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Asking that question here is like asking a bunch of car enthusiasts whether there's anything wrong with splurging on cars ;) So obviously I'd say there's nothi
by yellowapple 4y ago
Asking that question here is like asking a bunch of car enthusiasts whether there's anything wrong with splurging on cars ;)
So obviously I'd say there's nothing wrong with splurging at all. The question is what you do with it once you replace it when you splurge again; I'm certainly guilty of having an ever-growing collection of "spare parts", but even that's better than the landfill.
- collyw 4y agoWas thinking something similar.
- nharada 4y agoAsking here is like asking a forum of mechanics who hate cars, can't believe that anyone likes cars at all, and if they had the chance would sell all their cars in an instant and instead buy a farm that raises chickens.
- solardev 4y agoHey, that's not a bad idea...
- yellowapple 4y agoWell I mean, that's what we all say, but then we start accumulating yet more cars on our chicken farms.
- solardev 4y agoNothing wrong with that. No true enthusiast would settle for such a poultry selection. Besides, what else are you gonna do once the kids flee the coop? You may just be winging it at first, but it's better than putting all your eggs in one basket.
- unforeseen9991 4y agoYou've just moved the landfill to your house, instead of somewhere else. Where do you think it's going to go when you are dead? Waste is created at purchase, not at exit.
- yellowapple 4y ago> Where do you think it's going to go when you are dead? Hopefully to someone else with a similar penchant for collecting junk. > Waste is created at purchase, not at exit. Waste only becomes such once it loses all potential for use.
- unforeseen9991 4y agoVery good counterpoints, especially the second. I suppose there is also the chance that recycling and reuse options continue to advance as technology moves forward.
- yellowapple 4y agoThat's what I'm hoping for, and a key reason why I rationalize hanging onto even broken parts when possible. Maybe they're useless now, but who knows what sorts of neat tricks we might devise to give them greater purpose than to be entirely destroyed forever. Hell, even if they remain useless forever, there's at least a slim chance they'll stick around for enough generations to eventually be interesting for historians or collectors.