Where's The Keyes Simon Keyes?

Let's say, hypothetically, that you and I are classmates in Philosophy 101. And now let's say that we're about to take our final. You forgot to bring a pencil, so you turn to me and ask to 'borrow' a pencil. Ok, so you want ME to spend MY hard earned money just so you can take your exam. That’s in fact communism! Now I love my country, which means that I don’t support communism. Of course you might claim that it’s not That Big of A Deal to lend you a pencil for the duration of the exam. False.

Let's say in this hypothetical scenario I had only brought 1 back-up pencil. If my pencil happens to break in the middle of the exam, then my having lent you my pencil would clearly be detrimental to my ability to complete said exam. Let's say hypothetically, that this final is worth 20% of our final grade. Now that we’ve established that, we know that lending you my pencil would mean me sacrificing a full 10% of my final grade.

Additionally, since we have established that you have forgotten your pencil even though the date for the final has been posted since the start of the semester, we can reasonably conclude that I am better prepared for this exam than you are. Therefore it is also reasonable to assume that I would finish the exam long before you would. Let's say in this hypothetical that I also have other finals to prepare for. As a result, it would be in my best interest to return to studying for those exams as soon as possible. However, you are still struggling with your final, thus you are still monopolizing my hard-earned pencil. Ok, so now you want ME to spend MY valuable studying time waiting for you to finish so I can reclaim MY property.

This would all mean that in all scenarios, me lending you my pencil could lead to my academic performance suffering. It is not in my best interest to suffer consequences for YOUR incompetence, Kevin.

(copypasta from u/itsjustsomemoose, Copy and pasted onto this page by [insert username here]#7472)