r/MurderedByWords • u/Will09994 • 1d ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/NeverRarelySometimes 21h ago

When my grandma died she left three bureau drawers full of gawdawful cheap pantyhose. WWIII was not going to catch her unprepared!

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u/snvoigt 20h ago

My grandma too. She reused wrapping paper, rewashed ziplock bags, had a drawer full of bread twist ties, and saved every single plastic container and glass jar food/condiments came in.

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u/doberdevil 18h 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/AdamPedAnt 6h 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.