#278

Just answering your question but ok

#279

no, I mean genuinely well done for not pissing away endless fistfuls of cash on the dogs/horses/oilball/scratchcards

I guess I’m maybe prejudiced by the fact that the gamblers I know most definitely don’t have their spreadsheets in order

#280

Gambling’s very simple - never gamble more than you can afford to lose.

Although the amount of people who fall foul of this suggests that in fact it’s not simple. Hmm.

I don’t keep a spreadsheet but I know where I’m at. Finished about £60 up last year. Currently £25 down for this but if Macron becomes French president then I’ll be in profit for the rest of the year for sure.

#281

Oh ok yeah, sorry I thought you were being sarcy. Mainly keep tabs on it to make sure it never gets into problem territory innit, the marketing of gambling’s fucking disgusting and it’s incredibly easy to get into a really bad way with it

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#283

Www.drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4452063

#284

Fuck off

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#285

this opinion always irks me for some reason

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#286

Speaking of airports, who actually buys those super-expensive bottles of Remy Martin that they are always selling? I thought the point of duty-free was to buy cheap alcohol

#287

Was having a good laugh about Tony. Then I read the last three mails. Jesus. Now disgusted with myself. Oh man, his mother.

#288

The prices of high-end graphics cards genuinely baffle me, This probably costs more than most PCs I’ve built

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#289

Yep. Just bought an AMD 480 for £200 and it’s maxing everything without fuss. If you want to do everything in 4K you probably want a slightly better card, but paying almost £600 is fucking insane.

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#290

joined my gym when they had an opening offer and it’s still 12.99 a month. $$

#291

I genuinely had no idea you could spend this much money on a graphics card.

#292

Haha. I did mean to preface it with a subtle disclaimer actually. And I know I am slightly contradicting myself.

I find the history of watches fascinating, and the engineering that goes into them is amazing. The fact that over the years they have had to be engineered to withstand deep water pressure, arctic conditions etc. means they really are miracles. Also some watches like Speedmasters have history with space and so on. So I can appreciate watches as a ‘topic’.

But it’s the crazy money at the high end that baffles me. There is more history and clever stuff in my trusty Seiko divers watch than a plastic Casio, that’s for sure.

#293

There’s a decent article on it here:

#294

Cocaine

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#295
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#296

I spoke to a gambling addict before and he said ‘there is nothing that burns through money quicker, you can afford a decent drug habit and appear to have a normal life for a long time, but not with gambling’

#297

Makes sense.

Gambling addiction is terrifying.

The proliferation of gambling advertising is frankly disgusting.

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