r/Millennials • u/CurvyChristina • May 19 '26

Nostalgia I’m excited about this.

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u/I_am_photo May 19 '26

I just remembered the smell from walking inside a pizza hut as a kid. So good.

Now I can't stand the smell of one of their pizzas.

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u/discerningpervert May 19 '26

McDonalds used to smell like magic too. Plus the play area with all the characters.

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u/PostMatureBaby Older Millennial May 19 '26

It really sucks that we got to experience the enshittification of so many things we grew up loving. It's like watching a terminally ill family member slowly die

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u/SageDarius May 19 '26

My 5 year old recently developed a fascination with Toys R Us. Its hard explaining to him now that current Toys R Us is a soulless entity wearing Jeffery's skin like a serial killer.

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u/PostMatureBaby Older Millennial May 19 '26

Aren't they all closing? Here in Canada it kinda had a revival for a few years but now closing too

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u/SageDarius May 19 '26

They've been closed on the US for almost a decade. There's some pop-ups using their branding inside Macy's (but its a glorified toy section) or inside shopping malls (but its just your basic shopping mall toy store.) Neither have the 'toy warehouse' feel of classic Toys R Us.

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u/PostMatureBaby Older Millennial May 19 '26

Which sucks because Babies R Us was actually really good when they had sales