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Addiction By Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas is one of the wildest fucking reads y'all
Being able to sports bet on the phone has got to be just absolutely destroying so many lives
yeah there's a statistically significant increase in bankruptcies and DV
Not just sports betting anymore
Diseased ass society
It gets worse
Tbf betting on whether or not [insert year] will be in the top 10 hottest years on record is basically free money.
Yeah on the one hand I fucking hate this but on the other I could really use the money
january 2025 was especially hot and this year january has only 10 days to go. the odds are at 6% for a reason, despite longer term warming trends. i hope nobody starts thinking they can easily win $1500 from this nonsense. it's not free money. southern pacific sea surface temperatures are still on the cold side of the cycle and it's been a cold few weeks.
Just waiting for my cousins to start messaging me about all the money they've lost requesting a little loan
If I'm not much of a gambler, would you still recommend the book?
Yes absolutely. The analogies to social media are pretty remarkable although the scope is purely gambling machines. Its about an entire ecosystem that has been developed to ensnare people and destroy lives through addiction, and the total lack of regulatory oversight.
Rad, will download it!
The audiobook is good too thats how I consumed it
Had an argument with someone recently that they know someone who almost always wins in gambling and I called bs on it. They didn't like that and kept arguing against the house odds.
Just use the martingale system*
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requires infinite money to guarantee winningVariable Ratio schedule of reinforcement