# The value of the things

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 12, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-value-of-the-things/1012878 "2025-01-12T17:44:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-value-of-the-things/1012878/41 "2025-01-14T21:58:10Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> I was wondering at first if The Ice Pick was Trotsky-related 🤯

Probably more anti-Trotsky, I would think.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-value-of-the-things/1012878/42 "2025-01-14T22:07:53Z")

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Yes there are going to be people interested in both anarchist literature and ice making literature.

One option would be offering it on eBay. Another option would be a search for university libraries with special collections in those areas. Try an AI chatbot search such as " do any university library special collections include anarchist literature from the eighties and nineties"?

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-value-of-the-things/1012878/43 "2025-01-14T22:13:50Z")

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> [@PastTense](#):
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> Try an AI chatbot search such as " do any university library special collections include anarchist literature from the eighties and nineties"?

The Chicago vicinity would be one good guess for anarchy ‘zines or perhaps Berkeley.

New England historical societies for the ice stuff?

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-value-of-the-things/1012878/44 "2025-01-17T16:35:55Z")

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The Swedes have a word “döstädning,” which literally means “death cleaning,” but more to the point means “getting rid of your junk ahead of time so that your survivors don’t have to.”

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