Person Asks “What Was Discontinued, But You Miss Like Hell And You Wish Came Back?”, And 30 Folks Deliver
Have you ever found yourself desperately missing a brand or product that has been gone for a very long time? It might have been your favorite cereal from childhood, a beloved device, a favorite store, or a fashion trend that you never got to fully enjoy before it disappeared into the outdated goods. Whatever it may be, the idea of discontinued products that still hold a special place in our hearts is definitely interesting to look back at!
Anyway, recently someone in the Reddit online community posted a discussion about the things that have ceased production, but they miss them like hell. Feel free to share your own sentimental items in the comments area and explore 39 of the most popular ones collected for you!
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When TV stations were about what they claimed to be about...
MTV
History Channel
Discovery Channel
Science Channel
TLC (The Learning Channel)
AMC (American Movie Classics)
ABC Family Channel
A&E
I loved when History channel actually aired history. Now it's guys fighting each other with chainsaws and aliens.
Good quality products that are designed to last
I don't get this one. Good quality products are still everywhere, you just need find them. And they will cost you more, but it's worth it.
Physical items for music, video games, movies, etc. (this isn't actually discontinued yet but with the current trend it wouldn't surprise me if everything just moves completely to streaming in ~10 years)
Too many things are moving to digital where you don't actually own anything. All you have is a license to use the digital media. The last time I bought a physical game disc, the only thing it did was install Origin on my computer and provide a license key to download the game. My current car has built in Spotify instead of a CD player.
Maybe I'm becoming "old man ranting about change" but I'm concerned about how everything's become a monthly subscription service where the companies control what you have access to and can remove things whenever they want.
Yes, however buying digital instead of physical saves previous minerals and other resources that otherwise would've had to be mined and manufactured. It's a very small thing, but I like to think that it has at least this benefit.
Except there is a real resource cost to build and power the infrastructure that holds all of this now-virtual media. It is NOT nearly as green as you might hope.
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Physical is and will always be better. Dvds, blu rays and disc based video games. Streaming is awful in the long run. They can remove favorite movies and shows anytime so you can no longer view your favorites. Nothing really good to store a bunch of digital films and shows you buy. I say if they want to replace disc and dvds, to do something like Nintendo has done with switch games, putting them on a sd card like aspect. That can be even worthy for big games and save from having to install them on a console too.
Buy the DVD or Blu Ray with digital codes. Best of both worlds.
Load More Replies... Yes because you can be denied access to the media if you stream. If you somehow break your service agreement guess what you can no longer access it. Plus we don't always have internet access.
I'm definitely old. I almost cried when I learned I HAD to have internet to play over half my Switch games. I was hoping it was like Gameboy or DS. Just a console, something I can play when internet is down.
I bought a physical copy of a game a few years ago to avoid using Steam (I am not going to use Steam), and it turned out that the disk contents were literally the product key for the Steam version, and the Steam installer. Was mad, can't get a physical copy of it apparently, and the game is not on GOG so ew.
Some trees are grown to be cut down, for profit. So I don't feel guilty about buying books.
it's a little thing but why is reputation in the rock/r&b category? it's pure pop
I am resisting subscribing to mp3 streaming services till I am forced to. I still use the files and reject streaming. At least if my internet is down I can still hear my music.
My only rant about streaming is why can't we stream everything from everywhere? Netflix UK and other countries have different programs that aren't available in the US. If it is one company like Netflix, why can't we see everything that is in each country?
I hope it doesn't happen but I can see the next gen of games consoles being digital only
Xbox already has one. So if you need a new console you have to rebut all your games digitally to play them
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Not all change is for the better. Sometimes a good rant is justified.
This one for me. Streaming assumes everyone has high speed internet and only wants to watch movies at home on a connected device. I want a physical disc so I can watch what I want to watch when I want to watch it. Most of what I and people I know watch isn't available online anywhere. And now Netflix is dropping their disc service. That leaves Redbox as the last remaining rental service and unless it's been released in the last 12 months, they don't have s**t either. Games are just as bad as they assume everyone has their device connected and have an account to download the game. Which also means downloading it every time you want to play. I might play 10 different games in a day. Having to download each one each time is insane. Furthermore, my systems aren't connected.
