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nikanjyesterday at 5:46 PM2 repliesview on HN

Gambling seems like a rational choice, when all the ”traditional” rational choices just lead into a mountain of student debt, not being able to afford a home, and general failure to launch

Summed up very nicely in https://oldcoinbad.com/p/long-degeneracy


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revlsasyesterday at 6:43 PM

How could it possibly be the rational choice if the ev doing so is so ridiculously negative?

Having student debt doesn't justify throwing away the rest of your residual income

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watwutyesterday at 7:56 PM

Seeing gambling as rational choice is spectacular fail of logic. It is an emptional choice of action.

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