Why I would quit my job if I won the Big One

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After reading this pretentious [censored] that purports to give "philosophical and existential" reasons for playing poker, I couldn't decide whether to laugh or vomit. Unfortunately I ended up doing both.

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It's his personal reasons. He isn't necessarily telling you what you should think. Also, you vomited? That seems a little melodramatic. Your sensibilities seem easily offended.

[coxquinn]

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What's the point?


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This post inspired Apathy and I to engage in a philosophical debate about the meaning of life. We decided the point of life is to get drunk and [censored] bitches, which we are currently doing in Miami while staying with DonButtons. We can also say with certainly we will continue to do this if we win the ME.

P.S. Excellent post as always Craig. I always look forward to reading your posts.

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I don't think you get it Good2cu

[coxquinn]

Amazing post. I think everyone should read and consider this post, especially considering how many hours we spend at a compter playing and posting here.

SHIP IT

[jcm4ccc]

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After reading this pretentious [censored] that purports to give "philosophical and existential" reasons for playing poker, I couldn't decide whether to laugh or vomit. Unfortunately I ended up doing both.

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It's his personal reasons. He isn't necessarily telling you what you should think. Also, you vomited? That seems a little melodramatic. Your sensibilities seem easily offended.

[/ QUOTE ] I didn't vomit a lot. It was just a little bit, in my mouth. You know how that is.

[loveinvain]

The reasons given were not for playing poker but for quitting his job. Nowhere in his post does he even say that he would continue to play poker if he "won the big one". Perhaps you should reread the post.

[Apathy]

If I won the ME I'd quit poker to play Mtts.

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If I won the ME I'd quit poker to play Mtts.

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Yeah, but what would Apathy do?

[Apathy]

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If I won the ME I'd quit poker to play Mtts.

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Yeah, but what would Apathy do?

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I'm password protecting my computer when I got to sleep tonight.

[jcm4ccc]

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The reasons given were not for playing poker but for quitting his job. Nowhere in his post does he even say that he would continue to play poker if he "won the big one". Perhaps you should reread the post.

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From Irieguy's introductory paragraphs:
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Perhaps if I explain why I would quit my job if I could, even though I love it and it allows me to contribute to my community, it will help others on this forum who are struggling with decisions about staying in school or quitting their job to play poker.

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Only a lawyer could read this and say that Irieguy is not talking about poker. What do you think Irieguy is going to do if he wins the Big One--quit poker and skip around all day having "meaningful interactions" with people?

The flaming of my original post has been disappointing, to say the least.

[Slim Pickens]

So I'll clarify, online poker, by itself, doesn't help much. It's actually pretty worthless. If a person makes no attempt to interact with the other humans involved in a common activity, it won't matter what that activity is. The person will remain solitary. The personal growth and such comes from doing things like flying halfway across the country to stay in a hotel room with some 45-year-old dude you met on the internet, not thinking for a second that it's about gay sex, and then spending a week throwing around money, going to strip clubs, drinking, and playing high-stakes poker. It comes from IM conversations with other thinking players about what all the moron unthinking players are thinking. In online poker, you have a chance to interact with a group of people who are your self-selected intellectual equals sharing a serious intellectual pursuit, rather than those sharing only a common age, with an general lack of direction and interest in life.