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A lot of entertainment falls into this category though. A $15 movie ticket has a 100% to consume ~2 hours of your life and pay you nothing. A $5 order of fries
by sokoloff 3y ago
A lot of entertainment falls into this category though. A $15 movie ticket has a 100% to consume ~2 hours of your life and pay you nothing. A $5 order of fries will pay you about $0.50 worth of potatoes. Go to a ballgame and it’s just as bad as the movies; they’ll charge you for expensive food and drink inside and your favorite team might not even win.
Trying to draw a bright, defining line between watching a movie and buying a video game and playing an arcade game or Skeeball seems practically impossible. We don’t want to force everyone to be stuck at home playing “blow the ball of yarn to the opponent’s side of the table”.
- zeroonetwothree 3y agoThose analogies aren't good because the outcome is not randomized. That's what makes things addictive and dangerous (especially for children). I think it's very easy to draw a line. When you pay money, the result has to be specifically given up front. It cannot be based on random chance. If you wan to buy a Pokemon card you have to buy a specific card (or a set with fixed cards included). If you want to buy virtual clothes for your avatar then you have to buy specific objects. If you want to buy a doll then you buy a specific model, not a random box.