Hey, Redditor Xennials!

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ninersguy916@reddit

Don't take that bag full of bags for granted... We can't get those anymore where I live.

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kingjamesporn@reddit

I was going to say the same. Cleaning a litter box with paper bags is a blast.

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freshcreator@reddit

I have a crap ton of bags. If any of you westcoasters that need bags, I will mail them to you!

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idio242@reddit

Eastcoasters too. Bags are hard to come by in MA.

yet my cats keep shitting, making our lives complicated.

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danafromsantaana@reddit

Dog poop bags on chewy! The opening should be about the size of your scooper.

I feel you from NY. Always running into the “need to transport this and it’s too dirty for a reusable bag” issue

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KBO_Winston@reddit

Sourdough bread bags, ftw. We get through one or two a week and the opening is wide enough to make transferring litter over fairly simple.

I also use an old coffee container as a 'daiper genie' so I put a couple day's worth into the bag (if it's just one or two scoops, it waits in the 'genie' to get closer to full), but I'm weird like that.

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BringBackHUAC@reddit

There's a kitty litter genie available.

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DarkenL1ght@reddit

This is why I don't support communism.

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SouthCoastGardener@reddit

I now have a paper bag full of paper bags….

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KBO_Winston@reddit

You mean the Goodwill book and clothes donation bags? Love them. Especially good for book donations.

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SouthCoastGardener@reddit

LOL that made me laugh. I thought I was the only one who had bags labeled donate and keep.

We use Walmart+ for grocery delivery and end up with so many paper bags I started giving them to my son’s school. So far they have used them for different class projects, they made paper boats when it rained and they use them at the end of trimesters to send things home.

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

Why don't they have plastic bags where you live?

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ninersguy916@reddit

The banned them like a year ago here in CA...

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iamreeterskeeter@reddit

And WA state.

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Least-Form5839@reddit

Right on I then just have to buy them online for my dog

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Ok_Researcher_9796@reddit

Oh. I didn't know that. I have a bunch of reusable ALDI bags but I forget them a lot.

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thrakkerzog@reddit

They are also banned in NJ.

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CountryCaptain26@reddit

They’re banned in Austin but the rest of the state still has them. If you spend much time in nature you really get behind bag bans.

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red_team_gone@reddit

Serious question... What do they expect people to do with their dog's shit? What do people actually do? I assume still use poop bags they get online anyway?

I'm aware we're all from a time when dog poop bags first became commonplace, but unless there's a completely biodegradable single use replacement, people will still use plastic, or were back to dog shit being around everywhere...

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vidvicious@reddit

You can always get paper dog poop bags, or use a pooper scooper.

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Neil_sm@reddit

You can still buy plastic bags, they just mean they don't give them out at stores to pack your groceries or whatever in. Either have to use paper or reusable bags.

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UWGWFTW@reddit

Single use plastics were banned in my province (Ontario) a few years back.

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elphaba00@reddit

We have so many bags where I live that, if they're not used for garbage or kitty litter, we can take them to stores to be recycled or done whatever with. We need to get some logistics going where we can share with our less fortunate states.

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TheWildTofuHunter@reddit

I’m thinking about driving across state lines and grabbing a bunch from a store and peeling away before they can catch me!

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TheWildTofuHunter@reddit

Yes!! I had so many that I gave 90% away during Covid and now I’d love to knock on their doors and ask for them back.

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RightYouAreKen1@reddit

Can you buy bags from a commercial supplier? We bought a box of like 1000 plastic bags over a decade ago and have been using them for kitty litter and bathroom trash bags ever since. I don't think we're even half way through it yet.

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bernmont2016@reddit

They're even available on Amazon, search for '1000 t-shirt bags'.

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_SmashLampjaw_@reddit

Can't get plastic bags at the grocery store that make useful wastebasket liners, but every cucumber is still wrapped in plastic shrinkwrap.

Good job, everyone.

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Funkopedia@reddit

You buying English cucumbers?

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Mr_Pogi_In_Space@reddit

The ones who wrap the cucumbers aren't the same ones who stopped giving out grocery bags.

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Pixeldensity@reddit

I miss my bag of bags...

