I’m no hoarder but I can see where cartoon lady comes from, it’s still a perfectly good lid and straw. Maybe the problem is our society making so many useful things that are meant to be single use disposable trash thrown out rather than reused
nah the impact on the environment would often be much larger if we continued to ship containers back and forth.
for example to recycle plastic (and doing it properly, in a practical scenario, with real-life circumstances), you’d essentially have to invest more energy than it takes to just burn it and produce new plastic instead.
For thermoplastics, you just need to heat it up again to make whatever you want. You’re not using any more energy than used when the plastic was first made.
Thermoset plastics can’t be melt down so they’re instead broken down into smaller pieces.
I think pathological hoarding behavior stems from anxiety rooted in trauma (loss of a loved one, neglect, etc), or something like that. A hoarder might say they’re just being frugal or environmentally conscious but that’s a surface level rationalization.
Real my parents were hoarders and it was all poverty. Thankfully only 1 room was the dedicated junk room, but it was a combo of saving things that would be useful (which did happen), things that were no longer used but functional, and broken stuff. Broken stuff either wasn’t discarded because it was large and involved a trip to the dump or because there was an intent to repair.
It’s just sad that I remember how it was before it got to that point. 08 really changed everything
I think it’s a natural adaptation to want to save useful items. It makes perfect sense, but our modern society just has so much garbage and waste. Then sometimes things get wired wrong and then they’re hoarding marbles and soda pop tops.
I do agree that trauma has an impact as well. Just some people are predisposed.
People who hoard baubles now would have been out in the forest gathering armloads of berries 100,000 years ago. It’s sad how modern life turns these things into problems via consumerism
I keep old paper coffee cups and their lids. I get 3-4 more uses out of them before they fall apart. Nothing like brewing your own coffee at home and walking with it to the station
“you can literally buy a thermos for the same purpose” I hear you say, but a thermos can’t be scrunched slightly and put in your pocket after its finished like a paper cup can. Plus there’s no worry if you lose it, because you know it’s junk
You are aware you’re supposed to suck liquid into your body through a straw, right? Like, inside it. And you’d do that with a random straw on a pawn shop shelf?
I’m no hoarder but I can see where cartoon lady comes from, it’s still a perfectly good lid and straw. Maybe the problem is our society making so many useful things that are meant to be single use disposable trash thrown out rather than reused
nah the impact on the environment would often be much larger if we continued to ship containers back and forth.
for example to recycle plastic (and doing it properly, in a practical scenario, with real-life circumstances), you’d essentially have to invest more energy than it takes to just burn it and produce new plastic instead.
For thermoplastics, you just need to heat it up again to make whatever you want. You’re not using any more energy than used when the plastic was first made.
Thermoset plastics can’t be melt down so they’re instead broken down into smaller pieces.
I think pathological hoarding behavior stems from anxiety rooted in trauma (loss of a loved one, neglect, etc), or something like that. A hoarder might say they’re just being frugal or environmentally conscious but that’s a surface level rationalization.
Being desperately poor in childhood or adult life can lead to this also.
Real my parents were hoarders and it was all poverty. Thankfully only 1 room was the dedicated junk room, but it was a combo of saving things that would be useful (which did happen), things that were no longer used but functional, and broken stuff. Broken stuff either wasn’t discarded because it was large and involved a trip to the dump or because there was an intent to repair.
It’s just sad that I remember how it was before it got to that point. 08 really changed everything
I think it’s a natural adaptation to want to save useful items. It makes perfect sense, but our modern society just has so much garbage and waste. Then sometimes things get wired wrong and then they’re hoarding marbles and soda pop tops.
I do agree that trauma has an impact as well. Just some people are predisposed.
People who hoard baubles now would have been out in the forest gathering armloads of berries 100,000 years ago. It’s sad how modern life turns these things into problems via consumerism
and even the stiff you wanna keep, such as furniture and clothing, is made cheappy as if to be disposed
Don’t hoard stiffs, just bury em.
i meant to say ‘stuff’
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I would bring my own cup to restaurants if they let me. Also they always give me a straw I won’t use, they should at least ask if I want more trash.
I keep old paper coffee cups and their lids. I get 3-4 more uses out of them before they fall apart. Nothing like brewing your own coffee at home and walking with it to the station
“you can literally buy a thermos for the same purpose” I hear you say, but a thermos can’t be scrunched slightly and put in your pocket after its finished like a paper cup can. Plus there’s no worry if you lose it, because you know it’s junk
You are aware you’re supposed to suck liquid into your body through a straw, right? Like, inside it. And you’d do that with a random straw on a pawn shop shelf?