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2022.05.03
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Yuting He咨询女工，艺术圈逃逸分子，想的比写的多
Female professional in consulting, art world escapee — thinks more than she writes
以金钱交换标的物在一定期限内的使用权。为什么租？有些物品不常用——租光碟，租轮椅，租婚纱燕尾服；有些物品难拥有——租车，租房，租男女朋友过年。租借关系中，出租人与租借人的权利天平摇摇晃晃，租约单薄，时而抵不过所有权睥睨使用权的悠久传统。
在互联网公司的包装下，“共享经济”成为“租”的美化版本。闲置资源得到有效利用，“人人为我我为人人”，只是与此同时资源的拥有者将理所应当地获取更多资本。
“买”通常是“租”的替代选择。租不租，买不买，值不值，因标的物的价值高低而给我们带来或多或少的烦恼。相对于“买买买”带来的快感，“租租租”带来的情绪暂未获得共识。
The exchange of money for the right to use an item for a specified period of time. Why rent? Some items are rarely needed, so we rent DVDs, wheelchairs, wedding dresses, and tuxedos; some items are difficult to own, so we rent cars, houses, and even boyfriends or girlfriends to bring home on New Year’s day. Upon entering a rental relationship, the renter and the rentee find themselves on the two sides of a wavering scale where their rights are measured. The rental contract is as fragile as the thin piece of paper it is written on, often yielding to a long-standing tradition whereby ownership trumps the right of use.
Internet companies have packaged “sharing economy” as a glorified version of “renting.” Available resources in disuse are effectively utilized; the motto “One for all, all for one” prevails. However, during this process, resource owners naturally become the owners of more capital.
“Purchasing” is usually considered an alternative to “renting.” Whether to rent, whether to buy, whether a product is worth the cost — the values indicated by the price tags have been troubling us to varying degrees. Compared to the pleasure of a shopping spree, the emotional value brought by a “rental spree” has yet to be acknowledged.