For Fun

[dillon]

I figured the NSA wouldnt learn much about me from phone records or web browsing habits (except that I wear skirts), so I wondered what they could tell about me if they went through my recyclables? From a cursory look, here is what I concluded:
1) I am a person who seldom bothers to open junk mail...
2) I have a penchant for Diet Snapple and a significant "jones" for cinnamon Altoids...
3) Empty Angostura bitters bottle, Merischino cherry jar, and Ancient Age Kentucky Bourbon bottle; the formers suggesting my preferred drink is the Old Fashioned, and the latter suggesting that I don't have high-brow tastes...
4) That my breakfasts are often jnstant oatmeal...
5) I take chewable vitamins...
6) My favorite condiment is Sriracha sauce...
7) Ben & Jerry's loves me...
8 One of my vehicles uses some motor oil...

What would your trash/recyclables tell about you?

[skirted_in_SF]

I would worry more about the FBI looking through your discards. The NSA is busy reading your e-mail and listening to your phone calls.

I live in a six unit apartment building and we share bins for landfill trash, glass/paper/metal recycling and compostables. So the snoops would have to sort out my leavings from the others.
Like you, I don't open most of my junk mail.
I cook mostly from scratch ingredients, so don't leave much trace of my dietary habits in the form of packaging.
My major waste by weight would be newspapers. Even there I can be confusing. I subscribe to one generally thought of as conservative (Wall Street Journal) and one thought of as liberal (SF Chronicle).