I would have agreed wholly with your opinion before as I once thought along the same lines as you do now.
I thought gambling in front of your kids could deposit in them, the thoughts of gambling someday themselves. But apparently, a good number of young kids aren’t as interested in gambling as I thought. And even if they were somewhat get interested later on, it doesn’t really mean they’re going to be irresponsible about it.

If what we’re doing is legal and we’re being matured, considerate and responsible about our behaviors and actions, there is little to no reason to hide it from your family(kids included). If ever they also get interested, they’re going to be matured and responsible as well having watched you over the years.

Wars put a stop to everything. Any advances in economic, technological and infrastructural development would be lost. A country having entered a full blown war with an equally formidable opponent would prioritize the need to crush their enemies and win the war than how the economy is faring. The sooner the war is over, the sooner growth and progress can again resume.

You would be really lucky if a country in an all out war manages to grow enough food to even consider circulating.
Food products normally imported would decrease to the barest minimum or even stopped as funds would be diverted to the war efforts. So I think ending the war would be more serious.

South Africa had some great players who probably were also good at scoring at penalty kicks. I don’t think it was about having better players to take penalties as the outcome of penalties is anyone’s guess. Also, penalties are more about the ability of the goalie than of the player taking the shot.
Taking a cue from the game with Cape Verde, South Africa’s goalie was probably seen as a penalty stopper and the favorite going into the penalty shootout.
I did think for a moment that Nigeria would lose if the game went into penalties. I also remembered that in football, the outcome isn’t always as majorly expected.

I think a member, new to a large community like this would likely be scared of doing much as he fears it would be frowned upon and perceived by anyone(especially higher ranked members)as wrong or stupid. That could make such a member hesitant to participate, actually learn from the valuable contents and just chill with the community on here.

It’s great to see you actually read the sea of opinions from other members and have noted there actually isn’t any basis for your fears. Like you rightly noted, one won’t know if one does not ask. You voiced out your fears and was reassured by others including the top ranking members you were initially scared of interacting with.

Be of good cheer and bring with you, good vibes and intentions. You’ll have no problems here.

He definitely needs to stop gambling. I think someone, financially dependent on someone else shouldn’t indulge themselves in certain activities that would involve spending money periodically.
Being dependent on someone else for money, it’s safe to say that the money gotten isn’t reliable as it could be stopped by whoever it is that does the giving at any time. And a scenario where the dependent is sadly, already hooked on gambling and the source suddenly stops giving. The dependent could likely be easily influenced into other criminal vices in a bid to get money.

He should work and earn his own money if he wants to enjoy activities that involves spending money.

Having probably thought thoroughly and then making a decision about a field to study, a field you probably like and want to study, why allow a random guest speaker in a 5-10 minutes video initially make you jittery, bringing in doubts about your choices and giving you second thoughts on the field you’ve thought about and chosen to study?
It’s a good thing you watched till the end where the speaker went on to explain further what he meant that finally put your mind at ease.

If I’m to help coach someone on what field to study, I’ll seek to understand first what that he enjoys doing. What subjects he finds interesting, his attention span and how fast/or easily he assimilates what is being taught. I’ll then make a recommendation based on what I observed. Plainly put, find out what the person enjoys doing and choose a field that suits.

Skills come highly recommended and despite the field one is studying, it’s advisable to acquire some important skills as well.

Introducing blue cards as a disciplinary measure in football is in my opinion, redundant. It’s unnecessary and actually not needed. Yellow cards have been working just fine and I’m not sure if they’ve been any complaints stating otherwise.
While most people are generally resistant to change as people are more comfortable with things which are familiar, this proposed change is not needed.

Having a player stay inactive on the sidelines for 10 minutes cause of a foul committed is not exactly punishment in my opinion. Besides, it states in the article that of a player gets two blue cards, it’ll make a red card. Yellow cards did the same job just fine.

Gambling can very well be a bonding activity amongst friends. But the kind of friends could determine how safe you’ll indulge in the activity. People could take the motivational quote literally. They can even take it and use it to motivate themselves, cheering themselves in whenever they incur losses. And the type of friends you gamble with would either help pull you out of that notion or swim with you in the sea of misery that would lead to addiction.

The motivational quote may really seem harmless as people wouldn’t really go on and follow such an advice, right? Wrong. People would motivate themselves and justify their actions with just about anything.

Losing money due to our deliberate actions could have an effect on the mood and emotions of just about anyone that gambles.  But I also don’t think someone who ordinarily isn’t violent could suddenly turn violent with his spouse and family due to gambling.
Understandably, losses could affect our emotions but someone who isn’t violent isn’t likely to start being violent due to losses at the casino.

Perhaps momentarily, one could act out and behave in a different manner due to circumstances around that has accumulated and likely caused by continuous losses in gambling.

I think when things generally get harder and the well-being of a good majority of the population is low, I would say people would tend to get more selfish, only looming out for themselves and their families. Public decorum would be a scarce trait as there would be anger and restlessness amongst the people. As things get worse, the humanity in people would gradually lessen and eventually become almost non existent.

