Topic: What's your view on this? Is it fun or addiction? - page 11. (Read 2090 times)

Exactly! to the person who made that kind of post, I don't know if it is a sarcastic way of telling that people should stop gambling or it's just a normal post who invites other people to gamble more something like that. We know that even if you're a lucky person, there's stil no guarantee of 100% winnings and losses, so having a loan and using it for gambling is indeed a big risk to a person's life, It will cause them a wrecked and miserable life once did not win unless that person has a stable income and has a collateral for his/her debt.

Society has ill feelings about gambling and spreads bad publicity around their environment, due to the mistakes of compulsive gamblers to their homes and society; wasting money meant for the growth of the family and society on gambling. This has caused most families to suffer financially and are not able to recover after a long time treating an addicted gambler in their midst. Hence, it'll be difficult for that narrative to change, most families now have rules that wouldn't let any member of them associate with a gambler, responsible or irresponsible. However, they wouldn't see the importance of gambling as they'll think of it as a total waste of time and money, coupled with the damages it encrypted in their memory. Aside from that, gambling is a good way of relaxation and what Op and friends are doing is quite good and rewarding. Especially if they focused on discussing responsible gambling and helping each other not to become a victim of addiction.

But, from what I saw in the meme or photo he shared, they could be consistently sharing ideas, jokingly, that could lead to compulsive gambling. Moreover, friends can easily influence each other, and one person may want to appear different or impress his friends and then make the mistake of taking a loan to gamble. Their predictions are great and worth the reward for the winner, but naive players in the group can depend on those predictions as a means of generating predicting ideas, which could be wrong. Because, a member was right the previous week doesn't mean his prediction would be right the next weekend. All forms of gambling require money and time. It's only a matter of time a gambler who wagers a small amount could decide to put more money to earn big. Maybe when pushed by the decisions of friends in similar groups, or seeing that a member has won quite big in gambling. Those deficiencies they should hold on to and stop in the group and help their members to be careful in gambling and stay clear from being indebted.

It could be that this is a satire to gamblers who cannot control themselves by continuing to gamble and when there is no money they take loans because they are always filled with the desire to gamble, but the person who made the picture is the one who best understands the meaning and purpose of making words like that.
Continuing to gamble using borrowed money is a big mistake, the opportunity to win is always there, but so is the opportunity to lose, no matter how confident we are in our betting choices, there is a chance of losing because there are many things that happen to athletes or teams that we don't know about so that the match goes on not according to predictions, but when the bettor continues to bet with the belief that he will win and still uses money that he can afford to lose then it is not a problem because everyone has the right to use his money to fulfill his desires as long as it is within his means.

Whether it's just a joke or not, words like that shouldn't be thrown around so easily, maybe for those who are easily influenced they will deepen their role in gambling and bet large amount because they may think that luck will always be there if they don't stop gambling and keep trying to bet until they get the expected profit, and maybe there are those who are determined to take out a loan if the money they use runs out. This will of course put them at risky of addiction because they are too chasing their ambition to make a profits.

Yes it is an important step for gamblers if they don't want to experience big losses it is better to use small amounts of money and use it to get lucky but if you don't get lucky stop immediately and don't try to deposit money again and again because it will cause you The more it gets out of controls and you will experience big losses without you realizing it early.

The most important thing is not to miss out when you have fun with gambling. Gambling does have a tremendous effect on us becoming addicted.
The hope of winning certainly exists in every gambler, but gamblers must know when they are out and when they will continue playing. It's not an easy matter, especially if we play with the people around us. it won't stop you until you are completely exhausted.

That's what makes this compulsion become a new habit for them. When they miss it even once, they will regret it and make a schedule to follow it the following week. They will make sure to bet together with other friends so that they don't have any regrets even though, in the end, they will lose. This habit must be controlled so that it does not become excessive and becomes deeper into gambling and ultimately becomes a gambling addiction.

