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by ryandvm 4280 days ago
Agreed. It's not irrational if you derive enjoyment from losing money.
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It's exactly the same as going to the cinema and enjoying the cost of the movie tickets and popcorn there. Why would anyone go to the cinema?

Pro-tip: When a telemarketer calls saying "We've got a great offer to save you money on your snarfleblarg bills!" just tell them you enjoy you enjoy spending as much money as possible on your snarfleblarg. It goes so far off their script that i've never had one of them provide a decent response to it. At which point you hang up.

if you derive enjoyment from losing money

That's a funny way to put it. Exchanging money for entertainment has been a common and accepted practice for a very long time. Technically, when you buy something you lose the money, but it's weird to highlight the losing part over the buying part.