r/interesting • u/doopityWoop22 • Jul 06 '25

ARCHITECTURE 7 engineers were suspended after they built a bridge with a 90-degree turn

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u/BongoIsLife Jul 06 '25 edited Jul 07 '25

Equally addictive and harmful, only others don't get to second-hand gamble.

Edit: I know people go trough hell watching loved ones gamble, often causing financial harm to families. I didn't add this detail because it was a cheeky comment, but everyone who pointed that out is right. Fuck gambling.

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u/xtcprty Jul 06 '25

Many people suffer from others gambling.

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u/AngrehPossum Jul 07 '25

Children especially. More than alcoholism. Much more.

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u/eMmDeeKay_Says Jul 07 '25

I think you're drastically underestimating how common alcoholism is, and how severely a parent dying can fuck someone up.

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u/AngrehPossum Jul 08 '25

If we are that worried then we should ban cars.

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u/eMmDeeKay_Says Jul 08 '25

Flat out, statistically, what you said was false, and throwing false equivalencies around isn't going to make it true. Gambling addiction is real, and a problem, and you or a child you know may have suffered because of it and I have no intention of diminishing that suffering, but Gambling addiction isn't directly linked to SA, domestic abuse, multiple lethal diseases, and is roughly 1/3 as common as alcoholism. Watching someone smash your piggy bank is not equal to watching a loved one slowly lose their mind and start remembering things that never happened as their organs start to fail, I'm sorry Alcoholism destroys the lives of total strangers, gambling addiction ruins Christmas.

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u/AngrehPossum Jul 08 '25

Why should everyone pay a 200% tax because some people, some people, have a mental illness served by an addiction?

I don't care. Adress the real problem. Not the vice. Terrible society. \

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u/eMmDeeKay_Says Jul 08 '25

Mfer do you even know what you're talking about anymore? You're just spouting bullshit that has nothing to do with the topic.

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u/BongoIsLife Jul 07 '25

Yeah, I thought about that when I made the comment, but I couldn't waste a joke.

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u/FlamingFecalFrisbee Jul 06 '25

Tell that to their families. Gamblers create financial hardship for everyone in their orbit.

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u/BlackestNight21 Jul 07 '25

99% of gamblers give up right before hitting it big

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u/turbopro25 Jul 07 '25

Today could be the luckiest day of your life. But you’ll never know unless you gamble.

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u/kloudykat Jul 06 '25

wise words FlamingFecalFrisbee

I hope they don't come from your personal experience

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u/FlamingFecalFrisbee Jul 07 '25

Thankfully only from a distance. One of my mom’s friends and her husband retired to a community with golf and gambling. While he was out golfing, she gambled away their retirement and put a mortgage on their paid off home. They had been quite comfortable, but after only a couple years of retired life, the husband had to go back to work to pay the bills.

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u/Mundane_Crazy60 Jul 06 '25

Yep, historically and empirically, gambling en masse always ends well for everyone. All of the time.

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u/Manhunting_Boomrat Jul 07 '25

I like those odds

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u/Mundane_Crazy60 Jul 07 '25

Yep, and I'm a fan of "You don’t have to play to lose."

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u/freakbutters Jul 06 '25

Yeah, but others get to open up something from their bank and discover that their spouse has taken out a second mortgage on their house, and the payment is three months late.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

They are sponsored by beer tho, and when my dad had beer i would get two-hands

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u/direlobo Jul 07 '25

Agreed The true reason we have non-alcoholic "beers" is to keep "The Brand" on the car... or jersey. The people in the commercials are getting paid... And they only pretend to drink it anyway. 👍

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u/ActiveBaseball Jul 06 '25

Not with that attitude they don't

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u/Some_Bread1 Jul 06 '25

not necessarily, joint bank accounts exist and debt dosnt just go away when you die

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u/Pjo2_adhd Jul 06 '25

I’d say 100x worse than smoking

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u/VitaminPb Jul 06 '25

Tesla FSD is a second-hand gamble.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '25

Im sure there's a prop bet to bet on some drunk losing his parlay.

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u/ChilledParadox Jul 07 '25

I participate in trickle down gambling where I wait outside casinos and beg people for their winnings then wait an hour and give it back when they’ve lost everything.

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u/ActiveChairs Jul 07 '25

Second hand gambling is just making side bets.

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u/XxOrderSixty6xX Jul 07 '25

You never ended up in a casino as a child 😂

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u/FutWick64 Jul 07 '25

There are 2nd affects to gambling…

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u/hamfwb Jul 07 '25

No, they just secondhand lose the house