Presumption - we all know and grapple with the meaning(lessness) of physical possessions, particularly videogames and other media that can be stored in closer and closer to zero physical space, digitally.
But! Many of us collect stuff for lots of reasons, and there comes a time when certain objects in our collections gotta go. The sale thread is full of people trimming down. A recent post of a round of stuff by @exodus got me thinking - What are the different reasons you all are moved by to get rid of something that you previously went to the trouble of acquiring? Can be games or other stuff that can be otherwise digitally replaced.
My answer presently has been the physical dimensions of this CD rack I got for psx games. Similar to a deck of magic cards (which can be of unlimited size, but ~nobody plays with more than the minimum), I have had a few rounds of evaluation to condense this set of games to fit within the bounds of the shelf. It has made me evaluate what I have as to whether itās the real oddball stuff that match my tastes, or something that I otherwise feel like I should hold on to. I somewhat enjoy the process of deciding what stays and what goes (though rules get bent), and I feel like the concentration of goodness by my measure has increased as a result.
Related questions:
Whatās something you thought youād never part with that youāve purposefully released?
Biggest regret in having cut something out?
Whoās on the chopping block presently, and whatāre the forces pushing either way?
Where/how do you put things out to pasture?
Converse topic - what inspires you to keep something despite having reasons to get rid of it?
And, to be clear, this is not meant to be a space for arguing against any individualās choices of material possessions, or to bemoan the general materialism of our society. Itās about how people make choices, so we can consider our way of thinking and be informed by othersā.