Is convincing people to enjoy gambling a wrong idea?

[davinmark]

Heyoooww Stakers!  

So I always have a mindset that gambling is fun and entertaining, I used to played for profit but now I played for entertained myself, I like to share my point of view about gambling, but I afraid when I introduce gambling to someone who cant control himself or herself then it can become a problem, and I can become the one that make him/her become addicted

So in one my hand I'd like people to enjoy gambling but in one hand I afraid it can turned into disaster and I could the person that cause the person become addicted, so I kind of confused when someone come and asked me to teach or explained thing about gambling, should I teach them or I just ignore them? How can I teach or convince them that gambling is only for fun?

Is it a wrong idea to teach or convince them to gamble for fun? what's your thought?

[wry]

I'd be reluctant to say it's wrong, but I've never been comfortable encouraging people to gamble.  I like it and it is fun to have others to play with, but I'd never push someone into it who didn't ask for my advice about it.  So I'm happy to advocate for Stake to friends who I know enjoy gambling and can afford it but would never try to encourage someone who didn't already express an interest.

 

[williamshennie9]

It depends on your intention and the backround of the person. If the person is extremely conservative, it is not worth it to bring up gambling in conversation, but if they are not, I would tell them you like to gamble for fun. I personally go with my friends to the local casino, and we all have a great time. So it really depends on the type of person.

[Snike]

If you dont gamble for fun, why do you gamble than. The saying "the house always wins in the end" is full of truth so you should enjoy it more rather than do it for a living for example! I think you shouldnt convince anybody to do something, they can decide wether they do it for fun or competitive.

[Etude]

Gambling is suppose in it's very essence a form of gaming designed for those who have extra disposable cash/money to spare while taking a chance to make it more typically for the wealthy as a entertainment too. So gambling is definitely not a ideal means for making a living.

[skywallkee]

Well, just as religious, political and etnical themed subjects, gambling is a subject that should be avoided to talk about. Firstly because it will bring up fights 70% of the time or will lead to something bad 29% of the time.

[badger]

Normally, Id agree with wry. The negative social impact when people are irresponsible, as with anything, but gambling in particular, leads to the breakdown of society, blah blah blah. Ethical, probably  not. Waste of money, time, and when not done "responsibly", blah blah blah, we all know the implications and affects gambling has.

All of that said, the known risk and potential havoc gaming can cause in ones life, this isnt something you really should recommend to people you love. Just like alcohol, you dont encourage people to drink, its not healthy, for many reasons. Just like gambling. But, if you have a friend that drinks, whether you gave him his first drink or not, you will still strongly advise your friend not to drink and drive. 

Soooo, after weighing pros, cons, and knowing exactly what gambling can be, I decided to teach my daughters about cards, poker, roulette, odds, strategy, all of it. 

They could care less. Really. They are raised in an environment where gambling is not ok at all. They, at 12 & 11, have very strong moral compasses, know it is unethical, and in their own way of understanding right and wrong, most likely will never be inclined to go to a casino.

To me, gambling is a life skill. Take the financial ramifications away, all you are left with is math, logical and deductive reason, facts, figures, all things that mentally form new ways of thinking. When you learn and understand probabilities, you see things different from people that are clueless to the numbers in life...  At the very least, my girls will not be a mindless kid wandering around learning 1 + 1 is 2 and thats that. 

Do I need to teach them about poker to achieve this? Mmmaybe not. But if they are ever, at any point in life, challenged to a game of strip poker, I know they will reply to the poor fish, "Sure, I hope you wore shoes and socks today."

Where's my mom of the year award....

 

[blueprints]

I personally feel if I were to get my friends to start gambling, and they were to develop a gambling addiction or problem, then i would feel partly responsible. If i were not to have introduced that demon to their life, then perhaps they NEVER would have taken that turn down that road in their life. Never would have had those chains burden them down making their steps too heavy. 

Id rather someone find it on their own. 

