Being told "professional poker doesn't contribute to society."

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I find these threads so dumb, why do they always go to 20+ pages? No the act of playing poker isn't exactly a great contribution to society. Who cares? Just as it wouldn't be great to watch TV or play video games for 14 hours in a day, you shouldn't play poker 14 hours in a day on a regular basis.

Do you think they have these mindless threads at the World of Warcraft server all the time? Just because you can make money at poker doesn't make it any different. Not every single action that you take has to be some major contribution to society. Just use the rest of your time wisely and you can rest easy that you are a great contributing to the world. Worst case, make lots of money playing poker, donate it. Money and time both have value to society, and often money has more value.

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