• SatansMaggotyCumFart
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    -156 months ago

    No that’s just risk assessment.

    Gambling is things like blackjack, slots, poker or any kind of insurance.

    • gregorum
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      6 months ago

      A risk assessment is a normal part of gambling. You’re just describing games, like the one you’re playing now to rationalize your gambling with your own life by avoiding getting any sort of health insurance.

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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        -76 months ago

        A deck of cards or a die are normal parts of gambling too but they aren’t intrinsically gambling either.

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          6 months ago

          They are when you bet something on the outcome— ya know, gambling… like how you risk both your financial future and your life when you choose to not have health insurance.

    • @roofuskit
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      96 months ago

      Insurance is by definition not gambling. It is only indemnity. The reality is that without insurance you are gambling that you’ll get to keep the money you didn’t spend on insurance and not be financially ruined.

      • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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        -76 months ago

        Insurance is gambling because I’m betting that if I get cancer I get a payout larger than the amount I wagered by buying insurance.

        • gregorum
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          66 months ago

          That’s not how health insurance works. You would never get more than your medical costs and would almost always get less.

          • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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            -26 months ago

            Insurance companies to turn a profit will be charging more then they pay out, but as a single policy-holder there is a good chance they will pay me more then I pay out making it gambling.

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              46 months ago

              but as a single policy-holder there is a good chance they will pay me more then I pay out making it gambling.

              But the risk isn’t health insurance vs gambling. That’s a straw man, as not having health insurance is already gambling, and you’re trying to change the argument because your previous reasoning was shown to be faulty.

              Nice try.

              • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                -16 months ago

                I’m betting that if I get cancer I get a payout larger than the amount I wagered by buying insurance.

                I haven’t tried to change the argument, I clarified it so you could understand.

                • gregorum
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                  I’m not the one here with difficulty understanding what the word “gamble” means.

                  Hope this helps:

                  • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                    -16 months ago

                    I’m explaining my beliefs to you.

                    What are you getting out of this, by telling me I’m wrong in my beliefs and expanding the definition of gambling to literally anything?

                    According to you just getting out of bed is gambling because I might get injured but if I get injured in bed that’s gambling too.