Soon Disney will buy a major grocery change too, and then groceries are only available with Disney plus
In some far distant future, archeologists (or alien archeologists) will only be able to play one thing: albums. They play what is recorded on them through physical means. Everything else is dependent on the technology when they were made. Today you can't read an 8" floppy, diskette, Bernoulli Box drive, BetaMax tape, etc. But an album will always play.
I understand this one, I really do. But I schlepped my entire CD collection across state lines exactly once. After that, I said f**k it and went digital. A lot easier to put it all on a couple of thumb drives (or just store it in the cloud). And cheaper, if you are paying for movers.
One day you'll die and discover none of this really matters anyway.
If I had Pandora when I was a teenager I would've saved 1000's but would miss some of the good b-side tracks.
Yeah there's already been hella devastation, loss of unprecedented amounts of media bc of CEOs locking it up in a vault for the tax break, etc. More and more people are going for hard copies again and I'm glad. I'm in my thirties and I am fully planning on buying a record player and as many albums on vinyl and CD as I can, movies on disc or tape, etc. I know a lot of people my age who do the same.
You can still buy a lot of things used, because so many people sell their stuff to second hand sellers for virtually nothing. I did, because I needed the shelf space. New products, however, will probably only be available digitally.
I'm on board with the whole digital thing. But is doesn't half make buying Xmas presents a challenge!
The Simpsons “Old Man Yells at Cloud” was funny when taken literally. Then everything became lost to file hosting services AKA the cloud.
I'm definitely an old school physical media guy. And the bargains you can pick up in charity shops here (Australia) for DVDs are ridiculous now - box sets of TV shows with 5 or even 10 disks for just a dollar or two. No need to put up with buffering on a slow connection or scrambling to complete viewing before the show disappears in a few days, I can watch at my leisure
The $1 menu at every fast food joint
This!!! I was hungry and stopped at McDonalds, a basic hamburger was two dollars. Didnt they make more money with the dollar menus? Back in the day I would get a double cheeseburger from McD, fries from BK and a frosty from Wendys for $3.20. I miss those days
Not discontinued, but Levi’s definitely changed how they made their jeans. They just don’t fit the same, and the materials feel very different.
The material is different now. Some styles may still be cotton or cotton and a little spandex, but a blend of polyester and cotton is more common and it doesn't feel right.
**Jello Brand pudding pops.** There is nothing else like it in the market, and anything that I have found doesn't taste the same. I just want my pudding pops back danggit.
My naturally produced serotonin
The worst part was, my f*****g body decided it would stop producing it when I needed it the most, adulthood.
It’s like WTF brain? Make me happy.
Brain: Nah, f**k off you don’t need this. Happiness dies at 18.
I'm still working on the correct formula. It is exhausting and depressing.
90's nickelodeon. Legends of the hidden temple, are you afraid of the dark, double dare, pete&Pete. Etc.
You can't do that on Television ... was my first Nickelodeon show as soon as we got cable. My Mom hated it because the chef picked his nose and put it in the burgers ... yeah, not sure why I liked the show
The optimism of the 1990s
As a teenager then, there was a very real sense of optimism that the world was getting better and the future was going to be bright for everyone. You can still see it if you watch 90s tv shows.
All my favorite tops that ever wore out. The fashion train just moves on regardless, you can never go back and just purchase the same awesome undyed linen blouse with the frog closures and Chinese collar, you have to start all over again no matter how much you hate shopping because walking around naked isn't an option.
We used to have a chain of restaurants called Souper Salad. It was just a salad bar with like 3 options of soup but it was cheap and all you could eat. I took it for granted back then, and now I miss it so much. 🥲
Altoids Sours.
Love them so much, still have some of the old tins I use to store random things.
I hate Bluetooth headphones and wish phones still had a headphone jack.
You must have an iPhone. You want the jack back, buy an Android. I got a new Google phone just last week and it has a jack for headphones at the top.
Pizza Hut lunch buffets
I'm a store manager of a Pizza Hut. We still do this at our store. Only on Wednesday, but we do it!
