
Wonder balls
It was these little hot Cheetos ball type things in a thermos container. Miss those
Josta soda and Planter's PB Crisps
Wired Xbox 360 controllers.
Acuvue Advance for astigmatism (contact lenses).
The replacement, Acuvue Oasys, is supposed to be more oxygen-permeable, but they hurt my eyes. Apparently ~20% of the population has a sensitivity to that type of silicone hydrogel, and I am one of them.
I wore Acuvue Advance for 14 years. They were perfect. My eyes never felt dry, they never shifted around and made my vison blurry, I could wear them all day every day with no irritation.
I've tried 5-10 other brands of contacts, and not one of them has worked as well. It makes me sad. They messed with the perfect thing.
Habanero ranch nugget sauce at McDonald's.
On the other hand, it's probably a good thing because now I don't eat there any more.
Count Chocula cereal
Concord and cars with interesting shapes..who wants a silver wedge? I want a car that goes slow, and has ladies' curves.
Cookies-n-cream Twix.
Sssoooo good.
Orbitz loved that drink
Salt and Vinegar Bugles. Best crispy crisp power money could harness.
When I was a child there where some kind of cool(temperature) chocolate balls filled with strawberry cream.
God I loved them. Propably pure chemistry and unhealthy as f*ck, most likely the reason its no longer available, but god I miss them.
Worst if all is that there is a "You are a real 90's kid blabla..." picture currently popping up everywhere on facebook showing that exact product.
Dizzy grizzlies
Dibs! You can't find them in stores anymore, they just sell small containers with chocolate coating. I miss the mint chocolate chip ones!
O'Grady's potato chips. Super thick Ruffles. Awesome.
Flavored cigarettes. Im not a regular smoker i probably go through 2 packs a year at this point in my life but the 2000 erea flavored camel cigarettes were ficking sweet. Then again i would probably smoke more if there was a bigger variety of flavors available so its probably good for me that they are gone.
A current-ish iPhone with a headphone jack
Bacardi 151. That stuff was so strong & they stopped making it because of all the lawsuits
Amazin' Fruits Gummy Bears. Before every swim meet in HS my mom would bring me a 1lb bag of those and a Gatorade. No other gummy bear tastes as good as those Amazin' Fruits...
Crest Citrus Splash Toothpaste.
It was a legendary toothpaste. Strong and sweet but also mild. not like sticking candy in my mouth like bubblegum, or sticking fire in my mouth like mint. It's gentle but firm caress became part of my nightly ritual.
Unfortunately, it got discontinued 2 years ago and my 2nd to last tube is starting to show signs of flavor degradation due to old age. I'm afraid my last stockpiled tube will taste foul when I open it. I have tried looking for other orange-flavored toothpastes but they are all stupid "all-natural" toothpastes with no fluoride. I like the flavor but I also have weak ass teeth due to a birth defect.
When I called Crest 4 years ago when it was pulled from supermarket shelves they reassured me that they wouldn't discontinue it anytime soon. They fucking lied. now I will have to go through the process of hunting for a new toothpaste which is gonna suck.
The original apple earphones
Jujjy Fruits
Airwalk Black shoes with the carrot....
It's not the shoes... it's the nostalgia of those times I guess.
Continental Cheesy Rice. That food was of the Gods.
Lays WOW chips
Cheezit zing's in Chipotle flavor.
Good God life was good with those things
lawn darts
Taco Flavored Doritos are not as common as they used to be.
Those orange swiffer sweeper things that you used on carpets, they had sticky insides that would catch the dirt and stuff.
As someone with a literal frady cat who cant handle the carpet being beaten let alone a vacuum cleaner, they were a godsend.
PEPSI BLUE!
That shit was so good! My parents got it for me every weekend because I was addicted and they were kind enough to feed my addiction. I still have that itch and it'll never go away...
Volcano burrito at taco bell
Sitting bull ice cream
The Flintstone sherbert push up ice cream pops. They used to come in orange, berry, lime/lemon, and grape sherbert and I've never been able to find them since. I know push up pops still exist but man, Flintstone's were the bomb.
Just Right cereal. I'm told it's still available elsewhere, but in the states it's been bigfooted.
MX518!
P.B. Crisps by Planters. It was a crispy peanut shaped cookie (not like nutter butters, it was actually three dimensionally shaped like a peanut), and it had peanut butter cream inside. They were my favorite childhood snack.
It actually used to say on the Planters website that they were discontinued for being 'too delicious'.
Country mints
I might need help finding this product on the interwebs because I just spent 20 min on Google looking for the damn thing and it's like the device never existed.
In 2009, my school got a grant (in Oklahoma public schools if anybody cares) to buy like 200 of these little hand held computers that ran windows xp. They had a capacative touchscreen and a physical qwerty thumb-sized keyboard split in half and placed on either side of the screen on the bezel and if I remember right either a joystick or a tiny trackpad for precision control. It was about the same size of a Nintendo switch and had about the same computing power as it took our first rockets to reach the moon. They also got these custom charging docks for all of them in each classroom. They ran the same os and network as the lab computers so everybody knew how to use them.
At the time I was absolutely fascenated but it was toward the end of the year already and I was going to a different School the next year so I didn't get to mess with them for long. I wanted to know if I could get one before I left and when I knew wtf it was, I just googled it and there were about 2 or 3 models and they all cost over $900 so I kissed my jobless ass dream goodbye.
If anybody else knows wtf I'm talking about please put me out of my misery.
Monster munch that turn your tounge blue
McDLT
Starburst choozers even though I'm never gonna have them again I'd happily pay 20x retail just for another packet
McDonald’s pizza
Fun Fruits
Cheddar Ranch Frito Twists
Best snack ever eaten.
Doritos had the most intense flavors for two summers in a row. They were 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burn. They were the most spicy but also most flavorful chips I have ever had and when I found it was a limited time deal... part of me died. Everytime I go into a grocery store I check just in case they are there. Like idk if anyone else enjoyed them as much as me and my bros, but we had so much fun even trying to find a store with 3rd degree (we assumed it was too hot and did sell as well as the 2 other flavors)
Curry Lay's. Goodness, those were addicting.
LEGO Bionicles Man those were my childhood
Nike 6.0
I have no idea if they exist anymore or not to be honest but I used to drink a lot of Johnny bootleggers in college and I haven't seen one since
I wish I could reflash the firmware on my creative zen touch. It's a 10gb drive that you carry around and play music out of and it's so fucking beautiful.
I was trying to update the firmware to make it compatible with Windows 7 and up but it crashed and died and now I can't get it to work anymore.
Tamagotchi
Waffle crisp cereal, it scared the hell out of the top of my mouth but damn those were some good ass cereal
Turkey twizzlers
Skippy Peanut Butter Bars.
Those things were the perfect combo of creamy peanut butter and crunchy peanuts. I remember when our local grocery store stopped carrying them, so I begged my mom to look in other stores for them. Eventually they disappeared entirely, and I’m still not over it.
SNES, I have a bunch of old games I haven't been able to play since I was, like, 8.
Old Nokia Phones. Like those 3310s that never break even if it goes through 2 world wars.
Presto Magix™
Solarcaine spray. That stuff worked wonders on bug bites.
The still orange juice by Tango.
Mulan Szechuan Sauce
My sexlife.
Berry flavoured Relentless where it was still the 50% juice mix. That drink was like drinking liquid sugar. Best thing ever
Mr. Green soda. I loved that stuff while at college.
My hp 2311x monitor. Now that I have money, I would like a second one.
Wonka mudsludge
Totino's Chicken and Cheese Quesadilla rolls
Jello pudding pops....crap, too soon??
Left-handed MMO mice (Razer Naga, ...).
They've been out-of-stock basically worldwide for a bit more than a couple years now, and I have 2 friends who (unwillingly) quit playing WoW with us because their left-handed Naga died and they couldn't find a replacement. They still hang out with us a bit on Discord but they can't play without their MMO mice.
Once you get used to them, you can't play MMOs without them. I'd probably have quit too if Naga-type mice suddenly stopped existing but thankfully I'm right-handed.
I can’t remember :(
Only a recent one but Jawbone Jambox Big: I own one and damn if it’s not an amazing sound for a whole room.
Get one on eBay while you can. Trust me.
The old 90's jar jar binks green sugar coated star wars version fruit by the foot...forever missed
Giant Chewy Nerds. underrated candy I'll never be able to have again because no one gave it a chance.
Blue Rave Chew Bars 👌🏻
Mars Delight.
They were soooo good! When they were discontinued a grocery store close to my high school sold them super cheap by the box. I remember we went there and bought like 3-4 boxes each (think one box was 20 pcs), and left not knowing whether to be happy of our new stashes or sad because of them bein the last oned we'd ever get to eat...
Oreo Big Stuff.
Giant fist-sized Oreos that came in single-serve pouches. They were the Stuff dreams were made of.
The iPod
Lawn darts.
Volt energy soda.
Afterburner tabletop lcd game. Stayed up all night playing it as a kid
https://youtu.be/5uO3j_bnd_w
Clearly Canadian BlackBerry
Snapple element drinks.
Pineapple crush is fire
Sailor Jerrys Rum.
They changed the flavour in the UK (To match the USA flavour) about 10 years ago, with all new branding.
The story I heard, (but don't have the wherewithal to verfiy) was that 2 owners parted ways - one got the brand, the other got the recipe. Then Old J's was released. Tastes better than new Sailor Jerrys, but still not the same as the older stuff
I want the last generation of Ipod Classics to be put back into production and like 150$
I've always wanted to try Tab Clear
iPod classic
Eat. Think. Smile. Dark chocolate cinnamon almond granola clusters.
iPods with the wheel thingies
3D televisions. I haven't had anything I want more than 1080p for, but 3D is great, especially for gaming.
Tostinos Mexican Pizza! I am not a pizza person but this was my all time favorite.. I still occasionally looking for it every time I go by the frozen pizza aisle.
Oreo O’s
Apple Lucozade!!!!!
Twinings New Zealand Earl Grey Tea
The Roland Juno 6.
3D Doritos
Szchechuan sauce at mcdicks
Pepsi blue
Surge
Chanel Correcteur Perfection Concealer in shade 20. No other concealers I've tried work as well.
Dweebs candy, the soft fat Nerds.
When I was younger my dad used to buy me I've cream that was 5 coloured strips of orange, yellow, purple, blue and pink, and they all tasted of different fruits, it was amazing and I can't find it anywhere. I look for it all the time as it reminds me of lots of nice times as a child.
My 2 products are products that disappeared for years...came back...but now are hard to find.
Pitch Black Mountain Dew. I can only find it at Walmart now. Since "Mountain Dew Ice" came out, everywhere else ditched Pitch Black.
White Twix. Seriously my favorite candy bar ever. I tried making my own "White chocolate caramel shortbread cookies" a few years ago, but it wasn't quite the same. I have found them in Quicktrip gas stations lately, but that's the only store I have seen them.
Doritos 3D
The sci-fi story podcast from the 60's -80's called the X Minus One Podcast. Those things took up 90% of my iPod for years. Check out a few of them on YouTube and you'll see why.
MiniDisc
My local McDonald's here in the UK used to serve root beer (I'm talking back in the 90s). I freaking loved it: I always ordered it whenever I went in there. Then one day they stopped, probably because they had a limited number of dispensers and Coke was vastly more popular, but then they also sold UNcarbonated Fanta, and nobody got time for that.
Memes.
Sour fruit pastilles! The good Rowntree ones. They were my favourite snack ever and they just stopped making them. I emailed Nestle but they just lied to me and said they were still stocking them. I was checking my local Tesco in vain for months.
I miss those jeans I bought a year ago that fit really well and looked cool enough which apparently had to go to make room for stupid and generic.
Edit: by which I mean why do I have to find a new fitting model every year?
Hershey's S'mores candy bar
Ben & Jerry's Bohemian Raspberry
Hot Cheetos Astroids
I spent a lot of time getting an old ebook reader with an audio feature. I don't know why they apparently don't make these anymore, but why would I NOT want to listen to my audio BOOKS on my e BOOK reader?
Pebble smartwatches
Also these Taco Bell items: rolled chicken tacos, XXL Chalupa, and nacho fries
Those orange/green Calipo Shots icecreams. You know that ones I mean, the little balls.
Baked Doritos. I’d kill for some baked Doritos.
Cadbury’s “Secret” chocolate bar.
Palm pilot. I had a Palm III, a Palm IIIx and a Palm IIIc. I dreamed of a Palm V, but it was too pricey for me at that point. That whole OS and ecosystem had a special feeling to it, I have such nostalgic feelings for those devices.
With today’s smartphones I wouldn’t go back, so I guess it’s not the devices I miss, but the whole era. Come to think of it, I actually had a more modern Palm Zire 72 as well, but by that time it didn’t really feel as special anymore.
Nacho fries :(
As a European I don't have a clue what's going on in this thread.
I had a really cool Panasonic "walkman", portable CD players were already around but this was the kinda last of the line / best of best walkman.
It had like a blue metal finish, was barely bigger than a cassette, had "feather touch" buttons (electronic not mechanical), music sensing ffwd and rwd (kinda like skip song now, but it had to detect when the music was quiet between songs) , auto reverse, EQs, in-line headphone lead volume etc etc. Even had little compartment that you could screw on a second battery for longer life. Absolutely everything at the time.
I really miss it, dont know why. Not even sure what happened to it, I had about 5 really good walkmans as a kid, but the rest of them i had like a year each. This one i only remember having it for like a month, but I dont remember losing it or it breaking or anything.
Had a quick scout about on ebay/google i can't even find any evidence panasonic made it, never mind it being for sale 2nd hand.
Logitech G9x Wired/USB Mouse.
It's just absolutely my jam.
I bought 6 on eBay once I found out they were discontinued, and there's two left. This is with repairs, new nylon or teflon feet etc.
Pinky and the Brain.
Invader Zim.
All the old over the counter medicines with cocaine and morphine in them
Turkey twizzlers. I’m still bitter at Jamie Oliver for having them banned... what right does he have to stop me eating mashed up turkeys beaks and feet? They were delicious
Twin Poles! We had them in Australia in the 90s and they were so damn good, especially on a hot summer day.
The Scott Pilgrim game. Love the comics and film, never got to play the game...
Simulation games without in app purchases.
Field hands! MAGA
Those sour Altoids. Nothing compares, man.
A headphone jack on my phone.
Zema’s
McDonald’s pizza. Bluekaffee.
Amazin Gummies
Pepsi Twist.
Note 7 samsung
Schweppes cola. Fuck Pepsi and their buyout
3d Doritos. Pretty tasty.
Common curtsey.
McDonald's pizza
Pepsi Blue
Polywaffle.....that is all. Apparently the process used to make them was too expensive, so not enough profit. What am i supposed to throw in the pool now?
Koogle, that peanut butter they had in the 70s in different flavors
Lemon Ice Gatorade
KFC's Italian Roma and Chinese Imperial Rice Meals. Those were just perfect.
UK - Cadbury's Fuse Bar
Games that come complete, like without dlc or loot boxes or subscriptions or map packs or anything.
Also shooters with 4 player split screen. Or splitscreen Co op. looking at you Halo 5
Baked Doritos
The original Mother energy drink. Damn that was good.
V Absolu fragrance by Valentino.
Still cannot forgive them for discontinuing it.
Digipets
Blue Partyhats
Josta. I don’t know what the fuck it was but it tasted so goddamn good!
Planters PB Crisps hold a special place in my heart. I only ever had one bag but I still remember how delicious it was.
Google glass..
Spaghetti Sauce flavour Monster Munch. They were incredible.
Pepsi Blue. I miss it so much.
When I was a kid maybe 20 years ago, there were these drinks I loved called Orbitz I think. It was a clear pop with little, what I assume were tapioca pudding balls floating around. They came in different colours and flavours. I only remember them being around for a few years.
Original flavoured Mini Cheddar Crinklys. (UK)
Damn they were delicious.
Turkey Twizzlers - FUCK you Jamie Bastard Oliver!
McDonald's Pizza
Rockstar cola, had it a number of times a few years ago and haven't found it since I would love to have it one more time.
Peanut butter Lion Bars.
iPhone 5 back before cell phones got huge and before iOS started using high extra bright colors
From India. Aerated Beverage called Gold Spot. It was a orange based soda created by an India Company when coca cola wasn't there in India. When Coca Cola came back they used really underhanded and sometimes illegal tactics to almost bankrupt the Indian Company. They ended up buying the Indian companies Soda Range which included Thums Up (A much better and cola flavoured drink), Limca (Lemon Soda) and Gold Spot (Competition to Fanta). Coca Cola Killed of Gold Spot and replaced it Fanta which is utterly shitty, they tried killing on Thums Up but couldn't because of the strong brand amongst Indians (Thums Up currently sells more than Coke or Pepsi). So fuck you Coca Cola, Give me back my Gold Spot.
Cadbury’s egg and spoons.
Asics onitsuka tiger ultimate 81 shoes. They changed the design and then hardly make them anymore (if at all). Most comfortable shoe I’ve ever worn. I had a half dozen pair at any given time.
Turkey Twislers
Fuck you Jamie Oliver...
Scannerz
Samsung galaxy note 7
I would give anything to have Planters PB Crisps again. Not only were they delicious, but I have a lot of memories with them with someone close to me before they passed.
Life
Skippy PB (not available in Canada anymore)
Burberry DK88 doctor’s bag men navy blue(or just blue!?) with golden lock. It was sold out so freaking fast. Not silvery lock and not red, not a black handle and not the womens version.
The subscription stuff drives me crazy... I spent a half an hour trying to save a file on my own. Computer with the new excel, it kept telling me I had to sign in to do it. To save a spreadsheet on my own computer! Nothing makes me feel so old as shit like this
Mountain Dew Distortion.
Piece of shit voters. There is only 1 good lime soda, and it's regional. Mt Dew wants to release another one and you stupid fucks pick the tropical flavor? Neck yourself.
Surge
SOAP shoes
Fruitopia
Bassett's Fruit Bon Bons!
They're crack in a colourful packet! You can order them on Amazon, yeah, but I'd die of joy if I saw them in a shop.
Spangles & Pacers
Screaming saucers.
SPIRAL CHEETOS
Starburst Sour Chews
Turkey twizzlers
Giggle Noodle Soup
Starburst Twizzlers :[
Starburst Fruit Twists. I hate Starburst but these were the best.
The supermarkets here always have a slightly different selection of fruit juice each year; there's always the basics (Apple, orange etc) but the mixes are different each year. They're usually the same across the supermarkets in a given year, which makes me think the mixes are made from the cheap fruit for that year.
Anyway, about 10 years ago one of the mixes was banana and orange juice and it was the shit. It's never come back into the shops (I hope each year) so I've had to attempt to recreate it a few times instead.
Those Jaffle/Sandwich presses that didnt cut the sandwich in half. I miss those those fuckin things..
From 2004-2006, I used to buy a bag of Fritos, chili and lime flavor, every single day after school.
That shit was fucking delicious.
Sometime during 2006 or 2007, they discontinued the flavor for some ungodly reason, and the only place that still sells it, as far as I know, is Mexico, but the lime and chili flavors they use in Mexico are just too natural and not artificial-tasting enough for my delicate American tongue.
I was only twelve when they discontinued it, since then I've had family members die, but none have hit me as hard as the day I asked the Arab man at the counter where the Fritos went...
Fuck me, it's been a decade and I'm still tearing up.
Pepperidge Farms Mint Brussels. Apparently they are now only a Christmas item, and usually are on the shelf for like two days. They’re far superior to the regular Brussels cookies (or any of the other PF cookies), yet they all but discontinued them.
Oreo-O's! I really miss thoses
p'zones
Prawn cocktail watsits
Pepsi Holiday Spice. I remember buying a case off of eBay one spring after it was discontinued. I have heard that Ikea sells a similar product but it doesn't taste close enough.
Taco Bell mexi nuggets
Aqua fresh citrus flavored toothpaste.
Mint is dumb.
Turkey Twizzlers!
Penguin Flipper Dippers
Breaking bad
In a Biskit. Classic aussie snack, now we must settle for Chicken Crimpy shapes.
Zune HD
Youth.
MXE
Late to the party but a wacom ctl-480 like come on man what's a man gotta do to get a zero latency graphics tablet
Tiger Woods Gatorade pack
Demodiscs with videogame magazine. Complete with a restricted limited contet of games that make you yern for the complete thing.
Toobs. Miss them big time.
Strawberry and Kiwi Fanta
that shit was great, sadly it only was in production for a few years
Logitech UltraX keyboard
Please..
Bellywashers Drink. I used to always get the Spider-Man one because I loved Spider-Man. I got other characters as well. I always kept the bottles and just refilled them.
Jolt cola, that stuff was great. Surprising it has disappeared worn our love for energy drinks now days.
Guacamole Doritos, they would make a killing these days!
4-door extended cab trucks. Loved how you could open up the entire cab and not have a pillar in your way.
Picasa. Easily one of the simplest and most user-friendly photo-editing software for beginners. Absolutely loved its design and simplicity.
35mm film
Certs. I used to love the assorted fruit certs and they stopped existing a few years ago. I can't even buy them online for less than $4 a roll, which is insane.
Hazed and Confused Ben and Jerry's ice cream
Frufo !
Consoles that can play older versions.
Eg PS2 can also play PS1
Oddly enough PS3 can play a few PS1 but not PS2???
Logitech g303 mouse.
Nanna's jam doughnuts
They were in the freezer and were perfect for watching the football
HOT CHEETOS ASTEROIDS
Old style irn bru, if I want to drink 33 grams of sugar in a can....fucking let me.
Cookies N Cream Twix
Lime skittles
Citrus polos (UK)
Snapple had a brand of drinks called Elements. I can't remember the taste, but I sure as fuck remember the fire and air bottles.
I snuck so many of those into the dollar cinema when I was a kid.
IRN-BRU bars
Bubble Jug. Timon and Pumbaa bug pops, and the gummies that were inside. Smorez cereal. And the big one: Guacamole-flavored doritos. You were delicious as hell, and you came into my life much too late.
Flip phones please!
KFC Pies
Goal razor blades for safety razors
Vault and Vault zero pop. That stuff was delicious.
Habanero doritos.
Opium Belle Perfume (YSL)
Hot warhead lollies... Not the sour ones
Those colorful laptops Apple made in the early 2000’s, the kind Elle used in Legally Blonde.
Those mango altoid sours.
Uncle Ben's rice pudding mix. Was so good.
Picasa is still one of the best photo management applications, but your only option nowadays is to upload your entire photo library to Google servers. Luckily you can still download an old version from dodgy download sites. Other thing I miss but at least has some alternatives is Google reader.
Kodachrome in super8. God how much I enjoyed that!
And also ports on macbooks that are not usb-c
The roll film cameras! After you took a picture using one of those...it used to be pretty exciting to know what picture would come out after processing the negative film. It gave you a feeling of magician's hat...you don't know what would come out of it. :)
2-stroke dirtbikes. Especially the Banshee
Pepsi Raw, loved the shit out of that, bought it daily on my way to work in Tesco in 2009, good times
schezuan sauce
Reggie bars. Best candy bar ever. Available in NY when Reggie Jackson played for the Yanks. Also... 70s Levis jeans made from the really heavy denim.
McDonald's Pizza.
Bodymedia tracker.
Was a fitness tracker you wore on your arm and gave really accurate readings instead of just steps and sleep.
Sadly it got bought over and they took down the servers leaving us with useless hardware :(
Sprite Remix: Berry Clear
Baja Chalupas
Turn based Final Fantasy games
The original Pizza Hut thin and crispy.
Butterfinger bb's
Boots No7 stocking cream
YakBak
Amiibos. I can’t find Cloud P2 and Corrin P2
Warhammer Fantasy Battles. The new Age of Sigmar stuff is shite AND they felt the need to blow up the entire world just to shatter my nostalgia.
ipod classic for sure
Ben and Jerry's; Fossil Fuel and this pair of converse I owned and can't get anymore.
Fruit Loop straws. Those were so delicious
A retractable Sharpie marker. Those things are the tits. Every store either doesn't sell them or is always sold out of them. Officeworks have them, but they used to be sold in many more stores
Lawn darts. I can't believe someone wasn't killed.
Http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_darts
Edit: added link, cause somebody WAS killed.
The old Volkswagen beetle and minibus.
Snyder’s Bacon Cheddar Pretzel Bits. Don’t understand why they discontinued the best flavor, although the cheddar is still very good.
Dreamcast...
