Easy for you to say that we need to distribute fairly our finance in different things but putting that into practice is a different thing, that's why it only works when you're talking about it and not because you're doing it. Yes you're right we can have fun even if we're losing but look at people that have gambled their life away, you can probably surmise from their faces that they haven't had fun in awhile, I'm not saying you're wrong but that's not entirely right either is what I'm trying to say.

Yes you can have fun despite all the losses but I don't think you should be thinking of that when you're gambling because it distracts you from the fact that you're gambling and having fun because having fun with your vices should be dumb and brain dead so you're really enjoying it.

That's what I thought too, given that he's gone from the ring for a long time now, it seems that he's not ever going back but it seems that Pacquiao's calling is something that he's not going to ignore and I think that as long as he can box, he would definitely be someone that's going to do so. I guess the reason why exhibition fights aren't that fun for them is because they think that it's a disrespect to the legendary status of some of the old fighters that's going for these matches so they feel that their ego gets damaged so they end up here. I think the hate on Floyd's justifiable, didn't he scammed Logan Paul out his money from their exhibition match?

Knowing Buakaw's background, I don't think that he's got a good footing against Pacquiao given that he's a traditional Muay Thai fighter meaning that he's likely deadly at kicks, knees and elbows so it's definitely a Pacquiao win for me but if the tables are turned and it's MMA then Pacquiao's gonna eat dust against Buakaw.

To me that's logical because that's what most kids do right? They imitate the people that's around them and I don't think that it's fair that you're saying that they won't copy you if you're eating vegetables but if the environment introduced to the child is where you're all eating vegetables daily or most of the time, they wouldn't have any problem with that eating part because they're going to be accustomed to it, now if they're the kind of kid that's introduced to fast early on and they see the people around them eat those fast food shit then you'd be right.
I guess @goxcraft don't got no more things to talk about so he's going to go back to the most generic answer about this issue. I don't know much how it will affect the kid though and I don't think it's going to be addiction, what I do think is going to be the effect of gambling to the kid though is that it's going to warp how they think of money and getting introduced too early to stuff that involve money is going to make them think of stuff that's inappropriate for their age.

• Addiction - This is the likely reason why they're still playing but it's debatable because there's people out that's not addicted but haven't won anything big in gambling but aren't addicted to it. Addiction can definitely be the likely reason for that unreasonable continuance of that vice.
• Entertainment - Some people find gambling to be fun and entertaining, now these types of people are different from those with gambling addiction, they just want to play with their money and they love the experience, most people that are like this are probably playing poker as that's where the fun is, when you're playing with other people.
• One Way Ticket - some might've pointed this type of gambler already but this is what I call them because they're most prevalent with lottery players, still putting up numbers that aren't likely to hit but they'll say it's worth it because one win is all they need.

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Those are what I think are the reasons why people are still gambling despite all those losses they've accumulated through their gambling years.

That's because they've got a bad funding that they don't have the budget to be able to get really good players to stay and that's the sad truth about football, even if you've grown up on that club and got lucky enough to play to them, after all this profound matters, it's all money matters for the majority, no matter how strong the brotherhood and the camaraderie in that team if they continue to not have the money, they'll continue to be that team that sucks for more generations until they find the right people to fund their team to upgrade in terms of players, facilities and coaching staff.

You can't really do that though because you're going to have a problem with your gambling if you force yourself to budget your time in gambling. Like all the others have already said, it's better if you're managing your money/bankroll when gambling rather than your time because time is intangible unlike money so you have a hard time trying to bend the rules when you're managing your money compared to your time plus you're spending less money if you're focused on bankroll management rather than time management.

For me it's watching with bets because you have something to gain or lose when the team that you're rooting for wins or loses but to each person this is going to be different since we have different levels of care for money and finances, some of us don't mind losing some money to bet on our favorite teams or the teams that have a favorable odds while others see what we could've spent those money so we have a hard time having fun while betting.

This is a really fun discussion thread as I have an eyeball that there's a balance between people not having fun and having fun while betting, it would be nice if someone's able to gather the data so we can see which one's the winner and see how close the gap between the two is, OP should've put a voting to this thread.

But what you've mentioned only comes after they've become a known figure in the poker circle and it's going to take a long time for that to happen to them because there's a lot of big fishes you've got to challenge and get through to make a name for yourself but that's not the best way to get famous in poker and make a living out of gambling, the best way would be for you to play other games like roulette, blackjack or baccarat and make a killing out of those games which is difficult to do given that those games that I've mentioned aren't that easy to play because it's chance based unlike poker. And to answer the question, yes you can make a living out of gambling but it's not for everyone so don't get your hopes up about it, just gamble for entertainment.

