Oh, oh, I have serious ideas about silly things: get converters and then get rid of everything but the best cords. Congrats on your new drawer of converters. They’re much smaller though.

I have them sorted by type. If I get too many more, I might have to also sort by length.

But I might need them!

Ironically, I was looking for a mini USB cable the other day to charge my old bike light, but do you think I could find one?

They start to built up but i clean out occasionally and don’t keep more than 5 of any type. I have never run out and also every device comes with a cable.

5 is arbitrary but it keeps the problem under control.

Don’t let junk take off your life. Every square foot of space has a cost. If the thing being stored is not more valuable (emotionally, dollar value, whatever) than the space it sits in, get rid of it.

Is posting this to c/theonion some kind of double satire, or are there real people who don’t have a drawer full of USB cables??

Mom!?! You’re on the fediverse!?!

I always need some old, specific cable right after I throw a bag of them out, assured I will never need to use one again. Then like the next week all of a sudden I need 4.

I listen to tech podcasters. This is not satire, this is reality.