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[–] 72 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Okay, so I'm getting rid of my mattress, most of my furniture, most of my electronics, etc.

I think the idea behind this idea is good: If you're trying to get rid of stuff, only keep things that you would expend a bit of effort for.

However, I think they're wildly underestimating how many items will be destroyed or irreversably ruined in some way by poop.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I think it's probably better to amend it to, "if it was covered in poop would you get rid of it and not replace it?"

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I'm too poor to replace the things that got covered, so this still doesn't work.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Well, work with the basis of the question being that you could afford to replace it.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Listen mate, if you can cover 50" tv in poop, you need to go see a doctor first.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    They said when decluttering. Most of those things aren't in question when you're specifically decluttering. No one looks at their mess and thinks "maybe getting rid of my mattress, couch, phone and TV would make things cleaner".

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    The one I've heard is, if you spilled a glass of red wine on it, how hard would you work to clean/fix it? It's more in the vein of decluttering as opposed to replacing furniture. So obv your couch and TV are exceptions

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