There is always something you and I can do. And as for speaking out and supposedly being silenced, perhaps you aren’t being silenced and just maybe, you haven’t got an audience yet that would listen to what you’ve got to say.
As for our reducing lifespan, our choices in life which includes our habits and diet would play a crucial role in our health and general lifespan.

You can only take a risk if you’ve got something to lose. Individuals who are gamble and are wealthy have a lot to risk. But as they could also comfortably afford to take those risks, they’re considered safe. Unlike the individual who is poor and gamble. The Individual has little to nothing to lose but also cannot afford to comfortably take the risks that is found in gambling. With the little monies saved up, if he decides to risk it in gambling and loses, he loses even more as he couldn’t afford it in the first place.

The poor cannot afford to take those risks as they’re not financially stable. They should strive to earn more if they actually want to risk more.

The vast majority of countries of the planet earth accept 18 years of age as being mature enough to fully understand your actions and the consequences that could follow. Hence the minimum acceptable age for one to gamble being 18. But being 18 years of age doesn’t necessarily make one mature or an adult. You say anyone who blames his losses on gambling or someone else is just being childish. It actually shouldn’t surprise you that there are lots of people who ordinarily should be matured enough but still behave childishly.

I think lots of people just don’t want to be responsible for their actions when the outcome finally comes out negatively in their favor.

I watched the game and I too thought Nigeria played more of a defensive game than an attacking one. They seemingly came alive during the second half and played a lot better than they did in the first half of the game. I don’t think they were playing under pressure(well perhaps in the first half) but during the second half, they seemed more coordinated, although still playing more of a defensive ball, which was in a way successful as they defended their goal pretty well if not for the penalty.

Great game and good football from both sides. The better side came out the victor in the end.

When you’ve gone really deep. Deep enough to fall into addiction, selling a property would not seem like anything. Someone that has gone that deep would do just about anything to be able to get some money to be able to satisfy the desire they so desperately want.
That’s what addiction does to people. Irrespective of the vices/activity involved, addiction would make you do something you wouldn’t ordinarily have thought about doing. Selling one’s property is not surprising as an addicted person would do much more to get some money. Crazy, but it’s sadly true.

A lot of people that should be experienced still make the costly mistake of chasing their losses. Perhaps feeling pretty emotional after having a round or two of losses, he’ll decide to continue playing having unrealistic hopes of getting his winnings back and hopefully get something on top.

I’m most of the time sensible enough to not use money that I can’t afford to lose but I too get moved to chase the losses I had sometimes but like you noted, you’ve got to be more responsible and learn to prioritize what you classify as important things in your life.
We all get emotional and urged to take some not so good decisions that would later cost us. Sadly, not everyone could withstand such urges.

It’s surely the safest approach. Why do anything else during work hours than the actual work assignments and for which you’re being paid.
Social media would only distract you from whatever tasks you’ve got and you’ll end up burning more time than initially intended. Gambling in my opinion, is much worse at after placing bets and maybe losing out on the bets placed, it could emotionally affect the person which could in turn affect the work performance of the person.
I doubt anyone would still feel motivated at work after losing some good money while gambling at work.

I think having excessive amounts of confidence could cloud one’s ability to think straight. And it could ruin the good thing you had going for you as you could also lose a good portion, if not all of your winnings gotten beforehand in a fell swoop.

And for a newbie just entering the gambling scenes, over confidence could be disastrous. Having a winning streak, he’s probably thinking he’s having a “first time gamblers luck”. He’ll probably try out with bigger bets hoping for a bigger win and that’s where he’s likely to start having doubts about “first time gamblers luck”.

Still hoping for some sort of luck, he’ll probably chase his losses and end up losing even more. Then head home with a bitter experience as he thinks back on the money he won and then lost.

With my very first wins, I was somewhat over confident and placed more bets with higher amounts. The outcome of those games quickly dissipated any and all excessive confidence I had from that point.

When one first sees gambling as a primary means of making some good money, such individuals are likely to get obsessed with gambling and would continually bet more and more money in the hopes of winning it big someday. Such individuals self control in the long run, would have been weakened so much that gambling would be what’s majorly going though his mind most of the time he’s awake.

When one has got a steady source of income, there would be little to no motivation to look to gambling as a source of making an income.
Financial loss from gotten from excessive and irresponsible gambling would likely bring down and crash whatever stable life you’ve taken ages to build.

The scenario you described could barely be said to be a health benefit of online gambling. Yes, you wouldn’t have to worry about getting some communicable disease from some other gambler when playing online from your home.
But surely, we all come in contact with a lot of people on the bus, train, elevators, malls on a daily basis. Would we avoid going out entirely for fear of getting some disease?

This is where personal responsibility comes in again. An individual, being sick with a communicable illness should play his part for the society and get well first before mingling with other people but sadly, some people are extremely selfish and don’t care about the plight of others. Not until they have a taste themselves.

It’s actually best if you can do both. Savings could turn out to be helpful sooner or later as emergencies and costs not envisaged do tend to pop up every now and then. If you’ve got some savings, it could help solve these unexpected expenses and you wouldn’t have to liquidate some assets or have to sell off some/all of your investments to be able to solve the problems.

With investments, proper research and education is required as they too could be risky. Not putting all your money into a single investment/project would be extremely wise. Best bet is to to spread your net out by diversifying.