# Consumer items you would really hate/be screwed if they discontinued? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 13, 2026, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629 "2026-01-13T03:13:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/141 "2026-01-20T18:50:28Z")
I apologize if my phrasing led you to understand that I am using an entire can of shaving cream each day. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/142 "2026-01-20T18:51:08Z")
No worries. We’re all different. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/143 "2026-01-20T19:01:09Z")
I suppose it also depends on how much more than just his face is getting shaved. 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@We\_re\_wolves\_not\_werewolves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/We_re_wolves_not_werewolves)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/144 "2026-01-20T19:05:50Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Cleveland Ballpark Mustard. Oh, sure, I could switch to some other brand, but no other is nearly as good. That stuff is God’s gift to sausages, and good on anything else mustard is good on. I know Clevelanders are supposed to be firmly on the side of either Bertman’s Ballpark mustard or Stadium mustard in the great mustard war, but I honestly have a hard time telling the difference between the two and will happily use either. ---
**Author:** ![TekirKedi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tekirkedi/32/19028_2.png) [@TekirKedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TekirKedi)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2026, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/145 "2026-02-03T08:44:07Z")
Yesss…Costco carried an RW Garcia Brand Turmeric flavoured gluten-free cracker, then it disappeared. The Sweet Potato one also vanished and now they have this blooming awful Jalapeño flavoured one. Costco is slowly disappearing things that I go there to buy, including the large jars of pitted Kalamata olives, the large jars of julienned sundried tomatoes in oil. Pretty soon it will not be worthwhile shopping there. Next week I’ll be heading to get my husbands meds and TP. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/146 "2026-02-04T05:55:42Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > ETA: @Nyvaak: Color me mystified such a consumer item even exists. From what planet do you hail, good Sir/Madam? > > If they un-invented wine my life would be much impoverished. We got our first microwave in 1983 - back when they were a Big Deal. I think we spent 400 bucks on it we were given a wedding gift to use for such a purchase). This was before they came with carousels. We requested one from my parents for that Christmas. It was the sort where you had to basically wind it up. You could slide something to keep it from rotating. When it was un-slid, it made a slight ticking sound as it did its thing. As we were driving away from the parents’ house, we heard ticking from the back of the car. We briefly thought they’d decided to put a bomb in the car…. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/147 "2026-02-04T06:15:14Z")
> [@irae](#): > > Also RIP Stoned Wheat Thins! WHAT??? NOOOOOOOOOOO. I haven’t found them at the grocery store in a while, but we usually shop at Wegman’s and they never carried them. We could get them at the Giant, I just haven’t looked in a while. Those are, in my mind, the PERFECT cracker for cheese-and-crackers. They hold up, and they have enough flavor without being overwhelming. My latest addition: Old El Paso chili seasoning mix. For some reason, chili made with their seasoning just tastes better than any other brand. Yeah, I know I could try from scratch, but I’d need a lot of trial and error to duplicate it. No other brand tastes right to me. And it’s nearly impossible to find. I get a box of 24 envelopes from Amazon every 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/148 "2026-02-04T11:43:21Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > We got our first microwave in 1983 - back when they were a Big Deal. Oh yeah. Back in the day they were stupid expensive and also had no carousel. My parents got our first one not too long after we moved into a larger new house in 1967. Probably 1969ish. No carousel. Very pricy. Interestingly, **[Microwave oven - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave_oven)** says that Sharp began making consumer ovens with turntables in ~1965. I was just expressing surprise that @Nyvaak still owned and used such an antique. At least as amazed that the darn thing still worked as I was that somebody still had one. > [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > > [@irae](#): > > > > Also RIP Stoned Wheat Thins! > > WHAT??? NOOOOOOOOOOO. My reaction exactly. They were the ideal cracker in so many ways. Red Oval FTW! Since teh dibeetus set in I don’t buy or eat much in the way of crackers, so hadn’t much missed buying them. But I had noticed I hadn’t seen them in ages. At least now I know not to go on a goose chase for them when I do get a jonesing for crakers. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/149 "2026-02-04T12:19:09Z")
Someone mentioned bottled tea upthread – I assume they meant iced tea. Which brings to mind that there are so many things I buy constantly that I just take them for granted, but would be devastated if they disappeared. I have three standard thirst-quenchers that I constantly rely on: bottled spring water (in 500 ml bottles), Coke Zero in “mini” 300 ml bottles (not Diet Coke, and sure as hell not Pepsi), and President’s Choice brand iced tea. Every once in a while the local supermarket will be out of the Coke Zero minis, leaving me devastated! For some reason those things cost more than twice as much as cans per unit of Coke, but you can’t beat the taste of ice-cold Coke straight out of the bottle! I try to always have an 8-pack in the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/150 "2026-02-04T12:41:29Z")
[I really love Dots original individual serving bags of pretzels!](https://www.meijer.com/shopping/product/dots-pretzels-original-multipack-10ct-10-oz/85003171949.html) They aren’t as salty as a lot of pretzels are, and the little bags are only 1 oz each, so I can snack without ODing on them. I get them from Amazon and keep a few in my desk drawer at work. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/151 "2026-02-04T17:21:10Z")
My vote is: rolls of toilet paper. Pretty damned convenient, compared to the alternatives, if you do not have a bidet attachment or something. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/152 "2026-02-04T22:33:52Z")
especially now there’s no more Sears/Montgomery Ward catalogs to use instead ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/153 "2026-02-04T22:42:30Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > My vote is: rolls of toilet paper. Pretty damned convenient, compared to the alternatives, if you do not have a bidet attachment or something. There’s a story here, though I may have told it before. For many years, I’ve had this obsession about getting my favourite brand of toilet paper whenever it was on sale, which was often, and getting large or multiple packages of it. And then … the COVID pandemic hit, and suddenly toilet paper disappeared from the shelves. The result of my obsession was that when toilet paper became scarcer than hens’ teeth during the pandemic, I had two cabinets under a vanity in an unused upstairs bathroom packed with toilet paper packages – probably enough to last years! I don’t really know how people fared who completely ran out, and I don’t want to know. 😒 ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/154 "2026-02-04T23:20:18Z")
Apparently wiping paper was originally sold in sheets, but it was the invention of the perforated roll that made the concept a success. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/155 "2026-02-05T04:14:59Z")
When I was in college in the 1970s we had some semi-famous hard-ass general give a speech. This was just after Vietnam and the (temporary) end of the draft. He huffed and puffed, and said that in the inevitable nuclear attack coming soon, that the thing we wimpy kids would miss the most was, indeed, toilet paper. Should have been hoarding for the last 50 years, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/156 "2026-02-05T06:16:24Z")
Duct Tape. I couldn’t keep any of my shit working without it. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/157 "2026-02-05T14:43:10Z")
So I can assume that you have plenty of WD-40 stockpiled already? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/158 "2026-02-05T18:57:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Duct Tape. I couldn’t keep any of my shit working without it. That’s a strange post coming immediately after a discussion of toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/159 "2026-02-05T20:26:15Z")
Proper application of duct tape obviates the need for toilet paper; if there’s nothing coming out, there’s nothing that needs to be wiped. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629/160 "2026-02-06T01:12:32Z")
I was the same way about my brand of toilet paper, including buying it in multi-packs whenever it was on sale (I also used coupons for it when I had them). When the pandemic hit I had at least five multi-packs stashed away. I didn’t have to buy toilet paper until two years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/consumer-items-you-would-really-hate-be-screwed-if-they-discontinued/1026629.md?page=9)