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NomDeImguerre
Every man of over thirty has that box for a goddamn reason. Many women too.
DarkTheme439
I have done that same and am a true believer
Datsinginguy
My ex-wife was given a cable for work. She immediately threw it out when she quit working for them. The next company told her she needed one
krillin123499
Well you can go to radio sha... or circuit ci... um Amazon maybe?
IssacOppenheimer
I organized them all into labeled gallon sized ziplock bags in plastic storage bins. Audio, video, AVI, USB, DVI, power, SATA, etc.
MonteCristo1985
Nope. Throw out cords without equipment and equipment without cords. Declutter your life.
Jphinz
Needed a cable I kept for probably about 10 years. That is what I imagine heroine feels like.
FartyMcDaniel
Family inherited a house when my in-law passed away. The old man never got rid of his box of cables. I’ve needed them at least five times.
LadyRex
We call it the Jawa Box
oopssorrywrongplanet
Yup. I threw out three boxes of cables so last month I had to buy...... phone cords. SMH who thought I'd need those ever again.
oopssorrywrongplanet
Did you know phone cords aren't straight through? I didn't. The wires flip. They didn't work, I had to buy connectors and crimp some myself.
tesseract4d2
I'm even worse. I like to tinker, so I have a box full of literal wire from cut up cords as well. It drives me nuts to work on a project and
tesseract4d2
Have to BUY wire, so I just have a box full of cut-off USB cables, heat resistant thermal probe wire, spools of magnet wire from doorbells,
tesseract4d2
Cut off power cords, wall wart adapters, thermostat wires, cat5 cable, jumpers from PLC's, wire harnesses from pc psu's/stereos/dishwashers,
tesseract4d2
Old IDE cables, literally anything I end up taking apart that has wire in it of any usable length, I end up harvesting it.
SpaceHaggis
SodaSamtg
If possible take the item that needs that cable to a thrift shop. They usually have a few odd cables.
ramblercomet5772
What cable did you need. I'll be sure to keep mine.
makeyourownpath
And so the hoarding begin....
HeartsAndStars
This is why I can't play my Sega. I know, I can probably find one online. But I can't believe I accidentally tossed it
SexyAttackHelicopter
Having no idea how to find a replacement id a breath of incompetence. Just keep hoarding stuff dude. Ur brain aint built for amazon.
Huttulungaronk
VGA to Firewire400 to printer to PS/2…..
levelfivedetentionblockaa23
I’m embarrassed to admit how many ancient cables I hoarded away like Smaug.
agermanguy
I mean they're good quality and barely used.
LawlessGardener89
Same
geevade
Yep, this is me
Flexanium
And me. Wife has been trying to make me throw cables out for many years but I just know I'll need them the moment I do.
sf111
levelfivedetentionblockaa23
Exactly
4t0m1c4
I couldn't find any specific cable if I wanted to in my cable hoard.
ChickenBankTeller
The prophecy has been fulfilled.
Betterbecauseofthem
I'm no fool. That shoe box of chords, cables and adaptors stays with me until I die
sidec
"Bury me with them." Like, dump them in your coffin? "Actually scratch that, cremate me and add me to the drawer"
EndersdoyouthinkthisisafuckingGame
Have you got that secret chord in there? The one David played and it pleased the Lord?
Betterbecauseofthem
Great! Now that's going to be stuck in my head for 7 weeks
WorkerLurker
Please hang them up organized or you’ll never find it.
JaceTiger
Ha. "Shoe box?" What is this? Amateur hour? 25 gallon tote of cords
dtallen243
Shoe box is amateur. Try garage
kytayn
Yep, that's what I have lurking in the closet, overflowing with cables. I may need that parallel printer cable one day.
yepthatguy
Jimthebutler
Now find it.
Betterbecauseofthem
Yes, amateur hour. I'm not a tech junkie. I'm not a gamer. I still listen to CDs.
yepthatguy
As do I. I'm not an audio snob or anything, but in certain songs you definitely lose something when it's compressed to mp3 or streamed.
iCurse
Tidal and Deezer both stream higher quality than the average CD, though. They have lossless for a lot of content, whereas CD is usually 320
randomdudefromtheinternet
Proud to upvote your comment to 69 upvotes
ThadeusPrinceOfFoxes
Nice.
Betterbecauseofthem
sVAMP
I've started pruning duplicates and ones I actually don't have a device for. E.g. the SCART cables died in 2021
tradesexforpancakes
I had the same “box” and literally got a cable out of it last week after 13 yrs. I told wifey “see I told you I would need it someday”
hotrodny
As a 50y old cable hoarder, i limit myself to just 2 boxes. Have only one of each (I don't need 13 hdmi cables).
Twrecks123
I threw mine out during lockdown 2020. Haven’t needed anything from it yet. ?
TheWeeweenator
Dear God I hope my husband doesn’t see this.
QueenFrostine34
Great I’ve been considering throwing mine out for the last year or so. Now it’ll be several more before I consider it again.
Taxicat
This is why I started using colored electrical tape to LABEL any cables that come with any electronics I buy. That way I know exactly >
Taxicat
>what it goes to. Also helps with figuring out which plug goes to the tv vs the Wii vs the Blu-ray player vs the router, etc.
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Label printer is where it's at.
isaidsomethingcool
Lately, when i de-clutter, if i find something unique-looking that im about to throw out, i google it first to make sure i can /1
isaidsomethingcool
replace it. If i cant find it, it goes back in the closet box titled "misc" /end
dreikommavierzehn
Careful. Some things vanish quickly without a trace. Like trying to find the video of "Tenacious D - Fuck her Gently" online
3654798521
go here https://musicvideo.fandom.com/ Type in said song... profit!
tibby
I can't wait to surprise my partner with this tonight! 😍
dreikommavierzehn
❤️
DonnaNobleInTheLibrary
Frayed standard USB cable? Can go in the trash. RJ45 to Serial adapter? Fuck no!
Brookimus741
I work in a warehouse that ships these types of adapters all of the time. We can sometimes take used stuff home.
PragmaticPrimate
I once wanted to buy a RJ45 to serial adapter. They told me RJ45 was already serial
wellembalmed
We have a basement because we have several of these boxes, every screw and bolt from 3 apts and 2 houses, a spare wedding dress, 3 drumsets
Nickelbackfat
I was nodding until we got to the drum sets.
metroid2
Well with drum sets I think it would be technically head banging not nodding.
Nickelbackfat