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I Cannot Throw Away USB Cables, and It Is Becoming a Problem (www.mcsweeneys.net)
submitted 20 hours ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/theonion@midwest.social
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Same, honestly.

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I listen to tech podcasters. This is not satire, this is reality.

[–] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Children in third world countries inhale toxic fumes while burning off the plastic coating on those cables in order to ‘recycle’ the metals within

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 2 points 8 hours ago

No one burns the cables in my cable drawers. I might need to charge 5+ mini-USB devices simultaneously at some point.