>be smart at math;
>use math in the real world
>you lose regardless
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    I just love when I’m having a poker night with friends and the cops break into my house, smash my door to the ground and, for good measure, shoot my dog

    (didn’t downvote tbh, I don’t think this is where u were getting at but still, why banning just regular people wanting to bet?)

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      I like how in star trek the next generation, they play poker, but as enlightened communists without money, they still treat it as a serious game. ie the fact that there’s no real money involved doesn’t mean they play any differently.

    • Aria 🏳️‍⚧️🇧🇩
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      why banning just regular people wanting to bet?

      Because things usually start getting ugly (sooner or later) once money/goods get involved. Sooner or later people might start rigging games (horse racing for instance) to go in their favour.

      On the other hand, it’s okay if money/goods aren’t involved in your poker night. Card games doesn’t automatically mean gambling, after all.

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        Me, a highly specialised and paid factory worker 1who earns 10.000 stalins a month in a developed socialist society when I brutally massacre all of my family and friends over losing 5 stalins in a poker night

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          ok, i’ll admit, that exaggeration got me a laugh.

          but anyway,

          • not everyone is lucky enough to earn 10,000 “stalins” a month
          • it’s unlikely people would bet very little on something, when they could bet more in hopes of getting more returns
          • most people keep gambling away even after losing money, to the point where they start gambling away their clothes.

          though, i don’t believe socialist countries would allow gambling to be run in the first place.