Taco bell being cheap af. Used to be able to get 4 burritos and a drink for 10. Now its 20+
Edit: im aware of the app being cheaper. But theres was a time when you could go and get food for 5 bucks
Edit 2: the triple layer nachos was a personal favorite especially when they were $1 before they increased them and then discontinued them. I cry about it.
The Blue Raspberry Sour Skittle. They act like it never existed but I know better
24 hour anything
Edit: While I know it is significantly less convenient than places being open, there has also been a tremendous push for places to have an online presence/online activity. So many people will complain acting like their website doesn't exist.
And even though I do miss the ability to go to McDonald's at 4am, I can understand they don't want to deal with the tweakers and homeless at the time. But I still wish it would come back
In Missouri, it was almost entirely people setting up full meth labs in our bathroom stalls. We honestly wouldn't give a caca if meth labs weren't prone to exploding randomly.
Aladdin's castle. It was an arcade in the local mall. I was heart broken when they closed that place down. So many good memories as a kid in that place.
Ecto Cooler. When it came back temporarily a few years ago, I got some but figured it would be crappy like most nostalgia-bait food and drink. It was glorious. So damn tasty.
I loved ecto cooler too. I think it was an orange/mango/ other juice died green.
Rice Krispies Treats cereal. I had it exactly once and it was magic.
Edit: You guys, I’m obsessed with the amount of people who also experienced this magic cereal and miss it. You are my people. ❤️
Nabisco's butterfinger BB'S.
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Im a doll collector, so I would really like: OG Monster High (The reboot is fine, but the orignals are better), Ever After High, Lalalopsy, and the old 2000's Barbies.
I collect Boyds Bears. Really miss them and visiting Boyds Bear Country in Gettysburg.
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International Delight Cold Stone Creamery coffee cream. They discontinued it last month and I'm still in mourning. I need my coffee to taste like vanilla ice cream.
And TV channels never seen outside of the US, etc. This is hugely US centric.
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I really miss the Cartoon Network of the 90's and slightly beyond. Somehow, they even managed to ruin cartoons.
Oh and by the way, please leave stuff like housing, healthcare and politics out of threads like this, it just doesn't belong here. Yes, the world is deteriorating. We know. WE ALL KNOW. I came here to read about discontinued candy and TV-shows, I don't need to stumble upon that s**t in every single thread.
Rimmel Lycra mascara! Best I've ever found and they don't make it anymore!
I miss the Hershey's gold bars that they came out with a few years ago. They were AMAZING!
Candied lemon slices from Trader Joe's - Mushroom turnovers from Trader Joe's - Knishes from a local eatery - Mushroom turnovers from Starbucks - Chicken salad sandwiches from Starbucks (they were huge) - Crab cakes from Trader Joe's - Shrimp fried rice from Trader Joe's - The sunlight on the ground every time a new building goes up - All the wildlife we killed off in in the last few decades.
Red rock deli cheese and herb flavoured rice chips - I email them but they keep saying it’s never coming back 😆
Libraries. Yes there are a few, but now they're just daycare for unattended kids, weirdos, and people who want computers and free wifi. Nobody shushes anymore. There's ads everywhere. Washrooms are filthy and usually feature someone shooting up or washing their feet. It's grim that my childhood sanctuary has become basically a greyhound bus station.
Coke Life. Delicious pop with the safer Stevia sugar substitute. It was fizzier & less syrupy than regular Coke.
I wish that Shakey's Pizza would come back as well as Godfather's Pizza. Also Round-The-Corner restaurant. You would order via a phone that was at each table. I thought that was so cool. Of course, I was also 10 years old. Movie theaters with balconies were fun too. They might still have some but I haven't seen one in over 25 years.
There was a buffet restaurant called either Kings Table or The King's Table. The location that I'm familiar with was right next to a drive-in movie theater. Which is something else that I miss.
There were a few years during the late 80s that Wendy's had a salad bar in some of their stores. This was a full salad bar with taco shells, ground beef taco meat (not just ground up burgers), all of the salad fixings, plus some of the more exotic salad fixings. You could get a small or large salad bowl and make your salad or you could do the all-you-can-eat where you could go back as many times as you want.
Carnation Breakfast Squares. NOT the Breakfast bars. They were the best!!! So sad I'll never eat one again.
