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Dec 21, 2025 10:29 PM
wiggyswilderness
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seenunseen
Pb crisps were great
Verk80
#7 this makes me miss Burger King’s chicken tenders 💔
StabbyMcMurder
#2 I'm listening to this in my brain now thanks
joshdlc8888
#11 I wish they would bring these back. I'd help keep them off the shelves.
ItispronouncedGIFwithahardG
I know a lot of early 90s kids that would destroy a bag of these today.
CuileannDhu
I wish with all my heart that I could go back there.
TapeLeg
wiggyswilderness
LA Beast! I love the crystal Pepsi videos.
JohnBluehill
He was actually at least partially responsible for the Crystal Pepsi temporary return a few years ago, iirc
Mantarayfish
It’s not that I want to go back to then; it’s that I miss when things were less complicated because I was too young to know all the complicated things actually going on around me. I looked at all of these in a bit of a fuzzy-eyed trance. It’s a mix of longing for a time I can’t have back and knowing that even if I was back there as I am now I would not be happy (though my dollar would go a helluva lot further at least)
ProficientInGifs
Felt, friend.
GreaseMonkeyOfLove
Fizzypeach
#43 I had this exact pair of roller blades in the late eighties
Efreeti
I had one in the mid 90s. The wheels on mine were hard plastic, not proper rubber. They sucked.
itdoesntmatternoneofthismatters
Pretty sure these are the exact ones that my best friend had. We would each wear one, and scoot around in the tennis courts by the playground. Such good times.
DuelLadyS
Sigh... so it's offical then. Those "Remember When" junk emails my parents used to get, are now targeting me.
Does this mean I can tell the kids to get off my lawn now?
OptimisticMisanthrope
A lawn? In this economy?
YanRoy
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1ZnpubW1mbmlrcDNuNThsa3puNm1scWdnN2p5ZHFnbGkxdXF2cHR3cSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3oKIPgvPwXi2ZAIS5O/200w.webp
dirtyFrenchman
13/10 dump. My only quibble is that there was no mention of bookit and personal pan pizzas from Pizza Hut…
YouTurnThePageYouWashYourHands
For the love of God just bring back the PB Crisps.
HairyChairstepper
#14 i always thought virtual boy was underrated. It was worth the headaches and neck pain to me. That was as a kid though. It would probably literally kill me now lol
sundaymondayhippyday
Still with that tagline today…. It would definitely sell https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTY1YjkxZmJlZ3ZpNml6anh6dmYxM3loejlmMXc0c2YzOTJuaXF6aHkwMDVwNHlvaiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/3XBK3CzTN9A1qnzrvR/giphy.mp4
Snooj
My best friend had one. I spent an ungodly amount of time playing Mario on it. It wasn't underrrated, it was rated exactly where it should have been for a console that could only display one color, no matter what it could do with that one color.
wiggyswilderness
I had one and loved it. I only had a few games but after seeing the Angry Video Game Nerd video on it, I discovered that I had nearly all the games that were ever made for it!
theomni
#11 These were so good. I cry a little if I think too much about them and what we've lost.
DonoraSmogger
Superb dump!!
CrabbyBlueberry
#22 I used to love pulling these coupons out and watching the machine spit out another one. That's what the little tray on the top is for. It's so those coupons wouldn't get wasted by punk kids like me.
CanIGetSomeExtraSalt
have they built that time machine yet?
cellocalypse
I wish we had a corporate greed detector/lazer cannon
RetrogradeLlama
Yeah but they aren’t sharing.
W0lfsbl00d
They will one day fashion a faux time machine with brain implants and AI. Are you interested?
ProficientInGifs
If it gives me this feeling again
candar
#38 MR BUCKET; PUT YOUR BALLS IN MY MOUTH; MR BUCKET; AND ILL SPIT EM RIGHT OUT
Turkleturts
That jingle has been living in my head for 30 years alongside Gator Golf. Glad I'm not the only one.
sundaymondayhippyday
See nowadays ….
