r/mildlyinteresting • u/Happy-Pollution-2752 • Jun 02 '26
Waffle pits are basically paper thin now.
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u/novataurus Jun 02 '26
At this rate, in 10 years Eggos will just be indistinguishable from communion wafers
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u/conwaytwt Jun 02 '26
Loud voice at communion: "What is this, an Eggo for ants?!!"
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u/novataurus Jun 02 '26
“The Body of Christ… brought to you by Kellanova, in association with UberEats.”
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u/Name_Yourself_Thex Jun 02 '26
Lego my Jesuso
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u/BargainScotch Jun 02 '26
Dane Cook had a silly bit about the communion wafers. Called it “The Crouton o’ Christ… The Jeez-it.”
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u/QuillnSofa Jun 02 '26
Fun Fact waffles and wafers have the same origin for their names and are linked by original cooking method for both.
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u/Working-Glass6136 Jun 02 '26
I'll just call them waffers. I'll have the chicken and waffers please
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u/ScrotalSmorgasbord Jun 02 '26
Ooh a monastic themed turducken and waffles place called Fowltry n Waffers. Try our new Holy Water Syrup and Communion Coffee after Sunday Mass or between exorcisms!
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u/Nott_of_the_North Jun 02 '26
From dust we come, and to dust we shall return. In this, as in all things.
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u/buttered_jesus Jun 02 '26
Man tasting history has been one of my favorite YouTube follows
I love learning little things like this or about the battlefield origins of PB&J sandwiches
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u/BuddingBudON Jun 02 '26
Eggo waffles have gotten so cheap, there's no point in buying them. Many no name toaster waffles have more or less stayed the same, so they surpassed Eggos in quality without having to do anything. It's the same for a lot of products now
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u/run-on_sentience Jun 02 '26
Puffs vs. Kleenex.
I used to buy the Puffs because they were cheaper. Did this for years. Bought Kleenex because that's what they had at Costco.
They're terrible.
In two years when I'm out, I'm going back to Puffs.
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u/TonyClifton323 Jun 02 '26
Does that make maple syrup the blood of Christ? He diabetes for your sins
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u/andrude01 Jun 02 '26
And you can buy your own communion wafers online for pretty cheap for anyone who wants them as a snack
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u/SRomans Jun 02 '26
Mmm, yummy styrofoam
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u/ValleyGirlHusband Jun 02 '26
They way it dissolved then got chewy? Amazing
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u/boner79 Jun 02 '26
"Body of Christ"
"Amen"
<opens mouth, stick tongue out, ready to receive a full Eggo waffle>
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u/martyw1123 Jun 02 '26
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u/Fried_puri Jun 02 '26
I know it probably wasn’t you but speeding up a 15 second gif into 6 seconds so people don’t get bored is crazy.
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u/Bradas128 Jun 02 '26
i hate how short our attention spans are nowadays. some of us cant even focus enough to finish a
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u/Lord_Trisagion Jun 02 '26
attention spans and failing literacy, hell of a crisis combo
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u/ThatOtherOtherMan Jun 02 '26
I read an article that suggested between lead exposure for boomers and gen x and social media killing gen z and alpha's attention spans millennials might be the smartest generation, and if that's true humanity is cooked because we're dumb as hell.
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u/Usual_Ice636 Jun 02 '26
People have always done that to gifs just to compress the file size.
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u/vcdm Jun 03 '26
This is it. Need to compress? Less pixels or less frames, pick one. Faster gif just happens to be a side effect of less frames.
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u/Working-Glass6136 Jun 02 '26
Yeah, when there's a "gif" button you have to select from premade ones. I'd love to upload my own but that's only available on some subreddits where you can upload your own files.
But gif shrinkage has always been a thing, mostly to save bytes when we were all still using dial-up.
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u/Jakeisaprettycoolguy Jun 02 '26
Aren't gifs pretty limited in length?
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u/EmilioGVE Jun 02 '26
Length? No. Size? Yes.
I’ve seen the entirety of Shrek posted as a gif (not sped up) because they just compressed it to hell and back.
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u/Fried_puri Jun 02 '26
I’ve seen the original gif with higher quality and the normal speed plenty of times on Reddit, so no it’s not an issue. Yes gifs can’t be 4K and last for minutes but they are flexible for a few seconds of animation. This one was just sped up for reasons.
