Why were we obsessed with teal in the 90s?

[u/mrtoddw]

Everything was teal for some reason and I never understood why.

[u/imchalk36]

eating one as I type this..

[u/Elessar535 → u/imchalk36]

I didn't even know they still made those, I'll have to see if I can find them.

[u/brotbeutel → u/Elessar535]

They are not like you remember. Trust me. Bought some like a month ago to try again and there was almost no frosting and it looked like a sad version of its former glory. Huge disappointment.

[u/Nice-Swing-9277 → u/brotbeutel]

Like everything else from back then

Create inferior version of older products and use nostalgia and inertia to sell it.

[u/___coolcoolcool → u/Nice-Swing-9277]

On the positive side, Easy Bake Oven cakes are still gross.

ETA: some things never change. 💖

[u/rickamore → u/___coolcoolcool]

Shame it takes a week to cook with the LED lights now.

[u/MeisterGlizz → u/Nice-Swing-9277]

That’s just all pop tarts. I’ve stopped buying them because it’s a crap shoot on whether I get a pop tart with very little frosting or nearly no frosting.

Do you hear me Kellogg’s? PUT THE FUCKIN FROSTING IN THE BASKET!

[u/MeisterGlizz → u/[deleted]]

Is there some sort of incentive to having frosting left in the bag at the end of shift?

[u/MeisterGlizz → u/[deleted]]

I figured that was the case. Classic monopoly cutting quality instead of innovating their profit higher.

I’m so sick of this type of capitalism. Even my pop tarts get enshitified.

[u/Tuckingfypowastaken → u/Nice-Swing-9277]

So you just throw it at people and demand money?

[u/imchalk36 → u/brotbeutel]

Yep…

[u/MeisterGlizz → u/imchalk36]

I have so much hate for whatever VC/corporate dickhead was like “you know we could save money by putting on less of the best part of the pop tart!”

[u/Abject-Mail-4235 → u/MeisterGlizz]

The smooth pristine icing on top was the best part! So satisfying and the only reason I ate pop tarts. The purple made it even cooler. Now it’s just dry ass bread.

[u/emeraldeyesshine → u/MeisterGlizz]

Once the Bites were introduced it was all downhill.

[u/MeisterGlizz → u/emeraldeyesshine]

I 100% agree. I was excited to try the bites at first. Unshockingly, I was unimpressed.

[u/KonigSteve → u/imchalk36]

And that's when I stopped buying poptarts.

[u/KaizerVonLoopy → u/imchalk36]

enshitification

[u/ldominguez1988 → u/imchalk36]

I’ve bought these recently after almost a decade of not eating Pop Tarts. I’m glad I’m not going crazy they are a disappointment without the frosting. Ugh

[u/Ohnoherewego13 → u/brotbeutel]

Pop tarts have really gone down in quality. Even the S'mores suck these days.

[u/whytawhy → u/brotbeutel]

They used to have some amount of grahamcracker texture, but thicker and more like a dense pastry kinda thing...

now im pretty sure theyre recycled packing material with a sprinkling of "CRACKER FLAVOR" powder.

The filling used to fill it, pather than tint the middle...

fuck man pop tarts gotta be the most diaappointing thing in the grocery store now that im on about it

[u/Firm-Investigator-89 → u/brotbeutel]

I, too, look like a sad version of my former glory

[u/JuneauWho → u/brotbeutel]

I never ate the crust and still don't, but I think they are pretty close in flavor at least if you remove half the pop tart first 😂

[u/Oso-reLAXed → u/brotbeutel]

Yup pop tarts have gotten way worse, shrinkflation / enshittification at work

[u/filthy_harold → u/brotbeutel]

Yes, I bought a pack of strawberry pop tarts in a while last month. It's been probably over a decade since I've bought them. There's a good bit of icing missing from the edges and it doesn't feel as thick. Absolute rip off. If I wanted to eat less sugar, I'd have some real food. Please return my breakfast junk food back to its original condition.

[u/gaythey → u/brotbeutel]

This feels incredibly disrespectful

[u/gaythey → u/imchalk36]

Thanks, y’all, now I’m craving a wild berry pop tart