Chick-fil-a spicy chicken biscuits on the breakfast menu. I was excited when I read they were coming back but it was only a limited time deal, and not at any of the local restaurants.
Milka Chocoswing Mini's, they were around until 2007 or something. Those were so DAMN GOOD. The little squares in a candy wrapper. Having a bag of those always made my day. Chocoswing still exists as a chocolate bar (I think they just call it "biscuit & milk" or something now), but Milka changed something in their recipe and now it's downright gross. >:-( Also, Pizza Crossa from Iglo/Dr. Oetker, especially the Al Tonno. They were magnificent.
Bübchen Raspberry Cream ....First the big tubs were gone, two years later the travelsized ones. Whenever I found some I would buy on bulk to have enough till I found the next store that had some lying around
Team Flakes breakfast cereal. Stood up to milk, greet flavor, and better than corn flakes in any recipe.
I wish the Yogos candy returned; they are so tasty! Another snack I miss eating were the Pringles Stix.
there's this one bowling alley in my town that used to be called Splitsville, and then it got bought and they changed the name and added an obnoxious arcade area. It's mostly exactly the same but I'm still salty
Josta. I drank an unhealthy amount of that soda and had no idea it was an energy drink.
There was this candy bar, it was nothing but gooey caramel covered in milk chocolate. I loved it as a kid and one day it was just gone. Don’t even remember the name. Second one was “one in vermillion” tea by T2, loose leaf tea I bought randomly, and only found out when I went to stock up on more it was limited edition that sold out. I am a tea lover, and none ever tasted as good.
You mean Carmellos? That was my favorite candy bar! They don't make them anymore?! Now I'm devastated.
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Juiceful candies hard candy with a liquid center came in Peach, cherry, orange and green apple. Starburst fruit twists it was like twizzlers only tastes better.
I would say caramilk caramel flavoured chocolate which was released when I was a kid (I even remember the TV commercial!) and then discontinued, BUT IT'S BACK!! Hell, you can get caramilk EVERYTHING now; ice cream, Easter eggs, Malteasers, Kit-Kats... it's awesome.
Just going to type it again, one of the photos used is the shoes of people killed in concentration camps during the holocaust. Really gross thing to include a picture of and shows lack of awareness... sad
What's your source? I assume you're talking about the boots, but I didn't see anything related to the Holocaust when I looked at the photo source link.
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Meds that work. Greedy pharmaceutical companies discontinue name brand meds that work in favor of generics that don't. I even had a discussion with a lab tech at Wyeth labs and he tried to tell me the generic contains the same ingredients as the name brand. I'm not stupid, no company is going to make a cheaper product with the exact same ingredients as the more expensive one. I tried you generic c**p and it works as good as water. I even tried upping the dose. IT. DOESN'T. WORK. Even the doctors say it doesn't work.
Im a doll collector, so I would really like: OG Monster High (The reboot is fine, but the orignals are better), Ever After High, Lalalopsy, and the old 2000's Barbies.
I collect Boyds Bears. Really miss them and visiting Boyds Bear Country in Gettysburg.
Load More Replies... International Delight Cold Stone Creamery coffee cream. They discontinued it last month and I'm still in mourning. I need my coffee to taste like vanilla ice cream.
And TV channels never seen outside of the US, etc. This is hugely US centric.
Load More Replies... I really miss the Cartoon Network of the 90's and slightly beyond. Somehow, they even managed to ruin cartoons.
Oh and by the way, please leave stuff like housing, healthcare and politics out of threads like this, it just doesn't belong here. Yes, the world is deteriorating. We know. WE ALL KNOW. I came here to read about discontinued candy and TV-shows, I don't need to stumble upon that s**t in every single thread.
Rimmel Lycra mascara! Best I've ever found and they don't make it anymore!
I miss the Hershey's gold bars that they came out with a few years ago. They were AMAZING!
Candied lemon slices from Trader Joe's - Mushroom turnovers from Trader Joe's - Knishes from a local eatery - Mushroom turnovers from Starbucks - Chicken salad sandwiches from Starbucks (they were huge) - Crab cakes from Trader Joe's - Shrimp fried rice from Trader Joe's - The sunlight on the ground every time a new building goes up - All the wildlife we killed off in in the last few decades.
