Choices: Gamble or Help the poor ?

[Mahanton]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

This type of question is really something that couldnt really get precise answers yet each person or people would be different when it comes into this situation some might be ignoring that poor family and would continue
on the things that he should gonna do or simply would give up that month allocation budget for that particular family and donate and make a good deed.Each one of us does have that kind of concern basing up on our
own views and perspective in life.If you do really that put up much importance on your own leisure then you would just simply skip them and ignore but if you are a type of person who do shows up some concern
or have that humanity on you then you would definitely be giving those money and wont mind about the rest.Its up on someones choice.

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[ChiBitCTy]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

There is always a poor family or charity or organization that is in desperate need for money. Personally I allocate a certain percentage of my yearly salary to charity. I often put together charity auctions here on bitcointalk and find it extremely important to give back. So the truth is if I do well gambling, the more I am able to donate to charitable organizations that I support.

[harizen]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

I don't understand what part of that situation will help us understand the psychology of gamblers.

I always lend a hand to those who are in need. No need for me to sacrifice my gambling activity as I can do that at the same time. Close people around me know me well and how I assist them with financial problems. What's more, if it's about charity.

Does stopping for 1-month of gambling will change everything?

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”

[Slow death]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

There is always a poor family or charity or organization that is in desperate need for money. Personally I allocate a certain percentage of my yearly salary to charity. I often put together charity auctions here on bitcointalk and find it extremely important to give back. So the truth is if I do well gambling, the more I am able to donate to charitable organizations that I support.

these organizations and charities need constant help because they are taking care of people without any conditions to get food, so even if a person stops 1 month or even 2 months and takes the money to help these organizations or charities it will not be the ultimate solution to the problem. problem. first because the person would need to send a lot of money because they house many families, so little money will not be enough to feed all people; second after 2 months they will need money. so the best help would be to give them a source of income


In my case, I would stop playing for 1 or 2 or 3 months if necessary to help the family member and the reason is simple: I take a part of the money destined for fun and use it to have fun in the game of chance so this money is already counted as lost money, but as a person is in need of help it makes more sense to take the money I allocated to the game of chance and help the person who is in need of help, in addition to saving someone's life, one day that person can also help me if I need help, of course even if they don't help me I won't be sad, because I'm helping you unconditionally. I know that most people tend to be ungrateful, today you help them and tomorrow when they are in good health they pretend that you never did anything for them, that's part of life. maybe that's why people don't help others anymore

[arwin100]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

I don't understand what part of that situation will help us understand the psychology of gamblers.

I always lend a hand to those who are in need. No need for me to sacrifice my gambling activity as I can do that at the same time. Close people around me know me well and how I assist them with financial problems. What's more, if it's about charity.

Does stopping for 1-month of gambling will change everything?

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”

That's right because we don't have any obligation to anyone since we have freedom what we like to do. And helping anyone is not mandatory. Maybe its good for anyone to stop having this mindset because it will just promote laziness since for sure people who are lazy will just rely on people who give them money. So those gamblers will just extend there helping hand to those people then the result may turn worse.

[AicecreaME]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

I don't understand what part of that situation will help us understand the psychology of gamblers.

I always lend a hand to those who are in need. No need for me to sacrifice my gambling activity as I can do that at the same time. Close people around me know me well and how I assist them with financial problems. What's more, if it's about charity.

Does stopping for 1-month of gambling will change everything?

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”

That's right because we don't have any obligation to anyone since we have freedom what we like to do. And helping anyone is not mandatory. Maybe its good for anyone to stop having this mindset because it will just promote laziness since for sure people who are lazy will just rely on people who give them money. So those gamblers will just extend there helping hand to those people then the result may turn worse.

Helping other people is an act of kindness and it is done wholeheartedly. It is no way an obligation because anything you've done against your will and to your conscience is not a form of help anymore. It isn't compulsory or mandatory, rather it is an act of service given even to those people who don't deserve it, but need it. Gamblers do not have responsibility over other people's need because they have their set of needs to fulfill too. We don't know for sure what kind of gambler they are. Whether if they are gambling for entertainment or for profit so we are not in the position to tell them and dictate them what to do such as helping others. Because they might need help too and they aren't just asking.

You see, we have different approach in helping and we have different levels of empathy. To some people, helping in kind is what they preferred the most, while others prefer to help via monetary value. Whatever it is, we must only give what we can willingly to avoid conflicts and of course, so that you won't feel any burden or heavy feeling.

[bittraffic]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

I don't understand what part of that situation will help us understand the psychology of gamblers.

I always lend a hand to those who are in need. No need for me to sacrifice my gambling activity as I can do that at the same time. Close people around me know me well and how I assist them with financial problems. What's more, if it's about charity.

Does stopping for 1-month of gambling will change everything?

"If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.”

That's right because we don't have any obligation to anyone since we have freedom what we like to do. And helping anyone is not mandatory. Maybe its good for anyone to stop having this mindset because it will just promote laziness since for sure people who are lazy will just rely on people who give them money. So those gamblers will just extend there helping hand to those people then the result may turn worse.

