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Do you think gambling addicts are having fun? Because when I stepped into the casino at 2pm, nobody looked like they were having fun, and the slots certainly weren't fun, despite all the flashy lights and sounds and manipulation around payouts.


If they weren't having fun, they'd go home.


This is a genuinely inhumane sentiment that elides both habituating and addictive factors in--well--everything.

I am disappointed.


I know sugar is bad for me, but I ingest it anyway. Why? Because I like the taste. The same for coffee and alcohol. The same goes for every other self-destructive behavior I indulge in.

I like the smell of cigarettes. I never smoked because I knew I'd like it a lot, and would not want to quit. Smokers I know like smoking.

How about you?


This is like raping a guy and saying that if he didn't want it he wouldn't have gotten an erection.




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