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Pizza Hut


FireWater107

I'm not sure exactly when it went downhill, but it has become a common topic among those old enough to verify if Pizza Hut was really better, or just nostalgia. Overwhelming consensus: No you didn't imagine it, Pizza Hut has gone VERY downhill over the years. Forget rose tinted glasses about going in for a sit down family meal and getting a personal pan pizza as a kid, they're just literally not selling the same pizzas any more.


Damogran6

Worked there, made dough the night before. Once it started getting shipped in premade was when it started declining.


Raven_of_Blades

PH is glorified frozen pizza now.


bomb-cyclone

I recall going there for pizza and salad buffet on family outings back in the day. They had a good mix of different pizzas, including super supreme with loads of toppings piled on. Pizza Hut was a few notches above other cheap pizza options in town. Can’t recall the last time I’ve eaten there within the past 10 years. Maybe it was during a road trip and didn’t have much options to choose from.


bealetonplayus1

As a 12yo I went to eat in a Pizza Hut with a fellow 12yo friend of mine. Fast forward to every window curtain falling because unbeknownst to us they were somehow all connected and pulling to hard on one would cause a chain reaction. The manager told us to leave and for some reason made a point of telling me I was banned from Pizza Hut. As a 12yo I honestly believed this was a nationwide ban and nothing good would come from going to Pizza Hut. So the outcome of all this is that I've heard tales about how good the pizza was but never got to try it in their heyday.


miurabucho

Priazzo!!!!


MJVinci22

When Yum! Inc. bought them, Taco Bell, KFC - maybe a few more but those are the ones I remember off the top of my head, they drastically cut costs and chose profit over quality. I don’t like any of those places anymore. And that yellowish liquid on the bottom of the pizzas is vegelene - ugh.


nutrap

I bought Pizza Hut the other night for the first time in well over a decade. The people working there did a great job with presentation and it was on time and everything. But it was about the most bland tasting pizza I’ve ever tasted. Nothing about it was good. I was concerned I had Covid. Turns out, no Covid, my taste is just fine but Pizza Hut has zero flavor. Good advertising game though because I sure bought it based on ads. I used to love Pizza Hut 20+ years ago.


WinterWizard9497

Malls


astromech_dj

Arcades.


Skwerilleee

The Edmonton Oilers


RagnarawkNash

You can add every other Canadian NHL franchise after the early 90’s.


litsalmon

It's shocking that it's been almost 30 years since a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup.


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R3DGRAPES

Actually the 80’s saw some of the highest inflation in modern history.


cre8magic

The freedom to make mistakes, without the fear of it going viral.


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MTV


SailorVenus23

I've heard legends where they actually played music videos instead of pregnant 16 year olds


discoturtle1129

I really enjoyed the early 2000s when it was an equal balance of both.


Planktonoid

Cocaine culture.


Obvious_Word_6706

I knew coke was going to be a quick reply 😂


StreetGeeks305

First thing I thought of


RestingBitchcoinFace

I'm 32 and I've never seen cocaine in real life


BriansBack

Easily the most overrated drug. Expensive as hell and lasts 2 seconds


gamergirlpee69

The first time I did coke, I expected a lot more "WOOOOOH! 🤩" But it was more like "ayyyyy 😎" It was fun, I enjoyed myself, but it's vastly overhyped. It's also not the party drug I expected it to be. It works it's magic in more intimate settings with two or three close friends, than with a bunch of strangers.


Planktonoid

It's a helluva drug


Brief_Conference9260

Probably the opportunity for home ownership? Speaking as a young millennial who never existed during that time.


Wotx2

It was harder than people remember. The interest rate for a 30 year mortgage in 1983 was around 13.25%. There was a wicked recession from the late ‘70’s to about early ‘84. A boom until the crash of ‘88. High inflation-wage stagnation. Post pandemic reminds me a lot of the early 1980’s.


buckytoothtiger

When my parents bought their house in 1991, they had something like an 11% interest rate. I bought my house in 2018 and refinanced during the pandemic to 3%. Not saying that house prices aren’t insane nowadays, because they are. Just that some things are better now.


