> You're never going to need them.

I have three 27 gallon bins in my garage full of cables individually kept in ziploc bags.

I have to access them multiple times per week.

This morning I needed to fetch serial cable in order to reconfigure a Philips Pronto remote control.

Two nights ago I grabbed a long ethernet cable for a weird run I'm doing through the floor of my dining room into my server room in the basement.

My wife needed a longer USB-C cable Thursday or Friday of last week.

What about your roommates. Or your partner. Or literally every member of your family within a 2 hour drive. What about cables that break. What about new gear you acquire that doesn’t come with it’s one cables. What about your neighbor. What about what about what about.

You’re going to constantly run into situations where a cable is needed, and it’s better if you have one around.

Depends really on what you're doing. If you're just using a Macbook to watch Netflix you don't need any cables but if you're messing around with even moderately old or specialized hardware you'll find yourself needing cables like MicroHDMI for Raspberry Pi and similar.