#callofduties

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First, there was the barter system. I give you something, and in exchange, you give me something of equal value. Eventually, things got a little more complicated and laborers stopped wanting to swap their pain and sweat for bushels of apples and handfuls of wheat. Money, as a universal currency, was introduced and now it's basically the same barter system only there's a  middleman who mediates when you just won't accept any more potatoes in return for full body massages. And,now, as we make stunning progress yet again, companies have figured out that we'll pay money, not for the product (because that would be too predictable), no no, but we'll pay for the promise of that product! $59.99?! So that I can get it immediately? As soon as it's released? Where do I sign over the deed to my house?! When did immediacy attach itself to the price tag? Does the product start losing value as soon as it hits shelves? Why the fuck am I even buying this piece of shit in the first place then?! Won't it be just as good the day after it comes out? We've returned to a grade school mentality where having something before everyone else is all that matters. And it's not even like most people will go pick up the thing on the day it's released! "You're guaranteed to get it though." What? Are they gonna release a dozen copies worldwide for this thing that literally millions of people are already swarming to buy? If enough people don't preorder are they just going to scrap the idea once they're in the packaging phase of things? Next time you have money to burn on the promise of a good deed, give it to a homeless guy. Then you can tell everyone about it over Facebook.