Helping other people is an act of kindness and it is done wholeheartedly. It is no way an obligation because anything you've done against your will and to your conscience is not a form of help anymore. It isn't compulsory or mandatory, rather it is an act of service given even to those people who don't deserve it, but need it. Gamblers do not have responsibility over other people's need because they have their set of needs to fulfill too. We don't know for sure what kind of gambler they are. Whether if they are gambling for entertainment or for profit so we are not in the position to tell them and dictate them what to do such as helping others. Because they might need help too and they aren't just asking.

You see, we have different approach in helping and we have different levels of empathy. To some people, helping in kind is what they preferred the most, while others prefer to help via monetary value. Whatever it is, we must only give what we can willingly to avoid conflicts and of course, so that you won't feel any burden or heavy feeling.

Gambling involves money that's why this is interpreted as whether to gamble or give the money intended to be gambled to help. You can cheer up the man in need of money regardless of where he will use the money also. It's human nature to help someone in need but you have to really tell the man to stand up and get a job otherwise he'd be dependent on the help of others. It will fall into the begging category.

[rodskee]

I'll be honest, I confess that this is a somewhat simple question, but at the same time difficult to answer.

I believe that some variables need to be discussed!
For example: "how urgently does this family need help?"

if you try to understand the OP, it is a badly need funds for that struggling family , looking for something to eat means urgent and nothing to further the answer.

"How much money is needed to be able to help them?"

no need also to answer this because the people in need asks for no specific amount but how much we can give them, the amount we can afford is a big help for the needed .

I even believe that this is somewhat relative and varies from situation to situation and person to person.
But if I have the opportunity, for sure I will help these people in need, to be more precise, I would do both, I would help this family in need but also I would not stop being a gambler. (of course this is with consideration)

there is nothing mentioned about stopping gambling but at least not having this for for couple of chances because the need for help is there.

[TopT3ns]

I'll be honest, I confess that this is a somewhat simple question, but at the same time difficult to answer.

I believe that some variables need to be discussed!
For example: "how urgently does this family need help?"

if you try to understand the OP, it is a badly need funds for that struggling family , looking for something to eat means urgent and nothing to further the answer.

"How much money is needed to be able to help them?"

no need also to answer this because the people in need asks for no specific amount but how much we can give them, the amount we can afford is a big help for the needed .

I even believe that this is somewhat relative and varies from situation to situation and person to person.
But if I have the opportunity, for sure I will help these people in need, to be more precise, I would do both, I would help this family in need but also I would not stop being a gambler. (of course this is with consideration)

there is nothing mentioned about stopping gambling but at least not having this for for couple of chances because the need for help is there.

When you meet people who are in need of money, it is indeed better to give some of them to eat, because I believe that the reward for the good you have done will surely get you in return someday, whereas if you use it fully for gambling it will only give money to people who already rich (gambling developer), Money will have no limit but it will be better if it helps them with what they need other than money, if food then buy them the necessities of life to survive the next few days while they wait for them to get a job that can produce money.

[Smartprofit]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

This is a very interesting question! 

I recently read about a psychological experiment.  Priests were invited to give a lecture on the Good Samaritan.  However, they had limited time to get to the church.  On the way to the church, they met a beggar (this meeting was rigged).  Only 10% of the priests stopped to help a poor person.  Although in their minds they were thinking about the lecture on the Good Samaritan. 

However, rigid planning and the fear of being late for the sermon prevented them from showing mercy.  This, in my opinion, is a big drawback of rigid life planning.  Rigid budgeting for gambling makes it impossible to spend this money on charity. 

In general, a person who follows the concepts and rigidly plans his whole life becomes inflexible and cannot quickly respond to new situations.  That is, this applies not only to gambling.

[michellee]

But that doesn't mean a gambling addict won't give his money to that poor family because I think they could give some of their money to that family for humanitarian reasons. But indeed, not many have a high sense of sociality towards each other. And if we have more money, we can help the family by giving the money to them. That is why we also have to be smart in managing our finances because times like that sometimes come to us without us knowing it and this is to see our sympathy for those in need.

Morality, I think, is the word you want to use here. I know a lot of rich guys that obviously have the means to help but decide not to, just because it wouldn't make them more money. When you reach a certain point in life where your finances are no longer a problem, there is still this desire you to push for more and strive for more money, and that is what I think most rich people are. Well there still some who likes to give back to the poor, but they are overwhelmed by those who wants to get richer without even lending a helping hand.

Yes, that's right, that's morality. But some rich people know that if they give most of their money to help people, their wealth will surely increase in the future. And that's why we can see that some rich people donate their wealth to needy people. But I realized that there are more rich people who don't want to help others in need and instead have fun with their wealth. And it goes back to the morality of each person, especially if they are facing a story as @OP said.

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Exactly I am also saying that but here are many addicted gambler are available who For those who can't go a day without it, it's a different matter, but if a normal gambler finds himself in that situation, I think he will stop gambling temporarily to help the family or the person in crisis. And also if I have more options like I have enough money to help them then I will help them from that money and continue gambling as my source of entertainment. Then I will not quit gambling for a month .

