Comment on Children as young as 11 tempted to try betting after being ‘flooded’ by celebrity endorsement

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sinful?

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I find it crazy to think these are things real people think, like I always thought it was just Ned Flanders that would consider card games to be sinful and yet here we are.

    Saw a few comments like it when Balatro came out. What’s next, uno is sent by the devil to corrupt the youth? Although there is probably more of an argument for that because its a good example of taking an existing card game (crazy eights) and then printing a proprietary deck and charging 10 times as much for it.

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• LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  All the guidance from like, schools, where they’re taught stuff? Hopefully not that it’s “sinful” but the realities of gambling instead.

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  • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    But if someone doesn’t tell you it’s morally wrong to take advantage of fools/disturbed individuals that might be putting their whole life savings on red or black (and that you should only reap where you sow and not be greedy in general) and endangering not only themselves but also their families, how are we truly gonna convince someone in a to restrain themselves, specially if they’re in a position of comparative power?

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    • LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Morally wrong yes, sinful no.

      Frankly if someone used a religious framework to justify why something is good/bad it’s safe to say a lot of people will take away from it the exact opposite.

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        How do you have something being morally wrong without a religious framework

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      • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I think sinfulness and immorality are usually one and the same but perhaps you’re right and I’m overreaching. I’m happy with calling it morally wrong. 👍

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    • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      If someone needs to be told that because it isn't self evident to them then they aren't going to respond to someone simply telling them.

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