People Are Calling Out Things That Were Actually "Good" Until They Became Way Too Popular

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We precocious asked the BuzzFeed Community to archer america "good" things that were ruined erstwhile excessively galore radical did them. Here are the eye-opening results:

1. "Coffee. While Starbucks has had a relation successful making it expensive, I besides blasted java shops that assertion this bogus 'bespoke' process that someway radical deliberation spending implicit $10 for 16 ounces of unspeakable legume h2o is wholly good due to the fact that it's a spot recovered connected TikTok."

—Anonymous, 25, Montana

2. "Public parking. There utilized to beryllium galore escaped tons each implicit my metropolis that you lone had to wage for if determination was an event. Now, radical bargain them and person you scan a QR codification to pay. If you tally retired of clip and don't up it, they tow your car wrong MINUTES."

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3. "Estate sales!!! A batch of companies that tally them look to person gotten upwind of however fashionable they tin beryllium and person decided to effort to complaint retail prices for them. I don’t privation to wage retail for a 30-year-old container grater!"

—Anonymous, 38, Texas

4. "Wearing set t-shirts. It utilized to beryllium chill to deterioration them, and lone a fewer radical really did, but erstwhile celebrities started wearing them, it became soo mainstream. Nowadays, I can't spell anyplace without seeing immoderate preppy idiosyncratic wearing those Nirvana smiley look shirts oregon a garment of a 2000s nu metallic band. As idiosyncratic who was raised connected that euphony acknowledgment to my Gen X parents, I americium offended."

"I cognize that they don’t afloat perceive to their euphony oregon conscionable perceive to 1 oregon 2 of their astir fashionable songs, and conscionable deterioration the garment due to the fact that immoderate personage wore it. I conflict to not beryllium 1 of those 'NaMe ThReE SoNgS bY ThAT BaNd,' but I consciousness similar it won’t beryllium going distant anytime soon. (Note: Sorry if I dependable similar entitled successful this, I’m conscionable passionate astir it)."

—Anonymous, 22, New York

5. "Camping. We unrecorded 30 minutes from the mountains and could spell up anytime and find a spot. During COVID, everyone camped since everything was closed down; present you can't find a spot, oregon radical conscionable permission their trailers for weeks!"

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"Camping utilized to beryllium ace cheap, and you didn't request to pre-book a spot. You would conscionable thrust to the campground, and determination was ever a spot."

—Anonymous

6. "The outdoors successful wide — which, I privation to beryllium precise wide — I TOTALLY enactment arsenic galore radical enjoying them arsenic possible. It's a acquisition to beryllium enjoyed. HOWEVER, determination is besides a work with them that gets overlooked erstwhile masses of radical who don't recognize them travel to bask them. Litter, canine bites from poorly trained dogs, poop bags, radical not prepared for the conditions, causing rescue operations, stressful lines and traffic, and successful our situation, altitude sickness successful tiny upland towns not prepared to grip to measurement of aesculapian needs that travel successful highest seasons (I'm an ER caregiver successful one)."

"This database could spell on. Please bask the outdoors, but amended yourself connected wherever you are going, instrumentality attraction of it arsenic if it were your own, and retrieve that everyone astir you is simply a human, too."

—Anonymous, 32, Colorado

7. "Streaming services. They utilized to person straightforward plans that were customizable based connected however galore screens were streaming. Now, you tin wage for thing and STILL person ads due to the fact that you don't privation to wage the absurd, jacked-up ad-free prices."

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8. "Honestly, astir perfume scents. Brands similar Sol De Janeiro, especially. When perfumes get promoted connected societal media platforms similar TikTok, and suddenly, everyone's wearing it, I'm talking to you, Cheirosa 62), adjacent though the scent is amazing, it feels basal and not unique. No 1 has a signature scent anymore. Everyone is fundamentally the same."

—Anonymous

9. "Bloody Marys. Used to beryllium a elemental brunch portion oregon hairsbreadth of the dog. Everyone knew idiosyncratic who had the 'best look ever.' Garnishes were usually a celery instrumentality and thing pickled; astir the Northwoods, Wisconsin, you'd spot the utmost successful awesomeness: a 'dilly bean' you oregon your grandma canned yourselves. Now, if you spot connected TV oregon astatine a yuppie restaurant, there's a steak, fries, and fractional the room array hanging disconnected —even worse...ribs. How are you expected to devour ribs disconnected a instrumentality successful a solid gracefully?! I really americium not a connoisseur myself, but I've watched the downhill rotation connected these."

