# Without saying your age, what's something from your childhood that a younger person wouldn't understand?

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**Created:** [October 25, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/without-saying-your-age-whats-something-from-your-childhood-that-a-younger-person-wouldnt-understand/953138 "2021-10-25T01:08:35Z")\
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And of course if you collected pop tops they will be used to buy kidney dialysis machines for the poor. And of course they aren’t really. Kidney dialysis is free of charge in the US but this myth persists. [Old thread on the subject](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kidney-dialysis-and-pop-tops-myth/6068/12)

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