• Trailblazing Braille Taser@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    782·
    4 months ago

    Let us model the poop rule as a predicate keep that maps the set of real world objects to {true, false} and a function poopy that maps the set of real world objects to the set of real world objects with poop on them.

    For all x, keep(poopy(x)) = keep(poopy(poopy(x))), thus we can say that poopy is idempotent under keep.

    Further, poopy is injective because there exist distinct x and y such that keep(poopy(x)) ≠ keep(poopy(y)). The proof by example is that you would keep a poopy million dollar bill, but you would not keep a poopy poop.

    • BluesF@lemmy.world
      18·
      4 months ago

      Your model is lacking in one area - poopy() has an inverse poopwash() where for some set of poopy objects Y, poopwash maps Y to a subset of the set of real world objects, but there exists a set of poopy objects Z for which poopwash maps Z to a subset of poopy objects.

      My initial instinct was to suggest that for all z in Z, keep(z) = false, however I believe your million dollar example runs counter to this. Nonetheless, I suspect there is a useful subset of Z, let’s say S, for which we can say, for all s in S, keep(s) = false.

  • ted@sh.itjust.works
    41·
    4 months ago

    Joke’s on you, I have too much climate anxiety to throw anything out. I practically wash my toilet paper rather than flushing it.

  • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
    332·
    4 months ago

    It mostly depends on the surface of the item, not its value. Clothes and anything lined in fabric is gonna be toss, but you’d just replace it. Most things made of metal or are very glossy will be kept.

    • Godnroc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      4 months ago

      I would just throw clothes into the washing machine and maybe set it to a more thorough setting. Fabric lined would be a small steam cleaner with some enzyme cleaning spray until the water was clear and the staining was gone.

      I’ve cleaned up too much dog poop to be overly concerned at this point.

  • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
    29·
    4 months ago

    The problem with this method is that it puts far more importance on what the object is made of rather than how useful it is to keep around.

    • Dasus@lemmy.world
      91·
      4 months ago

      Day 1 on using this method and I’ve tossed away all my electronics and food, sitting in an empty apartment with a ton of linen.

  • recklessengagement@lemmy.world
    261·
    4 months ago

    I CAN CONFIRM THIS WORKS

    A few years back I was away for a while and came back to a nasty mouse infestation. When faced with the prospect of deep cleaning and sanitizing items, it made it WAY easier to get rid of stuff that I didn’t CRITICALLY need.

    Anything important I put in the work, anything not got tossed. I was able to cut back significantly.

    Also gave me an excuse to spend a bunch on storage - everything is now stored in clear sealed plastic bins with labels - and left me with enough trauma that I’m now quite vigilant about cleaning :P

    • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      4·
      4 months ago

      Hey look it’s me with cockroaches! (It’s fun sharing walls with households that have cockroaches. Sharing is caring.)

      I like simpler items with fewer parts now.

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      4 months ago

      I had a similar situation with a mould infestation, and I agree that a side effect of something like that is that deciding what to keep and what not becomes generally easier, what it doesn’t help with unfortunately is the actual task of sorting, which with executive dysfunction and chronic fatigue is a mountain of itself 😭

  • xantoxis@lemmy.world
    2711·
    4 months ago

    By this logic, get rid of all your food and clothing. You can’t get poop stains out of most clothing and obviously you’re not going to risk eating food that had poop on it.

    Also, go ahead and keep your litter box tools forever.

  • grrgyle@slrpnk.net
    101·
    4 months ago

    Interesting… I can’t think of a single non-disposable thing that I wouldn’t clean rather than throw away though, so maybe I only have good stuff??

    I mean I’ve got some magazines that would be awful to clean, but I’ll get around to reading them eventu–oh omg it works. I’m recycling my old magazines!