Don't throw that away!

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Due to inflation 10-20M is worth about 60 cents today.

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Ah - my depression era grandparents never threw things away. One reason: they could re-use the object if it were durable enough. And they did.

By the '80s (maybe earlier?) they were complaining about the culture of trash. Their survival instincts were telling them to save and re-use. Their shiny new culture was telling them to throw that shit away.

I won't link it, but an image can be found easily. Right now I'm looking at a New Era Potato Chip canister that lives in my office. (It's weird - seriously, google it. "Feast Without Fear.") It's still good for storing things.

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I won’t link it, but an image can be found easily.

Why the fuck not?

https://www.ecosia.org/images?q=New Era Potato Chip canister t&addon=opensearch

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Links are viruses waiting to happen or something

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Pretty uncool to be making fun of people with a mental disorder.

The person depicted in this comic is clearly a hoarder and is clearly drawn to be visually reminiscent of a Neanderthal or another less evolved variant.

Hoarders need help and treatment, not made fun of.
...But I guess punching down is how people have fun.

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A modern example of an exception is Smart Water. The value in the product is almost entirely the lightweight, durable bottle with a common threading.

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That much ?

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If the people who need this kind of help see the comic and get upset maybe it will spur them to get the help.

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Homie that's just the art style, look at how fucked up the professor dude looks. No one is saying hoarders are Neanderthals but you

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It's far more likely to make them avoid comics in case they see another one like it and then withdraw further into their hobby.

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Hell yeah! The water itself tastes like shit imo, but that bottle is wonderful!

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You nailed it.

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It's clearly the intent.

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You have nothing to base that off of because you aren't the artist are you? All I see is an artist who has good varied character design, a character with admittedly a unibrow, and two people on the internet getting offended over something nonsensical.

So a normal Monday

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That's not what I read here at all - it says "I should keep this." Many of us have an urge to keep things, and in many cases we're justified in doing so. Every person has had the experience of evaluating whether or not to keep an object, and I would guess most people have come up with specious reasons to tell themselves they should keep a thing. Hoarding is just taking that to the extreme. Because this comic is recognizing a tendency in one's self it seems completely misplaced to say it's punching down.

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I save things expecting to reuse them, but then I am disorganized and often can't find them. Often with little computer accessories. So, even if I do need to reuse a dongle or cable, I can't find it and order a new one anyway.

I am glad that I am not the type of person who collects items thinking they'll increase in value, or I'd probably become a full blown hoarder.

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In what ways is it useful?

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I know it's al just a comic strip but I don't think that's the thought pattern behind trash accumulation.

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Are you sure they wouldn't just start boarding comics? Lol

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^ This person does not understand how critique works. Sad shame.

You don't need to be the artist to form an understanding of the artwork, use context clues to ascertain meaning, or intuit subtle ideas. It's visual art after all, not prose.

Further, identifying an ugly quality which is presented plainly doesn't mean we're offended by it, it means we're observed something the creator showed to us. ....or do you automatically assume anything you don't like is bad? I probably should have asked but, are you very young?