If you haven't used your $whatever in a year, why do you want to use it now? Replace $whatever with whatever you want and you'll see how absurd this question is.

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andsoitis 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I really don’t think it absurd. What’s an example where a Google account is important to you but you haven’t used it in a year?

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AngryData 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I barely use my gmail that often. But I still need an email for password recovery.

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dpark 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I would personally not want my account recovery tied to an account I rarely use. That seems full of unnecessary risk. What if you forget that Gmail password? What if it’s compromised and you don’t even notice for almost a year? What if Google decides to change their retention for unused accounts to just 6 months?

	▲	AngryData 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I actually had my gmail's backup email at yahoo recycled and I had to remake that account. But genrally I consider these email accounts as my master key to all my other accounts. It has a master password that I am certain I could not lose except simultaneous major head trama and destruction of all my belongings. If that email was lost, yeah I could be screwed out of other accounts. But no security system is perfect.

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dpark 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

“If you haven't used your dirty tissue in a year, why do you want to use it now?”

“If you haven't used your ham sandwich in a year, why do you want to use it now?”

“If you haven't used your receipt in a year, why do you want to use it now?”

Ah, yes. I see what you mean. Truly absurd.

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sparky_z 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"If you haven't used your emergency go-bag in over a year, why do you want to use it now"?

"If you haven't used your passport in over a year, why do you want to use it now"?

"If you haven't used your grandmother's family photo album in over a year, why do you want to use it now"?

"If you haven't used your safety deposit box in over a year, why do you want to use it now"?

	▲	dpark 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You missed the point. > If you haven't used your $whatever in a year, why do you want to use it now? Replace $whatever with whatever you want and you'll see how absurd this question is. This is a silly statement specifically because the choice of “$whatever” determines whether it’s “absurd”. It’s definitely not absurd to assume that a year old sandwich is trash, while it is absurd to assert that an unaccessed safe deposit box is trash. But of course you also pay the bank for your safe deposit box. If you stop paying then they absolutely will discard the contents (or send them off to the state, depending on laws). No one stores abandoned junk for free. If you want you pay Google for your account I bet they’ll keep it even if you never log in.

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soraminazuki 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Haha, smart. But those quotes still don't justify me taking away your one year old ham sandwich.

	▲	dpark 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you leave your ham sandwich in the office fridge for a single week, anyone is justified in throwing it away. The trouble is you think that you are in possession of a ham sandwich that Google is taking away when in reality you’ve left your ham sandwich in Google’s fridge and they are sick of storing the obviously-abandoned sandwich for you. See also: https://xkcd.com/1150/