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Is the idea that you're renting apartments and counting the pots and pans, toilet brush etc as not being yours because you leave them with the house? So my bat

by throwaway22032 3y ago

Is the idea that you're renting apartments and counting the pots and pans, toilet brush etc as not being yours because you leave them with the house? So my bath mat is "mine" because I own the house and had to buy it myself, but yours isn't because it's rented? Because if we can cut that out then yeah, now I own far fewer things. It seems like a weird distinction to make.

rootsudo 3y ago
It can be - if you do a STR/Airbnb/Hotel, the pots and pans should come with the place and they're not yours. Many hotels do include the above, especially mid to higher end ones. If you're renting on a standard long term lease - not short term rental, and it isn't furnished with them, yes they're yours because you bought them. It's up to you what you want to "count", but toiletries are like petty cash. Pots/Pans can have realistic value, and the rabbit hole for them goes deep from cheap iron, stainless steel, ikea standard purchase, etc. The idea is to take a break, catalog what you have and go from there. You can catalog 1000+ items and just get rid of ten but then you know "oh just ten items were fluff" vs not knowing or getting rid of 200. The idea is the exercise.
- cortesoft 3y ago
  So if I rent everything, I can live my exact same lifestyle but be called a minimalist?
  - TheDong 3y ago
    Minimalist is just a self-identified label, so you're welcome to call yourself a minimalist if you feel that it fits. You don't have to look for some technical workaround to some exact definition here, and pedantically arguing about descriptive terms can get tiring real quick. Maybe you're not trying to be pedantic and are coming from a place of curiosity, and I do apologize for my tone if that's the case. It is coming off as sounding a little "debate-bro" though.
  - valleyer 3y ago
    And, really, don't we all rent everything?
    - quicklime 3y ago
      Most people buy everything, even their homes, using rented money!
  - rootsudo 3y ago
    You don't own it - its furniture, comes with the house - it's the lifestyle itself. While you technically seem correct on it, you're missing the point.
2muchcoffeeman 3y ago
I make a distinction between things I have sentimental attachment to, important or expensive to replace vs things that are not. I wouldn’t count all my dinner plates and cutlery as “possessions” as such, but I’d count my good knives.
- Noumenon72 3y ago
  Those are "prized possessions". Possession means property. If you own it, and would have to pack it up and take it with you when you moved, it's a possession.
mildchalupa 3y ago
Well you see I have a mortgage and if I walked away they would take everything within the house thus I don't own anything other than the clothing on my back. Same with the cars.

rootsudo 3y ago

It can be - if you do a STR/Airbnb/Hotel, the pots and pans should come with the place and they're not yours. Many hotels do include the above, especially mid to higher end ones. If you're renting on a standard long term lease - not short term rental, and it isn't furnished with them, yes they're yours because you bought them. It's up to you what you want to "count", but toiletries are like petty cash. Pots/Pans can have realistic value, and the rabbit hole for them goes deep from cheap iron, stainless steel, ikea standard purchase, etc. The idea is to take a break, catalog what you have and go from there. You can catalog 1000+ items and just get rid of ten but then you know "oh just ten items were fluff" vs not knowing or getting rid of 200. The idea is the exercise.

cortesoft 3y ago
So if I rent everything, I can live my exact same lifestyle but be called a minimalist?
- TheDong 3y ago
  Minimalist is just a self-identified label, so you're welcome to call yourself a minimalist if you feel that it fits. You don't have to look for some technical workaround to some exact definition here, and pedantically arguing about descriptive terms can get tiring real quick. Maybe you're not trying to be pedantic and are coming from a place of curiosity, and I do apologize for my tone if that's the case. It is coming off as sounding a little "debate-bro" though.
- valleyer 3y ago
  And, really, don't we all rent everything?
  - quicklime 3y ago
    Most people buy everything, even their homes, using rented money!
- rootsudo 3y ago
  You don't own it - its furniture, comes with the house - it's the lifestyle itself. While you technically seem correct on it, you're missing the point.

2muchcoffeeman 3y ago

I make a distinction between things I have sentimental attachment to, important or expensive to replace vs things that are not. I wouldn’t count all my dinner plates and cutlery as “possessions” as such, but I’d count my good knives.

Noumenon72 3y ago
Those are "prized possessions". Possession means property. If you own it, and would have to pack it up and take it with you when you moved, it's a possession.

mildchalupa 3y ago

Well you see I have a mortgage and if I walked away they would take everything within the house thus I don't own anything other than the clothing on my back. Same with the cars.