Re: Just Another Necessary Reminder That Valve Promotes Underage Gambling

On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:18:45 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Xocyll wrote:

Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> looked up from reading the entrails of
the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:

So it's literally designed to look like one, which is why people are
making the connection.

>
How can you make the connection to something you've never experienced
cause you are too young to get in a casino?
>
Does not matter to a kid what it's designed to look like when they have
no frame of reference.
>

You missed the point. The graphic action style is designed to trigger
known psychological weaknesses and exploit people with them. That the
kids have no frame of reference actually makes the situation much, much
worse.

So the connection is being made by adults, and it's problematic.

I see little difference between adults and kids in this matter, tbh. I
don't think psychology of this kind should be used to exploit people with
certain personality problems, and that's exactly what it does.

Casinos make their money by exploiting actual mental illnesses. It's a
shame. Some percentage of the population, including kids, have these
problems.

There is persuasiveness and there is exploitation. This has always been
the latter. Like loansharking is.


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Zag

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