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I lent almost none of my DVDs and VHS tapes(!) back in the day because the fact of the matter is /people never gave them back/. Not even good friends.

It's one of those lessons I learned early in life. If you're going to lend something to someone, do so with the expectation you're never getting it back.




As the saying goes (more or less)... "One who lends a book is a fool, but one who gives it back is a greater fool"

So maybe we can also apply it to movies and other works


Wait ? No.

It’s “the one who expect it back is a greater fool”

Or at least that was my take.

I give book back.


Lend implies you expect it back, otherwise it'd be "the one who gives"


I think the implication is that people often do not give back things you lend to them.


One cannot lend books or DVDs, one can only gift them.


I've checked them out on occasion from libraries – and usually returned them.


Yup, tools too. I'll come over and help ya, but nobody is going to borrow my tools.




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