Damn a ton of you really don't like to let people enjoy things huh?

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[–] 53 points 7 months ago (3 children)

don't let 'em gaslight ya, in 2008 they did some rework on fat and salt, around 2010 they screwed with a lot of different flavors. They used to have a pretty heavy tomato+herb taste, but it's been quite a while.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Its bloody annoying when you point how buying a luxury good is bad in so many ways and some idiot is like “but what am I gunna do? Not buy an xbox? Not pay $70 for a game? Not buy Nestle products?” And im like…yea thats exactly what you do. You should be more disappointed or angry that something you liked got ruined by a corporation. Saying you “need” those things does not absolve you of the damage you’re doing to society.

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    [–] 15 points 7 months ago

    I got no idea but logically i would think 'corporation want cheaper seasoning but increase price of pringle, make more money by use less money, profit make shareholders happy' or something dumb like that.

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    [–] 13 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Few years back, I noticed this too. They're, like, edible or whatever, but so bland tasting nowadays.

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    The first time I had these was probably 1998 while I was at my obese cousins house for a sleep over and that’s all the food they allowed me to have because it was so gross that they didn’t even wanna eat it. Then I fell asleep on the floor and they left me there all night. Very weird memory tied directly to this horrible flavor 😂😭

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  • [–] 34 points 7 months ago (9 children)

    I never understood why people would pick pringles over other chips. The consistency is weird and it's just questionable stuff pressed into shape. It's the sausage of chips

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    In terms of reconstituted potato-style chips, Munchos and Pop Chips are worlds better, IMO.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I haven't had Munchos since high school. Used to love them. But even then, I started to notice the amount of chips in each bag getting less and less.

    It's like when they started selling "whipped" yogurt for more than regular yogurt, despite it just being regular yogurt plus air.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Shrinkflation, or something like that I guess.

    Chips are pretty unhealthy, so I try not to eat them much. So for me, less is generally better. Also, Munchos are salty as hell. But that said... gotta have 'em once in a while!

    Pringles might be good for some kind of insulation project, maybe. They're certainly not fit for human consumption, these days.

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago

    pretty much all name brand chips have been getting noticeably shittier every year for the past decade

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Dang that's sad. I used to really love these as a kid.

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    Pringles once had flavour? In comparison to other brands, even the home brands from the discounters, Pringles are boringly flavourless.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Good crisp is MVP right now if you can get them

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    My Costco has those. Good to hear they're really good because they were over twice the price of the mainstream stuff.

    I was still side-eyeing them because Costco doesn't generally carry anything offbrand that's not good AF. But it didn't pass the wallet test. I'll have to see if I can find some single cans.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Reese's too went way down in quality.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    It's the enshitification, along with everything else.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    These pringles are no longer pizza-licious. The guy from that commercial would be so disappointed https://youtu.be/V0cesD51jTg

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    They used to have Onion flavour too, not anymore. Now they have shour cream with Onion or something like that.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Does everything else taste normal to you? Just asking on the outside chance covid or something has impacted your sense of smell and taste (happened recently to a parent).

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Yeah, just enjoyed some warheads followed by some Carolina reaper cheese later in the day, trust, I've got the full range

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Uh, those sound like things that are intensely flavorful, so maybe not the best example to show you still have functioning taste.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Lmao this feels like hypochondria but on my behalf, I'm tasting things fine, thank you for your concern

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    Like 2 years ago, or around that time. I stopped bothering with the pizza one because of this. The other flavors are still loaded with flavor powder. IDK why the pizza one started getting only half-seasoned.

    I get the pepperoni cracker (not pretzel) Combos instead now.

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  • [–] 7 points 7 months ago

    since they introduced the additional flavour subscription

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Idk what Pringles did to their formula... But I don't like them anymore.

    The Lays equivalent is wayyyyyy better. Just less flavors to choose from.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Did they ever have flavor?
    I remember being disappointed by them as far back as the mid 90s.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    January 25th, 2009

    I remember it like it was yesterday, the day that Pringles made the announcement.

    There were riots in the streets, but ultimately they held no teeth, all noise and no action.

    And so it has remained ever since

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    When did Pringles get pizza?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    ah a snack for people who like the idea of pizza, but have never had pizza and cannot stomach the thought of eating real pizza.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Try the stacked chips from Aldi or Lidl. Much better.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    They've definitely cut back on flavor this past year. Not just on pizza flavor. I stopped buying any of them because they're not worth it any more. Bunch of extra calories for no taste? They can fuck off and die.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    They used to be so seasoned I couldn't finish a short can

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Release day

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    All pringels are shitty. All of them are disgusting.

    So when did Pizza Pringels get disgusting, at conception.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Are we pretending that Pringles had flavour?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Imo they were never any good. You might just be an adult now.

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    when i was little i used to actually enjoy these dont think the flavor itself changed but i just find it less appealing now and kinda bland

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    According to the FDA, the agency "determined that the facility was operating under insanitary conditions, including the presence of rodent excreta, rodent urine, and bird droppings in areas where medical devices, drugs, human food, pet food, and cosmetic products were held."

    Enjoy crunching on those Pringles!

    https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-products/a70199631/fda-rat-feces-recall-list/

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Did you know fruits and vegetables grow out of the ground, surrounded by insects and varmint, who so happen to shit.

    Ever see fly shit? Probably not, but it certainly adds up if untreated.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago

    Well this was mainly just me fucking with the guy as a joke but if you read that article nah, they had rat shit and piss around human food and medicine.

    Most places do not have that going on. And the FDA allows for a lot of wiggle room about bugs and stuff being in food I already know there can be maggots and all kinds of stuff legally in out food, at certain amounts.

    But if even the FDA says its so bad it should be recalled man it was probably pretty bad because they aren't the best in the world with standards and I say that as someone who eats the food they say is ok.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    And there's an acceptable amount of roaches that can be in peanut products, what's your point?

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    For sure and maggots in pasta sauce and all kinds of other fun stuff. You can't take stuff like that out completely in mass produced food.

    Although, that was pretty bad for them to have issued a recall the FDA usually isn't too strict so it was probably pretty bad.

    But I was just making a joke because you were like "damn why don't these taste the same" and its like, boom rat shit. I know it wasn't in the chips but it was just funny to me.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Don't eat this filth.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago

    The taste of salt and food additives never was that great.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago

    I'm going to assume the vast majority of the comments are going be along the lines of "they've always been shitty". How old were you when you thought they were good?

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