[QUOTE="heretrix"][QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"] Have fun not being able to let friends try games. R3FURBISHED
I stopped doing that shit years ago. Ungrateful bastards didn't return shit for months anyway. And in bad condition I might add.
Eh. Too bad for the people that actually still do it though.
Thats fvcking funny - and too true. Lent a friend Assassin's Creed before Thanksgiving 2012, got it back early 2013I actually get a lot of joy lending friends an awesome movie, book, CD, or game. I give them a small speech about maintaining the condition of the item (creases, booklets, scratches), and if they ever screw me, I don't let them borrow, but that speech I give works great. Sometimes after the speech, a few friends tell me outright they aren't that responsible and fear they can't do it, and it saves us both a lot of time. It's always a game I've already beat, movie I've seen, book I've read, CD I've listened too, and I get some form of collateral as well, usually in the form of a game, movie, or book that I never played. I'm only telling you this because it works for me, and you ran into issues.
It's pretty sweet. In your story, I have had friends like that, and I simply cut them off from the sharing/borrowing aspect of the relationship. We are still buds, but no more lending for them.
I expose my friends and family to things out of their comfort zone, they do the same for me. I enjoy the process. It's fun hearing how much they loved something I insisted they try, and fun to hear how they still hate that genre despite my insistence to have them play it. More often than not, I choose just the right game/movie/book/music CD for their tastes.
I do try to tailor what I lend to their specific tastes. If someone hates FPS, I am not going to insist Halo or COD will change their minds. I have had girlfriends that Love when I show them new things that they end up enjoying but had NO idea they would, it's a fun process. I love getting into to something new that I never imagined I would like years/months ago.
I guess we are getting to that point as consumers where some of us consider "sharing" not to be a great part of the human experience. A more entitled and selfish generation? I'm not sure. Maybe it's just they are swallowing this corporate propaganda and these consumers simply don't want to acknowledge they don't agree? Perhaps, they feel these anti consumers are inevitable like the rising sun, so why fight it? Maybe I'm just an anomaly that enjoys sharing these things, but I don't think so.
I share all the time, so when I see a big company trying to limit or remove that, it's upsetting, but to each their own.
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