gambling vs doomscrolling

[Findingnemo]

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I'd rather gamble. At least you can get some money out of it, even if it bores you.

I don't think gambling ever gets boring because money is at stake and talking about games the results are instant so there's nothing to get bored here unless the intention is only to make money and when things can be boring when we don't get the results as we expected to have. But it's okay though they will learn it not to repeat the next time.

[livingfree]

What if I doom scroll on a casino look for the games that I want to play and it takes me a while before I find one? 

Well, if I am going to do any of it then I'll make sure that I have time and money that's ready to be used. Money for gambling, time for doom scrolling.

I think that many of us here are doom scrolling when we don't have anything to do.

[OgNasty]

Doomscrolling is definitely cheaper than gambling, but I’d say you get what you pay for. If you’re looking to get angry then doomscrolling is definitely the way to go. However, if you’re looking to spend a little money to have fun instead, gambling isn’t a horrible choice. Who knows, you may even come out ahead.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

Well, it must be said that even if things seem so different, they can be very similar to each other. Both are a kind of addiction, but one can also make you lose money if not managed well. Not everyone can detach themselves from this thing that can be addictive. You have to learn from an early age to manage these things.

Gambling will make you lose money whether you managed it well or not but doomscrolling will not have you lose money, just have the internet data subscription and the time of reading the news or contents, you will not also get a financial reward from it as you would have seen in gambling. Bitcoin investment needs the person to have good knowledge, for it's when you don't have the right knowledge that you will lose money.

[Julien_Olynpic]

These two activities have their pros and cons. As for checking your news feed, it's generally harmless in that it simply wastes your time without taking money out of your pocket. How harmful is doomscrolling? I think its harm is greatly exaggerated. Sometimes useful information can be found among the news, although more often than not, it's opinions about rumors about opinions. Gambling, unlike checking your news feed, directly takes your money. It's much worse than simply wasting your time. Gambling requires much more attention than mindlessly reading the news.

[Ullaa]

These two activities have their pros and cons. As for checking your news feed, it's generally harmless in that it simply wastes your time without taking money out of your pocket. How harmful is doomscrolling? I think its harm is greatly exaggerated. Sometimes useful information can be found among the news, although more often than not, it's opinions about rumors about opinions. Gambling, unlike checking your news feed, directly takes your money. It's much worse than simply wasting your time. Gambling requires much more attention than mindlessly reading the news.

The bulk of doomscrolling is usually time and mental capital, and even though it might have the impacts of mood or attitude, it does not directly strike your wallet. Gambling on the other hand is tangible in the sense that it involves money and the losses may escalate fast unless the money is put under control. Both are also addictive in their own ways, but the impact of gambling is more direct and quantifiable, whereas doomscrolling is more associated with burnout or information overload in the long term. It all boils down to discipline to manage either of the two habits but the stakes are obviously higher with gambling.

[Crypto Library]

It's true, brother, everyone knows that when someone gives money to someone, it becomes theirs. From this perspective, when parents give pocket money to their children, that pocket money becomes their own money. But here, the children are dependent on their parents, and in this situation, most of the children are underage. So, from this perspective, gambling at that time is nothing but foolishness.

Even if it is "their" money, if you let your children squander money on stupid shit you are just a bad parent. It is no surprise that most adults are unable to control their spending habits and have zero financial literacy. Their parents didn't teach them anything worthwhile.

It is not just a matter of financial literacy here, there is also an issue of morality here because we all know that children are naturally less mature and in this case, if parents give them pocket money to spend a large amount of money, then they are also ignorant of morality.

And it is also natural that due to their ignorance, their immature children may become addicted to gambling at a young age. And that's why we should take courses on good parenting in some cases.

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I don’t really get why it should be compared to gambling when doomscrolling is literally just feeding yourself with negative news, and that will affect your personality (or maybe that’s your personality already). Gambling is different, it’s a form of entertainment, so we are happy when doing it - unless you’re addicted. That’s when you feel the negative effects, which maybe in the future ends up with you browsing news about yourself.

In fact, one of the common things between the two things mentioned in the OP is that the release of dopamine hormone, it is a very natural process of our body. But when we spend too much time on any thing or do something we like too much, the demand for this dopamine hormone increases even more, which results in our addiction to it.
In this case, social media and playing on gambling sites are both common things. So as you said, if we keep social media scrolling and gambling under control, there is no problem. The problem is only when things are out of control.