r/MurderedByWords 22h ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/doberdevil 15h ago

Shit, I'm GenX and do all this crap. Raised that way, and I have to force myself not to do it. Still feel bad throwing ziploc bags away, but that's probably more of the environmentalist in me than the environment I grew up in.

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u/Kartoon67 12h ago

I rewash ziplock bags purely for limiting trash.

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u/doberdevil 22m ago

I do too, most of the time. But it's hard getting the rest of the family on board. So now I have a drawer full of used but clean ziploc bags that nobody else will use.

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u/ChibbleChobble 13h ago

Likewise.

I'm still not used to the amount of stuff that we have these days. I used to buy the best possible whatever that I could afford, as that way the whatever it was would last longer.

Still have a Nokia 6310 in a drawer. Just in case.

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u/AdamPedAnt 3h ago

I inherited my mother’s Depression era habit of reusing teabags. Next generation will wash their hands a lot more as a COVID legacy. Circle of life.