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Does anyone get into playing poker machines?
#20946018 - 12/08/14 05:55 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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I don't mean to sound patronizing but i just don't get it. I have a friend that comes around occasionally and he can't get enough of them. Any chance he can, he'll go down to the local pokies joint and put in twenty bucks or something.. He loves talking about it. If you allow him to talk about it, he'll tell you how he almost won, or he got the feature ect or how one time he won five hundred bucks. He speaks with such enthusiasm about them. My brother is also friends with him and he owns an ipad. He showed the friend a poker machine app on there with fake money. When they're over as guests, after talking's died down a little and we've had a fair few to drink, he will often ask if he can play the game. While my brother and i talk, he will sit down with my brother's ipad and play the poker machine game for as long as my brother allows him to. He's a forty year old man. 
I have been to the pokies a few times. Normally i go there when i'm at the venue for a meal or something. I spend maximum of $20, but will usually only spend a few dollars and withdraw the moment i'm up by $3 or something. When i'm playing them i don't get exited. I don't feel compelled to play. I simply don't find them fun. The amount of excitement my friend get's from them, to the point that they're his favorite thing to talk about absolutely astounds me.
What do you all think?
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: Magenta]
#20946046 - 12/08/14 06:08 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Gambling is fun, but it sounds like your friend might have a gambling addiction. Does he bet more than he can afford to lose?
Personally, I'm not very good at poker or Texas hold em or really any card games. I still try to play once in awhile though. I do like the game blackjack and will play that more than other card games. But yeah, when I go to the casino, I won't put anymore than $20-30 in the video poker slot machine.
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OsculateOfDemise



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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: MightyWhite]
#20946073 - 12/08/14 06:29 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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My boyfriend plays video slot apps on his phone. I find it a waste of time, stupid, and boring. Better than spending real money though I guess
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underfliptown
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: Magenta]
#20946077 - 12/08/14 06:30 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Poker machines are a hidden tax for the lower socioeconomic class.
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OsculateOfDemise



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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: underfliptown]
#20946080 - 12/08/14 06:33 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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In Oregon they have video lottery aka poker and slot machines in every corner store ,cigarette store, and some restaurants. It's fucking terrible.
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underfliptown
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: OsculateOfDemise]
#20946084 - 12/08/14 06:34 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yeah, but they got legal weed to so it's not all bad.
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OsculateOfDemise



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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: underfliptown]
#20946088 - 12/08/14 06:36 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Meh.
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underfliptown
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: OsculateOfDemise]
#20946089 - 12/08/14 06:37 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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lol well if you hate it so much just move.
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OsculateOfDemise



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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: underfliptown]
#20946093 - 12/08/14 06:37 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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I did.
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underfliptown
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: OsculateOfDemise]
#20946094 - 12/08/14 06:39 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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I dunno, i just generally think people are full of shit when they say how bad a place is. It's all about your perception and experiences. Your experiences may have sucked, but the place itself has to be alright under teh right circumstances. Sense of place is important, without that people are doomed to be disconnected. Experiences and perception, that's the ticket.
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: OsculateOfDemise]
#20946096 - 12/08/14 06:40 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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I need a Dr. Kenny style post somewhere today...
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: underfliptown]
#20946104 - 12/08/14 06:44 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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I'm not hating on Oregon itself. I loved the place and loved living there most of the time. My negative experiences can be found anywhere you live, really. I just had negative experiences with the video lottery, and legal weed is cool and all but it's not all that cracked up to be unless you generally have a really hard time finding weed.
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: TheGreenArrow]
#20946119 - 12/08/14 06:55 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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For clarification; by 'poker machines' i mean 'slot machines'.. I didn't realise that was Australian jargon.
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OsculateOfDemise said: My boyfriend plays video slot apps on his phone. I find it a waste of time, stupid, and boring. Better than spending real money though I guess 
To be honest, your thread was what inspired me to make this one. I didn't comment because i can't come close to understanding the complication involved in a relationship being threatened by a gambling problem.
I also find them boring, i'm glad i'm not the only one. I don't want this negativity to affect other people though, i was hoping someone who enjoys playing them could elaborate on why they enjoy them. I used to think it was for the possibility of winning more money than they possessed but it's obviously not since the same enjoyment seems to come from 'pseudo' slot machines.
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underfliptown said: I dunno, i just generally think people are full of shit when they say how bad a place is. It's all about your perception and experiences.
I agree with this. People will find something they dislike no matter where they live, as long as they're there long enough. It the same thing with friends/family/associates. When you're around someone long enough, you're bound to find something about them that pisses you off.
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underfliptown said: Sense of place is important, without that people are doomed to be disconnected. Experiences and perception, that's the ticket.
I don't even know what that's supposed to mean.
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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: Magenta]
#20946123 - 12/08/14 06:57 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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look into the work that has been done by early psychologists and sociologists on 'sense of place'. Theres lots of information on it.
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OsculateOfDemise



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Re: Does anyone get into playing poker machines? [Re: underfliptown] 1
#20946133 - 12/08/14 07:01 AM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yah I don't get it either. Every once in a while he will get excited and show me how much he wins. I just ask him not to spend all his theoretical internet monies at once. He is not amused.
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