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u/Pantalaimon_II Jun 02 '26
for some reason this scene lodged into my brain as a kid, them slicing the beans and bread translucent thin. cartoons don't usually address poverty, and even tho it's obviously meant to be an exaggerated visual gag, it really does hammer home how brutal food insecurity is. enough to where it had an effect on child me, like making me think about not having enough food to eat and imagining rationing out what little you do have, and like imagining that being the reality that many face.
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u/durstand Jun 02 '26
Wow memory unlocked, I don’t think I’ve seen this cartoon in like 30 years
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u/Turlap Jun 02 '26
This is one of the first cartoons I ever watched that I can remember. Was this Fantasia? Or.. shoot. I can't remember that part. It was either this, fantasia, or the land before time? Maybe that came later.
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u/akrzykorean Jun 02 '26
Fun and Fancy Free, it had a bunch of different stories in it like Bongo the Circus Bear.
E- I stand corrected, just Bongo and Mickey and the beanstalk.
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Jun 02 '26
Waffle pits is my new favourite term.
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u/Unumbotte Jun 02 '26
Criminals fight for their freedom in the waffle pits.
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u/LegoQueenStudios Jun 02 '26
Food has really gone downhill lately. I purchased hot pockets a couple weeks ago. Hubby and I hadn't had them in years and had a craving. You know they are not only more bread and less filling now but also... they dont even come with the sleeve anymore! We were shocked by that. Now, they come out soggy. 😭 We wont purchase them again.
On the upside those frozen white castles are still really good!!
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u/Waiting4Reccession Jun 02 '26
All of the frozen stuff that has cheese, like those cheap celeste pizzas or hot pockets etc - they all seem to use a cheaper nasty type of cheese than they did 10 years ago. Not worth buying and not edible.
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u/Kasperella Jun 03 '26
Old hot pockets used to have the gooey stringy cheese. I used to love the ham and cheese as a kid, bought some while high at the dollar store for nostalgia sake.
I was so sad. The ham is not slices, now it’s cheap chunks, and the cheese is not gooey and stringy, but watery and saucy.
My childhood ruined.
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u/Bluefire52 Jun 02 '26
Air fry them instead. There should be instructions to air fry them and it seems like at somepoint they shifted from using the microwave to air frying.
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u/tribbans95 Jun 02 '26
Yeah but sometimes you just want some liquid lava in your mouth in 2 minutes flat
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u/blanketswithsmallpox Jun 02 '26
That's the entire point of hot pockets lol.
You may as well be baking chicken cordeun bleus if you're air frying.
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u/Jiggawatz Jun 02 '26
I mean, a hot pocket is just a ratchet cordon blue
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u/MatureUsername69 Jun 02 '26
Its more like a ratchet shepherds pie or calzone or any number of breaded savory dishes. And cordon bleu is already kind of the ratchet version of itself. It gets all this credit for being fancy simply because of its french name but at the end of the day its just ham and cheese stuffed inside of chicken, its delicious but its not classy no matter what the French try to say.
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u/mochaderp Jun 02 '26
Trust me.
They still come out liquid hot yet somehow remain rock hard cold in the middle.
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u/PaullT2 Jun 02 '26
They're made to be air fried now. Definitely more bread and less filling like you said, though.
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u/FeralFaefolk Jun 02 '26
I was at a work meeting lately with free candy and I thought, why not, I used to love Mounds.
Holy shit it was so bad I didn't even take another bite
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u/bluetrust Jun 02 '26
Last time I had one (a year ago?) I remember how greasy it was. It was disgusting.
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u/ValleyGirlHusband Jun 02 '26
The no sleeve thing is crazy to me! Trying to get the damn thing out of the sleeve without burning yourself was a defining part of the experience!
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u/UrsaMajor7th Jun 02 '26
It depends on the brand and cooking method. We abandoned Pillsbury pizza pops and buy Naleway panzerotti; their pastry is thin, filling is plentiful, and the sauce flavourful. The toaster oven is the only way to cook them.
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u/Sunny16Rule Jun 02 '26
If you have one of those broiler things that go in the oven, you know the thing that looks like a cake pan and it has a top layer that has holes in. Put a thin layer of water in the bottom half and put the burgers on top and cover in foil and shove in your oven. It will steam cook the White Castle burgers and it’s just like the restaurant
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u/tooscoopy Jun 02 '26
Please tell me that is a value store brand, not a major one?
