Flying_Penguin

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[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 3 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I honestly am not sure this is only about addiction. Instead i think this is mostly about parents who dont monitor their childs activites and want aomeone to blame for their child spending thousands of dollars on a video game.

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

I still believe that is too broad of a definition. I go back to carnaval games. Those are games of skill but they are made in away to reduce your chance of winning, so luck is still a major factor.

Meanwhile loot boxes are neother a game of chance or a game of skill. They are a purchase and you get what you get. What are those mystery box toys called that everyone was going crazy for last year? LuLu dolls or whatever. Those are loot boxes. Should we regulate them like we are trying with video game loot boxes?

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

Sure Japan has a way to protect people in regards to the claw machine. But gacha games and gachapon are huge in japan. And those are more predatory than loot boxes. So we still need to draw the line and sort out what actually is and isnt gambling.

Look at carnaval games, a mobile gambling group that targwts children? If we have loot boxes be labeled as gambling who is to say that we wont label everything else as gambling.

Where is the line?

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 17 points 19 hours ago (12 children)

Claw machines are gambling. Those coin machines that you get a sticker or a plastic spider out of is gambling. Kids having been gambling for decades. Hell even coin pushers is gambling.

I feel like we need to fully define gambling before any of this is settled. I believe anything where you give money for some kind of return but have a chance of recieving nothing back, then that is gambling. If you are guaranteed to get something for your money then thats not gambling. Thats just a purchase.

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

It wasn't worth it because it tasted bad? Or it wasn't worth it because you didnt see the Weed Gods?

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Preteen groomers are in control of the government.

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

Still fact checking is the posters resposibility. Even if you just cross posted it.

This is how misinformation spreads.

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

I would be okay with that. Really lets the viewer get a sense of the effects of Chaos. /s

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

Stellaris. I somehow ended up buying all the DLCs I was missing, and now all other games have been put on hold.

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

To highlight the reason dark mode should be default?

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bettering yourself is a life long process. But the time you have to relax is limited. One to two hours a day to better myself keeps me happy. The time I have left in the day is to relax when not working.

[–] Flying_Penguin@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Baby shark. So I stop getting invited places.

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