PhillyCSteaky

Bought my first house in 1983. 17% interest rate.


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inkyspearo

i consider everything after the black album non existent


[deleted]

McDonald's mcdlt


RagnarawkNash

Cold side is still cold….and the hot side?


[deleted]

Yup they were the best!


degobrah

McDonald's Happy Meal toys


exchefknifesbs

Nightclubs with New Wave live music.


petskill

Public fitness. Until the mid 80s overweight people were a minority. Now it's around 80%.


PocketPlays

I'm gonna get down voted for this, but as a bigger dude, we all need to lose some weight. I despise how common it is to say there's nothing wrong with bigger people like me. We need to stop drinking the kool-aid and drink some fucking water.


SweetAlbaD

Speaking strictly as an American: And it's not just weight, it's mental health. When I kicked my sugar addiction I realized for the first time that not everyone wakes up tired. Not everyone finds it hard to be motivated to do simple tasks. There's a whole different "awake" that I had never experienced, and it wasn't just depression, it was my diet. I'd eaten the same way my whole life (born in 1974), but it hadn't affected me until my mid to late 20s because ingredients weren't the same then. I don't believe people are lazy. I believe people are affected by the American diet, and it's not easy for everybody to overcome for many reasons, including intentional design.


haunted_dream_00

Do you have any tips on how you cut out sugar? I need to so bad.


CallieReA

I appreciate you saying that. I was once overweight, struggled to get it down now I’m one of those “fitness” people in my 40s. I have a 2 y/o and I had her late, for me it’s piece of mind. I wish people would understand that we’ve been told a lot of lies about food, and if you worked with a GP you still wouldn’t come to terms with a healthy diet. It’s a shame, every commercial for food is poison, every healthcare tip we get involves pharmaceuticals. That shit is not health care it’s sick care. The American left and right want us all fat and dumb. We can rebel by being healthier


Cybyss

Exercise does play somewhat of a role and its benefits shouldn't be downplayed, but one of the biggest causes of obesity is the metric fuckton of sugar we eat. Ridiculous quantities of it are in everything. If it comes in a package, it likely has sugar in it. Even friggin' canned green beans will often come pre-sweetened. Also, don't trust "diet", "zero calorie", or "sugar free" versions of ordinarily unhealthy products - they're just as bad or worse for you. "Low fat" versions of products just replace the fat with more sugar. Stay away from juice as well. If most of our meals were home-cooked using fresh veggies, that would drastically cut down the obesity rates.


Portalrules123

Wages matching productivity. Yeah, if you are in America even if you are doing well on average your purchasing power has consistently gone down since the 1980s. Though that trend may have finally started to slightly reverse?


JasperDyne

Coke and Pepsi before they replaced cane sugar with high fructose corn syrup in their formulas.


mynextthroway

That was a sad day. My conspiracy theory is New Coke was introduced so that when the Original formula was released with corn syrup, nobody would notice. This was also the time of glass -> plastic bottle conversion, which also screwed with the taste.


StickSauce

Coke, and Coke, and Pepsi you mean?


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purpleowlie

My health, hopes and dreams.


BigCTM

The media


A_Salty_Moon

Kids actually played outside (more true exploring, less screen time). Parents couldn’t micromanage their kids because there were no cell phones let alone Life360.


It_is_Fries_No_Patat

Music! Hanging out (no mobile phones) Privacy (again.. no mobile phones)


giggity2giggity

Music… fight me


NibblersNosh

This was my thought, too. 80’s music isn’t even my favourite, but at least it had creativity and heart.


SumpNFishyHere

For sure, the music, but the 70's music was even better.


mshorts

Disco sucked.


Obvious_Word_6706

I’ve been working on an 80s synth pop playlist lately. What is your favorite 80s music?


giggity2giggity

Big 80s rock fan. A few of my favorite 80s rock bands are Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers, Foreigner, Queen and Earth, Wind & Fire.


BlackLetterLies

All groups that peaked in the 70's?


giggity2giggity

Last 3 were kinda late 70s but still released a lot of music in the 80s. Tom Petty and the Heart Breakers definitely peaked in the 80s tho.