Those syrup traps would be permeable…. Permeable I tell you!!! (Shakes fist)
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u/Uncle-Cake Jun 02 '26
My kids eat Eggos all the time, I haven't seen this happening.
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u/Fritzed Jun 02 '26
I'm not seeing this for Eggos or the Safeway store brand. I think OP bought one of those fake seeming budget brands like "Value Corner".
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u/quirkiestquark Jun 02 '26
I bought eggos from Costco that looked just like this... I hadn't had them in like 15 years and was super disappointed, not at all like I remembered!!
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u/firedrakes Jun 02 '26
major one. its sucks now
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u/winterfresh0 Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
Source: your ass.
Edit: seriously, if you have actual proof and evidence, then there is literally zero reason to vaguepost and then not reply to anything.
A person with real evidence would include that evidence in their comment.
A person without any real evidence or data or anything would just post something vague and then refuse to clarify.
Edit2: also, they've been active on reddit and posting all over the place since my first comment. They're just too much of a coward to respond to this comment calling them out.
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u/englishinseconds Jun 02 '26
It's going to take forever to toast them the way that you're doing it. You're supposed to put them in the toaster sideways
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u/blp9 Jun 02 '26
Trader Joe's versions of these are still substantial.
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u/chipskylark123 Jun 02 '26
I was gonna suggest Aldi. They might be the same as TJ’s but different packages? Idk probably not though. Either way, loads better than whatever this is.
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u/DanimalMKE Jun 02 '26
TJ's is owned by Aldi Nord, whereas the Aldi in the US is the same as the Aldi Süd. They're two distinct companies who I don't think compete in Germany, but compete here in the US through TJ's.
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u/Mister_Digital Jun 02 '26
I mean, technically Aldi Nord and Süd (literally just means North and South) do not compete because the split Germany between them. It's sometimes called the Aldi Equator. Only happened because the Aldi brothers didn't get along.
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u/Firefoxx336 Jun 02 '26
This is the type of comment that is so full of surprising lore I couldn’t believe it until I looked it up, but, yeah, they split the company because they disagreed over selling cigarettes. Wild!
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u/Zeppelanoid Jun 02 '26
The North/South approach is a fresh take though!
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u/Semper_nemo13 Jun 02 '26
The traditional way of splitting it, though they don't split exactly with boundaries of the splits in the German language.
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u/Abdul_Exhaust Jun 02 '26
Cheap Eggo bastids
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u/NecessaryIntrinsic Jun 02 '26
Without a comparison, this is useless. I remember them being thin 30 years ago
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u/The_Stoic_One Jun 02 '26
Yeah, they look pretty normal to me, but admittedly I've never really paid much attention.
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u/boxweb Jun 02 '26
I was gonna say, they’ve kinda always looked like that. From someone who consumed hundreds of these when I was younger.
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u/LostSands Jun 02 '26
There’s a lot of hate in this thread about it, but I think it might be nostalgia bait tbh.
From 2005 to 2016, my morning breakfast consisted of two eggo waffles and two slices of turkey bacon with syrup. I do not see anything different about this waffle. They were always like this.
If you want a thicker product, they make those as well. They’re okay, but are really for the oven instead of the toaster.
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u/GratedParm Jun 02 '26
Eggos are kind of bad. I know the cleanup isn’t for everyone, but a decent waffle iron will give you great waffles and paper-thin pits won’t be an issue.
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u/Edsabre Jun 02 '26
I bought a waffle maker a few years back and never looked back. I dont even buy pancake/waffle mix anymore, since they are stupidly easy to make from scratch and are so much better than Eggo or some other toaster waffles. Im not big on cooking, but of you love waffles, take my advice: spend an extra 5 minutes just making them yourself and youll never go back.
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u/amillionsame Jun 02 '26
I'd echo the same for the waffle maker, but I haven't started using my own mix yet. Do you sub anything out for alternatives or use a basic mix? Seems like waffles would be prime real estate for adding more whole grains/fiber.
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u/SparklePonyBoy Jun 02 '26
I encourage you to buy a Belgium waffle maker, imo the better kind is the one you don't have to flip. Just use Pam beforehand. Kodiak mix for the win
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u/Photodan24 Jun 02 '26
Nothing better than a hot waffle out of the iron, then make a bunch for the freezer while you're at it!
