Why do people collect stuff?

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• RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m guessing it has something to do with the neocortex.

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• cram@piefed.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Collecting stuff?!? In this economy?! Nah, I think its just an inherent human desire to collect things and show them off.

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• ClownStatue@piefed.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I read all the Jack Reacher books a couple years ago, and one of the fascinating things about the character is his aversion to owning things. In some of the books, he talks about it a little and it’s an interesting insight to that worldview. I think they kind of stopped talking about it in newer books, and the character has gotten kind of less interesting because of it. At one point, he inherits a house, and that seems to become a minor trauma for him!

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• TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How can we bear to throw anything away?

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  • sanity_is_maddening@piefed.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is a nice little gem of a video.

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