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Old 05-26-2010, 03:01 AM   #856
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Re: Playing poker professionally is a ****ty life

i duno if this will be seen as spam but w/e ill post it anyway, this article was super helpful to me and ive seen alot of people complaining about poker burn out and how poker was once good and now its a ****ty existance, maybe you should read this.

http://www.badvariance.com/poker-burnout/
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Old 05-27-2010, 12:33 AM   #857
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Re: Playing poker professionally is a ****ty life

Srsly, I'd kill to earn that kinda money OP!
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Old 10-04-2010, 05:17 AM   #858
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Srsly, I'd kill to earn that kinda money OP!
You probably couldn't make that much as a Hitman.

And this thread is just a question of depression.
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Old 10-04-2010, 05:47 AM   #859
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Re: Playing poker professionally is a ****ty life

once you start shipping 40k+ months regularly its ok
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Old 10-04-2010, 10:32 AM   #860
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Re: Playing poker professionally is a $hitty life

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I dont want to open up an entire philosophical debate, but the 'useless' thing is merely subjective.

There is no person that knows what humans ought to do with their life.
i.e. It is intellectually arrogant to rate one activity higher than another.

One argument could be that humans pollute the planet, and contribute to global, biotic chaos and destruction, therefore someone who 'helps people', effectively expedites the human consumption of global, finite resources, and consequently does much more harm to the world than someone who is lazy and apathetic.
WOW, at last ! After hours, days, months of surfing 2+2 I have found SOMEONE who can clearly see the bigger picture !
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Old 10-04-2010, 01:32 PM   #861
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Re: Playing poker professionally is a ****ty life

overcoming the basic instincts of life like the need to be succsessful or that other peoples ****-nugget looks better than own's chocolate-chip cookie. Somehow negative emotions overpower the positive ones.
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