ever consider your position as a winning gambler? - Page 6

noone felt bad for me when i busted my roll, and through life's hardships one golden rule has emerged for me; you have a personal responsibility for almost everything that happens in your life. there's no such thing as an addiction that you can't possibly overcome, at least not a gambling, smoking, drinking addiction.. etc. got a gambling problem? work hard. work harder than you think. nothing in life comes easy, but by getting the money back you wont learn a god damn thing. you learn at the bottom.

cute thread from 2-3 years back this, imo, when we were more naive than today when everything is standard and we dont give a shit anymore

if it really bothers you, find a legit non-profit and donate. that money will do far greater things for somebody a lot less fortunate than the oh-so-poor guy with a credit card and pc w/ internet.

on the other hand, there's probably nothing that can overcome the pain of taking someone's entire rent money in a session.

god. fucking. dammit.

i dont really care.

don't bumhunt redneck, broke-ass donks. play only overrolled solid regz. problem solved. haha

if people wouldnt exploit stupidity the world wouldnt have progressed so much

This is the same argument everywhere. Just like crime. Do you outlaw guns because bad people use them? You take weapons away and we'll bash each others heads in with stones. You get rid of poker and we'll flip coins. You take away an addicts internet/casino priveleges or w/e then I'm sure he'll get his fix at any gas station that sells scratch-offs. What the fuck can you really do? Look at the bigger picture, There's 7 billion people in the world. . .some of them are pretty much destined to be fucking losers. If not for anything else than the sheer odds.

On March 28 2010 04:29 Spitfiree wrote: if people wouldnt exploit stupidity the world wouldnt have progressed so much

the world does not progress from the exploitation of the stupid, only personal progress is made that way.

Mass explotation of the stupid only creates parasitic behavior, the most obvious example, religions.

Whats also of the very nature of people is to protect themselves when they are being attacked ( doesnt matter if physically or verbally doesnt matter if its direct or not ).This thread is a good example of that.So therefore we r gonna be running around in a closed circle here and the thread doesnt have any meaning.


P.S. let the hardcore leveling mindgames begin

On March 28 2010 04:57 Baal wrote: Show nested quote + On March 28 2010 04:29 Spitfiree wrote: if people wouldnt exploit stupidity the world wouldnt have progressed so much the world does not progress from the exploitation of the stupid, only personal progress is made that way. Mass explotation of the stupid only creates parasitic behavior, the most obvious example, religions.

Ahh yes, Religion. The most Dog-eat-Dog Industry in the World. Not only are you shunned and ridiculed for not buying also you go to hell .

On March 28 2010 03:56 transparentb wrote: if it really bothers you, find a legit non-profit and donate. that money will do far greater things for somebody a lot less fortunate than the oh-so-poor guy with a credit card and pc w/ internet. on the other hand, there's probably nothing that can overcome the joy of taking someone's entire rent money in a session. god. fucking. dammit.

I would move to HU just to do that =)

On March 27 2010 15:21 Bigbobm wrote: i wonder if people who run liquor stores share this moral debate.

Funny you say that. Someone who owns a liquor store is actually creating opportunity and increased supply of the thing the addict wants. A poker player however does not do that but piggybacks on an opportunity already there, making the shop owner much worse.

On March 28 2010 04:31 XoXthajmanXoX wrote: This is the same argument everywhere. Just like crime. Do you outlaw guns because bad people use them? You take weapons away and we'll bash each others heads in with stones.

In the spirit of thread derailments everywhere, I must say that this is some seriously flawed logic. One weapon requires significant energy, effort, and skill to pull off, with the victim being given a highly reliable method of defense. The other you just point and boom, instant death. People wont run around stabbing each other with butter knives as easily as they can shoot each other with a gun. The power and flexibility of a firearm makes it far more enticing to use than any other weapon.

On March 28 2010 05:09 Spitfiree wrote: Whats also of the very nature of people is to protect themselves when they are being attacked ( doesnt matter if physically or verbally doesnt matter if its direct or not ).This thread is a good example of that.So therefore we r gonna be running around in a closed circle here and the thread doesnt have any meaning. P.S. let the hardcore leveling mindgames begin

lol, i think this is the post i agree with the most in this thread.

I do feel bad about playing people with -15k$ at nl50HU but not enough for me to stop playing. The free $$$ outweighs my care for other peoples lives.

I really don't give a fuck about degens, hiroshima, and the holocaust...and i shouldn't because they are all virtual to me. Getting a starcraft 2 beta key on the other hand is important because getting a starcraft 2 beta key was a bigger event in history than ww2. WW2 only happened because someone told me about it.

its funny i wrote this.

i think taking noobs money is quite honorable i barely remember op'ing this.

Taking money from people that you know are people with a gambling addiction is morally wrong. There is no excuse for this.

Most of the people you are taking money from, however, are not degenerate gamblers. Some people think they play winning poker and blame their losses on variance. Some people actually play winning poker, but their poker doesn't win as much as your poker.

It is okay to take money from these people.

On March 28 2010 17:40 Fudyann wrote: Taking money from people that you know are people with a gambling addiction is morally wrong. There is no excuse for this. Most of the people you are taking money from, however, are not degenerate gamblers. Some people think they play winning poker and blame their losses on variance. Some people actually play winning poker, but their poker doesn't win as much as your poker. It is okay to take money from these people.

call the Pope, we have found someone with a superior morality!

btw winning money from degenerate gamblers is only something which is frowned upon, just like masturbating in an airplane.

On March 28 2010 17:40 Fudyann wrote: Taking money from people that you know are people with a gambling addiction is morally wrong. There is no excuse for this. Most of the people you are taking money from, however, are not degenerate gamblers. Some people think they play winning poker and blame their losses on variance. Some people actually play winning poker, but their poker doesn't win as much as your poker. It is okay to take money from these people.

so if someone was donking off his entire roll to you and you knew he was a gambling addict you'd sit out?

and theres no amount that you'd continue to sit in for?

im not gonna hold myself responsible for the choices that people make.

you dont blame mcdonalds if ppl are overweight.

On March 28 2010 18:37 Edjon wrote: btw winning money from degenerate gamblers is only something which is frowned upon, just like masturbating in an airplane.

Thanks a lot Bin Laden.