Trixter
Veteran Member
I catch up on the TV show Hoarders from time to time to remind myself what the difference between a collector and a hoarder are. Imagine my surprise -- and horror -- when I saw several vintage machines in the Season 3 Episode 16 show titled "Andrew / Shania". Andrew is someone who collects "projects" and some of his "projects" were an Apple IIc, Apple IIe, several monitors, beige PCs, UPSes, and some other vintage gear (I'm pretty sure I saw some Sun gear). An Atari 800XL is displayed in the background of every close-up interview shot of Andrew!
What makes this person a hoarder vs. a collector? The hoarder has all of these machines sitting outside, where they've sat unprotected for months. Who knows what is living in them, and how many times they've been rained on. They cannot possibly be functional any more.
I have 30-ish machines, but only two are out at a time and the rest are in my crawlspace. All of my machines are in perfect working order -- if something breaks significantly beyond my ability to fix it, it goes away. I have 600+ boxed games, but they are mostly on bookshelves. I have come close to disorganization -- very close -- but all it takes is some containers to put everything in and stack out of the way. Hoarders is a sort of reality-check for me.
The show is on Netflix streaming but I wouldn't recommend watching it -- it's one of the more painful shows they've produced. Both subjects are clearly suffering from mental illness and hardly any progress is made.
What makes this person a hoarder vs. a collector? The hoarder has all of these machines sitting outside, where they've sat unprotected for months. Who knows what is living in them, and how many times they've been rained on. They cannot possibly be functional any more.
I have 30-ish machines, but only two are out at a time and the rest are in my crawlspace. All of my machines are in perfect working order -- if something breaks significantly beyond my ability to fix it, it goes away. I have 600+ boxed games, but they are mostly on bookshelves. I have come close to disorganization -- very close -- but all it takes is some containers to put everything in and stack out of the way. Hoarders is a sort of reality-check for me.
The show is on Netflix streaming but I wouldn't recommend watching it -- it's one of the more painful shows they've produced. Both subjects are clearly suffering from mental illness and hardly any progress is made.