Don't throw that away!

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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?

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Hoarders.

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You don't typically hoard trash, you hoard stuff. Trash accumulation is more from depression.

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I use two of them for backpacking. The Sawyer (and a number of other) water filters screw onto standard threads, so I can use 1L potable and 1L non-potable when I'm on shorter trips and not using my gravity bag.

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Stuff has a funny way of turning into trash when you're not looking.

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Not how mental illness works, but go off, I guess..

(but don't really, this kind of bullshit only deepens stigma and misunderstanding of how it does work, and makes those who suffer feel even more alienated)

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As the other user said, I found them from backpacking for roughly the same reasons.

Subsequently I've found them to be extremely convenient whenever I travel. They fit into a vehicle cup holder, will last months with daily use, and are cheap enough that I don't care much if I lose or abandon them. If I'm flying I can buy them at the destination. They're lightweight, durable, disposable, and easily replacable across the US.

At home, regular life, I avoid the cost and waste with Nalgene & stainless steel. My oldest Nalgene is thirty years old, my oldest stainless steel a third generation hand-me-down that's eighty years old. This is the way.

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You clearly don't have an understanding of the artwork, you've made an assumption of a depiction based off of a stylistic choice. E.g (monobrow equals neanderthal) and did you really just ask that while automatically assuming I'm very young?