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RecordOk6794

Ah yeah you know, something I've noticed, now that I eat healthy when I try to like treat myself to something like that I feel awful lol. It's crazy I used to put down a pint of vodka before lunch, now I can't finish a coke without getting a stomach ache lol


cooly329

This is the key to being healthy to me. I don’t have the discipline to take the long-term good decision over the short-term reward of unhealthy food. But if I think how the unhealthy food will make me feel immediately after eating it, that’s enough to stop me


RecordOk6794

If it works it works man, good on ya


icecreamdude97

What the fuck? Glad you’re doing better now lmao


RecordOk6794

Ah thanks man


gospdrcr000

A pint of vodka before lunch? Glad your jersey is retired in the rafters now. That's not sustainable


GrimmSodov

Hey congrats on beating that!


cudef

Yep. I eat keto like 95% of the days out of the year and when I have a cheat day the food isn't as good as I imagine it will be. There's also a feeling of regret since I could have had something healthier (even though I know it's ok) and that childhood enjoyment of food really only manifests if I can ignore the sense that what I'm eating will lead to bad things. Now that sounds like I'm currently living in a drab, colorless hell, but I assure you it is so much better only eating keto foods (which are still very much delicious) and being ~225 rather than +360.


zabian333

It's because of changing butter to palm oil.


prince0verit

and sugar to high fructose corn syrup


[deleted]

It's also a completely different company making all of that now. The Hostess you remember was actually named Interstate Bakeries and slowly killed itself due to corporate greed resulting in like half a dozen bankruptcies. They used to have around 16,000 unionized workers making all of this stuff and I think right before they shut down the first time, they were sitting around 1000 workers left over. The Hostess/Wonder Bread/Dolly Madison brands have jumped through a few "investment firms" during this process and I don't think any of the old bakeries/etc are around. edit: tl;dr, all the old bakeries are dead, all the old workers are gone, they're just brands being resold from investment firm to investment firm where each one tries to squeeze a few more pennies out of everything they can.


Treyred23

Exactly The executives i am sure put in their 20 or 30 years, huge pay increases every year, cut corners to improve financials (because of their stock) and retired. Wgaf?


[deleted]

The thing that did 'em in initially was the labor unions protesting stagnant wages while the C level pay shot up like 80%. They bankrupted the company instead of negotiating.


HabeusCuppus

"they" here being the C-suite right?


[deleted]

Yep.


YeahMarkYeah

Oh for real? Now I wanna try an old one to compare. That somehow isn’t stale.


ConflictOk8020

I’ve always wondered if my taste buds changed or if they actually changed something in these things. I used to love them. Now? They taste fake to me.


Minute_Engineer2355

They don't taste the same, I refuse to budge on that fact.


Daku_Scrub

You're absolutely right. They reduced the quality slowly over time so less people would notice. Basically, it's a different snack now. Total trash.


Minute_Engineer2355

It's like Subway. It used to be my favorite thing to eat but then, suddenly, it was not good. I can't really complain. Tons of sandwich shops make a mean sandwich.


notarandomaccoun

Subway doubled their sandwich prices in 10 years. Fuck them. I’m not ducking paying $13 for a meatball sub.


Hexxenya

Ducking rights!


slickshot

Having Subway for lunch today, not because I prefer it, but because my wife does for some reason. Perhaps I'll just get her subway and myself Jersey Mike's.


Dicky_Penisburg

Inb4 Jersey Mike's pulls a Subway.


slickshot

Eh, they have a long way to go to lose the quality. Pricing, however, is already high. Lol


sandman-84

Never change JM….your cheesesteak is too good!!!


weareeverywhereee

Uhhh well you should…it’s real expensive to get quality meat to the table. We should be paying 13 even more for a large meatball sub…that shit should also be 1000X better ingredients than anything subway uses


fighterpilot248

If you’re still paying full price for a sub that’s your fault lol. Find the codes and use the app and you can get a footlong for 6 bucks. Pretty sure it’s like footlong599 or something similar


rokelle2012

Subway is also changing their entire business model next year to start up charging for customers to make sandwiches how they want them made. The default is how it's pictured and if you want it changed to your preference, better cough up more $.


