Sharing

Will Graham

Will Graham

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Not a particularly weighty or ominous topic like most threads here usually are, anyways it's a simple enough question. What do you think about sharing?

Personally I absolutely hate it, though I'm not particularly sure why. If asked to share a game, food, the car, etc. with someone, I would much rather let them have it in its entirety than share it with them.
 
Since the topic isn't really a debate issue, I'll go ahead and shift this over to Costa. ;)


I don't mind sharing, especially when it comes to food. In fact I'll go out my way and offer anyone food. I'd feel so awkward munching on something, knowing there's company around me and not offering them anything. Now when it comes to my games, I'm a bit more wary about it simply because it has more value to me. That and whenever I do share my games with anyone, I won't get it back for a long, long time. And I'm talking years.
 
It depends on what it is. If I am currently using whatever it is someone wants me to share... nope. Go fuck yourself, I'm using it. If I'm not using it, odds are you can go ahead and borrow it. Just be sure to give it back in the condition you took it in.

As far as food goes, people have got to eat, so I don't make a deal out of it. If I've got food in the fridge, help yourself. After having to go hungry myself a few times, I really don't want to see someone else have to go through the same. So I'm never picky about letting people snatch something from the fridge.

For video games, I don't mind. As long as I'm not playing it, go ahead and borrow it. However, if you're trying to borrow a PSP game, good luck. I pirate all mine. :mokken:

For things like my car, I don't mind as long as you fill it up. Gas be expensive, yo. So, all in all, I really don't mind sharing. Just so long as it's not something I'm currently using or plan on using in the next 5 minutes.
 
It depends on what's being shared and the current situation. I'm usually protective of the personal possessions that I use regularly such as my laptop, so I'm usually reluctant to let anyone else borrow it for whatever reason. It's certainly not that I've any content on my machine that I'm concerned another user may come across, it's just that if I'm busy with it, then sharing the machine should be the last thing I would want. Quietly disappear please, and leave me to finish whatever it is I'm doing online, or on Word, or on Photoshop.

Other than that, I've no qualms with sharing at all, as long as the person(s) I am sharing with don't do anything too stupid. As a young girl I rarely ever fell out with my sister (my brother on the other hand...) as we jointly owned and shared various items such as toys rather peacefully and amicably. I'll happily allow someone else to borrow the car as long as they don't disappear with it for the whole day and come back with the tank all used up. I certainly wouldn't mind sharing food as long as you're not hoping to have it all. If however, I were to win a huge sum of money, then hell no, I wouldn't immediately think about sharing it unless you're a very dear close person to me, in which case I may buy you a new car or something.
 
But you know what they say when you are in preschool/daycare...sharing is caring :(

Honestly, its all just stuff. You can't take it with you when you die someday. If I was asked if I would share my ps3/laptop/xbox...whatever with someone I would. ...as long as it wasn't a two year old or something because it would definitely get broken.

If we shared more of what we have...there wouldn't be so many hungry or homeless people...because what we do have would be spread around more fairly...i.e. if we can live with less, so others can have more...or even something for that matter :(

I think its ridiculous how people live in multi-million dollar mansions and have 20 cars and etc...yes its their money and they are entitled to do what they want with it...but if people had a little bit of heart then the world would be a much different place than it is today. There would be less focus on acquiring more and more and the gap between the haves and the have-nots would be substantially less. ...and I know that might offend people but that is again...my opinion. ...and yes I give to our church so that the homeless and hungry in our city can have a hot meal and a place to stay at night. It might not be much...but it is something.
 
Well I really meant sharing of a more personal nature rather than a whole international resources thing. Though if you did want everything even you would be living in what is pretty much poverty, nothing could be made cheaply and all prices would sky rocket. And rather than everyone living comfortably, it would be a pretty bad life

Well I don't mind lending people things at all, I prefer it that way because then we can discuss what I lent them e.g. books, dvds etc. It's really ownership of things I abhor sharing, or any form of consumable/money.
 
I'm not big on sharing if it's with someone I don't know well or trust. Obviously, you don't want your things to get damaged or go missing.

In some cases, I don't like sharing period. For instance, I HATE having other people drive my car. I know the ins and outs of my car, and how it should and should not be driven. When other people drive it, I feel like they're beating it. The same goes for my video game consoles and computer.

As for food, clothes, and other random objects, I don't have issues with sharing.
 
It depends on what the item is. If its a movie or food, I'll gladly share it. But if its like a camera or phone or something, I don't think I'd be able to (only with friends I trust).
 
I completely understand where you're coming from. I choose the people I share my things with, like my younger sister for instance. She comes into my room and rummages my closet and takes clothes. I don't mind, because she returns them properly, in good condition.

In contrast, I once lent my Angels & Demons copy to a friend of mine and I got it back after half a year, there were soda stains and a lot of tears. It just looked terrible. I don't lend books to just anyone now.

