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Yes, but prolonged wear and tear will eventually rear some issues. There's not much you can do if you need to be on a ladder for 6 hours a day, for example.


>However, with Netflix, if you do have disposable income again in the future, then you can restore you position exactly. But if you had to sell your DVD collection due to a financial emergency, the cost of replacing it is greater.

You could also never sever your Netflix subscription and still lose access to your favorite movie because their licensing agreement ran out.

Even in your example, ownership wins out because you have the -option- to sell your residual assets in a financial emergency. There's nothing you can resell with your Netflix subscription money since you're just paying for the temporary privilege to watch a movie you don't own that might not be there tomorrow.


Alternative, fully correct logical perspective that you might have subtly missed:

"Nobody forces you to post drunken racist rants on your wall or dickpics on Instagram. You control and own the content you post on Facebook."


I genuinely wonder if you're not being paid to write this comment


I am not being paid. Also it was good planning of me to set-up my account 908 days ago.

I just have a passion for protecting parts of football by regulation. Not every sport is about TV rights.


Those pictures and 3D models look extraordinary. According to that iflscience article, there will be a documentary about these findings soon. I can't wait.


Say what you will about Trump, but you have to admit he's charismatic...in a bad sense. Republican primaries were all about him being the center of attention with the remarks and banter that caught everyone off-guard.


There's a difference between charisma and being overly offensive to all senses.


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