An insurance service that will give back your money when you do bad investments? Sounds impossible for me as well as abusable. One person can easily team up with someone to appear as the scammer and the victim. Both characters can also be just one person. Double money for every repetition. Even in real life, there's a lot of insurance fraud happening. What more would it be in a place like this where everyone can be anonymous and have no real life consequence if caught. You can be a well-known scammer in the crypto world and still live a normal life in real life.

Plus, people knowing that their money will be given back to them everytime they get scammed will result to mindless investments. They will try out all sorts of investments until they find something that is not a scam. I wonder how could the insurance company recover from multiple people getting scammed multiple times. I also wonder how are they going to make money from such service and where would the money they are giving out come from? It's so unrealistic but still quite believable. No wonder why a lot of ICOs in the past used this concept, but obviously failed.

You can also add the new TV series, The Purge (imdb) Season 1 Episode 4 "Release the Beast".

Miguel's sister, Penelope, is in a cult. She was riding a blue bus together with the other members of the cult that's about to do "the giving". "The giving" basically means getting killed by purgers during the Purge night. They believe that they are healing the world by exchanging their life to allow purgers to unleash their beasts within. When it was Penelope's time to do the giving, she was captured by the Nuns and was sold to the Carnival of Flesh in exchange of money. Carnival of Flesh is basically a carnival where they bid people and the highest bidder gets to do whatever they want to do with the person (and ultimately killing them). Bitcoin was mentioned in one of the scenes. It said "Bygone accepts cash, check, and Bitcoin." around 8:20.

There's also this page from bitcoin.it which might add more content to the OP

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It's possible that these people are actually just rephrasing "stop" so it would become a little easier to do. Taking a break is so much easier than to say that you're going to stop gambling FOREVER. People like taking baby steps because it's more achievable. It's like, when you tell yourself, "I'm not going to gamble today." It's a lot more achievable and a lot less overwhelming when you tell yourself, "I'm not going to gamble forever." It would be like you're saying farewell to gambling and you tell yourself that you have to commit to that decision every single day of your life. That would make you think about gambling even more.

Taking a break is a million times better than not stopping gambling at all. Take it as your first step to a better life. While you're still in the middle of a break and you're not reminded of gambling, take advantage of that and find a new hobby to replace gambling. And it's the only way you can quit because you have to fill the time that you used to spend on gambling.

There are still different types of introverts and people are on different degrees of being an introvert. You're not just 100% or 100% introvert. You can be 40% extrovert and 60% introvert (according to a personality test) but still be labeled as an introvert. That's a very different introvert as someone who tested out to be 10% extrovert and 90% introvert.

What I'm saying is that not each and every introvert are bracing their being introvert. Some also likes being an extrovert sometimes. And some are so introverted that they feel like they are missing out on something especially socially so they would want to go out. Not every introvert lives under the basement and enjoying solitude. I mean, they usually do but there are also occasional cases when they want to go out and experience real-life interactions with other humans.

You can be an extrovert as well and still not want to go to the traditional casino and just enjoy a comfy night gambling at home. There are also extroverts that are in need of solitude at the end of a whole day socializing, talking, and dealing with people. They need to recharge, basically.

In other words, you really cannot just generalize people.

But you can also lose so much money in just one hour. If the objective is to prevent getting a huge loss, then one should stop gambling. You might be betting with small amounts, but what happens when you're feeling lucky and you wanna bet bigger. What happens when you're depressed and you wanna gamble everything to destress? If the objective for you gambling is to pass the time then you can easily substitute it with a good movie. You're not going to spend money on that at all.

In the long run you will lose everything but not all battles are going to be a long one. Sometimes you just lose consecutively. This scenario makes me pumped and want to gamble even more.

It depends on their upbringing as well. Someone who grew up surrounded by creative people and seeing them release their anger or their negative emotions through songs, poetry, or painting will do that to cope with stress. Those who grew up in an environment where people drags a cigarette everytime they come across a small hurdle in life will do the same thing. But there will always be exceptions where the person will find better ways of dealing with loneliness. Perhaps, a healthier one.

In some cases, other people are able to help. Sometimes the gambler prioritizes being authentic, being true, and being credible to whatever he said. So he can promise to people that he's going to stop gambling and because he hates lying, he would try his best to stop gambling because relapsing would mean that he lied to those people. Sometimes all it takes is knowing your personality and taking advantage of it. I'm that kind of person too. I promise to people that I'm going to improve this and that. If I don't, I'm genuinely going to hate myself so I end up doing the things I promised.

