# 'Hoarders' 10/8/2012 - It Has Happened

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders-10-8-2012-it-has-happened/637276>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 10, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders-10-8-2012-it-has-happened/637276 "2012-10-10T02:34:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders-10-8-2012-it-has-happened/637276/81 "2012-12-21T16:58:25Z")

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> [@edwards\_beard](#):
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> And the cat episode mentioned in the spoiler above aired this week. I watched it curled up with my cat. Horrified.

I saw that one online last week. Honestly, the horder’s retention of the dead cats in the freezer was weird, but not nearly as bothersome as the dozens of sick animals in the house. How can anyone who cares for animals at all do that?

Then again, I started this thread describing someone retaining \*barrels \*of urine and feces in their house. Obviously some horders perceive reality differently than most people.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders-10-8-2012-it-has-happened/637276/82 "2012-12-21T18:14:09Z")

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I cannot watch these shows. Mom is a hoarder, my brother is a hoarder, they live together in a rotting, garbage-filled house. I tried for years to clean the house, it never worked. I finally just figuratively (and litteraly) washed my hands of the whole mess.

I haven’t heard from them since June, pity.

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoarders-10-8-2012-it-has-happened/637276/83 "2012-12-21T20:48:46Z")

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> [@Voluble](#):
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> I remember one guy who was dying of cancer and here all of these people were forcing him to spend his final hours on this earth tidying up his lot when he was perfectly happy with it the way it was. That was just all kinds of wrong.
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> I will stop there before I get too worked up.

Are you thinking of the guy with the brain tumor, whose daughter was trying to get him to leave? He was using his gas stove burner for heat, while hoarding books and papers. To ignore something like that would be “all kinds of wrong.”  
**BMalion** , I’m so sorry.

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