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Ok-Kaleidoscope8945@reddit

We also had those similar looking tubes of frozen juice concentrate that you mixed with water in a Tupperware jug

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petuona_@reddit

One time I ate one of these straight with a spoon

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kathatter75@reddit

My mom would blend it with ice and make orange juice smoothies

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shponglespore@reddit

A had a friend who would mix it with Everclear. (He went on to become a raging alcoholic Trumper.)

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My friend knew a recipe that involved ice, milk, vanilla extract, and a shitload of sugar. It was very similar, yet ultimately superior to Orange Julius. Almost identical but lacked the horrible chalkiness of the stuff at the mall.

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Sad_Limit_1472@reddit

I remember making this in Home Economics Class.

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ancilla1998@reddit

My salivary glands just went into overdrive - I loved to eat a spoon full every time I opened one of these.

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dickonajunebug@reddit

How delicious was it?

I always wanted to

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petuona_@reddit

Hahaha very sweet! Kinda like Bart having the Squishee that was mostly syrup

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PrimalSeptimus@reddit

I remember having apple juice straight up from one of those, and I never wanted the correct, watered down version ever again.

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Urabrask_the_AFK@reddit

Peak experience:

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princesscorncob@reddit

Fancy! I used my teeth.

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ospfpacket@reddit

I can taste that photo

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Lowlywoem@reddit

Shhhhhhlooop!

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vandismal@reddit

FCOJ?! Sell 200 April at 142!

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ShillinTheVillain@reddit

schklorp

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RadTimeWizard@reddit

Actually, if you look closely, it says plop free.

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dontletyourcrownslip@reddit

Haha that sound

And the crystalized sugary part you could lick off the lid

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afleetingmoment@reddit

I was just recalling these with someone. We used to make lemonade and pink lemonade all the time, especially in the summer… and we would keep an orange juice on hand in the freezer if we ever ran out of Tropicana.

Do these exist in any form anymore?

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ReverendDizzle@reddit

Yes, but recently I read that one of the big names (Tropicana?) was getting out of the frozen concentrate game.

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Indubitalist@reddit

Minute-Maid. I bought the last can in my store (or the next three closest stores) because it had long ago fallen off the back of the freezer shelf and was sitting, orphaned, in the shadows so deep into that freezer that I had to go in past my shoulder to reach it. When I brought it up to the checkout counter it was an “unscannable,” like the time-travelers in Idiocracy. The young shopgirl trying to help me was puzzled and enlisted one of the elders, who went back to where I got it to get the price manually. I knew this was for nought, but I indulged their effort. He came back and made up a price on the spot, $5. That was high for a retail can of frozen orange juice, I knew, but also reasonable given that I was buying something that was otherwise impossible to buy, as it, in the moment after I paid, would have vanished from retail existence.

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Anand999@reddit

You can still buy it, but definitely has much less shelf space dedicated to it nowadays.

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bllawless@reddit

Holy inflation!

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clutzycook@reddit

Yes they do. Old Orchard still has a wide variety in cans. I think I might pick up some lemonade this weekend.

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BreckyMcGee@reddit

You can still buy this

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Switcher1776@reddit

Yeah, my family was a frozen juice concentrate family.

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sideshowmario@reddit

I remember orange, apple, grape, white grape, and lemonade. I'm probably forgetting a couple

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Luci-Noir@reddit

There were so many different kinds. I think some juices, like the white grape, I’ve only ever had from these things.

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stonhinge@reddit

There were a number of varieties. I recall fruit punch and a "tropical" fruit punch. Possibly a mixed berry in there somewhere.

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Luci-Noir@reddit

It was pretty awesome. I’d go to make some and wonder what random deliciousness would be awaiting me in the freezer.

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Icy_Advice_5071@reddit

Five Alive!

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KW5625@reddit

I wish they still sold Minute Maid Premium Fruit Punch that way.

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TheWoman2@reddit

We would throw it in the blender with a bunch of ice and some water and make a slushy drink.

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Pennsylvania6-5000@reddit

I miss Minite Maid Citrus Punch.

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OmegaRainicorn@reddit

Ya, this was the way to go. I remember having a whole section of these concentrates in the grocery store and now I can’t think of the last time I even saw one.

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CaptainSparklebottom@reddit

They are in the freezer section along with the frozen fruit. I almost bought a sweet tea version of one the other day.

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kathatter75@reddit

In college, we’d get the Tropicana Twisters that came frozen in a tube and use them as our mixers for whatever frozen rum-based concoction we were making.

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messfdr@reddit

I used to mix them strong for the extra diabeetus.

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rifunseeker@reddit

Or even knowing that the opener is called a church key

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

In our house everything that opened a can was a can opener, lol. Church key, the twist manual can opener and the electric one on the counter.

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tgerz@reddit

We called the metal thing for opening paint cans a church key. Stuff in the house was just a can opener.

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Rendakor@reddit

Same here. I'd never heard church key until this thread, it was just a can opener.

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CaptainSparklebottom@reddit

The electric one was garbage. It get all jammed up and drop the can if you weren't holding on to it. I remember my dad ripping it off the counter and throwing it in the garbage after it dropped a can of chili or something.

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

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bwvdub@reddit

Having one on your key ring before you were old enough to con the gas station clerk outta underage cig sales and started carrying a lighter that could open your bottles ☑️

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ooooooooo10ooooooooo@reddit

Holy hell, this unlocked a core memory. My grandfather would always complain to my grandmother he could never find the the 'damn church key' whenever he wanted to open his beer and I was always confused why my grandparents had a key to the church.

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tgerz@reddit

Born in 82 and I’ve never seen that can before. I’ve opened cans like this but not really that much. Not sure about this take.

