We are the sewers of society
 

I'll cross post this cause it's kind of cross-topic.

As poker players, we don't earn our money. A lot of kids don't get to go extra vacations or they get cheap birthday presents because their fathers or mothers gamble away healthy sums of money. We can justify it to ourselves by saying that people choose to put their money on the table, that they can walk away any time, that they would have just lost it at blackjack etc. etc., there's no denying that if every poker player on earth were to die instantly, nothing would really be worse off. Maybe some slight entertainment value, and a few casino employees would be out of business. Truthfully though, casino employees aren't the most specialized in their skills (say, relative to aeronautical engineers) and thus are capable of finding other work in a variety of fields.

We suck money out of the economy and don't really provide anything in return. We take take and take and nobody really benefits from our existence. We are the sewers of the economy.

For some reason, I think of those who derive their sole income from the poker industry. Anyone who fits into this category feel free to respond.

Do you have a job in which you provide some benefit to someone in exchange for your income (engineer, lawyer, busboy, anything, manufacture fake dog [censored], anything)

Do you volunteer in the community?

Is money and comfort the only thing you care about? Does every decision you make first require EV calculations?

What do you do to make someone else's experience this planet better off?

For some reason, I think about a lot of the people on this forum really can't answer this, but I also think there's a good chance I'll be proven wrong.

No QLC links, please.

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We suck money out of the economy and don't really provide anything in return.

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not true!!! We pay taxes on already taxed income.

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I just hope you can sleep at night. I know I can't.

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We suck money out of the economy and don't really provide anything in return. We take take and take and nobody really benefits from our existence. We are the sewers of the economy.

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Are you saying nobody benefits from a good sewage system?

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Sometimes I think you;re alright, Gamblor. Other times you're just a moran...like now.

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We suck money out of the economy and don't really provide anything in return.

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not true!!! We pay taxes on already taxed income.

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As a canadian and non-taxed poker player, this is something i didn't consider.

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If you want to rationalize, you can easily rationalize that no one "contributes" to society except doctors and farmers.

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Sometimes I think you;re alright, Gamblor. Other times you're just a moran...like now.

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care to explain?

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yes.

i disagree with the way that our socio-economic structure limits the ability of the poor to ever become not-poor. I dont like that big business essentially runs this country, and i especially dont like conservative christianity. However, after a few years of trying to influence people, ive come to be a bitter, apathetic bastard. Ive found a career path that almost exclusively allows me to either feed on those who engage in activities i disagree with, or really piss off some conservatives.

i dont volunteer. i will do nothing to prop up a system that ultimatly is doomed to failure. I dont really care about nameless faces, and most of the volunteering that is done occurs primarily because of the guilt associated with not being poor, and the narcissistic pleasure of helping the lower classes.

peace

john nickle

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If you want to rationalize, you can easily rationalize that no one "contributes" to society except doctors and farmers.

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what im saying is to forget rationalizing it.

im saying that if you do nothing but play poker, what difference does it make if you exist or not?