Rookie. My box has been growing since the '90s

Never know when you're going to need an RJ11 POTS connector!

What if i need that coax cable 10 years from now, what am I going to do, buy another one?

I threw away an RCA cable a while ago. Yesterday I needed it and had to buy a new one 😞. Never again.

My wife jokes about this a lot but there's been at least 5 times over the past few years where I just happened to have the exact cable required in the box.

I do go through it every so often. I'm not hoarding VGA and DVI cables

Listen, some day I will need to hook up a dot matrix printer.

Laugh all you want, but the week after I recycled the mini USB cable I had never used we were gifted a baby monitor that, of fucking course, needed a mini USB.

What if I need my firewire cable this year?!

i keep them in labeled containers: data cables, audio cables, power cables and extension cords

Just like the box of screws my great grand father passed down to my grand father, then to my father and finally to me. This multigenerational collection of screws from goodness knows where will keep growing until I bestow it on the heir to my estate.

Just one box?

since 2002

Amateur.

Do not lose hope brethren, and stay the course! I had critical need of a random audio cable I’d had for over 10 years just a few months ago. It is worth it! Your times will come! Keep the faith!

I just threw out my mum's CRT TV last week (unfortunately was beyond repair, RIP). I decided to keep the SCART cable just in case I might need it some day...

2002? Amateur.

I think it's fair that this is posted annually, but I don't like that it is.

Only 2002? Amateur

I used to have a collection of cardboard boxes for this stuff, but I organized everything into ziplock bags and then a set of transparent storage drawers, way nicer setup, can actually find things if I need them again.

Only cables?
Don't you have Sound Blaster for ISA bus in that box, for when... you know... just in case?
Or a Pioneer U03-S SCSI DVD-ROM drive for when you need something that plays all region codes?
Or a Pentium 60 for when you want to see that bug again?
Some things are just gone when they're gone. And no, the PS/2-USB adapter isn't up for grabs!

2002? Pfft, amateur (and I moved mine across an ocean!)

Hey he’s me! Ten of the same power bricks. A bundle of Ethernet cable that I keep for just in case. 5 power cables. Six hdmi cables. A box of computer case fans even though I’ll never need them. Like 50 micro usb cables.

I feel seen.

Emotional support cables

I've got a shitty 3ft cube Ottoman in my living room full of cables I'll never need again...

I'm talking about VGA, DVI, DVI/HDMI, VGA/DVI, coax, Component, composite, mini USB, micro USB, USB extention, 3.5m audio, 3.5 audio extention, digital optical, mini HDMI, HDMI and Ethernet.

Last week my wife was redoing her desk and asked for a long micro USB for her calculator and extension cables for USB speakers.

That box became a chest from a Zelda game when I dug in and pulled out the exact three cables she needed. 10ft micro USB, 6ft USB extension and 6ft 3.5 audio extension.

I swear that power cables breed.

A few years ago, I organized mine into bins by rough category. (AV, USB, Dongles, AC power, DC adapters) I pull and use something probably at least once a month.

No joke. I did keep the cables and some became useful again!

I'm in this post and I don't like it.

By reading this comment you are now cursed:

One week after you choose to dispose of any of those cables, you will need one of them.

How is this satire?

I still have my old AT power supply and IDE cables and one day again, it'll be my time to shine!

I'm in this article and feel personally attacked!

Over my cold dead body

2002? Those are rookie numbers.

I felt so called out by this that I just threw away a box of cables. Thank you for giving me the push I needed to wait hold on I think I still need those USB-A cables for that old printer I've got in storage so I should dig those out of the trash real quick