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ushouldbe_working@reddit

I can still taste the tinge of metal in my mouth.

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LeftHandStir@reddit

Billion%

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Hollybaby5@reddit

Poke it twice and leave them wondering why

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Unusual-Minimum9306@reddit

This technique taught me how to make weed pipes later in life.

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QuietProfessional0@reddit

Gotta have a carb

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Rdubya291@reddit

Ugh I miss carbs. My wife removed them from our diets like 3 years ago.

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philovax@reddit

So just joints and blunts? Maybe an old gas station metal pipe that blisters lips, could I also interest you in a corncob pipe available at most pharmacies? And a 8oz postal scale as well? Some paler clips, baggies and Funyons. $7.63

Get a colonoscopy! Also get your LDL and HDL in check. May I also interest you in some Hormone supplements???

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Rdubya291@reddit

Colonoscopy was had last year. Was not a pleasant experience. Doing supplemental hormone treatments as well.

Getting old is fun.

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HopelesslyHuman@reddit

He knows how to carb and everything!

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Major_Willingness234@reddit

I, uh, I didn’t exhale?

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PhasePsychological90@reddit

Works for me!

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roncadillacisfrickin@reddit

…probably in a parking lot, picking his nose…

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MonkeyBred@reddit

Can you blow me where the Pampers is?

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

I still use produce. Potato is best.

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SilverMitten@reddit

I strongly prefer an apple.

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Striking-Win-3239@reddit

Oh I remember my apple bong days!

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Have your tried potato? I’ve done it all. Even pickles

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SilverMitten@reddit

I have, and potato is definitely my second favorite produce item. My least favorite is a zucchini, it works, but at what cost?

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Pickle is worst by far. I actually used lemon once and that was pretty tough. Too wet. I like the potato since you can really craft something special with a nice carburetor and a little extra distance between your fave and the flame.

I still have never bought a pipe since I “don’t do drugs” lol. (These days mostly edibles)

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bigaman3853@reddit

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flecko_@reddit

this reminds me of my dad coming home to me ripping a bong and freaking out. 20 years later he's using powdered cannabinoid drink mix

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ResurgentClusterfuck@reddit

powdered cannabinoid drink mix

This must be a not Texas thing

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flecko_@reddit

not sure. the brand is Sprinkle. I guess they've been around for at least 5 years but I only just heard of it. I'm thinking about trying some. I've been doing gummies and decarbing concentrate. the latter is still the best bang for your buck here in CA

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ResurgentClusterfuck@reddit

I had to stop smoking everything so I order 50mg gummies and cut them up. They're not the cheapest though

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toasterb@reddit

A normal one to pour from and then a little one on the opposite side to equalize pressure. That way you’re less likely to spill.

It’s been ages since I’ve seen one of those double-sided openers.

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espressocycle@reddit

I still use them for evaporated milk.

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rosebud3606@reddit

Me too. Gotta punch holes across from each other for air flow.

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clutzycook@reddit

I have 2 on my fridge.

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toasterb@reddit

Unless it succumbed to rust, I bet my parents still have the magnetic one with the white plastic front that said "Bottles" on one end and "Cans" on the other.

Despite seeing it used when I was younger, for the longest time I wondered why you needed the pointy end to open a can of soda since it had a tab already.

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espressocycle@reddit

The original beer cans required these.

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agentfantabulous@reddit

I still have the one I grew up with. Because I might need it some day.

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Downtown_Confusion46@reddit

Same. We use it to open maple syrup cans we order from Quebec. What do you call it? We call it a church key. No clue why, is that actually what it’s called?

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Lehk@reddit

the opposite end opens beer bottles

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espressocycle@reddit

The sharp end used to open beer cans before pop tops.

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Downtown_Confusion46@reddit

That’s mainly what ours gets used for.

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Sharessa84@reddit

The explanation my mom gave me is that bottle openers are called church keys because its the first step to going to church. You open the bottle, you drink, you get drunk, you feel bad the next morning so you go to church to repent. Something like that.

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agentfantabulous@reddit

We always called it a church key here in the Deep South.

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LAharbour@reddit

It’s called a church key.

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smoresporn0@reddit

I collect em. Every antique store has a drawer of them and I like finding branded ones.

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stonhinge@reddit

I used to have a Hamm beer one, but lost the damn thing. My ex-wife probably has it.

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smoresporn0@reddit

Hell yeah

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stonhinge@reddit

That is exactly like the one of mine that's gone missing. You're in the clear though, because mine was well-loved and had a bit of rust and black "gunk" in all the letters. (also my ex-wife would never have "porn" in her username. She was a bit strait-laced.

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Coozie@reddit

My childhood one is stuck on the side of my fridge with its magnet. As god and my mother intended.

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SnuggleMoose44@reddit

They are still available for sale in grocery/department stores.

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SoTiredYouDig@reddit

You make it sound like it was a sibling.

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agentfantabulous@reddit

I was an only child. I have an unnatural attachment to my childhood spoons, church key, and Spice of Life Corningware.

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mechanical_marten@reddit

Bonus point if you kept your finger over the vent hole for super precise pour control.

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DrJaneIPresume@reddit

It's been longer since I've heard someone call it a "churchkey"

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clutzycook@reddit

That's what I've called it all my life.

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bethws@reddit

Haven’t heard Churchkey in a while — that’s what I’ve called them forever.

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johnvalley86@reddit

Hopping on the church key train as well.

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59apache01@reddit

Same here

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higglesworth@reddit

Yep

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toasterb@reddit

Ah that's right. Definitely a term that I learned through media. I don't remember my parents calling it that.

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TheWoman2@reddit

We called it a bottle opener because the other side opens pop bottles.

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stonhinge@reddit

Have always called them that and always have one stuck to my fridge with a magnet.

