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Sure, every story has a whole lot of loose ends, but extra enjoyment can be had when we try to tie up those loose ends into an impenetrable, Gordian-knot-monkey's fist-like-forlorn-Christmas-light-ball of double meanings and equivocated contexts. Y'know, fun. For some more over-analysis, here's Tumblr's extreme analysis of Ratatouille.

"Value" is a very slippery concept, and what one person might choose to throw away could equally be seen as a major score for someone else. There are idiots throwing away guitars, TVs and jackets just because of a small fixable issue, and it's the sworn duty of the rest of us, the shameless garbage sifters, to pluck that ripe fruit-o-the-trash. Ironically it's often the stuff that people try to sell that's the real garbage, like this weird and dumb stuff people tried selling online. For a glimpse at the kind of people throwing nice stuff away, here are some of the most expensive things people witnessed.