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I agree tribble...
I wouldn't call it survival instinct, but it's very natural and healthy to think a bit egocentrically.
My opinion is:
Option 1 is healthy...you want the device, so of course you order it straight away. Then you remember all your pals from the forum that helped you "waste" the long weeks before the release, so you head over to the forums to tell them the good news.
Otion 2 is for people with a very "social" attitude. Putting other people's interests above your own can mean two things:
- you're not interested in buying the Iliad just yet, but aber interested enough to follow the whole story and encourage others to "beta-test" the device for you
- you're such a nice person that feel that it's your moral duty to tell others that the shop is open so that they have the same chances of getting a unint quickly as you do, even if that means potentially reducing your own chances. Psychoanlalysis probably has a complicated word to describe this type of behaviour (or at least it's "extreme form")...^^
Option 3 is for those of us who are really hardcore Iliad Lovers and want one, want to be the first to get one and will do almost everything to achieve that goal. You could call such behaiviour egoistical or even childish...some would say it is the best way to act in our modern world...I wouldn't...and i think most people who actually contribute to ongoing discussions like this one on internet message-boards won't belong to that category....^^
I suppose psychoanalysis has a lot to say here too...
I'm glad that most people here chose option 1...but to be honest I suspected as much...:-)
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