• MacN'CheezusOP
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    10 months ago

    That’s because they were gambling with other people’s money.

    If you only bet with what you can afford to lose, that’s never going to happen.

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      10 months ago

      Woof that slope is slippery. The trick is measuring what you can afford, and a lot of people aren’t great at measuring that.

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        10 months ago

        Yeah, well, that’s their problem, isn’t it.

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        10 months ago

        See if I only bet 90% of every paycheck I still have 10% left over for lottery tickets

        If I lose the 90%, I just gotta win the lottery…