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# Cable
- URL: https://mitchellens.ink/monologue/cable/
- Published: 2026-10-11T18:22:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T18:30:24.000Z
- Description: How cables can become ways to tell time.
- Author: Mitchel Lensink
- Tags: Monologue

I have this USB-C to USB-C cable. It came with my first MacBook, which I bought secondhand. It was a late-2016 13-inch MacBook Pro, the one with the TouchBar. I loved it for it unlocked so many new things for me. But I was glad to trade it in for my base M1 MacBook Pro at the time. 

The cable stayed with me though.

It's been ten years now, I realize while writing this, that this cable has been with me. It's no longer the color white Apple intended it to be. Especially at the tips, which have yellowed over time from *who know's what*.

I don't love it. It's not an enjoyable object to use. But I appreciate it for what it is. Perhaps, my most reliable cable I've owned so far. Which speaks to something, as far as love for cables does.