Our world is constantly evolving, and there always seems to be some “next big thing” that’s supposed to have a major impact on our lives. But while some of these promises come true, many more are heavily underdelivered.
There have been plenty of occasions when something seemingly so impressive turned out to be nothing more than an absolute flop. As one Reddit user found out, these oversold disappointments are not so easily forgotten because when they asked other netizens to point them out, the answers came pouring through. Scroll down to see some of the best ones!
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Google+. Everyone thought it's gonna be the facebook killer, now it's just a history.
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#4
New Coke. The company changed the recipe, and people were so mad that within 3 months they brought back the old one, which is why today it's called Coke Classic.
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Meta. Lol, who ever thought that rebranding would would be a good thing was an idiot.
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#8
The U.S. “going metric.” We were taught as kids that we’d be thinking in kg and meters by the time we were adults.
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BlackBerry without the keyboard. Fell flat on its face. Too bad was a great Canadian company and a world leader in mobile devices until they got so arrogant they thought they knew what the consumer wanted but didn't. Buh bye BB.
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Ngage, a phone and and a videogame system! Too bad you had to remove the battery whenever you wanted to change games.
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#20
Fidget spinners were big in 2017. I can't find one now, and I don't know what else to do with my hands.
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