“One free movie rental from blockbuster every week. And well, ya know…”

I'm a Senior Staff Writer based in New York City, where I've been covering classic BuzzFeed-style content since 2020.

"Given the US life expectancy of about 80 years, and the median age of 39 years old, it seems M&M assumes the average person will eat five bags of M&Ms every four years for the rest of the 41 years they have left to live."

"This just made me realize I don't think I've ever used a full can of WD-40."

"Fuck Time Warner and their fucked-up businesses practices."

"Addendum: Around the same time as the Let's Make a Deal windfall (where my parents also won a car), my dad noticed a truck he was following had smoke coming out the back. He flagged the driver down and helped him put out a small fire smoldering in his cargo, which turned out to be a truckload of Tootsie Rolls. The driver gave my dad all the fire-damaged cases, which resulted in us having basically an endless supply. Hence the reason I thought both Tootsie Rolls and Cool Whip were like water when I was a kid."

"Our teacher docked us points for 'creativity.' 20 years later, and I’m still pretty mad about that."

"That was so long ago. I’m 50 now. It was really fun and exciting at the time, though!"

"The second was when they bought an expensive microwave about a year later and won a five-year supply of microwave popcorn. Basically, the same thing happened. We got huge box with, like, 200 packages, and I was told to eat as much as I wanted. After living in a house that smelled like popcorn for a few weeks, my parents just threw the rest in the garbage."

"There was also a bunch of washing liquids and shit from the rest of their range, one of each type, too."

"So, instead of a lifetime supply of beer, he got a lot of stuff, and this is why I, as a teenager, had my own video camera (which, at this time, was so expensive that people had to lease them)."

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