Pet Peeves

Quote: Ace2

My pet peeve is when Tuttigym refuses to accept math

I love it. LOL. Does that make me unique on this forum?? It is tough when someone tries to hold others accountable on an intellectual basis.

tuttigym

Quote: tuttigym

Mr.Mission146: I think you have become a food snob, but I like your "taste" and your recipes as previously posted.
tuttigym

Thanks Tuttigym!

I think I just noticed your join date for the first time---corner of my eye. It's great to have you posting so frequently recently! Acceptance of math or not in our one conversation, you bring a lot of lively conversation to several threads.

Quote: Mission146

Thanks Tuttigym!

I think I just noticed your join date for the first time---corner of my eye. It's great to have you posting so frequently recently! Acceptance of math or not in our one conversation, you bring a lot of lively conversation to several threads.

Very kind of you to say. It is really fun jousting with some of the patrons here. I try to keep it light. They all challenge me to be better. I want you and everyone to know that I am NEVER offended. Many don't think I get it, but I do. They just don't get my approach, so I will keep trying. I have broad shoulders, and if i can contribute as you do along with odiousgambit, and so many others even if contentious, then, for me, all is well.

tuttigym

Quote: tuttigym

Very kind of you to say. It is really fun jousting with some of the patrons here. I try to keep it light. They all challenge me to be better. I want you and everyone to know that I am NEVER offended. Many don't think I get it, but I do. They just don't get my approach, so I will keep trying. I have broad shoulders, and if i can contribute as you do along with odiousgambit, and so many others even if contentious, then, for me, all is well.

tuttigym

Well, to the extent that the subject is gambling—-I only kind of contribute.

I do, but let’s not pretend that it matters. They will, one and all, continue to play negative expectation games and they will, one and all, lose.

They will not play the games any better than they would have prior to talking to me, because they care neither about the math, my advice not to play it in the first place absent an advantage or anything else that I do say or could ever say.

Three times this with betting system players who, worse than not being concerned with the math, are religiously opposed to the math. So, they will all try their systems and they will, one and all, lose all of their money.

So, I, ‘Contribute,’ but it’s not like that changes anything.

You can look at a certain CM whose name I will not even be responsible for putting on this website. Let’s do a comparison:

CM:

Says you can win with systems.
Could not pass third grade math.
Charges to be part of his group.
Charges for private, ‘Lessons,’ on using the systems.

Mission146:
Says you WILL LOSE, system or otherwise.
Is slightly better than the average person at math.
Does not charge to answer questions.
Will refuse to gamble with you in a casino.

But, they are not going to listen to me because I am saying, “If you gamble enough, you WILL lose.” They don’t want to hear that.

They want to hear that you can win.

Most people cannot win.

Even if they could, or cared to learn how, they would just lose all winnings and more on something different anyway.

They don’t want to win. They want to gamble. Negative progression systems, not that they would know it, are designed to create the perception that they can gamble LONGER…which is really what it is they really want to do. Why would a person be willing to risk up to 10k+ in total, on a -EV game, all for the purpose of MAYBE temporarily being ahead $100 and trying again?

They want to gamble.

And, deep down, somewhere so deep in the mind that they can’t even access it—-they WANT to lose.

Quote: unJon

Haha! Thanks! This might be why I shouldn’t thank every post, or you’d have got the point on my thanking yours.

Quote: gamerfreak

I love hamburger helper. To be even more cliche, the Philly cheesesteak variety is my favorite, even though it doesn’t resemble a cheesesteak.

I am a huge fan of tuna noodle casserole, so I also gave the Tuna Helper a try. Oh man what a mistake. I have a pretty high tolerance for gross food, but I could barely eat that garbage.

I'll do everybody one better: I make Hamburger Helper (usually one of the "Cheeseburger" flavors) with tuna instead of hamburger.

I also make what I believe is called a "tuna stack": 4 layers of flour tortillas, alfredo sauce, tuna, spinach, and mozzarella cheese, topped with a fifth tortilla. It's meant as some sort of easy low-carb alternative to lasagne.

Quote: Mission146

Quote: unJon

Haha! Thanks! This might be why I shouldn’t thank every post, or you’d have got the point on my thanking yours.

two thoughts

in the movie, the Nicholson character is given that line so that everybody would feel contempt for such an ass. Instead, everybody knows it's a truth to be repeated and appreciates it. IMO anyway

as far as your constant 'thank you' that you do, Mission, I just take it as a sign you saw the post, and knowing that, I like you doing that

We weren't rich enough for hamburger helper. We were a Rice-A-Roni family.

Quote: billryan

We weren't rich enough for hamburger helper. We were a Rice-A-Roni family.

I still make Rice-a-Roni for a side dish.