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by DeathArrow 1176 days ago
What would be the fine difference between hoarding and collecting?
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Whether or not your home smells like rotting garbage. There is a big difference between filling some shelves with obsolete gadgets, and having a big pile of rotting food covering every food preparation surface in your kitchen because you have a severe untreated mental illness. Let's not whitewash the reality of hoarding to shame some nerds for having obscure interests.
If you are a magnificent dragon, you have a hoard, if you are a puny human, you are just collecting.
Actually using or curating the stuff.
Well, one test if it is causing nevative impacts in other parts of your life.