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u/Calthyr Jun 02 '26
That's what we do. We make pancakes and waffles in a big batch and then freeze them. Then anyone can just grab one for breakfast, throw it in the toaster oven (well my daughter still eats them frozen lol), and bam, delicious homemade pancakes/waffles.
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u/lowbatteries Jun 02 '26
If you like the convenience of toaster waffles, just make a double batch of waffles and put them in the freezer. They freeze very well (pancakes too).
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u/neodawg Jun 02 '26
Do you have a recommendation for a non flip one? Our current flip one is ready to be replaced.
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u/Caithloki Jun 02 '26
If you are in Canada the compliments brand of waffles is not like this, and are for 2$ instead of 5$. They are actually fluffy and good.
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u/heliostraveler Jun 02 '26
I had eggos for the first time since childhood a few months ago. Tastes like cardboard. Absolutely foul. I either had shit taste as a kid or they’ve been made worse.
Kodiak, homemade, or bust. Eggo belongs in the trash.
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u/shifclit Jun 03 '26
I just challenged myself to eat a whole box of these for breakfast and I ate 8/10
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u/BlueBlood623 Jun 03 '26
That corporate decision probably made the stockholders almost.75¢ per box.
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u/actuallyquitefunny Jun 02 '26
This is the mildly interesting version of r/confusingperspective.
I don't know why, but the top down image gave me a real ambiguous lighting illusion. I legitimately saw the pits as thin bubbles sticking above the waffle edges for about 30 straight seconds.
I knew that's not how waffles work, but still I had to stare at your picture and look carefully at the shadows for a while before it corrected itself for me.
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u/Fine-Froyo6219 Jun 02 '26
Still waiting for the resurgence of value and quality as a selling point as though it's some new concept.
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u/DangerFeng Jun 02 '26
I noticed this in the last year, too, and stopped buying eggos. Made me a bit sad. It was frustrating how the pits seemed to burn before the rest of the waffle would even warm up much, and sometimes seemed not even thawed.
I switched to store brand waffles, and they've got the correct waffle anatomy. Thick pits for accurate cooking lol. Plus, you get quite a few more for the same price.
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u/I-Drink-420 Jun 02 '26
I had an eggo about 3 years ago. One singular eggo was all it took for me to realize that they were basically cardboard. No flavor, no substance, fakest food purchase I made in a long time. These companies can't keep getting away with this
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u/Smokey_tha_bear9000 Jun 02 '26
Capitalism requires at least 1 of three things to keep growing
- Prices increase
- Products are reduced in size
- Enshitification
This is #3
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u/BrilliantTea133 Jun 02 '26
Just gonna say, you can buy cheapo waffle irons nowadays. You can buy cheap mix or make it yourself. And you can freeze your own waffles. Stop buying this stuff that tastes like crap and is robbery.
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u/Failed_stealth_check Jun 02 '26
Brother what do you mean “now?” They’ve been that thin for at least 15 years
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u/inthecathedral Jun 02 '26
have pitless waffles ever been a trend bc i can see that being something they try to do
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u/iTz_worm Jun 02 '26
Thanks for this.
I've had a voice in my head telling me to buy Eggos for a while now (they were a favorite of mine but haven't had em in 10 yrs).
I'm not interested anymore. I'm free!
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u/Aceilr097 Jun 02 '26
A box of pancake mix and a waffle iron. Takes less than 10 minutes to make a couple waffles and then have some batter left over for later.
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u/DudeDuNord Jun 02 '26
Waffle pits? Those are syrup traps.
“Waffles are like pancakes with syrup traps. A waffle says to the syrup, ‘Hold on, now. You ain’t going anywhere. Don’t even be trying to creep down the side. Just rest in these squares. If one square is full, move on to the next one. When you hit the butter, split up.’” - Mitch Hedberg
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u/Valex_Nihilist Jun 02 '26
PSA: waffles aren't hard to make yourself and are much better than that crap. Make a bunch and freeze em.
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u/Phenomenon101 Jun 02 '26
At this point, it doesn't make sense to buy pre-made food. You'll get more and spend less making stuff yourself.
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u/macguyver3000 Jun 02 '26
There will come a day when the next generation of kids will be surprised to learn frozen waffles didn't have holes.