Stop disliking what I like!

[Shoggoth2588]

You know what I've really been wanting lately? A Wonka Bar;

Looks good doesn't it? It was essentially a Crunch or Krackle bar only instead of being a crunchy mix of chocolate and rice, it was a softer mix of chocolate and graham cracker. It was a really, really good candy bar that didn't make it past 2010. Well that's fine, it was probably only out because of the remake of the...oh wait, that launched years before...well its not like there are other Wonka-branded candies on the...oh wait, there are Wonka branded candies on the market right now...

Well fine then, what else does my tummy want? Coke Blak! That stuff was really good; Sure Coke was put on the market as a coffee substitute (well...after it was marketed as a miracle elixir) but adding one to the other provided a really good, unique taste that I could really go for right now!

...

Oh, those aren't on the market anymore either...Well, I still want some coffee but I guess I can settle for a hot cuppa...where can I find one of those self-heating, Wolfgang Puck coffees?

Oh...

There was a point here and before I continue rambling like an idiot, I'm going to come out and ask the question. What stuff did you absolutely love that no longer exists? Maybe it didn't sell very well, maybe it was hazardous to the health of the general public. Maybe it was just a limited time kind of thing. Grab yourself a pint of Vermonty Python and...

GOD DAMMIT!

...Just...just try not to get too emotional with this one. I think I got us covered when it comes to angst.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Tell me about it. I think they have cameras in the supermarket that catch if I buy anything more than three times, and send a message off to have it immediately discontinued.

I mean, I like orange ice cream. Know how common orange ice cream is? It's a common fruit. Go ahead and guess. There's a 240 flavors ice cream place near me. They have garlic ice cream, and curry ice cream, and dragonfruit ice cream. Orange ice cream? NAH.

I found it ONCE, in the last TWENTY YEARS. At a Coldstone Creamery.

 

[tippy2k2]

Mother fucking QUISP cereal!

Seriously, it was the greatest cereal known to man. It was essentially Captain Crunch except designed in a disc form so that the little fuckers didn't cut the shit out of your mouth. As I stated, the perfect cereal.

It gets limited runs every so often when Quaker Oats deems the human race worthy of such a prize but generally is taken away again pretty quickly.

This was one of my gifts I got last year for Christmas

Spoiler

For obvious reasons, that was the best Christmas of my life. I am content to die now with my one regret being that I didn't eat more Quisp while I was alive.

 

[LetalisK]

Nickelback is my favorite band, so that should tell you all you need to know about people disliking what I like.

 

[HybridChangeling]

I know how you feel man, my favorite fair food of all time lasted one year because people thought it was weird. Meanwhile everything on a stick sells consistently.

I mean, I like orange ice cream. Know how common orange ice cream is? It's a common fruit.

Also I feel for Orange Ice Cream man, what is worse is people always assume I mean SHERBET.

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

I know the feeling. When Cherry Coke got a limited run this past summer, I took as much advantage of it as I could.

 

[Elfgore]

Two things; Dolphins and Friends and Meijer 100% Cranberry Juice

Dolphins and Friends are just Goldfish ripoffs, but they tasted like ten times better. I always loved it back in Elementary school and we'd get them for snacks. I tried looking them up a few months back only to learn they've been discontinued. I think I cried a little.

Meijer Cranberry juice just tasted better than any other on the market. I enjoyed them for like seven months until they went on the dreaded clearance, which at Meijer means once they sell out no more are coming in. I ended up buying the last four they had left. Drinking that last one really hurt, the other brands just don't taste as good.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Also I feel for Orange Ice Cream man, what is worse is people always assume I mean SHERBET.

I *KNOW*! Motherfuckers, I know what sherbet is! If I wanted sherbet I'd have asked for it!

 

[HybridChangeling]

I *KNOW*! Motherfuckers, I know what sherbet is! If I wanted sherbet I'd have asked for it!

This guy.... this guy gets it. Also those paint bucket sour candies. Like for real they were ten times better then bottle pops or whatever, more sour, more taste, but I guess they didn't want kids eating from a paint bucket-like object or something.

 

[Squanchy]

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/12/certain-customers-spell-doom-for-new-products/

The original paper: https://marketing.wharton.upenn.edu/mktg/assets/File/Anderson-Eric%202015_02_05_Harbingers.pdf

From which I offer the following quote that should ensure you give up all hope.

We show that some customers, whom we call ?Harbingers? of failure, systematically purchase new products that flop. Their early adoption of a new product is a strong signal that a product will fail - the more they buy, the less likely the product will succeed. Firms can identify these customers either through past purchases of new products that failed, or through past purchases of existing products that few other customers purchase. We discuss how these insights can be readily incorporated into the new product development process. Our findings challenge the conventional wisdom that positive customer feedback is always a signal of future success.