We would be giggling to darn much
EatinButtsAndBustinNuts
The Crossfire commercial lives rent free in my head and has for the past...since it first aired.
TheOneWhoSucks
So you've gotten caught up in the crossfire?
EatinButtsAndBustinNuts
CROSSFIYAAAAAAAA
parabolic000
OK so when I was like 7 I went to the bathroom with another kid and we pissed in the same toilet and yelled shit from the Crossfire commercial.
OptimisticMisanthrope
Mr Bucket too. I was way to old to play with it, but that commercial played constantly.
WackyWavingInflatableArmFlailingTubman
#13 this is quite literally the oldest memory I have is this toy fuck me
VaultBoy2319
i *might* still have mine. i DO have the Metal Molder die cast factory still
domillomew
do NOT touch the metal molds after heating unless you love the smell of seared human flesh of course.
IhopeyougetstageIIIcoloncancer
tidepool
This and Fruitopia
JB4T5
I want Zen Blend back!
MapleSyrupMafia
#1 Do not drink the nostalgia Crystal Pepsi!
somnif
Those are just a couple years old, so probably still safe to drink.
ChazzK
Well yeah, 1992 was like, what, 5 years ago tops?
Grimmrog
They did a remake of it then but it was a different formula. Which is stupid as it makes it an entirely different thing.
ardtay
Was it like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0sjRG34DlA
Grimmrog
https://1000awesomethings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/crystal-pepsi.jpg this one is what we had in germany,
CeruleanK
You can tell this picture is of the 2015 remake because it has the stupid Peter Arnell logo on it
djhash
#2 played sonic on the switch last night. Took me back and reminded me that I still have no idea how to properly play that game. *sigh*.. good memories!
OptimusPom
I used to have Sonic 2 so down I can get all the Chaos Emeralds in the first zone and then blow through like a speed runner. Now I listen to the OST's and zone out.
Manusho
You gotta go fast.
neospor1n
‘Go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn!’ —Charles Demar
MoxieMonster
This started my love of downtime music: https://youtu.be/RVAzxhh_cB8?si=03ZCeFVTjanu-5hV
cellocalypse
First one is the hardest to me without the charge spin dash. I loved using the cheats on Sonic 3 to break it several different ways.
DustyBibbles
I can still get all the emeralds in Sonic 2 before the second stages end. I love that game so much
candar
the sonic 2 minigames are fun as hell
cellocalypse
I can do it in Sonic 3 but Sonic 2's emerald stages always kicked my ass
MajorasTerribleFate
Having Tails tag along is a big liability, unless you know the bonus stages very well.
DustyBibbles
The last 3 special stages can be tricky, but once you get the patterns down, they are a breeze. Im surprised they are still burned in my memory after all this time hahah
4Astaroth
The direction change in those pipes was painful cause you only have a little bit of time and the controllers wasn't always feeling like it.
cellocalypse
yeah it almost felt slippery or once ya went full circle it was hard to control the momentum haha
cellocalypse
The stage theme is a song of terror for me whereas Sonic 3's takes me to a place of rage and serenity.
You're not alone, the cheat codes are still burned into mine. Ya haven't lived till ya tried crashing the game using Knuckles on a level he doesn't belong!
DustyBibbles
Oh, breaking into the sound test menu and enabling debug mode and just filling the stage with tons of random shit until the game breaks will always bring me a smile.
Thats actually how I learned to memorize the last three special stages.
And oh, sonic 3s special stages were something else. The first few are fun, and then its replaced a dread and rage hahah
Dogman1227
dee dodo da dee dodo do do, dee dodo da dee dodo doo
swedeonamoose
#7 Being inclusive while also hitting every stereotype in the book.
sundaymondayhippyday
loved that description!
also……I’m a girl, I’m in a wheelchair, I’m Asian, I’m redhead, I’m black, I wear glasses I’m a literal dog!
Atomic2
The dog was gay the whole time -JK Rowling
Gruesslibaer
And they called the disabled kid Wheels!