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Traditional-Meat-549@reddit

I actually visited an area that still gives them away and brought back a bag of plastic bags haha.

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xPastilleSnuggle@reddit

I got paper bags filled with paper bags

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Jo_MamaSo@reddit

Same. I actually have the last bag (that held the bags) in my bathroom trash can right now, and I don't really put anything in there super messy so I'm gonna see how long I can get by just dumping it out in the kitchen trash when I take it out.

I'm on almost 5 months already! Should have been doing that the whole time 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Kalfu73@reddit

We are all so different, yet the same.

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Hntrbdnshog@reddit

I use them to pick up my dog’s poop. We never get them because we use our own reusable bags for shopping but my mom and my mother in law always come through with a bag full of bags for us.

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fynix2000@reddit

Millennial here, I don't think we're all so different

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Ok-Success-9872@reddit

So dead on! Except for “A” bag full of plastic bags? I have at least 3! HOW WILL I EVER USE THEM ALL?!?!??!

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SweetEpi@reddit

No plastic bags where I am.

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Greenglass214@reddit

💯

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TradeBeautiful42@reddit

I got rid of that box of cords somewhere around 40 and didn’t notice its absence. And I can’t get plastic bags in my state so my restroom trash is lined with paper bags lol.

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Left_Tourist428@reddit

X but this

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TheSkinnyJ@reddit

I have 5 out of 6!

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Beemo-Noir@reddit

Don’t forget suicidal ideation!

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hardwarecheese@reddit

4 put six aint too shabby 🫡

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DBZDOKKAN@reddit

My bag of wires is much larger

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gimmeslack12@reddit

When I moved I simply left the wires by the dumpster. Turns out I actually don’t need several lengths of USB A to B cables (I have a WiFi printer!).

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zenerNoodle@reddit

Boxes of wires. One box dedicated to wires for devices that were discontinued almost 20 years ago. It's totally possible that I'l one day need them. One day.

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DBZDOKKAN@reddit

You will my friend. You will.

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SoCalFelipe@reddit

Backpacks. Plural.

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likethemovie@reddit

You gotta up your cord game - I have moved so many times that I now have boxes of them. They would still be in bags if not for all of the moving.

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SoCalFelipe@reddit

I have not yet achieved the pinnacle of relocating them to boxes. But if I ever need to use one of those backpacks, my hand may be forced.

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DBZDOKKAN@reddit

I can't afford backpacks. garbage bags. plural.

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DBZDOKKAN@reddit

With holes. Plural.

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SoCalFelipe@reddit

The holes give them character. I respect your hustle.

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ShillinTheVillain@reddit

So many micro-USBs

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SoCalFelipe@reddit

But what if I need them later? All of them. Simultaneously.

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ADMotti@reddit

Every time I move (upsettingly frequent) I pare down the mystery vessel of wires. It’s currently down to a small file tote.

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Chivalry4Me@reddit

Felt.

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strider0075@reddit

Don't forget the crippling debt and PTSD

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PokerbushPA@reddit

I'm in this image and I don't like it.

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PunningWild@reddit

In 2021, I finally made the hard and heartbreaking decision to dump my bag of mystery cords. It was all VGA cables, parallel ports, firewire connectors, and all sorts of one-off proprietary connectors to mp3 players I lost in the late naughts. They didn't serve a purpose, they didn't go to anything, they just reminded me of all I once owned, and the great tides of change that I borne witness to.

One week later, my brother texts me "hey, my workplace has me on this old monitor, got a spare DVI cable?"

I miss you, random bag of tangled crap.

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Old_Win8422@reddit

They took my bag of plastic bags away! I have nothing

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PMmeHappyStraponPics@reddit

I'm more of a "Yes, but also" version of this meme.

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Nilehorse3276@reddit

They're not mystery cords. They are an elemental part of having a functioning household (*ahem**cough*), because at one point you WILL need one of them and will thank the gods of cables for the blessings they visited upon you and your bank account.

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Inevitable_Peanut442@reddit

I don’t have the plastic bags anymore they have been banned. Now I have hundreds of these reusable grocery bags that also seem to be made of plastic

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

i DO have the top 3.. but i also have the bottom right.

