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We’re Getting America’s Children Hooked on Gambling
Submitted 1 week ago by Valuy@lemmy.zip to nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
calliope@retrolemmy.com 1 week ago
Well duh.
It will take decades for anyone people to care enough to change anything, just like cigarettes. Gambling will eventually be a huge issue, but the robber barons are in control.
I grew up with Joe Camel ads in Sports Illustrated, this is the same thing.
KingGordon@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Jesus.
MacAttak8@lemmy.world 1 week ago
On top of this I always think about how kids are being primed for gambling when I see the kids toy aisle full of a hundred different gacha series. Yes, trading cards have been around forever but this is a whole other level.
pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 week ago
And LaBubu, “blind box” where you don’t know which one you’re getting and to get a specific color have to repurchase. Why sell 1 to a kid when you can make them buy 150.to get the “special” one? Artificial scarcity and gambling at its finest. Set those endorphins up from a young age.
Imagine they were concerned about how addictive Diablo II was back in the day…
MacAttak8@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Blind boxes! That’s the name I was looking for. Exactly what I’m talking about. Last time I was in a Target there was an entire aisle full of those. I recently saw an Eevee blind box where you could get a figurine of any of the evolutions but you didn’t know which one until you opened it. $20 each I hate all this gambling.