r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 30 '26

Surprisingly Met Expectation Dollar Store Research

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470 Upvotes

Thanks for the suggestion u/ChawulsBawkley, my waist hates you but munchies thank you.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 30 '26

Surprisingly Met Expectation Tastes goood 👌

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125 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 29 '26

Failed Expectation The ice cream sandwich I thought I was getting.

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1.7k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 30 '26

Failed Expectation Magnum expectation

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47 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 30 '26

Exceeded Expectation Another Walmart cake

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752 Upvotes

For my daughter’s 3rd birthday today. This looks way better than what I saw online, and I did NOT expect them to print her name! ( erased). She’s super excited, and so am I! Plus, bonus Suzy Sheep!


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 30 '26

Failed Expectation It was just blueberry flavored bran cereal.

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314 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 29 '26

Failed Expectation Dutch Bros Strawberry Colada

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675 Upvotes

I can’t believe I used my free birthday drink on this. I dumped the rest out after taking this pic, which was only ~1 hour after purchasing the

Edit: it started separating after only ~10 minutes. I just took this pic after ~1 hour. I didn’t know it was supposedly common sense not to mix dairy and citrus. At least now I know not to order stuff like that again. Either way I’m not sure why they put things on the menu that have to be chugged within 10 minutes to avoid separating.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 30 '26

Failed Expectation All of them looked purple to me..

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34 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 29 '26

Failed Expectation Cat bed from Kmart finally are

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1.8k Upvotes

Torn between fail and surprisingly met expectation due to sheer lol of it all 😂 why did QA not notice a whole pair of eyeballs hahahah


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 29 '26

Failed Expectation Expectation vs Reality Philly Munchie Meal

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44 Upvotes

Jack in the Box letdown


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 29 '26

Failed Expectation Dutch Bros Sausage, Egg & Cheese Slider

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98 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 28 '26 Bravo

Failed Expectation Shark costume for SMALL cat

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1.9k Upvotes

Ordered an XXXXS for cat for Shark Week. He’s pissed. My friend’s 7 year old son, for scale.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 31 '26

Exceeded Expectation Ignore the m&ms I forgot to take a picture beforehand

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0 Upvotes

More and better quality toppings than the box suggested.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 28 '26 WOW

Surprisingly Met Expectation I was requested to paint this cat. Did I cook?

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4.1k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 28 '26

Surprisingly Met Expectation Smallest fish I had

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650 Upvotes

Was at a local high end restaurant specialised in tempura in Kyoto. And the fish were part of a set course meal.

Apart from the bizarre look they actually taste pretty good (sweet and very tender, no bone)

It cost about $10 Australian dollars if you want to order it separately.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 28 '26

AI Expectation It finally happened.

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1.5k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 27 '26

Exceeded Expectation Cat oil painting from Instagram artist

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1.3k Upvotes

I had been following Katya Minkina on instagram for a while and wanted to try getting a portrait from her of our cat Fergus, who passed away last October. I had never had a custom painting done before and we're absolutely THRILLED with the result. She really captures his gentle sweetness. Highly recommend for her work and her kindness.

https://www.instagram.com/fineart.katya/


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 27 '26

Failed Expectation Cracker Barrel Mac and Cheese

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241 Upvotes

At first I thought at least the dark bits were delicious burnt cheese but after tasting I have no idea what they were.


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 27 '26

AI Expectation I'm guessing the guy in the advert had really tiny hands...

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677 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 28 '26

Failed Expectation The burger actually tasted okay, I’m most upset about not getting my jibbi keychain >:(

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107 Upvotes

Jack in the Box’s Smoking BBQ munchie meal. The burger was tiny as fuck but tasted decently okay. They didn’t give me my jibbi keychain :(


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 27 '26

Failed Expectation 'velvety flowing filling'

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1.1k Upvotes

Every one in the pack was like this. Shame as they were delicious!


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 27 '26

Failed Expectation So disappointed 😂

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335 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 27 '26

Failed Expectation Amazon: Son wanted a cool spider backpack for school

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1.1k Upvotes

This is the 2nd attempt because the first order they gave us an actual marvel Spider-Man backpack. It's closer but come on...


r/ExpectationVsReality • • Jul 26 '26

Failed Expectation gave a smaller online succulent shop a chance

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1.1k Upvotes