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MrTigerEyes@reddit

I think I'm just missing the amazing social life. I used to have it, but now I don't. Once my kids are all grown I'll probably be able to pursue that again.

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

yeah.. i'm widowed and no kids.. maybe that's why.

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MrTigerEyes@reddit

I'm glad you have a thriving social life then, given the circumstances. I'm constantly with other people so I don't feel lonely, I just don't have friends in the way I used to.

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

that’s still a good social life then

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American_Greed@reddit

bro i'm right with you

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coffeeplzme@reddit

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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

ughhhh why is it so damn blurry?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?

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soulonfire@reddit

I also have the too 3, so it’s not all bad haha

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AssociateRemarkable6@reddit

Lol so true!

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raphtze@reddit

fukkkkkk

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SoCalFelipe@reddit

In CA we dont even have the plastic bag filled with plastic bags! They banned them and the reserve has been depleted.

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fubo@reddit

We do, however, have "compostable" veggie bags that get reused for the kitchen compost bin. The bags are PLA and don't break down in the backyard compost, though; they require a higher temperature than is compatible with earthworm life.

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Orange_Indelebile@reddit

So you are saying when the sun engulfs the earth, the compostable bags will finally be compostable.

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fubo@reddit

Well, my backyard compost got hot enough once to start to break them down — but it killed all the worms. Earthworms don't like >140°F very much, which is what it takes to break down PLA ... and since it's a confined bin rather than a compost pile on the ground, they couldn't escape the climate change.

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EL3MENTALIST@reddit

I finally depleted by plastic bag bag…. I do have a paper bag pile under a kitchen cart… does that still count.

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ConcreteKeys@reddit

I went to a hoarder estate sale and figured I would collect their 30 yearold plastic bag stack from their garage just to tell Cali to suck it, but when I picked it up it turned into confetti. Newscum hit the update in the simulation and even vintage bags are banned.

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Zoraptera@reddit

I came out to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now...

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vidvicious@reddit

My retirement account is actually pretty impressive given the economy and compared to other people my age.

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AnteaterGlittering96@reddit

Other things I actually have: debt and high cholesterol, so I've got that going for me.

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somecoolname42@reddit

Just eat some fucking oatmeal. It's not that hard.

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Inevitable-While-577@reddit

r/thanksimcured

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somecoolname42@reddit

We're all in our 40s now, the oldest of us are turning 50 next year. We've been running around like crazy, burning the candle at both ends. We're halfway through our lives, time to be adults and listen to Wilford Brimley and start taking care of ourselves. Drink some water, eat a bowl of oatmeal, and put your phone down at 9pm, whined down, and get to bed by 11. If you've got kids, I'm sorry your pullout game is weak, but they can go to bed early too. Oatmeal and water for everyone. From the sound all the pissing an moaning about the economy, probably help you save some money.

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lucy-fur66@reddit

And get a horse, and grow a walrus mustache

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lucy-fur66@reddit

You check your blood sugar, and you do it often.
And call liberty medical; they can help.

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rubbish_heap@reddit

It's the right thing to do, and a tasty way to do it.

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el_pinko_grande@reddit

I'd sooner subtract a couple decades off my lifespan than eat that vile slime.

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somecoolname42@reddit

You're just going to tell everyone an reddit you've been on this rock for over 40 years and haven't learned to cook oatmeal? Alton Brown has been there for is this whole time. Man up.

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el_pinko_grande@reddit

There is no good way to cook oatmeal. Irredeemable food.

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KevinStoley@reddit

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Boogaloo4444@reddit

fun fact, you can have those and a career you love and a social life. 😁🍻

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Melicious_1709@reddit

And both of those things can contribute to your crippling anxiety!

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elphaba00@reddit

Don't forget a collection of "good boxes"

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RanklesTheOtter@reddit

Right what if you gotta move, or mail something. 😎👍

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Significant-Rush-129@reddit

Oh this is me! I have a closet upstairs with good boxes I re-use for gifts. I also have a bin filled with gift bows I have re-collected after each Christmas and put in the bin to reattach to gifts. My grandmas and great grandmas are surely smiling down on my thrift.

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PlayedUOonBaja@reddit

Speak for yourself! Some of us have boxes of plastic bags and plastic bags filled with cords. We don't all fall into your little mold.