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To those people, I say "What the hell have you been doing with your computer?" and it's mostly the people who likes to post about deep web stuff that gets such virus. Why would hackers ransomware attack random people when most people haven't even heard of bitcoin? They are attacking larger companies. Just like in this video where a police station got a ransomware attack multiple times: VICE: How easy it is to get hacked? Now let's ask ourselves, why would hackers care about our pdfs, documents, or excels? They wouldn't. They are targeting institutions who are in need of their files in order to get going with their job so they are pretty much forced to pay for it.

People who gets extreme virus in their home computer are probably doing nasty stuff with their PC. The surface net doesn't have this type of virus. If you're only browsing the typical youtube, IG, facebook, etc. how can you catch these viruses? Plus, it's the people who likes to dive deep into the net who doesn't even understand how to keep their computers secure. They are probably using Windows Defender, ffs.

I'm using the Internet 10-16 hours a day yet my computer is as clean as it can get. It's all about getting rid of the virus and not getting the virus. You have to be weary of little things like your browser changing the homepage, or changing the search engine (instead of Google or whatever you set it), and your computer downloading things or installing new apps without your permission.

What is there to manage even? When you invest in bitcoin, you just hold your coin. You simply buy it then wait for the price to increase. It's not like you have the ability to increase the price. The only thing that managing is going to be involved is when you're making your wallet secure. You have to make sure that even after years, your bitcoin will still be there.

Your life will never be the same again only if bitcoin tenfolds again which is quite unlikely to happen in just months. It will require a long time for bitcoin to change your life unless you're trading, riding the highs and lows, and doing great at it. The idea of the mass is that you have to invest in bitcoin in order to make money from it. It's one of the reasons why people sees it as an MLM scam. They think you need to have money when you're entering it.

But as you can see now, the price of bitcoin is only 1/3 of its ATH. Those who invested before this point has their lives changed. Only with negative profit.

That's inflation and being in low income combined. As time goes by, the number of things you can buy for the same amount of money decreases. People used to not be aware of this at all. Only when it has become noticeable did they become aware of it. Rich people could have stored their wealth in gold form instead. Regarding the low salary, perhaps you're working and working but without really the objective of having a higher income? You can look for other jobs while still being in a job, you know. You can look for similar jobs around the area that pays higher. Or you can work hard and then ask for a raise or a promotion. Your employer won't just do that to you unless they really like you and value your presence in the company.

But just how long will we oppress our feelings of discontent and just keep on hoping? These people are enjoying our hard earned money while we have no choice but to accept it and hope that the next president will be able to fix these problems. And then the next, then the next.. It's a constant loop we're in.

It would still depend. Others are just gambling so they have something to be addicted to and now that their money is draining because of that bad habit, they have to find a substitute which isn't as expensive as gambling. In online games, you can find a community. That way, you're going to have a sense of belonging while being hooked on something. Before, I used to like gaming, then I didn't, and now I do. It's all about finding what games are for you and what aren't. Just because a game is trendy, doesn't mean you're going to enjoy it as well. And sometimes a game might have few players but still be enjoyable for you.

As kids, we used to substitute punishment for reward. You get to punish your opponents when you win or your opponents get to punish you when you lose. It's still the same reward mechanism going on in your brain which makes gambling fun. Without it, you're pretty much just practicing for whatever game you're playing.

You would think that the poor ones wouldn't gamble since they have the least amount of money and they can't afford to lose any of it. On the other hand, they are actually the ones that gamble the most. Why? Because gambling is rampant in their place. I've been in so much poor neighborhood and it seems like gambling is the number one source of entertainment. Anywhere you go, people are gambling. Lottery outlets even have a line going on. Even kids are playing card games since that's what they see the older people are doing. Instinctively, they think it's right. That's how much gambling is dominant in such places.

I think this falls under the usual scenario where people find it normal to gamble and it's really accessible to them. They see other poor people hitting the jackpot in gambling and be able to have a taste of wealth but it's gone quickly (since they spend it right away). That gives motivation to the rest of the gamblers. Another thing, they are using gambling to distract them from reality. And the sad reality is that gambling is so rampant in their place that it has become part of the culture and the lifestyle of the people.

