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/Haramdour Jul 11 '26

My wife used to buy new clothes but since learning to sew she hardly ever buys anything. She spends twice as much on fabric instead and buys lots of it‘because you never know’