https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rd4I739fP9s

I saw one of these where a guy had a multi-monitor setup with all the local interstate traffic cameras pulled up simultaneously. He was gambling on all of them. One of them had a screaming tantrum because he didn’t predict the right number of cars that would pass through before the light changed.

The Illinoisification of the US is such a wild thing to see.

  • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    46·
    23 days ago

    I’m so fucking glad I was inoculated against gambling before it exploded and started to be pushed everywhere, I feel bad for the people who fall victim to it

    • happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
      15·
      23 days ago

      Me too. Being good at World of Warcraft taught me that I can never touch an addictive drug, gamble, or collect expensive things. The gambling epidemic would have probably ruined my life as a teenager.

      • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
        8·
        23 days ago

        For me it was gambling a couple of times with scratchers/slots for the novelty of it and losing every time, that and I find games like blackjack & poker more stressful than fun.

        I don’t even gamble in videogames unless I can adjust my luck stat lol