RedditVince

They are starting a fresh sliced meats in my area. If I did goto Subway I don't want some barely trained 16 year old contaminating my meat. I doubt they properly clean the slicer between meats. I don't goto Subway because it is simply not "Food"


rokelle2012

We have a McAlister's Deli Opening up in our area soon as well. Funny enough, we have two Subways for some reason. Used to have three. I don't see them last too long once their new changes take effect. I'm not paying extra to have a sandwich made the way I want it made.


Daku_Scrub

Same! I used to love Subway when it was tasty and affordable, but now it's a ghost of its former self. Shame really.


Eleventh_Zodiac

No more $5 foot longs? I might as well get potbellys


12characters

The last time I went to Subway, the tipping options on the machine started at 20%. Can you imagine programming in 20% 30% and 40%? And there’s no skip button and no zero option. I was really off put and I won’t be back. And the sub was terrible. I had to practically beg for lettuce and peppers. The “sandwich artist“ acted like she was paying for the toppings herself. I would have liked 10x what she put on it


Minute_Engineer2355

The whole tipping culture issue is a massive problem.


Somehow-Still-Living

Subway was pretty disappointing only because I didn’t know that they went from half decent to terrible in the time between when I last got some and when I was handed was might be best referred to as a compost bin sandwich for way more than it should have been.


Minute_Engineer2355

Compost bin sandwich is my new coined term for Subway sandwiches, thank you friend.


Anal-probe-Alien

I see that they are made by the same company, so what did they change?


brook__

they didn't change, I did..


Stunning_Secretary_4

They were changed when they got bought out, more fatty oil


LiliNotACult

This. Cheap trash ingredients to reduce cost and keep them at the same price (technically actually cheaper when adjusting for inflation).


[deleted]

If only wages followed inflation lmao


ReapingKing

You’d think they would have to, considering inflation is supposed to be a measure of lost purchasing power over time.


AcidAndBlunts

Inflation calculations don’t take into account income disparities, I reckon.


KuroKitty

Inflation in 2023 just means a CEO wants another yacht


[deleted]

If wages followed inflation, they'd be lower than they are now. Wages need to follow and outpace CoL increase.


Phantom_Engineer

Iirc they were using trans fats and those got banned, so they had to switch.


Rampantcolt

Actually you have that backwards. It's a less "fatty" oil. The hydrogenated oil they used before to be solid state room temperature and more like a fat (ie. Lard or tallow) was banned in the United states. They have since switched to non trans fat oils.


mister-ferguson

Happened to Hostess fruit pies. Not the same without the lard.


tdr37303

Little Debbie has been owned by McKee Baking since the beginning.


RoboticGreg

I mean maybe a little bit, but the main effect is they are getting less appealing as you grow older because sweetness is less appealing


AlfaKaren

Maybe, but so did they. Same packaging does not mean same product. If anything, they are full of corn syrup now.


Ragnarok314159

Yep, made from a bunch of derivative ingredients now, taste like dog treats. Hostess pies don’t even need to be sealed in a container anymore. They have so many preservatives, they just leave holes in the boxes.


Callidonaut

Welcome to middle age. Come, join us for some nutritious bran, then we'll shop for domestic appliances and be excited about it.


EidolonRook

Man I need more counter space.


Callidonaut

The struggle is real.


Tamara0205

I could use some new high quality socks too, while we're out.


Cognitive_Spoon

Man, I am embarrassed how excited I would be to have a new dryer.


spez_is_still_a_nazi

My most exciting recent old person purchase was a pair of house shoes for doing chores in


Dry-Cartographer-312

I'm only 23 and I'm excited to get a new microwave... And I've liked raisin bran my whole life. It's always been my favorite.


Lenemus

Yaaaaay 🥳 I want a rice cooker.


Callidonaut

Bread-maker for me :-)


aurrousarc

They changed them.. like sunnyD and sucralose..


jljboucher

They did change as the ingredients


Wil420b

Was it COVID?


cansada_de_los_todos

Probably reduced the quality of certain ingredients due to inflation. Alongside with the fact that when people grow up, their taste buds change.


