Replying to Avatar Lyn Alden

I built my PC like 8 years ago or something, and kept all the boxes for the spare parts for like 7 years and never needed them, so eventually during spring cleaning I just chucked them out. I was like “this big box of boxes does not spark joy.”

And then… that’s when I finally need a spare part. Today I go to install a second M.2 drive and realize I have no spare motherboard screws on hand.
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utxo the webmaster 🧑‍💻 1y ago

Marie Kondo, fucking us all over since 2016 with her spark joy meme

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jmb421 1y ago

The payoff of actually executing a tidying festival far outweighs the inconvenience of little issues like a missing screw every 8 years

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foobarbazqux 1y ago

Mr Barker has it right.

Horading stuff against possible future need is hedging,

and subject to the same analysis.

In general, if you save something because you might need it someday,

discard it now and commit to buying a future replacement.

Money stores as bits.

Stuff stores as atoms.