Posts by Russell Brown
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MDMA-ingesting cyclists weaving through flaming hoops around a Sky City velodrome in a Madison that offers infinite betting possibilities
To the great sounds of Kiwi Music! You forgot the Kiwi Music!
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How will they ever sell audiobooks if Stephen Hawking is prepared to read them all aloud for free?
LOL!
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Pokies doesn't have either of those things, and as Russell describes them, they're basically anti-social money drains. I'd support changes to how we approach pokies as a society, while leaving other forms of gambling relatively untouched.
We had an extensive discussion here a while ago about what-to-do-about-pokies. It got quite heated, and some people thought my distaste for them (or support of community efforts to keep them out) was just me denying people innocent fun.
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Yes! A Madison! With fireballs!
You could even bet on the Madison -- although I assume you'd run into the usual problem of having no effing idea who was winning the thing.
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I play low stakes texas holdem almost exclusively, where the chances of winning are much higher and the payouts much lower, and because of the nature of the game try to show no emotion at all. But it is enjoyable.
Honestly, I'm not doubting you. That does sound fun.
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Melbourne's has columns that spew fire balls in some oddly choreographed pattern each and every hour...
I was under the impression that they flared whenever someone struck a jackpot or something.
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Gaiman follows up on the Kindle argument. Includes a link to Will Wheaton reading a passage from one of his books, and and then having the Kindle read it. Spot the difference.
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lack of smiles = gambling bad????
anyone ever been to a sports event when say the All Blacks aren't winning....
I've seen my teams lose plenty -- and of course Wellington readers will know the feeling better than me ;-)
But it's not really anything like the casino.
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Imagine if there was a drug with no physical side effects that was real simple to manufacture - it would almost be as good as gambling. All gambling costs is money, all it takes is two people in agreement. Make it illegal and you'll have to bust into people's homes and watch them all the time to enforce the law.
No, I'm not proposing making it illegal at all. And the "at least you can safely drive home afterwards" argument shouldn't be dismissed either.
But I found it interesting enough to talk about afterwards. I've certainly no wish to intrude on your fun Angus, but it must surely strike you that a lot of people at the casino don't look like they're having fun?
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I think for me it's the underlying tone of disgust at people doing this to themselves, which sits in marked contrast to the "legalise drugs and stop hating on the poor stoners" subcontext.
The link to drugs is fairly explicit in my original post. Like the strip bar owners and the actual drug dealers, they're selling a high at the casino. As I said, I'm just struck by the normalisation of this version.
>If these folk want to indulge in their drug of choice then so be it - and I also think people should free to pass their judgement on it. But passing a very negative judgement of a given steroetype is what's happening.
And yet, as I said, we had a good time; maybe even got a contact high off the rest of the room. But I really still struggle with how bloody grim so many people looked. I'm like, I don't think I want to try that drug ...
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