Chocapic
I loved that cereal, can still get some off of Amazon but its expensive for a tiny box of cereal
Trix Yogurt
Upside down 7up - DNL
Cheesy Taco Pizza Rolls
The original Lion McFlurry at McDonalds, I really miss those. At least they are no longer available in the Netherlands. :(
Snapple Tru RootBeer
There was a blue raspberry and strawberry flavored Sour Gummi Tape by the same people who make Bubble Tape. It was my favorite candy and I only ever saw it at my hometown’s liquor store. I was devastated when they suddenly stopped carrying it.
Shark milk... used to get it at Ralph’s in the 90’s.
No one remembers it.
It had cartoon characters of sharks and surfers on the small sized cartons.
Radica's Skannerz toys were pretty cool.
I don't know why they got rid of the chocolate teddy gram cookies. They kept the chocolate chip and the honey but took away the best one. I still crave them
AlienBlue mobile app
old spice matterhorn
A laptop without built in wifi.
Uninstall the driver...
Thanks!
Corn bread flavored Australian toaster biscuits . Man I miss those
Soft baked sub spicy pepperoni pizza hot pockets, they were my number 1 favorite back in college (considering the competition was ramen that's not saying much honestly) and not being able to relive that nostalgic artery clogger is painful
Just Right cereal. It was so freaking good. Why don't more cereals put dates in the mix?
Black Jack Gum. I used to buy as much as a could whenever I found it.
Oreo Cakesters and Keebler Pizzaria Chips
Timberland power loungers. Best “it’s cold and I gotta take the dogs out” shoe ever. Smart wool liner. All-ett original thin wallet in RED. They still make them again black and some ugly dark beige color. But not red.
iPhone 4s
Ayds candy
iPod classic.
Viennetta
Urge Intens Inferno, that energy drink was so good
Hot Cheetos Asteroids.
Guacamole flavored lays. A.k.a. The G.O.A.T.
The macchinetta of palline di gomma that works with 200 lire.
Mixamo - the site that had tons of free animations, models and more importantly let you generate your own models with their software
but once adobe bought them out, they completely shut down development on it with no future plans, and worse off - they disabled a number of features that were somewhat key to how good it was. Example being the decimator tool that was on their site, to lower the polycount of generated models without ruining the bone weights
and adobe themselves have said that they have no plans to do anything with mixamo, so it's kind of dead
Jarts
Cool Previews. OK so it's software, but still a product I guess. I'm stuck using and ol version of Waterfox until somebody comes out with an alternative version of CPV. Don't know what I'd do without it.
jamlegend.com
Awesome super fun Game in guitar hero style, but online multiplayer with your computer keyboard only.
Such a great game and such a shame there is nothing (including jamproject) that has the same quality and the same levels of fun, like jamlegend had, back in the days :(
Check out YouTube videos. It was so great!
Ranch flavored 3D Doritos!!
Grape nuts O’s
Turkey Twizzlers and Panda Pops
Orbitz
Crystal Pepsi, never got to try it, looked cool
Carnation Breakfast Bars
Medicine that helped curb anxiety.
Dunkaroos. Loved me some Dunkaroos as a kid.
Pink dunkaroos. Pls.
Command and conquer generals 2
In the UK we used to have a chocolate bar called Spira. It was discontinued in the 90s I think and I still miss it now.
Jello pudding pops
Original recipe Mr. Pibb. Pibb Xtra just isn’t the same.
Mountain dew typhoon, the warcraft ones too and these old strawberry icecream cones you could buy at a grocery store, strawberry filling, vanilla/strawberry ice cream and chocolate at the bottom.
PEPSI TWIIIIIST Also Guacamole Doritos. I’m a man of fine tastes.
I miss Pepsi twist so much
It was the pinnacle of soda to me. Sure, I still have favorites, but nothing holds a candle to Twist.
It’s a conspiracy, man
Turkey twizzlers, fuck you Jamie Oliver..
The black bag of Doritos was around when I was in middle school then I’ve never seen them again
Fresh fruits.
The old version of Skype.
Fucking nexus player. Yeah, I get it... Chromecast works great, but with kids, I'd rather have a remote than have to make a device available for them to watch Netflix.
Cadbury's crunchems.
I believe they are basically corn chex (which we don't get in the UK) covered in chocolate. They were around for about a year then discontinued.
Also Ainsely Harriot Creamy vegetable spelt.
Also old sugary recipe IrnBru and Lucozade. Recently discontinued and reformulated due to sugar taxation.
Dunkaroos
Google Reader
They don't sell Fru-Jus in Australia anymore and I want to die
Soda streams
Windows XP
OK soda.
Coke blak, it was cola with a hint of coffee. It remains my favorite soda of all time
Peach Jolly Ranchers. My sweet gramma took me to see Bambi when I was five and bought me a pack at concessions. The whole experience was mind blowing for me at that age, I still have dreams about being in those theatre seats and watching the screen. Since then every time I’d taste/smell peach Jolly Ranchers it would all come back in a way that just thinking about it doesn’t quite trigger. I’m so sad I’ll never relive that experience quite like that again, it’s crazy how well smells can trigger memory and emotion, better than VR by far.
Nokia 3310 and 3315... I loved those model.
Bionicle. An amazing product accompanied by amazing lore. Used to play all the computer games, and still do sometimes. Would love if LEGO decided to just re-launch the old ones from 2000 and 2001.
Walkers bbq crisps in the uk
Samsung galaxy s5. Best smartphone ever made. Well, mostly due to the removable battery part.
Josta
Sour Starburst! Easily the best line of Starburst, featuring their #1 flavor: blue raspberry. We don't need sweet heat, Starburst, bring back the sour!
The original Coca-cola. You know the one I'm talking about.
The 4400. It was a bit low budget but was a pretty epic show.
Heroes Was amazing up till it started sucking (writers strike).
Manual cars and station wagons.
They both still exist, but fuck they're hard to find, at least in Australia.
There is literally 2 wagons you can buy new in a manual.
SUV's are garbage and driving automatic is boring as fuck. Station wagons are superior in pretty much every way, but for some reason everyone likes to pretend they take their shitty FWD SUV off road all the time.
spoiler: they don't.
WOW - Whacked Out Water. Shit was potent.
Here in the UK Vimto once made a peach-flavoured energy drink named Indigo.
I got hooked on it in the mid-nineties. It vanished for a while and was relaunched in 2006, but it didn’t last.
I doubt it will ever be sold again, so I will keep my fingers crossed for peach Red Bull to become a thing.
Jack3d original. Obviously got banned for a reason. That Shit was crazy.
papflappies
Cornetto sbagliato
Bubble Jug!
Wonka Bars!
There was this light blue can of deodorant for men, the brand was "Chase", can't remember the specific name, but if I can get that for sale, I would buy it in bulk and never use anything else.
Think it was around 30 years ago, maybe little less, the smell was totally unique, can't really describe it. It was probably a british product, anyone knows what I'm talking about?
Josta
Palm webOS. Almost ten years later, I still miss my Palm Pre. It was so ahead of its time. I would love to see that operating system running on modern hardware with the ability to run Android apps.
Phantom cigarettes! https://www.google.co.in/search?q=phantom+cigarettes&client=ms-unknown&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibjv2_2-baAhWHFJQKHc7yDFoQ_AUIESgB&biw=412&bih=695&dpr=2.63#imgrc=i53wZh52yrSuOM:
Cinnamon Cheerios
Tamagotchi, I want to start amassing a hoarde as an adult but they're hard to get here. I'm fine playing them through Japanese because I understand, but I want the nostalgia of the wonky font for some of them
In Norway there is a noodlebrand called "Mr. Lee". They had a delicious chili-noodle package that for some reason has been discontinued. I would give my left hand for a box of these noodles.
Peach Flavored Altoids
Raspberry ribena
iPod Hi-Fi!!!!!
Dunkaroos
Audio-Technica's ATH-AD700s. The older, pink version. The new ones are garbo comparatively and, for the price, there just wasn't a better set of headphones.
CRT TVs. Still unbeatable for retrogaming, and sadly on the brink of extinction.
Escobar coke
Carl's jr sea salt caramel shake, french silk blizzard
Sour altoids
Guitar hero controllers. Seriously. Trying to buy secondhand is a nightmare.
Australian rage, but: Blackcurrant Mini-Wheats. They replaced them with 'Chocolate' and 'Original' Shredded Wheaties. Eww no. Wtf. Give me my blackcurrant boys back pls
Original milky way. It's never been the same.
Cool Metal Lynx bodywash. The smell of that stuff was amazing.
lego universe
i cried
Dream Cadbury’s white chocolate bar.
I don't know if this is discontinued properly, but personal size containers of Nature Valley Honey Mustard Dressing. First tried it at a local resaurant, love the stuff, can't find it in any supermarket, corner store, voodoo shop or saucery since then. They sell it on Amazon, but only in 4 packs of industrial sized galleon tubs. It sucks :c
i just want Mt Dew Revolution back. i mean Voltage is nice and all but give the other two (or not, fuck Supernova) an encore.
ipod classic
mint flavored Snapple iced tea
Headphone jack...
Zune! Mine crapped out recently after a good decade and now I have no way to get it fixed.
a fully maintained winamp 2.95 but built around more of the modern infrastructure.
I hated every other winamp after that. they just stopped being good.
Bonkers fruit chew candy. Me and my brother loved them.
Cereal box board game CDs. Also unlimited data plans
Mercomium. Or as my family called it, “monkey blood”. Works wonders on mouth ulcers.
old reddit
Accutrim.
Over the counter appetite suppression pills kicked ass. Very helpful kicking start a diet instead of begging doctors for prescription diet pills now.
Instead of paying ~$20 for diet pills, I now have to take off work, sit in a doctor's waiting room for 2 hours, pay several hundred dollars for the appointment, and several hundred more dollars for the prescription (the pills aren't covered under my health insurance plan).
Worst of all, this cost is monthly since doctor wants to do follow up tests and the script is only for a month supply.
Also, both drugs have side effects so it isn't that one is better than the other.
Those really super thin mints they use to sell at the airport that when you put them in your tounge they melt.
E.L.F. liquid lipstick in Bomshell. It was my go-to lipstick and it was the PERFECT shade. they discontinued it for god knows what reason. I've sent emails appealing it, but get nowhere. It was like £3 and it was incredible. They still sell the product in other colours, so I don't know why they stopped that one. It makes me sad.
Google Reader. Still miss it to this day.
Uncle bens curry rice. The kind that had almonds and raisins In it. They don't make it in North America anymore but I grew up eating it
Taz bars!!
Surge Soda
There were Mickey Mouse shaped frozen pizzas available back when I was about 11 (I'm 20 now) and I remember them having the most amazing taste, very unique, unlike all other frozen pizzas - I'd seriously love to eat one again. Also available was lemon-flavored ice cream in real lemon skin(?) and coconut-flavored ice cream in real coconut shells, I remember them being seriously good, but can't find them anywhere.
winamp
Lawn Darts. Sure it was dangerous, but it was a good goddamn time.
Tangy fruits and/or snifters!
The other flavours of Wham bars, apple, strawberry, cola & brew were so good.
Raspberry Jolly Ranchers. (Yes, I know the blue raspberry still exists, but I liked the red more and you could buy an entire bag with just that flavor.)
Altoids sours
Baja starburst
My gf
Windows 7
Altoid sours, and vault, and 3D jalapeno Doritos.
The Taco Bell and Pizza Hut Doritos flavors.
The t-mobile Sidekick. I always wanted one but never did :(
Mint tic tacs
Kodachrome!!
The headphone jack.
Pink Snack
T Bell Quesalupa don't @ me
Mama Mio see-no-scar! It's a brand aimed at pregnancy/postpregnancy but I randomly had one of these and that stuff is magical for any sort of scars. Decided I needed a truckload of this and I was SO bleak when I found out they stopped making it.
Frosted Mini Chex
Mars Delight
Turkey Twisters in the UK. Jamie Oliver got them banned and I've never forgiven him
The double grilled cheese bacon burger from Hardees.
You lost 2 days off of your life every time you ate one.
F'ing IPod Classic. I don't need fancy screen, wifi, games. I just want to store all my music on a device with an audio jack.
When I lived in Mexico, Bimbo (that bread and pastry company with the little white bear mascot) sold these little chocolate cakes in a bag. They were FANTASTIC when they were dipped in milk, and they were just a limited time item. Now back in the states, it's been almost 10 years and I still look for them every time I go into the latino aisle at Walmart, knowing they won't be there but hoping anyway.
Dunkaroos.
Colored ketchup
sour/fruity altoids
cream savers
ore O's cereal (just recently brought back)
Pepsi fire
Crystal Pepsi (I know they tried recently but I liked it, at least make it an exclusive like baja blast)
any kind of vanilla/cherry/cherry vanilla Dr pepper/Coke/Pepsi
I'm sure there's more things I haven't had recently that I hadn't realised were discontinued
WONDERBALLS
My walmart sells these again <3
Hi-C Ecto Cooler!
Hot Cheetos Asteroids.
Wendy's, please bring back your Fresh Stuffed Pitas! Please.
Asda used to sell own-brand (I think) mint biscuits covered in chocolate. Basically just a log of mint cream type stuff on top of some biscuit. Covered in dark chocolate.
They were the best. They were part of the reason I was a chunky little kid.
Super Soakers with backpack reservoirs and enough pressure to save the neighborhood from a wildfire.
Mint skittles. No one seems to remember them :(
Until recently, I would have said Oreo O's. Post Cereal stopped selling it for 15 years, Not sure why...but it just returned to stores like 1-2 months ago (Thank the maker)
Electrical products that don’t „magically“ stop working one week after the warranty expiry date...
I really miss being able to buy running shoes at a brick and mortar store.
These days when I go to athletic shoe stores, even the employees admit they buy their shoes online.
I remember walls of Asics and the sales person would talk to you about them.
Lindt's blueberry and almond flake chocolate. It was heaven but I haven't seen it in years.
Grape ChapStick!
Transformers RotF leader class Jetfire. i never have found one but I do have optimus. I would be happy if I could find one one day, so I can combine them.
TAMAGOTCHI
Gamecube.
Muncheros, Vice Versas and Doritos 3Ds
There's this chocolate bar called a Cuban lunch that my dad usually bought by the case in the early 80's. I'm seriously nostalgic for them!
Probably an odd one, but I miss caramel flavoured snack packs so much. Every other flavour is still sold in stores but not caramel.
Bit late but Turbo Tango
Hot Cheetos Asteroids
Kettle wood fired bbq chips.
Those things were the best.
OK Soda and Torrid before they went mainstream.
Mars delight bars - they were the best chocolate bar ever 😭
Clear Pepsi
Flamin Hot Asteroids. I still can't get over them.
Dairylea dunker pizza sticks. Lord they were incredible
A working Wikimedia Commons app for iOS
Blueberry Iced Tea Snapple
Dunkaroos
King size Nestle Caramel Crunch bars. First off, fuck Nestle, I agree, but these were amazing. A crunch bar base with pockets of liquid caramel. They were my favorite candy bar and I don't understand how they could think it was a good idea to discontinue them.
Soda-licious
There were these Pringles that you used to get in miniature form in crisp packets. They were so yummy. I was sad when I found out they weren't making them anymore. :(
I need Nestle Milo back in India!!!!!
Concorde, now I can afford it.
Cadbury mini eggs with pop rocks
Those old adidas f50.
There was this soda that I got as a kid that had a burp rater on the side of the can. I loved that shit. Can't even remember what it's called.
Ice Breakers Pacs!
They were discontinued because they most definitely look like drugs.
Cornetto blueberry ice cream... it was the best ice cream and I miss it with all my heart
Mother’s iced ginger snap cookies
Salsa Doritos. Fuck you, Salsa Verde wannabe fucks
Axe energize or whatever their face wash stuff was. It was red and smelled amazing but it had those micro beads in it so they were forced to discontinue it
Nintendo Mario vs Zelda cereal! I remember it being bland but still so cool to have.
Alpha-bits cereal. Even the non marshmallow kind tasted better than most corn cereals.
While I'm on cereal, also Cinnamon Mini Buns.
Full physical qwerty keyboards on phones. Typing on touch screens still isn't nowhere near as good as on a keyboard, and it's only bearable due to autocorrect. I'd prefer the n900 keyboard any time.
Original formula Aquarius in glass bottles.
Large monitors or TVs in formats other than 16:9. You can still get a few 16:10 but they are more expensive. 16:9 is too vertically short for computer use.
There used to be Hot Cheetos balls that came in a cup container. Used to love those.
That oatmeal with the packet of flavored squeeze syrup, and Kellogg's Pastry Swirls.
banana flips
Blueberry skittles, gone but never forgotten.
Kodachrome. Best slide film on the market.
Doritos 3D
iDVD by apple. Just genius
Taco Bell used to make a chili-cheese burrito called the Chilito. I used to eat them all the time.
Blizzard need to bring back Warcraft 2.
Cocaine
Starfruit Gatorade
for real though? the Nintendo Gameboy advanced and DS(lite) systems. I loved these. they were my childhood. I'd pay a good bit to have a brand new one or just to relive the day I got my first brand new one. these smells of fresh electronic product stick with you. I still have my trusty boyes and they still work perfectly fine....but I'd still like a new one just to know how that feels like again
Creative Zen MP3 players. I don't like apple stuff and the Chinese equivalents all work but lack the smooth GUI and nice build.
Coco Pops Munchers. They were my favourite childhood cereal
There was this cereal, came out in the very late 1990s/early 2000s, that was like a combination of cookie crisp and smores. I wish I could remember its name, I wish it was still around. Best sugar high I ever got, most delicious.
ALTOID SOURS
Not a physical product , but I miss the old Google Finance.
Coca Cola with sugar, not that corn based shit. Sugar isn't great for you, but that stuff is poison.
Purble Place
Venom energy drink. I fucking loved the purple one, Mojave rattler I think.
Wild Berry Sour Lifesaver gummies. Sour, not regular. Wild Berry, not "Reds." Man, I ate a lot of those gummies...
Club Penguin
Those fiber one chocolate squares cereal. 80 calories of deliciousness
Snickers made a sandwich spread many years ago. Childhood me would take a spoon to that stuff without a moment's thought. Kinda wish I could try it again...
There are a million other things I'd want to bring back, I just can't think of them right now.
Ben and Jerry's Holy Cannoli ice cream.
Chilly Bears
Brothers In Arms - Road to hill 30. Develop the remaster!!!!
Not sure if someone said this already but i miss the orange altoids
Women's fashion that isn't covered in shitty ass, grandma curtain flower patterns.
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Most phone still have them.
Arby's onion petals \<3
Mother fucking vegemite chocolate!!!
Yes I'm australian
Those elemental snapple drinks, rain was my shit
Computer games that are actually finished on release and don't require 8 years of patches to make them playable
KY Intrigue, wife and I can't find an equivalent. Was 140$ for 8 oz. On eBay a few months after it was discontinued.
Pepsi Blue and Jolt Cola.
Butterfinger BB's!!
Dunkaroos in the U.S.A.
Cadbury's snowflake, Mars Delight
Jello pudding pops. Minus the Bill Cosby commercials.
Dutch Apple Pop Tarts
The Winner Taco ice cream thingy.
The season 3 battle pass
iPod Classic
Blockbuster video - trawling through the shelves for hours was usually more entertaining than whatever crap film you picked up.
Yoplait Greek 100 and Plenti yogurts. They got this bright idea that instead of having normal yogurt, they'd do PROTEIN BOOSTS on everything. I really loved the Plenti yogurts with nuts and seeds in them but they discontinued those rather quickly.
The Greek 100 Protein yogurts are super disappointing. It's easy to tell by tasting that they just tossed some whey protein powder in the mix and let it be. It tastes disgusting IMO and now I'm left without any easy access to yogurt flavors I really like that don't have a shitton of sugar in them.
Chai Hai Java Monster
Metz.
It was a schnapps-based alcopop. Not too sweet, lightly fizzy. I could just drink 20 of them.
Blue bell popsicles. You with out the bacteria
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies. They were like those Hostess apple pies but they were green with vanilla pudding inside. I think about them from time to time and will check out the Hostess rack at the gas station to see if something like them is there.
Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical
The Half Life series.
Doritos 4 cheese. They were bomb.
Reese's with cookie!
Albertsons Ranch dip. That stuff was fucking magical, the only chip dip I like.
Planters PB Crisps
Computer / console games where you buy the full game in the first instance. Fuck you micro transactions / season packs
PB Max peanut butter bar, tmobile sidekick, logitech g9 claw grip mouse
Ipod classic
Dunkaroos
Emmerlaüs
Slaves
THOSE TACO ICE CREAMS HNNNNNN
For the Scots here: Creamola Foam and Irn Bru bars
Logitech G9/G9x mouse, I'm on my second one which is now sadly starting to crap out on me. It's the best mouse I've ever had.
Happiness
I miss a few of the Axe body wash soaps. The actually unique ones that smelled really good in the shower, like Boost or I think Fever was another. I don't imagine they made me stink like a 12 year old who just discovered the body spray either.
Cherry Coke, it was THE SHIT, they sell awful Coca-Cola Cherry Zero or something like that in my country, tastes fake as fuck
Also cherry tic-tacs
Yamaha RX135
BFC monsters. They were the best when I was younger
I don’t go to McDonald‘s often anymore but they should bring back the McCountry from about 20 years ago. When they finally had McCountry on the menu again I immediately tried it and wanted to puke. No, it’s not the same. No, it’s not similar. It’s just bread with some disgusting shoe sole meat patty and some onions. I’d rather call this McCuntry.
Command & conquer games on pc
Pepsi Blue
Citrus polos! Those things were too good
any lego set ever
Marathon candy bars. Chocolate-covered caramel goodness in a 12” ruler shape.
Walking into a store to rent pirated vhs movies and then DVD's. Fun times...
Happy Hippo
Snapple Elements, especially Rain.
The iPod Classic. Hands down
Condor. They were delicious vanilla sticks and not one other brand came even close to copying that distinct taste now buried forever in my childhood memories.
Matrix: Path of Neo
Wafflecrisp cereal. It was in stock many months ago but then removed. It went by a different name though "Good Mornings" or something like that.
Tap tap revenge 3 :'(
Cameo cookies, please.
Logitech MX518
Product 19 cereal
Lipton Bavarian wild berry tea. Everything else sucks.
Cookies and Cream Twix
Palm Pre
PB Crisps. It's a damn travesty they haven't existed for around 20 years
Soft drinks without artificial sweetener. Ribena have just changed their recipe. A sad day for all
Key lime pie extra gum
I bought a handful of longsleeve shirts from PacSun a long time ago from a brand called Kirra. I get compliments on them all the time and they're very comfortable - but it seems that the brand itself has either gone out of business or stopped making menswear (there's a womenswear brand called Kirra).
Z bots and Yikes pencils.
Software, so perhaps not as relevant, but The Simpsons Cartoon Studio!
Democracy.
Oreo O’s
Nike Total 90 AstroTurfs from around 2002/3
McDonald's chicken selects. Hell yeah.
Jell-O pudding pops
Hulk Hogan energy drinks. The only energy drink I've ever felt worked. I swear they must've been stuffed with cocaine and adrenaline.
Women and drag queens will understand this: every lipstick that has been discontinued.....which is a nanosecond after I buy it.
In the UK now: drinks without sweeteners in them. New sugar tax means they've reduced the sugar in countless drinks (Irn Bru included which is a travesty for a Glaswegian) and replaced it with aspartame. I don't mind them reducing sugar but I've never tasted a sweetener that didn't taste like ass. Has made pretty much every soft drink I used to enjoy a bitter aftertaste shitshow.
Ecto Cooler. When it was brought back I bought a shitload and still have a 6 pack of cans and 2 packs of boxes. Not even sure if they’re any good now.
Thundercats shaped "potato snacks"
I want them so bad. I know they were shit tie in garbage, but I want them so bad.
Gopro hero 5 session :(
Burgerking Italian chicken sandwhich and Chicken fries with the spicy sauce
Jarts. I like danger with my yard recreation.
Bonkers
The Logitech MX Revolution mouse!
iPod classic, bless all those 180gb indestructible music bricks.
Orange flavoured toothpaste. I can’t find it anywhere nowadays.
The Dreamcast. Mine broke in January do to a floding I want one back and not have to search the depths of eBay.
Allen Iverson 3s, Reebok
Windows xp.It was a great operating system
iPod Classic 160gb.
McDonalds's czechuan sauce
The purple and green ketchup that hinez came out with in the 90s.
Dunkaroos.
I miss them so much...
Geo-Trax.