Haven't actually used one on a can in recent memory, or bottle for that matter. But the bottle-opener end works really good for popping the vacuum seal on some jars so that I can get the damn thing open.

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Khymira@reddit

I have two and use them on the regular. What else are people opening tomato sauce cans with??

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joeyblow@reddit

I still use one whenever I need evaporated milk

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PhasePsychological90@reddit

I have two of them on my fridge.

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PoolGuyUnfiltered@reddit

My grandma used a kitchen knife 🤷

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humid_pajamas@reddit

That’s what she said?

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MyNameCannotBeSpoken@reddit

It was decades later that I learned the tool is called a churchkey

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BigConstruction4247@reddit

It's called a "bung".

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triple_cloudy@reddit

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GarminTamzarian@reddit

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OrthodoxAnarchoMom@reddit

We were taught to like it twice. One big hole and one little hole. Idk why.

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Rdubya291@reddit

3 times!

Two, right next to where you want to pour. One 180° to vent.

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Little_Peon@reddit

This is the way.

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OnlyGuestsMusic@reddit

Hey now

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ThaVolt@reddit

Your a rockstar

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Open_Bee2008@reddit

Get the show on

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PhasePsychological90@reddit

Get paid

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titsngiggles69@reddit

When I was 5, I did that to my little hugs with my teeth. One big hole, one little hole on the opposite side

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Forsaken-Society3524@reddit

Poke it twice and leave them wondering why

It was preparing us for our teenage years. Shotgunning beers.

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

Gotta get that “glug”.

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Big_Animal7655@reddit

I can still taste the can

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Enough_Mechanic3090@reddit

By the way, all of us drinking juices out of heavy metal containers is why we are still look very young. Brawndo has with the plants crave....... electrolytes

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Apart_Pineapple2392@reddit

Juicy juice in a can hit different.

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MasterTrav666@reddit

I forgot all about juicy juice!

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VioletVenable@reddit

In the summers, my mom would stick a can in the freezer and serve me and all the neighborhood kids juice slush. So good!

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Jurd5@reddit

Drinking it straight out the can with it ice cold from the fridge is something I dearly miss.

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Barrel-of-Machetes@reddit

I remember bringing big cans of juicy juice to class for a party. It was a big deal because we never got that kinda stuff at home.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

It was astronomically better

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PureOrange7049@reddit

When I was pregnant I was having the most ridiculous craving for apple juice. Not just any apple juice though, only the Allen’s that came in the big blue can. I didn’t even have an opener, I ended up stealing the one my Mom had in her drawer from when we were kids.

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exseven@reddit

This is the best tasting apple juice right here, straight from the can

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PureOrange7049@reddit

It was. They stopped selling it a few years back, the one in the bottle from concentrate just doesn’t hit the same.

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Alice-Stargazer@reddit

I miss Hershey syrup in a can. It was much thicker than the plastic bottled syrup sold today.

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JohnBrine@reddit

I still buy the Pineapple Juice in the can.

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scarred_but_whole@reddit

I prefer it from a can. It doesn't taste right without that tinge of aluminum flavor.

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OmegaRainicorn@reddit

Did you have an early childhood of hose water like ?

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scarred_but_whole@reddit

Yep. Outside after breakfast and you don't go inside for anything except lunch until the street lights go on. When I get super hot now I sometimes feel like a face full of freezing cold rubber-tinged water would absolutely hit the spot.

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DameKitty@reddit

I used to bring my lunch with me!

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scarred_but_whole@reddit

Bologna with mayo doesn't travel well in 90-degree weather. Especially in a brown paper bag on a bike or scooter.

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Alice_600@reddit

that's why there's ketchup packets You stole from the gas station.

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_SmashLampjaw_@reddit

Every hose I've bought in the last 15 years produces a concerning amount of foam/surfactant in the water it outputs.

I proudly drank hose water growing up... but I ain't letting that shit anywhere near my orifices.

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TheDailySpank@reddit

What exactly were our parents doing during those hours we were exiled to the will of the environment.

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Rdubya291@reddit

Oh it does.

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Broken-Sarcasm-Meter@reddit

I prefer my water taste like a plastic gatorade bottle

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scarred_but_whole@reddit

Like the water passed through the same room as Gatorade inhabits? More of a smell than a taste?

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Rdubya291@reddit

Didn't we all??

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Indubitalist@reddit

Well, to be clear the can OP and we all are talking about is steel, but yeah.

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Rdubya291@reddit

Yummy yummy cancer.

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GarminTamzarian@reddit

Carcinogenalicious!

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BadRabiesJudger@reddit

They don't sell either in a can any more. I really wanted to get some hawaiian punch to let my kids know how how good it tastes sitting in a metal can. Even in the 90's as teenagers wed grab 1/2 cans for a weekend to drink or use as a mixer.

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GarminTamzarian@reddit

It's partially artificially sweetened now too. Tastes like shit IMO.

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CharlieKellyKapowski@reddit

They still sell pineapple juice in cans that I have to open like the olden days

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caramelpupcorn@reddit

Huh. I thought they were a thing of the past, but you're right. They do still sell them!

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wolfansbrother@reddit

my mom used to buy Apricot Nectar from time to time, that comes in a can too.

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spekt50@reddit

Growing up, we used to make a mix of pineapple and orange juice from those big dole cans. Stuff was super delicious.

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Norwester77@reddit

Yup, still need it for recipes that call for “a can of pineapple juice” sometimes!

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ExtraNoise@reddit

It was put there by a man.

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caramelpupcorn@reddit

In a factory ~~downtown~~ in the tropics

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absentlyric@reddit

I do the same for Tomato Juice

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OkMeasurement2173@reddit

that's the only time I ever have used a church key to open juice, otherwise my dad would just have me bring it to him to open a beer

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zaggytiddies@reddit

Oh. My. God.

