Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 28 days agoWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.message-squaremessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down116
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 28 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarefinderscult@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·28 days agoWhen were you a kid? Sour patch kids and warheads the like have dominated the candy aisle for the last few decades.
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·28 days agoLooks like 1993 was the start of the sour candy surge in the US. I did most of my candy eating in the 60s and 70s.
minus-squarefinderscult@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·28 days agoAh, fair. I blame Saturday morning cartoons and a transition from violence for fun towards self harm. No need to punch each other or slap fight for competition if you can just see who can stand the most warheads at a time.
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·28 days agoIt’s food perversion I tell ya!
When were you a kid? Sour patch kids and warheads the like have dominated the candy aisle for the last few decades.
Looks like 1993 was the start of the sour candy surge in the US. I did most of my candy eating in the 60s and 70s.
Ah, fair. I blame Saturday morning cartoons and a transition from violence for fun towards self harm. No need to punch each other or slap fight for competition if you can just see who can stand the most warheads at a time.
It’s food perversion I tell ya!