[chrisconn63]

depends on the personality type of who is being convinced, for some, with a addictive or irresponsible tendencies, yes id say its wrong. but with the opposite types, those you feel would not go overboard and gamble rent money and such no, because they can obviously put priorities first everytime

[SovietDoggo]

Depends on the person you are talking about it to, I wouldn't tell someone to gamble if they would have a problem stopping.

[hillowner45]

I mean investing in crypto is a big gamble in itself, so is it wrong to introduce your friends to the market? I would rather my friends discover gambling by themselves. By no means is it a taboo topic, but it can easily become a self destructible habit and I don't want to carry around someone's baggage for them.

[Shaniqua]

On 12/2/2018 at 5:39 AM, blurrijs said:

No, you shouldn't tell others to gamble because they could even get addicted and start losing money that they didn't want to lose. And if the person you are telling it to can't stop very easily then you also shouldnt

that is a very strong statement, i dont disagree with you, but i also dont like the word "should". What one should or shouldnt do is a tricky thing, and who are we to tell someone else what they should and or should not do. 

but i totally understand what you mean.  Its better to be safe than sorry, i get it, and i can see you have a good moral compass by even thinking that far into it, as it seems you are implying to cause no harm .if that makes sense what im saying... 
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and  @badgeri want to thank you for taking the time to share all of that with us. 
it was beautiful  aand well said.

thannk  you and thank you all for commenting thoughtfully 

[clariaaaa]

i think it is difficult to convince someone to enjoy gamble / to gamble. It's the addiction that make most of us gamble.

[Carollzinha]

It's not about being right or wrong trying to convince people to gamble as long as you can make clear all the ups and downs.. you should always tell the truth about all the can win but also all they can lose if they can't control themselves

[Kate]

Well there are two sides to this one of the person you convinced wins a lot then it's fine two I'd the person becomes very addicted and losses his life and everything then that would be bad idea of referring him or her. 

[JosuePk1228]

My opinion is that it is bad to ignore them, but on the other hand they have their decisions, you are not to blame for anything if they want to be taught, teach them and now, and tell them that it is just for fun :D

[FotisNt]

Hello, i guess sometimes yes and sometimes not while people who gambling can have the same atittute. So i would suggest when a person is winnning you can just calm him down to make his way to withdrawal. At the other hand convincing a person who have just busted would be a nice way to cheer him up. Summarizing it can be a good idea on some circumstances and sometimes it will make it harder. Its always up to the gambler.

[xtinepink]

It’s hard to introduce someone if he is relatively nee to gambling or did not experience any, I would honestly not encourage them. I would only invite people who are already playing. 

We know that people have different reasons why they are here gambling. Although I am pretty sure that it will go down to earn money, most of the players will take gambling as a serious deal especially that it involves money, they will only enjoy it when they are winning at all.  But ofc it’s a good way to say let’s enjoy playing. 

[chrisconn63]

this is like the 3rd time ive seen the same exact question/topic, just worded slightly differently. lol no its not. not if they are responsible person. if you know they arent responsible then yes i believe it is kinda a no no

[Shaniqua]

I think it is not a matter of right or wrong... 
well, i guess it depends... if the person wants to leave due to reasons that will help themselves be better people, then of course its wrong to convince them to stay, if thety want to just migrate to another place, might as well get them to stay if you like their company XD

[hustler1984]

if someone doesnt gamble you shouldnt even discuss gambling with them and if you must... make sure to mention the dangers before you talk about the enjoyment factors

[zeriko]

Yes almost as sad as a heroin addict talking his friend into joining him down a spiral to the Bottom

[Shaniqua]

what kind of friend would let another spiral down to the bottom...?  the friend should be like hey boy, staaawpp.. we aint goin no wear to that bottomless heroin twak pit ... ima  pull your jiggly ass outa there, if yoaa think ima come and join ya in dat hole! awww nawww, aint dat ez to zoink like that cause dood im here and gonza cares abouts yous....

but then again... thats just the shaniqua deliriuum talk kickking in tbh....
btw go back and read it with a nasally loud annoying voice, being all naw uh you didnt *snaping fingers*  kinda like thing....
was intended to be read likt that...

but outa all seriousness... i do know what yao mean. kek ho silver away!