Raephstel

Music for sure, but I'm a grunge and early nu metal fan. Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, Tool, Incubus etc all originally started in the 80s (though some didn't see success until early 90s). Edit: My aged brain lied to me about the ages of them, PJ, Tool and Incubus started 1990/91.


needsexyboots

Pearl Jam, Tool, and Incubus didn’t exist in the 80s.


Raephstel

Damnit, I thought they did. 1990, 1990 and 1991 respectively. My mistake! Thanks for correcting me. Then I'll sub them for Soundgarden and Stone Temple Pilots haha.


MSeanF

For 80s synth pop my all time favorite would be Eurythmics. Honorable mentions to Erasure, OMD, and Haircut 100.


bunnie_98

Great bands, I still have a Eurythmics tape in my collection!


Ok_Restaurant3160

It’s not my style, but you do you


scienceforbid

Use my body as a human shield as you fight them.


PompeyMagnus1

I'm not trading instant access to any song I want to listen to, for Tiffany's B-sides


Fortyouncestofreedom

Maybe than now yes but definitely not the best


gamergirlpee69

I love '80s music. It seems like one day, almost like everyone planned it in perfect synchronicity, people stopped making new '80s music.


mynextthroway

Kids still know Zeppelin, Kiss, Queen, Journey, etc. They may not know all the songs/acts, but they recognize and appreciate the songs.


neverknowwhatsnext

The climate, MTV, university, public schools, private schools, movies, roads and bridges, cost of living, the value of a dollar?


PompeyMagnus1

Los Angeles: Very Unhealthy or Hazardous Air Days 1988: 145 days All the 2010s: 22 days


Longjumping_Drag2752

Surprisingly no. The climate SUCKED my grandpa told me stories of if you went to the city you’d get sick from the pollution because you weren’t used to it. In the harvest season dust and fumes were terrible.


nabrok

I recently read Stephen King's 11.23.63. It's the first time travel story I've read which points out how bad everything stunk from the pollution.


Kaiserhawk

I seem to remember older people would talk about Acid rain in urban areas. It's not really something you hear about that much


punkozoid

Also leaded gasoline fucked a lot of people


Reasonable_Yogurt519

Lead was removed from gasoline in 1975. There was a bunch of other toxic shit being thrown around though.


No_Camera_2814

Cars built in 1975 and later required unleaded gas, but the earlier cars were still on the road in the 80s and you could buy leaded gas in some stations through 1995.


Obvious_Word_6706

Book: A Generation of Sociopaths - explains a lot about how american government let much of that happen, or willed it to happen in many cases.


neverknowwhatsnext

I just think young minds are hungry to do something important and better for everyone. They, just like many of us did, make mistakes due to a lack of experience. I wonder if the difference is in the latitude they are given today versus yesteryear?


bubbaliciouswasmyfav

So what you're trying to say is: everything.


neverknowwhatsnext

No, I actually thought about it a little. There are things that are better today than in the 80s.


RagnarawkNash

The climate? Seriously. The earth is 20% greener today, and we don’t have a giant ozone hole, nor is pollution in any way comparable. Climate, you sound like a Zoomer.


tossme68

cough...acid rain...cough. 13% inflation & 10% unemployment.


jemenake

Michael J Fox


nopeskip

pizza hut.


Sinep_Tnaig

Lack of social media


Creepy_Log_5895

Kids having a childhood. No cellphones, could ride bikes until dark and go wherever, drink water of out garden hoses, have to get back to the couch before the commercial was over, etc


InVaLiD_EDM

I would like you to know, that though I was born in the early 2000's, I still had this kind of childhood. I wasn't given a phone until I had a job at 16 and paid for it myself. Downside of that is, I couldn't catch chicks because no girl wants to date a boy she can't call or text :p I don't hate my parents for it though, it made me get hobbies, and get some goddamn Vitamin D. Thanks to the hose water, my immune system has never been better. So, it's not all been lost!


KingPinfanatic

Yeah but kids nowadays are glued to phones and tablets or there parents are constantly filming them for YouTube or TikTok. I really see kids how and about in my neighborhood and we live a great area to just run around and play for hours.


[deleted]

Air travel.


