AdvocateSaint replied: "Similar to the law that you'll always see random objects just laying around until you actually need them. Then they're nowhere to be found."

hydroalien replied: "I was so bad with boxes, and with three people in one house, we were getting a lot of boxes built up. I finally got rid of them all, broke them down, and recycled them. Then I had no boxes to wrap anything in for Christmas and had TO BUY BOXES. The box cycle is a savage and heartless one."

"I have a rock collection (precious stones, fossils, and other cool minerals). When I tell you my room shines purple because of all my amethyst clusters and points I mean it."

"We moved during the pandemic and everyone thought they’d be clever and send us a pack as a housewarming gift. The first couple were helpful and appreciated, but the many others that followed were not.

We haven’t bought toilet paper since May and we still have 70+ rolls left. We couldn’t finish unpacking a few boxes because an entire closet is filled with toilet paper."

I’m a serial crafter in that I like to get really into a crafting hobby for a period of time (could be months, years, or sometimes just weeks), and then I move onto the next craft. I usually buy supplies for that hobby as though it will be a lifelong passion.

I’m also an aspirational crafter: I’ll see the potential in raw materials which “forces” me to buy said raw materials, but then I get lazy and the project never comes to fruition.

In short, I have two separate hobbies: collecting crafting supplies and crafting.

"At least to me it’s a ridiculous amount. Over 70 unique games. I have played almost all of them but some came from my wife and take more than two people to play so we haven’t gotten to those yet."

death_goblin replied: "Are you the sock monster in my dryer?"

Mrminecrafthimself replied: "I use them for trash bags in the bathroom."

"Old computer towers, cords, broken game system, etc. I know I should get rid of them because fixing most are out of my league but the first piece of tech I got was a Nokia phone in 2008. Some people get what a Nokia brick in 08 means. Anyway, I have a slight obsession with tech and like to hold on to whatever I can get my hands on."

Derekthemindsculptor replied: "I was going to post this exact comment over 2 hours ago... Now I have even more."

"I started collecting them in the 80's. I have just about every issue published between 1970 and 1990, plus a bunch more on either side."

IHeartChampagne replied: "I'm in the opposite boat. I'm a woman with two daughters and I feel like we are always searching for hair ties despite having bought a 100-pack yesterday. Where do they go?!"

"Technically they're my daughters but I bought almost all of them. She has probably 30. We could get rid of her bed and she could sleep on them. She loves all of them and I would quit buying them but they're so damn cute."

"Every time I get a new thing that needs to be assembled, I keep the leftovers 'just in case'. Now I have a ton of random, particular nuts and bolts with severely limited applications and I just can’t seem to throw them away."

"One of my dogs becomes obsessed with whatever new toy he gets and eventually destroys it. Rips it apart, tears out the squeaker, or just starts trying to eat it.
Even the big 'indestructible' ones that companies advertise, he finds a way to wreck them.
So why don’t I throw them away? Well, he’s a lab mix, and pretty much at all times, he carries a toy with him. When I get home he throws one at my feet. When I feed him, he brings one to his bowl. When we go to bed, he snatches one up and sleeps with it.
And he seems to go through different moods. One day it’s an old destroyed toy. The next one’s a tennis ball. The next day it’s one of his newer ones.
Every few days I pick them all up and stuff them in a box... which he promptly tips over and sifts through to find whatever toy he wants to play with. Yes, it’s annoying but it’s also adorable. Every time I’m about to throw one of them away, he starts playing with it again. So yeah, here I am with 50 or so toys, bones, and balls."

"I worked in a tea shop and was able to get an insane amount of loose-leaf tea for free. I literally have a cupboard of nothing but different flavors of loose-leaf teas. Hundreds of dollars worth of tea for my own drinking pleasure. I probably have close to 40 different flavors, all in their own happy little tins waiting for the day I think 'Yes, a pure green tea sounds perfect today.'"

"My grandfather used to sell them at flea markets for a side hustle, and he used to give them to the grandkids as gifts. I've gone on to buy a few interesting ones for myself. I have about 70."

"My moms buy us each a fleece blanket every year and have for as long as I can remember. We take good care of them and so I've probably got at least a dozen."

"I just really love shoes! I wear a women's US 8, which is pretty common, so I can lend fancy pairs to friends who need them for a special occasion. I've given away many pairs to women who need them for part of a work uniform. I go through my collection once a year and donate the ones I never wore or don't care for anymore. Someone will love them, guaranteed. And while I do own high-quality shoes for work and Midwestern winter, most of them are just cheap, cute pairs I don't feel bad about only wearing once to go with an outfit or just because I need a shoe-related self-esteem boost. I own one purse, dress very plainly, and my awesome shoes are always the highlight of my outfit."

AmigoDelDiabla replied: "It's really great for when you're hungry and want two thousand of something."

symphonyofbison replied: "WHERE DO THEY EVEN COME FROM?!"

"I already had a bunch when I was a kid, then my older cousin gave me all his when he got into high school and stopped playing. I have about 80, no duplicates. Plus, I still have a working console."

"They're useless here, (Canada) so I have nearly $1,000 in pennies. I collected them from banks when we stopped using them. Hoping to make a penny floor with them once I find a house that I can see myself making into my forever home."

"I find them in the antique store and I buy them. Simple because they are from different years and when there are different years, the stuff on the globe is different. I'm a history geek, I guess."

danklekandrey replied: "I have 43 and my friends say it's too much. Then I see people with 800 and I forget."

"I guess 7 pairs aren’t ridiculous for some niche collector but I am not. But where the hell did they all come from? I have cows, sugar skulls, goats, I don’t need to shake that much salt and pepper."

"My wife signed us up for an Amazon household essentials subscription and overestimated how often we bought Q tips. A box came every month until I pointed out that using our stock of 20,000 Q tips would take a while."

bleachedbird replied: "Pets must hate you, even if they even know who you are any of the time."

"I won a lifetime supply of gourmet coffee beans in a contest. Several pounds arrive each month, faster than I can use them. Some get stored in the freezer, while other bags are given to friends who can use them."

About 25.000 because I've been playing with family and best friends for 23 years. I'm still collecting more, but my closet is getting full..."

"They are despised by many people for their soulless eyes- which I totally understand. But for me, I don’t mind and they are relatively cheap as well. It’s a cheaper way to express love for a certain franchise without having to break the bank. That is until you start collecting hundreds!"

"Here https://imgur.com/a/lSe2d1J is an album of all 162 of them (I realize a few are sweatshirts, but they have such huge sentimental value that I consider them equal). My goal is to one day have enough so that I can wear a different one each day of the year."

"It started with getting one that didn't work. I didn't know how to fix it, and once I learned it was fun. I started collecting them. When they're broken they're often cheap to acquire."

"Well, I had 160 at the last count. I stopped counting. I've been asked WHY I collect them many times. I am a plus-sized person and I love fashion. However, there isn't a lot of fashion in my size. I gravitated to handbags and purses and wallets and luggage because there, size doesn't matter. It started with me wanting to get VERY EXPENSIVE bags at very low prices, I scoured second-hand shops and yard sales. Then eBay started (yes, I am THAT OLD) and I totally got taken by a fake Kate Spade and was so angry, I stopped buying bags on eBay. I now collect a VERY rare bag, they make sometimes 150 of a certain style/color so that I know I am getting the real thing as I buy directly now."