"What's your one discontinued fast food menu item you want back?"
Not Your Grandmother's Burritos
"The Volcano Burritos from Taco Bell were my fav fast food item ever."- kefefs
"Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito."- insertcaffeine
The Perfect Alternative To A Big Mac...
"McDonald’s Snack Wraps."- MadisonPearGarden
Food Burger GIF by McDonald's ParisIf A Taco And A Quesadilla Had A Child...
"Meximelt."- Canesfan2718
For Those Who Needed More Than McNuggets...
"The original McDonald’s Chicken Select Strips."- H0D00m
...Or Couldn't Settle For An Egg McMuffin...
"Mcdonalds Steak, Egg & Cheese bagel."- TheRealSzymaa
National Bagel Day GIF by BagelNetGiphyWho Doesn't Love A Handheld Pie?
"McDonalds fried apple pies."- NoOneEscapesTheFury
Don't Leave Any Consonants For Anyone Else!
"McDLT."- ManimalBestShowEva
Desert Empanadas? Yes Please!
"Taco Bell's carmel apple empanadas."
"They dropped them like a couple years ago."
"Plus side is that I very rarely ever go there anymore."
"Maybe twice a year now."- Pragmatist203
Hungry Taco Bell GIFGiphyWe generally don't go out for fast food to expand our palettes and try new things, but rather to get a reliable and comforting favorite.
Which makes the disappointment of discovering that old favorite is off their menu all the more bitterly disappointing.
Though, one can only assume that anyone who actually misses the McPizza might not actually understand what pizza is supposed to taste like...
"What discontinued thing do you really want brought back?"
One And Done
"Paying once for work software, like Microsoft word or Adobe PDF, and actually owning it thereafter without having to pay a monthly subscription fee."- dusmeyedin
So Much More Than Instructions
"Physical video game manuals or magazines."
"They were so f*cking cool before and then they decided to just stop doing them."-
Film Over Digital Any Day!
"Kodachrome ."
"I grew up looking at photos my amateur photographer father took on the stock."
"When I got old enough to start taking pictures myself they discontinued it."
"Nothing captures colors quite the same way."- iehsuen
women in film cinematography GIF by This Is What A Film Director Looks LikeGiphyBring Back The Lock And Key!
"Not having to download an app for everything."
"The pool at my apartment complex is only accessible by scanning a QR code on a specific app just for the pool now."
"It's ridiculous."- LowerPatience207
The Way Apple Pie Should Be!
"Deep-fried McDonald’s apple pie."
"The one from the 1980s to 1990s."
"The one that was crispy and the temperature of molten plutonium inside."
"That was the best."- newnhb1
Bonus Purchases!
"Getting a poster that is a map of the game world with the purchase of a game."- Bubbly_Information50
"Surprises in the cereal boxes!"
"Not the 'enter two codes inside on our website' bull."
"Actual, physical THINGS in a package floating somewhere in that box of Cheerios!"- sathil-42
general mills cereal GIFGiphyCake In A Box!
"The Philadephia Cheesecake Bars."
"I loved the strawberry ones, I can't remember if there were other flavors."- CrimsonRaven712
Everyone's Entitled To Their Opinion...
"The dislike option on YouTube."- TheKillerNut
"Dislike button on YouTube and Amazon."
"F*cking fuckups always fucking with sh*t."
"You're not fixing broken things, so f*ck off."
"Thank you for letting me vent."
"Apologies to sensitive eyes."
"On the flip side, can we discontinue that steaming pile of sh*t called Microsoft Teams?"- NeverEnoughCoffeeMan
Those Were The Good Old Days...
"Borders bookstores."- TripotapusRex
People Hello GIF by InnovatorsBoxGiphyBitesize Heaven!
"Butterfinger bb’s."- Ok_Tank2946
Caffeine At It's Finest!
"I want 7-11 to bring back their coffee slurpee."
"It sounds bad but mix it with coke and it’s the best thing ever."- williambilliam272
Even Better Than The Real Thing!
"The banana ice cream thing."
"It's a banana shape ice cream under a peel and you peel it off, and bam the delicious flavor hits."- Comfortable_Ad8409
Banana Bread GIF by Super SimpleGiphy9 out of 10 Dentists Would Agree...
"Chewing gum without artificial sweetener."- Lord_Curtain
Who Cares About One's Breath...
"O'Ryan's Thick-Cut Sour Cream and Onion Ripple Chips."
"They were loaded with seasoning and I loved them as a kid."- Tortoisefly
The Trifecta!
"Arch Deluxe, Crystal Pepsi, and free Hulu lol."- LittleWhip138
Arch Deluxe Burger GIFGiphyAnd Not From A Tree...
"Old fruit snacks."- Pittmanizzle
Nothing Beats A Little Morning Chocolate
"Carnation chocolate chip breakfast bars."
"I loved them and they don't even make them anymore."- jibek_kwe
Bite Sized Valentine...
"Campinos."
"I loved those strawberry sweets and nothing else is like them."- LavitzandDart
Food Raining GIF by mybluGiphyFrom horseradish and cheddar potato chips to Game Boys, we all have things we wish would make a return.
