Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek@infosec.exchange I have boxed up a large box of these and the box has been untouched for a year, yet I still can't bring myself to get rid of them. And somehow, now, I could probably fill another box!
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek As I see it:"Common sense".
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@masek
My neighbour still uses a VGA cable.His PC has VGA and DisplayPort. His monitor has VGA and HDMI.
He is not an IT nerd, doesn't know or care about DisplayPort to HDMI converter cables.
Hence VGA.
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek hoarding?
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek me keeping IDE cables cuz idk man, I might need 'em
Also, this would be hoarding
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek Possibly a subset of Hoarding Disorder (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoarding_disorder ).
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@briankrebs @masek I once threw away a cable I never thought I use, and then the very next month I needed it!!!
Never again
@catsalad @briankrebs @masek I've been hard on myself for getting rid of these. Especially as I've had some circumstances where I couldn't find the right cable in the big box of cables, so ended up buying one.
If I can get it on Amazon with next day or same day delivery and I'm not actively using it, then it goes in the bin.
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
phobia funium disponendi
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@briankrebs @masek I once threw away a cable I never thought I use, and then the very next month I needed it!!!
Never again
@catsalad @briankrebs @masek Guy I know asked me if I had an adapter he could use with his device, so I rummaged in my bag of cords and adapters and came up with one that would work and also had his name on it. (He'd added it to my collection meant to go for recycling about a year earlier.)
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Braindead ?
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@masek I think I’ve oversold myself.
My Finnish is anchored in 1950s northern country, farm girl dialect.
(Having learned from my 1950s, northern Finland farm girl mother, when I was a kid).
But I will consult the cousins for an authentic translation.
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek Sowas dachte ich auch, bis der VGA auf HDMI-Adapter nicht an dem Secondhand Serverboard funktioniert hat, und ich dann arg tricksen musste. Wobei dann der Monitor das nächste Problem war, gut dass ich mit dem Sperrmüll da gewartet hatte.
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek I still have a box with 10base2 cable, connectors, junctions and terminators.
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek this is just called being well prepared
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek Because one time I did throw away a specialized cable and a few weeks later found the device that would have worked if I still had it.
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
@masek how about simply "connectivitis"?
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Naming the medical condition for the well recognised pathological condition resulting in legacy cable types being retained indefinitely… just in case they are needed
Latin:
Cablus Retentiva Disorder (CRD)
Contenders:
• Technocable Accumulation Syndrome (TCAS)
• Retro-Interface Cable Conservatism (RICC)
• Cable Accumulation Pathology (CAP)
• Legacy Conductor Retention Phenomenon (LCRP)
• Chronic Conductor Conservation Condition (C4)@lxs @masek @nikolaihampton How about "cable-retentive"? LOL
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Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
cableitis /kā′bəl-i´tis/ noun
1. An inflamation in one's personal collection of old electronics cords and cables.
2. An ironic condition of being too attached to objects that used to attach things to other things.
3. A psychological syndrome characterized by persistent difficulty in parting with bits of wire that once had a purpose.
4. An unreasonable desire to be interred with one's boxes of wall-warts in case they are needed in the afterlife. -
Is there an official scientific name for this condition?
You find cables for hardware you haven’t owned in decades, and somehow your brain still insists, “Better keep these. They might come in handy.”
I recognize myself, but kinda wonder if this is a similar pattern to what I noticed with my grandparents (and many of their generation). With them, it came from having experienced periods of extreme scarcity where stuff wasn't generally available. Keep what you have, fix what you have before replacing it, keep broken stuff with parts that might become a spare for something else. Often neatly tucked away and labelled "pieces of string too short to be useful".
For the tech generation, we've experienced buying good gear at significant cost. Cabling has always been a challenge. When I replace stuff, there's often this idea that "I'll be able to use this for something later" then never do. I often ascribe a higher value than what is warranted to once loved objects. (Also, you feel vindicated every time a new device arrives with a 20cm long power cable.)
