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Is it some puritanical thing where some people utterly hate anything even vaguely related to gambling? I have heard comments about it a few times before but never really bothered asking more about it. Mostly when I was younger and I didn’t really have any respect for religious beliefs when I was 10. Just saw them as weird.
I grew up not being allowed to play with playing cards because of “the appearance of evil.” My parents now use them, so I guess they got over it, but they still prefer other types of cards (e.g. Rook was our go-to).
It’s basically puritanical nonsense, yeah. My religion (still very much involved) is against “games of chance” and people get dogmatic about it. My take is that as long as I’m not expecting something for nothing or hoping to get positive return when the math says I should expect a negative return, I’m good. So no gambling, but playing poker for fun is fine (no stakes).
Is it some puritanical thing where some people utterly hate anything even vaguely related to gambling? I have heard comments about it a few times before but never really bothered asking more about it. Mostly when I was younger and I didn’t really have any respect for religious beliefs when I was 10. Just saw them as weird.
I grew up not being allowed to play with playing cards because of “the appearance of evil.” My parents now use them, so I guess they got over it, but they still prefer other types of cards (e.g. Rook was our go-to).
It’s basically puritanical nonsense, yeah. My religion (still very much involved) is against “games of chance” and people get dogmatic about it. My take is that as long as I’m not expecting something for nothing or hoping to get positive return when the math says I should expect a negative return, I’m good. So no gambling, but playing poker for fun is fine (no stakes).