The second generation of Model M keyboards. Their backplate is heavier than the Unicomp clones.
The color Palm devices. I had a couple of Palm phones and I really liked them. If the company had been managed better, that technology might be around to compete with iOS and Android.
G.I. Joes.
Crunchy Reeses
Turkey Twizzlers! DAMN YOU JAMIE OLIVER!!
Don’t see it here (there’s 7000 comments so I’m not scrolling to the bottom) but Musicmatch Jukebox mp3 software. It had a ton of useful features that have since disappeared from modern software. My personal favorite was the ability to actually shuffle the song list. It would reorder the list and then you could click shuffle again to shuffle the shuffled list further. Way better than the toggle “shuffle” garbage we have today.
I would dump all the songs I wanted to hear into the list and tap shuffle over and over and watch my songs mix up until there was actually a decent blend.
Mountain dew Baja blast. I mean, you can still get it at taco Bell I guess, but that basically means it's discountinued =[
Don't know where you live, but in the US it's still available, can confirm it's in my fridge.
Just googled it and it looks like it's back for a limited time for summer. So I'm going to be stocking the fuck up.
Mississippi Mud Pie Müller Corner
Lemon Jolly Ranchers
Damn you blue raspberry why did you have to replace them
Happy Endings, Seasons 4-10
3d Doritos
Wendy's original sweet & sour sauce, not this new chunky orange shit.
Single symptom cough syrup with just dextromethorphan HBr, none of this polistirex crap.
Pepsi blue
The original Sunny D. That shit was so good!
Mars bar delights. They where amazing!
Normal coke with a hint of lemon. I don't want that diet shit to get a tiny bit of lemon flavour.
Also Berry flavoured relentless. I could drink that shit for days.
Starburst hard candy.
Canadian Target.
Effervescent foot soak from bath and body works
Salt and vinegar French fries - Australia.
These https://snackbrands.com.au/FrenchFries
But Salt and Vinegar flavour. Haha
Pot rice, made by the pot noodle company. Loved them, curry was my favorite.
The purple(grape) Swedish Fish. To this day, there's no better gummy.
Macdonalds chechnyan sauce.
Those old Elements beverages. Can't remember if it was sobe or Snapple but holy shit.
Those yogurt ball snacks called “ yogos”
Fucking fire roasted sauce at taco Bell
i7-7740X
Why hasn't anyone said dunkaroos yet?
3D Doritos
Pringles Rice Infusions, the salt and vinegar ones.
Cheetos Asteroids
Dunkaroos
Dunkaroos in the U.S.
Read an listen books, i had a winnie the pooh one when i was a kid. Im sure that cassette wore out. Im sure they are still available but not anywhere ive seen.
Democracy.
Democracy.
Burger men
The Quesalupa. Dear god that thing was magical
A 17inch MacBook.
Pepsi Blue Fusion
I can think of a number of tools that were discontinued in favor of cheap garbage, which got me thinking that I really miss items that were made with the intention of being repaired and kept for a long time rather than being discarded and purchasing new.
Warhawk , A PS3 Game that was produced by Incognito , sadly the studio went bankrupt
In-a-biscuit Dixie drumstix
McDonald’s Chicken McNugget’s Szechuan Sauce :”(
Mx 518
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I think it might’ve been Worcestershire sauce flavour?? I loved them too!
Fruitopia. I miss that fruity sugar water. That and Snapple Iced Tea quenched my grungy thirst back in the day.
Snapple Root Beer. Best root beer ever. I worked in a video store as a kid and we had that shit in the fridge. I cleaned them out constantly. Only clear root beer I ever saw.
iPod nano 3rd gen
McDonalds Cheddar Melt. Saute'd Onions, Melted Cheddar Cheese on a Rye Bun. Man, they were delicious. Only a buck, too!
Airheads. Especially the white ones.
Sometimes I’d hold one end and flick it about a hundred times so all of the airhead would smash down to the size of a laffy taffy
Free console multiplayer
Texan chocolate bars.
Strawberry Oreo Cookies
KFC used to have a kind of nuggets called "salsitos" (at least in Barcelona). It's been years since they had them... I'm pregnant and it's all I can think about!
PS: The pregnancy is an excuse, I've always craved them :(
Picasa
Old iPod classics with the HDD that stored massive data. I have a huge library of music and custom plays lists I don’t have time to recreate on Spotify, but since Apple ditched the headphone jack on the iPhone, I can no longer listen to music and change my phone at the same time. I have yet to find a reliable splitter. Which leaves me with listening to music half the day at work and then charging it the other half.
Twinkies. Great snack food.
They still sell Twinkies.
correction. they brought back twinkies
Gamecube and it's controllers
1) TNMT Pudding Pies from the 80’s. I don’t even eat that kind of stuff anymore but I would tear into a case of those bad boys.
2) Neutrogena Deep Clean Invigorating Cleanser/Mask. A lady in a bar ONCE said she liked how I smelled after using it. (Strange contrast to #1 I know.)
Prospan suppositories. No other form of this ivy medicine (syrup, drops, ...) works as great with little children.
With all the craze around it, I'd love to try McDonald's szechuan sauce.
Pre-PC cartoons.
TV shows that were innocent and respectful. But without the laugh track.
Planters cheese balls.
The ipod shuffle. It was perfect for me. 😢
3D Doritos.... tried the Mexican kind. Not the same at all.
Griswold or other vintage cast iron.
Heide gummi bears
KFC's double down sandwich.
Man, that thing was medicinal during PMS.
JELL-O Pudding Pops... before we knew Cosby was a creeper.
Cory Airspun setting powder in my color (muted beige). They used to sell an array of colors, but they discontinued mine and I haven’t found a great replacement.
Phones with headphone jacks
iPod Classic, the only apple product i enjoyed
I don't want touch screen with 8GB, I want to store thousands of albums with a click wheel and an aux out! although i'd rather do without itunes and whatever they do now with deleting rare songs or alt/live versions not in their database..
Allsport
White Terry's chocolate orange. <3
Turkey twizzlers. I hate Jamie Oliver.
Microscope kits from the'80s that came with preserved specimens of frogs, tadpoles and other creapy crawleys to look. And definitely the home chemistry sets. What was the blue chemical powder that gave off ab iridescent blue smoke. Hurt the lungs if you inhaled it.
Snapple Mint Tea. I’ve never missed something more than I miss this
N64
Special K Salt and Vinegar chips.
120 calories for 25 chips covered in such a zesty tangy powder. The other flavors are shit
Now Id have to import them from Canada 😩
Turkey Twizzlers. Fuq u Jamie Oliver
Googled it. Creeped me out.
It was the British school dinner dream back in my day
dear god
😂😂😂
PB Crisps, these were my favorite snack as a kid and I still find myself craving them occassionally
Secret, the chocolate bar. They were really nice.
You can't trust anyone to keep a secret! Not even the company who made them it seems.
Crystal Pepsi. The original one.
mars delight
Wonka made this candy bar that wasn't chocolate. Walmart sold it around 2006 or so and I haven't seen it years. It was the same size as a Snickers and it was a light shade of purple, it was soft, not like laffy Taffy, and it had crunchy candy on top. I can't remember what it was called and I can't find any pictures of it, but it was awesome.
Edit: it took me two hours but it wasn't Wonka, they're called Wazoos.
Faygo Arctic Sun. They supposedly brought it back but I can't find it anywhere.
Vans Rowley XLT skate shoes.
Xmarks
19 inches laptops...
Blowjobs
Turkey twizzlers
Cell phone companies rewarding loyalty.
soylent in canada
A flagship spec phone with a removeable battery.
windows xp
I bought these shoes at Plato’s Closet. They’re Reebok’s from god knows when. They’re super ugly, and only semi comfortable, but for 3 years now I’ve played golf, jogged, hiked, tennis, slogged through the Lake multiple times, and they’re still kickin.
If they ever die I’m going to need a new pair, but I don’t think that’s possible
Club Penguin
RIP
Fruitaburst gum. Flavor crystals!!
The old chocolates from Garoto (bonbons/candies). I'm aware they weren't the best in the world but they used be pretty good, since Nestle bought the company the quality only drops. Serenata de amor used to be best, now it tastes like greasy
Planters PB Crisps
... Purple Ketchup?
Anyone?
...Oh nobody liked that but me, did they
^for ^real ^though ^whenever ^I ^bring ^it ^up ^with ^friends ^they ^say ^they ^thought ^it ^was ^gross ^as ^a ^kid ^but ^I ^loved ^that ^shit
Well then, how about chocolate canned whipped cream?
I 'member.
McDonald's hot mustard. My favorite condiment of all time, gone.
Back in the day, on iPhone you could close the YouTube app and it would still play the sound. I know, we are now less technologically advanced than in 2012.
Zima
1080ti at MSRP
Clorox FreshCare eliminating spray. Far better than Febreeze.
And Bar None candy bars.
ragu express?
Zune
Buffalo Snackers from KFC.
dnL.
I thought it was a stupid label for 7up, and I hated 7up - but after trying it... I couldn't get enough til they discontinued it. Nothing has come close since.
Pebble.
Those old markers you'd see on the infomercials. It was like some super chisel tip with three different colors. I had one but it dried out and they were just gone
Josta Cola! I can still taste it.
When I was a kid, if I mowed the lawn for my parents they would give me five bucks so I could ride my bike to the 7-11 and buy a Josta and a candy bar. I miss those days.
Nintendo Wii games tbh
Lawn darts (jarts)!
Crest Complete Citrus Splash
Lunchables from Stark. Oh BOI do I miss these. Crackers, a bunch of ham slices and cheese slices, I loved these as kid and still up to this date I have to life with some shitty substitute wannabe lunchables, which are literally cracker, ham and cheese combined into lunchables that are too big to stuff one into my mouth completely.
Not so much a product but blockbusters. I miss going there after work getting a nice or a game and chilling. Pulling up Netflix doesn't have the same feel to it :(
Curry flavoured twiglets. I MISS THOSE SO MUCH.
Partially Popped Popcorn at Trader Joe's... It was so good.
creamsavers!
Cereal Straws
monster heavy metal. I miss that giant can of cancer.
Microsoft Trackball Explorer, god i miss that mouse.
Coffee flavoured Chuppa Chups.
The old Nike run app
Click wheel iPod
Milkfuls
Mint Poptarts. The normal Cinnamon and Fudge tart’s just don’t measure up to the mint.
Beep drink:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/farmers-dairy-discontinues-beep-for-second-time-1.3084346
also: Raspberry Drink. I can't find a picture of it but it was in a 1L carton like Beep and simply called 'Raspberry Drink.'
Surge and/or Josta soda!
McDonald's Szechuan dipping sauce.
Rapist aside...mo'fukkin pudd'n pops. I hadnt had them for years and when I had a hankerin and found they had been discontinued...well, life just didnt seem worth living.
handbrakes. so far we still have a few. but not for long.
iOS 10
Google Reader
Dunkaroos.
My willingness to live, also a lemon favored popsicle called "Ice Ice".
Toaster pizza. The sauce and cheese were inside a disc like shell. We didn’t have a toaster oven, only a toaster, so you had to be careful, not to let it get to overdone or it would leak all the filling into toaster. It was worth it, they were the best.
Torengos. They were like Pringles but came in a triangular can and were tortila chips. I loved them as a child.
the cherry timbits.....tim hortons hasn't been the same....
Cola bottle scented Carex hand wash.
Vanilla Pepsi /Pepsi twist
DUNKAROOOOOOOS Also cheeseburger lunchables
Resees Scoops
Wafer thin pieces of chocolate with a peanut butter stripe in the middle. Almost like a pringle, even served in Pringles mini tins.
In Singapore we used to have two cans of drinks called "Anything" and "Whatever". They contained random flavours. Yummy.
The OG LEGO imperial star destroyer. What an absolute monster that thing was. My best friend got it for his birthday, but couldn’t build it on his own so i ended up doing it myself. (We we’re both 9) I wish i could’ve had one for myself without spending upwards of 2,400 dollars.
Kraft used to produce a Taco Bell sauce you could buy in the stores. It's the same stuff they use in their quesadillas. The ONLY reason to go there is for the sauce. If I could get just the sauce, I'd never go there because I'd rather make my own anyway.
Snapple, here in Australia its impossible to find, I love them so much, bring back a sense of my childhood.
Those white chocolate Cadbury dream bars! Always used to eat the miniature ones on planes as a child.
Bug city hard candy.
Tangerine altoids
Planters cheese balls in a can.
Cars with feeling
Lead paint. It only took one coat ! Now these youngins will never know the glory of lead paint.
Quaaludes lol
PB Crisps
View image in Google images
War hammer fantasy
Tab energy drinks. A small can of pink goodness.
altoids mango sours
So many good memories here. My contribution is Sprite Ice. It was like a minty fresh twist on Sprite and, during the humid summer, was so refreshing and nice.
Hi-C Ecto Cooler... Again.
The yoyo christmas item from RuneScape. Sold my old account and I'll never get to yoyo again.
Cadbury’s dairy milk. Or even milk chocolate in general terms.
The price of cocoa has gone up quite a bit the last few years; rather than increase the price of the bar, manufacturers have reformulated the chocolate. It now tastes like wax.
Cookies 'n Cream Nesquik powder. That stuff was awesome!
Google Reader
The Baja and Santa Fe flavors of gorditas and chalupas at Taco Bell. Their baja sauce in general.
TIL everyone misses food of the past.
25 years ago Amway made a drain cleaner that worked great - the drains got cleaned. Sadly they had to discontinue it.
Andy Capp’s Salsa fries
LivePix 2.... because my father refuses to use any other photo shopping program despite the thing being from the 90's and its honestly becoming a chore to buy the damn thing when he loses the disc.
Payphones and pagers. Miss my old time drug deals 😥
Altrinsic Alchemy engine tools. Old-school games have been made using this engine, and it supposedly had an model porter working with Autodesk 3DSMax. The problem is, Altrinsic went under by being bought, and all notes about this engine including the tools have disappeared from the internet, no traces. I wanted to rip some models and textures from a game and it had a file format that is literally extinct with its history wiped out.
Katy Perry salt and sweet pop chips 🤤🤤 I LIVED on those at uni I feel like I can still taste them...
This. I fucking loved this shit. Whenever I’ve had a real shitty day or the weather is just real yucky out, I crave this stuff. https://i.imgur.com/iU4Xq9G.jpg
Domino’s Chicken Kickers, the boneless chicken just isn’t the same
Crystal Pepsi
CRT TVs
Mazda rx7 and rotary engines in cars
Nexus 7 Tablet
The original original MX Anywhere mouse from Logitech. That mouse was perfection in my hand.
Civil political discourse
Tate and Lyle golden syrup cornettos. Even when they were available it was only a few shops and I had to drive about 30 minutes to get a box. Also Pret used to sell cans of cucumber seltzer and that stuff was the absolute shit.
Actual sprite remix
Joosters. They were the tastiest jelly beans.
The McRib.
Accuve colors contracts-sapphire blues. Wore them all through college. They were the only comfortable prescription colored contacts that fit my eye. =(
Nokia n 900 with maemo os
Altoid. Sours.
Eudora for Mac. No email program comes close.
Brach's Sparkles Candy, sold by the pound at the grocery store. There goes my allowance.... Again.
Citrus Altoids.
apple cinnamon eggo waffles. those things were my shit when I was a kid
Yahoo Pipes. The single web-scraping service that was actually useable for anything. You could spend 30 minutes building your pipe and get an RSS compiled from 10 different sites or services filtered to your requirements. It was perfect for finding good deals and sales 10 minutes after they posted.
Motorolla Razr
My early 20's
anyone said quaaludes yet?
Twislers.
Pogs.
Alf Pogs.
McDonald's Hot Mustard.
The original flappy bird
Oreo O's (no longer available stateside due to competing ownership)
New Cadillacs
Fanta grape flavor. One day after school in maybe third grade I bought a 2L bottle and got drunk on it while watching Pokemon. I could not find it anywhere since and now that I live in Germany now everything purple is cassis flavored.
3D Doritos
Pepsi Blue & Starburst hard candy
Jolt Cola
Literally any retro gaming console, as well as games and controllers for them
Games that didn't hold your hand through an hour long tutorial like some baby and just dumped you in the world to figure things out on your own. There was a certain sense of accomplishment in figuring it out. Ecco the Dolphin is an example that stands out in my mind.
Grape Nuts Trail Mix
Dunkin donuts mocha Oreos. Damn you Nabisco. Damn you to hell
Zune
3D Doritos
Vienna sausages
Picasa. It was amazing for managing photos, without any of the cloud nonsense.
Cinnamon Altoids.
McDonald's chicken premier 😔
Couch seating in cars.
Jack3d preworkout. I could hit new prs at the gym while simultaneously acing my homework with ease.
Chex Mix from the 80s, when it was in a box.
Cheese danishes from McDonald's.
Hane's Perfect T
Orbit spearmint gum
Tangy Fruits (Candy from New Zealand)
Altoids Sour Tangerine
Fucking twinkies(the food not the gay porn actors)
McDonald's Cheddar Melt. Oh, and McDLT.
Wonder ball!
OG cini-minis. Burger King, if I wanted a Cinnabon, I’d go to Cinnabon.
Pebble Watch
Jelly tip ice cream
Mars Delight. Honestly one of the most divine things I have tasted to date, they discontinued (I know not why) them in the UK after only around 2 years of manufacture, but iirc they were very popular.
McDonalds Raspberry pies.
Orange Amp energy drink. Without a doubt the tastiest thing I have ever drank
Polaroid
TURKEY TWIZZLERS
The old iPod classics. The ones that had a storage capacity of 160gb
Dunkaroos
POLLYWAFFLES! End of story. I win.
3D Doritos and Pepsi Kona. It was Bugles covered in nacho cheese and soda with coffee flavor. This delicacy existed for one summer in the early 90s.
Pizzadilla from T.G.I. Friday’s.
I know this is really late, but does anyone remember those square girlscout cookies with animals on them, they had a vanilla cookie top and chocolate covered bottom? They were the best milk dunkers EVER.
Original recipe honey nut loop cereals. The new recipe tastes like cardboard. Damn these healthy cereals
I found these on a trip to England, haven't been able to find them since... :(
In Norway we had this energy drink called urge, same name as the soda, but one day we suddenly stopped having it, but it was delicious and i miss it.
I think it got sold in the states as well, as surge.
Dunkaroos
Jolly Rancher Jolly Jellies and Cheeseburger Doritos.
Chocolate Amber body wash
Spring pad, honestly it was the best tool for notes management ever. Pity they shut down.
The innocence of my childhood and the naivety of how the world really works
Me :(
My motivation
Planters had this candy that was shaped as peanut with s crispy shell and delicious goodness on the inside.
The last good iPod - iPod video classic, 160 GB. That thing was a fucking titan, and the battery lasted for a month. Sadly they'd stopped making them by the time I had to get mine replaced, and I can't stand the touch screen shit with piddling 16 GB memory that replaced it :(
Smartphones with the keyboard slider
Waffle Crisp cereal... RIP childhood obesity
Szechuan sauce
Surpass antacid gum.
Pogs
poloroid cameras.
Also, not so much the film from conventional cameras but those film canisters were perfect for loose quarters!
Dunkaroos
C2 - The half sugar Coke
I love coke in spite of knowing how terrible it is for you. The half sugar version was pretty good
Trix yogurt with the jello/jelly tube going through it
Cadbury Marble. If you know, you know.
Wonka's Nerdalicious, have been trying to find it for the past few years. Still have dreams about them
The Taco Bell chili cheese burrito.
Please?
Vault soda!
Tamagotchis! Like the old ones. I’m a collector.
Windows XP
Paragon
Kellogg’s Concentrate
Land o lakes cinnamon hot cocoa. Also? GameCube was my fucking jam.
Good & Fruity
They discontinued it for a while then rereleased it with a new formulation that sux.
citrus polos... damn I miss them
Pepsi Jazz (strawberries and cream)
Lyons maid ice-cream, Rowntree's Secret chocolate bar, Galaxy truffles from Celabrations, Cartoonies and Cadbury Spira
Boeing 757. This aircraft was too early for its time. The very long range for a high capacity narrow body aircraft would be ideal for today's point to point transatlantic flights.
Four lokos
That Orbitz drink. I remember it from when I was little. They were only out for like two years before they stopped making it.
Tomato flavored ramen noodle packs
Stride winterblue gum, and McCormick's fiery 5 pepper spice blend
Adidas Adicourts. I found them right as they were discontinued and bought 4 pairs. I’m on my last ones.
Peanut Butter Kudos Bars... used to always have these in the kitchen growing up. The best “granola bar” I’ve ever had.
3d Doritos
Kudos bars. The ones completely dipped in chocolate with M&Ms or chocolate chips inside. I get that it's not the healthiest snack, BUT I'M AN ADULT DAMNIT
Fruit Wrinkles from Betty Crocker. They were like Fun Fruits snacks but more tart and way more delicious.
Bath and body works breathe line. Specifically breathe energy.
Taco Bell Baja sauce.
Maccas El'Maco burger...they were amazing. Hmmm
Lemon Ponds Cold Cream.
Clear Pepsi.
It was delicious to seven year old me.
Tesco have just stopped selling their Jalapeño hummus in the stores near me. Gutted.
Tub of that, pack of Jacobs crackers and a few bottles of beer used to be my little weekend treat. It’s fucked now, bring it back Tesco!!
Lynx Java
I actually enjoyed the Zune.
Mr Green. That amazing soda from SoBe.
The taco belgrande. I miss that big ass taco.
Turkey Twizzlers.
Ben & Jerry's Baked Alaska ice cream. RIP to the greatest flavour there ever was.
Flash games, specifically Candystand.com. I'll forever be mad at Publisher's Clearing House for demolishing my childhood and leaving no trace.
steelseries cataclysm mouse. ive that mouse the button placement etc, cant find a second hand one anywhere, im dreading when my current one finally gives up the ghost. http://uk.pcmag.com/steelseries-cataclysm-mmo-gaming-mouse/21566/review/steelseries-cataclysm-mmo-gaming-mouse
Swiss miss cream soda
Jagged ice Powerade
Tampico (not tampons) popsicles!! I loved them so much. I would go through a huge box of them in a day. One day I went to the store to buy more (they always had them in stock), and they weren’t there. The spot where they were was filled with something else. I asked the store manager what was up. She didn’t know of course. I worked for a logistics company, and one of my coworkers actually knew someone who worked for the company, so she called him for me and asked why they weren’t in stores anymore. He said they stopped making them. I was devastated!! That was 9 years ago. I’m still not over it..😭😭
They still sell Tampico juice in big jugs. I wonder if I could make popsicles out of that!
Club penguin
Lime Skittles. They changed it to green apple and it clashes with every other flavor in the bag except lemon. Lime worked with everything!
Black cherry vanilla Coke
Taco bell's chili cheese burrito and Orbitz.
Ben and Jerry's Jimmy Fallon Late Night Snack ice cream was fantastic.
Bath salts.
Crystal Pepsi and New Coke, I'd say NesQuick Banana Milk but that came back recently
WinZip
Fold-Overs. They were basically Hot Pockets before Hot Pockets were around, only the crust/bread was so much chewier & tastier. I only ever found them in the PX on Fort Bragg back when I could still go there before my parents got divorced, but they just stopped making them back in the late-90s for no reason.
Lash Stylist Mascara by Maybelline. Seriously, the comb wand was made by Jesus and then they just stopped.
Bay Rum Aftershave from Burt's Bees. If you're hoarding any, I'll buy it!
The Logitech G15 keyboard. Mine recently broke and I had to learn that nobody males keyboards with built in screens anymore. And the keyboard I ended up getting, while a good product in itself, just doesn't seem to be as well equipped and customisable as my over 12 year old G15.
All of the sprite remix series.... The purple one was the shit!!!!
Vans Rowley XL2 / XL3 shoes. They were the best fit I ever had from a shoe.
Heroscape. God that game was fantastic
Mountain Dew Pitch Black I and the original Sprite Remix
Oreo Os. I think they still sell these somewhere out there but in my country they're g o n e
Rich tea biscuits with chocolate on top
Chef Boy Ardee Lasagna Kit in the box. Salty as all get out, but it was pure comfort food to me.
Motorola Star-Tac
Holographic, 3d glass pendants. I’m obsessed with them but now you can only find obscure crappy ones on ebay
Free online for PlayStation. It just quietly dissapeared into the night and everyone was okay with it. I mourn it's death all the time, especially when it comes time to pay for another month of PlayStation Plus.
Pickled onion discos.