That means we have to have good self-control so we can enjoy gambling activities with our friends. We must not lose self-control, which could cause us to gamble excessively, disrupting our financial position. We can feel closer friendship by gathering with these friends, especially since we always attend the event. Only with good self-control can we avoid problems outside of the event and ensure we can do it. But if we feel uncomfortable using our money to bet, we can also reduce joint gambling activities and we can tell the truth to our friends.

The individual that dropped the picture in the group chat might be playing and just dropped it there to see the reaction of the members of the group. He mightn't believe what they wrote on the picture but some individuals in the group will see this image and believe them. Newbies that only started gambling recently will see this message and think that's what others are doing and begins to gamble frequently therefore becomes addicted.

The image can be fun to some gamblings.that understand how gambling works and knows, you don't have certainty that you'll win when you're gambling but it'll be an addiction to those set of gambling that think they can get profits everytime they play bets. There are two outcome from gamble, you can gamble occasionally and have fun while also making profits and gamble everyday yet you don't make money.

or something like fooling? because in all senses we cannot see truthfulness in this photo instead it is either stupidity to believe or allowing your self to be fooled.

and also that is a common word of Addicted gambler , who always believe that this is the last chance to win but doing it over and over again.


Enjoying in gambling is right , but we also expect to win at all time though can accept being a loser after that .

I feel like this was kind of inside joke within a social group so I don't think it is something worrying. Many people use WhatsApp groups to talk about sports betting in my country. Especially university students are doing this. They keep sending their potential bets to each other, regularly check odds to find perfect ones, and sometimes I see there are jokes running in chat. Gambling addiction is something totally different in my opinion, people are just having fun there. Male gambler groups are truly hilarious.

Its like the picture shown saying is "gamble or bet even if you don't have money, loan and loan until you win." That we know is not the case. Taking a loan to be used for gambling or betting is the worst because you only make things worse. At that point, it is not fun anymore; it is more like a suicide, not even an addiction. Imagine you having no more money, then keep on loaning and loaning just to hope that you will win someday, which will make you more broke, and worst case, you might encounter more problems beyond gambling addiction. You see, a loan is a very dangerous thing. What if the app or person you ask for a loan could take precautions and threaten you so you will pay your debt?

If in this phase you will say or someone will say that it is fun, then you are crazy. How could you have fun if you know you have loans to pay and keep on losing money because of your friends hobbies? No, it is not, and it will never be fun at all.

That's just a sarcasm or a meme where they reverse good advice to make fun of the people that are needing that advice. And my view on this is that it's just a fun stuff that OP's friend are sharing in their gambling group because they all are in it on the joke and it might seem weird to outsider since there's no context behind but smart people can just imply what's happening. It's not deep joke that it will pass so many heads and don't get it so I think that we're just overthinking stuff too much because we want an explanation.-
There's a way to know, it just so happens that it's subjective until context is provided by OP. There's a context sort of that's been provided, that this was posted in the groupchat of OP and they mostly talk there about gambling.

There's no way to know whether this is just a joke or a serious advice. It could actually be simply sarcasm. We don't know what context this was posted.

However it seems the obvious exaggeration in the statement means it isn't really a serious statement. You don't take it as it is, literally. It seems it is for fun. The first line itself is clearly not serious. It's an ironic statement to remind the members of the opposite, that you can't just continue gambling and lose everything to the point that you need to take a loan to place more bets.

stupid move in my opinion. After all, why take out a loan to gamble when there is no guarantee of profit. Even though gambling started out as entertainment, when people become too addicted to gambling they will do anything to get money and gamble. have become addicts and become loan takers and it will create very serious problems when they cannot pay the loan and money is lost in gambling. Do gambling according to your abilities and it's better if it's just entertainment.

True, the fun and entertainment you will get from gambling is if you engage in it with a level of awareness, but if it's the other way around, or you can't control  yourself and are always easily tempted by something that looks like it's there then it's clear as you say that it's no longer about fun or entertainment but rather a situation that will make you feel some mental and psychological pressure that you will feel due to losing an amount of  money that you certainly can't afford to lose.