Atomic2
Wheels and the Legman! (not a BK reference but still fitting)
Yoggbarney
Clearly Canadian is back!
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ItispronouncedGIFwithahardG
They sell canned versions by you? I've never seen that in my life, I need to check for that. When they first came back I tried a couple and thought they had less flavor and more of a soda water taste than I remembered, but of course nostalgia is involved.
Lachwen
They sell cases of it at my Costco!
battery1979
I've seen it in Wal-Mart for years.
webx9001
My ACME has always sold em
JanglesPrime
....did it leave? They have them at my local stores.
battery1979
I've been able to find it at Walmart next to the Walmart brand of flavored water for years. It's just not widely advertised.
GlenL
In POG form????
IonceateahouseandnowIshitbricks
Only if it comes up Thrillho
FeedTheNachoMan
I didn't even know it was a nostalgia thing, I just thought it was bougie sparkling water that my job sells
blackstone459
It’s more a fruit flavored soda than a sparkling water
FeedTheNachoMan
I'll have to try some then, it's just in the sparkling water aisle of Freddy's, and I'm not a fan of regular sparkling water.
dogfavoriter
Yeah this stuff has a fair amount of sugar in it. Less than a typical soda but way more than most sparkling water.
IonceateahouseandnowIshitbricks
Can confirm! Same taste and new flavors folks. CNE in 2023 was demo'ing old school bottles.
woozle
remember Orbitz soda? Yeah, that sucked.
Larktonguesinadicecup
It had a uniquely oily texture. Most soda doesn't have ANY kind of texture.
CanIGetSomeExtraSalt
sucked and you got to choke on some mystery balls.. they were preparing us for life
knexusatx
It was trash
OptimusPom
It was to prepare us to Bubble Tea by scale of difficulty.
parabolic000
the orange one (mango?) was fucking amazing.
pinkmansaidthebest
Fizzy bubbly drink with rubber balls and no defined taste? Yeah, I remember!
ryecurry9000
I always liked it. I'd filter the balls with my teeth while drinking, then shoot them all down at the end.
woozle
...there's soooo much sexual innuendo going on here.
Larktonguesinadicecup
I think there's a small amount at most
dreammer243
They had a website. It was also trash.
GonzoRunner
My personal taste: Boba is just Orbitz. Didn’t like. Then, don’t like the rebrand now.
woozle
I was thinking the same thing.
MaskedTrout
I had a Gateway before Dell bought and killed the brand. It had a top-of-the-line 350MHz Pentium II CPU and a huge 6GB HD. Played a whole lot of Myst, Zork, and Civ 2 on that sucker. It was cutting edge until the Pentium III came out two months later.
MajorasTerribleFate
Pentium II... MMX? With MMX technology?
MaskedTrout
Oh yeah. You could feel the power when you throcked the grass in Zork Grand Inquisitor.
MajorasTerribleFate
In Zork Zero, I think - before I could quite string together the patience needed to progress in these games - I was at the stables and just poking around, verging whatever nouns I could think to. So I tried to eat the horse, a verb I hadn't tried around too much, and got the response, "I don't think the horse would agree with you." Which, at the time, I thought meant the horse would prefer otherwise, not that my stomach would.
LongtimeLurkerFirsTimePoster
Futureproof!
jackpkmn
Gateway was bought by Acer not Dell.
MaskedTrout
I sit corrected.
jackpkmn
Gateway is also still a brand that Acer uses outside the US, so if you want some of that nostalgia you could try and get one of those.
MaskedTrout
Thanks for the info but the legendary Acer bloatware kinda makes it a pass for me.
parabolic000
I am exactly this old, holy shit.
503geek
I had that super soaker... But rollerblades were "new and weird" so I'm pretty sure I'm this old + ~7
Broken08
I too was born in 1980
parabolic000
I'm hitting 40 this upcoming May, but my memories start at age 2 and stay pretty vivid so while I might've only been 3-4 I have actual memories of the California Raisins and NKOTB cartoons.
theskepticinme
So say we all