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When you’re our age, you tend to overlook crazy and just enjoy the benefits of life. Beats the hell out of going to bingo and the nursing home.
With the money he has, why not have a younger lady?? Can’t take it with you and might as well spend it on whatever you enjoy. Life is short and even shorter when you’re in your 70’s.
As Richard Pryor said…..”I want to be in that long line.”
With the money he has, why not have a younger lady?? Can’t take it with you and might as well spend it on whatever you enjoy. Life is short and even shorter when you’re in your 70’s.
As Richard Pryor said…..”I want to be in that long line.”
-I love all the XMas stuff. Just not gonna participate in the silly elf nonsense. If WS wants to water down the real meaning of XMas, have at it. The boys do seem to enjoy.
-Everyone wants to hate on Twitter, and the "For You" tab is pretty rough, but Facebook is a goddamn rural flea market or something. Insta is probably still the best of the bunch but is mainly just influencers sadly acting out little skits for views. Occasionally I'll see a friend sneak some cute family pics in there.
-16 this morning and pitch black at 5:30pm. We're entering the darkness. Time to double up on the Vit D.
-Wonder how the 5 die hard Tar Hill FB fans feel about hiring old ass Belichick. I'm not sure I'd be down with it here. Anyway, if it keeps JS out for a few more weeks, I'm good.
-Love bringing back Maclin. Thought he was for sure gone after the DM screenshots.
-Need Butler's ankle to be ok for the weekend. Big trouble if not.
-Everyone wants to hate on Twitter, and the "For You" tab is pretty rough, but Facebook is a goddamn rural flea market or something. Insta is probably still the best of the bunch but is mainly just influencers sadly acting out little skits for views. Occasionally I'll see a friend sneak some cute family pics in there.
-16 this morning and pitch black at 5:30pm. We're entering the darkness. Time to double up on the Vit D.
-Wonder how the 5 die hard Tar Hill FB fans feel about hiring old ass Belichick. I'm not sure I'd be down with it here. Anyway, if it keeps JS out for a few more weeks, I'm good.
-Love bringing back Maclin. Thought he was for sure gone after the DM screenshots.
-Need Butler's ankle to be ok for the weekend. Big trouble if not.
I deactivated FB and Instagram for a year, turned it back on, caught myself watching reels, tried to figure out how to turn them off (you can't), and deactivated it again. FB and Instagram went from fun apps to see pics / comments from friends to addiction models because more ad views = more revenue. It's pretty disgusting, really.
100%. I'm absolutely guilty of doom scrolling reels. Some of them are pretty good but the algorithm has me on some middle aged couples poorly acting out mundane mildly ironic everyday life scenes. Really bad when they're using kids in the videos.
We're in pyramid scheme territory over there. At least with the other 2 it's obvious you're being sold something.
We're in pyramid scheme territory over there. At least with the other 2 it's obvious you're being sold something.
Social media made normal people famous for the dumbest reasons.
Oh, you're missing a tooth and have a J. Cole body (no features)? Here's 16 million followers (12 million bots).
Oh, your family is tall, including a 7 footer? Here's 100 reels showing us how tall your family is.
Oh, you had 12 kids by 21? Fvck right off with that nonsense.
I hate it.
Oh, you're missing a tooth and have a J. Cole body (no features)? Here's 16 million followers (12 million bots).
Oh, your family is tall, including a 7 footer? Here's 100 reels showing us how tall your family is.
Oh, you had 12 kids by 21? Fvck right off with that nonsense.
I hate it.
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Instagram would show me videos of people cooking something incorrectly (usually a steak) and I'd almost always watch it and get pissed at how dumb the chef was. At some point I had a revelation that it was just a trick for views.
Some nobody became famous for saying she spit on some dude's dick. What a world we live in.
Reels are about the only thing keeping me awake during overnights with the baby but I can feel my brain rotting with every scroll.
By the way, the data on internet gambling is getting really bad.
- Bankruptcies: up
- Suicide: up
- Quality of life for people who do it: down
Obviously internet message boards are the only social media of any worth.
Michael Lewis (Moneyball, Big Short) is doing a big podcast series on the gambling thing. Pretty fascinating what's happening. One thing that stood out: Americans are big time suckers for parlays compared to other countries.
Moneyball and The Big Short are great films, both with underrated BPitt roles.
America should ban Gambling, booze, nicotine, non-marital sex, and ALL drugs. Jmo
I remember reading some crazy stat that like 75% of beer or alcohol sales were by 10% of the population (alcoholics) or some such. I assume gambling is the same thing now. Crazy how gambling just grabs ahold of some people - and now it’s just the click of a button on your phone.
IMHO, there are certain things that were better in the shadows. Like getting a bookie back in the day provided enough friction where if you really wanted to gamble you could, but it wasn't super easy for just the regular person. Secondly, there were only so many bets you could make because it required manual intervention on the bookie's end.
Similar thing with pornography. Having to go to a strip club or buying porn at a store provided friction. You had your freedom, it just wasn't super easy. That might have been an overall good thing for society.
For gambling, it might be significantly better for society if they just changed the law where you had to do it at a physical location at a window or something. Having it on your phone is way to easy and is getting people hooked.
Future view of the crowd at some of the non-conference games next year.
Moneyball is a great book but average movie.
-The avg iq in the US is 100ish... that's the average, given that fact one can assume there are a shit ton of folks wandering around with double digit iq's. It's terrifying.
^these folks don't need help making bad decisions. That said... prohibition doesn't work. In closing: we're doomed.
^these folks don't need help making bad decisions. That said... prohibition doesn't work. In closing: we're doomed.
