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10-14-10, 10:32 AM
How sad our world has dropped to a new low of renting out a pseudo-friend for an hour:
"....Ori Brafman, co-author of the book "Click: The Magic of Instant Connections," sees little point to the service. "The problem isn't Rentafriend per se, but rather what it symbolizes," he told MSNBC. "We purchase fleeting replacements because, as a society, we lack those close, meaningful bonds that are so essential....."
Read more at Suite101: Rent A Friend Allows You To Buy Friendship http://www.suite101.com/content/rent-a-friend-allows-you-to-buy-friendship-a258043#ixzz12LoD83WX
The above quote taken from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37760576/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37760576/)
See the website & judge for yourselves: http://www.rentafriend.com/ (http://www.rentafriend.com/)
"....Ori Brafman, co-author of the book "Click: The Magic of Instant Connections," sees little point to the service. "The problem isn't Rentafriend per se, but rather what it symbolizes," he told MSNBC. "We purchase fleeting replacements because, as a society, we lack those close, meaningful bonds that are so essential....."
Read more at Suite101: Rent A Friend Allows You To Buy Friendship http://www.suite101.com/content/rent-a-friend-allows-you-to-buy-friendship-a258043#ixzz12LoD83WX
The above quote taken from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37760576/ (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37760576/)
See the website & judge for yourselves: http://www.rentafriend.com/ (http://www.rentafriend.com/)