What does every junk drawer have to have? 19 crucial components

Apart from Marie Kondo – and maybe the Queen – everybody has a junk drawer. Nobody really means to have one, but it happens as if by magic, and it contains a certain set of things. Reddit user u/Rascal-Fiats asked the question –

What is something every “junk drawer” must have in order to be considered a proper “junk drawer”?

You know that phrase “I feel seen.”? Well …

1.

Instructions for a product that either doesn’t need instructions (like a fan) or that you don’t even own anymore.
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2.

Keys for unknown locks.
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3.

Chargers for electronics thrown out years ago.
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4.

A screw that looks too important to throw out but you have no idea where it came from.
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5.

That random Christmas decoration that was found way too late to be packed with the rest.
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6.

Scotch tape so old it’s yellow and fused – unusable.
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7.

Assortment of single batteries.
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8.

Loose birthday candles – my parents’ junk drawer always had a number 6 birthday candle in it, just in case.
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9.

One of those lighters with the long neck that hasn’t worked since the third time you used it. You check it every time you need a lighter and put it back in the drawer because “maybe I’m doing it wrong”.
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10.

Lots of thin, crappy rubber bands.
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