IRS: I Recycle Sh*t

So you know how we Asians like to save money? Or like to think we do? And how we stockpile worthless crap in our closets and think that one day they'll be worth a fortune?

I guess I'm only typical.

So I save things thinking that one day they'll be useful. It makes sense. Just not in the financial sense. Obviously, we aren't very shrewd economists.

We save T-shirts that can one day be re-worn. Plastic forks from our baby showers, baby spoons from, well, when we ate Gerber, and re-used Dixie cups to hold those forks and spoons.

Generalizations aside, I have hoarded about thirty Playstation One and Two games, hoping one day they would appreciate in value.

So I kept them in the closet.

And then I took them to a local trade-in store. I thought these games would at least give me sixty dollars in return.

I thought wrong.

Instead, they did not take any games from the old console, and old classic games – remember when Medal of Honor was the rage? It’s worth $1.50. And all those sports games you know that I’d have – 3 nickels apiece.

The latest game I had, NBA 2K8, I thought would give me around $15, came out a whopping $6. Not to mention the FIFA 06 game I had bought for $50. It’s worth $3.

And so I’m thinking of majoring in economics. Meanwhile, I’ll think of what the hell IRS stands for, and for that matter, keep recycling my crap.