Originally Posted by Carlguy (HTL) lol yea I do..but I dont like gambling in general it makes people do bad things Next thing you know people will start selling their laptop for DC-points so they can DC-gamble more
Gambling doesn't make you do bad things. All gambling is, is people giving up money in hopes that they'll win the money everyone else loses if they're lucky enough to get randomly picked.
Originally Posted by BrandonC Gambling doesn't make you do bad things. All gambling is, is people giving up money in hopes that they'll win the money everyone else loses if they're lucky enough to get randomly picked.
Isn't that a bit contradictory? No but seriously, that's called stupid, not bad. And generally it's just that people who gamble also have character traits that make them do bad/stupid/rash things.
Gambling itself is not terrible, you can be responsible but as it has been proven again and again, it can become addictive for people and send them far enough to put themselves into major debt and take for granted their homes and families.
My only experience with gambling was when my we had out Christmas do at work when I worked in a cinema. It was in the casino that's attached to the leisure complex the cinema is in, the casino was also filled with dozens of sad eyed people religiously putting coins into slots. None of them seemed to be actually having fun and it was a sterling example of what I don't want to turn into when I'm older...
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27th June, 2009 at 04:25:36 -
Poker nights can be fun. What we do 'ere is my friends I chip in say £5 ($ into a pot and play poker. Winner gets the lot and the runner up gets a drink. It's a fun thing for a hour or two, no one really loses that much money. If you win, you'll get about £30. ($50)
I'm not into gambling, or anything like that, in small doses/amounts it can be really fun, as it gives it an extra meaning to the game, but I have a strong limit on when to stop.
Gambling is about as dangerous as some of the minor drugs. I know a few families that were wrecked by gambling addicts. Loan sharks feed on gamblers. Sure, you can control yourself, but not everyone has that kind of self-control and it's just nasty when they gamble away the family fortune.
Well, when it's real money. Fake gambling is as dangerous as shooting fake Haitians
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Poobical Has some jaffa cakes in his coat pocket 3
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27th June, 2009 at 05:28:37 -
Aye true. I watched this really good tv program with Steve Coogan called Sunshine. Twas about gambling, very good. Nice to see the actor in a serious role. Not once I thought of him as Alan, excellent acting.
It's the same addiction people get whenever they lose at on a boss in a video game and they know they can beat it... so they just keep on trying, regardless of how pissed they get, or what they break when they start throwing shit around.
As with most things in life, it's good in moderation. I'm not into gambling as such, but i like betting on myself to beat people at things. I've won a few quid beating people at computer games before now, like my mate who kept betting me he'd beat me on Daytona arcade, and he kept losing and the bets kept going up as he wanted to win his money back. Or the idiot who bet me he'd beat me at Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance, so i went out and bought the game, had 3 days practice and then took his money off him (think it was a tenner) - haha!
I'm not mean but i am competitive, and the money was nice!
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No but seriously, that's called stupid, not bad. And generally it's just that people who gamble also have character traits that make them do bad/stupid/rash things.
into a pot and play poker. Winner gets the lot and the runner up gets a drink. It's a fun thing for a hour or two, no one really loses that much money. If you win, you'll get about £30. ($50)
