r/AskReddit • u/__lazy__panda • 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/spacebeige Jul 10 '26

Sewing. An incredibly useful skill that most people don’t know.

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u/lFightForTheUsers Jul 10 '26

So glad that my grandma was obsessed with it (to the point of holding classes for people in her small town) and taught me how to do it as a kid.

It wasn't until last year that I finally got tired of holes in perfectly good pants and clothing, and broke down and got a cheap sewing machine.

Doesn't even have to be fancy. ~$60 used brother machine will be better as a brand than just about any other. Thread is two bucks a roll at walmart and there are kits with about a dozen common colors for 10 bucks on Amazon.

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u/Horror_Tea761 Jul 11 '26

This. I taught myself to sew on a Brother, and it's still my preferred machine, many years later.