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The addiction is real and strange. A couple years ago, I removed most social media out of my life; anything on my phone with a public "friends" or "follows" li
by enobrev 3y ago
The addiction is real and strange.
A couple years ago, I removed most social media out of my life; anything on my phone with a public "friends" or "follows" list.
I can't put my finger on it, but overall I found myself more at peace.
I did eventually end up back on Twitter and adjusting the social app "rule" to "strangers-only" apps. And I found that worked out well as I could still get up-to-the-moment industry things (I've since switched to threads).
Recently I needed to sell an old couch and craigslist wasn't getting the job done, so I installed Facebook, fired up the old profile, and made my listings.
And now I'll just randomly catch myself browsing Facebook. It's without purpose, and I don't care much about what I'm seeing. I just randomly end up there scrolling. It's the weirdest thing.
The couch is still unsold and I've had two scam attempts on Facebook (none on CL). So I'm very much looking forward to getting rid of both on garbage day
- simonbarker87 3y agoMaybe just donate the couch and the payment is getting to remove FB from your phone again?
- enobrev 3y agoThe bigger issue is that I don't have a means to transport it. If I can find someone to pay me to come get it, it's a win-win. But every day the price drops. And if it's not gone by this afternoon, it's going to the alley with a "buy-nothing" post. Pretty sure it'll be gone within an hour after that.
- bookofjoe 3y agoYou could put the couch outside on the curb and instantly solve both problems. Plus making someone very happy with their new couch.
- zabzonk 3y agothis is the equivalent of fly-tipping. please don't do it.
- bombcar 3y agoPutting your own furniture on your own property is usually quite legal. You do need to have a plan to dispose of it if nobody snags it, however.
- bookofjoe 3y agoIt will be gone in less than 15 minutes if you're in NYC
- enobrev 3y agoVery true. This process went much faster in Brooklyn. But also there were more people willing to pay for decent-quality things. It hasn't been bad in Chicago, but definitely slower and the prices have to be lower for used things.
- datameta 3y agoYeah stooping culture blew up during covid. My apartment is furnished with two couches that I picked up for free (both within my building actually). I'm going to estimate having stooped up to 10K worth of stuff since 2020 (almost all of it in astonishingly good shape), including plants, kitchen appliances, kitchen table and chairs, dressers, coat racks, a door sized painting (it might actually be a door as a canvas), etc. I have also given away things like my TV and living room console, one of those couches, medium fridge, plants, etc. It's a pleasure to give and receive. It prevents perfectly good, clean, functioning things from meeting an early end at the landfill simply because selling it ends up being more of a challenge than expected. Never imagined such a communal barter system to spring up in the modern day.
- zabzonk 3y agoat least in the uk, the kerbside isn't your property
- enobrev 3y agoSame in Chicago. We can generally put things in the alley if it's not blocking anyone.
- bombcar 3y agoFurniture is basically worthless once used, so the curb is the easiest usually. Just make sure you plop it out there when it's not going to rain.
- enobrev 3y agoThat's basically what's happening this evening, although I will be putting out a post about the free couch in the alley - and if nobody gets it on time, Chicago's garbage trucks pretty much take _anything_.