I recently started selling some of my old stuff online and regret all the boxes I've thrown away.
Keep them.
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Literally my couch table. Not throwing it away for any reason
Say that to my cats face… I dare you.
But what if I have to RMA my graphics card 6 years after I bought it?!
Warranty? No what if I have to go somewhere with just the 6 year old GPU, I want to keep the formfitting box so it doesn't get damaged. Have I ever gone somewhere with just the GPU? Once. But you never know if you need to do it again!
Over my dead body.
You say that, but as soon as it's gone I'll need it.
False.
I move fairly frequently so they're useful for that, and cardboard boxes + basic engineering knowledge = modular shelving.
I currently have a ~2ft x ~1ft x ~1ft box, filled with many old personal pizza boxes, for structural reinforcement.
Now I don't need to crane my neck to look at my TV.
Recycling.
I use* them for print & play games and costumes! You can take them out of my cold dead hands 😾
*once or twice a year
I just got a new mouse and it came in one of those really sturdy boxes like a phone would come in. I literally put it next to the other boxes I've been hanging on to, just sitting on my dresser...
YOU CAN'T MAKE ME
Fuck you it's my nightstand.
If you're neurodivergent and also sell on eBay, you can justify a BoxLibrary and enter all of those nice FREE boxes into a self-hosted open source inventory management program that also lets you easily print qr code labels that you can tape to each flattened box (sorted by size, obviously) that you can easily scan to take that box out of inventory when you use it to ship stuff.
And then you can buy new boxes anyway because BoxLibrary is too far away (in the garage) because your partner didn't want all of those lovely boxes in the house, but you can't stop adding to it now, because it's infrastructure and also, hey, that's a nice box - I'm gonna keep that, because I might need it later.
But our cats do!!
I may not need the box, but Emily does!
Literally cane in to say I know I don't but my cat likes them 🤣
This but it's my kids instead of the cat, and the box is decorated with crayon to resemble the palace from Aladdin.
Adorable car <3
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Not my masturbating boxes!
You can pry them from my cold dead hands!
Which cardboard box? I have several*
*this is an understatement.
No! I'm going to need it one of these days. For instance, I'm selling stuff on eBay. I'll get around to selling that stuff. Eventually. And I'll need that cardboard box!
To quote the AVGN: Don't you talk about my boxes! I like boxes!
My cardboard box collection has saved me countless dollars over all the moves I have made as an adult. I average a move every 1.6 years
The only cardboard box i keep is the one my Christmas tree is in. Then again outta now tape than box at this point.
You don't understand. On no less then two occasions in my life, I needed a nice sized cardboard box and had to make due with taping together scraps, like an animal
Now I have three nice intact big cardboard boxes. You want me to throw away such riches?
Madness.
But what if i want to return the product that i bought 10 years ago, then i'll need the original box it came in
Resale value goes way up in its original box
Yup, I'm sure the person thrifting some of my donations loves to make more on eBay.
Fuck I have a shelf full of empty 3d printer filament boxes. But what if I will need them one day. I swaer I am neurotypical.
But what if i need to use the cardboard to store something?
usually you can find a better thing to store it in, unless you're shipping an item.
Sure, I have no plans to move anytime in the next decade, but my 5 year old 50" TV might need to be packed perfectly with all the Styrofoam just in case.
I struggle with this but I’ve reached the point where the times I need a shipping cardboard box (e.g. from an online order) are very much null.
The boxes in which, say, my TV, monitor, and computer case (and other components like the gpu) came in are tucked away though, for when the time comes to move to a new place.
Lucky for me I’ve never been diagnosed as neurodivergent. So I can keep all my boxes
Thanks for reminding me to ask for my nice cardboard boxes back from my friend after helping her move a bit ago
They're old paper boxes and they have handles and lids, they're great for organization
i throw them away with lot of inner resistance and time passing because there could potentially be a use for them - a i neurodivergent?
Mfer never heard of an objet d'art
nono you see I can turn it into a bedside table
I feel accused of using a cardboard box "temporarily" as my bedside table for 4 years D:
Mines going on a year now.
I used the box for my microwave as a side table for my work laptop/dock/phone during covid work from home (for like a year and a half, until I quit)
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But like, it's nice and flat but reassemleable so it doesn't take up any space, but if I need it for organising stuff later and it makes no negative consequence to my current being now and, just, you know TT
anyone got the original photo for that picture of the horse in the suit? (pls pls pls don't let it be ai slop omg)
Not the same photo, but I have this from 2016: https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2016/03/14/cheltenham-festival-harris-tweed-suit-horse-racing
you're not my dad you cant tell me what to do
Not true, I can put waste paper in it to throw away. Oh no I missed collection day! Guess I'm gonna accumulate some more until next week, I just need another cardboard box...
Which of the 20?
It's too big for the trashcan and it'll take me a while to procrastinate breaking the box down.
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