r/mildlyinteresting • u/Coneskater • Dec 06 '16

Quality Post Grocery store in Germany has started importing Arizona Ice Tea Cans and covers up the 99¢ with mini American Flag stickers

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16 edited Apr 15 '18

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u/thirdlegsblind Dec 06 '16

I wasn't sad until you mentioned it and realized that most on here do not get the reference.

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u/Bugbread Dec 06 '16

I feel even sadder because I liked the original version that used New Jersey and almost nobody remembers it, just the newfangled New York City version.

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u/forestman11 Dec 07 '16

As an 18 year old, can confirm, do not understand reference.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

You were in your senior year of high school when I was a sophomore. God damn I'm starting to feel old now...

Like last night it blew my mind that shows like "Ed, Edd, & Eddy" and "Dexter's Laboratory" are as old to kids these days as "Voltron" and "GI Joe" were to us. It's only a matter of time before the cartoons we grew up with are part of some late night Nickelodeon show.

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u/free_dead_puppy Dec 06 '16

Well at least you know now.

And knowing is half the battle!

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u/rereddititerer Dec 06 '16

36 years old, zero sadness.

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u/akasmira Dec 06 '16

You're old enough to remember it?? Apparently the commercial is from '93 according to the title of the video from this post.

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u/duckacuda Dec 06 '16

I'm pretty sure they either ran that commercial for several years or kept using that line in new commercials for a while. I'm 29 and I definitely remember it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

It was Pace's entire marketing campaign for a few years, yes.

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u/SchuminWeb Dec 06 '16

Yes, they definitely used the same thing in a few commercials with a few variations. Basically, Pace is made in San Antonio, "where they know what picante sauce should taste like," and then someone else says, "Thus stuff's made in New York City!" Everyone is surprised ("NEW YORK CITY!?!"), and that's basically the end.

Favorite one was where a guy held up a cattle brand and said, "It's time you changed brands!" To the guy.

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u/Realtrain Dec 06 '16

? I'm 20 and I remember it. They must have released more recently.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

That's nothing. Where's the beef?

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u/Sw4rmlord Dec 06 '16

Got milk?

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u/McMaggots Dec 06 '16

Did it say Oi VEY???

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u/BubblegumDaisies Dec 06 '16

Im 34.... Am I that old?

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u/Sw4rmlord Dec 06 '16

When you were a kid nwa was just n.

Lol, I'm just kidding. I'm 29 and vividly remember the ad campaign

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u/dannymb87 Dec 06 '16

Old?! :(

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u/Sw4rmlord Dec 06 '16

Just remember, kids aged 12 to 14 also use this site. Is that less than half your age?

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u/ImaBusbitch Dec 06 '16

Still reading it in that dumb voice

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u/MystJake Dec 06 '16

I've heard it so many times from so many different sources, but I've never understood it. Where did it originate?

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u/Sw4rmlord Dec 07 '16

I'm just thinking of the pace commercials. Idk if there was something before that

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u/funknut ​ Dec 06 '16

I already ordered some dentures so I can just pop them in when they start falling out.