Get rid of standard home folders (Desktop, Documents etc.)?

Hi all,
Is there any way to get rid of the standard folders in home directories (Desktop, Documents, Downloads. Images, Music and Videos)?
I never use them and have trouble finding a way of permanently deleting them.
Thanks.

"Best" advise would be to point them all at your $HOME folder or various apps that expect to be able to find them with probably cry
This did the trick indeed
I don't see the point in deleting them, but I'm not going to question why.
Then why post your remark? I never knew they could be renamed of be given another path. Thats why I wanted them of off my system. (the default configuration with uppercase names and path wasnt to my liking at all)
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