Things That Disappeared Without You Noticing

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Pissmaster said:
I saw a cigarette vending machine in the wild in the 2010s, at a casino.

I didn't realize Frutopia was long gone until last year
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Cigarette vending machines are the sort of thing you tell young people about and they simply don't believe you. Also I can still get Fruitopia at the soda fountain at the local McDonald's restaurant and at Rusty Venture's house. It is the nectar of the gods.

I miss Pogs and candy cigarettes that actually blew "smoke" out of the end.
 
Venom energy drinks.

People keep telling me they're still around, yet I haven't seen them in almost a decade. I'm not big on energy drinks to begin with, but I used to love those. Would like to have a Black Mamba again for old times sake.

Speaking of old times sake, I miss being able to channel my inner goth with Djarum Black clove cigarettes. They still sell the Djarum cigarillos, but they're not the same. Used to buy a carton of Djarums and a few cases of Horde/Alliance game fuel and pass them out like a neckbeard Santa before each Saturday night D&D session.
 
Autumnal Equinox said:
Venom energy drinks.

People keep telling me they're still around, yet I haven't seen them in almost a decade. I'm not big on energy drinks to begin with, but I used to love those. Would like to have a Black Mamba again for old times sake.

Speaking of old times sake, I miss being able to channel my inner goth with Djarum Black clove cigarettes. They still sell the Djarum cigarillos, but they're not the same. Used to buy a carton of Djarums and a few cases of Horde/Alliance game fuel and pass them out like a neckbeard Santa before each Saturday night D&D session.
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IIRC Venom went from those really nice sturdy bottles to regular 16oz cans at some point, and only started showing up at stores like Big Lots & Dollar Tree. But I don't think I've seen one in a long time now.
 
Christmas lights and the season in general. At major retail stores when I was a kid Kroger, Meijer, and Big K had some lights put up for christmas now it's just dark and the lights are shoved in the back corner. People always had a minimum of a string of lights around there house now adays 1/3 houses have lights if that. It's just depressing, during the darkest part of the year we came together and lit up our homes to warm the world a little bit more. Now we put up a pre decorated tree and spend our time shopping for deals and ditching the holiday for pure commercialism.
 
In a broader sense, just normal LEGOs that aren’t based on some game or show or whatever seem to be gone, at least from what I’ve seen. Kind of like they moved from creatively toy to model building. I still miss Bionicle, those things were the best. Hero Factory never hit the same.
But locally, I haven’t seen saltwater taffy in years. Don’t know why, those things were that good shit.
 
Cheese Dust said:
Ever heard of those Haribo sugar-free gummy bears? Lethal.

Also never realized Hubba Bubba tape wasnt around anymore until it was pointed out here.
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Bugles-a delicious salty cone shaped snack.
Weak weed. The kind that used to give you a giggly high but left you able to function. Now it all slams you into a chair.
Internet cafes. Didn’t last long but it was better than hanging out with crazies at the library.
 
CivilianOfTheFandomWars said:
In a broader sense, just normal LEGOs that aren’t based on some game or show or whatever seem to be gone, at least from what I’ve seen. Kind of like they moved from creatively toy to model building. I still miss Bionicle, those things were the best. Hero Factory never hit the same.
But locally, I haven’t seen saltwater taffy in years. Don’t know why, those things were that good shit.
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From what I heard Lego very nearly went bust and was saved by the Star Wars and Harry Potter tie ins so they've been repeating that for the last 20 years.

 
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Catch Your Breath said:
Butterfinger BB's. They disappeared for the same reason @Pickelhaube's Yogo's did - choking hazard.
Which is bullshit.
I don't even want my BB's back though since Nestle sold off Butterfingers to Ferrera who promptly ruined the god damn recipe to make it " healthier ". Not even going to stew on the fact that the New Butterfingers has more salt and sugar in it than the old recipe.
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I was going to say Butterfingers that didn't taste like shit.

New better Butterfingers
Barbarella said:
Bugles-a delicious salty cone shaped snack.
Weak weed. The kind that used to give you a giggly high but left you able to function. Now it all slams you into a chair.
Internet cafes. Didn’t last long but it was better than hanging out with crazies at the library.
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They still make Bugles
 
CivilianOfTheFandomWars said:
But locally, I haven’t seen saltwater taffy in years. Don’t know why, those things were that good shit.
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In New Orleans, there's a family that's been selling saltwater taffy out of a horse-drawn cart for over a century. They used to park the wagon outside my high school most afternoons. They're still around and I guess you can even order some online. I haven't had any in 20 years, it hurts my teeth. When I was a kid, though...
 
Dr. Snapple in glass bottles. Fuckers, it was the bottle that made the drink, (also they have as much sugar as coke, do noy boy.) Sobe is another one that in theory still exists but fuck if I ever see it around these days.

I miss Pathmark as a grocer, they pulled out of my area 25 years ago. Hills was a good K-Mart clone, now K-Mart themselves are probably gonna be dead in a year or two.

You can throw another one in for cigarette vending machines. Along with restaurant smoking sections and ash trays. Not going to say I miss them but I certainly do remember them gradually going away.

You can throw AOL registration disks, 56k limits, bad/non-existant cell service and "blue dial 1-800 number screens" in infomercials on the list of things I remember but am glad to be rid of.


As to cultural things... establishing shots of NYC with the twin towers, driving over the Hoover Dam, touring nuclear power plants, seeing East Germany and the Soviet Union in our old-ass school books and people proclaiming the relevance of international organizations on the list of things I have happy nostalgia for.
 
Karl_der_Grosse said:
In New Orleans, there's a family that's been selling saltwater taffy out of a horse-drawn cart for over a century. They used to park the wagon outside my high school most afternoons. They're still around and I guess you can even order some online. I haven't had any in 20 years, it hurts my teeth. When I was a kid, though...
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That sounds like the realest candy you could possibly find. New Orleans knows how to eat.
 
SoBe. Altogether. They were so hot, I wonder what happened to them? Pure Leaf seems to have taken over the "odd teas" game.
 
Autumnal Equinox said:
Venom energy drinks.

People keep telling me they're still around, yet I haven't seen them in almost a decade. I'm not big on energy drinks to begin with, but I used to love those. Would like to have a Black Mamba again for old times sake.

Speaking of old times sake, I miss being able to channel my inner goth with Djarum Black clove cigarettes.
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You ever want Venom or half packs of Blacks, I've got your hookup. My region of the US is a decade behind the trends. There's a Black Mamba with kiwi, now.
E- Sorry for doublepost.
 
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Canned wonton soup. I used to be able to buy it at Metro/Food Basics but now they don't even seem to sell it at Asian supermarkets (specifically T&T). I like the frozen shrimp wonton soup from CP Food Products Inc. which you can buy at most supermarkets, but those are ~$5 Canadian which is generally a few dollars more than I like to pay for a microwavable lunch product.

While on the topic of Asian food at regular supermarkets, boxes of 10 egg rolls also seem to be disappearing.
 
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