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I can’t tell if this is just hyperbole, but if an account is inactive and unpaid for 2 years, I don’t see why they’d be expected to just sit on that data foreve

by akerl_ 6y ago

I can’t tell if this is just hyperbole, but if an account is inactive and unpaid for 2 years, I don’t see why they’d be expected to just sit on that data forever. I can’t imagine being 5-10 years behind on things that “need attending to”. What is a definition of “thing that needs attending to” that can sustain a 5-10 year delay?

WalterBright 6y ago
My 20 year old self would have agreed with you. But you'll have to trust me when I say that as you get older, your perception of time changes drastically. > What is a definition of “thing that needs attending to” that can sustain a 5-10 year delay? Unopened mail, things I need to organize in case of a tax audit, broken things I was going to fix, things that simply need to be put away, things I can't decide whether to keep or throw away, etc. My father's sophisticated organizational method was the "chronological sort", aka the most recent stuff was thrown on top of the pile. The bottom slowly gets compressed into a rock-like substance.
- akerl_ 6y ago
  I feel like there’s interesting personal opinion in your comments in this thread, but it’s losing potency because you’re surrounding it in this aura of being older and wiser than anyone else in the thread. Things like “But you'll have to trust me when I say that as you get older, your perception of time changes drastically” just sound condescending.
  - WalterBright 6y ago
    I wrote the "trust me" in response to you saying you couldn't imagine it. Didn't mean to be condescending.
  - TillE 6y ago
    There's nothing "older and wiser" about it, it's just (subjectively) true that the years seem to go by faster as you get older. Like, 15-25 was an eternity compared to 25-35.
  - loco5niner 6y ago
    > “But you'll have to trust me when I say that as you get older, your perception of time changes drastically” Perhaps, but it IS exactly the sort of thing a lot of older people say.
learnstats2 6y ago
> What is a definition of “thing that needs attending to” that can sustain a 5-10 year delay? Photos. People traditionally want to keep photos so that they can occasionally go back to them and reminisce about old times. The photo albums that my grandparents lovingly kept weren't out every day, and not even every year.

by akerl_ 6y ago

WalterBright 6y ago

My 20 year old self would have agreed with you. But you'll have to trust me when I say that as you get older, your perception of time changes drastically. > What is a definition of “thing that needs attending to” that can sustain a 5-10 year delay? Unopened mail, things I need to organize in case of a tax audit, broken things I was going to fix, things that simply need to be put away, things I can't decide whether to keep or throw away, etc. My father's sophisticated organizational method was the "chronological sort", aka the most recent stuff was thrown on top of the pile. The bottom slowly gets compressed into a rock-like substance.

akerl_ 6y ago
I feel like there’s interesting personal opinion in your comments in this thread, but it’s losing potency because you’re surrounding it in this aura of being older and wiser than anyone else in the thread. Things like “But you'll have to trust me when I say that as you get older, your perception of time changes drastically” just sound condescending.
- WalterBright 6y ago
  I wrote the "trust me" in response to you saying you couldn't imagine it. Didn't mean to be condescending.
- TillE 6y ago
  There's nothing "older and wiser" about it, it's just (subjectively) true that the years seem to go by faster as you get older. Like, 15-25 was an eternity compared to 25-35.
- loco5niner 6y ago
  > “But you'll have to trust me when I say that as you get older, your perception of time changes drastically” Perhaps, but it IS exactly the sort of thing a lot of older people say.

learnstats2 6y ago

> What is a definition of “thing that needs attending to” that can sustain a 5-10 year delay? Photos. People traditionally want to keep photos so that they can occasionally go back to them and reminisce about old times. The photo albums that my grandparents lovingly kept weren't out every day, and not even every year.