BobLoblawATX

Minus the smoking 🤢


[deleted]

Um... Women born in the 60's.


Obvious_Word_6706

hey my mom is a great person


astromech_dj

Dorothy MANTOOTH is a a saint!


THe_Sc4aremaster

She sure is


[deleted]

Oh... I know she is.


ChoppyEye

The housing market🥲


[deleted]

The power of love


SmokingSamoria

Huey Lewis and the News would approve of this comment


king_rootin_tootin

Fast food. It actually tasted good. Kentucky Fried Chicken back in the 70s and 80s was bomb. Now KFC stands for "kan't f-- ---in cook.' Also, there was less plastic everywhere. What ever happened to glass bottles?


RagnarawkNash

Agreed. KFC ain’t the same.


v0t3p3dr0

I remember when McDonald’s had cheeseburgers, quarter pounders, Big Macs and fries pre-made and sitting under heat lamps. There was no made to order. Transactions took less than a minute.


raytaylor

In primary school we did a module on food preparation, marketing and a bunch of other things and part of it involved a field trip to the local mcdonalds. When the manager was showing us the computer system that calculated how many big macs etc based on the day of the week and current time needed to be in the chute, i was totally amazed.


allothernamestaken

I'm not sure what your point is - that it's better now because it's not as pre-made or worse now because it's not as fast?


v0t3p3dr0

It wasn’t good food then and it isn’t good food now. At least it used to be fast.


allothernamestaken

Every single chain goes downhill eventually. At some point, in the interests of maximizing shareholder value, the corporate bean-counters will determine just how deeply they can cut costs before quality suffers so bad that the reduction in business outstrips the savings. Spoiler alert: it can go downhill quite a ways before it cuts into profits.


astroproff

Republicans.


BadLuckIsMyLuck

The relationship between Republicans and Democrats. They actually would work together sometimes.


mashedpotatoexpert

Star Wars


[deleted]

Everything. EVERYTHING. EVERY FUCKING THING.


StickSauce

Rax roast beef


DingoZoot

The 80s.


All-the-pizza

Pizza Hut 🍕


liscbj

My metabolism


astupidfckingname

Music


lizard_king0000

McDonald's fries


GBC98764321

Sears catalog


BisasterPerson

Their music was fire ngl.


TheAnimeAuthor

Movies


Illustrious-Cream316

I absolutely love 80s movies. Greatest decade of movies of all time. So much creativity and variety.


normains

Practical effects in movies, so stuff doesn’t look as aged as late 90s/early 00s movies.


Illustrious-Cream316

I absolutely love 80s movies. Greatest decade of movies of all time. So much creativity and variety.


brock_lee

College


Obvious_Word_6706

The academic part or the social part? I imagine anything social was different and likely better before everyone had smartphones in the hands.


brock_lee

Social, for sure. I lived in the dorms, there was very little off-campus housing and very few frat houses. So, we pretty much all lived in the dorms. I lived with all my friends, and 60% of my waking day was hanging out, getting drunk, and having sex. But, I also learned a shit-ton, because aside from hanging with friends, I had nothing else to do. And yes, a huge part of that is because we had no internet or cell phones.


Nihilamealienum

Fruits and vegetables before frankengenetics made them bigger and tasteless.


allothernamestaken

Not sure what you mean by "frankengenetics," but it's more a problem of good old-fashioned selective breeding to select for highest yield/resistance to spoilage than GMO, if that's what you're thinking.


Nihilamealienum

You could be right. I just know they taste worse.


Feisty_Whole_7375

Hairspray


Affectionate-Gap1768

Aquanet Extra Super Hold in the white can 'cause fuck the ozone layer.


Human-Independence53

I learned how to read longer words phonetically because of hairspray. "What's a hyrdoflourocarbon?"