Mr Clean carwash tool, that thing was freaking great
6 cd changers in cars.
As of may 14th... KFC Hot and Spicy in Australia
Medicated Vaseline. That stuff was magic. Put it on a sore or a burn overnight and the next day you'd be healed.
Honeycombs that don't taste like shit
soaps with phospates
Halo 3 and Halo Reach multiplayer
Yes yes I know about Halo Online, but it's not the same. Controllers, shitty Xbox framerates, all the maps. Now that's what I want again.
French Toaster Sticks. They were literally the best thing on the planet
Rice Krispy treat cereal
Jarts
Google reader, I miss you everyday son.
Red Apple Jones Soda. Easily my favourite drink
Matterhorn by Old Spice
Couch Co-op Video Games.
I can play tons of fun games online with my friends, but as soon as one actually comes over there seems to be nothing we can play together anymore.
In model M keyboard. Typeing on felt more than like a typewriter than a keyboard
PRAWN COCKTAIL WOTSITS
My parents' love
Green amd purple ketchup
Sony watchman TV
Tostitos gold chips. They were an awesome chip for dipping into chunky salsas and heavy cheesy Mexican dips. No other tortilla-like chip has come close. Sometimes I think I dreamt them up since no one knows what I’m talking about.
Cover Girl "Smudgeproof" mascara. It was the best!
Lawn darts
Nixie tubes, Soviet era symbol/number displays, now ‘obsolete’ because of leds and lcds.
But they look so cool!
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=nixie+tube&client=safari&hl=en-au&prmd=isvn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1rZOT8ObaAhULoZQKHearB3cQ_AUIESgB#
Turkey twizzlers!
Sara Lee frozen brick layered cakes. Also, banana cake.
There were egg roll shaped pizza roll like things made from tostitos that came in a 40 count large cardboard cylinder. They had a very unique flavor and I loved them, however, I cannot find any evidence that they exist. Those, or pillsbury pizza breaks, which were like a toaster strudel with pizza roll filling
Sweetarts Squeeze - that stuff was ADDICTIVE.
Hershey Sidekick chocolate bar. It was heaven in a wrapper. If a Mars bar had sex with a Reese pieces cup (the sidekick actually had Reese peanut butter in it) that was the Hershey Sidekick.
Froot Loop Eggos.
TV tuner for my Sega Game Gear.
Vienetta ice cream cakes. They were soooo good and I miss them.
iPod Classic, updated with high capacity flash storage and maybe WiFi syncing.
Vanilla Monster Munch
Neopets before they got bought out and filled with irrelevant terrible ads.
PB crisps
Weelies
Revlon Flex shampoo. It had a subtle balsam fragrance. Very nice. Pretty much all shampoos available now reek of fake floral scents. I've managed to find some unscented shampoo, but Flex was my favorite.
The old style if ear buds :-(
Jell-O Pudding Pops
Opium pain killers
My parents
Nutchos chocolates were delicious. I miss them. Also M&M just recently discontinued their peanut butter ice cream.
Those Sqyntz SuperSourz things! My uncle always used to have them at family get togethers to get us kids on his side. I always looked forward to those. So sad
Gatorgum
Smartphones with a 3D camera like the HTC Evo 3D.
Uranium Glass
Count Chocula
The Chilito
My parents, they were discontinued sometime ago
Spicy BBQ wings from KFC
Spacefood Sticks and Jupiter Bars...
Rotel Cheese. I discovered the joy of Rotel chili con queso while living in Texas. Better than cheddar. But Kraft bought Rotel and killed Rotel cheese, advertising Rotel chilis with Velveeta. The queso you make with Velveeta is just foul.
Coca Cola Black, basically a Coke with a stronger coffee taste, loved it
Surge. 'nuff said
Surge still exists.
https://www.surge.com/
Gold unsalted butter.
Nothing else has came close over the years.
ipod shuffle
Whipple Snapple. Mmmmm.
....and diet Vanilla coke.
Doritos 3D Jalapeno
Mars delight chocolate bars
hotlinks
Creme savers
The Airbus A340, but with a yoke instead of a stick.
I miss WWF ice cream bars. Those things were delicious.
Helly Hanson made these amazing boxer panties for women. Super amazing at winning away moisture and not giving me a wedgie. I would buy so many if they were still a thing.
The Lord of the Rings, the Battle for Middle Earth (any) And also Golden Sun. Pleas
Mw2 dedicated server
Tandems... They disappeared from the ice cream shelves years ago. I always check when grocery shopping, wife says they're gone. I still have hope.
Late ‘90s style Toyota Tacoma.
Clothing sizes that fit smaller people. Nothing exist below 30" waist. Nothing.
Eat a cheeseburger, get fat, and all your problems are solved!!!! 😉
But I don't wanna.
Honestly I guess this is a good problem to have?
Altoid Sours...
Rice krispie treats cereal
Rice Krispies Treats cereal
Jeep wranglers that do not require an engineering degree to operate. I love the simplicity of the old models. No fancy gadgets or luxury. The new models look like the damn starship 2000 on the inside.
I just had a dream I had a yellow-wrapped Bingo chocolate bar in my possession. Chances are, very few of you know about it, and I've only seen a couple of pictures of it via Google search.
It was puffy white sweetness mixed with marmelade pieces inside and covered in a layer of chocolate. Oh, how much I would give to have some.
The original Strongbow Cider.
You want to make additional flavors? Fine, but you do not need to kill the original. The fact that it is still available outside the States just taunts me.
For years I hoped for a Coke Classic style comeback.
Now, I’m just mad...
Um, I had an original Strongbow from a glass bottle last week in Denver. It was a 32 or 40oz bottle, not a 16oz, they could possibly only be producing it in the larger bottles? May want to double check stores, especially the single bomber section for the 32/40oz or simply ask if you can special order from your local alcohol distributor.
Due to strange branding between nations Strongbow is also called Bulmers, 100% exact same thing, as Bulmers brews Strongbow. Don’t think we have Bulmers in the states, but if you ever stumble upon Bulmers cider, there’s your Strongbow!
If this pans out, you are my personal hero...
I believe that Heineken owns them, easiest way to find out 100% is to tweet or email. They will be able to tell you who stocks it.
Also, correction, Bulmers is a little different apparently. Apparently different alcohol levels, brewed in differing tanks, but brewed at the same facility.
The original Super Soaker. Really wish I could get some for my kids. New ones aren’t the same.
Mango altoids
windows xp... i liked that version...
Vanilla mint Listerine. That was the only one that tasted good and they discontinued it
3D Doritos
2002 spicy chicken sandwich from McDonald’s or the Volcano menu from T-Bell
Taco Bell's volcano menu. So good.
free meals on airplanes!
you also used to get free airline playing cards and other paraphernalia
Guacamole Doritos
Brachs Hula Chews. I guess these were big when my mom was a kid. Been trying to find her some for so long.
Toaster Breaks.
Butterball shower gel from lush 😭
Anything made with Cast Iron
Watermelon Laffy Taffy with the fake seeds.
Around the time the Green Lantern movie came out, Brisk made a Dragonfruit Green Iced Tea drink. I must've had at least 1 a day, sometimes 2, for the entire run of that drink.
Morton's Hot Salt
This is gonna get buried, but I don't see it anywhere else.
Wonderballs. Those things were the shit when I was a kid. I wasn't old enough for them while they still had toys, but the candy ones were amazing!
Butter filled doughballs.
Mountain Dew Revolution
3D Doritos
Sour Berry-flavored Dots.
Fuck your Sour-Patch Kids.
The Jalapeño Fresco Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Wendy's.
The McRib
Cola and green apple flavored Tom & Jerry juicebox.
Turkey Twizzlers
Cookies n cream Twix
Baja Picante Doritos.
Burger Kings cini minis
met rx big 100 colossal brownie...
Trident gum original cherry flavor
P B crisps made by planters.... I can still taste the crispy/spongy goodness 15 years later.
There was a thing called a "bone phone" way back in the 70s- brilliant invention, should have been a big hit but the Sony walkman just became way too popular and stomped it, and it wasn't even the same idea. It still is a good idea: you wear it around your neck and it transmits music or whatever via conduction through your skeletal system. This is so much better because it isn't as intrusive to bystanders, and doesn't block your ears and possibly putting you at risk of getting hit by a bus. I tried one out in a store, it's as amazing as it sounds. If I could afford it, I would bring it back and market it myself, someone is still going to get rich over this idea.
Sunnyboys
Tangerine altoids
These new buttermilk chicken strips at McDonalds are inferior to the chicken selects. They overcook them or something but they’re definitely not as good. I gave them a few months but at this point I can say they’re inferior.
Green tums.
My computer table
Strawberry dunkaroos
Tomato ramen.
Boeing 747 SP
Fucking McDonalds bagel breakfast sandwiches man what the fuck happened
Playboy like it was on the 90s.
Conquisto chips. Man those were the bomb!
Jolly Ranchers. Loved them! Except for the melon-flavoured ones!
Clorox with Teflon. Used to clean the bathroom by itself.
Lea and Perrins BBQ sauce!
Ocean Spray Fruit Waves Hard Candy from the 90’s.
The old-style quarter windows in cars. They were better than air conditioning (on non-rainy days).
iPod classics
Those Shake-Em-Up fries from Burger King. Yeah you had to kind of make them yourself, but eight-year-old me loved it. My first experience with cooking.
Puddin' pops.
By by Dolce&Gabbana.
Cologne for men.
Nestle's Wonderball. I used to love going to the grocery store as a kid with my mom and getting them in the check-out line.
Whwn McChicken sandwiches were a decent size. They got me hooked with the cheap price when they first came out. Then the price went up and i still bought them. Now they are shitty little chicken pucks.
3D Doritos
Mr T cereal
Travel size mens gel deoderant. It exists, sort of. You can find plenty of white travel size deoderant, but not gel. And if you do find gel, it's Old Spice (which I'm allergic to). What happened to travel size speed stick gel? You can find it online a few places, but SUPER sketchy websites for like $8 + shipping.
I know that you can buy refurbished ones, but I really miss my Game Boy Color.
Crystal Pepsi.
Guacamole doritos. I remember my mom buying a bag or two every time we went grocery shopping. These "Guacachips" that I've managed to find in a discount grocery just up the road are a close second, though, but considering I will never be able to find the original again, they'll have to do.
There used to be this Gatorade like drink, but carbonated. It was called Allsport and it was just as gross as it sounds. I just want others to get to experience the gross
Jello Pudding Pops. I miss those things! Cue the Bill Cosby jokes.
Frusen Glädjé!!!! Needs to come back right fucken now!!
Two food related ones. Breakfast Buddies from Burger King and 1-2-3 Jell-O. Found a recipe online for the Jell-O that's almost the same but I wish BK would bring those little guys back sometime.
McDonald’s Popcorn Chicken
Dunkaroos!!
The zune
Isalys--in Pittsburgh. Home of the chipped ham sandwhich, ham barbecue and Klondikes. Yes, you can still get some of these things, but Isalys has been largely pushed out. I really miss them.
Surge, I found one lone 6 pack in a shitty QT a couple months ago but it is nowhere to be found
Oat Flakes Cereal
Bac-O-Bits.
Lawn darts
CHEETOS PAWS
It's a small thing, but Moko made a tablet case for the Nexus 9 that was perfect. It was the PU leather that they all still have, but it was secured at the corners & on the sides with hard plastic ridges that were still covered with the felt & leather. It provided excellent protection and left almost the entire front panel uncovered. Here's what it looked like.
Nowadays, the only options for tablet cases like that wrap it in an ugly leather outer rim, which fits poorly (making it hard to pull down the notification shade) and looks hideous (covering the entire front bezel of the tablet, and sometimes part of the screen). A new ASUS ZenPad 3s 10 case for comparison.
McDonalds used to sell fajitas decades ago in the US, but they haven’t since the early 2000s. They were quick and dirty but so fucking good.
Snapple elements, I've been wanting some Snapple meteor for the longest time now.
Reese’s Swoops.
Are crunchy M&M's still around? Loved those things! Got one stuck in my nose in 2nd grade...like really up there for a few hours. Had blue snot for a few days. The cafeteria was a crazy place.
citrus polos
chef boyardee chicken ravioli. With this chicken whitesauce. It came in a blue can. I ate so much of that stuff in the 80s
Lada cars
Sobe adrenaline rush
Oreo pizza from Domino's
Dunkaroos
Google Hangouts
planter's cheese balls
Zune.
Cinnamon Tic Tacs
Orange flavoured fruit winders, seems they’ve stopped all but the strawberry ones.
Google Reader.
My RSS feeds have never been the same...
There's like, 3 different kinds of canned soups that have been discontinued or changed that I used to really like. Makes me sad.
Fruit Pastilles distant cousin, Sour Pastilles, their dissappearance has set in motion a chain of events that will undoubtedly end humanity
Cadbury Marble.
Yard jarts
Turkey Twizzlers. 0% turkey, 100% delicious!
Over the counter COCAINE.
Logitech mx518
Nerd blizzards from Dairy Queen
Milkybar choos and artificial sweetener-free Irn Bru :(
Lawn darts.
Everybody can own a firearm but lawn darts are too dangerous?
FUCK OFF.
Google reader :(
Google reader.
Josta!
Spicy chicken nuggets at Wendy's
Caribou coffee granola bars. UGHHHH those were so god damn good. I pine for them.
Only 1st generation Pokémon card packs
Choc dot crispies in Australia. I have only known a handful of people who knew what they were. Sigh.
Valencia Orange Refresher from Starbucks
Jello Pudding Pops
Melonade. Watermelon flavoured lucozade, holy shit it was so good.
Quality anything!
Carls Jr Diablo burger. Ah man I have dreams about that thing iT was so good.!
Armani City Glam cologne
Full Throttle slushies from sonic, those things were amazing. Probably from 2005-2007 time? Oh and Jolt energy drinks, so bad but sooo good.
Mentadent.
Craftsman tools, made in America
Ecto Cooler.
Monster Assault. It was the best monster and they got rid of it.
The blue MTN dew game fuel. Really tasty but nowhere to be found
3D Doritos
Fiery Habanero Doritos, or Heat 3 Doritos. Flamas are an acceptable substitute in the mean time though I guess.
Pepsi Blue.
Dunkaroos
Those cream/stick things. Those were sooooooo good
Bucky Balls
Yak bak. Even an app for nostalgia reasons would be great.
There was a brand of soda that sold a strawberries and cream flavor. I remember only ever getting it at this one store in town but it's been gone for years. I've tried to look it up too. I have come close to replicating it with those coke machines with the flavors. Stewart's cream soda and strawberry.
Real lawn darts (metal fucking tips, bitch), chemistry sets, phenylpropanolamine, and the original Microsoft Arc mouse.
Those little sorta gem shaped Altoids Sours. I think they were grapefruit or tangerine flavor. I think about them pretty regularly.
The straight-6 motor from Ford with a 4-speed manual... Damn I miss the '93 Flareside truck we had.
Propoxyphene opiate... The only one that works
King Vitamin
Blackberry. I miss my blackberry so much
Bubblegum that looked like cigarettes
Purple Ketchup
In the 80s my friend always had this orange tea that was really good. I wish I could have that.
3D doritos
Chiquita banana cookies...
A Newton, as it would be with today’s technology. Pebble. Leatherman Juice with original full blade length. And those are the three I can write without thinking...
Jolt battery cans. Now I know how I could recycle them with my own drinks.
Crunchy Nut cereal. No longer available in the US.
Josta! Their tag line was “better so the good stuff now” and they were right! A bunch of us used to play hooky during gym class and walk to the convenience store down the street from our school to buy josta. Good times.
PC-Write. An extremely capable word processor with godlike search and replace capability, lots of other cool features. It was killed by MS Word which can't do half of what PC Write could do. MSbloatware makes files much larger, just klunky.
I loved these cereals. Not sure if completely discontinued but it hasn't been available for some years now in any supermarket here in Portugal.
Garbage Pail Kids collectibles
Taco Bell's Taco Light.
jolly rancher sodas were the best
The orange altoids
Duh.. Kazoo’s of course
KFC Twister wrap, miss that Zinger sauce
BIONICLE
Oreo Cakesters.
3D Doritos
Kraft used to do a Lemon Spread. I miss it dearly.
Hershey's Chocolate Milk Powder
Trump steaks.
Starbucks S’mores frap. They were one of my favorite summer treats! Now they got some seasonal Carmel frap, soooo original eyeroll
I been looking for a candy from the 80s called truck tire or something like that. Used to look like a big foot tire and was pure sugar with flavor would take me a week to eat one.
ICQ, MSN Messenger and the online word game Acrophobia.
Bonkers candy, the 80's original not the 90's knockoff.
Runner-up: Willy Wonka Punkies, again the 80's original not the 00's remake.
90's Bonkers were ok, just missed the point, but 00's Punkies weren't even close!
Does Pepsi Blue still exist somewhere?
Fiery Habañero Doritos. They were so spicy but so flavorful
That wendys pretzel Burger. Ive been thinking about it everyday for two years
PB Crisps by Planters. One of my favorite unhealthy snacks in middle school.
Bonkers candy
The wasabi ginger Lays chips! It was so unique and different and now I can't find them anywhere.
Pizza flavoured pierogies. They were my favourite food as a kid, and a little piece of me died when I discovered they weren’t made anymore.
Paragon. Best game ever. RIP.
Rock-A Dile Red Kool Aid
Phones and laptops with weight and thickness. This obsession with making our devices thinner and lighter has gotten bad enough that it's impacting functionality now. No missing headphone jack if we're not being dummies about how super thin the phone is and ffs, we could all have a terabyte of storage on our phones if they were twice as thick! And I can't even use a laptop, I'll break that scrawny piece of shit.
that cool orange toothpaste that they stopped making. I think it was Crest. I absolutely hate mint toothpaste, and cinnamon is the stuff of nightmares. I just want my orange toothpaste back
Cinnamon spread. So much sugar.... mmmm.
Irn Bru.. I miss it already. This new 'non-sugar' stuff is so shite.
Atlantic Wall Red Tipped Blanks in 8mm Mauser. I have a sensitive rifle that occasionally jams with any other blank round.
Two menu items from Taco Bell. Taco Lites and Fajita Wraps. Pleas pleeeeeease.
Ecto Cooler (or any Hi-C really) in the metal can your mom had to open with a can opener. So fucking good.
The Func MS-3 Mouse. I absolutely love the one i've got and there is no other mouse that looks like it would be as comfy for a dude with big hands.
Slaves.
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA), the only effective decongestant. Pseudoephedrine is a joke and phenylephrine has been proven no better than placebo.
So it caused a few heart attacks. Big deal, I've got wicked congestion.
Pasta Bake canned sauce
PB crisps
Smoked paprika 3D Doritos.
Zune
Postum. Powdered caffeine free drink that you would have in place of coffee. Been around for over a hundred years and was suddenly discontinued by Kraft in 2007.
A new version came out in 2013, but never tasted quite the same to me.
Lawn darts.
Oscar Meyer Beef Summer Sausage
They discontinued it. One of my favorite sandwich meats ever. It makes me sad that I will never have it again.
Cape Cod aged cheddar and jalapeño chips. They were the best potato chips I've ever had or ever will have.
My 18year old self’s metabolism
Hydroxycut. The only thing to give me energy and curb my eating disorder, but of course, because people are stupid, we don't get the main ingredient anymore.
Slaves
Zesty party mix. It was so much better than the original. I even emailed the company a couple years back to check for it but they said it’s been discontinued.
Bath and Body Works Breathe series of fragrances. Delight and Comfort were the best things I have ever smelled and didn't set off my allergies. 😢
Bosco chocolate syrup. All I can find now is a sugar free version. Nothing comes close to that chocolaty/ sugary Bosco taste.
Mullers Mississippi Mud Pie (Corner Yoghurts). You only see them as limited time specials on occasion but they were (and still are) the best yoghurts to have ever graced the cold aisle in national supermarkets
Real M-80 firecrackers. The good stuff.
A little bit less universal, but 26in x 1.25 fat boy slicks for my CX bike.
Extra used to have a Mint Chocolate chip flavored gum. I miss it.
Doritos Extreme Firey Ranch.
Incredi-bites ! They were the best !!!
Honey Bunches of Oats: Just Bunches
Anyone remember Mars Delights ?
The tangerine sour altoids
Brach's Kentucky Mints. My parents only bought a bag when we went on a road trip. I miss them every time I go on a road trip with my kids.
Party hats.
szechuan sauce
Whenever this question comes up I always have the same answer.
Pot mash
Mcdonalds shaker fries. Im in australia. That stuff was like crack, i assume.
Those bubblegum flavoured McFlurrys at Maccas were fire. They should bring them back for a special or something. I would pay extra for it.
Actual 8 oz Dannon, original fruit on the bottom yogurt, not in plastic. Tasted better. I want my ounces back.
C3PO's cereal. Shit was amazing.
Yogos. I think it was Kellogg's that used to make them. They were like little yogurt balls that came in a variety of flavors. As a kid I always looked forward to being able to buy them for myself as an adult.
Planter's Peanut Butter Crisps. Nutter Butters are trash by comparison
Nesquik. They were like tiny Cocoa Puffs and made the milk taste just like nesquik chocolate milk (obviously). We used to go through boxes of it in during a month at my house.
Gatorade gum.
Postum
PB Crisps by Planters.
Maple Buds. Favorite candy of my childhood. Sigh...
O'Keefe Extra Old Stock
Snapple Rain Please!
The flat Earth.
Wheatables
Turkey twizzlers.
dunkaroo’s 😪 i'm only fifteen so i only had them for a very limited time & place. they only sold them at a brok cell that was really close to me and only did until I was ~9
Sqeeze-its
Mountain Dew: Voltage
Wonka Bars. They were always my favorite candy bar, graham cracker with the chocolate.
Ripple Crisp cereal
Turkey twizzlers, thanks Jamie Oliver, you prick.
THOSE FUCKING OREO CAKESTERS
Clinique pencil eyeliner.
Black V Energy drink. Still have an empty can from 2013 when they discontinued it here in New Zealand.
McDonald's pizza
Neapolitan oreos. They were the greatest cookie I have ever eaten.
Old school sci-fi cartoons like centurians, swat kats, he man, TMNT, my love for robots and sci-fi started there. now a Days its only stuff like peppa pig and other dumb stuff that's on tv
It’s not strictly a product but stores that sell electrical components. In the UK we used to have stores called Maplins that actually sold individual electronic components, pc parts and specialist tools. As they grew they started selling other random stuff like toys and random electronics which basically caused them to collapse.
I miss being able to go and actually get parts from a store to fix something.
NVIDIA shield tablet 2.
Surge
The original ecto cooler!
Bionicles, like the original ones you could make crazy shit with. I grew up on those things, the characters, comics, lore and all the insane stuff you could build with them was amazing.
Taco Supreme Doritos
Video games that weren't crazy open world. I like having certain limits in games.
LoZ for example. Love every single one of them, but my least favorite is BotW. It's a good game, but it's not Zelda. It's like Skyrim with LoZ skins.
McDonald's Grilled Chicken Chipotle Snack Wraps
Pink Grapefruit Mentos - got them when I was in China 15 years ago
I just want Pepsi Jazz to come back tbh
iPod classic
Budweiser Black Crown beer. That was my "It's an affordable everyday beer" go to until it disappeared.
Cinnamon Vanilla Creme Coffee Mate
Taco Bell Lime Sauce. Made everything better. Learned it existed when someone else asked for it and I was hooked. Hasn't existed since I think around 2001ish. I've looked it up online and I've found other references and desires for it.
"Napalm minigun" it was the greatest preworkout I ever had. Basically one of its ingredients got banned for being a stimulant that had a long half life and build up was a concern.
From what I've read, that compound, not this product, has only led to 2 deaths ever. A bit of an over reaction I think.
It's been reformulated and sucks.
Triple Chill cakes by McCain. Loved the layer of ice cream between the cake and whipped cream layers. It made the whole thing taste better.
Reese's Bites, York Bites, Snickers Popables, Butterfinger BB's. Candy is just BETTER in little sphere forms!
Jello 1 2 3
Dunkaroos and rice crispy treat cereal. I found the cereal in a Walmart up in Oneonta NY when I was visiting my brother in college but haven’t seen it since.
Bakugan
Body On Tap Shampoo. Shampoo made with 1/3 beer.
Nestlé's Pops, the bite sized ice cream that comes in these little red containers. I used to buy alot of them back in elementary.
Doritos 3Ds
Wendy's spicy nugs
The Mars candy bars with almonds.
