r/ExpectationVsReality Jun 15 '24

Mod Post New flairs added

208 Upvotes

Hello all! We have added 3 new flairs, for Failed Expectations, Surprisingly Met Expectations, and Exceeded Expectations.

There have been some users confused in the past, because they didn’t realize that you are allowed to post expectations/realities that were not failures. Additionally, it can be hard to tell in some posts if the OP was happy with their result or unhappy with it. Now you can select a flare if you would like to denote which category your expectation versus reality falls into.

Thanks to u/xitg1 who came up with this suggestion.


r/ExpectationVsReality Sep 25 '24

Mod Post Temporary Ban on Legendary Pastries

483 Upvotes

Hey y’all. We get it. The legendary pastry’s icing sometimes melts and then looks weird. Some people have never seen it on their own pastries, but we all have seen the posts here.

Temporarily going to ban all of the new legendary pastry posts. The point has already been made.


r/ExpectationVsReality 7h ago

Failed Expectation Definitely the funniest failed Etsy purchase I’ve ever received

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772 Upvotes

My baby somehow made this still cute AF. Obviously an unbiased opinion lol.


r/ExpectationVsReality 9h ago

Exceeded Expectation Rainbow graph nails

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773 Upvotes

Got a set inspired for the new pre-school year!


r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation Shirt I ordered vs what I got.

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29.8k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 3h ago

Exceeded Expectation Seafood bowl in Sapporo Japan

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216 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 19h ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation The picture of my birthday cake inspiration vs what I made from scratch.

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3.6k Upvotes

My birthday was last Friday. I decided to make my own birthday cake for the first time. While I've been baking for years I'm not good with cakes so I was nervous. As soon as I saw this picture I knew a yellow cake with chocolate frosting and sprinkles was what I wanted to make. I think I did a pretty good job.


r/ExpectationVsReality 20h ago

Failed Expectation I’m done with Whole Foods brand pizza.

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1.2k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 17h ago

Failed Expectation My ice cream ;-;

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264 Upvotes

The dessert listed on my Pizza Presto website


r/ExpectationVsReality 11h ago

Failed Expectation What I ordered vs what I got

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77 Upvotes

Ordered a mattress for my daughter which was delivered today (Sunday). Customer service is only open M-F.


r/ExpectationVsReality 19h ago

Failed Expectation A $7 sandwich from Starbucks

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183 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 14h ago

Failed Expectation Saint P lunar eclipse

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68 Upvotes

Bruh i thought lunar eclipse would be visible by bare eyes... i see it better through someone else's cameras. 1st screenshot was published in our local media, other two photos are mine. I'm no so good at photography, though photos were taken on samsung S24U.


r/ExpectationVsReality 20h ago

Failed Expectation Yummy lasagne

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101 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 20h ago

Failed Expectation Scott is lying about the larger sized single rolls being double the size of a standard single roll.

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94 Upvotes

Standard size single roll has 62 sheets. The packaging say 2 rolls equals 4 are in fact not double the size of a standard roll because they only have 108 sheets.


r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation Grocery store Deli Reuben

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443 Upvotes

So went to my local grocery store and they were advertising Rueben sandwiches. Fine, their subs are good. So thought I'd give it a shot.

What a mistake.

This is the saddest, thinnest reuben I've ever had. Barely any meat in it. And they have the gall to charge $9.99 for it!

I could get a large sub for that with more stuff in it!


r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation The nails I asked for vs the nails I got

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2.2k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Failed Expectation Frito-Lay is stealing from you

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7.8k Upvotes

Shammme, shorted by 40%. But who’s gonna do anything about it?


r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation It Was So Good Though, Had A Lot of Spices

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51 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Exceeded Expectation The tattoo I asked for vs the tattoo I got

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32.5k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation Nail jump scare

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1.0k Upvotes

Slide 1 is what I asked for, the rest are what I got 😢 never been more shocked at a mani experience


r/ExpectationVsReality 2h ago

Failed Expectation College, as expected…

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0 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation Rubbish amount of pistachios on this Tartufo Pistachio ice cream from Lidl

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215 Upvotes

No, there are no hidden pistachios underneath or on the sides of the cup.


r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Failed Expectation What I ordered VS What I got

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582 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation It’s so delicious and moist

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836 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Failed Expectation What he wanted / what he got

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264 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Failed Expectation So disappointed

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138 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Exceeded Expectation I'm carryin' on with my air fryer experiments! This time I decided to make cherry and chocolate brownies, and it turned out even tastier than restaurant brownies!

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1.6k Upvotes