I recently started selling some of my old stuff online and regret all the boxes I've thrown away.
Keep them.

Say that to my cats face… I dare you.

But what if I have to RMA my graphics card 6 years after I bought it?!

Literally my couch table. Not throwing it away for any reason

Over my dead body.

You say that, but as soon as it's gone I'll need it.

False.

I move fairly frequently so they're useful for that, and cardboard boxes + basic engineering knowledge = modular shelving.

I currently have a ~2ft x ~1ft x ~1ft box, filled with many old personal pizza boxes, for structural reinforcement.

Now I don't need to crane my neck to look at my TV.

Recycling.

I just got a new mouse and it came in one of those really sturdy boxes like a phone would come in. I literally put it next to the other boxes I've been hanging on to, just sitting on my dresser...

YOU CAN'T MAKE ME

I may not need the box, but Emily does!

But our cats do!!

Fuck you it's my nightstand.

If you're neurodivergent and also sell on eBay, you can justify a BoxLibrary and enter all of those nice FREE boxes into a self-hosted open source inventory management program that also lets you easily print qr code labels that you can tape to each flattened box (sorted by size, obviously) that you can easily scan to take that box out of inventory when you use it to ship stuff.

And then you can buy new boxes anyway because BoxLibrary is too far away (in the garage) because your partner didn't want all of those lovely boxes in the house, but you can't stop adding to it now, because it's infrastructure and also, hey, that's a nice box - I'm gonna keep that, because I might need it later.

I use* them for print & play games and costumes! You can take them out of my cold dead hands 😾

*once or twice a year

Which cardboard box? I have several*

*this is an understatement.

You don't understand. On no less then two occasions in my life, I needed a nice sized cardboard box and had to make due with taping together scraps, like an animal

Now I have three nice intact big cardboard boxes. You want me to throw away such riches?

Madness.

But what if i want to return the product that i bought 10 years ago, then i'll need the original box it came in

You can pry them from my cold dead hands!

Not my masturbating boxes!

No! I'm going to need it one of these days. For instance, I'm selling stuff on eBay. I'll get around to selling that stuff. Eventually. And I'll need that cardboard box!

Lucky for me I’ve never been diagnosed as neurodivergent. So I can keep all my boxes

The only cardboard box i keep is the one my Christmas tree is in. Then again outta now tape than box at this point.

To quote the AVGN: Don't you talk about my boxes! I like boxes!

My cardboard box collection has saved me countless dollars over all the moves I have made as an adult. I average a move every 1.6 years

nono you see I can turn it into a bedside table

Thanks for reminding me to ask for my nice cardboard boxes back from my friend after helping her move a bit ago

They're old paper boxes and they have handles and lids, they're great for organization

Fuck I have a shelf full of empty 3d printer filament boxes. But what if I will need them one day. I swaer I am neurotypical.

Sure, I have no plans to move anytime in the next decade, but my 5 year old 50" TV might need to be packed perfectly with all the Styrofoam just in case.

But what if i need to use the cardboard to store something?

i throw them away with lot of inner resistance and time passing because there could potentially be a use for them - a i neurodivergent?

anyone got the original photo for that picture of the horse in the suit? (pls pls pls don't let it be ai slop omg)

you're not my dad you cant tell me what to do

Not true, I can put waste paper in it to throw away. Oh no I missed collection day! Guess I'm gonna accumulate some more until next week, I just need another cardboard box...

wow calling me out

But Christmas is coming

My neurodivergent ass just had to recover and tape-fix a box from the trash, i trew it away yesterday after asking if we should keep it.

Do not believe this meme, do not throw away that box!!

It's too big for the trashcan and it'll take me a while to procrastinate breaking the box down.

Which of the 20?

But like, it's nice and flat but reassemleable so it doesn't take up any space, but if I need it for organising stuff later and it makes no negative consequence to my current being now and, just, you know TT