The Summer Of The 90s Is Back—Because We Miss It
The post The Summer Of The 90s Is Back—Because We Miss It appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Why do 90s flavors still hit so hard today? For adults navigating compound stress, these snacks … More offer a powerful return to simplicity, a tangible connection to summers before adulthood’s weight. getty Sometimes, memory arrives not as a thought but as an instinct. A flavor. A gesture repeated so many times it becomes embedded in the body. I think of those summers—hot, restless, and too long in the best way—and I remember pulling the golden straw from the back of a Capri Sun pouch, jabbing it just right so it didn’t collapse in on itself. If you froze it, you bought yourself a few extra minutes of cold. If you didn’t, you drank it quickly before the heat turned it flat. Either way, that first sip always hit the same: sweet, metallic, perfect. You didn’t think much about it then. You were a kid, probably told to go outside and not come back in. The AC was for grown-ups. The backyard was your season. That’s what taste memory gives us—not just flavor but atmosphere. The texture of a moment. And it’s part of why Instacart’s newest campaign, which brings back 1999 prices on snacks like Kool-Aid, Capri Sun, and Bagel Bites, doesn’t feel like just another brand ploy. It’s a nod to something deeper, a recognition of what summer used to mean for those of us who came of age in a different kind of world, whether as Gen Xers navigating their independent teens or Elder Millennials like myself savoring our childhood summers. According to a recent Harris Poll commissioned by the brand, 71% of Americans say they often think back to their childhood summers. That number jumps to 79% among those of us who were kids in the ’90s. But even without the numbers, you can feel it:…
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Why do 90s flavors still hit so hard today? For adults navigating compound stress, these snacks … More offer a powerful return to simplicity, a tangible connection to summers before adulthood’s weight. getty Sometimes, memory arrives not as a thought but as an instinct. A flavor. A gesture repeated so many times it becomes embedded in the body. I think of those summers—hot, restless, and too long in the best way—and I remember pulling the golden straw from the back of a Capri Sun pouch, jabbing it just right so it didn’t collapse in on itself. If you froze it, you bought yourself a few extra minutes of cold. If you didn’t, you drank it quickly before the heat turned it flat. Either way, that first sip always hit the same: sweet, metallic, perfect. You didn’t think much about it then. You were a kid, probably told to go outside and not come back in. The AC was for grown-ups. The backyard was your season. That’s what taste memory gives us—not just flavor but atmosphere. The texture of a moment. And it’s part of why Instacart’s newest campaign, which brings back 1999 prices on snacks like Kool-Aid, Capri Sun, and Bagel Bites, doesn’t feel like just another brand ploy. It’s a nod to something deeper, a recognition of what summer used to mean for those of us who came of age in a different kind of world, whether as Gen Xers navigating their independent teens or Elder Millennials like myself savoring our childhood summers. According to a recent Harris Poll commissioned by the brand, 71% of Americans say they often think back to their childhood summers. That number jumps to 79% among those of us who were kids in the ’90s. But even without the numbers, you can feel it:…
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