They could ban online legal gambling tomorrow and put the financial institutions on notice and it would, in fact, work. Would it stop everybody? Of course not. But it would make a big difference.
I know I'm never hitting a big wild-ass parlay. I also know for a 100% fact I'll spend as much of my damn AMERICAN FREE TIME as I please cooking them up and rooting like hell for one to hit. I don't need NannyDougan legislating my personal choices.
My Panthers aren't as ass as I thought they were going to be. I hope he loses!
You figure you use all of that FREE MONEY Draft Kings promises you, the Parlay Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer?
"Try this Anytime Touchdown Parlay" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer?
"Try this Anytime Touchdown Parlay" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
I’m all for legalized sports betting, BUT it is a little concerning how easy it is to just fire off a hundred bets at the touch of a button. Oh, well!
Next thing you know we will have high interest credit card booths set up on college campuses handing them out like candy.
People addicted to gambling will gamble whether it is illegal or not.
People addicted to alcohol will still drink if prohibited.
What I'm trying to say is that people are gonna people. No amount of big brothering by WhiteWayne is going to fix the problem that is causing the addiction.
Let those fools sink or swim and leave the rest of us to moderate our lives accordingly.
People addicted to alcohol will still drink if prohibited.
What I'm trying to say is that people are gonna people. No amount of big brothering by WhiteWayne is going to fix the problem that is causing the addiction.
Let those fools sink or swim and leave the rest of us to moderate our lives accordingly.
-libertarianism is an attractive philosophy, beck... much like socialism, but in real life neither work (see Somalia for L, ussr for S).
-just let them fail/die for addicts is attractive to some (it might be the play, idk)... but there are societal costs as well as financial costs* that we all have to bear in that scenario.
^*sensible* regulation is good... the rub is once the govt is involved the regulation is rarely sensible.
-again... we're doomed.
*to the 50% of society that actually pays taxes.
-just let them fail/die for addicts is attractive to some (it might be the play, idk)... but there are societal costs as well as financial costs* that we all have to bear in that scenario.
^*sensible* regulation is good... the rub is once the govt is involved the regulation is rarely sensible.
-again... we're doomed.
*to the 50% of society that actually pays taxes.
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The point, which you unsurprisingly missed, is that way more people will get addicted with how readily accessible it has become. I’m not sure if I would support adjusting the current legislation or not, but your response is not germane to the discussion.
I'm in the "mind your own business" camp. It's not my problem nor my responsibility if two blocks away some guy named Jeff can't handle a gambling app or would rather drink bourbon on a Tuesday morning instead of a glass of water. We're told on a weekly basis by society to "be responsible." Well, be responsible.
That argument would check out had gambling, gambling addiction and all the other problems tied to it not jumped significantly with the legalization of online sports betting. Furthermore, there are still states that don't allow it, and we can see how these issues haven't grown in those states.
So we had a good way to at least put a dent into gambling addiction. Then we ripped off almost all controls around it and made it easy as pushing a button on the phone you carry around everywhere.
But legit question to the "let those fools sink or swim" crowd, what percent of the population would have to be f'd up by a vice before you'd be like, "ya know, maybe our society should try to do something about this?"
So to highlight Waynes takes:
1. The Charge is good for basketball
2. Sports GAMBOL is bad
Cricket feel free to add on. I'm too lazy to look anything up but I know there's more
1. The Charge is good for basketball
2. Sports GAMBOL is bad
Cricket feel free to add on. I'm too lazy to look anything up but I know there's more
Good. ALL of those things were a LOT more fun when they were against the law. Marijuana is the new "housewives getting ink"
Bedazzled vape pens at soccer games etc. F*** that...
If you want to take off all of your clothes, go into your back yard and howl at the moon I say go for it. If you want to do the same thing in my back yard that is when we have a problem.
I guess what I’m saying is that we are all affected by certain vices whether they are our own or someone else’s. You choose to gamble all of your money away and lose your house I shouldn’t have to pay higher fees to the bank because of it. But that ain’t how it works, fair or not. The gambling train has left the station and there is no turning around.
Now, if you will excuse I need to head over to Draft Kings and Fan Duel so I can find the best odds on the 30 or so bets I plan on placing tonight.
I guess what I’m saying is that we are all affected by certain vices whether they are our own or someone else’s. You choose to gamble all of your money away and lose your house I shouldn’t have to pay higher fees to the bank because of it. But that ain’t how it works, fair or not. The gambling train has left the station and there is no turning around.
Now, if you will excuse I need to head over to Draft Kings and Fan Duel so I can find the best odds on the 30 or so bets I plan on placing tonight.
I don't know Wayne, 107k OD deaths in 2023 and 70% of those were because of Fentanyl. It's wildly illegal to possess fentanyl as an indiviudal and tens of thouands of people are dying each year from it. Politicians love to talk about how horrible the situation is while they deposit their Purdue Pharma checks on the way home. So I suppose it would have to be more than that?
You either make the thing illegal or you legalize it and try to either fine tune the laws or use some of the revenues to prevent addiction (which will never happen).
Hence my, somewhat sarcastic, let those fools sink/swim. They can get out of this mess if they realize they have an issue and do something about it.
Rudd is right too, government intervention is either hamfisted or non-existent, nuance isn't their forte.
It's a sad mess, and I don't gamble.
Just bring back Quaaludes. Better buzz to safety ratio than barbiturates/opiates. Problem solved.
A couple of wagon wheels and some beers, and you're good to go.
A couple of wagon wheels and some beers, and you're good to go.
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