TimS
bentehone thing nobody ever talks about regarding being an adult, is how much time you debate yourself on keeping a cardboard box because it is a really, really good box
Bram Meehan@benteh wait you debate
Trip@benteh Six words I dread hearing are "Hey, do you want this box?" Because, yes I do *sobs* of course I do
Craig Reynolds@benteh There’s still room in the garage/house/storeroom, and it would be a shame if I ever needed it.
Anne Hulbert@benteh I had to throw out 5 or 6 perfectly good boxes yesterday 😭
haq
Jim Daly@benteh One of those boxes is labelled "Pieces of string, too small to be of use".
@psneeze ah. we must have a monty python fan in the building
Jonathan Kamens 86 47@benteh I just wish I had that debate. Instead I've got a corner of the basement with boxes haphazardly piled up to the ceiling.
PaulNickson 🕊️🎛️🎼@benteh I have cats who make that decision for me.
Essjay 🏳️🌈 
That's not an adult thing at all.
Everybody knows that children's and cat's favourite playthings and places to be are ...
Cardboard boxes.
Lisa@benteh Having a cat means you have an excuse to keep boxes, it’s for the cat, don’t you see how happy she is sitting there??
Giselle@benteh So very true! And then of course talk yourself into keeping that box, regardless of however many you already have. Because "we MIGHT need it!" To my shame I have to admit to a bit of a Pavlovian reflex.
It goes: Good box. Must keep!
And so many other things...
😳
It goes: Good box. Must keep!
And so many other things...
😳
SheWhoMustBeObeyed@benteh I love when I get a gift in a beautiful sturdy multi-purpose cardboard box. Sometimes the box is better than the contents.
nivs@benteh I just got rid of one this morning that had been knocking around for a year because it was a really, really good box.
Randy Noseworthy 😼 
I think one term that could be used would be hoarding.
But. I was hanging on to empty cardboard boxes but now I've been burning them.
I'm trying to declutter my house.
But you're right the committee in my head 🗣️ is always arguing as to what to keep and what not to keep.
Chris [list of emoji]I have purchased moving boxes. I know how much they cost. We're *keeping* *these*.
Elena ``of Valhalla''@benteh is there a reason to debate? there is just one right answer for that! (if it's a good one, keep and reuse)
Mia Rose 🖋️ Second Draft [79%]@benteh we have a pile
Ellenor Bjornsdottir (she) @benteh I have a stash of them. Gonna use one to mail out a laptop come March or April.
LisPi
CharliDuffy6@benteh the piece of string. Box from every apple product you’ve purchased, boxes from RING products too. Velcro strip off lettuce. HAGD all.
Jennifer Moore 😷Pretty sure I was already a fan of good cardboard boxes as a kid :-)
Neon 
@benteh me hoarding all the boxes so when I need to ship something I have a perfect box to put things into. My dad tends to disagree with my methods and we butt head over this quite a bit...
SabrinaDent@benteh Oh I see you've met my husband, Chair of the But It's A Really Good Box committee.
The Magnificent Skinbag@benteh if it doesn't match the dimensions of the stack I'm already keeping that bastard is GONE
peter honeyman
Hannah is trying to cope@benteh I also have this issue with jars!
Ponder@benteh I don't debate, I just keep! 😂
Julian West🦞@benteh It might come in handy!
Visions of Napa@benteh
I am so glad to learn I am not alone in my love of repurposing a good sturdy cardboard box.
I am so glad to learn I am not alone in my love of repurposing a good sturdy cardboard box.
OneNotePony@benteh Look, it's a really unusual form factor and one day I'm going to have the exact thingy that needs to be in a box this exact shape, and anyway I don't need to justify myself
Mike Wursta 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🇺🇦@benteh LOL same ;-)
BunRab Is Old And Tired@benteh one of the boxes is full of the bubble wrap you're saving.
@benteh Did you know that one instance of Milano cookies comes in a plastic lidded cube about 8" on a side? Can you imagine thst some people throw those away?!?!?
DinCA 🏳️🌈 🎾 🐶 🖖🥄@benteh I'll help you throw it out faster: cardboard is a gateway for cockroaches.
@djisin415 they're not a problem here. cardboardboxhoarding a much more pressing issue
Governor S@benteh There is something to this.
Mike 🍁✔@benteh And you don't even have a cat to blame it on.
skua@benteh
Realised this morning that I don't know a really really good cardboard box from a bitter disappointment.
I'm over carboard boxes!
@skua 😆 you have much to learn
Melonie@benteh And in addition to other reasons for keeping it I ask the question, "does my cat like this box?"
Rob Rakove@benteh
I feel seen
I feel seen
@robrakove we are legion!
Gabriel Pettier@benteh I don't, though my wife would really like me to dispose of the dozens of carefully folded cardboard boxes of various sizes i stored in my messy "home office", in case they ever come handy, because they are indeed, for most of them, very good boxes.