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People Explain Which Discontinued Products They Wish Would Make A Comeback

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Whether it's a favorite food or a favorite brand, we all have brands and styles that we prefer above others.

And while it may not be the worst thing to ever happen to us, it can be a real bummer when a favorite item is discontinued.


Redditor Seraphicly329 asked:

"What was discontinued, but you miss like h**l and you wish would come back?"

False Advertisements

"I miss the days when TV stations were about what they claimed to be about..."

"MTV, History Channel, Discovery Channel, Science Channel, TLC (The Learning Channel), AMC (American Movie Classics), ABC Family Channel, A&E..."

- varthalon

"Video killed the radio star."

"Nope, bottom lines killed the video star."

- doublestop

One-Dollar Menus

"The $1 menu at every fast food joint."

- king_nut69420

"S**t, I remember when hamburgers at Mcdonald's were 39 cents (I think it was Tuesdays) and Cheeseburgers were 49 cents."

"We were treated on those days and felt like we ate like kings. It wasn't until later I realized 'those treat days' were specific because my parents were broke."

- Gr8NonSequitur

Those Were Something Else

"Pizza Hut lunch buffets."

- 23andm3

"I must be old because I used to get together with my friends at Pizza Hut. A waitress would take your order, bring your drinks, then bring your food, and then you could play a Ms. PacMan game built into a table."

"That was the only pizza place we never started a food fight in because we didn't want to get banned for life again like we did at the other ones."

- Hagsnot

The Original Levi's Jeans

"Not discontinued, but Levi’s definitely changed how they made their jeans. They just don’t fit the same, and the materials feel very different."

- Kozak515

"Cone Mills White Oak mill, where they sourced their denim for the 501s for over 100 years, shut down in 2019."

"Levis will never be the same. White Oak denim was the gold standard for a long time."

"Before that, they were sourcing denim offshore for other models and had moved to manufacture offshore many years before."

- gnomz

"You can still get the good stuff; but, you're going to pay..."

- Friendship_Fries

The Best Arcades

"Aladdin's Castle. It was an arcade in the local mall. I was heartbroken when they closed that place down. So many good memories as a kid in that place."

- cromaden

The Soup and Salad

"We used to have a chain of restaurants called Souper Salad. It was just a salad bar with three options of soup, but it was cheap and all you could eat. I took it for granted back then, and now I miss it so much."

- Gin_N_Soda

'90s Kids Know

"90's Nickelodeon. 'Legends of the Hidden Temple,' 'Are You Afraid of the Dark,' 'Double Dare,' 'Pete & Pete.' Etc."

- Andibular

"I grew up on SNICK. I can hear the 'Are You Afraid Of The Dark' theme song in my head now."

"I had my first life-changing experience as a little kid at Nickelodeon Studios. We managed to get into the studio audience for a taping of 'Roundhouse,' and Melissa Joan Hart was two rows in front of me in-between tapings of 'Clarissa Explains It All.' I spent the entire three hours, just looking more at the back of her head instead of the actual taping of the show."

"My f**ked up nine-year-old self awkwardly walked up to her after the show since I was resolved to tell her I had a crush on her. Not sure what I was expecting to happen. I got as far as walking up to her, staring awkwardly, and then turning around and going back to my mom."

"Nope, still can’t laugh about it."

- Donkey__Balls

All the Closet Staples

"All my favorite tops that ever wore out. The fashion train just moves on regardless, you can never go back and just purchase the same awesome undyed linen blouse with the frog closures and Chinese collar. You have to start all over again no matter how much you hate shopping because walking around naked isn't an option."

- willingisnotenough

Favorite Snacks

"Jello Brand pudding pops. There is nothing else like it in the market, and anything that I have found doesn't taste the same. I just want my pudding pops back, dangit."

- RarScaryFrosty

Those Five-Dollar Menu Items

"Five-dollar, Five-dollar footlongs."

- Redictate

"Also the time of Arby's and Taco Bell's '5 for 5."

- JustaRandomOldGuy

The Best Hi-C

"Ecto Cooler. When it came back temporarily a few years ago, I got some but figured it would be crappy like most nostalgia-bait food and drink. It was glorious. So d**n tasty."

- KingLaerus

"It's unironically the best Hi-C and I am blown away that it wasn't brought back again for Afterlife's release."

- SteveRudzinski

We All Remember

"The Blue Raspberry Sour Skittle. They act like it never existed, but I know better."

- Chaosfreeze990

Media Libraries

"Physical items for music, video games, movies, etc. (this isn't actually discontinued yet but with the current trend it wouldn't surprise me if everything just moves completely to streaming in ~10 years)"

"Too many things are moving to digital where you don't actually own anything. All you have is a license to use the digital media. The last time I bought a physical game disc, the only thing it did was install Origin on my computer and provide a license key to download the game. My current car has built-in Spotify instead of a CD player."

"Maybe I'm becoming an old man ranting about change, but I'm concerned about how everything's become a monthly subscription service where the companies control what you have access to and can remove things whenever they want."

- Phantom_Ganon

Oh, Those Snack Wraps

"McDonald’s snack wraps."

- spookyvampireparty

"And accompanying this, the Chicken Selects and the specialty sauces made 'just' for them, especially the Chipotle BBQ sauce. It was seriously some of the best BBQ sauce I've ever had. Smoky and quite spicy for something from McDonald's. It lasted, like, 10 years, then just poof, they decided to get rid of all of it. B**tards."

- Falco98

So Practical

"iPod or any audio player that’s small, portable, and works offline."

- rando552

From snacks to TV shows to favorite places to visit, these responses brought back some wonderful memories, especially for those who grew up in the '80s and '90s.

Like anything else, it's so easy to take advantage of something while we have it, only to miss it terribly when it's gone.

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