# What stuff did "They" stop making just because you like it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 7, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643 "2013-08-07T23:24:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/1 "2013-08-07T23:24:49Z")
Inspired by this [Schick Razor](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=399284) thread. By “They,” I mean the great Control Room in the Sky that monitors people’s purchases and preferences and \*immediately \*shuts down production of any item/food/gadget that _I_ like at precisely the moment that I’ve eaten/used it enough to know that I _reeellyreeelly_ like it. “Okay, guys! ThelmaLou just bought her second tube of Rimmel Vinyl Lip Gloss in in the shade called “snog” _[not kidding about that]_–that’s it! Stop the line! Fire everyone! Burn the plant to the ground!” This happens to me often–surely I’m not the only one? Starbucks used to have a Valencia (orange) syrup that was so luscious–it perfectly complemented the bitterness of coffee. I had it about four times, then they stopped carrying it. It has happened so many times with lipstick that as soon as I find a color I like, I immediately buy 3-4 of them, KNOWING they will probably stop producing it that very afternoon. Sally Hansen Foundation had the only color I’ve ever found that matched my skin perfectly–yup: it is no more. Arrid used to make a deodorant with a very fresh scent–all gone. My local grocery chain had a chili-lime potato chip flavor that was outstanding. I had it a couple of times–dead in the water. Damn you, NSA! _\_ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/2 "2013-08-07T23:27:36Z")
Schick Ultrex refills. Marathon bars. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/3 "2013-08-07T23:33:38Z")
ASICS 21xx line of running shoes. Perfect shoe for a big guy like me. First pair were the 2150s, and when those wore out I got the next gen 2160, and again with the 2170. About 5 or 6 pair of shoes from this line, and when I went to get the 2180, I learned they discontinued the line. No other shoe of theirs was comparable, so I found another shoe from another brand. Their loss. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/4 "2013-08-07T23:39:06Z")
Jarts? ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/5 "2013-08-07T23:44:05Z")
My face cream is clearly the best face cream. It’s in a tube, not a pot. It has sun screen in it. It’s not oily, doesn’t smell bad. It has a tiny bit of tan in it, enough that I don’t turn ghostly in winter, not enough to turn me orange. It’s not some ridiculous price. It doesn’t have expensive stuff in it that doesn’t actually exist. (Now: with Regenerist Molecules! Clinically proven to fight wrinkles and make rainbows spring from your arsehole!) I bought 8 tubes when I managed to find it, but when that’s gone… And no, that stuff with the funny colour that’s meant to be skin-colour is _not_ the same. Nor is the stuff without sunscreen, what, are you trying to kill me?! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/6 "2013-08-07T23:48:30Z")
O’Gradys potato chips. Seriously, seriously -actual- cheese-taste in an au gratin potato chip, and the minute I start really liking them, bang, off the market. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/7 "2013-08-07T23:55:29Z")
The Edsel. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/8 "2013-08-08T00:03:25Z")
Skippy’s chocolate peanut butter. Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific. Agree. Diet Vanilla Coke. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/9 "2013-08-08T00:05:00Z")
Lime Speed Stick, RZ 350’s, Ferrari GTO’s ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/10 "2013-08-08T00:05:52Z")
Half-gallon cartons of ice cream. 32-ounce jars of mayonnaise. One-fifth-gallon bottles of liquor. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/11 "2013-08-08T00:06:23Z")
Polar Fudge Bars. Tab Energy - cherry-flavoured drink, mmmm. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/12 "2013-08-08T00:07:41Z")
Simba Brand soft drink. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/13 "2013-08-08T00:09:43Z")
Knudsen sour cream in squeeze bottles. Big John’s Beans & Fixin’s. Tim’s Cascade Style Alderwood Smoked BBQ potato chips. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/14 "2013-08-08T00:12:09Z")
PB Max When I become an evil overlord I will have the entire Mars family dropped into a giant vat of peanut butter. ---
**Author:** ![BigNik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/73ab20/32.png) [@BigNik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigNik)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/15 "2013-08-08T00:15:58Z")
Took me a long time to find an antiperspirant that I don’t have a skin reaction to. About six months ago I found the Gilette gel antiperspirants. They work! They don’t stink! They’re hard to find, but I’m not driven insane by sore, itchy armpits! And a month ago the one chain I could get them from stopped stocking them. Last week they started stocking the ones with a “new formulation”. Heavy sigh. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/16 "2013-08-08T00:17:17Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Diet Vanilla Coke. Usually the bra style I want. Once I have more than a few, BAM, no more. If you want your fix on Diet Vanilla Coke, it is available in many of the new Freestyle machines. A couple of restaurants in my previous city had them. I went to some of those places specifically because I could get those Diet Vanilla Coke drinks… ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/17 "2013-08-08T00:23:43Z")
(Kraft) Stove Top Mushroom & Onion Stuffing Mix. Probably sucked as stuffing — I never used it that way — but made a great turkey meatloaf. Violet Crumble. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/18 "2013-08-08T00:27:23Z")
> [@KarlGrenze](#): > > Usually the bra style I want. Once I have more than a few, BAM, no more. > > If you want your fix on Diet Vanilla Coke, it is available in many of the new Freestyle machines. A couple of restaurants in my previous city had them. I went to some of those places specifically because I could get those Diet Vanilla Coke drinks… Just asking out of curiosity, but were you so famous in your previous city that telling **want2befree** where it is would compromise your privacy? ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/19 "2013-08-08T00:29:34Z")
Giant SweeTARTS. Not the chewy ones they make now, but the the ones that were a scaled up version of the regular ones. Too hard to bite, too big to put in your mouth, so you had to lick or suck the edge like a large lollipop. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643/20 "2013-08-08T00:33:11Z")
> [@want2befree](#): > > Agree. Concur. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-stuff-did-they-stop-making-just-because-you-like-it/665643.md?page=2)