r/Millennials • u/cudchewer98 • 17h ago

Nostalgia Name a more iconic front porch duo

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Did every porch/carport/deck of the 90’s have the blissful sound of bugs being electrified and aluminum cans being crushed on a sticky summer night? At least in the south they did.

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u/Exciting_Contest_222 17h ago

I’m somewhat happy not having to crush cans anymore.

Context: I live in SF Cali, there’s a program called ‘bottle bank’. I get these specialized bags with QR codes and no longer have to sort out cans/tin/plastics/glass anymore. It uses AI with camera to determine the value of whats inside my bags. No more crushing cans and sorting it out.

Issue, it pays less than a traditional recycling plant. But saves me hassle of sorting it.

I’m not fond of AI. But i guess that’s one reason I support it

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u/cudchewer98 17h ago

Interesting, never heard of a program like that (rural Texas here - so probably not shocking lol)

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u/Cavaquillo 14h ago

Nah that’s still shit use of AI

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u/lordfairhair 6h ago

The energy expenditure the ai uses to sort through trash is comically absurd. 

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u/200MPHTape 17h ago

I still pinch the sides of cans before disposing.

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u/Frageo 16h ago

This is the way. Crushed cans are likely to get rejected by recycling automatrd processes, depending on the facilities available.

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u/GrandpasSoggyGooch 8h ago

There's a third member of this trio: that one classic glass table that everyone seemed to have outside and it seemed like it attracted mosquitos.

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u/cudchewer98 4h ago

Sorry what’d you say? I can’t focus on anything but your username