Bulk pick-up was on Monday. I still giggle thinking about the scavengers. It was raining this year so they weren't in full force and missed some good scrounging. But what it did do is incite a riot in my brain about how much STUFF we all have and how much STUFF we throw away.
Look at this picture of my neighbors bulk pick up load. If I'm not mistaken, he's taken half the crap out of his house and put it on the curb! Seriously, how can one family afford to throw away all that stuff? I drove by a couple of times and the pile just kept growing...
I hate to judge, but what is all that? When I blow the picture up I can see a cooler (won't they need that for summer?), some storage bins (they won't need that, they are throwing everything away), blankets (it will be summer soon) and a variety of other household objects. I'm certain this pile was heavily scavenged because it isn't your typical leaf and broken furniture stash. It looked like the husband said, "well, it is spring, let's throw it all out and start over". Or they are getting divorced and this is all her stuff.
This is why I'm doing this major rant. We all have too much stuff. So much so that we can put half our house out to go to the dump and not even blink an eye. It is crazy and I'm on a mission to at least take care of my own house first, then maybe point out the insanity of collecting and hording and shopping and gathering and what is it about us that makes it so important to have it all?
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