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Does anyone understand how rediculous this is.

This all took place about 6 months ago.

Now, my mp3 player died a while back, it was an I-pod, so the fact that it died did not surprise me.

Now, as my brother had gotten a new mp3 (an i-pod), his old mp3 player was collecting dust. His old mp3, a no name brand from China, holds about 60 songs, was in ok condition, he wasnt using it, so i asked if i could.

It never worked everytime i went to upload songs onto it, so i eventually gave up, but recently, ive wanted music to listen to throughout my day yeah, so i asked my brother for help with uploading music onto it through my computer.

Now, he helped me, but hten he furthered on to ask me why i was putting music onto it.........

Now, i assumed that he knew the correct function of an mp3, but still, regardless of any rhetorical question or sarcasm that may have been involved, i went on to answer his quetion with a smart assed response as 'so i can actually listen to it when im not at home'.


Basiclaly, his understanding of lending me his old mp3 was to only use it for home use.

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What the fuck is the point of that? This has been really pissing me off for the past 20 minutes.


He told me that he didnt want it getting broken....WTF.

any suggestions?
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Re: Does anyone understand how rediculous this is.

Get him to read Steve Pavlina's book. Otherwise, I got none.

He's basically being extremely possessive. Guess he can't handle the idea of giving something to someone else.
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eeerm... that just sounds fairly possesive and rather stupid / runs out of things to say.
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Reminds me of when I had a 10 gb ipod but at least when I got my ipod video(30 gb) I gave my bro my old ipod. Laugh
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lol. Pretty ridiculous indeed. How much did that mp3 player cost anyway? If you offer to buy it from him, maybe he'll be able to "let go" of it.
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Why the hell would he still need it? That's... dumb.
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SoulRiser Wrote:lol. Pretty ridiculous indeed. How much did that mp3 player cost anyway? If you offer to buy it from him, maybe he'll be able to "let go" of it.
Well, today, it would probably be about $20-$30.
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