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36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens

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As we grow up, not only do we learn to master many new skills, become more and more independent, smarter and build our own character, but also see the world in a very different way. And it actually does change as we grow older - what used to look nice doesn't impress us anymore, something that we dreamed about looks meaningless and some friends who looked perfect with time turned out to be not so saintly.

But you know what also changes dramatically? Our understanding of wealth and money. As kids, we tend to look at things such as matching plates at our friends house or full shelves of snacks or desserts that were on display in some bakery and think that only super rich people can have that. However, it turns out that actually, they are not that fancy, and most of us can actually afford to have them without being multi-millionaires.

Well, it is still fun to remember them and look at these things now as we grow up. We just don’t feel as fancy anymore when, let’s say, drinking soda from a straw instead of the bottle. So speaking about that, recently one Reddit user started a thread asking folks what they used to think was fancy as kids that is actually not. And I believe that every one of us can relate to many of them.

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#1

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens My friends whose kitchens were filled with junk food like Captain Crunch, Twinkies and Ding Dongs, hot dogs and American cheese. I thought they were so fancy and I was so jealous.

My mom cooked from scratch every day, and we thought we were so neglected because she wouldn't buy that s**t for us to eat. We were so lucky. Thanks, Mom.

riceme0112358 , Samantha Gades Report

Final score:

249points

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#2

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Back in my day, kids who had crayola 120 colored pencils were considered the elites of society.

Prism_Red , Ever Amador Report

Final score:

185points

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#3

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Viennetta ice cream cake was the peak of fancy for me.

KaleidoscopeVast9290 , cyclonebill Report

Final score:

184points

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#4

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens My grandparents had a laundry chute in their bathroom- the dirty clothes would land in a basket in their basement next to the washing machine. I thought this was amazing and the #1 thing I would look for in a house one day.

llcmomx3 , Annie Spratt Report

Final score:

158points

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#5

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Ferrero Rocher chocolate.

SirRobynHode , Isabella Fischer Report

Final score:

144points

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#6

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens I thought that having a second, older fridge in your garage meant your family was rich.
Actually, hell, if you had a garage at all I thought you were rich.

CoolBugg , whyamiKeenan Report

Final score:

138points

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#7

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens A fridge with an ice dispenser built in

Cold_Community5162 , Curtis Adams Report

Final score:

137points

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#8

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Cutting sandwiches diagonally.

787la57la47al , Asnim Ansari Report

Final score:

110points

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#9

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Glass desks. Now I realise they’re just easily breakable pieces of s**t

ZacoOrHuzzi , Arina Krasnikova Report

Final score:

106points

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#10

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Shirley Temple/Roy Rogers drinks. I remember when my parents would take us to a "fancy" restaurant and we would be able to order these. I felt so adult! With the skinny straw and the maraschino cherry...

Iron_Chic , Tracie Hall Report

Final score:

89points

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#11

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Double front doors on a house or having a 2- story house. A pool or ping pong table. Getting a store bought Halloween costume instead of one cobbled together from the "dress up" box. A Schwinn bike (mine was a Free Spirit from Sears.)

thusnewmexico , Ksenia Chernaya Report

Final score:

83points

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#12

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens When I was young I used to refer to brands like Adidas as “designer”. I was obviously wrong, but for a kid who was only bought knock-off brands, usually from the local market, it was very aspirational.

sleepyprojectionist , Camilla Carvalho Report

Final score:

74points

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#13

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Desserts in the display cases (eclairs, bon bons, petifores, etc)

Med_Vamp , Alexandra Gornago Report

Final score:

73points

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#14

Nothing was better then Pizza Hut when I was a kid.

fatstrat0228 Report

Final score:

71points

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#15

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Having funky grips for your pencils in first grade. Glitter glue, light up sneakers, having webkinz, having a bunk bed. I recall getting a webkinz and felt so rich 😹😹 any drink that was in a glass with a stem because I felt like an adult, and build a bear. i felt so cool rocking the little house box. When I turned 18 I got a job there and I apologized to my mom for asking for a build a bear every chance I got 😹 they’re so expensive.

ireallyamtired , Oleg Prachuk Report

Final score:

66points

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#16

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Vanity license plates and checks with custom backgrounds. I thought my parents were so lame for not having these and thought both were so fancy. Now as an adult I find the idea of paying for either to be a complete waste of money and tacky.

Flimsy-Zucchini4462 , The Nigmatic Report

Final score:

65points

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#17

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens The blue toilet cleaner in the water. I always thought we were getting out the hood with that one.

OkiNoProblem , Karolina Grabowska Report

Final score:

64points

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#18

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Red lobster. And any hotel or motel- even c****y ones.