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username_obnoxious@reddit

False, millenial here and I definitely remember opening big cans of Juicy Juice.

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UnjustifiedBDE@reddit

I found Jui y Juice disgusting but loved me some Hi-C!

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96385@reddit

And chocolate syrup.

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mrtoddw@reddit

It tasted better from the can IMO

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Blooogh@reddit

Nahh, the powder even still exists, and it's what I used most often even as a millennial. (Tastes better too)

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On_my_last_spoon@reddit

Now that’s unlocked a deep memory!

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scarred_but_whole@reddit

Ooh, that was so fun! The psssht and rush of chocolate scent at your face.

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DrJesusHChrist@reddit

Nice hiss

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CorgiMonsoon@reddit

I actually only remember the plastic squeeze bottle in our house

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princesscorncob@reddit

I miss this Hershey Syrup! Was always better in milk versus Quik.

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EggandSpoon42@reddit

Mmm, nestle quik dry chunks in cold milk

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caramelpupcorn@reddit

Man, I most miss not having the slightest clue what high fructose corn syrup is or why sugars should be consumed in moderation.

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princesscorncob@reddit

Me too.

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NuncProFunc@reddit

I'm so bummed they don't make this anymore.

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anoninor@reddit

I still miss Nestle Quik in a metal can

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OffWhiteCoat@reddit

Costco sized Quik can was a staple in our house growing up!

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LiquidSssnake@reddit

I don't like canned food, but this is so much better from the can.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

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herseyhawkins33@reddit

You can't be serious LOL

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Traditional_Cat_60@reddit

I forgot about that one

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teethwhichbite@reddit

'84, never poked open juice my guy

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Moony2433@reddit

It’s still the preferred method of consuming Ecto-Cooler!

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unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit

Serve me that with some cheap cookies on a summer day while smelling stale camp pool cabana air and chlorine and cut grass.....send me straight back there!

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kryts@reddit

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Super_Fa_Q@reddit

Remember me?

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Personal-Banana-9491@reddit

This is remember, not so much the Hawaiian Punch can though.

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digitalgraffiti-ca@reddit

Ours had pull tabs. Not sure how poking frozen concentrate would make any sense.

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UGOTAIDSYO@reddit

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minnesconsawaiiforni@reddit

This is a pure boomer-core tier post. Ya’ll are getting old.

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RedheadFla@reddit

Calling this “juice” also separates Xennials from Millenials!

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Super_Fa_Q@reddit

Remember the Hershey cans we had to do the same thing with?

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OneUnderstanding1644@reddit

We never had a church key, just a turn and a half of a regular can opener on one side, and pop it in directly across from the first hole, use a butter knife to pop it open and bob's your uncle

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Dombat927@reddit

My grandma always had apricot nectar in these cans. I remember her showing me how to poke them open when I was little. Damn I miss her.

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PinSufficient5748@reddit

I completely forgot about this until I saw the picture. 🥲 It's a little hazy, but it's coming back to me....

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Automatic-Nature6025@reddit

The best part was borrowing Dad's can opener, which he used to punch open cans of motor oil, to get a glass of Hawaiian punch.

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iamrosieriley@reddit

Legit.

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Sempophai@reddit

I miss the large cans of golden circle pineapple juice. No modern equivalent compares.

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Annus178@reddit

Well, I've been wondering a long time and this just answered it for me. I'm an xennial only because of this.

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xxMarcWithaCxx@reddit

Lost a toe nail having that can fall on first grade me. 😱

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TechieGranola@reddit

Meh, in the 90s we still had plenty of Welch’s and V8 cans we popped open. I still have the one from my grandmas drawer.

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identifiablecabbage@reddit

Yeah... The Post title is a little too declarative. Even younger millennials grew up with this.

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StrawberryCake88@reddit

Not enough sticky rust.

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n0exit@reddit

The only can I've ever opened with that kind of opener, is a can of Hersey's Chocolate Syrup. I've never even seen a can on Hawaiian Punch like that, and I refuse to believe it ever had really fruit.

Signed: 1981 Child

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mahelious82@reddit

The best pineapple juice and guava nectar still comes in cans like this.

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sweatshirtsweatpants@reddit

Same - I also don’t remember Hawaiian Punch in tin cans.

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n0exit@reddit

Maybe it was because we were a Kool-Aid house.

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Intelligent-Search88@reddit

Oh-yeah!

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n0exit@reddit

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Intelligent-Search88@reddit

In all seriousness, I’m a 1981 child too. I agree, I don’t ever remember seeing Hawaiian Punch like this, but I do vaguely remember large cans of Hi-C like this, probably late 80s.

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trustme1maDR@reddit

I also remember pull tabs on cans. Eek...that was rough.

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

I only remember them on Dole and V8 cans.

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trustme1maDR@reddit

LOL...my dad used to have me fetch beer from the fridge. That's why I remember them. He would put salt in his beer too?? So odd. Good ol Dad...

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mahelious82@reddit

If your dad still salt beer you should introduce him to Tajin.

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Luci-Noir@reddit

It’s not uncommon to have salt with your beer. One thing I love is a corona with a lime and salt around the mouth of the bottle or rim of the cup. 😋

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trustme1maDR@reddit

I grew up in texas...I get the lime and salt thing. My dad grabbed the salt shaker from the kitchen table and shook it into his can of PBR. I haven't seen anyone to that besides him!

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Luci-Noir@reddit

I think I’ve seen it before maybe like once, lol. It’s not that common.

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

My dad salted his beer too!!! The fuck was that about? He always said, “It kills the hops.” but he either drank light beer or a lager. Like, bro…that ain’t hoppy and you don’t even know what hops are.

