On: Poker fraud used X-ray tables, high-tech glasses and NBA players

[simonsarris]

I mean, one could write something like "I cannot imagine why people actually like ski resorts"

- 100% likelihood you lose money

- the point of the game is fly down a mountain and not hit any trees (about 45 more deaths per year than poker in the US)

- you're stuck sitting in a lift or a line and following rules for hours

- there are no victory conditions

[comrade1234 → simonsarris]

Skiing is downright sisyphean. I'm only sort of joking - I live in Switzerland and since I started ski-touring, where you climb up the mountain and then ski down it, this feeling is even stronger.

But I think Sisyphus must have gotten at least some satisfaction for almost reaching the top.

[DavidWoof → comrade1234]

I have Sisyphus as my wallpaper. When people ask about it I say he's the patron saint of software development.

[banannaise → comrade1234]

Camus strikes again.

[metabagel → simonsarris]

> 100% likelihood you lose money

Paying money for a service and losing money gambling are two different things.

> the point of the game is fly down a mountain and not hit any trees (about 45 more deaths per year than poker in the US)

It's not a game. It's an activity.

> you're stuck sitting in a lift or a line and following rules for hours

Not the whole time.

> there are no victory conditions

Right, because it's not a game.

[Nicook → metabagel]

paying money for a service and gambling are not totally different, especially if you more or less know your odds before entering. ./when I play blackjack (rarely) I understand I am more or less paying to play a game for enjoyment.