Ack wrote:Do you include things like museum collections in this? I figure collections related to historical value or relevance are important, if only to keep a record of human "achievement."
I guess that would depend on what's being collected for a museum collection. But yeah, that's a pretty good example of a collection that's not completely frivolous. I did mention that it was possible that such existed. I just couldn't think of any examples within five seconds.
While it's certainly not the largest on Racketboy, I have a pretty sizable NES collection. I can't say that maintaining it has really aided me in any scholarly pursuits, though (not that a scholarly pursuit is necessarily non-frivolous).
For the record, I don't really have a problem with frivolity.