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Re:A 1970s Teenager's Bedroom (1998) by arca_vorago on Friday May 04, 2018 @10:46AM (#16994945)
"I was privileged to have had a childhood in the age of ubiquitous junk availability."

Garage sales are still a thing and so are flea markets! There is still treasure around if one looks hard enough.

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Re:A 1970s Teenager's Bedroom (1998) by qbrass on Friday May 04, 2018 @11:30AM (#16995319)
The world was a different place before Ebay, Craigslist and TV shows about flipping junk.
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Re:A 1970s Teenager's Bedroom (1998) by ballenf on Friday May 04, 2018 @12:05PM (#16995647)
Advent of pricey copper and more consumer goods having salvageable precious metals. There's an incentive to destroy functional goods instead of giving away.
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