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by ElProlactin 5 hours ago
> You're going to get demolished if you start bouncing gambling debt on a credit card.

If you look at the finances of a good swath of Americans, they're already demolished. Heck, the average new car loan is now 6 years with a $700+/month payment.

Gambling has become such an embedded part of the current cultural zeitgeist because people feel they have nothing to lose.