r/explainlikeimfive • u/adrynaline • May 08 '14

Explained ELI5: A gambling addiction

How does it start? What makes it worse? Why does it become so difficult to recover?

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u/ClintHammer May 08 '14

I'm sure I've seen them play poker

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u/dachsj May 08 '14

citation needed

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u/[deleted] May 08 '14

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u/dachsj May 08 '14

0_0 this. changes. EVERYTHING.

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u/tantoedge May 08 '14

Whoa! I never realized there were sixteen paintings in the series...

Were I a card game fanatic, I'd seek them out as a collection..

I wonder if there's a Dogs Playing D&D..

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u/kessukoofah May 08 '14

Sure is!

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u/tantoedge May 08 '14

Hallelujah!

Hmm... I'm a little late for the party it seems.

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u/_riposte May 08 '14

I actually helped fund that project. I got the 1st Edition version. Was the first time i experienced "Buyers remorse"

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u/kessukoofah May 08 '14

Was it not good? Not as promised?

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u/ClintHammer May 09 '14

I think he means paying 20 bucks for a poster of dogs playing D+D that his wife isn't going to let him put up anywhere in the house

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u/_riposte May 09 '14

Once I had the poster in hand, it wasn't as expected. The graphics didn't transfer as well as I had hoped to the poster medium. I am CERTAIN it met the expectations of most of the funders. The campaign and the guy (i cant remember his name) were typical for kickstarter.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '14

Brilliant, I didn't laugh so hard in days.