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dfragmentor@reddit

Kerns

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_po__@reddit

Had to watch your step at the family picnics

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scarred_but_whole@reddit

Pull tabs on the individual cans of pineapple juice. I'd get them after ballet class from the vending machine at the Y. I was probably 7-8? It sucked when the ring broke off.

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Mdgt_Pope@reddit

(Capri Suns, Juice Boxes)

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beardingmesoftly@reddit

Born in 1986, opened juice with a can opener.

Weird thing to gatekeep.

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Azraelius-@reddit

Apparently OP forgot the ‘working poor’ adjustment for experiences

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mizushimo@reddit

The closest I had was little metal apple juice cans with pull tabs that were kind of like stickers, I don't think we bought anything that kids had to open like that

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TriangleTransplant@reddit

We used to call it "bug juice" at summer camp.

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Choice-Swimming7201@reddit

They still make juice in cans. What are you talking about

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MossGobbo@reddit

Hammer and a screwdriver if you're desperate.

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Friendly_Escape_1020@reddit

They got all their juice in foil bags.

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Relative_Progress946@reddit

Y'all got juice? All I got was hose water. Guess that confirms I'm Gen X and not Xennial.

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maggie320@reddit

These and Hi-C. The blue Hi-C was the best.

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ahoypolloi_@reddit

Two word rebuttal: Ecto-fucking Cooler

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ballen1002@reddit

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academicthrows@reddit

That shit marks the first time I made two separate connections: sugar could make me hyperactive, and that a drink could make me fat. Only took like two cans.

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dfragmentor@reddit

When I was young in the 80s, I had a stomach issue. Ecto cooler mixed with medimucal was so delicious to me.

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ahoypolloi_@reddit

That’s the shit right there

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Mysterious-Lab-5918@reddit

Whatt was the flavor?

I remember the juice box, but can't recall the flavor, and I don't think it was my favorite either...

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scarred_but_whole@reddit

"Citrus cooler." Or ectoplasm. I loved it.

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Mysterious-Lab-5918@reddit

Oh yea, that's right...

An orangish flavor, I remember now...

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Traditional_Cat_60@reddit

The flavor was neon green

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Doun2Others10@reddit

This is correct.

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TravelingAnts@reddit

Indeed. No notes.

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mollyjwink@reddit

Came here to say this 😂

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pushdose@reddit

The best juice drink ever

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funkympc@reddit

When you saw them poking open the Hi-C, dumping it in a punch bowl with 7-up and sherbet, you knew the class party was about to start.

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

This was my aunts special at every party, she’d get even classier and user ginger ale.

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maggie320@reddit

Now. We were lucky enough to get our fruit punch for parties from a local grocery store. It was real fruit punch, still kinda pulpy at the bottom. I haven’t had punch that comes close to that.

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

Obviously we are the “we ate colors” generation and at no point was blue my favorite in anything. Well, except for the blue razz charms blow pops.

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InitialIll2922@reddit

This was the peak of the American civilization.

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GreenLeafRelaxed@reddit

Back when things were actually recyclable

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Adabiviak@reddit

I still buy V8 in these big steel cans for this reason. I honestly forgot about those church keys- I use a can opener and take the entire top off (I pour it into a glass pitcher which I keep in the refrigerator).

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somerandomdude1960@reddit

And you could reuse can

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DrunkensAndDragons@reddit

Needing a church key for beer if youre really old.

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Liroy_16@reddit

...okay... so I've been told forever I'm a millennial... yet... I keep getting reinforced as Gen X and a Xennial based off of my life experience... which one is it oh Great Generation Label Master?!?!?

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Luci-Noir@reddit

It’s weird how snobby some of these people are.

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Liroy_16@reddit

That and I also think it's strange to care so deeply about generations... they really don't matter after the Boomers in my opinion...

Boomers quickly and violently shut the door after they bought their $60,000 houses.

Gen X lived in the Boomer's wake and unknowinlgy based expectations on fleeting ideals. Most Xennials I think will live here.

Millennials were sold a falsehood of success equating to effort and timing based on Gen X life experience. Some Xennials might live here.

Gen Z are apathetic because they saw what happened to the Millennials.

Who the hell is Gen Alpha?

Gen X gets an honorable mention because they're the forgotten generation... latchkey kids... but, we all got screwed by the boomers end of the day...

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SirStocksAlott@reddit

No generational hate/wars. Breaks Rule 3.

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Liroy_16@reddit

No hate or war here, my friend. These are just truths set in time by generational name. The boomers were objectively the last generation to have an accessible American Dream. Gen X got to see some of that, but the generation prior to them had the power and business and the disparity in wealth between generations is, again, objective. Millennials were told of the ways of the Boomers by Gen X and it still hasn't panned out the way they were told. Xennials, by definition, will fall in between. Gen Z are categorically the most depressed and apathetic generation thus far based on research being done. Gen Alpha are barely Sophomores at the oldest and are jussssst getting to see the world being left for them.

If we can't discuss differences, sure. But, nothing I said was disparaging to any other generation.

I don't really care, though... it's reddit, lol...

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herseyhawkins33@reddit

Millennial is 81-96. It's well defined.

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LuckyLockdown23@reddit

A good guide is if you think GenX is weird old people that you have absolutely nothing in common with and when Millennials were all of the news as scapegoats you were an impartial observer.

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Liroy_16@reddit

I thought the generation names were all stupid when millennials were all the rage to blame... so I was a millennial talking about millennials being stupid. Gen X aren't weird old people, they're people I identify with in so many ways...

I'm still lost outside of the giant gap of years provided as "my generation."

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Liroy_16@reddit

So...

...I, at a certain point in my life, did have to open cans of juice in this manner...

