Louis Theroux in Las Vegas

[Paulie Tandoori]

I don't get this.

Horse racing, or dogs for eg - the buzz comes from shouting your selection home, hoping against hope that it won't fade in the final furlong.

Football, or any other similar comp between 2 adversaries, you then have a reason to want one team to win over another, even though you couldn't otherwise care less.

Casino or cards, its the buzz from pitting your wits against your opponents and trying to win big bucks. The psychological effects have been assessed as very similar to those of doing drugs, in terms of adrenaline and dopamine i think.

 

[subversplat]

"The Buzz", imo, comes from betting money that you absolutely cannot afford to lose on pain of bad things happening, then winning in the end and everything being alright with ne'er a scant care about what would happen if you lost.

Betting only what you can afford to lose contains no real buzz, just a few moments of time passed

e2a: No, sorry, that's not quite fair. You get pretty excited when your little bet has the chance of making 10x what it was before, it's just you get a much better (and worse) feeling playing with something that has the power to influence things outside of the gambling itself.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

"The Buzz", imo, comes from betting money that you absolutely cannot afford to lose on pain of bad things happening, then winning in the end and everything being alright with ne'er a scant care about what would happen if you lost.

Betting only what you can afford to lose contains no real buzz, just a few moments of time passed

I can assure you that if you'd have witnessed my reactions to either Chris Hoy winning on Sunday or NZ beating the Aussies in the RL w/c final, my buzz on both occasions was "proper" and not cos of any life or death situation. Simply the sheer joy of knowing that I'd beaten the bookies (am £250 up on an £30 initial stake currently)

eta: i see your edit makes much the same point.

 

[subversplat]

I just remember the biggest gambling high I had was when I was quite a bit down over a day and, err, borrowed some money to gamble from where I was working at the time, and basically had to win or get sacked for til discrepancy.

I won and was deliriously happy, but a bit shocked at how engrossed I could get in the business.

 

[Onket]

The dogs & horse racing is shit. In football I want my team to win, a bet doesn't change that.

I like the odd game of cards & I like playing the game enough not to have to bet over it too.

Obviously not for me, therefore I don't 'get' it.

 

[subversplat]

Obviously not for me, therefore I don't 'get' it.

Nevermind, there's plenty of other vices out there to choose from!

 

[Onket]

Indeed. I did find it odd that people didn't understand what I was on about- there must be other people who aren't into it.

 

[Fedayn]

Indeed. I did find it odd that people didn't understand what I was on about- there must be other people who aren't into it.

Raises hand

 

[Dillinger4]

*also raises hand*

 

[Kanda]

But you do 'get' it can be fun for some people?

 

[subversplat]

Nobody on the internet is able to understand how somebody might enjoy something that they, themselves, don't.

 

[Kanda]

Nobody on the internet is able to understand how somebody might enjoy something that they, themselves, don't.

Fair point

I only really play Blackjack in Vegas. Everything else I lose too much and I don't gamble at home.

 

[Onket]

But you do 'get' it can be fun for some people?

Jesus bloody Christ. I said I don't get it, how many times do we need to go over this!!!!!!!!!??????!!!!! etc etc

 

[Kanda]

Jesus bloody Christ. I said I don't get it, how many times do we need to go over this!!!!!!!!!??????!!!!! etc etc

You said you don't get gambling, you don't find it fun. NOW you're also saying you don't get how other people may enjoy it.

I don't like Hockey but I realise and get that others might.

Geezus you're grumpy

 

[Onket]

I only really play Blackjack in Vegas. Everything else I lose too much and I don't gamble at home.

What about other people?

Why don't you play blackjack elsewhere?

How much is losing too much?

 

[Onket]

NOW you're also saying you don't get how other people may enjoy it.

Where?

 

[Kanda]

What about other people?

Why don't you play blackjack elsewhere?

How much is losing too much?

Cos I only ever go to Casino's in Vegas.

Losing too much is what I can't afford to lose.

 

[Kanda]

Jesus bloody Christ. I said I don't get it, how many times do we need to go over this!!!!!!!!!??????!!!!! etc etc

Here^^

 

[Onket]

That says I don't get it.

 

[Kanda]

That says I don't get it.

I think you may need to re-read what has been written, you seem confused

 

[Onket]

I don't get gambling, as per my original post on this thread. I am not confused, but it appears you are.

 

[Kanda]

Yes, and there was a second question... slightly related.

 

[Onket]

Yawn.

 

[Kanda]

*grump*

 

[Onket]

Ok, you have made me a bit grumpy by pretending not to understand my straightforward posts, yes. But I think that'd be the same for everyone really.

 

[Kanda]

No, I was saying I was grumpy cos you didn't understand mine!

 

[Onket]

Damn. We're both grumpy now then.

 

[fractionMan]

nice work guys

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

i'm only grumpy if i lose.

 

[N_igma]

It was really weird I thought.

I thought it was really funny looking at the face of the boy who had 10 grand in his pocket at the start of the night and was slagging his mate that he's shit at blackjack, then by the end of the night it looked like he was going to explode because he was done 30+ grand. Dick head!

Then there was the doctor woman, I felt sorry for her because it seemed to me that she had nothing else to do. Poor woman, and the son pretending he doesn't care his mum is spunking his inheritance away, get the fuck!