I gotta say that I've accomplished a lot with bitcoin especially with all the art contests that I've won and I've participated, the wins that I've got there helped me build my investment portfolio and at the same time build my artistic portfolio and encouraged me to do more and improved on it even more. Here's to bitcoin for enabling that drive in me if not just boosting that drive that's already there.

Realization is one thing because there's self-aware addicts in there that are still gambling and can't ask for help or even refuses to help, the willingness to be cured of your addiction combined with realization is a thing of wonder because you want the change in lifestyle because there's no way that you can ever keep it that way forever and so you have the will to change and rehabilitate for good.

1. Nothing to worry about but if you're going to send those coins to a CEX then you're going to have a problem there because they might see that you've used a mixer for those coins. You might not be doing anything illegal but once you're caught using one, you have some explaining to do about why you're using mixers.
2. Unless you're a domestic terrorist or a member of a terrorist cell, I don't think you're going to find anyone knocking your door anytime soon.
3. You can still talk about mixers but it's generalized and no names of mixing services are going to be mentioned.
4. I don't think so, they don't ask for much for their services, that's why criminals use them to launder their money.

Not like dropped more like it's too slow that when it resolves the bitcoin that had RBF applied meant that when it was delivered it got no bitcoin to deliver anymore. Think of it this way, you ask for someone to deliver you a package but they take about 3 days to arrive to get the package and deliver it to the address so you hire another one that will deliver it to the same address (same address for the sake of example) but this time they arrive in 12 hours but you have to pay more because they're faster.

Merry Christmas and hopefully you'll be able to do this activity again in the same orphanage or if God's willing, more orphanages in the country because these acts of kindness are something that should be supported or something that should be constant and consistent so the help really is a help and not just something that those influencers do to create clout by faking the help, would be glad to support you even a little in the future.

Depends on when will it be gone, if it's gone right now then there's going to be waves of panic surging all over the world because a lot of companies that have invested billions of dollars in bitcoin will be facing bankruptcy and then they'll lose everything because they got to pay the investors and the world will never be the same because a lot of people that have invested in bitcoin will be going back to square one in their financial status unless they've been able to branch out to other avenues of investment and not just bitcoin or cryptocurrency then that return to square one is their only way, altcoins will be affected the most because the market will think that X cryptocurrency will be next and so the market will experience panic like never before.

And this will probably be talked about for over a year and then people will eventually forget about it and then we will move on, this forum will lose a lot of members but there's some that will stick and still talk about the nostalgia of the golden years of bitcoin.

Best mindset to have and it's a good advice to just invest that 2k in bitcoin and giving out the prospect of what could be the resulting profit if they've invested and waited for it until the price has gone to a 100k, you've also covered the DCA part so OP doesn't have an excuse not investing or regretting investing. My only take in all of this is that OP should take it all slow, if OP doesn't feel like investing a huge amount of money to bitcoin, they can just do DCA so they can ease in without too much worry or regret about investing in bitcoin. And to OP, remember what @pinggoki's last statement, that your indecisiveness could be your downfall.

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There should be some a number where we can determine if we're on a streak because 2 consecutive wins isn't really a win streak imo and the same thing with losses, even 3 consecutive isn't but maybe 4. There should be some sort of median number where we consider as a streak, that way we're not setting our own standards which is easily broken. The title's already a good tip imo because it serves the point across, teaches you what to do and how you should do things to insure safety from gambling. At the end of the day, these self-imposed limitations will be up to you if you'll be able to uphold them or not.

Yes, because if we're talking about depression here and not just general loneliness that everyone feels every now and then that means that there's people out there that feels this and so they want to have an outlet or something to vent out what their feeling or to feel something.

It goes like this: depression and then the need to find purpose or joys in life and when they feel something in that stuff that makes them less happy, they never want to stop doing that but they have to sometime because they're limited in resources and so they end up doing lots of stuff and end up getting addicted to that temporary joy from the thing that make them feel something which is in this case is gambling.

It's probably online gambling seeing how it's more accessible to more people due to high volume of population having a smartphone or two and the fact that online casinos and other online gambling are more convenient since you don't need to commute or drive to the physical casino, you can gamble at the comfort of your own home. Those 2 factors that I've mentioned are what I believed to be the reason why I think online gambling have more addicts than the physical one and I don't think that it's not far fetch that it's the truth because logically you'll reach out for the fastest way that can get you relief and pleasure in nature so applying that logic, then online gambling seems to fit that criteria in the logic.