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> Then he mentions that he has only 192 "worldly possessions". I'd like to see the actual list, Author didn't even seem to read the LA Times link he linked. I'
by anonymouskimmer 3y ago
> Then he mentions that he has only 192 "worldly possessions". I'd like to see the actual list,
Author didn't even seem to read the LA Times link he linked. I've personally got close to 5000 staples in a drawer. And I'm sure the author has some similar huge amount of an object. He's undoubtedly not counting his shoelaces as separate objects, where it seems likely the authors of the research on items in a household are.
From the LA Times piece:
> The average U.S. household has 300,000 things, from paper clips
emphasis, mine. A box of paper clips is considered multiple items.
- Noumenon72 3y agoThat seems like a pretty bad statistic. No source online, possibly just an oft-repeated estimate from "professional organizer Regina Lark". There are only 100 paperclips in a box of paperclips, so that's not a major source of items. This statistic requires 150 items for every square foot in a 2000-square-foot house. Not even things like my laundry basket or spice rack manage that.
- anonymouskimmer 3y ago> or spice rack I see you aren't counting the individual granules.
- klyrs 3y agoCue Monty Python; "Every Sperm is Sacred"