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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

What did he draw??

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

The best way to win into casino is this.

Go to a casino.

Get given free drinks, drink the free drinks.

Leave. Having had some nice free drinks.

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean, I have a foolproof way to always come out on top at a casino, it's a simple trick that gamblers will hate you for.

  1. Dress smart, it makes you look like an easy mark.
  2. Make sure to wear black shoes, polished to a shine, this will be important later.
  3. Own the casino.
  4. Ignore 1 and 2.
[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

I have heard of someone who did just this but still went bankrupt multiple times.

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 74 points 5 days ago (1 children)

A friend of mine went to Vegas once and we only got 2 texts from him in the group chat the entire time.

Day 1: I'm up!

Day 5: I'm down.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The flight from Denver to Las Vegas is just over an hour. I was meeting some friends in Vegas for a bachelor party and texted them saying I was taking off. The conversation went like this:

Me: Flight is taking off now, will text you when I get in.

Friend: Just sat down at the blackjack table at Treasure Island. See you in a bit.

Time skip ahead to me landing.

Me: Just landed. You still at Treasure Island?

Friend: I'm down 4 grand. Went back to the hotel.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Here's the list of things I like about Vegas:

  1. Getting on the plane to leave
[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 68 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I’ve been to a casino exactly one time in my life, and it was earlier this year. Went for the cheap hotel.

I did not spend any money at the casino, but I did get $15 free for being a certain demographic of new customer. I played that, won $158, cashed out and won’t ever do it again (unless I get more free money, anyway).

I’m sure what they wanted by giving me a win on the last $2 (it’s all controlled by cards, they know what my demographic is, and that people in it are likely to be depressed and on the poor side, and thus potential gambling addicts) was for me to keep playing to try to score more, but what it really did was point out dark patterns and make me wildly uncomfortable with the whole situation..

[–] kungen@feddit.nu 8 points 5 days ago

They usually make it so you can't cash out anything that's less than the voucher. Or rather that the wins get counted first.

Let's say you get $50 free, win $25. You then play for $25 and lose, the remaining $25 shown on your balance won't be able to be cashed out.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What's your demographic? Middle-aged white guy?

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 30 points 5 days ago

lol no, silly, they don’t give you free money for that. That’s just the demographic they compare everything to as a baseline :)

It obviously depends on the establishment in question, but you get free shit for being a veteran, teacher, healthcare worker, firefighter or other emergency worker, stuff like that. Or a senior probably, they get tons of free shit, too.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What did you play to win $158?

Asking for a friend

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 3 points 5 days ago
[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 44 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Why gamble IRL when you could instead gamble with stocks online and lose your life savings /s

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Because stocks take time, casinos are almost instant.

[–] axx@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 days ago

That's the problem with this generation, no capacity to appreciate delayed dissatisfaction!

[–] rothaine@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

Psst

Wanna buy some 0dte options

[–] kometes@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Just drop it in a spider and reap the 5% growth per year caused by new immigrants... er, wait.

[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’d love to be able to lose three grand in a casino.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago (2 children)

They usually have super predatory lines of credit you can sign up for, you know, in case you're out of money and would still like to enjoy losing that much.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Yeah exactly. Not having 3 grand is no obstacle for them to get you to lose 3 grand!

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago
[–] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 19 points 5 days ago

Well, at least he was honest to himself and the world. Plenty of people who will not even stop at losing 3 grand, let alone own up and quit.

[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Oceans eleven got this right:

https://y.yarn.co/4a06fe4f-7d9a-4809-a330-8b31a3ef1e7e_text.gif

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago

Except if Trump is the owner. That fool can bankrupt inanimate objects.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 11 points 5 days ago

Seems like a terrible place to make bread...I mean is there even an oven?

I first I thought others a grow operation because of all the purple lighting.

[–] foofiepie@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I thought it wouldn’t be hard for him. Maybe his brother Chris might have more luck.

[–] Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Chris Peacock? Is that what a guy gets when he stands too close to the camp fire?

[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I've lived near casinos my entire life, and I can't understand the appeal of the gambling part. Unless it's the shiny lights. I like those. Those are nice.

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

People have an inherent inability to assess probability. Even with "safer" games like black jack when your odds are a little closer to 50:50, people will keep pushing until they have no money left. Bet it all 4 times and there's about a 94% chance you lose it all.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

When I turned 21 my dad (very rational guy) was helping me learn video blackjack, it was stuff like determining probability, risk reward, strategy (getting dealer to guarantee bust allowing us to play safely), just blackjack stuff

Some advice that will now stick with me if I ever go gambling again is, due to probability, losing any money you won and then some, is a matter of when. House will always win if you’re in it for the long game, so either quit while you ahead, quit once you’ve won $X, or quit once you’ve lost $Y. Always assume the third option will happen even if you’re playing smart

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's the smart plan. Every time I've been to a casino (4 times I can recall) I had an amount set aside that I was prepared to lose and that would be it for me. A couple times I got ahead and just cashed out.

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Your comment reminded me of another thing he said regarding that matter

Think of the money your putting in as what your willing to pay for to have fun

[–] chetradley@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago

Oh yeah 100%

There’s a reason the guy who whips out the terms of service to get a better deal is in charge of our families finances

that's how they get ya

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

The lights are fun when you're drunk.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

A fool and his money are soon parted.

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I just go to the strip clubs. At least I get some proper entertainment for the lost money then. Actually I do hang out at the quarter slots. You get free beer.

[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Went last night to stay at a hotel with a casino to celebrate my wife's birthday. I play poker a lot with friends but only a few times at casinos, and my wife only does slot machines. We never go to casinos and this is the first time in like a decade. Got away from the kids for the first time in 7 years so after she quickly lost $80 like it was nothing to slots we were already good.

After talking, she finally agreed to a long-time promise about going to the strip club together since she's never been to anything like that. I have to agree with you, I may have lost the rest of my money, but it was a dam great time and an amazing first-time experience and something I hope I never forget (for both of us since it was way different than just going solo)!

That's something that never would have happened staying at the depressing slots, which may have been 30 more minutes tops to lose what I spent there. 1 bucket list item checked, lol.

[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

not really free if you keep feeding the machine

[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 4 points 5 days ago

If he says it was 3, it was 5