They used to sell them in germany and they were great (in my memory), but they stopped selling them around 5 years ago.
Pillsbury caramel rolls
Cristal Pepsi
Flavorite Sherbet Screwball (had to Google it, forgot the name). I got one every day at the community pool back in the 80's, they had the gumball at the bottom. I loved those things so much.
College dropout Kanye
Dunkaroos
nooo
Original three musketeers
Chocolate Malt Shakes. No one seems to sell them anymore.
Starter jackets
planters cheez balls
Pepsi Twist/Surge
Kraft Garlic Cheese.
Vice versa chocolate
Milkybar choos and citrus polos. They were basically my childhood and I blame most of my cavities as a child on them. If they were still around then I'd be taking them like crack
DIBS. Those little chocolate crunch ice cream pods.
Wendy's chicken strips circa like 2003. The new ones can't even compare.
Kfc tower burger.... oh man... i miss you 😣
White Chocolate Maltesers
Swedish Fish Aqua Life gummys
The Nvidia Shield Portable, although with the new GeForce software I don't think I want it back...
Jiffy went from smooth /creamy to extra crunchy. No in between. 😒
Fish brand shower gel.
I get olifactory overload as it's the only stuff I used when I was in New Zealand years ago.
Oh, and Rockstar sour Apple.
The Works bathtub cleaner, old formula.
All I really want is for them to bring back Cheez-It Twisterz
I've gotta know if Turkey Twizzlers still hold up.
Magic Hat Wacko
Club penguin :(
Bobble The Little Blue Owl plushies :(
Welch’s Grape Soda... it was by far better tasting than Crush or Fanta or whatever else they’re trying to pass off as delicious these days. Found some bottles of Welch’s at a gas station in Florida and chugged those suckers!
Toobs
Dunkaroos
Waffle Crisp cereal.
Phileas Fogg mignons morceaux.
I also strongly feel that the Phileas Fogg Tortilla Chips remain unrivalled, and are also unavailable - company got bought by an American company, changed recipes and selection. I'm not sure they exists anymore. The Mignons Morceaux were sorta Garlic Croutons in the shapes of small slices of bread. They are the best snack of all time, there is no competition.
For a while I forgot they existed - could find no trace of such a snack having ever existed. But they did, and I miss them dearly.
R.I.P. Hot Cheeto Asteroids
PB Crisps
The cereal Apricot Crunchies. No one seems to remember them. They were kind of like a mix between apricot wheats and Kellogg’s Krave
Dizzy
Ricola Orange-Mint cough drops.
Wispa Mint
Spiderman 2 video game
Full Throttle citrus energy drink... it was so good and so much better than any monster, rock star, nos or Red Bull. :(
I just don't see them anywhere, Best Buy used to carry them.
Idk if anyone else posted this, but I miss the old Jack3d formula that use to sell for $20 ahh those were the days
Nvidia shield portable
Drop in auto Sears.
Starbucks Chantico.
http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/07/news/fortune500/starbucks_chantico/
PSP
Any vehicle from the late 60s early 70s.
Interest over my savings.
Chocolate whipped cream
Planters PB Crisps, goddamn were they delicious
Febreeze Brazilian carnival
Tostitos spicy quesadilla chips. They were soooooo good
Sara Lee double chocolate gateau. Was the nuts.
Skittles gum.
Lime skittles.
Frozen tetrahedron shape ice pop “Lola” 70’s Toronto
muhfuckin Kraft Noodle Classics Savory Chicken Dinner. and Juice-fuls. specifically the raspberry ones.
Nesquik cereal. Holy crap was that good.
This won't be seen, but the Twister Wrap from KFC.
Cinna Swirls. Greatest cereal in the history of mankind.
Video games by major developers that are released in a completely functional state and with all of their content for a standard retail price.
Mac and Cheeto's from Burger King
A perfume called Skyhigh Heels. It was perfect, and it no longer exists.
Also Cream Savers.
Hydrox
The original Dial Gold.
Honey Roasted Payday candy bars....
Carmex hand lotion. My wife introduced me to it and it's fantastic. Not greasy, absorbs quickly, and leaves my hands feeling soft. And discontinued. Now the tiny travel sized ones go for big bucks on Amazon
The yellow citrus polos. Not the fruit ones. I used to buy them every time I saw them. Not sure what happened to them.
Hollister unisex cologne
Snoopy and Mickey Mouse ice cream bars.
Does Viennetta still exist?
Tangerine altoids!
Lawn Darts & Click-Clacks
Ninja Turtle Pies with the vanilla filling!
Honey bunches of oats, protein blend, with chocolate,
The original Mucinex
Google search with results that don’t revolve around ads.
Tuffy’s brand Nuts & Bolts. They were a snack much like Christie’s Bits & Bites but SO much better ... big corp drowns out the smaller one and a great product died.
White chocolate Snickers
I stockpiled them since I knew they were limited edition. Now I have only a few left.
The real Dunkaroo’s!
Mango Sours Altoids.
Cadbury marble
Milky bar chew the nicest chocolate on the planet
The alka seltzer with caffeine in them. It was calling morning releif. One of the best treatments for hangovers.
KMX. And those tortilla chips that came in a pringles like can.
peach flavoured Angel Delight
Microsoft Trackball Explorer. Still the coolest trackball I've ever used. Wish I could get another.
Hostess Brownie Bites.
Sprite remix. That shit was amazing.
Cherry Vanilla fruitopia. I had one, in 2004, at the theater on 19th street in New York. Kill Bill. I kept the empty bottle for months because I could still smell the flavor.
Mr T shampoo. Loved that smell as a kid. So good that I didn't want to use it all up
Cerveza India.
It's a brand of beer from Puerto Rico. Right now the biggest local beer is Medalla Light which is a lighter version of the one that I miss made by the same company.
Also, I would like to try Puerto Rico's Corona. The rights were bought by the Mexican Corona company and then the local brewery was shut down so they could introduce their Corona Extra to the US market.
I don't even like beer that much.
Pebble smart watches.
Altoids Sour Gum. Cherry specifically. Used to chew it so much that my tongue would bleed. Really wish they'd bring it back.
Also, baggy pants. Would love a pair or two of some JNCOs. The skinny jeans trend needs to die already.
Urge/Surge soda
Redbull Cola. It was an aquired taste, but I loved it.
Manual windows in cars.
Volcano Tacos at Taco Bell.
Hubba bubba chewing gum. I used to love them when I was a kid, now I can't find it anywhere
Hardee's chicken sandwich from the 90s.
Gargoyle ice pops with the fizzing candy inside. They were the best!
The JU87.
While it was outdated by the time it entered service, it was a phenomenal ground strike aircraft for its engine and airframe performance. It was fitted with a wide arrangement of upgrades such as 37 mm underwing anti-tank cannons, a system to pull out of dives automatically in case of pilot blackout and self sealing fuel tanks. It scored a large amount of tank kills on the eastern front and became a symbol of the second world War. If there was a way to get a civil version of that aircraft, I'd love to get my hands on one. It's pure, it's raw, and it can haul quite some loads.
The only real answer is the MC Donalds Mulan special szechuan sauce
Chewy Runts candy
Citrus polos, there's nothing more to say.
Space food sticks.
PB Crisps. Every so often, I remember that they existed and no longer do and I cry.
Szechuan sauce
Ibm thinkpads.
Good quality, bulletproof machines.
McDonald's fried apple pie
Nintendo DS
They used to sell these little kippered beef steaks at a few of the package stores around here. What set them apart was they were drenched in a good spicy BBQ sauce. I can't even remember the name of that company anymore
This is going to be buried I'm sure, but I really miss Vault soda.
Lime Pepsi or Lime Coke, I loved it. I think now its only the diet versions that have it.
The solo water cups with the “jazz” print on it
Tamagotchi
Oreo O's. Best cereal
Cadbury's Astros. Legitimately the greatest chocolate snack of all time and they disappeared very quietly from shelves in the UK. They were joyous balls of chocolate with coloured candy coating and a biscuit centre. All the best parts of smarties and maltesers combined.
The iPod Classic.
WWE ice cream pops
Hope.
Starburst Joostsers. Might be a UK thing
Unfrosted cherry pop tarts from the 70s/early 80s. But like Halley’s Comet, I know someday they’ll return
Green and purple ketchup
Curried Twiglets and Fuse Bars.
Not exactly discontinued, since it has never even been a thing in Sweden... but in the UK you can buy these 4- or 6-packs of creme caramel at your average grocery store/tesco/etc. I would love for that to be a thing in Sweden as well!
Irn Bru with 34 grams of sugar :'(
Frufoo's
Heinz Baked Bean Pizza
Snyders garlic bread pretzel nuggets
There are these little Barrel shaped juices I used to love as a kid. They were like the original caprisun for me and I can never find them anywhere not even sure if they make them anymore.
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I forgot about Five Alive! Now I miss it :(
Tiny toons cartoons :(
Starbucks Java Chip ice cream
MiniDiscs. I loved my MD player, but unfortunately a battery corroded in it, so it no longer works, and now I have hundreds of MDs that I can’t play.
Big Johns Baked Beans
Has anyone said ecto-cooler yet?
Billy mays
Metabolife. Never had any adverse effects personally.
Marshmallow Rice Krispies Cereal.
In the UK, cancer cheetos (flaming hot cheetos)
Wisp one time use toothbrushes. Great to keep in cars.
The original Steel Battalion with the $200 remote.
Cherry garcia ice cream (discontinued where i live)
Where are you? I love Ben&Jerry's and have never not seen Cherry Garcia at Walmart. (I always watch for the sale price.)
Belgium(Europe) the taste just probably wasn't profitable enough in my country :(
Original Coca-Cola
Pepsi blue
Vault soda idk why I remember liking it so much however who knows if it was even actually that good.
There was this sugar-free drink mix thing you made in the blender that was like a (frozen)Frappuccino. I sure wish I could remember the name of it and could still find it. Be a nice diabetic treat.
Cheezeit twisters. Goddamn those were good.
Kudos bars.
Normal boring presidents
Joe Boxer
They had some of the most comfortable casual wear out there - socks, sweat pants, pajama pants - and all very durable, too.
You can still get some select novelty items, but nothing near the selection they used to have. I just want some more Joe Boxer socks and sweat pants!
Tangerine Altoid Sours.
The pink "nice n spicy" pot noodle. I believe it was replaced by the curry one? Could be wrong. They were gorgeous.
Chic Fil-a coleslaw! It always was the perfect complement to my 8-count nuggets.
Neon beach bubble gum
Creme Savers
Ben and Jerry’s creme brulee icecream. I’m not a fan of sweets but this was delicious!
P. B. Crisps by planters. I ate them a bag at a time as a kid
Crystal Pepsi
Colecovision cartridges. As in new ones
Quaaludes
Planters used to have cheese curls and cheese balls in a cardboard can. Like Cheetos, but the peanut people made them.
When I was a kid my grandparents would have them available for snacking. For all I know, they tasted like ass and I was just an excited kid who never got the luxury of that kind of junk food on a regular basis. Still, wish they were around so I could at least try them again.
couch coop/split screen pc games. everything is all about online and lan nowdays that i have to bought two copies of the same game in my pc and laptop so that i can play it together with my little brother. i dont have any consoles so this is the best i can do in order to play together
Halo 3 Mountain Dew game fuel.
Wonka shockers, one of the few actually sour candies. I don't think they're fully discontinued but they're hard to find.
They've been rebranded as SweeTarts sours. Same candy.
Ben & Jerry’s Wavy Gravy ice cream
Halo 2 with XBL
Lipton Soupworks Chicken w/ ziti pasta Nissin sesame chicken instant noodles Kool Aid blue raspberry powder Magic Pantry salisbury steak Orbitz Thunder Crunch chips
I’m that guy who buys expired food for 10x its original value
The wonderball
LEGO Universe. That game was great.
Flappy bird
Holy shit, space food sticks. I have searched everywhere and can’t find them.
Pizza Hut P’Zones. I love those things, and they stopped making them. None of the main pizza places make calzones and we don’t have any other pizza places.
Starburst Joosters
Burgerman chips, used to get them from the tuck shop when I was growing up
Taco Bell's salsa Verde was my favorite : (
Runcam 3
Peanut Butter Toast Crunch
1TB IPods
After Dark Screensaver
Those bbq sweet heat limited edition lays that were only released like a couple months ago. They're gone. All gone.
Sobe Oolong Tea
Salsa flavored Doritos.
Altoid sours hard candy in the metal tin. The Tangerine flavor was crazy good and you have to pay something crazy like $500 on Ebay to get a probably melted tin now.
Volvo 940
U.K. - Red Mountain Dew, Monster Ice Tea, Cadbury Turkish Delight - I didn’t realise how good I had it
Skittles Bubblegum. No one ever seems to remember it fondly, if even remember it at all :(
Weathervane in general but especially their jeans. They fit me perfectly, then went out of business.
Bubba bubba Lebrun James lemonade
Slide viewers were awesome!
Sente, a reference manager that was way ahead of its time
Revlon Flex balsam shampoo and conditioner. Man, that smell. And the flip tops that are just one skinny piece in the middle of the cap.
Wheatsworth crackers were far and away the best crackers ever made.
McSkillet Burrito.
Yerba Mate Chocolatte tea. I loved that stuff. They discontinued it because it wasn't as healthy as their other yerba mate teas.
Poo.
PB Crisps
My will to live.
Pepsi Blue was nectar of the gods
Adobe Fireworks. The MS Paint for those that don’t want to know all the intricacies of Photoshop.
Ipod Classic.
Mother's Iced Raisin Cookies
Windows 2000
Big Fizz
PictureIt was a precursor to Photoshop. It wasn’t as powerful, but it was much easier to use, especially for amateurs. Plus it didn’t have all the subscription nonsense I’ve heard about Photoshop.
Baked Doritos.
TIGER WOODS GATORADE.
It was soooo good.
Triple Treat ice cream. I used to go to the takeaway round the corner from my Mum’s shop every afternoon to get one. No ice cream has ever tasted as good as them.
Taco Bell's chili cheese burrito
Pebble smart watches
Sour Altoids
Lawn darts
Turkey Twizzlers.
Fuck you Jamie Oliver...fuck you right in the ear.
The original "Ripped Fuel". Getting in shape and being skinny was never so easy. So what if people were having heart attacks and dying, I've had at least 4.
6 ft beef stick...bonkers, surge (although its making a comeback)
My happiness
Tyson stuffed chicken pepperoni minis. Little fuckers were soooo good.
Sprite Remix. My brother passed away last September, and I think back fondly on how he would pick me up from school and take me to the liquor store to get some Remix. Great summers in 2004.
Purple ketchup :(
PB Crisp
STORM. That pop was great.
Dunkaroos
MX518
Pepsi Blue
Planters Cheese Balls
Big Bite Mini Wheats
Ps2 games
Musclemen toys. Loved collecting these.
Altoids mango sours. God damn were those things delicious.
ICQ - uh oh. Nothing has even come close to replacing it.
Butterfinger bites
Strawberry Tangy Taffy. Superior to every other mass produced taffy on the market. It had those little crunchy sprinkles on it that were usually kind of awkward feeling in your mouth too.
Fruit loops without the blue loops. Say what you will about all the colors being the same flavor, but something changed with the overall flavor when they added the blue. I was in Cabo 10 years ago and the Fruit Loops there didn't have the blue. I was in heaven.
Pebble watch
basicly fruit curd with or without chocolate
loved it as a child in germany but they stopped producing it (ಥ﹏ಥ)
common sense
Butterfinger BB's...come back...if only for a while.
Altoids sours :(
China Lily fried Chow Mein noodles.
K2 Stepin Bindings
Real talk for a second - I used these exclusively when I was snowboarding in my teens and recently got back into it. I've been thinking about buying a new board for next season and I couldn't find these anywhere; apparently K2 went out of business and now no one makes these. Any alternatives I find cost in the thousands for some reason.
Why would anyone want to use a normal binding after trying these out? Where can I find them now?
iPod Nanos/Classics the way they were when you could just play music on them. These Willy Wonka sweets I used to eat called bottle caps BEFORE the new film reinvented the sweets and they were all terrible. Harry Potter sweets like Licorice Wanda and chocolate frogs!
the old hersheys chocolate milk mix
The original recipe of Cyclone popsicles. The flavour and texture just is not the same anymore, and frankly quite disappointing.
Chorizo at chipotle. RIP my half chicken half chorizo burrito. You were the perfect combination. Well worth destroying my stomach for.
Those ice cream "cakes" that Breyers used to make.
Szechuan sauce
Tab Clear and actual sugar paper!
Hydrox Cookies
:(
Jones soda energy drinks. Whoop ass was delicious.
Lucozade with full sugar. Man I miss that shit
Clodhoppers :( so fucking delicious. I believe the guys who invented them sold and then made “OMG’s” which are so much worse
Orbitz, that 90's drink with those drops floating around in it.
Nikon FM3a
There was a coffee substitute called postem that I used to love as a kid and thought I'd buy as an adult. It was discontinued, and then for a short time, they brought it back, but charged ~$10 per package.
Don't get me wrong, the stuff was good, but it wasn't that good.
It's still around. Along with Pero which is the same thing. Check the cereal aisle (no idea why it's there).
No mention of sour Starburst yet? Those things were my jam for years. I actually called when I found out they were discontinued and they said thanks for your support, but sorry. :(
McDonald's pizza
S'mores Grahams cereal
Westwood studies
Panera's Pepperblue Sandwich
Bonne Belle bronzer
Mistic sparkling water
Michelob Dark beer. It was made in the 80's and 90's, it had a unique flavor and was very smooth. I rarely drink anymore, but I wouldn't mind having on of those once in a while.
Peach lemonade Snapple
Chicken/steak Flatbread sandwich from tacobell. Ps. I worked there after discontinued, can still make them, but it's not the same.
WinAmp
Lost energy drinks
Man I kinda miss floppy disks, when I was young it was "cool" showing off my games with a stack of plastic. Now I have to open my steam library and pull out my wallet at the same time to try and get a similar feeling. And pulling that metal bit back was always so fun i dont know why.
Blueberry Morning
Bubble Blue, it was a blue soda way back when.. My brother said it tasted like soap, but I friggen loved that shit man
Edit: also, although I've never tried it, I wouldn't have mind having some original Coca-Cola with actual coke
Dunkaroos they may still exist but I never see them lol
Apple AirPort Extreme
Merc stealth keyboard
McAlisters had a BBQ spud and it was the greatest thing ever. Call about it sometimes and they be like nah.
Altoid sours. Those things would destroy your mouth but they were so good. One of the best candies imo
Tickle deodorant. It had an hourglass shape and a roller ball. Good stuff.
Cabela's Rimrock Hikers, steel toe.
The real Vasque Sundowners.
A Macbook Pro with ALL the ports.
Those altoid sour candies. God damn I miss those things
Alpine White candy bar from Nestle. So good.
3D Doritos!!!! Man I used to love those things
Chick fil a cold slaw! Whyyyyyy
Anyone remember Planter's PB crisps? They were like a peanuty version of a cheese poof. Delicious, and gone forever.
Goldfish Puffs
The older Orvis Batenkills and the first Penn Battle, them things were built like a rock and I still use both. My five year old Battle 3000 even stood up to a 5’ sturgeon last year.
Muscat raisins.
Pepalsi with Lime Please come back to the US. Crystal is ok but Lime is devine.
Sesame Street before Elmo
McPizza
The window crank, it broke a lot less
Kfc mini filler burgers (I love the sauce but I have no idea what it is) and Nestle Double Cream chocolate bars, they were so nice.
Minidisc.
Big mistake not furthering this.
More versatile than a CD due to it being in a cartridge.
Windows XP.
Specific models of athletic shoes.
Red fusion, the first Sprite Remix, Mars bars, and I know there’s a few other things that I’m missing. (Both literally and figuratively) There were a lot of things that were taken away from me. 😭😭😭
Josta.
The weird fruity-cola energy drink.
The Spicy Chicken Burrito at Taco Bell.
aluminium golf shafts
Doritos 3Ds
Waffle Crisp
Cadbury Marble
Aspen soda, looks like 7-Up taste like apples
UK: sherbet shandies. Roughly block shaped yellow or pink candy lollipops from the 80s and 90s, I used to get them as a treat from the post office near my Grandmother's. After some Google research I read that the factory that made them got bought in the 90s, the old staff got fired, and the recipe was lost with them. Haven't seen them in so long I can't even find a picture on the internet.
Cheezit twisters. Sprite remix in 2L form
Altoid tangerine sours
Planters cheese balls. Or so I’ve heard
Coconut flavored yoo hoo
Tangerine Altoids.
Jolt, man that was amazing. I would love going to my grandmas house in Ohio because I could never find it in Virginia.
Pepsi twist. That's stuff was the best.
Guitar Hero controllers!
Was recently introduced to Clone Hero and absolutely love it, but the only options for controllers are second hand ones for silly prices.
Would love to have a full set of four controllers so me and my friends could play but its just too pricey unfortunately.
There's a place here in Sioux Falls South Dakota called Last Stop CD Shop. They sell all kinds of 2nd hand video game items. Books, movies, records. They even had a still in the box Atari. Check them out for your controllers.
Ah, I'd love to but I'm in the UK. Sounds good for anyone in the area though, thankyou
Original Xbox Live :(
Older MMOs, like City of Heroes and City of Villains.
I feel like I missed the golden age of MMOs, which were exploring relatively uncharted territory in gaming. Unfortunately, I was broker than broke could be, so a subscription fee for a game was utterly out of the question. Today, I'm earning enough that I can throw some money at gaming, and while I can buy various older games, I'll never be able to play any older MMOs, as the servers have been shutdown.
There's just so much I missed out on in my youth. Some of it is just not possible to re-experience. Others are, but it's just not the same as an adult.
Jalapeno 3D Doritos
McDonalds Arch Deluxe Burger...
The Gold Standard, so dollars actually retain some buying power!
Smokey southwest sauce at buffalo wild wings.
Hidden Treasures cereal
Original butter flavoring.
Altoids Sours
I used to eat those things as a kid until I’d dissolved a hole in the roof of my mouth
Windows Movie Maker.
iPhone 4 big phones are not that great. They are terrible for when you workout. And a pain to text with one hand
The Zune. I have been looking for a good dedicated mp3 player for running, not just my phone, and the Zune was the best there was.
Sodalicious.
Why would they ever have stopped making it?
Raisin bran extra
Pizza Hut P-Zone...
Mars delights :'(
For all you Canadians out here:
Smarties McFlurrys were the best thing to ever happen to me.
For all you Canadians out here:
Smarties McFlurrys were the best thing to ever happen to me.
Dunkaroos
Apple Cinnamon Poptarts.
I miss Corn-Quistos. They were so good! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Quistos
Raspberry Smirnoff. It tasted so much like the Flintstones push pop ice creams from the 90s
Cacao mint black tea from Teavana. I have moved on to better teas in general, but i haven't found the right replacement for that one tea yet.
How about good soda fountains, not those crappy coca-cola freestyle crap.
The poprocks blizzard at Dairy Queen. They called it kool-aid flavour and it was incredible.
Phidelphia cream cheese bars.
Rockstar Cola. It was delicious.... They also had a bubblegum flavor that was great.
Last time I found it was 5 years ago at a private gas station in between Phoenix and San Diego in the mountains on I-8
The mongol empire
Coca cola original, Pre UK sugar tax.
Ben & Jerry's Coconut Almond Fudge Chip and cinnamon Gobstoppers
PB Crisps by Planters.
everything from the 70ies or 80ies. back then things did last longer.
Red Bull Cola.
Chili's shanghai wings!
Sprinklers ice cream bars. Hardly anybody i talk to remembers them but they were in the ice cream freezer in my elementary school cafeteria
The drink surge.
The Wii
Sprite Remix
McCormick Hunter Sauce
The old Oreo cereal with the marshmallows
Hershey's Chocolate Milk Mix. It wasn't grainy like Nestle or Ovaltine. It had a rich flavor. It was discontinued in 2009, but I have one unopened container left. Stored in the dark at room temperature, I'm hoping it's still fine. I'm saving it for a special occasion. A special chocolate milk occasion. Reference: http://kanyonkris.blogspot.com/2009/03/chocolate-milk-crisis.html
P.B. Crisps
VERY late to the topic but Jovan's fresh Patchouli. God I loved that perfume. Can't find it anywhere.
VW Eurovan or Vanagon
Playstation 2. XD I have a bunch of games I can't play. Luckily, most of them have been remastered now.
You can easily get another Playstation 2...
