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My thoughts have been, maybe don't campaign on an online gambling ban, but definitely enact it at the first opportunity. But if this post is true, I mean... That's like smokers being in favor of further restrictions on public smoking. That doesn't typically happen, so when it does maybe run with it.

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HELLGORITHM

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Tangentially, as a former smoker, it's hard to overstate how much that vice can shape you in subtle ways. You choose your bar based on smoker-friendliness. Cigs become your foremost way to introduce yourself to new people. It tints your perception of winter, because smoking in the windy cold sucks.

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HELLGORITHM

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That said, smoking did introduce and bond me to some of the most interesting people I've ever met. So, you know. Who's to say. But also, dropping the habit was ultimately a massive quality of life win. Don't smoke, and if you do, quit, that is my truest advice. There are better ways to make friends

HELLGORITHM

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One last caveat though, if for some reason you feel you must choose between online gambling vs smoking as your vice...smoke lol. It is very bad for you so don't do it, but at least there is _some_ potential upside to it beyond a dopamine button and a thrill that obscures your ruin.