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submitted 3 months ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/theonion@midwest.social

Same, honestly.

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[-] Almacca@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago

But I might need them!

Ironically, I was looking for a mini USB cable the other day to charge my old bike light, but do you think I could find one?

[-] q@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They start to built up but i clean out occasionally and don't keep more than 5 of any type. I have never run out and also every device comes with a cable.

5 is arbitrary but it keeps the problem under control.

Don't let junk take off your life. Every square foot of space has a cost. If the thing being stored is not more valuable (emotionally, dollar value, whatever) than the space it sits in, get rid of it.

Oh, oh, I have serious ideas about silly things: get converters and then get rid of everything but the best cords. Congrats on your new drawer of converters. They're much smaller though.

[-] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago

I have them sorted by type. If I get too many more, I might have to also sort by length.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

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

[-] grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one 3 points 3 months ago

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 3 months ago

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

[-] dmention7@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Is posting this to c/theonion some kind of double satire, or are there real people who don't have a drawer full of USB cables??

[-] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I always need some old, specific cable right after I throw a bag of them out, assured I will never need to use one again. Then like the next week all of a sudden I need 4.

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