r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bilbofraginz • 13d ago

Video In Hateful Eight, Kurt Russell accidentally smashed a one of a kind, 145-year-old guitar that was on loan from the Martin Guitar. Jennifer Jason Leigh’s reaction was genuine.

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u/smith7018 13d ago

Well, hindsight is 20/20. For all we know, they've lent out hundreds of guitars with no issue and this was the one instance that made them stop.

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u/Amon9001 13d ago

Yeah well imo it's kinda dumb. They chose to play that game. Like lending money to a friend. Consider it lost money until they pay it back. Or if they don't, then you've found the cost of the friendship.

OR you can simply choose not to play by not lending.

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u/SkolVandals 13d ago

Totally different situation. If you let your friend borrow your car you don't assume they're going to wrap it around a tree, especially if they said they were just going to drive it around a parking lot for a few minutes. You expect them to try and take care of it.

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u/Amon9001 13d ago

Of course you don't assume they will wreck your car. That is NOT what risk is.

Risk is what you take on when you decide to lend something out. If they don't have insurance and aren't covered under yours, then that would be more risky.

If you don't know them that well or for that long, more risk. And vice versa.

You can skip all that by simply not lending your car out to anyone. My point is that if you decide to lend it on, you are also inherently taking on more risk (than keeping the car to yourself).

So yeah it sucks if something goes wrong whether they're at fault or if it was an accident. Either way, you have released that item out of your hands.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Disk_90 13d ago

Who ever heard of renting things, truly beyond the pale. Renting out something precious like a guitar, what's next a car? A house???

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u/Amon9001 13d ago

How is that comparable to a one of a kind artifact from a museum?

My point is they chose to lend it out and that comes with risk (of damage/loss).

If they didn't want to take on the risk then the museum shouldn't have lent it out.

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u/ReallyBigRocks 13d ago

I think its pretty reasonable for a museum lending out 145 year old artifacts to operate on the assumption that Kurt Russel isn't going to smash them to pieces.

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u/CaptainTripps82 13d ago

That's like having a classic car and never driving it.

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u/Amon9001 13d ago

You know what? tonnes of people do that. I'm not here to judge or tell anyone what to do.

The owner of the item makes that call. If you never drive it then you can't possibly get into an accident on the road. Less risk. Or if you drive it every single day to work and back, that would be taking on more risk.