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What things from your past arent as nice as you'd remembered

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notacooldad · 18/10/2021 17:56

For me it is
Babysham I dont know if I have spelt it right

Angel delight especially Butterscotch which I used to love as a kid.

Vienetta
Cinzano bianco Admittedly I've not had this since I was 14 and my an would let me drink it ( probably to wind my mum up)

Vol au vonts 🤮

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ShirleyPhallus · 18/10/2021 17:57

Cream soda. Used to love it but doesn’t taste as creamy and vanilla-y as I remember

8dpwoah · 18/10/2021 17:57

Oh definitely Viennetta, it's disgusting isn't it?! I do wonder if quite a lot of the foods we had as kids have been improved in terms of nutrients and that's come at the cost of enjoyment 😂 there's a few Birdseye things that I remember being amazing that are now pretty meh at best.

Echobelly · 18/10/2021 17:59

Maribou milk chocolate

Spaghetti hoops in tins

BeMoreQueer · 18/10/2021 18:02

Ghostbusters… well basically every cartoon I liked as a kid tbh

Give me the rage now

I tried to watch the flint stones and was reading to give Wilma the number for women’s aid before the credits were out

BeMoreQueer · 18/10/2021 18:02

Ready

8dpwoah · 18/10/2021 18:03

@Echobelly

Maribou milk chocolate

Spaghetti hoops in tins

Oh yes spaghetti hoops, so sugary now! In fact they've changed since my student days, used to love cheese and hoops on birdseye waffles (which are thankfully still good) for tea!
Random789 · 18/10/2021 18:03

Winnie the Fucking Pooh. I really looked forward to reading it to my children, having enjoyed it as a child. But discovered it was the most nauseating, arch, twee, saccharine garbage known to man.

notacooldad · 18/10/2021 18:05

Winnie the Fucking Pooh
Poor Winnie!🤣🤣

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Foolsrule · 18/10/2021 18:08

Quavers

Letsallscreamatthesistene · 18/10/2021 18:08

Mini milks. Have they changed the recipe? I swear they used to be creamy but now they're rank

eandz13 · 18/10/2021 18:09

Crispy pancakes. They were the best thing ever when I was a kid, they're shite now.

Goosebumps too! Tried to get DD into the series a while ago and it's so painfully bad watching it back, I used to love it!

BrieAndChilli · 18/10/2021 18:12

Agree with all of these - crispy pancakes, spaghetti hoops, angel delight, pot noodles, etc. I think they next of had a shit tonne of salt and flavourings in them to make them taste nice and now they have to be ‘healthier’ they taste bland. Plus I suppose companies are suing cheaper ingredients etc in order to make money.

WhiskyXray · 18/10/2021 18:15

I'm sure Viennetta used to be creamier.

A lot of 90s pop music sounds so tinny and musically boring to me now. I can't enjoy Britney or Kylie or any of the girl bands anymore, except All Saints.

CorrBlimeyGG · 18/10/2021 18:15

McDonald's. Tasteless and cold.

CorrBlimeyGG · 18/10/2021 18:15

(And the 'restaurants' stink of oil.)

inpixiehollow · 18/10/2021 18:16

Pop tarts - remembered them from my childhood as delicious, tried them again a year or so ago and was bitterly disappointed. Dry, hot, overly sweet but flavourless.

MilesJuppIsMyBitch · 18/10/2021 18:16

Viscount biscuits. Yuck.

EvilPea · 18/10/2021 18:17

Pretty sure it’s all gone to shit since they banned all the artificial stuff and tried to bring the calories down.

Sunny D anyone????!

LarryVeest · 18/10/2021 18:28

Bond movies.

notacooldad · 18/10/2021 18:43

Mini milks. Have they changed the recipe? I swear they used to be creamy but now they're rank
Ds was ribbing me about mini milks the other day.
I wouldn't let him have them as a desert as Chiquitos ( or somewhere) as it wasnt a proper dessert. However it was the only ice lolly I would let him have after swimming lessons!!( because it was the cheapest and I didn't have much money)

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winterescape · 18/10/2021 18:49

Cremola Foam

Angel delight.

DampSquidGames · 18/10/2021 18:52

Breville, I used to love the toasties, now not so much.

Hullbilly · 18/10/2021 18:53

A large caravan park we used to go to. The caravan stank of dogs and there were heaps of dog shit all around the grounds. Never again!

Bloatstoat · 18/10/2021 18:57

I agree with butterscotch angel delight, so disappointing.
Iced gems, sort of paler and tasteless now.
Jelly tots and fruit pastils, sort of softer and squashy now.
Cadbury chocolate - don't get me started, I know the recipe has completely changed but I think it's not been right since it stopped being wrapped in foil.
I still like mini milks though!

ImTheOnlyUpsyOne · 18/10/2021 18:58

CoCo Pops...used to be a guilty pleasure then they removed all the sugar and its vile Sad