...The crippling anxiety is spot on though.

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bernmont2016@reddit

I've tried having cords in a plastic bag (while waiting to get around to adding them to my several boxes of cords), and it's definitely inferior to having them in a box, lol. The bag bulges and flops around awkwardly, instead of being stackable like a box.

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PlayedUOonBaja@reddit

Yeah, but a plastic full of cords is much more flexible. You can pretty much stuff it anywhere. Even a box!

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ladyzowy@reddit

4 out of 6 ain't bad! And I thought I was behind!

Oh right that retirement account thing.... Yup waaaaay behind.

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whitethug@reddit

I thought I'd have a regular squash game to talk to my best friend about relationships.

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chrisschini@reddit

I've used up all my plastic bags, but at least I know what cables I have.

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plotholesandpotholes@reddit

Hey!!! It's a whole damn cabinent, not a box.

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pofshrimp@reddit

sucks for you

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octopusgardeb@reddit

I so don’t want to belong here but super duper do… I can’t believe you even have my bag of plastic bags in there. I feel like Truman

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Apprehensive_Hat8986@reddit

Why you gotta call me out like that? But to be honest, I know what the majority of my cords are for. (Though no doubt many would be a mystery to others.)

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old_ass_ninja_turtle@reddit

There was a big push when I was a kid that plastic bags were better. “Save the trees”

Jesus the petroleum companies absolutely owned us even then.

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red286@reddit

Actually overheard some senior complaining about that at the grocery store last weekend.

"Could I get a plastic bag instead?"

"Sorry, we can't give plastic bags any longer, it's the law. We have paper, or you can buy a reusable cloth one for $1."

"That sounds bad for the environment."

(Cashier's expression goes blank.)

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TexturedTeflon@reddit

Anyone else remember the commercials for “plastic”. No brand, just plastic. I think one showed a plastic juice bottle falling and bouncing, then a glass bottle on the way down. Crazy world.

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Leading-Summer-4724@reddit

I remember the same thing with the plastic water bottles, because they could be recycled. I don’t think they counted on no one bothering to recycle them.

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capthazelwoodsflask@reddit

Or ones put in the recycling bin to be tossed out with the trash anyways.

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Leading-Summer-4724@reddit

Yeah, I’ve heard that’s a real issue in many places. Like why bother to have a recycling program if you’re not going to do it? So weird to me.

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ShogunFirebeard@reddit

I'll take it one step farther. They cut down the fruit producing trees and replaced them with male trees that spew a fuckton of pollen in the air. Got rid of the free food and made us all sick with tree pollen allergies.

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Electrical-Dig8570@reddit

I’ve also got a closet full of wire hangers!

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red286@reddit

I got rid of the bag of bags.

I'd collected so many and used so few that the ones at the bottom had turned brittle and were crumbling.

Still need to get rid of the box(es) of mystery cords. "Do I own any devices that still use composite video and audio? Of course not. But if by some random circumstance three different ones come into my possession at the same time, I have the necessary cables."

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snot3353@reddit

I feel seen

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0xKaishakunin@reddit

That's not a mystery cable, that's the data cable to connect my Nokia 7110 to a Win98 pc. I might need it again some day.

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cgentry02@reddit

Social lives are for kids.

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radioflea@reddit

I have two of the six, which I think is pretty good considering all the different eras we’ve had to live through.

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Educational-Basil472@reddit

NO. MORE. WIRE. HANGERS.

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DelightfullyPiquant@reddit

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Inc-Roid@reddit

No more wire cords ever!

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Comfortable-nerve78@reddit

I got the anxiety part down. Learning how to keep that monster sleeping he’s an asshole when he’s around. Got the bag full of bags too. It hangs in the pantry. Oh I got a career too but it’s getting old having to kick ass every day. Ain’t worried about social life I’m antisocial always have been. And I’m dying with my boots on. Have a day y’all .👍

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Metamorphica_0226@reddit

I mean, yes but also student load debt, major depressive disorder, and S tier cynicism

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Verbull710@reddit (OP)

A true Redditor, not one of these poseurs

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ouijahead@reddit

My wife tried to throw away my box of cords. It DOES get used !!!

