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1. zug_zug · 1790700477 · focus · HN ↗

   Somebody said (I think it was FrostPrime) roughly: Gambling is genuinely the scariest drug, I actually think it's worse than cocaine and it's just right there on your phone.

   I think that really framed the issue well to me. Imagine having an addiction problem and having to carry the problem substance around with you 24/7.

   1. JumpCrisscross · 1790701547 · focus · HN ↗

      > Gambling is genuinely the scariest drug

      Every personality has something, it seems, that it tends to get addicted to if given the chance. Gambling has never been that to me. I get bored with most of the games and upset at losing money—even if I net win, I’m irritated about the incremental losses.

      On the other hand, I have to manually keep track of how many days in a month I drink because if I don’t I’ll happily have half a bottle of wine every evening, and I think I know where that leads. (When I lose money in a casino I almost always translate that into a nice dinner. Which I will, invariably, enjoy far more than winning imaginary numbers.)

      1. physicallyIllfr · 1790716387 · focus · HN ↗

         The fact that you think you incrementally lose but are a net winner indicates to me you're illinformed.

         As someone with years of experience in this industry, only a fraction of a percent of gamblers actually meet this defination. But they all think they're net winners and write off losses as "incremental"

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