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> After a long legal battle, 2 million players, including Shellz and her husband, will be eligible to get a small part of their losses back — about 20 percent f
by Eumenes 3y ago
> After a long legal battle, 2 million players, including Shellz and her husband, will be eligible to get a small part of their losses back — about 20 percent for those who lost $10,000 to $100,000.
This is ridiculous - are people incapable of free will anymore? I'm sick of "journalists" painting people as victims for gleefully engaging in reckless behavior. Remember the idiots who lost millions on Robinhood and tried to claim it was "too easy" to lose money via day trading? Or children "addicted" to loot boxes in video games? I know this is HN and the inevitable comment regarding pHd pSyChOlOgIsTs designing dark patterns into these apps so people have no agency over themselves.
My guess is there's some ambulance chasing law firm sourcing these poor fools, they use the PR circus to generate buzz about how they're poor victims, then they broker back door deals with the companies to get some settlement vs the negative press. Idk who the negative press works on - there are actual victims in this world, and these people are NOT victims.
- SamoyedFurFluff 3y agoWhy do you have no curiosity when presented with a phenomenon that doesn’t make sense to you?
- Eumenes 3y agowhat's the phenomenon? how dumb and gullible the average person is? > We lie in bed next to each other, we have two tablets, two phones and a computer and all these apps spinning Reel Rivals at the same time am i supposed to feel bad?
- flappyeagle 3y agoHow can you not feel bad reading that?
- Eumenes 3y agoMostly because its pathetic and in a way, its poetic justice. Smart enough to save six figures, most definitely didn't cry victimhood when they "won big", but dumb enough to think that setting up multiple devices could improve their odds. Seems like they're sore losers, not victims.
- metabagel 3y agoHow can they be sore losers when there never was the possibility of winning anything?
- flappyeagle 3y agoJustice? Who did they harm?
- SamoyedFurFluff 3y agoWell you clearly said in your above post you’re just guessing. So you clearly understand you don’t understand something, but instead of expressing curiosity you assume a truth and derive conclusions from that. It strikes me as irrational, that’s why I’m asking you why you’re acting like this, because I have curiosity.
- Eumenes 3y agoI don't think its worth deeper introspection ... Gambling has winners and losers, the winners don't whine and the losers do, except now the media thinks its a cause worthy to parade around. Its a free country, you can spend your money how you want. Don't expect people to care if it works out or doesn't.
- metabagel 3y ago> the media thinks “The media” doesn’t think anything.
- SamoyedFurFluff 3y agoHow does an industry (media) think? Also what evidence are you using to glean the intentions of people who are voluntarily reported upon with their gambling financial troubles?
- mplewis 3y agoPeople don’t become addicted because they’re “dumb.” Addiction is a completely different beast
- Eumenes 3y agookay show me the rocket scientists and astronauts pumping six figures into casino mobile apps ... its not a kind thing to say, but at some point we just need to admit that certain behavior is prevalent in less intelligent individuals. using "addiction" as cover is just a means to avoid that unsavory debate.
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- metabagel 3y ago> what's the phenomenon? how dumb and gullible the average person is? > am i supposed to feel bad? I see no reason for anyone to load up on the grief of others. We are all carrying enough of our own grief. But, it seems like you bear actual animosity towards people who are emotionally devastated. The least you could do is to maintain a neutral, non-judgemental point of view.
- partitioned 3y agoIt is definitely surprising the amount of time/money wasted on people like this that could help people who are in distress through no fault of their own. I said something about the gene pool in an earlier comment. We can't help everyone, and we should maybe stop trying to make it so that incredibly dumb people can reproduce even after putting themselves in situations where they couldn't normally.
- Eumenes 3y agoI wouldn't doubt if there was a gullibility gene
- patmorgan23 3y agoIf you believe people have 100% control of their actions all the time you know very little about human behavior. Humans are barely rational bundles of emotions, urges, and instincts. Sometimes the rational part of your brain wins, sometimes the lizard brain that wants to see pretty colors and numbers go up wins.
- Eumenes 3y agowhere do you draw the line? you can use the lizard vs rational brain argument to make sense of any behavior. violent crime? blinded by rage. drug abuse? coping tool for trauma. rape? overcome with lust.