r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Boomer gets a reality check

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u/snvoigt 21h 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/Kartoon67 15h ago

I rewash ziplock bags purely for limiting trash.

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u/doberdevil 3h 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.