I have not been separated from Xennials, I've been brought categorically closer to Xennials... based on the picture I'm replying to...

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wokeafsince83@reddit

I’m 43 and we definitely did this growing up. I also remember threading string thru the holes to make things hold while I’d walk on the cans

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funkytoot@reddit

THE BEST TASTING SH!T

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ShawnPat423@reddit

Lol I still have a church key handy...

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Pletcher87@reddit

How’d ya like a Hawaiian Punch? Uh, ok.

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CyDJester@reddit

Dude. I was born in 81 and grew up in the deep south. We had those for a looooong time

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Doc_Hollywood@reddit

I caught the tail end of this era. I guess this solidifies me as a xennial

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Heavy_Mongoose5859@reddit

im a millennial we didnt do this

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jtcordell2188@reddit

I’m ‘93 and we did this when I was a kid

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Carnephex@reddit

Anyone else remember the eggnog and chocolate milk in a can? I tried explaining this to my young coworkers and they're friggin bewildered.

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CaptPotter47@reddit

I have never done this. Maybe this is more a regional thing?

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

It wasn’t regional. Socioeconomic, probably.

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Busy_Fly8068@reddit

Nah — the weird juices came in a can. You want pear juice? Nectarine juice? Grandma is getting the can.

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SoTiredYouDig@reddit

I was waiting for this comment. Whenever we’d visit, my grandma would have this can, and black and white cookies.

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Busy_Fly8068@reddit

Either you are Jewish, you grew up in an area with a bunch of Jewish delis, or both.

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SoTiredYouDig@reddit

Oy vey, what gave it away?

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Busy_Fly8068@reddit

Those cookies!

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DDrewit@reddit

This can predates Xennials.

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wildmaninid@reddit

Same can our cheez balls came in.

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riverrat1988@reddit

Naw dig, 1988 here and we were opening Hershey chocolate sauce with them bitches

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totorowrowrowmyboat@reddit

Right?! And pineapple juice and that weird off brand apple juice.

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justadude27@reddit

We’re just too dumb to figure it out, unfortunately.

/s

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RedDawnWlvrines@reddit

I wish they could replicate the metal taste to add to the bottled Hawaiian Punch

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TyCrassus@reddit

I have vague memories of vending machines in the 80s that sold juice in plastic "cans." Had a tear strip you had to pull off around the top of the lid.

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cleverburrito@reddit

Calling that "juice" separates us, too lol

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johnvalley86@reddit

Okay I never had Hawaiian punch in a can but we always had a can of Juicy Juice in the fridge

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WaveCave420@reddit

1990, I remember juicy juice cans and Hershey's chocolate syrup in a can. Had to puncture them with that sharp hand tool.

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OregonMothafaquer@reddit

I still drink pineapple juice and use these multiple times a week

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Neuvirths_Glove@reddit

I'm a Generation Jones and we weren't poking cans after maybe the age of 10 (early 1970s).

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BlackshirtDefense@reddit

This should be Five Alive.

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Significant-Rush-129@reddit

THIS as well as the cylinder of frozen orange juice your mom would always have thawing on the sink.

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CanadasManyMeese@reddit

I was born in 89 and im pretty sure most apple juice came canned like this till the mid 00's.

Grave's or Allens (though i believe allens was sold longer)

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Kuros_Of_Sindarin@reddit

I was born 86 so technically I don't think I'm xennial despite identifying with almost everything on this sub. This post is another great example, I had a lot of juice (especially pineapple) out of these bad boys.

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Username524@reddit

Hello there, samesies and I made my own flair lol;)

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Shdwrptr@reddit

I’m also 86 and although I wasn’t old enough to open these juice cans I have very distinct memories of them being opened when I was a child

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flyinthesoup@reddit

And I'm '80 and I've never used one of those things. I actually didn't know what they were for until I saw my grandma use it, when I was a somewhat older kid (8-9 y/o?). Before that I only knew the ones that have two gears that you put the can edge in between and you hand crank it to open the whole lid. That's what my parents used.

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tessaractIXI@reddit

Same. 88 here but I identify with almost everything in this sub. My parents were behind times, and also held on to everything and then handed it down. So I was basically living a decade behind others my age, who I was also quite isolated from.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Welcome!

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three_s-works@reddit

Usually i call bullshit on these but I’ll give you this one.

Me. Est. 1985

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Dasawan@reddit

"Juice"

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H3llm0nt@reddit

Ecto cooler from the can 🤌

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SomeoneHereIsMissing@reddit

In the province of Québec, we still do that with maple syrup cans.

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Active_Yellow_1573@reddit

I think miss these

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jsm85@reddit

How the fuck can people drink this anymore? You just stay thirsty. Least satisfying drink ever

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RolandMT32@reddit

I recall a movie I've seen where someone has a can of juice like this (at least, I think it was juice) and they attach a spigot to the top, which pokes holes in the top and stays attached so that they can more easily pour the juice out. I don't remember what movie that was though.. I feel like it could have been National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (his cousin & family), but I tried searching online & it didn't come up with that one.

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stonhinge@reddit

I couldn't tell you the movie, but those were oil can spouts before they started using plastic bottles.

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nrettapitna@reddit

In college, our house mom called it "red death". It was the favorite drink.

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characterfan123@reddit

The movie Nothing But Trouble had a better solution

Oil can spout

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Exact_Friendship_502@reddit

Your moms bought juice that wasn’t powder?

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stopatthecatch@reddit

Strawberry Quik powder. Just ate it with the spoon that I used to open it. No milk needed.

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_high_plainsdrifter@reddit

False. I remmeber doing this to Ecto Cooler cans in the 90s.

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sneakyfish21@reddit

I’m firmly in millennial range 1989 and also grew up with juice like this, might be a product of being lower class though.

