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I can’t post the article this came from (forum rules).

These excerpts seem okay to post though.

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  • Americans in 2024 bought 5.7 times as much flatware and dishes and 3.5 times the furniture compared with 1994, according to Commerce Department data. They purchased 2.5 times the clothing and footwear.
  • Putting belongings in one of the country’s roughly 58,000 self-storage facilities costs $151.50 a month on average, according to Storable, a company that provides management software for self-storage facilities.
  • Downsizing a home takes as much as 40 hours, nearly double the time it took a decade ago, according to the National Association of Senior and Specialty Move Managers. Many hire professionals to help.
  • U-Haul increased the size of its largest moving trucks by 60% between 2014 and 2024 to reflect Americans’ growing volume of possessions, according to the company.
  • Some 71% of Americans in a recent Storable survey said they repurchase items they already own because clutter keeps them from finding the original.
But the buildup of stuff is a uniquely American phenomenon. Roughly 80% of the world’s self-storage facilities are located in the U.S., according to Nick Walker, a real-estate analyst at CBRE. The self-storage industry is one of the biggest beneficiaries of Americans’ inability to let go. Chuck Gordon, founder of Storable, said on average, people rent their units for 14 months, though many units remain rented for years. “People forget what they’ve stored,” Gordon said.
 
John_NJ said:
I can’t post the article this came from (forum rules).

These excerpts seem okay to post though.

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  • Americans in 2024 bought 5.7 times as much flatware and dishes and 3.5 times the furniture compared with 1994, according to Commerce Department data. They purchased 2.5 times the clothing and footwear.
  • Putting belongings in one of the country’s roughly 58,000 self-storage facilities costs $151.50 a month on average, according to Storable, a company that provides management software for self-storage facilities.
  • Downsizing a home takes as much as 40 hours, nearly double the time it took a decade ago, according to the National Association of Senior and Specialty Move Managers. Many hire professionals to help.
  • U-Haul increased the size of its largest moving trucks by 60% between 2014 and 2024 to reflect Americans’ growing volume of possessions, according to the company.
  • Some 71% of Americans in a recent Storable survey said they repurchase items they already own because clutter keeps them from finding the original.
But the buildup of stuff is a uniquely American phenomenon. Roughly 80% of the world’s self-storage facilities are located in the U.S., according to Nick Walker, a real-estate analyst at CBRE. The self-storage industry is one of the biggest beneficiaries of Americans’ inability to let go. Chuck Gordon, founder of Storable, said on average, people rent their units for 14 months, though many units remain rented for years. “People forget what they’ve stored,” Gordon said.
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Just come look at my basement :D My wife is a wonderful person but a hoarder. So, it's the cross I have to bare
 
LMichaels said:
Just come look at my basement :D My wife is a wonderful person but a hoarder. So, it's the cross I have to bare
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<raises hand> I still have 2 full tubs of SCSI HBAs, cabling, terminators, etc. in the basement. I really should recycle them, I have no remaining SCSI storage, and nothing that can use the HBAs either. And a shelf full of DLT-IV tape cartridges...... those just need to be degaussed and disposed of.
 
Here is a little wake up call to anyone paying attention…

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In Zuckerberg’s vision for a new digital future, artificial-intelligence friends outnumber human companions and chatbot experiences supplant therapists, ad agencies and coders. AI will play a central role in the human experience, the Facebook co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms has said in a series of recent podcasts, interviews and public appearances.

“I think people are going to want a system that knows them well and that kind of understands them in the way that their feed algorithms do,” Zuckerberg said Tuesday during an onstage interview with Stripe co-founder and president John Collison at Stripe’s annual conference.

Zuckerberg said on a podcast last week that he thinks the average person wants to have more friends and connections with other people than they currently do—and that AI friends are a solution.
 
John_NJ said:
“I think people are going to want a system that knows them well and that kind of understands them in the way that their feed algorithms do,” Zuckerberg said Tuesday during an onstage interview with Stripe co-founder and president John Collison at Stripe’s annual conference.
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My feed algorithms don't understand me. And that's exactly how I want it. Actually, I'd prefer not to have them at all.
 
John_NJ said:
Here is a little wake up call to anyone paying attention…

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In Zuckerberg’s vision for a new digital future, artificial-intelligence friends outnumber human companions and chatbot experiences supplant therapists, ad agencies and coders. AI will play a central role in the human experience, the Facebook co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms has said in a series of recent podcasts, interviews and public appearances.

“I think people are going to want a system that knows them well and that kind of understands them in the way that their feed algorithms do,” Zuckerberg said Tuesday during an onstage interview with Stripe co-founder and president John Collison at Stripe’s annual conference.

Zuckerberg said on a podcast last week that he thinks the average person wants to have more friends and connections with other people than they currently do—and that AI friends are a solution.
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Where's the AI bartender? Cause that's what friends are for!
 
John_NJ said:
Here is a little wake up call to anyone paying attention…

View attachment 112238

In Zuckerberg’s vision for a new digital future, artificial-intelligence friends outnumber human companions and chatbot experiences supplant therapists, ad agencies and coders. AI will play a central role in the human experience, the Facebook co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms has said in a series of recent podcasts, interviews and public appearances.

“I think people are going to want a system that knows them well and that kind of understands them in the way that their feed algorithms do,” Zuckerberg said Tuesday during an onstage interview with Stripe co-founder and president John Collison at Stripe’s annual conference.

Zuckerberg said on a podcast last week that he thinks the average person wants to have more friends and connections with other people than they currently do—and that AI friends are a solution.
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I think this is a very bad thing and a sign post for a very wrong path.

Just my deflated 2cents worth.
 
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