Clutter and the Apocalypse

The brilliant Tom Gauld is at it again, this time pondering what "de-cluttering" would mean in a post-apocalyptic world:

THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC

OF DECLUTTERING 

IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD

by Tom Gauld (New Yorker, January 2017)

Here's just one of the brilliant cartoons that tell the story; see the whole series at the New Yorker online:

If an item does not spark joy, thank it and send it on its way. But do so very quietly, so as not to attract the attention of the monstrous things beneath the earth.