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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by gernb on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:21PM (#34312838)
It's very generous of you.

I'd like to point out my experience of taking the loan and never repaying it. I felt guilty for decades and more distant from the loaner. They never brought it up but my guilty mind did.

So I'm not 100% sure it was a net positive for our relationship.

If I was to do loan money and they didn't pay back in some reasonable amount of time I think I'd tell them explicitly it was a gift. Though I'm not sure that would fix things in the guilty person's mind (yea, I get I'm projecting my feeling on guilt on them. They might not feel any guilt at all)

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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by cypress66 on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:28PM (#34312950)
Why didn't you repay them?
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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by gernb on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:58PM (#34313448)
never felt in a position to repay while they were alive.
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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by ars on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:52PM (#34313332)
It's not too late to repay them. You'll feel better, and so will they. Adjust for inflation if it's really been decades.
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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by gernb on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:57PM (#34313435)
they are no longer alive.
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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by ars on Monday January 09, 2023 @02:36PM (#34314892)
Then pay their inheritors. Or use the money to loan to someone else who is in the same financial position you were in.
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Re:John Carmack: I loaned money to anyone that asked me by glonq on Monday January 09, 2023 @04:11PM (#34316127)
repay their descendants?
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