It's time to let go

ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 845 points –
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You know that the second you throw them out and they're gone, you're gonna need those exact things to fix something.

I’d rather have the cluttered cable drawer than something far worse: the feeling of shame at paying money for something I discarded and could have already had for free.

I've had people mock me for my cable pile, then comes the day they need some weird obscure connection that hasn't been on the market for a decade, not so stupid now is it my friend ....

It’s not any worse than paying for car insurance. In fact it’s probably a better investment.

I still have a FireWire 400 to DV cable.

I no longer have a DV Camera or a FireWire 400 port, but I’m keeping that damn cable.

I also have one. I imagine it could be rather painful to acquire today.

I've thrown away all but one of each older connector before and just like clockwork, I needed two mini USB later that week. Micro? I was all set. Mini, I thought it was safe now.