Only by buying it online. Still didn't buy online often enough to feel secure about buying something that "expensive" (I know, it isn't expensive at all, but so far the most expensive thing I ordered was a video game). :p
Sobe. That orange syrup was soooo tasty, but the lifewater is so blah.
Cookies and cream Twix.
The Gerber vanilla custard pudding. They added bananas to it (which sucked), then discontinued it entirely— presumably because they decided it had minimal nutritional value. That shit was better than the vanilla of most other actual pudding brands like Jello or Snack Pack.
10 years ago I woulda said Chilli cheese burrito.
I really miss vurt cologne from pacsun
Starburst choozers. The greatest sweets ever to have graced my mouth. A close second would be citrus polo's.
Milk chocolate filled with yoghurt and raspberry. I remember when it came to Norway, it was amazing. Then I went abroad and noticed they often had several brands of this, and figured Norway was just late to the party. Then some years ago, it was as if the whole world collectively decided that NOPE, we're done with that. Haven't found it in at least 5 years.
Fucking Dunkaroos. Get your shit together Betty Crocker!
Plasma TVs. I still have one, but when it finally goes I won't be able to replace it. I know 4K plasma was impractical, but honestly 1080p is enough for me in the resolution department, and that buttery smooth 600 hz for sports and gaming will be missed.
Hershey's Chocolate Milks. Especially the cookies and cream one.
I could probably name at least 100 things, and they're all from goddamn Trader Joe's.
Chicken parm sandwich from Burger King. Jesus Christ, that thing was illegally delicious.
Bionicle
Wazoo Bars
One word - Yogos
Twizzlers sourz. They were pretty much bite sized sour coated twizzlers and they were my favorite
Waking life, great movie
Pepsi Blue...
Dunkaroos.
The verde sauce at Tacobell
Shimano clicker step-in snowboard bindings. The edge control of hard boots in a much more flexible package. Haven't been able to find something similarly responsive since my boots fell apart and I had to go with conventional bindings.
Grape Bonkers
There was this one candy I used to eat all the time at my grandmothers house when I was 4 or five, it was shaped like a lint but was so sweet
Turkey Twizzlers.
Paragon. The game that Epic Games killed.
Manual typewriters
PB Crisps
Pepsi Blue
Five Gum Solstice. I have not found a single kind of mint gum that has even close to the same taste.
Mcdonaldland cookies
Sam Adam's Alpine Spring (replaced by that "Cold Snap" garbage.)
The 1977 F-Series, vastly superior in styling than this modern garbage.
Completed Videogames that you didn't have to pay another $60 to get more than 5 hours of content, unlike current-gen garbage.
Old Reddit design.
Jello pudding pops, planters cheese balls, and Pepsi blue.
Pebble smart watches. They’re only recently discontinued so you can still mostly buy & use them, but the company’s out of business and their corporate buyer Fitbit is slowly shutting down their support.
You got a smart watch with weeklong battery life, an always-on screen you can see in broad daylight, physical buttons so you don’t have to fumble around with a touchscreen to change your music while you’re driving, plus you can dunk them underwater while wearing them and they won’t give a shit.
I’ve tried Android Wear and Fitbit products and they still just don’t feel like they’ve figured the smartwatch out. Pebble did, even though they folded two years ago.
Ben&Jerrys Baked Alaska
Lucozade apple and green polos
nacho fries
International Harvester Scout II Traveler.
The Mexican restaurant Chi-Chi’s used to have the best quest that was served in a tortilla bowl. It was kind of like heaven on earth. Or maybe I’m misremembering how good it was since you can’t get it anymore.
Paragon
Spicy Chicken Ciabatta Burgers from Jack in the Box :(
A manual transmission on a new car.
Star Wars Galaxies
Trader Joe’s original black bean dip where did it go it was so good :(
Oreo cakesters
I don't think i ask too much. But can they just bring back the sour sweets from the UK called Body Parts.
Skippy Bars
Que Pasa Seafood Enchiladas. Que Pasa was a chain of pseudo-Mexican restaurants back in the 80s (maybe early 90s). They had this great seafood enchilada that I've unsuccessfully tried to recreate. No Mexican restaurant has anything like it, because of course, it wasn't actually Mexican, but it was sooooo good.
Pine brothers soft cough drops
Chef Boyardee Roller Coasters
Dunkaroo's
Panasonic RP-HTX7 wired headphones. They are amazing. Mine just broke a few days ago and I cant find new ones anywhere
Midnight Thunder Gatorade.
3d Doritos.
The Arch Deluxe.
The Scottas Pilgrim Vs The World video game. Cool 32 bit side scroller beat em up reminiscent of River City Ransom or those classic arcade games like Double Dragon or The Simpsons. It was on the Xbox 360 and I think the PS3, but it was removed from the online store years ago when the license expired
Pringles, big Mac, Pizza hut
All those are still around.
They ain't the same. They were good before, and larger too.
Doritos rollitos. You can get the dynamitas now but they don't have them in ranch. That's what I want is cool ranch Doritos rollitos. They were awesome.
Altoids mango sours. When they made chips into little balls in a bottle (round cheetos, anyone?) MySpace...
The previous way of making sonic's green tea. I regularly bought the gallon bags of the old stuff. The new way is awful.
I miss lime skittles :(
The pop tarts with white sprinkles that changed color in the toaster and had white/blue filling.
THOMAS TOASTIES!
They were made by homepride back in the 90's they were like toaster waffles that were in the shape of Thomas the tank engine, they popped in the toaster in a little bag and came with a little squeeze packet of icing and chocolate sauce
Me mum used to give me them as a treat before bed sometimes.
Windows XP
Guacamole Doritos
Make your own adventure books.
Those Hershey's S'mores candy bars. Why did they get rid of them. They were amazing. :(
I wish Mojos were still around. Delicious!
Curry flavoured Maggi 2 minute noodles.
The Logitech diNovo Edge. It's by far the best wireless keyboard for a home media room. For some reason, Logitech discontinued it. Instead of making a replacement for it, they make crappy tiny keyboards. The Edge is going for over $600 on eBay now and Logitech won't just make a viable replacement for it. I don't get it.
Haagen daaz pomegranate chip.
VOLCANO BURRITO from Taco Bell
szechuan sauce
Alpine White Nestle bars
Those triangle cheezits
Axe shock body wash
MCDONALDS PIZZA!
gleem toothpaste!
OK soda.
Hot Cheeto Asteroids.
Pepsi Twist
Pebble smartwatches. Bought myself a pebble and then found out that Fitbit bought pebble.
I've got a whole list of cereals starting with Quisp and ending with Smurf Berries.
Pillsbury creme cheese breakfast danishes, those were delightful, no idea where they went. Also Cuba Lima Monster
Rockstar Cola. I heard a lot of people hated it, but I absolutely loved the crap.
WWE ice cream bars
Lifesavers Sour Mixed Reds 😥
Net neutrality
Nestle chocolate milk powder in the tin.
Smoked cheddar Cheez-its, insanely delicious. Should be legalized again!
Fritos Mild n Wild Ranch. They came back briefly but I guess I wasn't able to buy enough to convince them to bring them back permanently.
Wonka Mud Sludge
The original Sunkist Fun Fruits. I don’t know what they did, but I’ve never found a fruit snack of similar texture since.
Powerade Tidal Burst.
Milky way spread
Bubbleyum Sugarless Peppermint flavor. That stuff helped me quit smoking like 15 years ago, and it was delicious too.
Primateme Mist. Over the counter epinephrine inhaler, no prescription needed.
Trader Joe's Black Bean and Ginger sauce. I have yet to reproduce it.
The avid av50 wheels. Finally have enough to justify spending $800 on rims and now they don't make em.
1997 Toyota Camry. This car was built like a tank, lasted forever, and I knew how to fix everything on her and could do most of it myself. Cars these days just seem like they are made overly complicated and with cheaper materials. I don't want to pay $200 to get my entire front light/housing replaced each time a bulb goes out, I wanna pay like $8 and do it myself.
Diet Baja Blast at Taco Bell
Lawn darts.
ADORA CREAM WAFERS!!
A part of my dies everytime I remember they no longer exist.
DMG 01 Gameboy. My first games machine and the source of much of my nostalgic joy.
I have several, including my first one (which is 26 years old).
One of these days I'm going to Shell out the small fortune it would cost to buy an original packaged one, not to hold on to, but to open and play, fresh as a daisy.
Right aide apricot mango ice cream. I was a child junkie for it.
Here in Spain we have a brand called ColaCao which is basically a Spanish Nesquik. They once sold chocolate milk with chocolate chips that stayed at the bottom of the mug and you would get a spoon and scoop it out. Loved it as a child.
I wish like in ancient time choosing beautiful women with fighting should happen again now.
NESQUIK Ice Pops.
Mars Delight, Old Irn Bru, Sour Skittles
Adidas Festival pack - black
Puma Argentina - black
Tamagotchi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The original
Pushups. The icecream with the fudge swirl inside. Mmm
ISIS, the mobile payment app
Schweppes Bitter Lemon.
My sister's and I could drink a case of that stuff. I hear they still make it, they don't ship it to anywhere around me. I'd love to get some for my dad. It's what he drank and he got us girls drinking it.
The Jeep 4.0 inline 6 cylinder engine. Cast iron everything, 7 main bearings, and parts compatible with the 4.2 and 2.5. Yes I know its bulky and messes with crumple zones but they'd pull like an ox and last forever with regular maintenance. I've seen vehicles those engines roll into the shop with 400k+ on the odometer still running fine.
Minidisc and the tiny iPods with a screen. Also, old school Trix.
Oh and Champs D’Elysees by Guerlain. (Sp)
Matte scientist by origins. They have a replacement product in their line for it but something about it has to be different because it just does not work as well as the original. I've tried to get Consultants advice from the brand but that's all they can suggest, is the new replacement product.):
Fruit punch NOS
SALSA DORITOS
Panasonic Viera plasma TV. I have do. It will be a dark day when they die.
Dr. Pepper made with real cane sugar, bottled by the Dublin bottling company in Waco, TX. They bottled DP for over 100 years before focusing on their own "craft sodas", whatever the fuck that means. That stuff was so good.
Video games that didn't require you to create an account to access content. Plug and play without any additional downloads. Just want to buy a game and play it with no bs.
Orbitz. It was a drink in the 90s from Canada i think, and it had balls just floating in it. Tasted like shit, especially with liquor but damn did it look cool
Twinkies. I miss those little dudes
Dairy Barn has gone out of business almost everywhere but there are a few here and there.
Not discontinued or out dated just never existed but I’m praying that Nintendo makes wireless controllers that call back to all their old consoles (NES, SNES, n64, GCN, probably not wii and Wii U) to be compatible with all their new consoles
Also, this is a relatively new loss, but Pepsi Fire was lit! That cinnamon burn was awesome.
Ranch Wheatables. They were so good! Wheatables themselves were discontinued in 2014 but they discontinued the ranch flavor sooner than that so the remaining flavors would sit on the shelf at the store and mock me.
Ectoplasm Hi-C, had a picture of Slimer on the front, yellow carton... mmmm mmm
KFC offered these $1.00 chicken sliders back around 2006-2008. They had buffalo, bbq, and cheese versions. Just a crispy tender dunked in sauce and put on a mini hoagie bun. I'm not sure why they ever got discontinued.
I honestly miss the drink called Vault. Shit was so fire. Like mountain dew but better
Mystic fruity Sparkling Spring Water
Lawn Darts
Victory motorcycles !
Dibs. I hate needing to go to America to grab some
Thinkgeek sold a 42 Utility Towel for towel day some four years ago. I liked it but not enough to get for myself.
Now I'm dating someone who's actual birthday is on May 25th, and she is a huge nerd and no one has ever gotten her a towel on towel day and that is unacceptable and the one that I had my eye on and was perfect is no longer in production.
How has no one said Jello pudding pops?!? And no, the kit does not taste the same. At. All. I would hoard those things and eat a whole box at once. Soooo good
Syrup of Ipecac
Grilled cheese and ketchup flavoured chips. I think Humpty dumpy was the brand. It was back before chip companies did new flavours every other week. And it blew my mind. I don't even like to out ketchup on real grilled cheese, but something about those chips just were the perfect flavour for me.
Honda Element. Miss that car.
Very likely the reason I'm addicted to caffeine but monster Cuba Lima. When monster was bought they cut down the whole product line of a bunch of flavors and I had no idea so when I found out they were discontinued I was heartbroken.
Bawls used to be way easier to get a hold of. And it was always pricy, but nothing like it is now.
Bucwheats cereal. I'd buy it by the case if General Mills brought it back.
Taco Bell's Volcano Taco
Rinstead Pastilles. Those things were ace; worked every time and tasted amazing.
Waffle crisp cereal.
Guacamole Doritos.
Flip-phones. Damn those Razrs were sexy things.
Cinnamon Tic Tacs
Zune. loved the UI in comparison to iTunes
Physical switches and dials in cars. I hate those touchscreens controls for everything.
The iPod classic. I still have my 160 gb from 2007 and it still works for now. I don't know what I will do when it finally kicks the bucket. To me, nothing will ever beat having your entire music collection in your pocket at all times, add-free, and free of charge.
On that note, what's the best streaming service?
Back before everyone was using Discord, my d&d group used Google Wave for games amd chat. I wish google didnt get rid of that program as it was the best conferenceing tool out at the time, maybe even the best one we had ever used
Google is absolutely godly at starting beginners/moderate versions of programs, then never fully fleshing them out to compete with other stuff that comes out. If they went in 100% on their various programs, they would own the internet three times as much as they already do.
Google Music has objectively the best selection of songs on a streaming platform. They also have the POWER OF GOOGLE. It also comes with a subscription to Youtube Red. It should be an extremely easy choice whether to pick Spotify or Google Music. However....you can't even save artists and create a 'Your Music' type of group like you can in Spotify. The sharing of stuff isn't as easy. None of the GUI stuff is as intuitive. It's a great program, but the shine isn't there, and it's why nobody cares about Google Music.
Vaguely remember Google Wave, and I feel like Google Music is similar in that they NAILED the 'main purpose' of the program, but they just didn't update it like you need to nowadays to stay relevant. I'm sure it's a budgetary thing, but I wonder why they start all these programs just to leave them dead some number of years later.
Guillotines.
Lemon flavored Jolly Ranchers. I absolutely loved those things.
Planters cheese balls
Sidekick cell phone
Godfather's Pizza. It was so good.
Sodalicious candy
Quaaludes and sex-slaves.
Lawn Darts, with real Steel Tips.
Super Soakers. Like the old big ones, CPS 2000 and stuff.
L’Oreal Kids Shampoo that came in that wicked awesome fish shaped bottle. For some reason my mom would never buy it, but I remember seeing the commercials for it and thinking the fish bottle was the coolest thing.
Headphone jacks on iPhones
McCormick Mediterranean seasoning. Their only 'pre-prepared' seasoning that was really good. :(
Clear Pepsi
Taco Bell volcano nachos
The Harvest Moon series before Nastume sold off it's rights and became "Tale of Seasons"
Chick-fil-a Spicy Chicken Biscuit. It was legit the best fast food breakfast item I've ever had... and they replaced it with an egg white on english muffin....
Lime skittles
Buttons and switches on electronics. I like touchscreens, but as I've discovered, many maddening times, scrolling through sites like this one, I accidentally down-vote or almost "give gold" unintentially to comments. For context, I'm a lefty using an iPad. Tiny touch-sensitive screens are often not meant for man hands.
I like things that go click for on and off.
String Thing fruit snacks.
Every once in awhile I'll indulge in childhood nostalgia and buy some Gusher's fruit snacks, but String Thing's are dead and gone :(
Circa 1985 diet Dr. Pepper in the blue can (with the supposed cancer causing artificial sweetener). OMG it was the best.
Jell-o Pudding Pops and the Jell-o Pops, minus the Cosby
Legal 2c-b, isn't outdated though
Rockstar Cola... the best tasting cola I've ever had (An acquired taste for sure), although it's probably a good thing it's gone.
Bubble Jug Gum!
Orbitz the drink that had the little balls suspended in it. I have no memory of how the taste was, I just remember being a kid thinking it was so cool.
Trader Joe’s Cinnamon Coffee cake.... I got to try it just once before it was lost to the void.
Yu-Gi-Oh! before the insane power creep, back when a 4-star 1700 ATK monster with no effect was pretty sweet.
Magic 2014: Duel of the Planeswalkers.
It was an video game and app, and I used to play it constantly. I would fit in a game of Magic at the drop of a hat, whenever the slightest urge struck me.
At some point they removed it from the app store. Which is okay, I had it already so I could still use it. The only problem is it verifies it was a valid version. It verifies this with the app store. The game no longer exists on the app store.
"I can continue to play the game but you won't be able to make purchases".
To continue past the first segment of the game (basically the demo) you have to buy the full version. It can't validate my purchase of the full game. Or any of the decks I bought. I'm not even that miffed that they made something I bought unfunctional I just want to keep playing.
If they had some support for this I would probably play it until the day I died.
Hell I miss it so much I rebuilt my favorite deck from there (Avacyn's Glory).
Astro van
Windows XP.
Pepsi Blue
They used to have this chocolate whipped peanut butter in the stores here, I think the brand was silk.... so good
Altoid Sours
The Spicy Tendercrisp Value Meal from Burger King. They used to have them in 2007ish. Their current spicy chicken is bullshit.
Herbal Essences Drama Clean shampoo and conditioner. I used that shit for eight years before they replaced it with that Tea-Lightfully Clean crap. Bottles of that stuff are selling for ridiculous amounts on eBay, too. I'm still bitter about that and I have yet to find a shampoo that makes my hair look as good as that stuff did.
Baja Chalupas from Taco Bell
Planters Cheez-Balls. God I miss them.
Dunk-A-Roos were the best thing in my school lunch box!
trix cereal that wasent just rpund puffs of color. those shapes were LEGITTT
When I was a kid there was this oatmeal that had dino eggs in it that when you added your hot water they turned into little gummy dinos. I know there's something similar in the stores still but it tastes terrible and just ends up making me irritable for the rest of the day.
Defiantly the old craftsman lathe. I have a second hand one and i would like the actual accessories.
Lucozade apple
Adelscott. Was my favorite beer.
Mechanical washing machines (in the U.S.). I had to buy one for the first time in like 15 years a few months ago, and they are literally all controlled with buttons and circuit boards these days. And they are literally no better than a washing machine from 20 years ago where you had two manual dials.
The fancying-up of washing machines is definitely one area where I can objectively say is idiotic.
Cereal with smarties as well as white chocolate with smarties
Post’s Smurf Berry Crunch cereal.
Ipath catz shoes
Photoshop as a none subscription item
Windows XP. It just worked...
Planters cheese curls. I used to eat the shit outta those and they came in a big can. Like a pringles can on steroids. Eventually i would eat them with chopsticks to make myself slow down and to avoid orange fingers.
I once even found a facebook group years ago wanting to bring them back.
Sara Lee pecan danish. if someone sees some of this somewhere in the world, I want to know about it.
Phones/electronics that have physical buttons instead of depending on touchscreens 99% of the time
French toast crunch
3D Doritos
Grand Mac at mcDonalds : (
McDonald's chicken selects. Their new tenders are hot garbage
Stretch Armstrong (Don't ask why)
Jeans with an inseam more than 2 fucking inches. Thank god for Duluth's "ballroom jeans." Fuck skinny jean bullshit. I need testicles and I need to hold a wallet. If that looks like shit to you, I'll make up for it with performance.
Altoid Sours
Costco had these delicious calzones when I was a kid. Then suddenly they stopped carrying them. How I miss them.
Altoids sours :(
Bionicle 😭
Wirless Xbox Live headsets with the rubber around the ear peace
Orbitz jelly filled soda from the early 2000's! Do I chew or just swallow? I never knew...
Shark fruit snacks. I miss the white ones the most
Welch's jelly in glass jars
Secrets chocolate bars that were discontinued in the UK in the 90s. They were amazing, vanilla fondant covered with a chocolate lattice. I think they were too expensive to manufacture.
Bill Cosby as a wholesome, fun, family figure
Seldane. It was one of the original daily use allergy meds, before Allegra, Claritin, etc. It was discontinued because it could have bad side effects if (IIRC) you also ate a ton of grapefruit. Nothing manufactured since has worked as well for me.
Edit: it also could have side effects when combined with other meds such as erythromicin, in addition to grapefruit.
got2b Squeaky Clean shampoo and conditioner. Smelled like a dreamsicle and actually got my greasy Sicilian hair clean enough to go more than a day without shampooing.
There was a type of bag of chips/crisps that looked like corn chips but tasted like buttered popcorn. They were called PopCorners where I live (Australia) but they stopped selling it. I dont know why they did but I'd give anything for a bag of those again.
Also those packets of tiny teddies that had the biscuits in one side then had a chocolate or strawberry dip on the other side that tasted like heaven ^_^
Mars Delight
Yogos, the yogurt coated gummy balls.
Secret summerberry fresh. I liked that deodorant then they came out with new scents I don't like as much.
Honda s2000
Burger men
Chantico, the chocolate pudding shooters from Starbucks.
Flex shampoo and conditioner. The Balsam one smelled amazing.
I haven't seen Doritos 3Ds in this thread so I'll just say that. Things were damn good.
Baked Kettle salt and vinegar chips. Those were the best and they disappeared like a month ago.
Not sure if it counts as product. But MSN and ICQ. Just messengers where both people have to be online to chat. Makes It so much more enjoyable if you sit around bored and wanna talk somebody, without having to wait 10 minutes to a whole day for a response
Altoids mango sours
There was a version of LoZ four swords on the 3ds eshop for cheap that my brother and I played, the removed it for some reason
Taco Bells Volcano burrito. I loved that thing.
The Neo Cube.
chic fila spicy chicken biscuit
This is pretty much exclusive to my country, but anyways...
Where did the Foudounia go? :(
3D TV (preferably with new 4K resolution). I’ve found that you can use the “simulated 3D” on any 2D content and it will turn into 3D that’s better than native 3D content. So I can play console games in 3D - even for consoles that don’t support it (Nintendo vintage consoles!) as well as all the modern consoles. With Steam streaming, I can even stream games from my gaming PC and play in 3D. I wear glasses anyways so I bought some clip-on 3D glasses and it’s awesome. Too bad all the 3D TVs are only 1080p.
The Concord super - sonic passenger plane.
Pretty Petals. The childhood game/craft I never had
Taco Bell used to bring around a chicken caesar burrito for a month or two every year. My husband and I would get it all the time. Then, I guess, Taco Bell decided that it wasn't profitable and discontinued it. Booooo
Tab and Pepsi Light
A fucking iPod classic. Fuck Apple for only making the outrageously overpriced Touch with like 1/8th of the storage space.
Its not discontinued so much as it is REALLY REALLY limited. Its sold in very few stores nowadays. Mountain dew LiveWire.
C3PO cereal. I know it's not the greatest but I fondly remember it. Watching Saturday morning cartoon (miss those too) and eating c3po cereal
Chocolate Altoids. Holy shit
Honda Element. I love that little toaster of a car and I'm pretty dissapointed that in another 10-15 years I won't be able to buy another one
Listerine strips
Curry Twiglets
Bring back Skul vanilla.
3D Doritos
Crystal Pepsi
Wheat-nuts, if you know you know, can’t even get em on line. They’re delicious
http://nadanut.com/ - they sell original wheat-nuts
(note - if you use bing as a search engine, you will never find anything)
Sour Altoids
Altoid Sours
(UK) Citrus Polos
Rockstar Guava Energy Drink
Cowboy Bebop
Oxyelite pro. With the old formula. That's the only diet pills that has ever worked for me at all.
They took it off the shelf in 2012 bc one of the ingredients was to close to meth or something.
Cigarette vending machines
Taco Bell chili cheese fries loaded griller, they were the best damn thing on the menu.
Club Penguin...
Diet Sunkist Lemonade. It's my mom's favorite drink
Hask Hair Oil. One of the nicest hair products I ever used, I credit it for giving me the wavy hair I have now. Loved the smell too.
Last I checked the company went broke in the early 2000's so I guess no more Hask for me.
no no - we still sell hask - ck out walmart
All the cancelled 80s and 90s drinks and snacks. Orbitz drinks, sour mango Altoids, Mello Redd, the like. I wasn’t around to have them when they were still on shelves, and now I have the strongest yearning to try them, but I’d rather have them fresh than 20-30 years old, y’know?
Welcome to the nostalgia hype train. You hear something you'd like to try but missed it due to age. That's why so much is getting remade/rebooted/brought back. You become a source of income for a company because you say you'll try it, and just like before you realize it's not that good but peoples recollection of having something tied to their youth.
