Then:

"Grandma, why are you saving those bits of twine and pieces of used foil? You can just go to the store and buy new stuff."

"Grandson, I grew up during the Depression"

Now:
"Dad, why are you collecting all those DVDs and saving files to disk and all that? You can just go to the Internet and find that."

"Kids, I grew up during the Great Ensh*ttification..."

#informationhoarding

Yikes! This describes *me* 😯:

“My bad habit of hoarding information”, Andrei Surugiu (https://andreisurugiu.com/blog/bad-habit/).

Via HN: https://andreisurugiu.com/blog/bad-habit/

#FOMO #HackerNews #Reddit #Twitter #SocialMedia #InformationHoarding #Overconsumption #Media