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vhsalum

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It IS funny though. My wife and I were just having the conversation with our kids that they will NEVER, and their kids will never understand the sheer joy of getting up on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons with your favorite bowl of cereal.

We'd get what? a solid 2 hours, our parents got to sleep in, and we got stuffed to the gills with ads to guilt our parents into buying toys.
 

Corby2

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It IS funny though. My wife and I were just having the conversation with our kids that they will NEVER, and their kids will never understand the sheer joy of getting up on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons with your favorite bowl of cereal.

We'd get what? a solid 2 hours, our parents got to sleep in, and we got stuffed to the gills with ads to guilt our parents into buying toys.
So true Flintstones on and eating bowl after bowl
 
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The game changed when they put these out...

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Back when I was a kid, I had to skillfully (and with great force of will)eat around all the crunch berries to create a few mouthfuls of crunch berries (only) at the end. It was like dessert, followed by a more decadent dessert. Now kids are just given 100% crunch berries at the outset. It explains a lot about this new softer generation.
 

MSU158

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It IS funny though. My wife and I were just having the conversation with our kids that they will NEVER, and their kids will never understand the sheer joy of getting up on a Saturday morning to watch cartoons with your favorite bowl of cereal.

We'd get what? a solid 2 hours, our parents got to sleep in, and we got stuffed to the gills with ads to guilt our parents into buying toys.
I used to get up earlier on Saturday then I did for school during the week!!!

 
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Natchrlman2

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speaking of pooping I’m a shredded wheat guy myself

I guess it needs said that at stringtown grocery in Kalona they sell those lucky charm style marshmallows in big bags….. always seems like the marshmallows were all gone before the box was half empty for some reason
 

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vhsalum

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Ya'll ever heard of sausage (pheasant, pork, any meat), farm fresh eggs, and hashbrowns? Cereal sucks, would rather skip breakfast than eat it. 😉

I mean. That's just a whole different discussion. Breakfast "food" to me, frankly, is overrated. But yeah, don't let me near Jimmy Dean sausage. I'll eat the whole roll.
 

MSU158

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Keep reading. He redeemed himself.
Methinks you may have a sliding scale for what classifies as redemption. If you truly believe he redeemed himself by making a chart rating the most bland cereals at the very top, pooping and peeing on Froot Loops and telling someone to settle down, then it would ONLY be fair to say AJ isn't that far behind him on his own redemption story.....;)
 
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ctoun

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Back when I was a kid, I had to skillfully (and with great force of will)eat around all the crunch berries to create a few mouthfuls of crunch berries (only) at the end. It was like dessert, followed by a more decadent dessert. Now kids are just given 100% crunch berries at the outset. It explains a lot about this new softer generation.
I do the same with Lucky Charms. Save the marshmallows for last. :ROFLMAO:
 

WillieTheBrain

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this list kinda sucks. but it's nostalgic. Apple Jacks and Lucky Charms were my jam. like someone above, i ate all the wheat crap in the lucky charms and saved the marshmallows till the end and then drank the milk which was sugary af.

no one ever mentions frosted rice crispies, and that's a crime.

also, i didn't eat them a lot but Reese's puffs and Cinnamon Toast Crunch slapped.
 

vhsalum

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this list kinda sucks. but it's nostalgic. Apple Jacks and Lucky Charms were my jam. like someone above, i ate all the wheat crap in the lucky charms and saved the marshmallows till the end and then drank the milk which was sugary af.

no one ever mentions frosted rice crispies, and that's a crime.

also, i didn't eat them a lot but Reese's puffs and Cinnamon Toast Crunch slapped.
I'm such a basic btch. Mount Rushmore of Cereal below.

1. Captain Crunch All Berries
argue with ya momma, not me, cuz this is the GOAT and it's not close.

2. Apple Jacks

3. Frosted Flakes

4. Raisin Bran
 

psuslu

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I'm such a basic btch. Mount Rushmore of Cereal below.

1. Captain Crunch All Berries
argue with ya momma, not me, cuz this is the GOAT and it's not close.

2. Apple Jacks

3. Frosted Flakes

4. Raisin Bran
Hit the nail on the head. You also hit them in the right order. nice
 
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FanInBlack

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the S'mores cereal that put chucks of chocolate and marshmallow with golden grahams ruled.

So did a cereal called Waffle-Os.

I give anything to go back in time and watch Super Friends, eat cereal, then go play football with a nerf ball. then head inside for a lunch of bologna sandwich. Doritos, and Cherry Kool aid.
 

vhsalum

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The little plastic barrels of sugary goodness? Absolutely a staple in the Midwest.
American staple.

No matter where I was overseas the commissary had these. Nothing like the sensation of that foil hitting your teeth. I can remember loving being invited to cookouts/birthday parties for the sole purpose of unlimited Hugs, Capri Suns and sodas. Coolers full of all that sugary goodness, that never seemed to empty.
 

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speaking of pooping I’m a shredded wheat guy myself

I guess it needs said that at stringtown grocery in Kalona they sell those lucky charm style marshmallows in big bags….. always seems like the marshmallows were all gone before the box was half empty for some reason
Love them, especially the strawberry ones…
 
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Wrestleknownothing

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Methinks you may have a sliding scale for what classifies as redemption. If you truly believe he redeemed himself by making a chart rating the most bland cereals at the very top, pooping and peeing on Froot Loops and telling someone to settle down, then it would ONLY be fair to say AJ isn't that far behind him on his own redemption story.....;)
What The Hell Wtf GIF
 
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