Re: Being told \"professional poker doesn\'t contribute to society.\"
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it's just the same as any professional sports player surely? pro snooker players, pro golfers, pro darts players, pro footballers. Non of these technically contribute anything to society, they just happen to have people watch what they do so it looks more acceptable.
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you don't think people get enjoyment out of watching the super bowl? or watching tiger woods on sunday at augusta? or watching their national team win the world cup of soccer? or do you just think that enjoyment isn't worth anything?
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You can't have it both ways stinky. People enjoy watching poker on TV too. And there are a lot of 'pro' athletes (minitour golfers come to mind) who nobody watches. Part of having a professional system is that there are a lot of midlevel players that don't tangibly contribute. But elevating other sports above poker and saying they are more productive doesn't make any sense to me.
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