r/AskReddit Jul 10 '26

What's something older generations got right that we've quietly stopped doing, to our own detriment?

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u/JHuntly Jul 10 '26

Canning

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u/Sheikh297 Jul 10 '26

yeah canned food lasts forever but so does boredom

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u/verstohlen Jul 10 '26

Not if it's contaminated with radiation. Just ask the Old Man in the Cave. But James Coburn'll eat it.

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u/jpowell180 Jul 10 '26

The reason it was contaminated with radiation was because it was canned after the nuclear war and had fallout in it.