"Legal, frictionless app-based gambling is the most dangerous consumer product rollout of my lifetime, and is causing a growing public health crisis that should be treated with the same urgency as though half of men aged 21-45 suddenly became addicted to heroin. At least the upside with heroin is that we'd quickly run into a supply problem and these men would experience the added barrier of interacting with a human to get it."
"Setting aside the ominous future ahead of all of us when an entire generation of men are entering their post-college lives with a hopeless addiction to the endorphin rush of losing all of their money, it's just so boring to hear about gambling on television and podcasts. There are precious few shows left on TV that don't have a gambling odds ticker scrolling across the screen while some sweaty millennial degenerate nerd yells about the spread."
Legal, frictionless app-based sports betting has become widely available and functions as a highly addictive consumer product. The sudden ease of placing bets is producing a growing public-health crisis among men aged roughly 21–45, comparable in urgency to a widespread heroin epidemic. Mainstream sports media and personalities have aggressively promoted gambling, normalizing constant odds talk, tickers, and betting-focused commentary. This shift reduces the entertainment value of sports coverage for many fans who prefer strategic analysis and play-by-play discussion. The culture of incessant betting chatter encourages risky behaviors like parlays and fosters financial harm and irrational narratives about games being 'rigged.'
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