Hit dumpster 100 in my neighborhood last night

I keep a running count in my phone notes. Number 100 was a busted office chair and a bag of half-eaten fast food. Felt kind of let down honestly. I was hoping for something cool like a working lamp or a vintage game console. Anyone else track their finds or am I just weird?

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clairen853mo ago

Started doing this during lockdown and it got addictive. My best score was a stack of vinyl records someone tossed out, mostly Christmas albums but a few good ones. The trick is to check early on trash day before the trucks come.

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felix_black3mo ago

...and what exactly were you hoping would be in that dumpster? Like did you have some secret fantasy of finding a mint condition NES or were you just hoping for something that wasn't trash? I ask because I think a lot of us get caught up in the thrill of the hunt itself. The anticipation of maybe finding something cool is what keeps me checking bins even when I know it's mostly junk. But when you actually hit a big number like 100 and it's just garbage, it kind of makes you wonder what the whole point is. You keep a list too though, so you must get something out of it.

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