I want to make this perfectly clear. “You wanna make a bet?” died in fucking elementary school for me. Like it should for every mature, sane human. Gambling is for, and done by, the most immature, underdeveloped losers in our society. I’ve never once met someone who went to a casino and told me about that I didn’t instantly lose a measureable amount of respect for. I would have absolutely no qualms about levelling every casino on the planet and forcing the property owners to donate the land to public park space.
You are not “winners with no winnings”.
You are losers.
The fact that it is growing in popularity and we now have douche canoes on polymarket every second commercial just tells me we’re devolving.
I still don’t get how they make the stock market appear distinct from horse racing for example. Same shit, different name. And don’t hit me with the “but you could research the stocks beforehand so it’s not random” yeah and you can research the horses and riders and it’s still fking gambling and basically 99% random. Well except for insider trading. That’s like a Mafia in gambling, it’s somehow even worse.
Okay, I’m no proponent of gambling, but the brain’s chemical reward for winning gambles is real, it’s addictive, and calling everyone with a gambling addiction an immature loser that just needs to grow up is about as helpful as telling someone with cancer to just get better. Blame those that are exploiting them. Shame rarely helps the ones who are exploited. 90% of the time they are shaming themselves more than you could possibly fathom.
I dunno, I have a lot of respect for people who gamble in casinos and get kicked out for winning too much against the house because they’ve mastered card counting and pattern recognition.
I also don’t see a big problem with people occasionally hitting up a casino for some fun once in a while - it’s no different than hitting up an arcade really.
My problem is the industry preying on people who don’t know when to stop and get suckered in by the advertisements. That and people like this toddler in the article that likes to make bets but can’t stand when they lose.
I want to make this perfectly clear. “You wanna make a bet?” died in fucking elementary school for me. Like it should for every mature, sane human. Gambling is for, and done by, the most immature, underdeveloped losers in our society. I’ve never once met someone who went to a casino and told me about that I didn’t instantly lose a measureable amount of respect for. I would have absolutely no qualms about levelling every casino on the planet and forcing the property owners to donate the land to public park space.
You are not “winners with no winnings”. You are losers.
The fact that it is growing in popularity and we now have douche canoes on polymarket every second commercial just tells me we’re devolving.
Basically all of modern society functions off of the back of an elaborate , rigged gambling system.
That’s what the stock market is, in a very real way.
I still don’t get how they make the stock market appear distinct from horse racing for example. Same shit, different name. And don’t hit me with the “but you could research the stocks beforehand so it’s not random” yeah and you can research the horses and riders and it’s still fking gambling and basically 99% random. Well except for insider trading. That’s like a Mafia in gambling, it’s somehow even worse.
I don’t care for organized gambling either, but this is so over the top hahahahaha
God forbid a couple buddies see who’s buying a drink or two over game of chess or pool
Okay, I’m no proponent of gambling, but the brain’s chemical reward for winning gambles is real, it’s addictive, and calling everyone with a gambling addiction an immature loser that just needs to grow up is about as helpful as telling someone with cancer to just get better. Blame those that are exploiting them. Shame rarely helps the ones who are exploited. 90% of the time they are shaming themselves more than you could possibly fathom.
I dunno, I have a lot of respect for people who gamble in casinos and get kicked out for winning too much against the house because they’ve mastered card counting and pattern recognition.
I also don’t see a big problem with people occasionally hitting up a casino for some fun once in a while - it’s no different than hitting up an arcade really.
My problem is the industry preying on people who don’t know when to stop and get suckered in by the advertisements. That and people like this toddler in the article that likes to make bets but can’t stand when they lose.
Exactly. If I go to a casino, it’s with a set budget of what I can lose and I walk out if I hit it. It’s just my entertainment budget for the day.
I don’t go expecting to win big, and will usually bounce if I end up with a net gain of around $30-50.
But I’ve only been 3x in the 15 years since I turned 21, and one of those was for a Smash Mouth show (it was a really fun show).
Polymarket is very clearly a terrible business and industry but your comment is actual insanity