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It's obviously a piece of art,the state of the apartment is a very accurate metaphor for what western capitalist/consumerist society is doing to the planet. Those that are horrified and claim they would never live like that have a look around you that's what your doing to the planet.
 
I have seen much worse working for Red Cross Disaster Services. I entered one apartment and it was floor-to-ceiling (literally) with trash. There were "paths" from room to room. You felt like you were in an archeological dig of a landfill.
 
Im a PC

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Typical windows user:rolleyes:

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Most of the hoarders I have seen are quite clean, they have a load of junk yes, but they keep it clean. Unless people are starting to hoard fag ash and dust now days. That is just pure laziness, not hoarding.
 
I've seen places like this before.

Surprising and smelling.

One place I remember vividly, was a fellow who collected magazines of all sorts. His home was filled with magazines stacked from the floor to about 4 to 4.5 feet throughout the house.

To move around his home, there were pathways in each room.

Before he got old, he knew where a magazine resided. Say you want to see Popular Mechanics, June 1972, issue. He would know exactly where to find it. Amazing.
 
Peterkro said:
It's obviously a piece of art,the state of the apartment is a very accurate metaphor for what western capitalist/consumerist society is doing to the planet. Those that are horrified and claim they would never live like that have a look around you that's what your doing to the planet.
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Good point. Of course, the environment was vastly improved in those countries behind the Iron Curtain for all those decades. Veritable Eden. Chernobyl is now a garden.

Don't generalize.
 
Bargsbeer said:
Mental illness is not excuse for living like a Pig. People like this need their asses kicked.
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What a ridiculously stupid comment.

You obviously have absolutely no idea what mental illnesses can do to people.
 
gilkisson said:
Good point. Of course, the environment was vastly improved in those countries behind the Iron Curtain for all those decades. Veritable Eden. Chernobyl is now a garden.

Don't generalize.
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I wasn't generalising I was being very specific.Of course the old state capitalist countries did and do throw out huge amounts of pollution but not as much as western countries and for a shorter time.I don't mean to exclude any polluters just to point out the largest ones.
 
Just so sad.

When you look past the horror of it (granted, not easy) you see the remnants of a life.

Someone had a decent life, once. Or at least the semblance of one.

How does it go so wrong?

We can sit here and laugh, but imagine when things just "get out of control"?

That being said, I feel sorry for the cats. Their litter tray is in beter shape than the apartment… hopefully they decamped a long time ago.
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Peterkro said:
I wasn't generalising I was being very specific.Of course the old state capitalist countries did and do throw out huge amounts of pollution but not as much as western countries and for a shorter time.I don't mean to exclude any polluters just to point out the largest ones.
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Mental illness isn't an ideological condition, it's a human condition. The conditions described in this thread are not driven by politics, they are created by mental illness.

As for pollution, there is no human society which does not pollute. It's a question of degree.

And you meant to say "old state communist".
 
gilkisson said:
Mental illness isn't an ideological condition, it's a human condition. The conditions described in this thread are not driven by politics, they are created by mental illness.

As for pollution, there is no human society which does not pollute. It's a question of degree.

And you meant to say "old state communist".
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No I meant to say state capitalist for that is what they were,political parties who use words like communist,liberal,socialist,conservative or democratic in their titles are generally anything but. What I originally posted was (I thought) a light hearted way to point out the macro in the micro perhaps not too clearly. The person who lived in the apartment may have been mentally ill maybe not,because someone has different ways of living from the norm in their society doesn't necessarily make them mentally ill. Yes it is very much a question of degree which is why I attempted to lay the blame squarely where it belongs. Have a nice day.
 
Peterkro said:
No I meant to say state capitalist for that is what they were,political parties who use words like communist,liberal,socialist,conservative or democratic in their titles are generally anything but. What I originally posted was (I thought) a light hearted way to point out the macro in the micro perhaps not too clearly. The person who lived in the apartment may have been mentally ill maybe not,because someone has different ways of living from the norm in their society doesn't necessarily make them mentally ill. Yes it is very much a question of degree which is why I attempted to lay the blame squarely where it belongs. Have a nice day.
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Wow. Ok. I guess when the only tool you care to use is a hammer, all problems tend to look like nails, eh?

Have a nice dialectic, um, day.
 
Damn I hate the press. "Worlds most..." okay, so how do you know it's the "worlds most"? I've seen worse places like that. The guy was such a hoarder that he even bottled is own faeces and urine.

My gran's a bit of a hoarder too. She lives in a regular terraced house but the whole upstairs is full of old clothes she'll never wear again and bits and bobs collected since the 60's. We're going through it at the moment and even though the house is small and clean, it's taking a hell of a long time.
 
leekohler said:
Exactly. They feel like they will have some need for all this stuff sometime in the future. I guess it's a really bad insecurity issue.
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I am glad to have the girlfriend that I do. She is good at making me throw things out. "Keep the memories, get rid of the s**t" she tells me. I am not at the level of these people, but I often find myself justifying a future need for some of the most mundane items. I hope I never get this bad.

Bargsbeer said:
Mental illness is not excuse for living like a Pig. People like this need their asses kicked.
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It is ignorant comments like this that perpetuate the stigma of mental illness. Would you denigrate someone with cancer? How about AIDS? People with mental disorders are no different, so why treat them like they have control over things for which they do not. I feel sorry for you.
 
Bargsbeer said:
Mental illness is not excuse for living like a Pig. People like this need their asses kicked.
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From what I understand, hoarding is often a part of OCD. OCD is has been shown to be a biological disorder where part of the brain (basal ganglia) does not function properly. It is the same part of the brain that malfunctions when a person has Parkinson's Disease. So your comment is equivalent to saying that Michael J. Fox needs his ass kicked for his cluttered speech. :(
 
Bargsbeer said:
A big part of the problem in this country is that everyone needs a crutch. Everyone has a disorder,ailment ,depression,anxiety,ADD,ADHD,OCD or some kind of phobia....Maybe the person who lived here was a pig. Why do we have to make excuses for them? Isn't there any accountability anymore? Is anyone responsible for anything in they do? Or do we blame it on one of many possible crutches?
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HAHA love it. something philosophical out of a rude comment. Great spin. You should be a lawyer.
 
Are you kidding? I've seen ten times worse homes on 'cops'. This place looks like they set it with props (except the bathroom).

I always feel bad for the cats.
 
You guys are being rude to someone with a mental disability because he was rude to someone with a mental disability?

:eek: Looks like he disappeared.
 
Bargsbeer said:
Why is everyone assuming this person is mentally ill? Just because they live in a filthy home,Now they are mentally ill?
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You're right. They should be beaten. How dare they live like slobs! Cane them, I say!

And all those slackers in hospitals! Whip them into shape!

Replace youth activity centers with boot camps!

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And what happens when you or yours comes down with something that others would diagnose as a disorder, but you call laziness? Just leave them outside in the winter, let the wolves deal with it?
 
gilkisson said:
You're right. They should be beaten. How dare they live like slobs! Cane them, I say!

And all those slackers in hospitals! Whip them into shape!

Replace youth activity centers with boot camps!

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And what happens when you or yours comes down with something that others would diagnose as a disorder, but you call laziness? Just leave them outside in the winter, let the wolves deal with it?
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I never said anything about people in hospitals or people with legitimate ailments/diseases.I never said anything about laziness or youth activity. I simply stated that assuming this person is mentally ill just because they live like a pig was ridiculous. Mental illness or whatever you want to call it is something that is used by too many people.Just like the people who get a handicap tag because they have a bad back or because they are too fat instead of the people that really need it.
 
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