I’m in this post and I don’t like it.
Rookie. My box has been growing since the '90s
Never know when you’re going to need an RJ11 POTS connector!
I know when you’ll need it - 48 hours after you get rid of it!
looks at token ring hardware
You never know.
I think I actually finally threw out the token ring hub.
But I kept all the BNC cables and terminators.
I just picked up someone else’s box from the roadside trash to add to my collection.
Great idea. Now you have to sneak it into the house without the wife knowing
“Whatcha got there?”
“Nothing, just some cables.”
“More cables? Don’t we have enough? Where did those come from?”
“Nowhere, just found’em”
“Found’em where?”
“Just around”
“Around where?”
“By…some trash.”
“Are you trash picking tech again? I told you, we have enough junk, we don’t to collect other people’s junk, too!”
Wifegit, is that you?
What if i need that coax cable 10 years from now, what am I going to do, buy another one?
@Noite_Etion
I just found myself needing one a couple days ago, but I had just given them to a nephew in preparation for a move overseas.
@ZeroCoolWhoa you know zerocool?? That dude is 1337
You can buy them? Is that where they come from??? I have so many from cable boxes and modems over the years
I think it’s fair that this is posted annually, but I don’t like that it is.
i keep them in labeled containers: data cables, audio cables, power cables and extension cords
fancy
I still keep them all in one giant box, but they’re all sorted and velcroed together
Amateur. You’re supposed to just throw them all in a giant tangled mess. I’m gonna laugh when you need one and you don’t even have to spend an hour figuring out what’s what.
2002? Amateur.
Ah shit, I just posted the exact same comment :/
Over my cold dead body
We are all Man on this blessed day.
I’ll keep my growing box of crap I’ll never use forever and ever… ya never know, I might need that old DB9 cable for something…
Literally needed a DB9 cable the other month, I had actually moved it from my standard cable bins to the vintage cable box that I was going to drop off at the e-waste facility. This was the second cable I’ve had to rescue from that box. I am now just keeping that box.
Only 2002? Amateur
Right? I still have a charger cable for a 1987 Black and Decker Dust Buster. The dust buster has been missing for two decades.
And one day you’ll discover you need a power converter for that exact voltage and amperage.
I’ve met my people.
This is the way.
I felt so called out by this that I just threw away a box of cables. Thank you for giving me the push I needed to wait hold on I think I still need those USB-A cables for that old printer I’ve got in storage so I should dig those out of the trash real quick
Emotional support cables
I packed mine and moved it to a new house today; along with the voice module to the Odyssey game system i got for my 11th birthday.
Yes, yes. Make the jokes… Forget all those times the box of cables saved the day.
Amateur, lol, that box will be lost in MY box of cables dating back to Y2K.
Quick note, the one time I did clean out my box after not touching it for years I needed to go buy a special cable that I had just disposed of.
BTW: anyone need a 486 laptop running win2k, little quirk, the screen won’t stand up on its own anymore
People like to make fun of the ones with cable boxes, but they always come to them in times of need
By reading this comment you are now cursed:
One week after you choose to dispose of any of those cables, you will need one of them.
Joke’s on you, I already had that curse. Now, I have tons of boxes of cables, all clearly labeled.
Who knows when he might need a cable? Surely, he might need one this year.
