I've put about 7 hours into Monster Hunter World already. Probably going to play more tonight and tomorrow. This game is so much fun.

I have to say I’ve never understood the appeal of gambling. Just seems like a waste of money to me.

^ That one sentence conjures up quite a picture. :(


^ I've never understood the appeal of gambling either - also never understood all that glamour/macho treatment that Hollywood gives to it. Casino Royale is the best example: the stoney face, the steely look as each guy ups the ante and peeks under the corner of his next card, as if risking lots of money were the ultimate expression of manhood.

Probably to the greater good of the country, in Britain the most common forms of gambling take place in drab, unappealing betting shops like this. I think there's a whole bunch of regulations specifically designed to prevent them from looking attractive:-

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BB903N/bet...don-BB903N.jpg

At work, for possibly the first time ever I got to make a series of increasingly terrible dad jokes to a teenage girl who proclaimed me "whack" and I now realize why men have kids.

She probably considers you of dad age. After all, you're over thirty! Nearly twice her age? Imagine what she'd think about me: how did he get out of his coffin? **** young people. :)

It’s spelled “wack”, gramps.

I always enjoyed occasionally gambling. In the US, I really only liked the nickel/quarter/dollar slot machines. I just liked to play for the game. "Princess Bride", "Wheel of Fortune", "Game of Thrones"...when you can get to the game, they become a blast. I literally will just go in a casino like Hollywood and play till I get to the game, then stop. If I don't get to the game in five minutes, I stop. Because that is what is fun for me. Some of those slot machines are so intense that you literally expect small children to come in waving flags and bearing your winnings ( which usually amounts to five doĺlars) on golden plates. But big casinos are a blast. Pity there really isn't anything like American casino towns in Europe. Here they are more fancy..there you can stroll in places like Tunica at 0100 in sweatpants and be treated like a king if you place a big enough bet. Besides, casinos offer cheap liquor ( or even free), comps, cheap food and occasilnally rooms.

Ok, watching the old people putting in money while hooked up to air machines is not fun. But I just like to wander around, get my free coffee or beer and play "Game of Thrones" till the game starts . Just cheap fun ( I might drop 50 dollars on average ..but since I only play for a night that isn't much). Here we have slot machines on the Finland boats but they are nothing like the American ones.

Gambling such as Betway and such never appealed to me not online slot machines because you loose the whole social aspect of it.

Ps Also had a great day. Just wanted to reply to the gambling bit

Yeah, Paddy.

Well yeah it wouldn't be nearly as fun if I were still a whippersnapper.

https://i.imgflip.com/m6iwg.jpg

In fairness, Frownland spells it "whack", and we all know that he's always right...