...and what is the "big picture"?

There are people on this site with 35000 posts, and people who probably post 25 times a day. I come on after work and post for the enjoyment of several different forums, usually while I'm doing other things online. No different than many people here. Doesn't seem to have much to do with the issue of whether or not online multitablers are worthwhile to society or not. I sure as hell don't make like some 22 year old "pros" and eschew answering friend's phone calls and texts for a week because I've been multitabling 36 of my last 40 waking hours.

lawl@bart threatening me and telling me no to say "arse"

Yeah!!! The ******ed threads from Britessential are back!!!

When someone carjacks me, forces me at gunpoint to withdraw money and then deposit on a poker site, then sits down behind me with a gun to my head and forces me to play, all at the behest of poker pros in need of fishies, those pros can feel guilty for taking my noob bankroll.

All colluders or any other cheat can and should feel guilty and can and should die right now (I'd love to help).

Nobody else should have a problem with taking my money if I'm not good enough yet to keep it and grow it.

And this site, in particular, full of sharks though it is, has more people quicker to urge tilters/regular losers/potential addicts that they seek help and cease donating than any place else.

So what is the problem?

******ed thread cause poker players do contribute to society if they pay taxes just like any other job they help the economy

society doesnt owe anything to me, so i dont owe anything to society

lol @ this thread. who cares if it's a job or it's not a job? it's a way to make money, which, believe it or not OP, is why 99.9999999% of people work 'jobs' in your definition to begin with.

we produce money and volatility.

they provide entertainment.

its better than playing the slots or cheating on your wife

Hm. Good point.

Many posters said that most people work to make ends meet and not to contribute to society. I agree. But almost everyone takes at least a little bit of pride in what he does.

What will an online poker player take pride in? "All day long I make as many people as possible miserable. They know their risk when they sit down, so I don't care if they feel bad after I took their money, and I am proud that I have the attitude to do this."

Errr, thanks, but that sucks.

Awesome how many in this thread compared playing cash game poker to stealing and then said "so what".

Soldier ... is that a job ?



I mean you just go around an kill people, what's with that ?

wtf idiot i take pride in plenty of things, not your bull**** manufactured world where i hate myself and everything in it.

You win.

hi bart.

i dont think you understand. most poker players simply dont give a ****. why you give a **** we'll never know.

But what if I take that money from the people who would of just traded it back and forth till the rake got it all...and instead invest it in lower income housing, where I fix up places and improve them instead of the status quo for the area which is to be a slumlord.

Then am I still a leech?





someone went busto LOLOL HAHAHA

A leech- probably not...

A thief- YES

we are entertainers in a sense.most people play poker for fun without other people to play against they would not be able to play,we provide them with sum1 to play with and have fun.what do poker players take pride in?being one of the best, playing well, getting respect from their peers,and winning mtt's.

how many ppl actually have jobs that they take pride in?i think what u dont realize is that most people DONT lose their life savings playing poker,and most ppl DONT have a miserable time when they play poker,otherwise nobody would play no more.as for live pros fish absolutely relish the idea of being able to play with them and enjoy it win or lose.u seems rly arrogant and i dont think i can say anything to prove u wrong wether it be in poker or anything u feel strongly about kinda wasting my time.

im sure if u look at most jobs u can find a way that it makes ppl miserable.

solider-obv

teacher-failing ppl

working for company-putting other companys out of business

lawyer-put ppl in jail

Keep reaching, you might eventually get ahold of something.

When you buy an equity at $8 thinking it's worth $10 (and you're right), you're only gaining at the sellers expense - and in the same proportion.


The collective presence of those people ensure that money is moved from places where it will yield a low marginal return to places with high marginal return, which is another way of saying that they make the market 'more efficient'.


But on an individual basis, those actual gains from the increased 'efficiency' of the market will never be proportional to what they've skimmed off the top. Much in the way that the marginal contribution of a single poker player (in terms of entertainment that they provide) will never compare to the money they're taking off the table.




I'd argue there are a lot of other professions that we'd be better off making obsolete than poker and trading.



If you need to have a job to feel as though you're a "good person", you probably arent a good person.

Sucks that I have to pay 50% in taxes then.

"But at least admit that you are worthless to society"

you really think this? can i not pay taxes then on my poker winnings?

lol was just posting the same thing