# What's the thing you inexplicably own a million of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-you-inexplicably-own-a-million-of/1028206 "2026-03-04T21:07:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 50
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-you-inexplicably-own-a-million-of/1028206/50 "2026-03-05T15:31:33Z")
This thread scarily echoes the collecting thread > [@Is it THAT unusual to not collect anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-that-unusual-to-not-collect-anything/1027792): > > I am StarvingButStrong. I confess I don’t have any collections. I’ve never had any. (Pause to allow you all to gasp in astonishment.) The subject of collections came up at a pot luck dinner yesterday and everyone was sharing what they collected/boasting of how many of whatever they had/talking about the ‘prizes’ of their collections and how they’d acquired them/etc. I just sat there listening, until someone directly asked me about my collections, and I told them I didn’t have any. At first… Lotta people just love useless accumulating. Although I think @ZonexandScout’s story a couple posts up is really interesting. Shame you couldn’t have set up a flea market stall to sell off the decoy stuff you obtained that the clients didn’t care about. Back when flea markets / “swap meets” were more about used goods, not new goods of uncertain provenance, I long suspected that mostly the same items just circulated between one seller and another. After they sold some stuff, they’d wander the same meet and buy other stuff from other vendors. Who in turn were doing the same thing. It was just a big churn of rusty tools, dented cookware, and well worn kid’s toys. IME garage sales still work that way. People with full garages sell crap to other people with full garages. Who in turn sell it back to the first people. It’s the circle of crap. Excess crap. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-thing-you-inexplicably-own-a-million-of/1028206)._