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Have you ever heard or seen something that initially seemed to be totally fine, until you saw just how truly dangerous it actually is?

What is a much bigger threat than initially presented?

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[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 48 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The ease of gambling in the US.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't help that you practically get assaulted with ads for gambling if you watch any sort of sports.

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago

In the UK at least, most gambling adverts are showing off how easy it is to stop when you use their platform. Just a solid minute of "stay in control of your gambling" etc.

I dont know what fallacy or whatever it is, but it makes me queasy.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

I wish that was a problem exclusive to the USA :(

Pretty much the entirety of America (the continent) is suffering with that shit, too