Mr. Clean Car Wash Kit
MegaUpload
Hitachi magic wand...
The Bondi BBQ burger that McDonald’s UK did for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Plus the cheesy boomerangs that came with it. Damn, the finest grub maccas ever did
Tiger Woods PGA Tour games
I wish the still made the Super Soaker. I need a few for this summer
It is but the guns look more like Nerf guns, which makes sense with Nerf buying Super Soaker and all.
Pepsi Blue!
Split-screen games
Honda civic crx - a sweetheart of a car
I miss my CRX
I wish GTK 2 (GUI toolkit) was still available (or at least forked), as the current GTK 3 is very much a theming nightmare. If you don't understand what I'm going on here, it's probably because you're not at least an intermediate GNU/Linux or BSD user.
There had been attempts to resurrect old GTK 2 themes for GTK 3, but almost all of those failed, and I blame that on GNOME constantly changing things, and "deprecating" functions instead of leaving the code in place.
Not to mention, the GTK 3 default settings being more boring than the GTK 2 default settings! Ugh! It's like as if GNOME only cares about their default "Adwaita" visual style.
Booklets/Manuals with video games
GoPro Session. The single best camera for FPV racing drones. I hope they come out with a new model instead of killing it altogether.
Microsoft Zune. Transferring music was easier than using iTunes, radio play function and interface was great. Really sucks that Microsoft discontinued making them. :(
Fast twitch pre-workout drink. I used to have the best workouts with it and someone had to go and overdose on it.
Bath and Body Works...Forever Red spray and perfume. I was so mad they discontinued it. I feel like I’m going to the black market mark up when I find it on EBay. How dare they!!! I’m so mad I won’t even buy anything else from them.
Ha ha me either, after they discontinued sandalwood rose. They make recommendations for other things that are supposed to be similar, but.....no.
Edit. And I’ve looked on eBay etc and can’t find it there either.
Sometimes at Christmas they release old scents, I’m hopeful they do this year.
I hope that every Christmas and as yet it hasn’t happened.......
They recommend Amber something or Japanese cherry blossoms. Not the same....and idk if they still even have those Bc I never go there anymore!
Right! I’m right there with you. I just learned that the Pink side of Victoria Secrets is merged with B&B, they were trying to get me to sign up for a Credit Card. I was like NO! But I had no idea they were the same company. So, that’s why it all feels so familiar when you go into their stores. Complete marketing scheme.
Omg when my daughter was a teenager they got her to sign up for one of those! But she didn’t read the fine print....turns out there’s a fee for the card and they start sending bills! And what a time we had trying to cancel it. I explained that my daughter didn’t know what she was getting into but they didn’t care. It’s all a big racket to get young women to spend money.
Sanifoam. That stuff worked!
Crystal Pepsi (I know it came back, but only for a very limited time)
Also my hair gel!
Four Loco from 2007.
McRib(I know it comes and goes) but it haven't been sold for several years now.
Dodge Neon SRT4 and many other cars.
Oreo Cakesters
Planters PB Crisps. Jagged Ice Powerade. Starfruit Gatorade. The old Sour Cream and Onion Pringles. The variety pack of Flintstones Push-ups (i only ever see watermelon). Starburst Twists.
McDonald's Pizza. 2 for 10 bucks and damn tasty.
Dollar menu onion cheddar burgers. And the $5 box of chicken strips ....not chicken tenders....at KFC!
Neon orange nike slides
Cookies N Cream Nestle Quik
Idk if it’s been discontinued, but I can’t find it anywhere in my area, so I’m assuming it is. Old spice Hawkridge Body Wash. such a gentle and pleasant smell compared to the intense locker room stench of the other Old Spice products.
Im sure theres something else that im going to think of in 2 hour/days from now, but
Remember when costco had those dipped icecream bars at the food court
Who thought discontinuing that was an ok idea
Butterfinger BB's
Pepsi Kona.
Crest Citrus Splash toothpaste. I mentioned in a previous thread that I'm allergic to mint and that toothpaste is the best! Not some Tom's drippy baking soda kids toothpaste that just feels wrong, but a toothpaste that actually leaves a lasting flavor and fresh breath!
I've got 3 tubes left and all the online stores that used to carry it in bulk (or at all) are out of stock now or don't even list it anymore. It's a sad day...
I meant amazon when I said on line my bad
I once bought these awesome Dr Marten shoes that I loved I still have them however they are in bad shape due to years of use but I can't seem to find another pair in my size and in the same style
Kodachrome
SoBe Eros. That specific flavor. So fucking delicious, and probably so fucking bad for you.
Banana Bread Oatmeal. It used to have it's own box. Now you can only get it in one of those boxes that has two other flavors and there are only two packets of it. They tried replacing it with Banana Nut which tastes horrible.
Gobstoppers, the 3/4” size, not these lame 3/8” ones we’ve been stuck with for years.
Also, their much tastier egg-shaped counterparts, Dinasour eggs.
Ogrady’s potato chips.
Kellogg’s Crunchy Nut cereal
Peanut butter chocolate Pop-Tarts
Purex 3-in-1 laundry sheets. One laundry product to rule them all! You threw a laundry sheets in with the wash, it had detergent on it. Then you put it all in the dryer and it had fabric softener and anti-static. It was awesome.
I miss what Craftsman wrenches used to be.
Thankfully there’s Husky.
Where is fuckswithducks? He should be here
Wendy's Chicken Caesar Pita Wrap and Taco Bell Mexi-Fries.
Rice Krispy Treats Cereal
Sprite Remix. That is all.
Dr Pepper Berries and Cream
Guacamole Doritos were the best. I could house an entire bag and still want more.
Women's sandals that are actually useful for walking and hiking in. They're all little ribbons or thin straps and heels and look like they'd both give blisters and fall to pieces if you tried anything more than walking in a house. The last few years I've bought men's sandals for summer wear, but I miss comfortable, durable, and at least a little pretty sandals.
Lets just add 90% of womens shoes to this list -_- supid womens shoes. Neded shoes for work tbat were waterproof. Went to 6 shoe stores before I found anything at all. 5 of those 6 stores had mens work shoes and boots in stock. I'd wear them except Im a 5~ in mens. And no one CARRIES a frigging 5 in mens.
Tabasco Frito lays! Tangy and spicy!
Space Food Sticks
With a glass of Tang.
Bawls drink we used to have them for a small while where i live but they were gone as fast as we started liking them.
They're still around. Luckily the Fry's (Kroger) near me carries them individually. You can always order cases online though.
They are gone from quebec something about them was made illegal or something
Thank you guys! Yeah they were Cheeseburger pringles but they dont have them in the US that I can find, much less god forsaken Texas
Chicken Tonight, used to make that for my kids a couple times a month, they loved it. (Former single Dad)
Chocolate Skittles! I used to love those and they were discontinued in 2006, I believe.
iPod Nano. I miss scrolling using the wheel. There was something very satisfying about it.
A mf GameCube controller
IBM model M keyboard
Mountain dew green label. that stuff was my ichor, and i fucking love anything green apple or lemon related
Does anyone remember the lime milkshakes from Steak n' Shake? Those were a staple of my childhood. I heard the company they used for the lime extract went out of business so they quit making them.
Dunk-a-roos :(
I stand corrected, still I miss buying them in bulk at sprouts
Milo.com
Back in like 2012 it let you search for products in brick-and-mortar stores like Target, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble. Not sure how it worked, must've had to get a lot of stores to share their inventory APIs, but it was a wonderful alternative to buying from Amazon and sending all your money to Seattle. I could compare HDMI cable prices and go pick one up without waiting 2 days (best price was actually Home Depot).
Some time in 2014 it was bought by eBay and they shut it down to get rid of competition for their own eBay Local service, which I think they also shut down soon after. I'm so pissed at eBay for destroying that wonderful website.
If they could modernize the iPod Classic (give it BlueTooth capabilities and use an SSD instead of an HDD), I would buy it in a heartbeat.
Atari 8 bit computers.
WWF (now WWE) ice cream bars... They are all soooooo good!
The smothered burrito at Taco Bell. They got rid of it and I'm still mad.
Mango Altoid Sours
Sour Starburst. I'm so sad that they stopped making those, and there's no other comparable sour candy. I don't like sweets so sour candy is all I'll eat, but nothing comes close to the chewy consistency and flavor perfection of what sour Starburst used to be.
Cars with T-Tops
I had and 86 300Zx that I loved. I’d prefer t-tops over a convertible. I miss it. Especially this time of year.
First generation iPod Shuffle with the built-in USB port. Match that with a Dynex headphone lanyard & they're perfect together. I so hate dock connectors with a passion!
Pepsi Blue.
Mr. Green soda.
Floppy disc style of memory storage.
Tombstone used to make these personal pan deep dish pizzas that came in a bag of six or so.
They were my favorite and I miss them daily.
The sponge.
Over the counter codeine.
Pebble Time Round: The most comfortable watch I've ever owned. I don't even care about the smarts; it's just a really comfortable watch!
Diet Pepsi Jazz, particularly Strawberries and Cream. Hands down, my favorite soda ever
Can still get them in Mexico I believe.
There was a candy that was comparable to Nerds called Dweebz. It was sweeter, and they were little circles instead of clusters. I'd pay 20 dollars for a new box just to have them again.
PB Crisp by Planters, Pepsi Blue, Coke C2, Snapple Elements
I might be the only one but Surge soda. Shit was tasty.
They've started making it again.
I saw Surge at WalMart yesterday
Its remade and it sucks. Nothing like before.
Sad to hear.
Mushroom and Swiss snackwraps from McDonald's.
Pretty much any deodorant I loved would be discontinued within 6 months. I want them all back.
Screaming Yellow Zonkers!
Omega Oil. It was the best topical analgesic ever made. I don't know what was in it but it alleviated muscle soreness almost immediately.
JOSTA
We used to get these Hippo chips in India. I don't know if they were sold anywhere else, but I really miss those :(
Chic-fil-a coleslaw, literally the best restaurant coleslaw ever. Waffle fries and coleslaw together, so tasty. Now they have shitty "super food" sides. Chicken is still the bomb though.
Monster Rehab Rojo Tea (Cranberry flavor). Imagine coffee being discontinued. Rojo was my coffee.
Cinnabon use to make a 6-pack of mini cinnamon rolls that you'd microwave in the tray they came in. I really miss those :(
Brisk Apple Flavored Iced Green Tea.
Edgell spaghetti in a tin.
Oreo Crispy Creme
Moe's white meat chicken. Wtf, Moe's.
Lawn darts. I have enemies.
A local milk company used to make the most delicious fruit punch I ever had. It was discontinued a couple years ago and I could never find a better fruit punch
Back in the day, Doritos made guacamole flavored Doritos. I saw a green bag in Walmart and thought that they brought it back and it was wasabi flavour. Disgusting.
Those small milk carton sized milkshakes that you had to “shake it ‘till your arm falls off”. I think it had a cow on it? SO GOOD
The sponge.
Coco pops chocolate straws. I used to just drink a pint of milk and eat a couple straws as I go through them. Those things were the shit.
P.B. Crisps
Sobe drinks.
Specifically, they made an energy drink that was like the only one I could tolerate. Man, I really miss those.
Your mom
In Mexico up until 2017 it was possible to buy a classic 1993 version Nissan Sentra. It is labeled in Mexico as the Nissan Tsuru. All of the Taxi cabs there are Tsurus. It's like a time capsule going back to 1993 but your car is brand new 2017 model just with old tech.
Now unfortunately the car cannot compete with current safety standards and with pressure from the Mexican government Nissan discontinued the car. However I think something similar happening in the US auto market would be awesome and revolutionary. The advantages of the Tsuru were that so many were produced parts were easily and readily available, and one could be had brand new from the dealer for $6,500. Imagine the American middle class being able to buy a car in cash!
With this all being said my dream would be for Honda to dust off the cobb webbs and make the 1999-2003 Civic again from the production line of 2018. A brand new reliable vehicle that college students and single moms can afford to drive around and not worry about breakdowns!
One of my first cars was a 94 Nissan Sentra 5 speed. Run the shit out of that thing and it was bulletproof. Consistent 40 mpg too.
I had an 89 Sentra! It was amazing. It never needed repair, ran great. The spouse wanted a bigger vehicle, so we traded it in for a Jeep Cherokee. Never again, biggest POS in the world. I still miss the Sentra....
93 Sentra was my first car! Loved it until I hit a parked truck.
Altoids tangerine sours. I LOVED those things and they just up and quit making them.
Bring back Snapple Elements! I want my fire!
Schweppes Raspberry Ginger Ale. It was pink and the best.
Pizza from McDonalds
McDonald's jalapeño burger.
Findus Crispy Pancakes
Apple products with connectivity without a dock.
Enzyme presoak detergents Axion and Biz. Could get get any kind of food stains and blood/grass stains out of clothes, even baby formula, which was the worst. Saved many items of clothing at a time when I couldn't afford to easily replace things, I wonder if they were banned by the EPA.
Ummm I believe my wife just brought a bag of axion home from a Hispanic grocery store this past weekend. They import a lot of stuff. Check a local one.
I miss games that were done when you bought them.
The Bugz popsicles with gummies inside!!!
Wheaties Fuel cereal
Raisin cookies.
Munch 'ems
Orbitz Drink.
The Trebuchet
Proper Cadbury's chocolate - not this rubbish they're churning out since Kraft took over.
They used to have these fruity star shaped popsicle things at DQ that I used to adore as a kid. Wish they'd bring those back.
Pants. Just regular pants. You can't buy fucking pants anymore.
You know how people are always complaining about Millennials ruining things, and most of it is bullshit? Well one thing I'm certain Millennials ruined is pants.
The only "pants" you can find now are these things where you'd get the same effect by just painting your legs the same color as the pants.
PB Crisps
Sparkling ice tea!!!
3D Doritos jalapeño chips. :(
Purple ketchup
Clear Pepsi was pretty good
We brought it back just this past summer.
I got a bottle!
Why didn't you tell me?
I sent like 6 emails... jesus Kevin just check them!
There used to be an Oreo cereal it was awesome
They sell an oreo cereal now. Idk if its the same though.
They sell it at Safeway still, Oreo-os
Windows 7
The vanilla Pepperidge cake, they were my favorite and now they’re gone forever.
Oreo bigstuff :( now how can i eat a oreo for 30 minutes
Blockbuster.
3D Doritos
Dunkaroos
Japanese Gibson copies.
PB Crisps are the snack high that I've been chasing since they were discontinued.
Count Chocula cereal. Honestly if they still sold it I probably wouldn't even think about it, but they don't, so I do. Mmmmmm
The release it during Halloween
Where? The only grocery store I remember selling it was Winn-Dixie, RIP
Almost every store as a seasonal exclusive. Usually on the endcaps
I'm in Fl, so Publix.
Jalapeño ranch twisty Fritos . Or maybe it was just ranch.
Also 3D Doritos
nabisco cookies with sprinkles. They had a white bag
Hershey’s Cookies n’ Mint candy bars. You can get them in little bite-size treasures, but it’s not the same...
I found some last week at Wal-Mart. They were in the clearance area. They are full size candy bars.
It must be a local/regional thing then, haven’t seen 1 in Massachusetts or the New England area. I wish I could buy them, they’re a childhood favorite. Hell, I’d even buy them off you lol
I can send them to you.
That would be awesome! Can I direct message you so we can share the details?
Yes.
Khiels vanilla roller oil. That was my signature scent and then they discontinued it. I’m so sad and still can’t find a worth substitute
Logitech g710 had this keyboard for 5 years before I finally killed it.
Adobe Creative Suite 6.0
Before they switched to a subscription model, you actually had a license to "own" the product. This is hard to find on the secondary market.
The classic Volkswagen Beetle
Tabula Rasa
It was a third person shooter MMORPG on a vibrant and lush world with incoming alien dropships and teleporters that disguised the usual MMORPG tropes quite well.
Too bad they chose a really bad business model and only made a "demo" available when they went out of business...
Doritos Dinamita Habanero
dunkaroo's
Josta. It was the 1st drink that I saw with guarana. It was the best drink too. I loved the taste too.
Taco Bell Mexi Nuggets and Surge
My wasted youth.
Papermate Apex double click mechanical pencil :(
crush tubees
Fender Jag-Stang
McDonald's Pizza. Loved that shit. Apparently there's 1 restaurant in the US that still does it. I'll have to go there one day.
Peanut Butter and Jelly Little Debbie oatmeal cookies.
Probably unpopular opinion but ... legal steroids
Szechuan sauce.
Pebble smartwatches 😭
Clun Penguin (,0~0)
The Superman energy drink.
Mcdonalds video game toys were the shit.
Drug stores used to sell MDMA and Cocaine over the counter. Don't know why they discontinued them...but that was a dick move
Yoplait Thick & Creamy yogurt. They started by phasing out the flavors until they discontinued it altogether.
every online game that was ever shut down
3D doritos.
Video games with local - multiplayer.
Chicken caesar burrito at taco bell. They were available around 02 or 03 I believe.
SKIPPY SQUEEZE STICKS
The old reddit webpage :(
The Honda CRX. Great looking, fun, cheap car.
Altoids Mango Sours
Josta, the fruity cola from the '90s.
mars mission legos
Logitech G9, it looks a bit ugly, but it's so comfy for my hand! Now those that are left are being sold at collector's price of 600usd in my country...
Mine spoilt so I wanna get another one T.T
Ruby Red Squirt. Best soda EVER MADE! Where did it go??
Bosco sticks but instead of mozarella cheese they had cream cheeses and cinnamon
I really miss 3D Doritos...
Starburst suckers. They were starburst soft candy surrounded by starburst hard candy. Best sucker ever
Sechuyan sauce
LAWN DARTS!!!!
IBM beam spring keyboards.
Unicomp is still making Model M's using the original machinery, and the Model F project is now making brand new capacitive buckling spring keyboards, but for beam springs, you have to find vintage models, and they happen to be from before computers were common, so they're pretty rare.
OS/2. Better than whatever crap Microsoft puts out.
Heroscape.
I fuckin loved that shit. So much fun to build unique arenas and draft armies with unique synergy. I still troll around on eBay sometimes looking to add to my collection
PB Max, the candy bar of my childhood.
Smuckers (PB&J) Poptarts
Jello- Pudding Pops... given Bill Cosby's recent legal troubles from his decades of being rapey, I assume we'll never see them ever again due to the strong connection.
Hostess Turtles Pies
Nerds cereal. Two cereals in one box. Oddly I liked the texture of them.
A little known Citrix product called XenClient. A true type 1 hypervisor for client machines. That thing was cool.
https://youtu.be/clSC3NiPwxA
Subway used to have a southwest chicken sandwich on their menu. The sauce that came on it was so much better than the "chipotle southwest" bullshit sauce they have currently, that stuff tastes weak and not spicy at all. The old southwest sauce had a nice Smokey flavor and actually tasted like something called southwest sauce should. This was probably in 2000-2003
Trident Cappucnino gum!!
chocolate with vanilla filling pop tarts , they brought them back a year or so ago for the 50th anniversary and they flew ff the shelves but the morons still discontinued them after that
Hazelnut Rolls. Dunno if these ice-creams even existed outside of Australia but damn I miss them
Vans Geoff Rowley [XLT]s. Who cares about how cool vans are/were, I suck at skating but with these bad boys I actually didn't suck that much. Also the best all around shoes ever
Crystal Pepsi. I must be the one guy who liked it. It was great if you had a cold.
Butterfinger BB's. A trip to the movies just isn't the same anymore. :(
Chick-fill-a chicken salad sandwiches.
LEGO Universe. My introductory MMO, and I wish it was still available.
Butterfinger BB's....
Levi cords, preferably in gray
As a kid I fucking loved Oreo cereal. They're bringing it back I guess but they took out the marshmellows which was the whole damn point!
keebler grasshoppers 100 calorie snack packs
I miss Dunkaroos and Doritos 3D.
TIL - a lot of cool things got discontinued.
Likely on here somewhere, but I miss the old Mars bars.
Twix java
The Logitech MX518 mouse.
They've released a super similar mouse, but the cable is crap, it's not as heavy or tough, and goes bad fast.
My MX518 lasted me 9 years, and my brother is still using it.
Blackberrys
MSN messenger ):
Hungry Man used to make these AMAZING meatball subs. Nothing has ever compared.
Lawn darts!
Dunkaroos
Pebble smartwatches. Especially the Time 2.
Bench front seats in cars.
Orange flavored Slice soda. Fanta/Sunkist/Every other orange soda didn't hold a candle to Slice Orange.
Hyper color shirts
Mountain Dew Black. It was the grapiest of the grape sodas, also their MDX energy soda. It was basically Mt.Dew with half the water
Surge Energy Drink.
You can still get that.
Obtundia- essentially a miracle ointment. No idea what pixie magics were in it, but my relatives swear by it, hanging on to their nearly depleted tubes for emergencies
Common sense..... So hard to come by these days... It mustve been discontinued.
Common sense..... So hard to come by these days... It mustve been discontinued.
Uncle Josh's Pork Chunks. You put them on bass jig hooks. Plastic just ain't the same.
Kodachrome film. Unique colour, now gone forever.
I miss Wonderballs when they had figures in them.
And there were these ice cream cups with Disney character sprinkles. I really miss those.
Are dunkaroos still a thing?
Volcano burritos.
I really liked Pepsi's Citrus Blast product. It was kind of like Squirt, but even better - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citrus_Blast
Turkey Twizzlers in the UK. I don't care that they were "supposedly" bad for you, but they just tasted so damn good!
GoApe Energy drink from Circle -K
Josta soda. Planters Cheez Balls. 3D Doritos. Asteroids. Ugh I want these things so bad. And don't tell me to get Utz Cheez Balls, they are not even close to the goodness that was Planters.
Stackers with Ephedra, diet pills, oh man those things were the shit...then morons misusing Ephedra got em banned.
Tamagotchis
iPod classic, why would I switch to a streaming service when I can have 100k songs in my pocket
Surge
Jolt Cola
Video Games that come with full content instead of forcing you to pay to unlock every character in the game Micro transactions have ruined games for me.
3D doritos
Wriggly's puts out their "5" brand of gum. One of the flavors was "React". It was a very strongly flavored gum that put people off enough that they discontinued it for the flavor "React 2."
The original "React" though had an aspect to it that I really miss. If you could get past the flavor, it would instantaneously cure any hiccups you had. As a chronic hiccup sufferer, I really wish I could get that flavor back.
C-Plus Orange pop and Tahiti Treat. Whatever they've replaced them with is disgusting
Hershey's classic caramels. The Werthers caramels are a good replacement but I was heartbroken when I couldn't find the hershey's ones anymore
3d Doritos
Froot Loops cereal straws. I crave them constantly.
Avicii music
Kroger's house brand Bourbon (I believe it was called "Prestige'). I'm sure it was just something else rebranded, but it was cheap, like $16 for a 1.75l in my market and relatively smooth for the price bracket. They dropped it and added in some shitty Canadian blend. Green bottle Evan Williams at $19 is not as good.
I used to be able to get Kraft Tuna Salad mix. It looked like a regular condiment bottle and you mix it in a can of tuna and Bam, delicious tuna salad sandwiches. Can’t find it anywhere.
G.I.Joe cereal, i have that delicious taste tattooed on my brain.
IBM Model M keyboards. The click on the keys is so satisfying, and unlike today's mechanical keyboards, it has springs in the switches.
Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito
Lawry’s seasoned salt with Tabasco flavor. That was the best for corn on the cob.
This will probably be buried but does anyone remember the Shark popsicles, they were all the same color I believe white but there were two flavors and a mystery flavor in every box. Favorite popsicles on a stick ever.
Space ghost: Coast to coast
Pizza Doritos. A few years ago they had bags with pizza and ranch, but they even stopped selling those.
Malted milk chocolates.. Orange 7up
Oreo Cakesters
Lucas Candy
Szechuan sauce
Going to have to go with Jarts.
I'm only 16 so there's not exactly a lot for me but I really wish those really cheap and sugary drinks in plastic cartons were still sold at schools.
Moxie Blue Cream Soda.
I had one, ever. FUCKING LOVED IT. And went online to look it up to find out it had been discontinued a moth or so prior. Never found another one. This was in like, 2011 roughly, and since then my life has been unfulfilled.
Toobs and burger men
Oreo cakesters 💔
Cola flavour Lucozade
Halogen floor torcheires/lamps. Halogen lights provide much nicer colors with high CRI bulbs. They're a fire risk and power hungry though.
