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What is your boomer opinion (lemmy.one)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (7 children)
  • The internet was way better before it became a giant shopping mall.
  • Those cars that don't have the flecks in the paint look like children's toys.

Then, I have a couple that pre-date even boomers by many years πŸ˜…:

  • Handkerchiefs kick the shit out of paper tissues.
  • Cars have made the world a worse place.
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I miss the era when the web was just this

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Handkerchiefs are the bomb. I carry one everywhere I go (when I don't forget πŸ₯²). Really feel like they could make a comeback with the right marketing.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Go pick up a heap at your local hospice shop. I've gotten a lot of mine there and made a few more out of scrap fabric. I use old flannelette cotton sheets for our spill rags.

[–] kalahlora 3 points 1 year ago

Those cars that don’t have the flecks in the paint look like children’s toys.

Finally I can out my finger on what bothers me about them

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Those cars that don't have the flecks in the paint look like children's toys

Actually, why do so many modern cars straight up look like oversized toys?

Electric cars are the worst for this IMO. Aside from the Tesla model 3, Nissan leaf and a handful of other ones... everything else looks like an oversized replica remote control toy to me. Some are nice, like the VW minivan, but most look like cheap wannabes. I can't quite put my finger on it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I always bring half a dozen hankies with me camping. They're so useful on a limited inventory. They help you grab hot things. As napkins. Allergies. Wounds. Cleaning knives. Storing spare fish hooks/lures i.e. pocket tackle. I handwash them in the river and they sun dry quiet quickly.

Love hankies. I miss the old web too.