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I finally hit 10,000 unanswered questions in my saved list
I was cleaning up my bookmarks and realized my 'Ask Later' folder had exactly 10,243 links. It's a mix of everything from 'how do car loans work' to 'what's the best way to fix a wobbly ceiling fan'. I started it maybe five years ago, thinking I'd get to them eventually. The sheer number made me see I use this forum more as a reference library than a place for immediate answers. Has anyone else built up a massive backlog like this, and do you ever actually clear it out?
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the_troy2mo ago
My buddy found 500 saved recipes and finally tried one last week.
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wade_wood2mo ago
Saw a whole article about this digital hoarding thing. People save hundreds of articles or recipes to "read later" apps, but that folder just becomes a black hole of guilt. It's like we get a little hit of satisfaction from just saving the idea, tricking our brains into thinking we did the work. My own "watch later" playlist is a graveyard of cool documentaries I swore I'd get to.
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stone.brooke2mo ago
Ten thousand is a number that makes my head spin. You have a link saved about fixing a ceiling fan from five years ago. That fan has either been fixed, fallen down, or been replaced by now. The car loan question is probably for a car you don't even own anymore. It's a museum of past problems.
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