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		arca_vorago on May 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A 1970s Teenager's Bedroom (1998) "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.

qbrass on May 4, 2018 [–]

The world was a different place before Ebay, Craigslist and TV shows about flipping junk.

ballenf on May 4, 2018 | [–]

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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