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Corporate-Scum@reddit

You can have it all!!!

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yournamehere10bucks@reddit

Ive ('87) had a box of mystery chords and a box of mystery keys since 01 and thats how I likes it, dang nabbit!!!

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Turbulent-Dependent4@reddit

Very accurate

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civilSurvivorMum@reddit

I also have long term unemployment, two divorces, three marriages, perimenopause, and three bags-filled-with-bags (two plastic filled with plastic and one reusable filled with reusable and canvas totes), I’ll have you know. Living the damned dream over here, in my apartment that I rent for four times what a mortgage on a 4 bedroom 3 bathroom house would be (in a state that runs off the tax money from mine).

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Tallal2804@reddit

That's the most accurate "living the dream" I've ever read. Hang in there.

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walter_grimsley@reddit

I would love to have a bag of bags. Not allowed anymore The thrift store near me sells baggies of random cords, they have me covered

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Pasadenaian@reddit

I love my bag of plastic bags... I use it for trash or to hide my cans of hard kombucha when I go out in public.

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Shadowhawkfx@reddit

As it turns out, the “work hard and you can have it all!” thing was utter and complete bs. Go figure. Too bad it took me until 40 to realize I wasted the best years of my life on a career that imploded anyways.

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Chaemyerelis@reddit

2 out of 6 lol

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WendySteeplechase@reddit

I have a moderately successful career, a group of pals I meet at the pub now and then, and an adequate (but short of impressive) retirement account.

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stormer1_1@reddit

Oh sure, rub it in

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NO_FIX_AUTOCORRECT@reddit

I stopped collecting the bags. I threw out the ones I had. Nothing bad has happened.

MIL had to stay with us for a couple months. I caught her folding plastic bags into triangles, like little folded flags. I asked what she was doing. "If I fold these up, I can fit more of them in the bag." so I ask "What are you going to use those bags for? Why keep them?" and she short circuited.

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bluemitersaw@reddit

These are not mutually exclusive!!!

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Schneehenry3000@reddit

Nope, i never chased a career, i just wanted to live a stressless life.

Well, at least i have my mystery cables.

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Bob_the_peasant@reddit

Hey that FireWire cable is gonna come in handy some day

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DoreenTheeDogWalker@reddit

I've got all of them except the crippling anxiety.

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TheUmberTaker@reddit

The mystery cords. That hit hard, man.

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BagsOfGasoline@reddit

Wire hangers!!!!

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Zargoza1@reddit

Whatever you do, do not throw out the power cord for that piece of electronics you haven’t owned in 12 years and is no longer manufactured, because as soon as you do you’ll need it.

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MetalEnthusiast83@reddit

Come on, is this sub just going to become a woe is me sub like millennials one did?

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mottledmussel@reddit

Sure seems that way.

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throwawayhbgtop81@reddit

What if you have five of the six? (maybe 4, one is a pension)

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PilotC150@reddit

Not sure I ever dreamed of having "an amazing social life", which is good because I most certainly don't.

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Low_Face7384@reddit

I always did - I thought I’d eventually outgrow my introversion. Instead, I’ve gotten worse and mostly don’t care anymore

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DriftlessHang@reddit

You’ve outgrown caring, which is true personal growth

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Low_Face7384@reddit

True but I can’t imagine its healthy in the long term. If I had one or two good, close friends, it would be different. But I have major trust issues and I’m just a loner by nature. I don’t have kids, my family is toxic and thankfully a thousand miles away. It’s just me and my spouse - if something happens to him, I’ll be pretty much all alone

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Okra-Tomatoes@reddit

Sometimes low expectations pay off.

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somecoolname42@reddit

What the fuck is wrong with you people? Do you not know how to make a cover letter?

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Abidarthegreat@reddit

I have all but anxiety. And to be honest, my retirement accounts are not as impressive as I would like but considering how late I started, I'd like to pat myself on the back for the aggressive saving and living below my means (even if that meant not taking full advantage of my social circle)

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Requilem@reddit

Sorry to hear you're life isn't where you wanted it to be. Great thing is tomorrow is a new day, you can change.

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OnyxPanthyr@reddit

Also, really nice boxes. And jars!

