These kids should be out getting too drunk and having fun with their friends, not giving people advice on how to lose money.
There are actually millions of young men out there who consider losing money on gambling to be fun.
You know it's funny, historically we would look upon a society riddled with disease, poverty, gambling, drug abuse, and suicide as unhealthy, but the neoliberal era has found markets in all of these so it's cool I guess.
I grew up kinda sheltered, but me and my friends all got into sports. Because... idk sports were fun to watch, especially our home teams? It wasn't until I got a job and into the real world that I realized the sheer number of sports "fans" out there who are into sports mostly just for the gambling (especially the NFL).
Yeah this sports betting app craze is close to home for me and deeply troubling.
I suppose I can't throw stones because I used to bet on horse races with a former friend of mine but the technological angle of this is insidious to me.
A 22 year old losing some money on a horse race is a youthful mistake, but a major media company using a 22 year old to push horse race stubs is deliberately fostering addiction.
A saner society would criminalize "influencers" pushing gambling schemes, crypto grifts, and other social maladaptations.
gambling is that weird thing that only characters on tv shows want to do, like a product placement by las vegas or atlantic city. when I stumble on somebody actually wanting to do it in real life, I'm completely flabbergasted and discombobulated.
And it's even weirder that they expect me to do it like it's a casual normal thing. So fucking weird.
The wide legality of sports betting now has me in shambles as people I once respected are spending more time placing bets than interacting irl.
Getting drunk is expensive. Watching bootleg streams and gambling is just a cheaper way of losing money
Been a while since I was in my early 20s, but I'm pretty sure Mad Dog and dirt-cheap 30 packs of nasty skunky beer are still a thing
