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    Weird, I was hoping the best young defensive player in the NFL would play in Green Bay for free.
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    I thought the Packers were at least a step and a half below the Lions going into today. No clue about that anymore.
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    Reportedly for two first round picks. Edit: And Kenny Clark. Packers also signed him to a 4 year deal.
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    I know this is just a cherry-picked training camp video, but...
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    So, the main gambling thing I'm currently doing is NFL best ball drafts. I enter the loto-style events, mostly on Draftkings and Underdog. There were a few drafts I did early this season that had a drafter doing truly insane horsefeathers. Like so horrible, that I assumed the drafts would be tossed for fairness reasons. (Intentionally drafting poorly allows others in the same draft to get 'unfair' value) They were not tossed , because it was Gilbert Arenas doing the drafts, and he's an Underdog influencer. I think what happened is that he tried to automate his drafts based off of rankings, but those rankings were taking QBs with his first 3-4 picks, and then TEs with the next 3-4 picks. ...the guy probably has a problem, to put it mildly.
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    ...Rich Hill is in the majors?! .
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    That was my favorite part.
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    1. Partly agreed now. Exacerbate is just wrong, though. Thank you for acknowledging what I was actually saying originally. 2. Sure, we both want all things to be great. Not sure what that has to do with anything. 3. Everything is relative.
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    I didn't compare drug addiction to gambling addiction. You did. I'm comparing the regulation of their markets. The bit coin bros comment wasn't an analogy. That's the reality. And good is the enemy of perfect. Gotcha,
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    I'm obviously on board with restrictions on advertising. And also agreed on gas stations. Both are largely unrelated to what you've said thus far. But your last part about comparing it to drugs is beyond me. Drawing some kind of line between physical and mental agony is a difference without a distinction. And if your point is that gambling isn't as "agonizing" as drugs, that's just an argument FOR having it be legal and regulated, as I have to imagine you're in favor of drug legalization. (You were weirdly critical of legalization rollouts above, but I take it you're just letting good be the enemy of perfect for argument's sake, right?) The reason I'm comparing gambling to drugs is that they are both things that are a sink on society, but they have existed for all of human history, will continue to exist, and making them illegal and confining them to black markets is way worse than the alternative. Btw, the more restrictions the state places on gambling, the more self-driving yachts bitcoin bros gets to purchase. It's precisely as easy to say "deplatforming works" as fighting a war on drugs, and then just ignoring the outcomes.
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    If you actually have want to have a good-faith discussion about how gambling SHOULD be regulated, I'm game. But I'll let you start with your own suggestion for how to do that...
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    This reads like a script from a covert cyrpto-bro. Turn down the volume, please.
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    Nancy Reagan agrees.
  14. JudasIscariotTheBird
    Oh pfft. The way the law is written, you can only claim 90% of your losses, but must report all your winnings. So if you make 10,000 in bets and wind up breaking completely even, you'd have to claim 1000 dollars. So it isn't just people making money that this would ding. It's just taxing gambling on top of what its already taxed, which is already pretty bonkers. And even if you're a prude and don't want any regulated gambling at all, this is just going to drive gambling underground and reduce tax revenue, like a lot of what this administration seems keen to do.
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    Almost every single podcast and betting/poker feed that I listen to (which largely has the stance of "politics is dumb" or just don't want to out themselves as conservatives) is now openly pleading with their listeners to call their representatives to not pass the bill. It has a pretty heinous addition that limits what gamblers can itemize for losses. The face-eating is next level...but there isn't any catharsis (and also hurts me fairly significantly) in it. It's infuriating that THIS is the part of the bill (and life in general) that has them upset enough to pull a shameless 180 and get political.
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    Half all of my crappy SS and 2B eligible fantasy players got hurt this week, so I decided to pick up Shaw off waivers on a flier last night hoping that he'd get called up soon. Woot!
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    Name This Cub, May 17
    The gut makes me think it's late-career Maddux.
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    I don't come here often. Pretty glad I don't.
  22. JudasIscariotTheBird
    18 made the playoff win even cooler. That was fun to watch.
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    Can we have some random polls included as well? Maybe for something, like, if Sublime or Rockapella are the more musically gifted/respected group?
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    Well, I wanted more, but in a 6 to 3 game outscoring the rest of the WRs on the field will have to do.
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