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Re:What’s causing the rise of hoarding disorder? by goodpoint on Thursday August 10, 2023 @08:38AM (#37075424)
> Hoarding is a mental disorder where the individual makes extreme connections between items, memories, and emotions.

Decades of advertising might have something to do with this. Plus the fact that hoarding money, houses, cars... is highly praised.

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Re:What’s causing the rise of hoarding disorder? by skeeter2020 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @09:23AM (#37075833)
>> Plus the fact that hoarding money, houses, cars... is highly praised

This is not at all like the type of hoarding that's described here. You're referencing essentially greed, which we've been told is good at least since the early 80's

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Re:What’s causing the rise of hoarding disorder? by goodpoint on Friday August 11, 2023 @01:31PM (#37091376)
It is actually very similar.
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