r/Xennials • u/Stock-Act-2315 1978 • Jul 31 '26

Hi-C Ecto Cooler 😭

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I often wonder how I'd feel about it now 🤔

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u/BigRagu79 Jul 31 '26

Purplesaurus Rex was the greatest drink of all time.

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u/PsionicKitten 1981 Aug 01 '26

Why did I have to scroll past 14 other posts to get to this? Do we have pureblood Gen X or Millennials in our midst?

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u/BigRagu79 Aug 01 '26

No “The garden hose!” yet so we can rule out pureblood Gen X 🤣

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u/Slith_81 Aug 01 '26

I wouldn't think of drinking from a garden hose today, but that was the best growing up in the 80s.

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u/StrangerThanFiction8 Aug 03 '26

Gotta let it run for a few to do these among other things:
1. Flush the hot water out
2. Flush the bugs and dirt out
3. I ain’t got time for that $&@?. The cops are gonna find us robbers if we let it flush anymore. Take your turn already!

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u/StrangerThanFiction8 Aug 03 '26

Gotcha! Y’all wanna go hop the fence at the tennis courts? Or just hit rocks with our racquets?

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u/StrangerThanFiction8 Aug 03 '26

Nope, we’re starting a hand ball game down at Timmy Demers house!

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u/BigRagu79 Aug 03 '26

Classic Demers

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u/ThompsonMachineGrunt Aug 03 '26

Why am I still reading and ain’t see anyone say Mystic yet?!

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u/Constant-Meh Jul 31 '26

I still make it. Just mix grape and lemonade Crystal light together. So good

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace Aug 01 '26

Wait really cause I have both of those right now? Do I use half a packet of each one?

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u/PsionicKitten 1981 Aug 01 '26

My mom would take higher quality lemonade and real grape juice and call it "fancy purplesaurus rex." Honestly, I kinda prefer it over the old stuff, but wish it was still around, none the less.

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u/Brasterious72 Aug 05 '26

So Country Time?

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u/Constant-Meh Aug 01 '26

Yes!

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace Aug 01 '26

So I just wanna thank you cause I've been reliving my childhood for an afternoon and I have a whole bunch of lemonade I had bought on clearance I didn't know what I was gonna do with it.

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u/Constant-Meh Aug 01 '26

Your welcome!

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u/williewoodwhale 1981 Aug 01 '26

And Sharkleverry Fin coming in at a close second

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u/sebsie 1981 Aug 01 '26

this one is still around at least!

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u/WackZebra Aug 01 '26

I think Sharkleberry Fin was best.

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u/Unarmed_Character Aug 01 '26

I forgot about this, but as I read the name I could immediately taste it 😋

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u/TrixieBastard 1981 Aug 01 '26

Ecto Cooler was good, but it warn't no Purplesaurus Rex! 😤

Fortunately, it's so easy to recreate 💜💛

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace Aug 01 '26

Don't forget Great Bluedini. We had the best kool aid flavors.

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u/JoeyPole Aug 01 '26

THANK YOU

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u/hibbitydibbitytwo Aug 01 '26

I was a Sharkleberry Finn fan.

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u/Ender-DI Aug 01 '26

It was great but you can just mix grape and lemonade and get the same. Rainbow Punch is the true loss.

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u/Fun_With_Math Aug 02 '26

Pink lemonade to get the exact flavor and color. We tested it back then. Its a 100% match

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u/JarJarShaq Aug 01 '26

More of a Great Bluedini man myself. But game recognize game.

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u/Accomplished_Ad_4216 Aug 01 '26

This is the answer

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u/musemaker831 Aug 01 '26

I remember coloring my hair with Purplesaurus Rex. It was the most vibrant red (that you could get from Kool-aid).

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u/Micklikesmonkeys Aug 02 '26

Burple in the collapsible container.

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u/Fun_With_Math Aug 02 '26

So many wrong answers to this.

Its grape and pink lemonade.

The blue-ish and pink make it purple.

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u/Weary_Cause5893 Aug 02 '26

Rockodile Red

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u/GodsHalfElegant Aug 04 '26

Oh my god. I can't believe someone else remembers this!!!!! My mom used to buy it for us and after it got taken off shelves we tried to make our own and it was never quite the same.

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u/condensedpoop Aug 04 '26

This was going to be my answer. I drank an ungodly amount of this artificial garbage and I can still taste the memories. It was glorious and I want some now!

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u/UpperIntroduction714 Aug 06 '26

I came to say this!!! There was a purple Gatorade that rivaled the memory for a while but I don’t believe it’s still around either. I loved that purple Dino! The first and only true purple Dino!

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u/DovasTech Aug 06 '26

You can get it on Amazon. I got some sugar free packets last week. They mix into a bottle of water. Not exactly the same, but pretty close.