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Has anyone got a chance to view this show? one segment was about online poker. They talked to 3 different people who got "addicted" to online poker. One was a college girl who made her first $20 deposit and turned it into $50.... then she was hooked. the other was a housewife who kept losing and forged checks/borrowed money to feed her addiction, then she claimed that online poker sites withdrew all the money from her bank accounts without her knowing. She was quoted as saying "online gambling is the heroin of the twenty first century". The last story was some redhead college kid from PA who saw his friends online poker account with 120k in it so figured he could do it. After being 7k in the whole he robbed a bank and is still in jail today.

I know everyones different but I dont see how poker could be addicting, I love the game and all but if I wasnt winning I think It would be INCREDIBLY easy to find some other hobby to hold my interest.

If you havnt seen this yet set your tivo's for E Investigates Online Nightmares you will definitly get a laugh out of these 3 fishies stories. The rest of the show was pretty sad though.

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saying that you dont comprehend how people can get addicted to gambling makes you sound like your from another world.
[censored] happens.

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I wish I were addicted to online poker.

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lolol

i think its harder to realize you are "addicted" if you are a winning player, and if you are "addicted" its not even close to as big of a problem, if a problem at all

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i think its harder to realize you are "addicted" if you are a winning player, and if you are "addicted" its not even close to as big of a problem, if a problem at all

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If you start becoming anti-social or neglect your other responsibilities it could become a very real and big problem

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I am a winning player, but I feel I have an unhealthy addiction.

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I know everyones different but I dont see how <insert activity> could be addicting

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Some people just have addictive personalities. And if something gives them a high, they can find it hard to let go of.

I know they haven't definitively proven its a chemical-based problem, but addictive-behavior sure looks like a chemical imbalance on more than a couple of levels.

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yes, it clearly can become a problem,
my point was its probably easier to spot it if you are losing money.
clearly if you are neglecting other responsibilites or being antisocial it is a problem

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yes, it clearly can become a problem,
my point was its probably easier to spot it if you are losing money.
clearly if you are neglecting other responsibilites or being antisocial it is a problem

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What if you just hate everyone? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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yes, it clearly can become a problem,
my point was its probably easier to spot it if you are losing money.
clearly if you are neglecting other responsibilites or being antisocial it is a problem

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What if you just hate everyone? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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lolol, when i read that a huge smile came across my face

then you are okay [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] - but you probably need to masterbate more, relieve some of the tension between you, your penis, and the rest of the world

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yes, it clearly can become a problem,
my point was its probably easier to spot it if you are losing money.
clearly if you are neglecting other responsibilites or being antisocial it is a problem

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What if you just hate everyone? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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lolol, when i read that a huge smile came across my face

then you are okay [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] - but you probably need to masterbate more, relieve some of the tension between you, your penis, and the rest of the world

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Yes, because masturbation is a great way to get out and meet new people. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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Yes, because masturbation is a great way to get out and meet new people.

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Not to mention you could get addicted to masturbation.

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yes, it clearly can become a problem,
my point was its probably easier to spot it if you are losing money.
clearly if you are neglecting other responsibilites or being antisocial it is a problem

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What if you just hate everyone? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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lolol, when i read that a huge smile came across my face

then you are okay [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] - but you probably need to masterbate more, relieve some of the tension between you, your penis, and the rest of the world

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Yes, because masturbation is a great way to get out and meet new people. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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lolol - touche' pineapple, touche'

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saying that you dont comprehend how people can get addicted to gambling makes you sound like your from another world.
[censored] happens.

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I did say everyone is different, and I said POKER not Gambling. For example I think that sports betting TO ME is much more addicting than poker. I did it for a while, lost and moved on. I was speaking for myself, saying that if I were losing in the longrun I would find a new hobbie, thats all.

I do feel bad for people like this but I also realize if you are a winning player your taking money from people like this on a daily basis. Call me sick but I found humor in this TV show.

The funniest part of the whole episode was when they were investigating the filming of a barely legal porn w/ some girl who just turned 18, (looked 15) and was still in high school and makes 100k/year. The sleazy porn director was making the set and called it a "tanning scenario". Dude is prolly so paid.

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QFT
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Did you see the segment about that dude that ate poop and stabbed his friend?

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Did you see the segment about that dude that ate poop and stabbed his friend?

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hahahaa- pure genius, nice work abel

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lol...i miss jman

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addicted to poker? hell no, i'm just a workaholic.

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theres actually no such thing as an addictive personality. anyone who says there is is full of [censored], i dont care what two letters they have before their name.

if i were addicted to poker, i would make so much more money. jesus.