blue_green_lake wrote:
Gambling is a bunch of really desperate folks trying to take the next person's money. I actually think it more noble to be a panhandler on the street, begging for money, than a gambler. It's more honest.
I agree.
blue_green_lake wrote:
Gambling is a bunch of really desperate folks trying to take the next person's money. I actually think it more noble to be a panhandler on the street, begging for money, than a gambler. It's more honest.
blue_green_lake wrote:58gambling wrote:I have never felt guilty after winning money in a casino
I have never felt consciously guilty either, when leaving the casino ahead in cash, but I do think that on some level our being knows it. Whatever money we win comes from the other patrons.
Gambling is a bunch of really desperate folks trying to take the next person's money. I actually think it more noble to be a panhandler on the street, begging for money, than a gambler. It's more honest.
holly20 wrote:blue_green_lake wrote:58gambling wrote:I have never felt guilty after winning money in a casino
I have never felt consciously guilty either, when leaving the casino ahead in cash, but I do think that on some level our being knows it. Whatever money we win comes from the other patrons.
Gambling is a bunch of really desperate folks trying to take the next person's money. I actually think it more noble to be a panhandler on the street, begging for money, than a gambler. It's more honest.
I just thought of it as entertainment, you are paying to play slots or blackjack or whatever (of course what starts out as entertainment can become a nightmare as we all know) I just see it as like paying to go see a movie. So other people are paying for the entertainment, so they are getting their monies worth, plus they might win some money on top of that, so why would it feel like theft? That's how I saw it anyway.
uskat wrote:Money lost ALL value. It might has well been paper being shredded.
Only fuel to keep me in the zone. Keep me in escape from reality.
holly20 wrote:Isn't gambling classed as entertainment?
blue_green_lake wrote:
That is the new spin on it that governments and gambling interests are putting forth to make it acceptable again. When I go to a movie I spend $15 at the most on the film and popcorn. When I go to a concert I spend $60. At a casino, to pass at least a few hours, even if a person is only betting at the lowest bet on a penny machine (about 30 or 40 cents a spin), your $60 will not last for long.
Gambling was always considered a vice before the government started making money from it. Engaging in gambling on some level is similar to those people who cut themselves intentionally. A little bit doesn't really harm you and it is like an escape, but a deep cut can do harm, and the act itself is very symbolic of self-rejection.
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