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mapped_apples@reddit

Nope, did that as a millennial.

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billyjoelsangst@reddit

That shit hit different

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Interesting_Rich_826@reddit

This existed in the 90s lol

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El-Viking@reddit

We're absolutely the generation that went from using a church key to "I'm not buying these beans because I'll need a can-opener".

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CemeteryWind213@reddit

I swear Ectocooler came in a can, too.

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smellmyfingerplz@reddit

I remember drinking kern’s apricot juice as a kid in the 80s with cans like this lol

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ClifftonSmith@reddit

I have always wanted to open a beer with a church key. Alas, its only been pineapple, orange, apple juice and that sweet sweet nectar from Hawaii

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demonspawn9@reddit

That can plus 7up meant there was a class birthday party.

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AngryAlien21@reddit

Millennial here who still remembers opening his ecto cooler this way

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Waas507@reddit

IDK what the cutoff is but born in 87 and I remember this shit. Great Grandparents on both sides still had rotary phones when I was a wee lad. Even called 911 once cause it was the only phone number I knew at like 4.

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papabear556@reddit

Oof I can taste this picture.

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spicy-radicchio@reddit

As a Millennial, I have childhood memories of poking the juice.

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ShitPostPerfected@reddit

You think millenials didn't have to poke open juice?!

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Dr_Aquafresh_99@reddit

I was thinking about the grape Hi-c in a can. I remember how good it tasted when my mom would pull it out of the fridge, pop it open, amd pour inlt in to our cups.

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SoftLovelies@reddit

That juice was the BEST

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slappn_cappn@reddit

V8 cans for the win

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

V8 in a can still tastes the same!

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_po__@reddit

I go through so much V8 that I have to get the jugs of it, lol. Occasionally I'll get a side of cans for nostalgia sake.

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Natural_Disk_8234@reddit

Extra credit- whats the opener called? Specific name.

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Unlikely-Throat-1513@reddit

I'd at least consider punching a child if I'd win some ecto-cooler.

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AppropriateTouching@reddit

Fuck I miss ecto cooler

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zackks@reddit

And the never ending need for millennials act like Eeyore

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Ok_Alps4323@reddit

One of my earliest memories is dropping one of those bad boys on my big toe. I can still feel the pain!

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Moon_Noodle@reddit

This made me wince and jerk my foot, been there!

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ImminentDingo@reddit

No... I was born in 1994 and even I still remember these.

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cyberdude419@reddit

This takes me back to a better time

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killervirgo@reddit

Were we suppose to open the can and the pour the "juice" in another vessel?!

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Moon_Noodle@reddit

Born in 88 and this (as well as canned chocolate syrup and frozen juice concentrate) were absolutely prevalent. Now, ask my younger millennial siblings, and they’d likely have no idea. And my singular Gen Z sibling? Not a chance hahaha

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MaxPower836@reddit

Gotta get the air out! Science

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augustwestgdtfb@reddit

delicious sweetness

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wolfansbrother@reddit

What do you call that tool? A church key?

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wunderduck@reddit

Memory unlocked.

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hlessi_newt@reddit

this is a thing that happens to this very day.

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IMHO_grim@reddit

First of all, I had to reread that first part like 5 times. My brain kept going to poke juice, which I found a disturbing concept.

But no, I’m a millennial and I have no recollection of that Great Depression ass shiiiiit.

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ZealousidealSea2034@reddit

bug juice

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MenuSlow7818@reddit

born in '85 and my broke parents had me poke'n holes for juice.

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Impressive_Regular76@reddit

I showed this to my spouse who is 9 days older than me. Totally didn't know what to do with that tool and I was shocked. I used them to punch holes on condensed milk cans to blow out some of that sweet sweet syrup on French bread rolls for breakfast...

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4x4Welder@reddit

I've used them, but can't remember the last time I even saw one.

We also splurged and got the frozen juice or powdered juice most of the time.

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RadTimeWizard@reddit

Pineapple juice, in a one gallon tin can, after school in latchkey.

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RetroSwamp@reddit

Hate to be that millennial but I had these growing up. This what my mother got from food banks for my sugar lows when I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at 8.

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EvergreenHulk@reddit

I have a scar on right index finger from sticking it in that hole and getting it stuck. One of my earliest memories.

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BeefModeTaco@reddit

I remember having to open the can of chocolate syrup the same way, and of course the big can of Ecto Cooler.

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deathcoinstar@reddit

I'm 35 and remember juicy juice in the cans, it also tasted different once in bottles

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Pitiful_Ad2397@reddit

Naw, my very solidly millennial (88) also had to do this.

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dsly4425@reddit

I’m pretty sure I still have one of these in my utensil drawer. And sometimes a can of pineapple juice or orange juice still slaps.

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Aprils-Fool@reddit

I’m a millennial and remember doing this with my grandmother.

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Reasonable_Leg_4664@reddit

Damn! I forgot about this until right now.

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thulesgold@reddit

Me too. It makes this sub 100% worth it.

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Checktheusernombre@reddit

Core memory unlocked

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castlite@reddit

Gatekeeping is so stupid

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OtiumInUmbra@reddit

Five Alive is as the BEST

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DarkenL1ght@reddit

I'm an older millennial...these were still a thing in the late 80s and early 90s. Especially if you were broke and shopping the off brands.

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KW5625@reddit

I barely remember doing this early in life.

I guess I pass

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burrito_magic@reddit

Donald Duck OJ is what I’m thinking of

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Rare-Boss2640@reddit

I could take that out in a sitting 🙌🏻

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Coozie@reddit

Do you remember doing the same thing to chocolate syrup? The good stuff came in the can.

