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I lived in Eindhoven for two years and passed by its Holland Casino every week. I never knew it was run by the Dutch state! There is a Chinese Internet slang "
by xiaq 5y ago
I lived in Eindhoven for two years and passed by its Holland Casino every week. I never knew it was run by the Dutch state!
There is a Chinese Internet slang "智商税" ("IQ tax"), used to describe products with questionable actual value, like pseudoscience-based health products, luxurious goods with crazy price tags. The idea is that only people with poor judgement would buy such products, and in doing so are being taxed for low IQ.
But a state-run casino... that's a literal IQ tax.
- sudosysgen 5y agoWe have a similar motto in French, "la taxe des cons" We also have state-run casinos in Québec, as well as state-run lotteries. They have a legal monopoly on gambling, except for some exceptions for bars and online betting which is practically unregulated.
- dmitriy_ko 5y agoIs organic food an IQ tax?
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y agoGerman equivalent is "Dummensteuer"(tax for being stupid) regarding lottery.