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Quote Originally Posted by TheCrow:


skipbone, have you not heard of prosthetics ?  I've seen your asss get handed to you a few times on this board unfortunately there is nothing i would be able to sell to you.  We are talking about limbs here, if you're looking for better implants, i suggest for you to talk to kim kardashian and stop trying to ride the waves in these murky waters.

Dafuq?  
 
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Quote Originally Posted by TheGoldenGoose:



The only cure for losing is a good healthy winning streak.




I must disagree.  The only cure for losing is losing.
 
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Dafuq?  

why would you care for an explanation? i don't offer any refunds
 
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Quote Originally Posted by tlml1899:



People CAN put the bottle or drugs down, they just choose not to. The fact that many people have done it cold turkey proves that addiction is BS


dumbest post of all time
 
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Quote Originally Posted by TheCrow:


why would you care for an explanation? i don't offer any refunds

Never asked for an explanation.   Only would buy with funny money.
 
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The problem with gambling is people think it's going to solve their financial problems.  If you look at it as entertainment and bet with a budget you can afford for entertainment you can avoid these situations.  

I've been betting on sports since I was 16, playing poker since my early to mid 20's and I've never borrowed money to gamble, gambled on credit and it's never prevented me from financially affording to do anything in my life.  

I'm an action better for sports betting, I'll bet on 50-75% of NFL games on a sunday, sometimes more.  But I bet in small amounts that I can afford and when you bet a lot of games it's hard to lose everything, just as it's hard to win everything.  No doubt I'm a loser over the long run but I'll deposit a couple times a year, build up a roll and play for months with it.  

For poker I'm a positive but less than 5% ROI SNG player and I have a rule that whenever my account gets to $1000, I take out $500 because I start playing like an idiot when I have a big roll in my account.  

My point is you don't have to totally quit to fix your problems and you might even enjoy it more if you know your bet isn't going to break you if you lose.  
 
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Posted: #32
Quote Originally Posted by tjohnsont:


Never asked for an explanation.   Only would buy with funny money.

don't quote me then
 
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Posted: #33
Start winning and then you wont have to chase. You dont need to quit, you just need to get better.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by LeafsNeedD:

The problem with gambling is people think it's going to solve their financial problems.  If you look at it as entertainment and bet with a budget you can afford for entertainment you can avoid these situations.  

I've been betting on sports since I was 16, playing poker since my early to mid 20's and I've never borrowed money to gamble, gambled on credit and it's never prevented me from financially affording to do anything in my life.  

I'm an action better for sports betting, I'll bet on 50-75% of NFL games on a sunday, sometimes more.  But I bet in small amounts that I can afford and when you bet a lot of games it's hard to lose everything, just as it's hard to win everything.  No doubt I'm a loser over the long run but I'll deposit a couple times a year, build up a roll and play for months with it.  

For poker I'm a positive but less than 5% ROI SNG player and I have a rule that whenever my account gets to $1000, I take out $500 because I start playing like an idiot when I have a big roll in my account.  

My point is you don't have to totally quit to fix your problems and you might even enjoy it more if you know your bet isn't going to break you if you lose.  

Good advice but the only solution for bad gamblers that are losers is to completely quit.  
 
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Posted: #35
Quote Originally Posted by TheCrow:


don't quote me then

Never quoted you.   
 
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Posted: #36
Quote Originally Posted by tjohnsont:


Never quoted you.   

ok then don't cut and paste my name and what i said then
 
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Posted: #37
Quote Originally Posted by Messier-11:



dumbest post of all time


You couldn't be more ignorant. Why are people only addicted to fun things like gambling,drugs, and booze then? Why isn't there a huge problem for people are addicted to eat healthy, working out, and going to school for degrees? Because those things arent fun.

Its not an addiction. People like doing it, you're not force to. If you believe it's an addition, you're just plain stupid
 
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As of now there is no scientific answer as to who is right or wrong on whether it's a disease or not.  

If you know anything about psychology you know addiction has nothing to do with the conscious mind.  There are plenty of addictions that are not enjoyable and even painful but people still do them for a variety of reasons.

I'd like to believe it's a compulsive disorder that can be treated.  To say it's a disease means you have no control like it's heart disease.
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by CHANGCHANG:

see you tomorrow night
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