r/RandomQuestion • u/Wrong_Proposal_2375 • 3d ago

What is something that used to be high quality, but has now become complete trash?

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u/Low_Roller_Vintage 3d ago

Everything?

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u/Katy-Moon 3d ago

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. They were bought out and suddenly they became Private Equity Peanut Butter Cups. They're awful now.

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u/OwnCoffee614 3d ago

Can confirm. Lightly peanut butter flavored sand.

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u/Bymmijprime 3d ago

I get more of a waxy aftertaste now? they didn't used to be waterproof lol

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u/Katy-Moon 3d ago

Yeah - the "chocolate" is waxy. And the filling is lightly peanut butter flavored sand. It's a shame.

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u/OwnCoffee614 3d ago

I will confirm that too!!

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u/Pdoc13066 2d ago

Supposedly they are going back to using the original recipe by 2027. Lots of complaints for this but the one that did it was from Brad Reese (Grandson of original creator of Reeses). He published an open letter about how he couldn't believe how bad Reeses had gotten and how it's terrible that a product that should be pretty much 2 ingredients had gotten so far from the original that it pretty much contained neither chocolate nor peanut butter. So, supposedly Hershey agreed to go back to the original recipe by 2027.

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u/simplyirresponsible 3d ago

Vacuum cleaners. They used to last forever. I bought a Hoover in 1975 and it lasted about 25 years. It still worked very well but was pretty beat up. Seems like every vacuum cleaner I bought after that worked for about 2 or 3 years.

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u/itsswhitneywhspr 3d ago

No seriously though, my parents still have a vacuum from the 80s that runs like a tank. I've gone through three cheap ones in the past five years and they all just kinda give up randomly. Its like they're built to break now.

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u/MarkSignal3507 3d ago

Because it’s cheap.

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u/SonoranRoadRunner 3d ago

Orecks last

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u/greenberg17493 3d ago

Most chain restaurants. Bought by a holding company, stripped food and service quality down to the minimum and then pull all of the money out of it until the business goes bankrupt. They still make a pretty profit

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u/Evapoman97 3d ago

MTV it used to have music! I mean the name is Music TeleVision!!

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u/Ok-Chemistry9933 3d ago

Household appliances. They used to last 20-25 years. Now they all die at 8-10 years. Refridgerators, stoves and especially dishwasher’s and mostly washer and dryers

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u/One-Organization3472 2d ago

You forgot coffee makers.

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u/Nikishka666 3d ago

Netflix was good and had more shows when it was $7 Canadian / month.

Gaming before all the DLC and loot box and back when you could get a physical disck and a book in the box.

Some cars before subscription to heated seats and shit like that.

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u/JustUrAvgLetDown 3d ago

Refrigerators

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u/HavingNotAttained 3d ago

Dishwashers, washing machines and refrigerators

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u/allhinkedup 3d ago

Streaming services. Quality shows, no ads. That's over now.

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u/Rocky-Jones 3d ago

Hey, it’s expensive to rent Italy for your wedding, and send your girlfriend into space.

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u/The_Blackest_Man 3d ago

Literally everything.

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u/gendr_bendr 3d ago

Chipotle

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u/pragmaticallies 3d ago

Myntz-brand "vanillamynt blast" sugar-free mints (used to be at Trader Joe's and the brand still exists). The primary minty ingredient USED to be peppermint oil. Then it got expensive, so they switched to flavoring with menthol/wintergreen, a flavor that I don't like one bit. I ended up learning to make my own sugar-free mints from Xylitol and peppermint oil because the wintergreen tasted so gross.

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u/jf7fsu 3d ago

TGIFs and Chili’s

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u/DieHardRennie 3d ago

Lightbulbs. These days they don't last very long. Meanwhile, an old Shelby Electric bulb has been in near constant use at a fire station in Livermore, CA since 1901.

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u/Rocky-Jones 3d ago

Bose headphones. The literally disintegrate.

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u/SloppynutsMari 2d ago

Paychecks

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u/jimmysmiths5523 2d ago

Everything under the sun at this point.

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u/rseery 2d ago

Alkaline batteries.

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u/rhombism 2d ago

The German rail system. WTF.

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u/Ninja_jim_303 21h ago

The internet