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 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.)
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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
a serial killer dubbed the USB strangler is just around the corner, but the possibly suspects are way too many to narrow down the number -
I still have VGA cables. Civilizations have risen and fallen since they were last useful, but somehow they remain under my desk, quietly waiting for history to repeat itself.
@masek I have used VGA in last year to troubleshoot a monitor
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@DavidBruchmann @masek what did you say about my mother?!?!?
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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.”
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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.#4 — that’s it— all wires into the sarcophagus!
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@masek The problem is, every now and then I _do_ find a use for one. And the countdown to a cable purge is once again reset at ~6,300,000 seconds and counting.
I don't think I have ever seen that countdown hit zero.
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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 hoarder. Same problem here.
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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 bin sacks full
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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 VGA to hdmi, HDMI to display port, PS2 to USB, Game port to USB (!), and don't make start with how many RJ45 to USBC and the different sizes of hard drive cables...
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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 … this and more on today’s episode of Cable Hoarders.
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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 @trendytoots
Not sure about an official DSM-5 diagnosis, but it would totally make a great reality show. We'll call it "Coarders". -
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
Brilliant! -
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’m glad I saved my old parallel laplink cable from 40 years ago. Came in handy when I needed to transfer some data off an old XT. :).
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@DavidBruchmann @masek what did you say about my mother?!?!?
Ohh, I spoke about her dialect only
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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 @briankrebs Retro Computer Collector. I have regretted every old computer cable I’ve tossed. Not true of iPhone cables, though.
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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
Assuming you mean ‘year’ when you say ‘month’: Same!