From DAVIDsTEA: they used to have a Honey bush tea called “Honey bee” and I lived for this stuff. It was so infused that the room would fill up with rich honey STANK every time I brewed it.
But they discontinued it. Figures.
Pomegranate Rockstar was delicious and a fantastic mixer with Vodka.
there were those peanuts with salt and pepper that sold at some point, they were delicious
Chocolate covered paydays.
iPod Classic
Hmm I miss the Seafood Sensation from subway god it was my favorite. I also miss products that don't break if you tap them against something.
Just put it in the microwave for like 10 seconds 👍🏼
Pb crisp
I really miss the original red/orange Full Throttle energy drink, they've remade it since but the flavor is different.
manual transmissions in cars
Original Jarts
Scannerz
Toffo, mixed flavour particularly!
Don’t know if it’s already here, but: Sen Sen.
Crystal Pepsi and clearly Canadian.
Raven's Revenge!
Lime Skittles. Green Apple? GTFO
The Zune
Mars delight (UK product)
Hillary Duff's perfume 'With Love by Hillary Duff'
Citrus polos
I really really miss coke blak.
Trix Yogurt
Dinokoeken van Lu, het recept van Lotus is lekker, maar net niet hetzelfde..
McDonald's Schezwan Sauce for Mulan
Here in Mexico we had popeyes for a little while, I believe around 2005-2007. Man Did I love that chicken. I personally do not like KFC and would love if popeyes came back to mexico.
Also wendy's didnt make it here, but I don't really care.
Rum & Butter candy bar.
The Simpson's fantasy ball Chupa Chups lollipops - http://cabanedebart.free.fr/images/emballage%20sucette%201.jpg
Prawn cocktail Wotsits (British thing)
Mountain Dew Red in the UK
Remember the spice girl chupa chups?? 13 yr old me does.
VHS/DVD player and converter
So useful for thrifting.
iPods. Seriously, my classic just broke and I find out there are basically zero viable MP3 player options anymore.
Dunkaroos
Oreo cakesters were amazing
Mean Devil Woman hot sauce. I think it was a regional new orleans sauce (I always bought a few bottles when i visited) but it has been MIA the last few times i went. no luck online, either
SOUR NIBS!
I would buy these at Blockbuster with every movie EVERY weekend as a kid. They were super sour like sour skittles I WOULD FREAK if there was something similar available in Canada or if they brought these back! :)
Blue Pepsi. That shit was delicious.
Crystal clear Pepsi
PB Crisps
Samsung Galaxy S3 and Apple IPhone SE. Compact size,pratical phone with good specs. Majority people just wants bigger size phones. : (
Twinkies!
Still out there.
The way they were made before the Hostess sell-out though. There is a difference.
Gatorade gum!
laptops with upgradable RAM :(
Sugar Free Peppermint Bubble Yum. The flavor never ended.
Long and Silky for hair.
Axe Volcanic extract shower gel. Loved the red color and the smell 😌
Zune. My ZuneHD still works but I've had it for a decade now. What do I do if it breaks??? (Joking, we all know I'm gonna go back to listening to the radio.)
Logitech G9x. Best gaming mouse that ever existed.
G1 Bionicle
80s snack foods: Peanut Butter Boppers, Smurf Berry Crunch, Flintstones Push Up Pops, Ecto Cooler, Giggles Cookies...
United biscuits.
Split screen campervans.
Turkey Twizzlers
Dunk-a-Roos, nothing ever topped the lunchroom trade value of birthday cake Dunk-a-Roos.
Ninja turtle pie
Fruit licorice all sorts. :(
Doritos 3D, Asteroids. Oh, honorable mention Altoid Sours
Reddit pre-Pao.
Coca Cola Original
Damn that was tasty stuff.
Steel series merc stealth, best keyboard ever made.... I just want a mechanical one and maybe some rgb with it.
Welschitos Welschitos
The pants I'm wearing right now. All the comfort of Jeans with the style of slacks and no one can tell the difference. In a world of Slacks I am the god among men.
Pepper Pot soup.
Old recipe Honeycomb cereal in America. (Not this yellow garbage they’re trying to pass off as Honeycomb)
Beanie Babies with the original eyes, not the huge gigantic ones that aren't aesthetic at all.
Bonne Bell Lip Lites! Especially the Metallic Mocha.
Altoids tangerine and mango sours
Probably been said but I'm just so annoyed with the new iPhones
Spicy Quesadilla Tostitos. They may have been Canada-only. They were discontinued in the mid-2000s I believe. They were the best chip.
Volt energy drink. Also Coca-Cola Bläk had me lit at 13.
My headset. Great sound quality. Best mic quality I've ever heard a headset achieve. Durable. Less than $100.
I've owned 4, and my current pair is on its last legs. I dread having to get a new headset, because I know I'll never find one better without spending triple or even quadruple what I paid for these.
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What are you looking for? I think my mom still has her 8 tracks.
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I will have mom keep a eye out. She always goes to garage sales and auctions.
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I have found 2 Johnny Cash 8 tracks.
DSL
The lines are still here and I can't get any other internet. Currently using my phones LTE as my only salvation.
The microsoft joystick.
Banana nut bagels
Turkey Twizzlers
PB crisps!
pHisoHex soap
Monster BFC
Microsoft zune
Can someone tell me a relic from my past...its killing me that i dont know what it was.
Its a robot. well a bunch of different robots that had these decks of cards that you can stick into them that had different "attacks" thats all i remembre though :C
This energy drink called Hype that tasted kinda fruity but somehow smelled like Yoo-hoo. I could only ever find it at Walgreens from like 03-04
Orbitz drink
viennetta ice cream cake
Planter's Cheese Balls
Taco Bell Lava Sauce would be nice.
cheerios snack mix.
Mango sour altoids.... cut my tongue, but oh boy, they were amazing.
SURGE
Josta Cola. Think it was made by Pepsi. Shit was good af.
I don't remember what they were called, but Planters used to make these fudge filled peanut things that were delicious.
Smartphones with slideable hardware keyboards: satisfying, reliable and fast blind typing. Would be worth a thicker phone.
Chocolate skittles
All the older generation legos from Rockraiders to Johnny Thunder.
Fanta Strawberry. Most underrated flavour.
Bonkers by Willy Wonka
Angry Whopper from Burger King
Late but I loved the hot Cheetos asteroids as a kid.
iPod nano ver 4. I miss my slim little orange iPod :(
Cadbury Astro’s those things were my all time favourite candy ever I would pay absurd amounts of money to get my hands on some 😰
Jolt Cola. That stuff wasn't good for you but man I loved it.
Buell motorcycles
Pebble Smartwatch
Hardly ever post and yeah it's late... But Snapple Elements... I miss Rain flavor, nectar of the gods.
Altoid sours. Hands down
Choclair chocolate bars. They were heavenly.
Surge because fuck looking at calories.
Heinz beef soup, damn fine soup, and discontinued for some stupid reason.
Knorr's Jerk Chicken seasoning paste
Calvin Klein Obsession Night
Smokey Bacon Monster Munch (1980's)
Q-cars from Ford, i.e. ST24 & ST220... the current Mondeo is just... meh.
No they don’t.
Altoids Sours. Those were the best
Zest Energy Rush body wash. Used it around 2000. Best smelling soap ever, now all the Zest soaps smell like trash.
Hostess TMNT vanilla pies.
1) Bath and Body Works original “Happiness” scent. I think that’s what it was called. I had a little blue bottle for like 5 years then I finally threw it away but i think I remembered it called Happiness. I went to Bath and Body Works recently to see if they still had the scent but the one called Happiness now smells different. 2) Victoria Secret’s “Lace” orange blossom perfume scent 3) 3D Doritos :(
Pebble Smartwatch. I lost mine a couple of weeks after they announced being bought by fitbit. There's no other smartwatch with the features I want (long battery life & open SDK).
Altoid Sours.
Long live the Zune!
Melonade
Plum suede lipstick by Prescriptives. It was the perfect shade for me!
Hands down asteroid hot Cheeto balls
Pogs, I used to have the coolest slammers and all the Rugrats pogs.
When I was little, I loved drinking this pink guava juice — made by Ocean Spray, I think. Been gone at least fifteen years and I still miss it.
The original Super Soaker 50, 100, etc
Vault Energy Drink. To my recollection this was the first energy drink ever and I loved that shit
The Motorola Razor!! When that phone first came out it was pretty freaking legit!!
Lays cheese flavour.
My ex
Thermasilk shampoo and conditioner.
Aveda sap moss styling spray. I know the moss is an endangered species so I can't be too upset they took it off the market, but man it's THE best product for curly/wavy hair.
90s Fanta! Now it just tastes like Tango...
Rice crispys treats cereal. I...I miss you so much
These star snacks, they changed them and now they're terrible
Are you Finnish by any chance? I'm learning it and that looks like it.
Swedish actually
Oh cool
iPod Classic
Snyder's of Hanover Steak & Onion Potato Chips. My god those things were delicious.
Tooth tunes all star
I miss the soda, Red Fusion.
Lots of Lego sets from when I was growing up. Now I can only get them on amazon or eBay but they are super expensive.
3D Doritos.
Yo-j That was a one of a kind drink
There was this flavor of craft Mac and cheese that was cheesy Alfredo flavored with gemelli-esque shaped pasta. It got discontinued at some point in the early-mid 2000’s and I’d 100% buy it and eat it if I could find it somewhere. I posted a link to what the box looked like below.
https://foodirl.com/post/kraft-cheesy-alfredo-macaroni-and-cheese-dinner
Kentucky Nip Sparkling Cherry Julep Soda - Drank so much of that as a kid, and man it was delicious.
Onken Frufoos. The choco UFO ones.
I miss them so so much. Used to have them every weekend when I was younger and I bloody loved them.
Gatorade Gum. Hated by some...but loved by me in the 80's. Marathon candy bar...chocolate and caramel woven into a yummy long candy bar that never stopped.
Corn Silk face powder by Chattem...not that stupid Sally Hansen crap. Coty Wild Musk Oil perfume...That stuff got me tons of dates in the 80s. Not the cologne...the OIL. Oh man.
The original Sunkist fruit rolls in orange and grape. No other manufacturer comes close. Smith Brothers black licorice cough drops.
Yes, I would travel to the 70's and 80's for a day or two to just eat food.
CRAZY CORE SKITTLES!
Those little fruit-flavored chewy things in strawberry wrappers. I haven't seen one of those in idk how long but MAN they were good.
Hard candy with some fruity jelly in the center?? Those will exist!!
They will or they still?
LOL those STILL exist 😂
I think we’re both talking about these?
YES!!! Those things are AMAZING!!
Game demos/shareware. Back in the 90's/early 00's virtually every game had a demo/shareware you can try before you buy. Now they're almost non-existent.
Original recipe Sweet Tarts...with all the man made flavoring they can stuff in them.
When they decided to use all natural flavorings...they started to suck big time
Logitech G5 gaming mouse. Best mouse I ever had until my brother filched it.
The Hummer. It was a great American utility vehicle.
Spicy quesadilla Tostitos
Screaming Yellow Zonkers. The best candy/caramel/toffee corn ever.
Tom's lime mouthwash for dry mouth
stuff was amazing
Taco Bell santa Fe gorditas. Those things were amazing!
Zima
That made a comeback last summer!
Space Food Sticks. They were chewy and we all liked them.
Definitely miss when sobes were easy to find Now I only ever encounter them at random gas stations hours from where I live
Mingles!! Minty chocolates that were absolutely fucking amazing!
A lot of the Wonka-brand candy
I used to have this one fit-watch thing that would actually track your heart rate/body temp and base stuff off of that. I fucking loved it and it was way more accurate than most other watches and a lot of thought was put into the features. Then the company shut down and recalled it because the pulse-reading plate on the bottom had apparently overheated and burned the skin of a few of the users. Never had problems with mine and it was fantastic. There still hasn’t been ANY replacement that tracks heart rate available in the market that even comes close to it. Really a shame
Lawn darts, the good ones that actually stuck into the ground (or your buddy's thigh)
Cube world was a fun toy to collect. It was so fun watching all the little guys interact.
NECCO wafers and mary jane candies. The plant shuts down on Friday.
Turkey twizzlers
Blue goo ice cream from McDonalds
Ipod classic
McDonald's chicken fajitas
Wonderballs, chocolate hollow ball filled with other candy inside. Best candy ever created hands down.
Sour cream and onion Orville Redenbacher popcorn.
Tyco slot car race tracks.
PB Crisps and Campbell's Noodles and Ground Beef Soup!
Highly leaded ceramic glazes.... .they just don't even work properly anymore....theyre a joke
Jolt Cola...
Doritos Habanero flavor
rockstar coke, crystal pepsi, vitamin water B-Relaxed – jackfruit-guava, old pop rocks
McDonald's Chicken McBites. They were like popcorn chicken and they were a little spicy. They only sold them for like, one summer but they were so good.
Cadbury used to make these chocolate bars with Irish cream inside.They'd sell them along with the caramel and milk chocolate ones.
Now they aren't anywhere anymore and they replaced them with the kind with nuts.
God i miss chocolate with irish cream. British people. why?
Yum bars. Especially when they came with a stretchy man inside the box. I think these are an NZ thing though so probably nobody on here knows of my suffering, living a life without them.
Surge. It went away forever and they brought it back finally. Everytime I stop at a gas station I gotta buy one to taste that nostalgia.
The soda Urge! it was fking amazing!
Those Ego waffles that were filled. Waffulls
Literally all of the features on the Nintendo Wii.
Like I know there's Wiimfii, but still
Altoid Raspberry Sours
Diet Mountain Dew Code Red. I saved my last can for several years because I wasn't going to drink it until my beloved Oregon Ducks won the Rose Bowl. Well, they finally did, and by that time it was so old it wasn't good anymore. I'd sure love to have some more!
Wotsits used to have waffle shaped ones which were enormous and so cheesy. I remember loving them as a kid but they were discontinued when Walkers took over Wotsits from Golden Wonder
I would say the Ben And Jerry's ice cream flavor "One Sweet Whirl".
LOVED that stuff.
Trick yogurt
Nintendo DS Lite Two different generations of games in the same console let me be nostalgic and impressed all in the same thing.
That apple flavored Pepsi. That was some good shit.
Grape Slice or Orange Slice. Better than Crush for sure.
Also.... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pudding Pies
Sour gummy Wally’s from the warhead company.
Mouth still waters just thinking about those things.
Nestea.
I know we should avoid Nestle products when possible, but Coca-cola's own Fuze tea that has replaced it doesn't taste very good.
If possible I would want the old Nestea back, from before they began replacing some of the sugar content with stevia.
mtn dew baja blast all day
Taco Bell's fire roasted border salsa, their sausage gravy crunch wrap, and their original coffee.
GameCube... please bring them back. The love of my life
Original formula Ozium aerosolized room deodorizer. Noting has the fragrance or the power to totally change the aroma of a room like the OG formula in the big honking can.
I know this is so late, but in Australia you can't get cool ranch Doritos. A few years ago there was a glorious six months or so when you could get them, and then one day they were suddenly gone. Life has been a struggle ever since.
That sucks. Cool ranch is the best flavor imo
Those are delicious, but I liked the regular peanut butter best.
John frieda curling spray
Turkey twizzlers, fuck you Jamie oliver
Ho-Ho's
I just saw those at the grocery store yesterday.
Sprite remix
Top Ramen pork flavor. The broth was so good for cheap-ass ramen. Started off only being able to find it in one local grocery store, then it disappeared all together. I can't even find a way to order it, and it appears discontinued. Still crave it whenever I'm feeling sick 😭
Still find it where I live so there's hope
Where???
Arizona
Damn, all the way across the country 😂
Mini Pringles and Coco Pops Moons and Stars
Callard & Bowser white nougat, even though I no longer eat sugar, they came in r or 12 wrapped in rice paper
Old Spice body wipes
Digital backup tapes. Though I've heard recently they may be making a huge comeback with what's being touted as "HyperTape" - used in 4k video production, so a new twist on an old dog.
Here in California, diving boards have been banned for home pools. Dopy liberal protect us from ourselves nut job panty waste politicians punish the many because a few people got hurt but yet they'll support abortion, killing millions of babies a year.
Sugar free mentos
Willy wonka dweebs candy
I have a certain favorite shampoo and conditioner that I can't find anymore called Hairtrition that I wish was still available.
Original Pepsi
A cassette player
Lawn Darts! Where's the danger? Where's the drama?!?
Viewmaster, Teddy Ruxpin
My shoes i use to buy didn't have to think about trying them on because they always fit!
3.5 floppy diskettes
The original RoadRunner fishing bait with the small silver spinning blade on it. White or chartreuse was always a go-to trolling bait on the downriggers when targeting big Lake Phantom Hybrid...
cassete players
Pagers
VW Beetle with engine in the back
cassette player
Darkroom developing pics from 35mm film.
I wish there was an easy way to use all of the old computer programs from like Windows 95/98 on a Windows 10 machine. Software evolves so fast, that projects become obsolete pretty quickly
oreo cereal
I might be going off track here but Tigi used to do a leave in conditioner called “chocolate head”... it was the best conditioner I’ve ever used and I think it must have been discontinued a loooong while ago. I’d be cool if anything compared to it but it don’t.
Probably going to get buried but does anyone remember Mars Delight chocolate bars? Them sons o' bitches.
Those M&Ms they did for transformers that were peanut butter and jelly flavored
There were these cheezit twisters that were around for about 3 months and then disappeared forever :(. They were so good
Stouffer's Noodles Romanoff.
Jack In The Box cheese sticks. They were so good.
first generation pair of black yeezy's, I just can't wear used shoes.
Altoids Apple Sours...
Wrong reply ignore lol
Tomato wheat crunchies
Doritos 3D and Flaming hot asteroids
President Obama
He’s still around, donate to his library and you’ll hear from him all the time.
Hummers, I think if GM relaunched them now they would be a huge hit since gas isn't too bad and the economy has rebounded. I mean look at FJ cruisers.
EDIT: FJ cruisers are also discontinued as of 2014
Oh yeah... FJ Cruisers. They make the list. I’m currently car shopping for a midsize SUV. I’ve always liked the FJ and wanted to buy one new back in ‘14. Now that I’ve reached my savings goal to afford one, they don’t make them. AND... they’re the same price used with 60,000 miles on them that they used to sell for new. Only thing that comes close is a 4Runner for $10k more.
I agree- An updated H3 would be excellent in the market right now, and maybe even a redesigned full size as well.
As someone who owns an H3, I drove by an FJ today and couldn’t believe how similar they look.
Man, what was that stuff called, we used to eat it all the time back in the day... Oh yeah! Pussy.
Youre getting downvoted, but i always enjoy a half baked reference.
Dutch Apple Poptarts
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Chubby soda. That stuff was the jackpot during Halloween when I was a kid.
Dunkin Donuts' Arnold Palmer Coolatta. The minute it gets slightly warm I want one.
You can mix flavors.
It seems to vary depending on which DD you go to. I've had them make me it out of other flavors at one location and tell me there was no way to make it at another.
Strawberry Chex cereal.
Where the Hell is the red rope licorice? It used to be everywhere, now I can't find it anywhere!?
Farm supply stores tend to carry it around here. Rural king, Big R, Farm & Fleet, etc
The original flavouring for the Atomic Tomato Samboy chips. They discontinued them then re-released them with a different flavour that was never the same.
Yogos. I swear I’m the only one who remembers them, but those were gooood.
Turkey Twizzlers. God damn Jamie Oliver trying to make schools healthy. It's been 13 years and I'm still bitter.
Physical, rentable VCR’s and DVD’s
Yellow snickers, not the peanut butter ones
Orange flavoured Campinos.
I miss them so much. They were amazing. You can still get them in Strawberry or other fruit flavours, but it's just not the same.
[Edit] Also, the Pepperoni Bacon Whopper. It was at Burger King for a limited time, and it's the best fast food burger I've ever had. You wouldn't think pepperoni would go good on a burger, but it oh so did.
Logitech G9X. Best Mouse. I’ve ever used.
Why you gone and shut down the Dream World, Nintendo!?
Corn baller
The famous Logitech MX510 mouse. Was built like a tank and lasted forever. It's a shame they stopped manufacturing the mouse a good time ago. I loved mine but it, like all good things, succumbed to the test of time.
democracy
Dr. Pepper at Taco Bell. No other soda fits with Taco Bell quite as well, so I rarely go there anymore.
Coca Cola Blak
Apple, Mandarin Orange or Lemon Lime Slice
Clearly Canadian
Surge
Storm
I know this is still around somewhere, but not here. I remember getting it when I was a kid, and I miss it: The Pop Shoppe.
Shakey's Pizza (again, around in some places, but not here)
McDLT seemed to taste better that way
Fried pies at McDonalds
Hershey's BarNone
And it was back for awhile, but Zima
President Obama.
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I got some good news for you, bub
I never see my childhood city mentioned in a good light. I apparently lived 8 minutes from these people. Eww.
Slaves.
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Top kek
Black market marijuana. Cheaper by the pound.
In my state, there is so much legal marijuana that some places can't get rid of it and just have tons. It's sometimes cheaper for me to get legal dispo weed than a street dealer.
Hence the point of legal marijuana. That’s a good thing!
Just like any market dealing with "consumable" items, when something is new and popular demand is high and supply is low so prices go up, now that demand has lowered or supply has equaled demand or surpassed it prices go down.
I can buy an ounce of quality cannabis in my town from a wonderful dispensary for $42 after tax.
That makes a lb cost under $670.
Wtf 99% of these comments are food. I came here for the interesting products you used cherish, not some diabetes inducing junk food you can no longer poison yourself with.
Chill mate.
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Szechuan Chicken McNugget Sauce
Mulan szechuan sauce.
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Snapple Tru Root Beer
Wendy from Snapple...
Milkshake bars. It was a candy, kind of similar to Three Musketeers, but it was better. I ate them all the time as a kid and then kind of forgot they existed when they didn't exist anymore.
floppy discs
Lea & Perrins used to make a really awesome BBQ sauce. At this point I can't even tell if it's nostalgia telling me that it was awesome (I had it as a kid, but I'm pretty sure it was discontinued before I was 10) or what. I check pretty regularly to see if they've re-released it, but sadly they have not.
Alien Blue.
Freezable strawberry shake poptarts
Any of the retired UCS Lego sets.
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What?
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But like it's still available I don't get what you mean lol
Mcdonalds Mulan Szechuan Teriyaki sauce
Amazing Eternals. It's a game that was canceled last year. It died too young.
Sportsmanship.
Asbestos
DDT, hands down
Cunt
IIT: Taco Bell, McDonald's, and KFC have half the menu they used to, and all the good stuff is gone.
Mountain Dew Sangrita Blast
McDonals's 1998 Mulan SzeChuan sauce.
And I'll, I'll go out and I'll find some more of that Mulan Szechuan teriyaki dipping sauce, Morty. (Apologies if this has already been posted but WHY IS IT NOT A TOP COMMENT?!
cyanide
My virginity
Hope there's someone out there sorting by new. That fuckin Winnie the Pooh honey pot cereal. GOAT status but I'm pretty sure it is no more
Ur mum
No u
But.........how?
Ur mum gay
No u
Slaves
Don't say it ø, don't say it!... Slaves
Don't say it, don't say it... Slaves
That mcdonald's Szechuan sauce promoting the Mulan movie. It's FUCKING DELICIOUS Morty!
The Sponge! (okay, kidding.)
I never see mousepads. We still use a mouse but I never see the pads anywhere. I would think there are some sweet mousepads with a wrist rest too...
Kanye West
Let's see, how can I go for a cheap karma grab using politics?
LMAO, you failed.
Thats not a quote from me
It was a restatement.
A restatement of what original statement?
Your weak attempt at a joke.
Why were you talking about "politics" though
I'm sure that Kanye's recent political discussions had NOTHING to do with your comment.
So your "restatement", was that supposed to be you talking, or was that supposed to be me talking
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What's kek
LOL weak b8
So you made up what you wanted me to say, and then you laughed your ass off at what you made up, and then you made inside jokes to yourself
B8
My penis
The caps to mountain dews that told you if you won a free drink or not without having to go to a website to put the code in.
Yeah, lots of caps used to do that before the advent of the internet. Now it's just a scam to sell your data to as many people as possible.
This is why I like Jones drinks, they're like fortune cookies
Absolutely the best soda makers I've found. Not usually one for brand loyalty but I make a small exception for them, the pictures and fortunes and everything is just so delightful