They go on to theorize and strongly suggest, with mathematical precision, that you have taste that isn't necessarily good or bad, but far out of the mainstream. Your very act of purchasing is a sign of failure for any mass market product.

So much for just having niche tastes.

 

[Lil devils x_v1legacy]

Six flags used to sell these heavenly things called "Pink Things".. then they took them away then brought them back, but they were different, not the same recipe and they sucked in comparison.

Spoiler: Pink Thing

I also liked the little red round candies in this robot candy dispenser, but these candies are impossible to find outside of the dispenser...

Spoiler: Robot Pooping Candy Dispenser

 

[Drathnoxis]

Kool-aid Wildberry Tea! This was the most delicious flavour that Kool-aid has ever produced, if I had known they were discontinuing it I would have bought a lifetime supply.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Ohhhh off the top of my head, Diet Mountain Dew Ultra Violet.

It was this delicious berry flavored soda, that being diet wasn't too sweet... but I tell you there must be a reason it's not made anymore, cause I was consuming a lot of it and my teeth began to hurt after a while for no reason.

ohhh and Pepsi Holiday Spice, I really wish i could have again. That shit was christmas in a can.

The day Taco Bell removed Volcano Burritos for me will forever be a sad one.

Ya know what I really miss sometimes? Block Buster. I miss walking into a physical store and seeing all the tapes/games lined up on the wall.

 

[MysticSlayer]

If anyone making decisions at Burger King is reading this, please bring back your buffalo tenders. Those things kept me coming into your restaurants regularly. Now that they're gone and most of your other stuff has gone (and already was going) to shit, I don't go there. And after your fucking horrible commercials for those spicy chicken fries dissing standard buffalo wings...There's no way I'll step foot in a Burger King again without those coming back as an apology for letting the rest of the chain, from the food to the ads, go to shit.

Oh, and Applebee's, discontinuing the provolone stuffed meatballs right before my birthday...Not cool, guys. Not cool.

I'm also wondering where in the world I can find Sam Adam's Blackberry Witbier again. It wasn't the best beer I ever had, but I definitely get a craving for it every once in a while.

 

[Mudman1234]

I know the feeling. When Cherry Coke got a limited run this past summer, I took as much advantage of it as I could.

I'm in Australia and we can still get that delicious shit!

OT: Most limited runs of V. Purple Plasma and Cherry was fucking amazing.

 

[Scarim Coral]

Well I loved the Kit Kat coconut when they had the vote with the new limited flavour a few years back.

Sad thing is the one with the most vote was the one they apprently kept and the other two was dicontuine. Mint won and coconut and orange were gone.

In saying so I haven't see at my workplace and yet they still keep that awful flaour cookie and cream (it doesn't taste nice despite the sound of it)!

 

[Akytalusia]

none of you kids will remember this, as it only lived from 1995-1999, but it burned itself into my memories as my favorite soda.
i was sad to see it go, and there's never been another that even came close to it's distinct flavor.

it was apparently such a cult hit that there are petitions to this day to bring it back.

 

[Queen Michael]

Lots of Ben & Jerry's. Good old Fossil Fuel... Lovely Chocolate Therapy... They don't come around here no more...

 

[chocolate pickles]

I never had one, but I'd really like to have had a Pepsi crystal.

No offends btw, but I bought one wonka bar, and still remember how shitty it tasted. The same applies to come vanilla (though for some reason that's come back in the UK.)

 

[Zhukov]

My local bakery used to sell a thing they called a 'Heart Attack Pie'. It was a shepard's pie (beef with a thin layer of mashed potato on top) but with bacon and cheese on top of that. Bloody delicious, plus the honesty of the name made me laugh.

Then they stopped fucking selling them.

They also used to do these pan baked crispy bread loaf things with dried tomato and cheese and garlic inside. Delicious. I could eat a whole loaf in one go.

Then they stopped fucking selling them.

Oh, and they did these other really soft white loafs with garlic and cheese in them. Made for amazing toasted sandwiches.

Then they stopped fucking selling them.

Lastly, they did these toasted cheese-and-spinach pita sandwiches. (I really like cheese, okay? Shut up.) I used to drop by for one almost every day before the gym.

Then they stopped fucking selling them.

It was like someone in charge there decided to hate me and was like, "Hey, y'know that dark-haired quiet guy with the big nose who comes here a few times a week? Well, fuck that guy! Stop making anything that he buys more than five times!"

I eventually stopped shopping there. Figured that if I kept going they'd be down to selling nothing but wholemeal rolls and kiss biscuits.