MonsoonMermaid , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

63points

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#19

Buying the expensive package of school photos

SolutionIndependent7 Report

Final score:

61points

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#20

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Restaurants with table cloths.

diddley_doo_ya , Gül Işık Report

Final score:

59points

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#21

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Swanson TV dinners with the dessert included

Blueskylerz , SenseiAlan Report

Final score:

56points

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#22

Shrimp. When my brother and I got good grades or if there was any reason to celebrate, our dad would take us to Red Lobster or Long John Silvers and we’d get shrimp. I thought it was the height of luxury

Sewerpudding Report

Final score:

53points

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#23

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Getting to eat McDonald's all the time...

02red , Polina Tankilevitch Report

Final score:

51points

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#24

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens When mom sometimes bought the large box with handmade chocolates from the chocolaterie in Husum near Copenhagen.
Granted, they were more expensive than the factory-made ones, but not crazy expensive.
They did taste way better, though.
Maybe because they were freshly made. XD

Fancy was also going to the warehouse Magasin (upper middle class) or Illum (upper class) in Copenhagen, instead of going to the cheaper warehouse Daells Varehus, which were for workers. They had basically everything you might need; their clothes were maybe not the latest fashion, but they lasted well, and they were fairly sturdy.
Mom was very proud when she could apply for and get an account card for Magasin. :)

Fancy was also dad getting a brand new car for the first time ever, in the late 1970's, when he had been repairing on the old Opel station wagon with chicken wire and plastic padding, because the bottom of the car was rusted through.
He was tired of buying c**p used cars, so getting a brand new shiny Opel from the dealer was big stuff for us. :)

MBAdk , Kristiana Pinne Report

Final score:

49points

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#25

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Old cars from fancy brands. Kids are always like "whoa he drives a BMW" without realizing it's not impressive to drive a 1999 BMW in 2023.

slightofhand1 , Joshua Köller Report

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46points

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#26

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Lunchables.

fantasymagic , Mike Mozart Report

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44points

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#27

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Olive Garden

LIMRIX_Official , Mike Mozart Report

Final score:

43points

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#28

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Movie theatres. I thought it cost hundreds of dollars (which was millions in kid speech). I actually felt bad that my family kept taking us so I said no thanks its to expensive and they all laughed at me and took me to the movies lol

HomerEyedMonad , Clem Onojeghuo Report

Final score:

41points

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#29

Small pickles called gerkins

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41points

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#30

Commercial air travel

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41points

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#31

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Name brand potato chips.

Mom would always buy the cheap store brand chips. Her flawed logic was that they lasted longer than the brand name chips, and thus were a better value. The reality was that the store brand chips sucked, and nobody liked to eat them. The name brand ones were great, and they disappeared quickly. We had the good stuff when Dad did the shopping.

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Final score:

36points

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#32

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Chicken Kiev

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Final score:

36points

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#33

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Sizzler

Severin-77 , Krista Report

Final score:

35points

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#34

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Cheesecake Factory

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Final score:

34points

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#35

36 Things Kids Thought Were Super Fancy But Were Actually Not Really, According To Netizens Pot of Gold assorted chocolates.

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Final score:

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#36

Keebler rainbow m and m cookies

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What do you think ?

Lyone Fein 1 year ago

I don't know. All this stuff *is* fancy. We tend to take for granted so many of the luxuries many of us enjoy, like indoor plumbing and electricity, etc. Always having potable water available and extra food on hand is remarkable. Not only do we live better than 99 percent of the humans who came before us, but most of us live better than a pretty significant chunk of people in the world today. The accident of where we are born or who our parents are is the sorting hat that determines so much!

15points

Ghostsauce 1 year ago

I like that. To quote movie Hermione, "Right. Perspective."

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Sara Bardsley 1 year ago

Any girl who had lots of clothes for their Barbies, was something I was envious about!

3points

Unpickled Pickle 1 year ago

Its funny how some things we thought were top class as children are perceived as disgusting and cheap now.

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Lyone Fein 1 year ago

I don't know. All this stuff *is* fancy. We tend to take for granted so many of the luxuries many of us enjoy, like indoor plumbing and electricity, etc. Always having potable water available and extra food on hand is remarkable. Not only do we live better than 99 percent of the humans who came before us, but most of us live better than a pretty significant chunk of people in the world today. The accident of where we are born or who our parents are is the sorting hat that determines so much!

15points

Ghostsauce 1 year ago

I like that. To quote movie Hermione, "Right. Perspective."

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Sara Bardsley 1 year ago

Any girl who had lots of clothes for their Barbies, was something I was envious about!

3points

Unpickled Pickle 1 year ago

Its funny how some things we thought were top class as children are perceived as disgusting and cheap now.

2points

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