The First Time You Felt Like a Gambler Rather Than a Bettor - Is There Even a Difference?

[oli_sussex]

The label describes a process, not a person.

Applied to most bets: useful.

Applied as a fixed identity: misleading.

The process that produces the bet is what matters.

The label assigned to the person placing the bet: secondary.

 

[TaffyTipster]

The Cardiff pub phone search that I didn't mention to Bronwyn.

I knew what I was looking for.

I knew I was looking for a reason rather than for a market.

I didn't find one that night.

Which means the record shows: no bet placed after the Wales match in January 2019.

The record is accurate.

The record doesn't contain what the record would have contained if I'd found something I could convince myself was analytical.

The clean record as a product of not finding a usable reason rather than as a product of analytical discipline.

Both produce the same entry.

Different things underneath.

Bronwyn thinks I'm more disciplined than the Cardiff pub night would suggest.

She has no reason not to.

The thing I didn't mention stays not mentioned.