Though when it comes to food, I love sharing. Like Suki, I feel uneasy if I'm eating and I'm with someone who isn't, I'd offer what I had. But there was this one time I didn't enjoy doing that. I received a big box of Ferrero Rocher chocolates. My seatmate asked for one, then my other seatmate did as well and before I knew it, my classmates just started taking. I didn't even get to eat one. :sad3:
 
Well, I don't exactly have anybody to share things with. (Mum and me, the only thing we share is the fridge space. We pretty much each have our own food, computer, tv, space in the house) etc.

But do I like sharing? When it comes to Video games, not particularly. Just because I'm overprotective of them. But I'd share- as in give somebody permanently- a free video game if I didn't want to. I love putting smiles on faces. I'll give people things if I don't want them anymore. But sharing them as in I still own them and want them back? No thank you. I'm way too protective of my belongs.
 
Sharing, for me it all depends. If I'm eating something and someone asks for some, if I'm friends with them, I'll usually just give them an unreasonably large portion and forget about it.

But the thing that seems more like a long-term commitment share to me, is when you @#$%ing let a friend borrow a game; especially a long-ass game like Final Fantasy.

I'm currently experiencing this crisis of letting my best friend borrow my ghetto Final Fantasy VII discs without the case >.< and they've taken the pleasure of taking over two years to complete it. I still nag them constantly, and I just haven't been assertive enough to ask for it back, as I really want him to complete it since Final Fantasy VII, is of course, a phenomenal game and it's his first impression of Final Fantasy... but DAMN... That same friend also has my copy of Uncharted 1, 2, Mirror's Edge and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2... so I'm on hold with those, too.

Maybe sometimes I'm just too generous, but when it comes to spending money on someone, even a friend, if it's over $2, there better be a damn good reason or I'm really regretful and touchy about that. I don't really see why, I just hate wanting to buy something later and realizing I have ALMOST just enough money.
 
I like to share. I let friends share my things and they let me share theirs!
The only time I don't like to share is if I know the person is not very good at looking after other people's things.
Once I lent a game guide to one of my friends and they returned it torn :( I never shared with them again.
I also don't really like to share if I am currently using what they want me to share.

I don't mind sharing food or drink either unless the person really disgusts me.
 
I'm alright with sharing, although I don't find myself doing it very often these days outside of my immediate family. The older I've gotten, the less I've been sharing things, which I find somewhat odd, because I'm not overly possessive of very much these days. I just don't have anyone to share things with now, I suppose.

Food and drink etc I don't tend to take with me when I go out, so I never really share those...although I'd probably end up just outright giving them away if I did. One thing I was never happy to lend out though were video games, because as soon as I did I'd get this overwhelming urge to play them again. Although I share them with my mother if they have multiple save slots on them...although she just picks them up and takes them into her room, so I'm not sure if this counts. xD

Sharing is a very meh topic for me; if I'm not using whatever it is they want at the time, people can take it, so long as I get it back by the time I want to use it again. Although I'm not one to let people abuse that; if I don't get it back when I ask for it, when I DO get it back, they can be sure I'm not going to so readily share things with them in the future.
 
I don't mind sharing, but lately I'm starting to think I need to stop. I lend my DVDs, games, CDs and books out a lot, but many of my friends just can't be bothered to return them. Consequently, I've 'lost' (to friends) Princess Mononoke, 2 CDs, Zelda: Ocarina of Time and masterquest (which I'm the most upset about because it came with Wind Waker and costs £20 on its own now), Pokemon Sapphire, and a couple of other things. I know they're just materials at the end of the day, but they cost money and I can't afford to buy so many things again. :/
 
I'l share, but only if i like the person ... i wouldnt want to share my games though, i wont let ellie touch my shit haha. she has her own DS she can wreck. Id have to reallly trust you to share my games/consoles I think lol

Books il happily share, always swapping and changing books

dont expect me to share my food willingly though

Oh as stupid as this sounds, I wont share my pencils... if you're not an artist you wont understand hahaha
 
Ugh I really don't like sharing my things.

Only because the people I know just don't seem to care as much about taking care of things like I do.

I don't know whether they think, "Oh well it's not my CD/DVD etc so I don't have to worry so much about taking care of it."

Or whether they're like that with their own belongings as well.

Regardless, they should look after other peoples belongings with extra care if the person was generous enough to lend them out in the first place. <_<

I've personally only leant out one item of mine and it was a Metallica DVD. I leant it to my ex and never got it back after we broke up. <_<

People are so rude these days too. They borrow something and then never return it until you have to ask! I hate asking! They should just do the right thing on their own!

So no, I hate sharing and have had to teach Steve that it's a bad idea to do so as well. The things we've leant out either never come back the same or they never come back at all. <_<
 
I grew up with two Broskis, I learned grab first and run. I damn sure don't share food. I was forced to share my wrestling toys, but my Lil Broski ate them (no friggin lie). I shared my GBA and it got crushed. I'm traumatized. I share nothing and don't feel bad about it. My stuff is my stuff. You're just gonna crush it or eat it or dunk it in the toilet or write on it or..... Get a piece of candy stuck where the game cartridge is supposed to go. Yes people this all happened by my Lil Broski. He's a horrible person. He ruined the end of my childhood. Because I had to share, all this happened.
 
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