Red rock deli cheese and herb flavoured rice chips - I email them but they keep saying it’s never coming back 😆
Libraries. Yes there are a few, but now they're just daycare for unattended kids, weirdos, and people who want computers and free wifi. Nobody shushes anymore. There's ads everywhere. Washrooms are filthy and usually feature someone shooting up or washing their feet. It's grim that my childhood sanctuary has become basically a greyhound bus station.
Coke Life. Delicious pop with the safer Stevia sugar substitute. It was fizzier & less syrupy than regular Coke.
I wish that Shakey's Pizza would come back as well as Godfather's Pizza. Also Round-The-Corner restaurant. You would order via a phone that was at each table. I thought that was so cool. Of course, I was also 10 years old. Movie theaters with balconies were fun too. They might still have some but I haven't seen one in over 25 years.
There was a buffet restaurant called either Kings Table or The King's Table. The location that I'm familiar with was right next to a drive-in movie theater. Which is something else that I miss.
There were a few years during the late 80s that Wendy's had a salad bar in some of their stores. This was a full salad bar with taco shells, ground beef taco meat (not just ground up burgers), all of the salad fixings, plus some of the more exotic salad fixings. You could get a small or large salad bowl and make your salad or you could do the all-you-can-eat where you could go back as many times as you want.
Carnation Breakfast Squares. NOT the Breakfast bars. They were the best!!! So sad I'll never eat one again.
Chick-fil-a spicy chicken biscuits on the breakfast menu. I was excited when I read they were coming back but it was only a limited time deal, and not at any of the local restaurants.
Milka Chocoswing Mini's, they were around until 2007 or something. Those were so DAMN GOOD. The little squares in a candy wrapper. Having a bag of those always made my day. Chocoswing still exists as a chocolate bar (I think they just call it "biscuit & milk" or something now), but Milka changed something in their recipe and now it's downright gross. >:-( Also, Pizza Crossa from Iglo/Dr. Oetker, especially the Al Tonno. They were magnificent.
Bübchen Raspberry Cream ....First the big tubs were gone, two years later the travelsized ones. Whenever I found some I would buy on bulk to have enough till I found the next store that had some lying around
Team Flakes breakfast cereal. Stood up to milk, greet flavor, and better than corn flakes in any recipe.
I wish the Yogos candy returned; they are so tasty! Another snack I miss eating were the Pringles Stix.
there's this one bowling alley in my town that used to be called Splitsville, and then it got bought and they changed the name and added an obnoxious arcade area. It's mostly exactly the same but I'm still salty
Josta. I drank an unhealthy amount of that soda and had no idea it was an energy drink.
There was this candy bar, it was nothing but gooey caramel covered in milk chocolate. I loved it as a kid and one day it was just gone. Don’t even remember the name. Second one was “one in vermillion” tea by T2, loose leaf tea I bought randomly, and only found out when I went to stock up on more it was limited edition that sold out. I am a tea lover, and none ever tasted as good.
You mean Carmellos? That was my favorite candy bar! They don't make them anymore?! Now I'm devastated.
Load More Replies... Juiceful candies hard candy with a liquid center came in Peach, cherry, orange and green apple. Starburst fruit twists it was like twizzlers only tastes better.
I would say caramilk caramel flavoured chocolate which was released when I was a kid (I even remember the TV commercial!) and then discontinued, BUT IT'S BACK!! Hell, you can get caramilk EVERYTHING now; ice cream, Easter eggs, Malteasers, Kit-Kats... it's awesome.
Just going to type it again, one of the photos used is the shoes of people killed in concentration camps during the holocaust. Really gross thing to include a picture of and shows lack of awareness... sad
What's your source? I assume you're talking about the boots, but I didn't see anything related to the Holocaust when I looked at the photo source link.
Load More Replies... Meds that work. Greedy pharmaceutical companies discontinue name brand meds that work in favor of generics that don't. I even had a discussion with a lab tech at Wyeth labs and he tried to tell me the generic contains the same ingredients as the name brand. I'm not stupid, no company is going to make a cheaper product with the exact same ingredients as the more expensive one. I tried you generic c**p and it works as good as water. I even tried upping the dose. IT. DOESN'T. WORK. Even the doctors say it doesn't work.
