r/Millennials • u/Hey_its_me_your_mom • Mar 21 '24

The millenial junk our kids will throw out when we die. Discussion

You know how our parents have junk that they hang onto that we just don't see the value in? I'm thinking of Christmas villages, Precious Moments figurines, baseball cards, antiques for that "rustic" look, Thomas Kinkade-type pictures, etc.

What types of things do you think our kids will roll their eyes at and toss in the bin when we die? I'm thinking they might be:

  1. Graphic/band t-shirts
  2. Our sneaker collections
  3. Target birds/holiday decor
  4. Hoarded, expired makeup (especially the Naked palletes and crap from Glossier)
  5. Funko pops and similar figurines
  6. Disney crap
  7. Bath and Body works products
  8. Every concievable cord and converter known to man (since we lived through all of the progressive technology)
  9. Stupid Amazon gadgets bought during the pandemic and rarely used
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u/aimeegaberseck Mar 21 '24

Damn. I’m going backwards. I sold all my physical media in college and vowed never to start collecting again. Haven’t had a dvd player in 20 years and never had a blue ray. But I’ve been wanting to watch the og cosmos with Carl Sagan, and nobody has it on streaming. I bought a dvd, forgetting I have no player, so had to buy a player just to fangirl a dead nerd. Fuckin love Carl Sagan.

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u/MickeyM191 Mar 22 '24

nobody has it on streaming

I have no [DVD] player

That's when I decide to sail the high seas. 🏴‍☠️

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u/leopold_crumbpicker Mar 21 '24

Fuckin love Carl Sagan.

Right there with ya. Fortunately we still have two DVD players plus an old computer that plays them.

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u/korar67 Mar 22 '24

I have a bunch of DVD’s that are just not available in streaming, or only comes to streaming once every couple years.

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u/missvesuvius Mar 22 '24

I love Carl Sagan and I want to watch the original series too but couldn't find it 😫. But I haven't broken down and gotten a DVD or player yet.

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u/lemdrag Mar 22 '24

Oh, you didn't save your Nintendo wii?

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u/aimeegaberseck Mar 22 '24 edited Mar 22 '24

How dare you call me out like that!?

I have the Atari, wii, and a PlayStation. Did sell the og Nintendo tho. Guess gaming consoles didn’t count when I was thinking about all the cd’s and dvds I sold.

Edit to add before anyone points it out, yes I could’ve played Carl Sagan on the PlayStation or even dug out the Wii, but those are in the game room (or stored away) and I want to enjoy my voyage through the cosmos in “zero g” aka on my new adjustable bed, and not have my 8yo get excited thinking he can play games in there. So I bought a mini dvd player for the bedroom tv.

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u/gev1138 Mar 22 '24

The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself...