• Noite_Etion@lemmy.world
    13·
    1 year ago

    New Pringles are a perfect example of enshittification. Different shape (goodbye hyperbolic paraboloid), and now they are so small I cannot even jam my hand inside the tube and get it stuck… Some even come in regular chip packets now so why even bother.

    • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      Wait, they changed the shape? When??? Only Pringles product I’ve had in like the past 6 months is those gross packing peanut things…

      • Noite_Etion@lemmy.world
        9·
        1 year ago

        They moved production to Malaysia back in 2016 and they weren’t able (or just didn’t care to try) to make them in the same way anymore. They are just slightly curved now, not the old “saddle” shape they used to be.

        It’s also why the flavour is different too.

        • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
          7·
          1 year ago

          That would explain some things. The wife got those circus peanut things and they tasted like hot garbage.

          Edit: This crap… The sour cream and cheddar specifically. Tasted like I was actually poisoning myself.

            • Capt. Wolf@lemmy.world
              6·
              1 year ago

              The wife picked them up, tried one, had me try one, then they went in the trash. The texture is weird, not anything you’d expect at all and the flavor was disgusting. The only worse thing I’ve tried was those Old El Paso Fiesta Twist things. They were so bad I wrote the company… The churro ones taste like old cardboard that’s been sitting on a shelf and the taco ones taste like someone farted into your mouth after eating tacos.

              • Noite_Etion@lemmy.world
                6·
                1 year ago

                taste like someone farted into your mouth after eating tacos.

                Great description haha. Did they ever reply to your feedback?

    • magic_lobster_party@fedia.io
      2·
      1 year ago

      It’s preferred because it makes it cheaper for the company to make different variants of the Pringles man. For example, Pringles man with gaming headset, sombrero, or whatever. No need to pay for expensive artists.