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Looks like 1993 was the start of the sour candy surge in the US. I did most of my candy eating in the 60s and 70s.
"These days" being those that comprise the recent entire half of your life is a hell of a framing
Here's another article not from 30 years ago
I said "these days" not to mean all the time since I was a kid, but to mean "these days".
I included the personal information to indicate that the phenomenon has occurred entirely within the time since I was a kid.
Really sorry to confuse you. I hope we're good now. You seemed upset.
I wasn't upset and I think it's sad that you're primed to interpret things that way automatically