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Generic Things That Just Dont Cut It

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hendriab
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Lol who cares.

But seriously, I do the dishes at my place, and, weird as it may sound, I cannot stand generic dish soap. No lie, Dawn just takes the cake. Its better.

This wrestler I used to work with would always make the biggest deal out of Oreos, and how off-brand cream stuffed chocolate cookies just wouldnt cut it. I dunno.

Anyone have any other products that simply must be brand name!? Im literally dying to know...
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LoathesRaisins
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Cocoa Puffs
The store brand is made with wheat now and it tastes like shit.
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hendriab
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ha nice. i havent eaten cereal in a few months because of Crohns disease, but I remember that off brand cereal was terrible haha. seriously tho, fuck wheat. And its the same with pop-tarts. you ever eaten an off brand pop-tart. If memory serves, those were the pits.
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LoathesRaisins
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The maple brown sugar ones are the worst. It tastes like your munching on ground cinnamon.
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hendriab
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you ever try to just brew it yourself? Just get some black tea, either loose leaf or bagged, and just put it in some cold water overnight? I really dig it haha, helps to avoid juice and soda and shit
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hendriab
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haha so fucking dry, thing would turn to dust when you bit in
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hendriab
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for sure. so convenient. Give it a shot tho. To start (see if you like it) just buy a gallon of water (1$) and then a little box of black tea bags (not generic of course haha), and just hang like 5 of 'em in and let it sit overnight. Wake up and taste. Too weak? add another bag or two. Too strong? Serial dilute that shiz
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snwbrdmilf
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You should make sun tea then. Not sure how the cold water overnight actually brews the tea in the other post. But I let the sun slow brew my tea for a day. Then slice in some lemons and cool it in the fridge. Remove lemons (otherwise you'll get an overly acidic taste). Super yum. No refined sugar.
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7springsprod
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My mom brews a lot of tea and she brews it hot but just throws it in a containter and puts it in the fridge. I'm not a huge tea drinker but I'm guessing the hot brew is quicker and a better brew than the overnight cool brew?
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LoathesRaisins
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I never knew people went to these lengths to brew tea. Nestea is good for me.
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JeremyB
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Nutella.
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DrZoidberg
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My mother makes homemade iced tea sometimes. She also puts fruit juice in it, like peach juice or something.

Skateboard wheels; I like to be able to powerslide without turning my wheels into a semicircle.

Sometimes paper towels. I try not to use so many of them, but I had some that were just too weak to be useful. Like it was difficult to tear it off without ripping it the wrong way. I would wipe stuff, and they would rip. So annoying.


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deepfriedtwinkie
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safety scissors
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*TURBONERD*
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Cheese Nips are awful and far inferior to Cheeze-its.
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DizzyG
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If you add a tiny amount of baking soda, it takes away the little bit of acidity in the tea, makes it so smooth. Not sure if it works with lemons though.
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hendriab
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snap I didnt even know generic nutella existed haha
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hendriab
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heat speeds it up, but is not necessary. as others have said, you could brew warm and then let cool. By making sun tea, or doing a cold brew, you tend to get less bitter tasting tea, which is my jam haha
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hendriab
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totally know what you mean with paper products. Thick, quilted ass Brauney (sp?) is so much better than the crappy, ultra thin, zero absorbent generic brand trash.
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_Garagely_
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Basically any copycat Kirkland Signature or Great Value product.
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SkierPT
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Thank you someone with the same opinion as me
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Blake.P
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Generic toilet paper is horrible. Gotta step it up to that decent two ply at the least
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paige.
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Except toilet paper, for some reason I love kirkland's toilet paper.

I bought no-name brand q-tips once... never again. I also wouldn't trust no-name condoms.
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Algebra
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off brand twizzlers just arent the same
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CaptainObvious.
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Great Value I'll give you. But Kirkland? Dude I would get everything Kirkland brand if I could. It's just repackaged name brand.

Their bagels literally have the Einsteins logo on the back.

Their TP and paper towels are amazing.
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act.resist
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off brand peanut butter. JIF 4 EVER.

i also have a weird thing with off brand ice cream, i dont know why but i know it tastes exactly the same as other ice cream. but i just cant eat it.
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NinetyFour
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Honestly, Superstore/Loblaws or whatever absolutely makes banger granola bars and so forth. Far superior to Nature Valley. +1 for generic brands. For the most part though the real deal is where it's at, and can't be beat.
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Edga-Allen-Poe
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Wow in the grand scheme of humanity this thread really fucking matters.
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Iraq_Lobster
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crescent rolls, you gotta go with pillsbury. the generic brand just sucks
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hendriab
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haha yup.  FUCK COMMERCE. but seriously, I am such a whore to name brand shit.
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bigbromskier
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safeway toilet paper is actually really good. honestly, i think it's pretty sad if you care that much what you wipe your ass with.
in truth, though, the worst is the super super thin industrial/commercial stuff that is in schools n other public bathrooms, and it's not even technically generic. that's definitely where I draw the line, but sadly you have to suffer through it cause there's no other options in a public shitter.
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will_powder
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How good is the President's Choice name brand lineup though?

banger.
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Titus69
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walmarts twinkies will never amount to the originals
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TACO-DOG.exe
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foreign prostitutes are never as good as the the domestic ones.
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act.resist
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Gross. Choosy moms choose gif. Your mom mustve been one of them low class bitches. OHHHHH
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act.resist
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Jif*
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terraclot
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If your mom cared about your health, she would not have chosen jif. that shit is candy topping
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Kreech
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I'm doing that tomorrow I've just decided.
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Heart
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MP3 players
Tablets
Computer monitors
TV's
Headphones
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E__
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Fuck off Poe, make a poem about how dark and depressing this thread makes you.
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SkierX
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This is the first thing that popped into my mind when I opened this thread.

Cheap TP is up high on my list of worst things in the world.
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snwbrdmilf
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Actually, choosy moms choose healthy peanut butter. Teddy's ftw.
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SkierX
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I'll add cheddar cheese to the mix. Cabot all the way.
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yelsel
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Bacon and TP are two things that you should NEVER go generic on
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Rparr
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There was an off brand of Dr. pepper called "Dr. Thunder", always made me lol
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errrka
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toilet paper for real. I hate the kind that is in most public places, like you can see through it, what is that?
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howlongcanausern
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you shut your whorish mouth don't talk shit about kirkland
12 years ago
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FreeskiThe603
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Generic brand cola is disgusting. Coca-Cola is just too good for a generic brand to compete.

inb4 Pepsi's better
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*TURBONERD*
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Agreed. Cracker barrel is pretty good as well.
12 years ago
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LiquorLanch
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generic tissues and toilet paper or whatever it is that schools buy. That shit literally gives my ass papercuts and it sucks!
12 years ago
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SamMcChesney
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Usually I would agree but my mom got this generic brand of lucky charms and it's like 1000x better than the normal.
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Ski_the_east01
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There are brand name same scissors?

What a dumb fucking contribution to this thread


Nothing worse than going to a big bbq and then host decided to save a few pennies on generic potato chips...pretty much just a slap in the face to all their guests
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