• grapefruit_crackers
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    151 year ago

    Wait, nobody just calls these popsicles? (Central US, was a kid in the 90s) I loved all the flavors except the light yellow one which was banana sometimes depending on the brand.

    • DerisionConsulting
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      121 year ago

      I am assuming that this is a hyper-local thing to wherever you were raised.

      Popsicle is a brand that’s over 100 years old and makes frozen treats on sticks.

      • @tox_solid
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        91 year ago

        When I was a kid we were all perfectly aware of the Popsicle brand, and we still called these things popsicles. Like how every tissue is a Kleenex, or every adhesive bandage is a Band-Aid.

        • DerisionConsulting
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          21 year ago

          That’s interesting! I assumed it was just going to be a hyper-local thing for that one commenter.

          Popsicle never made a product like this, so the Kleenex/tissue, Band-Aid/bandage, Sharpie/permanent marker thing doesn’t really apply here.

          I wonder where it comes from.

          • Doug [he/him]
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            31 year ago

            It’s still flavored liquid that’s been frozen. The stick doesn’t make a huge difference to a ten year old. In some ways this is better because it doesn’t drip all over.

            If Kleenex never made a tissue with infused lotion, or only with infused lotion, people would almost certainly still use the term for the other kind too.

    • Lux
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      31 year ago

      Same as you, except early 2000s, and banana is actually the best flavor

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      In my mind a popsicle has a stick and anything thats in a tube like this is an otterpop, even though otterpop is a brand name and ain’t nobody buying the real otterpops.