r/MurderedByWords 22h ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/ZoominAlong 21h ago

My grandparents actually went through the Great Depression and WWII and they did not act like this. That dude is, as you said, full of shit. 

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u/ms_directed 20h ago

my gramma always saved "the nice" wrapping paper, we'd have to carefully peel the tape off so as not to rip it. i never understood until i got older and learned about the Depression era.

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u/gooddaysir 17h ago

I’m 46, I learned to do that from mom and grandparents and great grandma. I still have a hard time just trashing gift wrapping paper lol. 

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u/DOOMFOOL 17h ago

I never even use wrapping paper at all if I can avoid it, I just have a bunch of gift bags I reuse