—Anonymous, 39, Wisconsin

10. "Korean Dramas. When K-dramas were hard to find, they were 16 oregon 22 episodes and done. Since American networks took over, bid person been divided strangely with immense breaks successful betwixt oregon unusual numbers of episodes. They've besides go much racy. I miss the archetypal buss happening successful occurrence 10 of 16 😂 "

—Anonymous, 57, Ontario

11. "Airbnb. If everyone is buying houses to crook astir and usage them arsenic Airbnbs, determination aren't capable houses near for radical to bargain who privation to unrecorded successful them."

—Anonymous, 47, Cincinnati

12. "Prescott, AZ. Used to beryllium a quiescent small municipality successful Northern Arizona. But present with the wide California exodus, it's overrun, existent property prices are ridiculous, and postulation is maddening. 'Go home; we are full' is due here. But they inactive support building.'

"Glad I'll beryllium dormant erstwhile the h2o runs out. Wanna bargain my location for doubly what it's worth?"

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13. "Poshmark utilized to beryllium a large spot to merchantability and acquisition clothing, but present it's not truthful good. It's not the products that aren't good, due to the fact that I've purchased a fewer things determination (two Snoopy Swatch watches, Kate Spade earrings, and a vintage Victoria's Secret blanket) — it's the radical determination who merchantability fake items, which makes it bad, ruining it for honorable sellers and prospective buyers. I saw an Anna Sui x Marc Jacobs container I liked and paid for it to find that it was a vinyl container resembling a artifact purse with respective tears and rips."

"Both the tract of the container and the information that I was scammed were cringeworthy. I notified the seller, who argued with me, telling maine I should wage much attraction to what I'm purchasing, and let's conscionable accidental that it went further than that. A connection to lawsuit work resulted successful a afloat refund, and the seller was banned from the site."

—Anonymous

14. "This mightiness beryllium controversial, but successful immoderate ways, Dungeons and Dragons. Overall, the roar successful popularity it's received successful caller years has been large for it, and the TTRPG (tabletop role-playing game) assemblage arsenic a whole. But galore radical person flocked to D&D who would person truly been happier playing different TTRPG systems. And arsenic D&D has shifted and changed to cater to this caller subordinate base, it's mislaid immoderate of what made it peculiar successful the genre."

—Anonymous

15. "Honestly? Therapy. Don't get maine wrong, I'm truthful blessed that discussing intelligence wellness has go normalized, but for astir people, therapy should not beryllium long-term. Therapists are allowing radical to stay connected their caseload for mode longer than clinically necessary. It's unethical."

—Anonymous, California

16. "Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It utilized to beryllium a bully vicinity that was mode nether the radar. Now, it's trendy, overcrowded, overpriced, and dirty. Poster kid for rezoning gone wrong."

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17. "Those immense gourmet burger things were ne'er good. I don't privation to devour a immense burger with truthful galore layers that I deterioration it down my shirt, arsenic it's intolerable to prime it up without everything falling out. And past wage 20 quid for the privilege."

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18. "Any astonishing opus that became truthful popular, to the constituent wherever it perpetually gets played ALL THE TIME. It yet becomes sickening and doesn't dependable the aforesaid anymore."

—Anonymous, USA

19. "Clubs. Even 10 years ago, we packed into DJs oregon whatever. Now, there's nary 1 retired anyplace being social. We person 1 large nine that played/plays everything from '90s rap and metallic to EDM, and it's conscionable not packed similar it utilized to be."

—Anonymous, 39, Wisconsin

20. "The Renaissance Festival utilized to beryllium AMAZING. Now, owed to popularity, moderate/minimal enlargement connected site, and chaotic parking with a 15-minute trek done mud, it's soiled earlier adjacent getting into the event, there's enactment aft enactment of radical for overpriced but bully food, and determination are semi-grumpy,, crowded attendees."

—Anonymous, 42, Michigan

"Our section Renaissance Fair. We went for a fewer years, and it was OK and not that busy. Last clip we went, it was packed!!! We had to hold astatine slightest an hr to get food. And adjacent worse, you had to hold a portion conscionable to spell to the bathroom. It's not worthy it to spell now."

—Anonymous, 39, Ohio

21. "Mac 'n' cheese. I similar truly bully homemade macaroni 'n' cheese, particularly with other worldly successful it, but now, it's sometimes the astir costly point connected a menu. I don't request to wage adjacent to $30 for thing I tin marque astatine location for adjacent to nothing. It's astir arsenic bully with cheddar arsenic with fancy cheeses."

—Anonymous

Welp. What different things were "ruined" erstwhile they became excessively popular? Tell america successful the comments, oregon usage this anonymous signifier below.

Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.

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