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Switchbladekitten@reddit

What is this retirement you speak of

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PatBoBomb@reddit

Hold onto them cords. Whatever you do. The moment you throw them out... Just hold on.

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Silent_Creme3278@reddit

I don’t have plastic bag of bags anymore. I have stacks of plastic reusable bags that cause 1000 times more damage.

But I thought I would be dead at 35….. so surprise surprise surprise.

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Drslappybags@reddit

I have a box of bags and those bags are full of bags.

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Stabwank@reddit

I threw the bag of cables out a while ago (after rescuing the ones that might be useful), but apart from that it is pretty much spot on.

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BlacksmithThink9494@reddit

I feel attacked. Lol

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American_Greed@reddit

I tossed my box of mystery cords in the garbage a month ago!

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docchang23@reddit

The day after I finally took my bag of bags to recycling, I found 101 reasons why I needed one all of a sudden. I now have a new bag of bags.

Adhd meds made me organize my box of mystery cords. It is now the organized tupperware box of labeled, useless cords.

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beanp1026@reddit

Ugh I feel attacked this is all too relatable.

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LarryGoldwater@reddit

What do I not have?

Any more fucks to give.

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MaiTazwel@reddit

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audiate@reddit

Medical debt.

A sense of being crushed under the weight of a housing market that is now impossible to break into because of the debt, even with our significant income.

A realization that everything I was promised if I did everything right was a rug pulled out from Bennett me by the ones who made the promise.

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foreskinboots@reddit

Damn. I’m in this picture and don’t like it.

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Celtic_Fox_@reddit

Hey! Alright! Let's hear it for the big 3 out of 6!!!! 😢

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Fun-Grab-9337@reddit

I also have a paper bag full of paper bags, so I got that going for me.

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GWindborn@reddit

Is that first image a photo of Angelica's mom from Rugrats?

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Negative-Wrap95@reddit

Oof. That hits hard. Somehow, I'm debt free, so that's cool.

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TheLastGenXer@reddit

at least my box of cords is well organized.

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VectorJones@reddit

I have a drawer full of cords I can easily identify despite never using. Does that count as an embarrassment of riches? Or just an embarrassment?

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eggs_erroneous@reddit

I have a "job" I certainly don't have a "career." I have exactly zero social life, although that's mainly my own fault. I started getting weird as I got older and became a shut-in. And my retirement plan consists of overeating so I can have a fatal heart attack and wake up dead one morning.

It sounds bad, but I know people who have real lives, like they "made it" and they are still miserable anyway. I don't know what the answer is.

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Responsible-Maybe289@reddit

2/6 ain’t bad, right???

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aravarth@reddit

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

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CorgiMonsoon@reddit

Faye Dunaway, you’re a boomer! Go to your own sub!

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drrj@reddit

My box of mystery cords and I feel seen.

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B4SSF4C3@reddit

Actually I have all 6, especially 6x

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MyDearDoctor@reddit

My spouse and I both have solid careers and no energy for much of a social life, and we've done basically nothing to prepare for retirement...but honestly, I never thought I'd get married or live past thirty, so I feel like I'm way ahead of the game.

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heavyLevy5@reddit

Hey now, I also have two cats and chronic disease

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AnteaterGlittering96@reddit

two cats=++, chronic disease=-, so I guess you're still ahead by one.

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whistleridge@reddit

Depends on the chronic disease. A friend from high school has a condition that leads to constant uncontrollable low-grade anal leakage. They always smell faintly like a nursing home and have to change pants 2-3 times daily, and they’re only 47.

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Brilliant-Nail3706@reddit

Rates of intestinal diseases are absolutely exploding in the 30-50 age range. Can't wait to find out what fun chemical that Monsanto & 3M have been dumping in rivers that's causing it.

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whistleridge@reddit

True, but this person’s condition is a result of scarring from a horrific mountain biking accident circa 2017.

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Basic-Biscotti-2375@reddit

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FarbissinaPunim@reddit

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lulzbot@reddit

Why can’t I have no kids and three money?

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CoyoteDown@reddit

Cat and dog and I need both a total knee AND a total hip

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CarpeNivem@reddit

Definitely throw out your plastic bag full of bags.

