If you call yourself an older millennial, then you definitely grew up with Fruit Stripe gum, its wildly erratic zebra mascot, and the brightly colored sticks of gum with bold fruit flavors that lasted almost as long as it took you to read this sentence. Almost.

However, according to Fruit Stripe’s manufacturer, Ferrara Candy, the gum is being discontinued. (That’s big news to anyone who didn’t think it was discontinued about the time “Hannah Montana” went off the air.) “We have made the difficult decision to sunset Fruit Stripe Gum, but consumers may still be able to find the product at select retailers nationwide,” a Ferrara Candy representative said in a statement.

Fruit Stripe commercial from the 1960’s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUKenR9k238

More: https://www.snackhistory.com/fruit-stripe-gum/

  • protist@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    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?

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      10 months ago

      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.

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          10 months ago

          You’re free to imagine whatever you want. You’ve proven you’ll do that, regardless of what I say.

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            10 months ago

            All you’ve done is lob insults and made multiple other people here question your mental health. Are you trying to “say” something?