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Re:Washed Up by jdbernard on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:15PM (#29826370)
When I buy a CD or book I certainly care about lifetime performance. That's part of the problem with overloading words like "buy."
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Re:Washed Up by rvieira on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:21PM (#29826470)
The words "care" and "performance" are also overloaded too.

I buy the objects but I'm not putting sheets between the pages or building UV-blocking furniture to prevent paper yellowing. I might even give half of them to charity after a few years.

My point is that although I consider them "mine" I'm not too bothered because the investment is usually not that big. Otherwise I would be worried if they suddenly vanished into thin air like an NFT.

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