Also throw out any wire you can't recognize, and probably throw out the worst example(s) of any wire you own more than two or three of.

I can't help you with the career, retirement, or anxiety, but you should at least stop holding on to shit if the fact you're holding on to it bothers you.

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Ztiw-@reddit

And Sciatica!!

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UnfortunateSnort12@reddit

I don’t even have the bag with bags anymore. Colorado banned plastic bags.

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ShinraHakke@reddit

I feel called out.

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Capn26@reddit

All of this is true, but I’m not bitching. I’ve got a boat, two great kids, two neurotic dogs, and a great wife.

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neckbeardsghost@reddit

Best I can do is the box of mystery cords and crippling anxiety 🥺

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Hammy-Cheeks@reddit

Facebook ahh meme

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0215rw@reddit

But then they stopped using plastic bags and now I’ve gone through all my plastic bags in my plastic bag and I don’t even have those and I have to actually buy plastic bags to put in my bathroom garbage cans!

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MicrowaveMeal@reddit

My bag of bags is getting low 😢

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Fickle_Wrangler_7439@reddit

To be fair, my dad is a Boomer and doesn't have those top 3 things either.

I think that was always kind of a fantasy. Most people never got that.

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Allaplgy@reddit

I grew up in the 80s/90s. A dystopian future is all I ever expected and here we are.

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Moviedrop1@reddit

Mine is a box of wires. Literally asked my husband if we should get rid of it the other day. We both decided we should hang on to it for awhile longer.

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crazycatlady331@reddit

I use reusable bags (I collect Trader Joe's state bags when I travel) so I don't have the bag of bags.

Before I moved (two years ago), I sent the mystery cords to the Best Buy cord recycling bin. I now have a basket of cables but they're not tangled (in small ziploc bags) and I know exactly what they're to and have the corresponding tech for them.

Crippling anxiety has only gotten worse though. I lost my ability to sleep through the night during the first week of Covid lockdowns (I had 4 job offers rescinded then as they cancelled the programs I would have run) and the only time i remotely have it back is with NyQuill.

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gimlet_prize@reddit

There's a cord recycling bin?!

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crazycatlady331@reddit

There was at the time I moved.

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WelcomingRapier@reddit

Aldi's bag of Aldi bags, but I also have an Aldi bag of plastic bags as well.

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walrus40@reddit

Things seem really bad for some of you

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pizzabirthrite@reddit

I put my box of cords in a drawer! Now I have a drawer full of cords!

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Ag1980ag@reddit

I would like to add a square in the middle (like they did for Alice in the Brady Bunch) for unrelenting back pain. Anyone on board?

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anOvenofWitches@reddit

I can cook and could plausibly replicate Yuppette’s hair at upper left.

That’s all I got.

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

I have a lesser degree of #6, so I'll count that as a win.

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HerRoyalRedness@reddit

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TakashiMifune85@reddit

True story: I lived for a few years feeling like I could not get a full breath in, and just assumed that I was dying of some sort of fatal heart/lung illness. Turns out that it was just the crippling anxiety that I didn’t know I had.

Am I winning yet?

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aejb22122@reddit

I think I'm doing great! Got my bags of plastic bags under the sink and my box of cords (USB B, the male-to-male cord, that 2012 MacBook cord thing). 👍🏽 winning!!!

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cellshock7@reddit

I feel like I have a decent mix of all of the above, but I only get the last one when I'm on social media or watch a news channel too long.

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Funandgeeky@reddit

I guess I’m an over achiever. I have many bags filled with plastic bags.

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Ok_Breakfast5425@reddit

I avoided the box of cords somehow

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holymole1234@reddit

This is more of a millennial post. Every Xennial I know thought they’d be poor and their adult life was going to suck even when they were teens.

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SickOfNormal@reddit

I have 2 plastic bags filled with plastic bags ... like 5-10 (its a mystery how many!) boxes/drawers/suitcases used as storage of mystery cords ... rare anxiety .... and a room piled from floor to ceiling with guitars, amps, and 70's audio gear and speakers.

I actually call this a success --- The plastic bags can hold more cords if need be... and with all the cords, everytime i find a an old Playstation at the goodwill for $2-5, I know I will be able to test it!

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