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It was gone five minutes after you put it in your mouth. But the memory is forever.
Shut up, that was some old-school Gen X shit.
Ugh, whatever
5 minutes? Try 10 seconds.
Tried but it only lasted 6.3 seconds.
I only got 6.9 seconds
There was a short time around 1977, during which my wildest fantasy of the best and happiest thing that could possibly happen to me (short of truly fantastical and nigh-impossible things like going to Disneyland, which I wasn't yet sure really existed) would have been to receive multiple packs of Fruit Stripe gum.
It was boomer shit lol. It first came out in 1969 when younger boomers were hitting childhood and adolescence.
Gen X was from 1965-1979
Yeah so the absolute oldest Gen X were 4 when it came out.
The younger Boomers were 5-15 when it came out.
So you’re basing 58 years of targeted sales at Gen Xers because of, what, kids in 1965 were four years old when it came out? Are you the dumbest person in history, or just the dumbest person here? You do realize that there were years after 1965, right? None of what you’re saying makes sense. 
Could you imagine our reactions if we told ourselves as kids we'd grow up and electronically argue about this stupid shit when we were old. The mix of wonder and soul crushing despair.
if you’re saying that you feel ashamed of yourself, you should.
I guess I feel a small bit of shame for reading this deep in a dumb argument for a laugh, but we all have our guilty pleasures.
Right there with you man
You’re arguing that you should feel ashamed of yourself. So congratulations.
You don't seem to be aware that you're responding to multiple people at this point, with some of us here to mock the entire comment chain and others who are straight up trolling you to get you to engage. I'm the former.
yeah, I’ve gotten more than one of you to engage in a stupid argument about gum. and you feel good about that? like you’ve done that adult thing by engaging, as a group, in a shitty, petty, and childish exercise?
congratulations, shitbags! you’ve proven that you can all sink to the lowest level! take a bow!
It's kind of funny.
enjoy laughing at yourselves, because you are the joke
I'm glad to have brightened your day then.
wow, you will do anything t take credit for something.
no dice
No, the correct response would be "I didn't say you were a good joke"
Your withholding parents aren’t my problem
Yo, you got some real boomer energy there for a gen xer.
Glad to hear you cry about it.
lol, you’re whole presence here in this thread.
lol “ presence”… make a bigger deal about it, why don’t you. so much melodrama… will you need to tell your therapist about it tomorrow, dear?
Jesus Christ, everybody just block this fucking guy.
If you haven't read the thread, don't bother. Trust me.
“everyone! throw the same tantrum I am! trust me!”
lol
I love you 💋
So the oldest Gen Xers were 4 years old, is the point. Gen X wasn't the original target demographic, but rather they grew into being good consumers of Fruit Stripe Gum™
are you trying to argue that small children, even 4 year-olds, weren’t in the target demographic for fruit-flavored gum primarily sold in toy stores?
lmao
No
Yes
Either way I think you care a lot more about this than is healthy
I’m sorry you can’t see how outrageously preposterous that is.
take a break from the internet for a while… also, pointing out that you’re wrong doesn’t mean I “care about this more than is healthy” but thanks for the high-school level of deflection. cute.
You seem angry about a candy released in 1969 being marketed to baby boomers, who were 5-23 years old at the time. Are you angry about that?
Keep deflecting. If you weren’t angry, you would’ve stopped a while ago. I’m not responsible for your irrational emotions.
It’s just gum, kitten. Don’t pee yourself about it.
I'll take that as a yes
You’re free to imagine whatever you want. You’ve proven you’ll do that, regardless of what I say.
All you've done is lob insults and made multiple other people here question your mental health. Are you trying to "say" something?
look how mad tat made you, lol