Morality is meaningless in this discussion. Why is poker pro more or less valuable than TV producer or pop star or yoga instructor?

Oh, you want to start in with the personal attacks? No problem buddy. I have a limited imagination? You're an arrogant mindless drone and the hypocrisy of your statement is enough to make me want to gag. Keep spewing your tired, stupid statements about what a productive member of society is and does. But I have no imagination? You're a riot. I've never had a meaningful job? Assumptions much?

I don't give a flying **** what you do. My problem was with your boring, sad, and cliched definition of what a productive member of society does.
I don't care about your self-esteem issues either, broseph. You make a lot of money and you have an advanced degree. Good for you, pumpkin. Cookies will be served along with the gold stars and pats on the head.

You spend your time providing a meaningful service, but won't qualify it. Great, so you're going to continue to back up your statements with nothing. Your Walmart example was ****ing stupid and flat-out wrong, btw. This is your follow-up? People who play poker provide no meaningful value to society because I said so? It's more worthwhile to me, therefore it is more worthwhile? I'm a lot happier, so therefore it is more worthwhile? Really?

Seriously man, stick with your shadowy uber-secret career and away from debating points logically on the interwebz. You're atrocious at it.

As for taxes taken out of ur paycheck, all pros pay them......


10% up to $4

LOL. Angry much?

Here's what you said:

You could not imagine a meaningful job that does not involve working for a non-profit. Yes, that absolutely displays an extremely limited imagination.

I said MAYBE you've never had a meaningful job. That conclusion is implied by your apparent inability to recognize that one can gain happiness and satisfaction by doing something worthwhile.

What I do for living isn't terribly relevant to the issue. Do you seriously need examples of people who don't work for non-profits, but who have meaningful, worthwhile jobs?

How about a doctor?

Was it the Rainbow Grocery Outlet? I used to shop there when I lived in Oakland and was dirt poor. I would buy "parts missing game hens" among other things... fun times indeed!

Yep.

They also had a wide selection of dirt-cheap wines.

I always have a little bit of time to make a M******* feel stupid. A graduate degree, and you still can't debate at a high school level. Sure don't mind throwing that ego around, do you there skippy?

There's my statement. YOU were the one saying about how I couldn't imagine a meaningful job that doesn't involve working for a non-profit. I said no such thing. And as for the first part of the statement: holy literalitis, Batman. Obviously there are other jobs besides working for a non-profit that are of value to society, Captain Literal. That was one example that I chose to use.
Wait, was it your friend who went to grad school while you dropped out? You cannot be this dense. Or are you one of these clowns who is rocking a 184 IQ but has to have everything explained to him anyway because he cannot go a sentence without arguing semantics?

Oh spare me the wordplay; you're not terribly good at it. I've been the one preaching that money isn't everything in the thread, but now I don't know the value of doing something worthwhile. Ooooook.

And as if those two sad, sad examples of your debating prowess *guffaw* weren't enough, we are still left with the inescapable fact that you have neither the intent nor the ability to prove the point you were so poorly trying to struggle through, so now you're going to try to bury me under niggling points, I suppose (not that you're having any luck there).
You do know that three other people in this thread have also pointed out to you that your argument holds no water, right?

I'm sure you're a very good theoretical widget rejuvenator(that's my term for your magical secret profession), but it's not surprising you cannot see how other people could make a comfortable living playing poker. In addition to the self-esteem of a 14 year old(HAY GUYZ I MAKE SO MUCH MONEY), you also seem to have the common sense of a ****ing doorknob.

But really though, thanks for proving that money and brains aren't everything. You're still a pompous ass.

We'll all be waiting for you to prove your point, btw.

Mazzholes is filtered? Ok.

TTHRIC.

Locked.