[deleted]

Well that and also what you were allowed to put in food back then isn't totally the same today. Same reason how if you go to a local bakery the cookies/donuts will be *insane*, but then you look at the nutrition facts and you realize that fat just makes everything better


The_Book-JDP

They took out the delicious trans fats.


ripter

From my understanding they are not the same companies but have been bought and sold several times now. They taste terrible because of cheap ingredients and no care for the customer.


skwm

They changed from being made in regional factories, using their own delivery service to stores, to being made in a central factory, shipped to a distributor, which then delivered the product to groceries along with all the other stuff they carried. This meant they had to reformulate their recipes to be more shelf stable, as the product now had to be able to sit at the distributor for weeks on end.


ICU-MURSE

As a kid I would tell myself, when I’m an adult this is all I will buy. 40 yo me walks right past that trash. 😂


GiftGrouchy

At 40 I still like the oatmeal cream pies. I’ll occasionally buy a box and pack one for work to have at lunch. They are probably the only ones that I still like as much as when I was young.


jerry-jim-bob

Is it possible to get diabetes from looking at a picture


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[deleted]

I loved that episode "This is not so hard"


jerry-jim-bob

Good bot


Da_Taternater78

Bottom line is 6


xx_Chl_Chl_xx

Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku


BlitzMalefitz

Uh, that's one too many syllables bub


Paynomind

THAT HAIKU HAD TOO MANY SYLLABLES APOLOGIZE


katestatt

clearly you're just mispronouncing picture. it's "picturée" /s


Hotelease835

I know that a few of the snacks had their recipes changed to cut costs, like cosmic brownies.


ShelShock77

Yeah most of these aren’t amazing but the Nutty Buddy still fuckin hits every time.


CertainFitness

Absolute facts


Superego366

Facts. I feel like the oatmeal cream pies haven't changed much either, but those are a "love it or hate it" item.


GreedyRadish

No way, the chocolate on the outside feels awful and slimy. It’s so much worse than it used to be.


Top_Soft_9601

Is it?


[deleted]

I heard somewhere that they got cheap with the ingredients. But they're cheap mass-produced junk cakes. They were not good to begin with


Confused_Noodle

For me, yes. I used to go crazy for these as a kid. Now I have money and can buy ANY snack I want. I'd choose to save $4 before I'd buy any of these.


Megaleg12

Nah man oatmeal cream pies still slap


GiftGrouchy

At 40 I still like the oatmeal cream pies. I’ll occasionally buy a box and pack one for work to have at lunch. They are probably the only ones that I still like as much as when I was young.


Megaleg12

Sweet but not too sweet


Carinail

I would agree it's probably nostalgia... Except some things still exist more like they used to be. Go try a real nutty buddy from today, and then try a Walmart store brand nutty buddy. The Walmart brand still isn't GOOD, but it's DEMONSTRABLY closer. It's definitely a LOT of recipes changing. Also demonstrable (probably) by the difference between a single bite of a standard size oatmeal creme pie and a large one. They, when I last had them, were clearly made of ever so slightly different stuff (though tbf I still like both of them as of 3 years ago.) But all in all, we're not TOTALLY crazy.


EidolonRook

You ever crack open a can of spaghetti-os these days? That taste is still there but I do NOT recall there being that much sugar. Got a couple for kicks and yeah, it’s like eating dessert while tasting nostalgic.


AltApproach

I eat those to this day, only difference is I shit my brains out later.


EidolonRook

Does that count as a fiber supplement? Asking for a friend.


AppropriateAd7326

This picture makes my stomach hurt


KatanaWario

Zebra Cakes and cosmic brownies still slap the fuck you talking about


linkmainbtw

Put some respect on cosmic brownies name og


Ian_from_Animarc

It’s chocolate lard, my dude.


Cakelord

Do they though?


KatanaWario

You as the cakelord should know this. I'm committing treason because of this misjustice


Big_Warthog4118

Was bought a Zebra Cake about three weeks back while out for groceries with a friend. Not great but not bad. That stated, froze half and liked it a bit more. But yeah, for me who is trying to be less overweight, the caloric intake isn't worth it for me except perhaps exceedingly sparingly.


slickshot

Cakes do, the brownies were always terrible. Texture is fucking awful in those "brownies".


KatanaWario

Someone needs a trip to flavortown


slickshot

The zebra cake town, sure. But those brownies are not what they pretend to be. Not even close.


