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Sarah Mitchell @ Silicon Canals · 01/31/2026 03:00 EDT

9 things Boomers refuse to throw away that their kids will put straight in the trash without opening

While your parents meticulously save instruction manuals from 1987 and expired coupons "just in case," you're already mentally mapping the fastest route to the dumpster for when you inherit their treasure trove of phone books, mystery cables, and VHS tapes they can't even play anymore.

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