After reading more about what you said it seems that I would slightly conclude that you have the wrong approach to gambling, or it seems that you are one of the people who do not really understand what gambling is, which is that there will always be something tantalizing like getting some moments that should get a win but it doesn't happen, and obviously after that your interest and curiosity will increase and absolutely cannot miss the time not to gamble. So in my opinion it seems that you have to go back to find out more about what gambling is so that you can change your point of view and mindset, if you have found the answer then I think your interest and hope for victory will be a little less, the other thing is that you better keep yourself busy by finding some other activities that will certainly take your mind off gambling.

At a glance, one could think it’s all fun and jokes and it could very well be. But these are jokes that subconsciously, we go on to do in reality.
Gambling just on weekends like you lot seem to do is quite safe and not necessarily an addiction. But what your mate posted is pushing it. He may not have been the person who wrote that but he seem to agree on what was being said.
For some irresponsible gamblers, that could be more motivation to play more than ever as your big win is supposedly around the corner. Taking loans to continue playing and ultimately falling into financial difficulties.

If you get addicted to the gambling addiction,you can get away from the gambling addiction.Because most of the gamblers was get addicted in order to recover their loss dollars in the gambling site.It may happen in the casino or sports betting doesn’t matter,but the loss happened in the gambling site.The gambling addiction will be based on the money flow to your income,if you get regular income like weekly or monthly.It was proven that,you can’t control your temptation to playing the gambling.


The gambler only had the control for certain period of time.In that time,you need to convert the crypto currency income to fiat and start to spend that fiat.In this way you can do control of the gambling play in the gambling site,even though you get gambling addiction.

I can't tell. you need to provide more context such as posting a part of the conversation prior to this message. To me this looks like nothing but outright sarcasm and poking fun at the "99% of gamblers quit before getting their jackpots" which is of course a massive meme but certainly something that a gambler would find themselves believing in. On the other hand something tells me that they mean it truly cause at the end of the day, you guys are not only getting wins from the bets you make, you are also getting data subscription as you said, which to them may mean as something that would act as a consolation prize should they lose too much in the previous gambling rendezvous you had.

I myself wouldn't send something like that unless I'm with my closest friends, wouldn't want to rouse suspicion or make people think that I am an addicted gambler. I wouldn't want to improperly inspire an already addicted gambler to go further into the deep end cause as I said earlier, absurd as it is there are people who will fall for this shit and believe it with their heart. So yeah, since you're part of the conversation, what are your inferences? Do they mean it? What kind of person are they in real life? Are they someone you would think would fall for gambling addiction or something along those lines? These questions needed to be answered.

Whether that message/chat is intentional or not, it's a crappy move if we will fall on that. We should know how to gamble responsibly. Taking loans or whatever is related to that is an obvious thing that anyone should not consider when funding our gambling activities and habits. Even if we afford to take a loan and can pay it back on time, it will just be an added pressure once we do gambling because we should not lose that loan money no matter what.

Take it easy guys. Gambling within only just our limits.

That's a good example of addiction. When someone is saying you literally can't lose, and even has a typo in lose, you can assume that you are not communicating with the smartest of them all. And definitely with someone who is in denial. Also suggesting a loan for gambling more isn't just irresponsible. It's unempathic and sadistic approach. My words may sound harsh, but that kind of advice is dangerous and only good for ruining lives. If someone i knew would give me that advice. I would take even more advices and do opposite of those too.

I don't have anything against people who advocate gambling as harmless fun and a good past time. But when someone talks about taking loans to gamble more because they say you can't lose. That i consider a very dangerous advice. Also i would ask why did they lose before that, and what makes this magical next bet better?
 

Whoever is giving such an advice is total addict and deserve to be helped to quench the gambling addiction. Going to the extend of taking loans to gamble is too extreme. It cannot be considered fun because whstever you do for fun you dont borrow money to do it whenever your on the process. Its obvious we dont have fun everytime so when we cannot have fun we just need to stay home and do other things. Going an extra mile to take loan just to have fun is crazy.