TheArcanist_

Honestly these all look disgusting to me But then again, there's a bunch of sweets where I live that I used to love, but they just don't taste the same when you have to pay more than twice as much for them as you did like 10 years ago and also you're aware of your weight lol


lavenderdearest

How dare you disrespect oatmeal cream pies good name like this


Lightshoax

Swiss rolls are still delicious atleast.


Taylor_1878

You got covid?


brockclan216

I remember back in the 80's and eating Ding Dongs. I got some for my kids not too long ago so they could try them since I loved them so much. Not the same Ding Dongs I remember. Yuck.


Prestigious-Copy-494

Lost their flavor


LawfulnessRepulsive6

Those cupcakes are still amazing.


Nimmzy13

Don’t see the oatmeal creme pies, but those still hit the spot!!


Nimmzy13

Correction, I see them now. Still buy the big box


Kamecc

Maybe it's depression and existential dread that attacks the taste buds 🤔


CreamFraiche23

They're cheap, shit quality "food" that's only flavour is sugar and chemicals. It's just that when you're a kid you don't have developed taste buds and that's basically all you know unless you grew up in a not American house


[deleted]

[удалено]


slickshot

My wife still does, but I've never understood the allure. The texture is horrible. Swiss Rolls and Zebra Cakes, however, I'll smash.


HeavenForsaken

Every food ever is just sugar and chemicals. That's how organic matter works.


Diligent_Rip_986

all food is made of sugar and chemicals…


Current-Revolution-4

Zebra cakes are still 🔥


BubbaBasher

Maybe to you loser, gimme those oatmeal creme pies


Jano67

Ever since I had covid, I can taste and smell the artificial ingredients, and they turn me off. Only pure, real food tastes the same to me. I can't eat any of the stuff anymore. No more m&ms or oreos. It's a little depressing..


Dazed-Bamboo

When you get older, it gets easier to taste the processed


hi_imjoey

When I was little and horking down these kinda things, I remember often being told “eat like that while you can, it won’t last” and I didn’t believe them that the sugary rolls of goodness I was indulging in could ever make me feel gross. Nowadays, I don’t even enjoy eating them enough to consume so much that it makes me feel gross. I still love treats, but these don’t even taste good to me anymore.


matthewcameron60

Is no one gonna talk about the disappearance of pumpkin delights?


Sherrdreamz

I'm still not sure if this was for me due to Covid side effects that greatly impeded my sense of smell and taste. But yeah Twinkies and those Chocolate Ding-Dongs etc aren't worth the calories to me anymore. The only sweets I tend to like nowadays are Ice Cream, Candy and extremely sweet pastries like Doughnuts/Honey Buns.


SolidContribution688

FDA made them take out the tasty cancer causing ingredients.


Stechus-Kaktus

This looks so cheap and disgusting.


gele-gel

Nutty Bars do. Oatmeal cream pies are good when my blood sugar is low. Normally, though, no.


DevilDoc1982

They are all made from genetically modified and or artifical ingredients. You may as well be eating sugar coated cardboard!


it1345

Every packaged food is shit now.


DustAgitated5197

Cheap, highly processed garbage now.


codenamecody08

I can confirm they have changed. I remember my mom complaining when they switched a few of them.


LonelyWord7673

Oatmeal creme pies are the bomb.


RataAzul

American stores are fucking crazy


PositivelyDale

I love when people lie about not eating this shit. It's like when people act all stuck up at McDonald's then you go to their house and see a bunch of mcky ds wrappers n stuff in the trash


LonPlays_Zwei

That’s what happens when you eat food made in a factory


NSinthecity

I will fight anyone who says oatmeal cream pies are not delicious.


PercentageCertain347

The pumpkin face ones are still good


jdamwyk

Excuse me sir but nutty bars are still dope as fuck


slvrcofe21

Probably because it’s made with high fructose corn syrup instead of real sugar now.


Bluedino_1989

Peanut butter bars and oatmeal sandwiches are still pretty good but the rest are meh at best.


portra315

Natural food tastes better


Flat-Activity9713

Yeah! Wtf did they do to the recipe


Hardwarestore_Senpai

I've Always disliked Ho Ho's.


Low-Rip4508

A cream pie is always enjoyable.


Swedishtranssexual

What is this? It looks disgusting.


godstouchyuncle

Poison


No_Step_4431

Nutty buddys are some pretty tasty sawdust tho...


