Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 17 days agoWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 17 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squarefinderscult@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 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-up0·17 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-squareAntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·17 days ago“These days” being those that comprise the recent entire half of your life is a hell of a framing
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 days agoHere’s another article not from 30 years ago I said “these days” not to mean all the time since I was a kid, but to mean “these days”. I included the personal information to indicate that the phenomenon has occurred entirely within the time since I was a kid. Really sorry to confuse you. I hope we’re good now. You seemed upset.
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.
“These days” being those that comprise the recent entire half of your life is a hell of a framing
Here’s another article not from 30 years ago
I said “these days” not to mean all the time since I was a kid, but to mean “these days”.
I included the personal information to indicate that the phenomenon has occurred entirely within the time since I was a kid.
Really sorry to confuse you. I hope we’re good now. You seemed upset.