However, sometimes not having access to things we once loved is just what it takes to encourage ourselves to try a new experience.
...Only to find it discontinued five years later.
Most people never even knew that line of hair products for natural hair existed - but those of us who did were crushed and had flatter hair about it for a long time.
Reddit user TurbulentDesigner829asked:
"What's something that disappeared/discontinued without people even realizing?"
Here's what Reddit has been secretly crying about lately:
Trailer Voice
audience preview GIF by South Park Giphy"Trailer voice over guy. It was used in every single trailer and then it was like he was snapped by Thanos."
- Strumfius
"The original guy who made it legendary passed away in 2008, then people were copying him for awhile. Then the trends moved on."
- bebemochi
"You mean Don Lafontaine? Unfortunately that’s pretty much how life works on a smaller scale. One day it just ends and it’s like you were snapped by Thanos."
- Neil_sm
Jammin'
"Ring back tunes. So when someone called you they heard a song of your choice instead of the ringer."
- luvzandkisses
"Funny story: My buddy's least favorite song in the world is a certain upbeat Journey tune. Knowing this, I set it as his ring back. Then every time he'd call he'd hear..."
" 'Any way you want it, that's the way you need it. Any way you want it...' "
"His first voicemail to me after that was: '[Long pause] ... You a$hole. [Click]' "
- ifixpedals
"I remember that, still popular in Korea I think. Looks like most companies in the US discontinued it... probably due to the fact that they were charging a monthly fee."
- tarnin
"I remember going through a bad break up with this toxic lady and calling her back after some big fight and having to listen to Gwen Stefani yelling 'This sh*t is bananas, B-A-N-A-N-A-S!' "
- Pope00
Colorful Infections
"Colored toilet paper, tissue and paper towels."
"In the seventies toilet paper came in different colors to match the decor of the day. Green, yellow, pink and so on. Paper towels and tissues too, usually in yellow and green."
"They were discontinued when it was found they were a contributing factor to UTI's in girls. Also if you had a septic system the dyes interfered with the biological process in the tank."
- Ill_Maintenance8161
Wonky Wonka
Get Out No GIFGiphy"The Wonka labeling on Nerds, SweetTarts, etc."
- PsychedelicLizard
"I never noticed that. I wonder why."
- alup132
"Looks like all the OSHA violations finally caught up with old Willy."
- flyingtoaster0
Sleepytime
"Waterbeds? Those aren’t a thing anymore right?"
- marabou22
"My dad has had the same one for longer than I've been alive and had to reinforce the floor under it like a decade ago because his house is like 100 now."
- Aetherometricus
"Friend of mine in college lived with his dad who had one."
"Apparently him and a buddy were playing Xbox and his dad was talking to someone laying on his water bed and it exploded and flooded the whole house then his dad was stuck in the frame just cussing up a storm. Hilarious."
- Kulladar
Public
"Public phone booths."
- Lallner
"We don't need the pay phones but a lot of people could still use the booth; sometimes you need a quieter spot to take a call."
- LeonardGhostal
Life In 3D
Season 5 Friends Tv Show GIF by FriendsGiphy"3D TVs"
- NegInk
"I never understood it."
"I was like 12 when it was at the peak of its popularity, my dad had bought a 3D TV, all the cinemas had 3D screenings, I hated it."
"I just sat there thinking 'this doesn’t elevate the movie experience at all, it makes it worse because I’m focusing on the fact that it’s 3D rather than the actual movie.' ”
"Plus on top of that the ‘3D effect’ was just plain bad, it was never good."
"So at 12 I thought 'yeah this 3D thing is going to disappear soon I’ll just have to wait for it' and sure enough, I don’t think I’ve seen anything that was marketing it’s 3D abilities since like 2014."
- denizgult
"To work well they require good and equal vision in each eye. That excludes a large percentage of the population."
- addakorn
Sexist Toilets
"Pay toilets in the United States."
"They were everywhere until about 1970, but no one remembers. There used to be a box on the door; you had to pay to unlock it."
"I remember it being a dime, but it might have been a nickel. Not much money, but so annoying if you didn’t have the correct coin."
"They were eventually outlawed for being sexist, because urinals were always free."
- Sparky-Malarkey
Ownership
"Ownership."
"Movies, games, music, software is largely now rented, and can be taken away from you at the whim of the company."
"Some companies will even brick your hardware if you're using it in a way they take issue with."
- proximalfunk
"Seems like everything is a subscription nowadays."
"I don’t want to pay monthly for an electric toothbrush. Just let me buy the damn thing."
- DogMedic101st
Makes No Cents
heads or tails spinning GIFGiphy"The cent symbol."
- passiveattackcat
"Woah. You’re right. Can’t even type it."
- buildadoor
"On my iPhone I finally found it when I held down the dollar sign, and it gave me some other options, like Euros and pounds and stuff I didn’t recognize."
"Apparently the cent has been relegated to foreign currency."
- nutlikeothersquirrels
Okay that cent symbol one really got me...
What about you? Did anything on this list make you a little nostalgic for something you'd forgotten about?
Is there anything you'd add?
Sound off in the comments!
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