It's like all addictions

people lose the ability to calculate risk appropriately. The heroin addict using dirty needles knows it might kill him but he can't consider living without it.

The compulsive gamblers knows deep down he's being a t**t but always believes he can win it back. He can't though.

Posted By: duke of york on October 8th 2009 at 11:35:54

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Mugs game (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 8, 10:28:24
- Doesn't help that you can't go one advert break in this country without (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 10:41:17
  - Pisses me off when commentators also comment on the odds during the game (General Chat) - legendhuckerby, Oct 8, 10:58:43
  - It matters more when there's money on it (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 8, 10:42:35
    - and you'd deserve to. As to whether your wife and kids would deserve it.... (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 8, 11:30:02
      - It's like all addictions (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 8, 11:35:54
        
        You're right about the heroin example (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 12:40:13
        
        "people lose the ability to calculate risk appropriately" (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 11:47:40
        
        Cool, also, instead of reading what a celeb consumer thinks in a blog (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 13:00:03
        
        yep, and here's the reality (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 13:21:18
        
        I best stop drinking them then (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 13:30:21
        
        you drink whatever you like (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 13:40:23
        
        *sigh (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 13:53:37
        
        yes, much as my hoping that you'll take notice of proper lower case facts is futile (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 13:59:28
        
        I don't really care about your facts. That's the point you highly miss in all this (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 14:05:52
        
        They are not his facts, they are the facts of a recent EU study... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, Oct 8, 14:17:54
        
        Sorry for not replying to this (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 15:39:11
        
        You've blown my mind with all this now, genuinely. (General Chat) - Yellalee, Oct 8, 15:46:16
        
        I feel exactly the same way (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 16:01:11
        
        I didnt reply cos I like siding with one person or another (General Chat) - Yellalee, Oct 8, 15:49:19
        
        Again, I'm sorry you feel that way (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 16:07:51
        
        "because you can't keep it together, or start a new day a fresh" (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 16:30:06
        
        Where would you like me to go with this, now you've acted the way you have? (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 17:03:03
        
        ... (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 17:15:55
        
        oh dear (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 17:18:52
        
        they're not MY facts you fucking idiot (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 14:14:13
        
        I didn't mean that they were (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 14:46:58
        
        so which part of this post did you not understand? (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 15:04:17
        
        All I was trying to say to you, was people are allowed to like (General Chat) - pants, Oct 8, 15:31:36
        
        That looks interesting - have you read it? (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 8, 11:51:01
        
        i have read it (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 11:54:10
        
        How do you know? (General Chat) - Charles21, Oct 8, 11:38:04
  - That's what Sky plus is for. Skip the adverts and teh crap we are being fed. (n/m) (General Chat) - Snakey, Oct 8, 10:42:24
- never been in a casino - had one come to us (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 8, 10:32:00
  - always bet on black (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Oct 8, 10:35:35
    - I will put half on black and half on red (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 8, 10:39:55
  - Simply Red? (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 8, 10:32:51
    - cheers Mick - if it all goes wrong I know where your car's parked! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 8, 10:34:52
- The real problem is people being able to get (General Chat) - duke of york, Oct 8, 10:31:32
  - no it's getting back to being like what Bob Hope said... (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Oct 8, 10:34:10
    - like it (n/m) (General Chat) - Monty Peculiar, Oct 8, 10:40:53
  - I wouldn't bet on it (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 8, 10:31:56

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