[[An elderly individual is fretting over some sort of amphora.]]
Hoarder: Why do I have such a hard time parting with stuff?
Hoarder: This stuff has USES! I don't want to just THROW IT AWAY!
[[The hoarder's spouse looks on.]]
Hoarder: But it's CLUTTER. It accumulates. I CAN'T keep all of it FOREVER. Just LOOKING at it takes up mental energy.
Hoarder: Yet I can't BEAR the thought of it being WASTED. So here it stays.
Hoarder: Why is this so DIFFICULT for me?
Spouse: Because capitalism has indoctrinated us to believe that inert objects have inherent value, so we'll be driven to buy them.
[[The spouse looks surprised.]]
Spouse: Ah
Spouse: I can tell by the look you're now giving me that the question was intended to be rhetorical
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Hate to see good stuff thrown away? Donate it to your local thrift shop and let them throw it away, out of your sight!
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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