ItsMe-HotMess

The higher the hair the closer to Jesus! Aquanet or White Rain, please!


onemanwolfpack21

The mysteries. So many things seem to be solved or debunked nowadays. In a lot of ways, that's a good thing. They have been many wonderful advancements. But things just felt more "fun" when there was so much room for speculation. You could use your imagination. Things like crop circles, big foot, the loch-ness monster. They all feel kind of silly now. They were a little back then too but it was just different. I know it was the 90s but the X-files was the shit and felt different than watching it today.


stixmcgee

I loved the X-Files as a kid! I know that was the 90s but my fascination began in the 80’s. Also, spontaneous human combustion seemed to be a big topic of discussion back then 😂. Not sure what happened to that.


apurpleglittergalaxy

Movies


Brujo-Bailando

Everyday appliances; stove, fridge, washer/drier.


Haunting-Affect-5956

The music?


[deleted]

Bon Jovi


StarktheGuat

Music


[deleted]

Playing outside


TheTopNacho

Job opportunities with a livable wage.


punkozoid

Inflation was way worse in the 80s than it is today and unemployement was 10+%. I would research a bit more before making blank statements if I were you.


DeviousMelons

Plus, they went nuclear and tanked the economy on purpose to stop said inflation.


-Dee-Dee-

Getting gas in your car. Pull up and attendant pumps your gas and usually washes your window too.


gadget850

That was New Jersey.


Gilley2003

clubs


RagnarawkNash

Childhood, music, food.


AlpsNo377

The Red Hot Chili Peppers


Anubis_The_Dog_King

Everything...


Civil-Ad-6365

The cost of buying a house


raytaylor

Buying the house wasnt so bad - the mortgage interest rates were the killer.


Ok-Caregiver9383

Definitely not crime


Suitable-Slip-2091

Music. See Professor of Rock on Youtube.


Dragon_wryter

Levels of plastic in the oceans, landfills, human blood, etc.


YeetLasagna6

Jobs and Horror movies


Pippinsmom19

The press.


No_Regrats_42

Ability to be a middle class civilian.


AHorseNamedPhil

Some stuff still used real sugar, and not that corn syrup garbage.


VanEagles17

Wasn't living on this shithole of a rock for most of it, so that's pretty cool I'd say.


[deleted]

So far, absolutely everything I can remember. I didn't have long, but it bled into the early 90s and I remember that. Miss it more and each day.


Somerset76

Pop music


BrunoGerace

Sex...but then again, I was 40...


ConfusionResonable1

Kids playing outside with a big group of friends all day long adventures. Also most everyone was a good dancer because the bar was so low


Virgo_Vegetative

The age of antiquity before matter was impermeable by the cosmic voice. Pre age of taurus stuff.


[deleted]

NHL uniforms


West077

Shell suits


mrlebusciut

Kids cartoons. He man, thundercats. Don’t make em like that anymore


Cendrig

My hair


Squirrel_Master82

Toy stores.


Joseluki

Cocainum.


sally_whorides

Life in general !


Silicon_Knight

Quaaludes


[deleted]

Music


conker1264

Pop music


hautestew

Americans and math.


mganzeveld

Movies with hit songs attached to them.


Ireland1888

Bob marley music.


jth149

My sex life


Zeppelin_Wormwood

Cocaine


hasan1982ikr

Walkman with a mix tape.


P44

People's attention span. :-)


larfalitl

Real estate prices vs wages


Deadman_Walkens

My health.


Infinity9999x

Social media. It not existing is objectively better on all fronts.


[deleted]

Music.


TalboGold

“Better off Dead”


x98grow

Indiana Jones


AoutisticVergen

Car design. Boxy with flip up headlights *chef's kiss*


J0hntheSavage

Lots of cool sports car design back then... just to name a few... Toyota AE86 Corolla Toyota MR2 - I owned a 89 MK1 actually Toyota Celica Supra Mitsubishi Starion Chrysler Conquest Nissan Datsun 280ZX 300ZX Honda CRX Si Pontiac Fiero GT / Firebird Chevy Camaro Z28 IROC Ford Mustang Foxbody SVO & GT Mercury Capri Foxbody RS Merkur XR4Ti Subaru XT DMC Delorean of course..


AoutisticVergen

I had an '89 Accord. Thing was awesome. Flip up headlights, stickshift, crank windows. Loved it.


ramennhotdogs

Being a kid


SunraysJustFeelsGood

Childhood


FleetwoodMacGyver

Punk, hardcore, and metal.