I once prevented throwing out a broken electric toothbrush for a year

  • Ken Oh
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    121 month ago

    And, who is the goblin vs who is channeling Marie Kondo changes depending on context. I will throw out shit that could be considered sentimental all the time, but I have chargers and hard drives from the 90s.

      • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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        61 month ago

        If you need one, it might be for something you got two of (especially if you’re married), and because they’re old one of them might be broken

        • @ChaosCoati@midwest.social
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          1 month ago

          Very true. I think my thought process was something like, if I need a cord and one of my backups is broken, I can use backup #2 and still have backup #3 in case another cord breaks before I can get a new backup.

          Has this ever happened? No. “But it might,” whispers the hoarding goblin in my head

          Edit: spelling

          • Ms. ArmoredThirteen
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            21 month ago

            I carried around a Costco pack of toilet paper through like 4 moves “just in case” and then the plague hit and I was the only person I knew who wasn’t wiping with wads of lawn trimmings. Sometimes that hoarding goblin is on to something

        • @BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk
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          31 month ago

          I’m the last year I’ve needed exactly 2 m.2 standoffs and been able to produce them from my pile of shite, continue with installing the drives and not spent an extra few quid on getting them delivered. I will continue to use this to justify hoarding power tools and wood.

        • @ChaosCoati@midwest.social
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          11 month ago

          For me, I live rurally so yes, I can order one but it’ll take at least a week to get here. Or I can spend as much on gas as the cord costs and waste my time making a special trip into town to get it sooner

          Mind you, I still hoarded cords when I lived in a city. Now I can finally justify it