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Originally Posted by tompe
People collect things. It is status to have many things that you can share. You do not collect because you need to use a book or a game or a computer program.
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I only collect
things I like. So does every collector I know. I'm not going to collect DVDs of splatter flicks, "just because I can," because I don't like them. And I don't share everything I collect, because some of those things are only of interest to me. But I will revisit my collection as often as I can, to derive enjoyment out of it. If you're collecting things just to give them away... I'm not sure that's actually "collecting." More like... charity, or redistribution of wealth, or something.
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Originally Posted by tompe
You also never know when you need a book. If you have 1000 text books in your collection and you need to look into two of them every ten year then it was rational to have the collection but not rational to buy 1000 text books.
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Yeah, kind of. It's also rational to just go to a library every once or twice every ten years, if that's how seldom you need to reference them... or look on the web. But I see your point there.