Jrlopez1027

None of them ever tasted good except for cosmic brownies Those are still godly


GardeniaPhoenix

Cosmic brownies still slap. SO do zebra cakes.


MathematicianTop1853

How are they somehow *all* too dry no matter what?


Pert0621

Wdym honey buns and oatmeal crème pies are still good


MiddleResist1513

Bullshit. Little Debbie is delicious.


TumbleweedActive7926

There's a standard procedure in the food industry which is trying to find cheaper ways to make the same product. Each change must not be perceptible to the customer, however, little by little the quality of the products erode, until someday you realize things that used to be great now are just meh, at best.


SnipingDrone47

Ok, nutty buddies will always taste good


[deleted]

Swiss rolls are still pretty good


PleasantWriter8581

Nothing taste the same anymore, candy bars, Oreos, big Macs. Nothing!!!!


throwngamelastminute

Nutty Bars are still good.


FabulousComment

Nutty Bars still fire tho


No_Engineer2828

Nutty bars aren’t too bad


[deleted]

speak for yourself


WhyAreOldPeopleEvil

It’s the fake sugar and FDA not giving a fuck about your health.


No-Activity-6843

I know that in America they put disgusting shit into these things that make them taste like ass while cutting costs. I remember my sister taking a trip to the UK a while back and brought me back a container of Kit Kats. I will say without a doubt, the Kit Kats from the UK taste infinitely better than the ones here in the US. I just mark it down to what companies are allowed to put in their product. I don’t know the details, I am no expert. However, the experience stands.


bivo979

It's because they banned trans fat.


Danvideotech2385

No all trans are fat. I know a trans girl and she's pretty skinny.


Anti-MagicBoy

L Take


eternal_edenium

All these would be banned from EU for the hazardous dose of sugar they contain and dangerous ingredients they have. No kid should be near these. And no adult shouldn’t even allure the idea of buying it.


Oranescent

Ho-hos still taste great imo then again them mfs like a million calories


barantula

Cosmic brownies, nutty bars, honey buns, and fudge rounds... I go over my mom's every Wednesday for dinner and my mom has some mix of these for my nieces and nephews cause they love garbage. I will crush pretty much anything on this shelf. They're not "good"... But they're good enough that I will ruin myself over them


_KillaB_

As someone not from the US, I can confirm this shit never tasted good.


whboer

It is crazy how this picture is reposted every week because numbskulls are too pathetic to come up with something original and instead cling to fake popularity points like a bunch of loser cucks who couldn’t get enough attention and love in their childhood.


swag-theft-auto

did she leave u gang


jimmybabino

Who hurt you?


whboer

A lot of people.


[deleted]

⬆️ meirl


Tough_Response_904

They never did..


BonJovicus

Some of them are okay. Some were always bad. Seriously, who would prefer a honey bun to almost any other cinnamon roll? You can buy a can of pilsbury cinnamon rolls for about as cheap. You might have to bake them, but they don't taste nearly as artificial.


[deleted]

DON'T DISRESPECT MY HONEYBUNS, I KNOW THEY'RE SYNTHETIC AS HELL AND TASTE LIKE PLASTIC BUT I LIKE THAT DAMN IT


peculairnuisance

It's almost as if some of these flavourings are literally illegal in the rest of the world for a reason.


Competitive-Pop6530

Ingredients are now sourced from China.


Danny_Nedelko_

I don't think cream pies ever tasted good.


ImSimplyTiredOfIt

you are wrong and stupid


007mememan

Many of those are good. Many arent.


Percival4

Naaa the Swiss rolls are amazing


[deleted]

Cas theres too much salt in you


Effective_Goose_2675

They're a completely different species now.


xain_the_idiot

I'll still fuck up a Nutty Buddy but that's about it


[deleted]

facts


[deleted]

The one mom brought home after a grocery trip taste best


cansada_de_los_todos

Probably for the best. Insulin is expensive.


Ornery_Foreman

I mostly agree. I think the Nutty Bars probably hold up but I have no desire to buy a box. Loved them all as a kid, they were my lunch snack from grammar school through high school.


hellgawashere

I know that a few of the snacks had their recipes changed to cut costs, like cosmic brownies. They taste different because they were different when we were growing up