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Minny got jobbed

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My Moose Encounter Made the Evening News as a catalyst for offering a public service message:

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AdamOnFirst said:

Goes to show people don’t actually think rationally about things, they just view something as seedy or untoward and therefore should be illegal. But only a LITTLE seedy so should be tolerated on the black market. No actual rational thought, just vibes.

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I think the point is that it’s not just ‘vibes’.

It’s usability professionals and market researchers and ad agencies and leagues and teams maximizing the dopamine kick of placing a bet so that customers maximize losses.

When you went to Vegas to lose, or when you worried about whether Big Johnny’s toughs were gonna break your freakin’ legs, there was friction in the process that made it tough to lose a lot. That friction is being reduced every day.

It’s okay if you simply believe that an increase in bankruptcies and domestic violence is fine, whatever, screw the weak-willed and those that live with them, but the real actual data that the article reports on shows that it’s not ‘vibes’.

Hungry Jack said:

That's Progressivism in a nutshell: good vibes and good intentions, followed by craptastic ineffectual policy that just makes things worse.

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The point is that there is no policy right now. The policy was “take off the guardrails.” It’s reasonable, less then a decade in, to determine whether policy is necessary.

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PurpleWhiteBoy said:

Isn't that rational?
You may not agree with the thought process, but it is completely logical.

When big money swoops in to profit from human weakness, there will definitely be casualties. Not advocating either way, but governments should step in when the societal impact is too negative.

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The government does the exact opposite. They promote gambling with Lotteries in nearly every state and Nationally. What people should be irritated with is the government use of the revenues gained by gambling. We were told our taxes would decrease with the influx of revenue, our schools would get better, the infrastructure would approve. There are insane taxes on things that are considered negative to society, tobacco, liquor, etc. As Roger Waters would say, “Mother should I trust the government “.

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AdamOnFirst said:

Goes to show people don’t actually think rationally about things, they just view something as seedy or untoward and therefore should be illegal.

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Isn't that rational?
You may not agree with the thought process, but it is completely logical.

When big money swoops in to profit from human weakness, there will definitely be casualties. Not advocating either way, but governments should step in when the societal impact is too negative.

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Hungry Jack said:

That's Progressivism in a nutshell: good vibes and good intentions, followed by craptastic ineffectual policy that just makes things worse.

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Don’t worry I have been told my life will suddenly be much much better after November if this year.

Hkjb said:

I for one will be relieved to have this board actually be about NU basketball again, rather than an overexposed Io_an alum.

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Well you have responded multiple times to the thread. Here’s a hint, since CC is actually mentioned in the thread title, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to skip the thread rather than complain about it and like everything The C and CMT post that aligns with this thought!

The overexposed comment just confirms your bias against either CC/Iowa or both. Jealous players can’t even see that the WNBA went from a bush league with limited attendance and poor exposure to something people actually tune into.