Comments on: Paul Graham on “Stuff” http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/08/01/paul-graham-on-stuff/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chris Taylor http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/08/01/paul-graham-on-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-9630 Chris Taylor Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:43:53 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/08/01/paul-graham-on-stuff/#comment-9630 I know this is one of those Andy Rooney everday-quirk-stuff articles, but I find it kinda hard to identify with because I am pretty minimalist. I don't accumulate that much stuff, and what I have accumulated, I get rid of on a regular basis. Living in a condo or apartment will do that to you -- you just don't have the room to accumulate too much crap. And aside from that I kinda like the ghetto chic of having the stereo sit on the cardboard box it was unpacked from (also labelled "STEREO" in black marker). =) It ain't pretty but it makes me laugh. I know this is one of those Andy Rooney everday-quirk-stuff articles, but I find it kinda hard to identify with because I am pretty minimalist.

I don’t accumulate that much stuff, and what I have accumulated, I get rid of on a regular basis. Living in a condo or apartment will do that to you — you just don’t have the room to accumulate too much crap.

And aside from that I kinda like the ghetto chic of having the stereo sit on the cardboard box it was unpacked from (also labelled “STEREO” in black marker). =) It ain’t pretty but it makes me laugh.

]]> By: Hamish Grant http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/08/01/paul-graham-on-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-9631 Hamish Grant Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:29:50 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2007/08/01/paul-graham-on-stuff/#comment-9631 I often wonder about this... we just moved and my gods the amount of crap we have! We had to clear out a whack of stuff into a 10x10 storage locker just to be able to show our old house to prospective buyers, and it's going to take weeks to sort through the locker to decide what to keep and what to sell/toss - we've actually come to appreciate having less stuff around so I think a lot of it is going to go! I often wonder about this… we just moved and my gods the amount of crap we have! We had to clear out a whack of stuff into a 10×10 storage locker just to be able to show our old house to prospective buyers, and it’s going to take weeks to sort through the locker to decide what to keep and what to sell/toss – we’ve actually come to appreciate having less stuff around so I think a lot of it is going to go!

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