Ren and Stimpy
uyb-culture-letting-go
Is it collecting or hoarding? Objects gather meaning until, one day, they don't. The records, the comics, the things that might one day be heirlooms, most of it could go without much regret. What matters was never really the object, it's what it represents. The memory of choosing something is worth more than the thing itself. The best memories don't need museum pieces to survive, they live in how you talk about them, how you laugh at their flaws, how they shaped who you became. I've got every issue of the Ren and Stimpy UK Comic. Am I sitting on a fortune? No. (You can pick them up for about £10 per issue). Will I sell them? No. Will I take the plastic toys off the cover? No.
Use for the collecting-vs-hoarding distinction and Nigel's real Ren and Stimpy comic collection, meaning living in memory rather than resale value. No notable exclusions, safe personal anecdote with a real embedded link.