For the record, though, poor people have the most pressure to become rich. They were born and raised thinking that they have to turn around everything and make their parents proud by making their family rich. Sadly most doesn't end up having enough knowledge and experience to get a decent job so they resort to trying their chances in gambling.

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There's nothing to update since Privcy campaign appears to be a fake campaign. Idk why someone would do that but possibly to put a bad repu to Privcy's name.

I laughed as well but I think what he's saying is that in some countries, gambling is actually not allowed, hence, a crime.

Everyone has indeed their own brains to think so let's just build a middle ground instead. I think the middle ground in here is instead of convincing the person to not gamble or instead of convincing them to gamble, lay down all the pros and cons of gambling. Tell all the advantages and disadvantages as well. Maybe you can also speak from experience. Then, let the person himself decide. "Convincing" someone would mean that you're trying to achieve a particular outcome. If he indeed start gambling because you successfully convinced him, then you sure are to blame when he gets addicted. But if you simply enlighten the person, you gave the person the freedom to choose. You're never to blame.

It's a win-win situation for both since you were able to help him know gambling but at the same time, you were able to give them a choice that's only made by their thoughts alone.

And where do you think a gambler's life lead? It's definitely leading to poverty since money is involved. Druggies only have to buy a dollar worth of drug and they are good to go. Gamblers, on the other hand, have you really seen a gambler lose one dollar in a casino and then move on? Drugs are far more cheaper than gambling. Once a gambler has lost everything due to gambling, and I'm talking about to the point where he had to sell his properties and belongings, he's going to be homeless and start doing bad things just to survive. At first it will be just as simple as lying, then manipulation, then comes the selling of the small things such as jewelries, and so on. You get the picture.

Just so you know, it's not the drugs that makes people want to do crime. It's the addiction itself. They want to feed the addiction and so they commit crime. I mean, it would be so hard to steal when you're stoned. You can't even get off the couch.

It's not that they don't know about it. Others know about it but since their kids have been seeing their parents gamble ever since, it has become an acceptable thing for them. I guess it's because kids want to try different things in life and gambling just happened to be one of those common ones. Everyone wants to try out their luck and see if they can hit the jackpot. If they did, then lucky. Otherwise, they move on and try to do other things. Sadly, gambling makes you addicted. It gives you reward whenever you win and people get addicted to that kind of feeling. I will not blame online gambling, honestly. I blame the capitalists. Even when they don't get addicted to gambling, they are going to be addicted in some other thing that benefits the capitalists. And if there's someone to truly blame, it would be the parents since they were not able to raise their child properly.

You and I both know that gambling will never disappear from this world. The only thing an individual can do is improve his character to the point that he's not gonna be eaten by gambling anymore. People think it's "normal" to be hooked on gambling one time but it's actually a sign of underdeveloped character. Improve your character by researching about gambling addiction and you can move on from it.

Meaning to say, it's only beneficial to those who operate on a wider scale, right? Local businesses aren't in need of such technology. I think so too. There's just no point in implementing the bitcoin technology in small businesses when you can easily just hand over the money to the cashier. Bitcoin exists on the Internet and it's mostly going to be used for long distance transactions and most of us are still buying in physical stores. Sure there are those who prefer buying online but most of us still prefer going to the actual store so we can see the unit before we buy it.

Honestly right now bitcoin is not that important for entrepreneurs except for online retailers. The only time bitcoin will become crucial to their business is when the majority of people is already using bitcoin and the majority of merchants are accepting it already. Once bitcoin has become the new norm, entrepreneurs will be forced to accept the currency but right now it's not that beneficial to them. Even in developed countries, bitcoin isn't that crucial to business owners since everyone's still mainly using card and fiat money.

I think there should be a plan as well regarding what you're going to do with the money. A lot of people are saving money because that's what most people do with their money anyway. They leave it somewhere "just in case" they need the money. This is the same people that end up spending their savings in order to buy an iPhone or something that's on sale. Not having a specific plan and simply saving will take you nowhere and you're actually lucky if the money actually goes somewhere worth it.

This is where introspection comes in. What do you really want to do? What are the things that you really need? Do you have a solid business plan that you want to execute someday? People don't reflect about their wants and needs as a person so they end up just living life the way it is without doing anything at all. They just work and go home, all just to save money for reasons unknown to them. And they always say that they don't have time for themselves which is really sad. You need to set aside some time in order to gain direction to where your life is going and where money will be used in order to push you forward in life.