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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have it the same, but with beer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

You're only an alcoholic if you can't afford it, but drink anyway.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

He's not an alcoholic. Alcoholics go to meetings.

Seriously though, if anyone feels they MUST do some optional thing its likely time to take a break. That goes equally for something you consume or something you do.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I went to a casino once because my roommate at the time wanted to go for a bit. He even spotted me $10 because I had no cash on me. Turned that $10 in to $40, paid back the roommate and left with the $30 and never went back.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

You can only say that you defeated the house once dead

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Some people are built differently.

I have no impulsion to gamble either. But one of my family members? So much money burned at casinos.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (3 children)

When i was in Australia, i was kinda surprised how widespread gambling was. There were some gambling machines in almost every pub. I put 5 dollars in a machine and won 50. Never ever gambled again.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

This is the reason behind it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There's a study on this... I o py remember it pretty vaguely, but the tl;dr was that if people win at gambling it doesn't hold much appeal -- the initial drive to continue gambling only comes after losses. Something about 'making up for' anything you lost drives the addiction behaviour far more. This struck me initially as kinda counter-intuitive (you'd think that people were more motivated by behaviours with positive outcomes, right?) so it always stuck in my head...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

but you already invested so much effort into this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

New response just dropped

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Its not so bad in Australia these days, depends on which state you're tin too but yeah, fuck gamblibg.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Did they manage to get pokies out of all the AFL clubs yet? Last I paid attention, I think there might have been a couple of holdouts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

It varies state to state with NSW being the worst still:

https://m.onlinepokies.com/state-regulations.htm

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It was quite weird to see. People just staring at a machine for hours. Did they change the law?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

In Japan, people literally line up around the block at pachinko parlors before they open.

Somehow the vibe is slightly less gross than watching 20 retirees just pressing the slot machine button over and over.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 3 days ago (2 children)
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I miss Ken M

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We are all KenM on this blessed day

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I'm ALL Ken M on this blessed day.

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