It's funny that my 1st post will be on this thread but I can't resist sharing my own experience
As I study in computer science there are some people around me that can understand something about maths and odds, and even though some of them can't resist to say stuffs like "omg u broke even after winning $200 that's so nice" as if it was a great performance. Also I use to play some $5 live tournaments with 20 to 50 entrants and some people also go to the casino or play online and they are always complaining about bad beats, say how they won a 500$ pot by bluffing someone with ppQ on a K high board with 2nd pair, and with nice strategy tips like "u see u should have called this multiway all in preflop with QJo, a Q came on the turn and u would have made the best hand".
But the funniest was my uncle who where telling me how he lost 4k (francs, about 600 euros) in a single night, then went to the bank to get some more cash, played the entire night to end up a thousand, because u know, he knows the game. And after this, he told me, "u should not gambool on teh internet cos there are no reads, but please, help me installing this poker software, I'm gonna show u some great bluffs". If it was just some random guys annoying me I would have help him just to see him go broke, but given that he's part of my family I didn't, just because if he does go broke, I wouldn't be able to play myself online with my family knowing that, they would have done stuffs like blocking my CB i bet.
Oh and I want to specify, I'm not basically a winner, I've just been able to double up my roll a couple of time and then tilting it up while moving up, but never went broke just thanks to a nit BR management, and never deposit again. Still playing micro stakes, mostly because I don't play much and for fun, trying to learn the game... But when I see some players playing and some people talking about the game I'm sure I would beat the game if I had the patience to play more focused, and the little bit I know myself makes me understand how tough it is for those of you who live from the game.