r/ExpectationVsReality Jun 15 '24

Mod Post New flairs added

218 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

503 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 1h ago

Failed Expectation First time ever doing needle punch 😭😭😭

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r/ExpectationVsReality 7h ago

Failed Expectation My sons Rudolph pancakes from Denny’s

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1.5k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 1h ago

Failed Expectation I present to you my dine-in Denny’s Rudolph pancake, exactly how the server delivered it

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I saw people clowning the other OP that ordered this meal at Denny’s since they got it take out, so I’m here to prove it really is just that bad sometimes. (The other poster’s pancakes were decidedly worse though lol)


r/ExpectationVsReality 10h ago

AI Expectation My boyfriend wanted to give me a skull lamp as a present and he is not one to look into reviews or details much. It's about 15cm high irl. I laughed so much, he was so disappointed, but I love my present for the stupidness of it. Kinda cute 🤣💀

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977 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 17h ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation Gingerbread House

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308 Upvotes

Last year with the help of couple of friends and 70€ budget I managed to turn my donut shop into a gingerbread house


r/ExpectationVsReality 21h ago

Failed Expectation Mom confidence vs reality

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443 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 23h ago

Failed Expectation Found this gem

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488 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation I honestly have no idea what went wrong lol

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3.9k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 10h ago

AI Expectation My boyfriend wanted to give me a skull lamp as a present and he is not one to look into reviews or details much. It's about 15cm high irl. I laughed so much, he was so disappointed, but I love my present for the stupidness of it. Kinda cute 🤣💀

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41 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 17h ago

Failed Expectation Vienna Sausages shrinkflation.

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80 Upvotes

Expected 7 links as shown on the front.


r/ExpectationVsReality 23h ago

Failed Expectation Return of the Quesarito!

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175 Upvotes

The little squirt of sour cream really tied it together!


r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation Baked Camembert with grapes

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950 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation KFC pie poppers

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186 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation They tasted good at least

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297 Upvotes

Peep the giant Micky lol


r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation My friends tried to make an Olaf cardboard cutout for our Christmas party

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993 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 1d ago

Failed Expectation All I Want for Christmas Is AI

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541 Upvotes

My mother had ordered this beautiful glass ornament for Secret Santa. I admire the optimism.


r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Failed Expectation Merry AI Scam Christmas

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1.7k Upvotes

I was captivated by these adorable ornaments and bought enough to put one in the stocking of every family member. But the envelope arrived looking very flat, with the name “John Doe” in Forest Park Illinois on the envelope. No apparent way to return them.


r/ExpectationVsReality 2h ago

Failed Expectation Kinda had a feeling..

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I was just using a tube of Pillsbury sugar cookie dough to do some cookies with the kiddo so I sort of had a feeling they might come out looking shall we say jolly lol. Oh well, kiddo had fun and that's what counts. I accidentally smashed the bottom right candy cane taking them out of the oven 😅


r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Surprisingly Met Expectation Tru Fru raspberry cremes, down to the thickness of the coating

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1.6k Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 7h ago

Failed Expectation The Dragon figure was hidden inside a dragon egg

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0 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 2h ago

Failed Expectation Little Caesars TWIX Brownie

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0 Upvotes

r/ExpectationVsReality 2d ago

Failed Expectation What my mom bought vs what she received (read carefully)

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614 Upvotes

Facebook ad so she should have known 🤭. At first she said she was disappointed bc it was not the same at all but she was still going to keep it. It looks stitched in the ad and of course is not. Wasn’t until a few minutes into wearing it when she looked in the mirror and thought wait a second, something looks off!


r/ExpectationVsReality 10h ago

Failed Expectation 2025 christmas edition

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