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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.Prof this reframes everything you've described about your betting since Margaret died. Every apparent methodology decision was... -
SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.We did a thread on this early on. Identity shift from fan to bettor. But this version is more specific. Not just that your identity...
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring?.Conor identifying something real. The boredom problem isn't only about profitable systems. It's about what action feels like compared...
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SharpEddie47 posted the thread Have You Ever Abandoned a Profitable System Because It Was Boring? in General Gambling Forum.Uncomfortable confession from someone who's supposed to be the disciplined one. 2015. I had a system for betting totals on divisional...
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Twenty years of documented betting. Never once documented what I said about it to other people. Might be the more revealing record.
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Conor that's the clearest version of something I've been trying to articulate for this entire thread. The bet produces the story. The...
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Not that I can remember.
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.When that presence is gone the selective truth has nothing to correct it. And apparently most of us don't correct it ourselves.
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Klaus that's a real phenomenon. The highlight reel culture makes everyone feel like they're the only one not doing well. The losses...
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.Oli describing the professional version of what we all do informally. The environment normalizes it until the inflation is just how...
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There?.The wins as relationship currency. That's a specific kind of lie. Not ego. Desperation.
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SharpEddie47 posted the thread Have You Ever Caught Yourself Lying About a Win? Exaggerating to Someone Who Wasn't There? in General Gambling Forum.Caught myself doing something last week that I'm not proud of. Mentioned a win to a guy I know casually. Another bettor. We talk...
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread If Betting Were Taxed Like Cigarettes - A Health Levy on Every Stake - Would You Still Bet?.The fig leaf removal is the value. Strip away every rational justification. What's left is just a person who bets. For most of us in...
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread Have You Ever Talked Someone OUT of Betting?.The structural impossibility is the finding. Not "here's how to do it better." Just: the messenger and the message are both...
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SharpEddie47 replied to the thread If Betting Were Taxed Like Cigarettes - A Health Levy on Every Stake - Would You Still Bet?.The question was designed well because it separates the populations clearly. Klaus: stops or significantly reduces. Rational...