Since gambling is a bad addiction, many users can go gambling without helping that poor family at that time because those who completely immerse themselves in gambling lose their normal human thinking and are always obsessed with gambling like an alcoholic. So it will depend on the level of addiction of each person whether they gamble at that time or help that poor family.

[MatthewLM]

Most gamblers may feel strongly that gambling is an important part of their life and that they cannot go without it, even for a month. In this case, the gambler may choose to gamble as usual and not give any money to the poor family.
They are hooked to it. Idea of charity isn't going to stop them from gambling even for a second.

People may answer that they will help the family but when push comes to shove they won't

Yes what I mean here with you is that those sarees never have anything else on their mind except gambling they only think when they can gamble it's an addiction like drug addiction I guess

[Cling18]

It is not our responsibility to help the poor but we can do it voluntarily out of love. If it is necessary to help a poor family, then I will sacrifice my one-month gambling habit to help them. I could stand and continue with life even without gambling but it will be hard for me to see a family who is suffering because of poverty. That will not solve their problem but it could ease their suffering.

[TheGreatPython]

there are small chances to help people while Gambling is always there to bring us enjoyment so why need to choose between the 2?

if you have option to help others then do it perfectly , and if there is another small amount left then that is the funds for gambling to lose.

and don't try doubling the money mate because it is something that we should understand as it will completely for losses.

For you? And maybe the type of people that you will help are only your relatives or family but to some, they never hesitate to help the poor more if they win in their gambling activities. There's this different kind of feeling that they experience right after they lend a help which cant be experienced in gambling alone.

There is no need for us to take time to choose properly between helping the poor and playing a gambling but we can always do both of them because helping doesn't always need to be big and there is no need to sacrifice our own enjoyment only for the sake of other people. We must always prioritize ourselves first before them.

[madnessteat]

It is not our responsibility to help the poor but we can do it voluntarily out of love. If it is necessary to help a poor family, then I will sacrifice my one-month gambling habit to help them. I could stand and continue with life even without gambling but it will be hard for me to see a family who is suffering because of poverty. That will not solve their problem but it could ease their suffering.

You can bring them "fish" every day to feed them, or you can give them a "fishing rod" so that they can catch the fish themselves.

As long as you bring them "fish" they will have no desire to have a "fishing rod" so in some cases helping them you deprive them of the opportunity to understand that they are capable of more. That's why I think help is needed, but it shouldn't supplant the need for development and the desire to move forward.

[Hispo]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

I would personally not give them money, when comes to donations to people in need I prefer to give food or medicine because in the most of the cases I can't be sure the money I give won't be mishandled, spent in drugs or alcohol. Also, I think I would donate part of those funds in food/medicine/clothes but not all of it, perhaps 3/4 (depending on the total amount), since it is not ideal for people to get accustomed to live off other's money, each one of us have our individual responsibilities. This does not mean we should not give to the people in need though, just be aware our kindness give a relief rather than a solution to all problems someone may have.

[trendcoin]

I am not a typical gambler. Therefore, I may not be able to give a completely correct answer to this question. If I was in such a dilemma, I think I would help the poor family with some of my money and continue to gamble with the rest... Also, according to some statistics, people who gamble often lose their money. I could have helped the family by thinking that I had lost all my money in gambling. It would be a motivation for me to think like that...

Actually, I realized that I wasn't being very honest when I was responding to the topic because there are millions of people in need in the world and I continue to gamble from time to time. If I was sincere, I would strive to fight inequality rather than spend money on gambling and other things...

[Lanatsa]

In order to understand the psychology of gamblers, i have decided to come up few questions for discussions, and here is the first one.

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

I would personally not give them money, when comes to donations to people in need I prefer to give food or medicine because in the most of the cases I can't be sure the money I give won't be mishandled, spent in drugs or alcohol. Also, I think I would donate part of those funds in food/medicine/clothes but not all of it, perhaps 3/4 (depending on the total amount), since it is not ideal for people to get accustomed to live off other's money, each one of us have our individual responsibilities. This does not mean we should not give to the people in need though, just be aware our kindness give a relief rather than a solution to all problems someone may have.

I would prefer the same specially if they are really that in need then it would be mostly into those things like food and medicine.If you do give them money then it could really be used on various
things like buying some cigarettes or even on other vices which they might have which it isnt really that too much appealing on sharing up some money just for you to feed their vices.
Its better to give food directly or drinks which is something that needs for daily living and survival.Well, we do have our own impressions and mindset towards things
whether you would really be that too soft and do care or someone who doesnt really give a damn since you do really like to play.

[Luqman]

Suppose that you are a responsible gambler who have allocated a certain portion of money to gamble each month. Now you came across a poor person/family who is in urgent need of money. Will you quit the gambling for that month and give the allocated money to the poor family or will you prefer to gamble as you can't live without gambling ?

If you are a responsible gambler and moreover a professional gambler, why should stop or quit gambling for a month to give the allocated money to them?
Why we don't change our mind to:
"Doing gambling and try to win gambling, then use the profits to give the poor in a certain amount".
So, your plan to help the poor still can happen and you can still do gambling activities during that month.