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DrunkenDude123@reddit

“Yall want some fresh juice” - my grandma as she was pulling a god knows how old frozen can of juice concentrate from her second fridge (and the third one in the garage had the ice creams and sodas)

Miss those Sunday visits with all my cousins

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Scary-Detective582@reddit

How old do you think Millennials are?!? Grew up poking 2 holes in cans of juice using a church key.

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herseyhawkins33@reddit

The gatekeeping down votes are so bizarre.

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Ok-Law7641@reddit

Juicy Juice was the can of my household.

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Available-Crow-3442@reddit

I forgot that I grew up doing this.

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princesscorncob@reddit

The aluminum makes it taste better! Bonus points if it's warm and you drink it from of those wax paper Dixie cups with the yellow and brown flower pattern!

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cleverinspiringname@reddit

My nestles quik came in a metal box with a pry off lid. It’s never tasted better than it did back then.

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BuddyOGooGoo@reddit

OMG this made my brain wrinkle

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No_Today_4903@reddit

Yummm! I would give my left arm for a can of this stuff!

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PracticableSolution@reddit

I can taste the dusty zinc coating on that can top

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dishwasher_mayhem@reddit

Nectar of the Gods

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Skate_faced@reddit

I can hear that think. I love the sound of the little *thunk* and rip of the tin.

Tomato juice tins still exist as well as pineapple juice.

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Apprehensive_Bee8874@reddit

My grandma and I would clear a big can of tomato juice in a single morning. Miss her so much.

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Pasadenaian@reddit

Sorry, before my time.

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Scared-Pomegranate84@reddit

I'm a millennial and I had to do this as a young lad. It lasted longer than you think. Juicy juice, Hawaiian punch, and v8 where still cans for awhile when I was a kid

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amyjrockstar@reddit

Yeah, my 25 yo friend came over to make drinks together & I gave her the task of opening the pineapple can. I set this opener on the counter for her, but when I turned my back, she found & used the full can opener on the lid. We all died laughing. I'm like, how the hell am I supposed to pour this now? 🤣 The next summer, she forgot & did the same thing. 🤦‍♀️ After the 4th summer, she's finally got it down. 🤣

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CunnyMaggots@reddit

Lol I only use a little bit of evaporated milk in my coffee so i still use that little guy to punch open the cans.

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Haraldr_Hin_Harfagri@reddit

I think of Nothing But Trouble every time I remember opening the juice with one of those 🤣

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BoisterousBanquet@reddit

And chocolate syrup. I was just talking to my wife about Hershey's syrup in a can a week or so ago.

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Appropriate-Food1757@reddit

Mine was just a frozen log

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thisquietreverie@reddit

I see your churchkey and our youth and boy scout camps agreed, but like judge Alvin Valkenheiser, our jungle juice required the use of oil can punch spouts.

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PIG20@reddit

It's funny to me that it wasn't strange to poke two open holes in this can and then just leave it exposed in the refrigerator. Anything could start growing or fall into the can and we'd be none the wiser. Just grab the can and pour.

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EffectiveFormal2823@reddit

The metal made it taste better

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lakebistcho@reddit

Back in 2012, a dude in Seattle started a beer company with cans that needed to be opened with a church key. I thought for sure it would take off, but it closed pretty quickly.

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HangryHangryHedgie@reddit

Nacho Cheeze in those huge cans, heated up in a crock pot, spoon it with a ladel over slightly stale tortilla chips. Every school or church function ever.

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ThreeIfByBike@reddit

Pineapple juice still comes this way for some reason.

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

Cuz it sucks in plastic!

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davepars77@reddit

Back when Hawaiian punch didn't taste like sadness and lies.

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frecklemimus79@reddit

If you wanted pineapple juice, you had to commit to half a gallon of it.

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Ok-Psychology-5702@reddit

My mom used to get juicy juice :)

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wasiwasabi@reddit

Tastes…..metallic

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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

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ezbutneverconvenient@reddit

Hershey's chocolate syrup was better in that type of can.

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SacamanoRobert@reddit

Sorry, who do you think millennials are?

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

There’s millennials in their early 20’s.

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factoid_@reddit

Early 20s is Gen Z

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afleetingmoment@reddit

The most accepted year range for Millennials is 1981-1996. The youngest of us are almost 30.

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ScrotusSpunkmeyer@reddit

Wait... What?

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blasto2236@reddit

No there aren’t. Millennials can be loosely defined but generally accepted as born between 81-96. Anyone born in 1996 is 29 or 30 now.

I’m a millennial and we for sure bought Juicy Juice in these big ass cans.

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Scary-Detective582@reddit

You’re a Millennial.

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

I didn’t say I wasn’t. I am speaking in the context of this sub.

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herseyhawkins33@reddit

Impressive to be this confidently wrong.

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RandyArgonianButler@reddit

They still have canned juice like this.

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eternallysantanasass@reddit

Memories

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factoid_@reddit

I’m firmly xennials and I don’t remember Hawaiian Punch ever coming in anything but a plastic jug

I’ve used a can opener like this for motor oil tho

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Lazy_Days8447@reddit

So true.

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lieutenantLT@reddit

Or chocolate syrup!

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TheUnknownStuntman51@reddit

Also the peel-off tabs on soda cans, before they were all switched to the modern pop tops.

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PurplishPlatypus@reddit

My aunt used to buy a big tin like this of orange juice and one of pineapple juice, dump them both together in a big plastic pitcher. It felt so fancy to be served pineapple orange juice from a pitcher as a kid.

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redditshy@reddit

Calling it “juice,” also.

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ElGranQuesoRojo@reddit

separates Xennials from Millennials.

How very Millennial of you to try and deny you are a Millennial.

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AgentNose@reddit (OP)

Not denying it at all. I’m speaking within the context of the sub. Quite proud to be an old millennial.

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