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Wendy's changed the spicy chicken sandwich. The new one isn't bad, but the old one occupied a very specific spot in my memory that will be missed.

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I miss incandescent Christmas lights from the 70s.

the colors they had were warm and magical.

you could go down the street at night and the whole neighborhood was filled with this technicolor dream rainbow that you just can't make anymore.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

You are not the only one and your are being heard!

https://youtu.be/qSFNufruSKw

There are several companies that make modern lights with the same feel as the old school Christmas lights!

https://www.seasonsreflection.com/vintaglo

https://tru-tone.com/

I knew the link before I even clicked. Love his channel.

I'm really glad the companies are making LEDs with the old school feel. Best of both worlds.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The technology connections YouTuber is obsessed with this and has a number of videos about this.

[–] SolacefromSilence@fedia.io 14 points 1 day ago

I love Alec's channel, I appreciate the way he covers topics.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago

sorry, not inconsequential. those lights were objectively better and made countless people's lives better than the LED shit, whether or not they even realized it.

the change to LED has been a real loss with consequences

[–] KenOh@feddit.online 7 points 1 day ago

I used to love turning off the living room lights, getting under our Xmas tree, looking up, and watching the lights blink. It was silent and peaceful, almost like watching the twinkle of stars in the night sky.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the bulbs popped with such a wonderful sound

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Also the crunch when you accidentally shattered one. My grandparents still had some in the 00s