#Gambling Addiction

[irbcallmefynn]

nobody is ready for my beam (it teleports you into a cozy bed (there are plushies (it's random which ones you get (it's like a lootbox (i'm giving you a gambling addiction)))))

[void-creechur]

“LETS GO GAMBLING-“

*gets hit with weakness IIIIVVVVVVVVXXXII*

[shanesevikasfuckdoll]

My conversation with my girl @digital-slvt

This sounds like something Sevika would say and do 😂

Ps. I buy the kids icecream anyway after they lose, I'm not a monster. 😂

[llyfrenfys]

My friend set up this petition and it's something that matters to her a lot. I'd be really grateful if you could sign and share it if you're in the UK. If not, please share it so it reaches people who can sign it. Thank you!

[randomrory69]

WHO PUT GAMBLING IN My COOKIE GAME⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️

vruh look at this dude 💔 it's a MAN btw a gay zesty westy ahh man. Also. My other cookie run oc lemon meringue is lesbian. Casino salad is her biggest opp and yeah uhhh iddunno and don't question the background I'm gonna use it like some sorta cheap watermark on every drawing from now on🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑 he looks like the gangster spongebob meme btw ngl

empty vers

[hwang-inhos-fish]

Gi-hun and his gambling addiction playing the claw machine again and again instead of probably spending less money just buying a stuffed animal at a corner store

Not only are they leaning hard on the game theme, setting up our expectations, but they're REALLY interweaving gambling into Gi-hun’s character. It's so much a part of him and his story

[norsaval]

MYDEIS ONLY 6 DAYS LEFT AND I STILL CANT FUCKING GET HIM IM ALREADY HARD PITY BUT THIS BITCH ISNT JUST COMING HOME WTF DO I HAVE TO BAKE SOMETHING FOR THIS MAN TO COME HOME

i cannot believe im talking about honkai after ranting about minecraft and re

[headcanonforthought]

Warframe headcanon thing?

Koumei; "HEY KID WANNA GAMBLE!"

Tenno; *backing away slowly*

Koumei; "DON'T YOU WANNA ROLL MY DICE!"

Tenno; *sweating* "no, I'm, ok"

Koumei; "DO YOU WANNA FUCKING GAMBLE!"

Tenno; *crying*

[loveliestofbugs]

Wasn't going to drink today but I miss Arthur Morgan like a mf 💔

[savethegrishaverse]

Something I think isn't talked about enough is the representation of what gambling really is vs. what it feels like. Ding ding ding it's a character essay.

I think it's super important for an audience to see what gambling addiction how how addiction affects everything around you. On paper, I can say I know what gambling addiction means, but it's hard to truly understand the gravity of what living with a gambling addiction is like. That's why seeing it represented (ideally represented well) in stories helps bridge that gap.

Watching characters like Gi-hun from Squid Games and Jesper Fahey from Six of Crows, we see characters who actively have gambling addictions and how it caused their suffering.

Every decision they make, both the good and more importantly the bad, you can follow and understand when given the context of their addiction. They're both very earnest and kindhearted people who are quick to make decisions (impulsive, one could say) and that need to gamble when the stakes are high causes actual consequences in the story. It makes the reader/watcher upset because we know why they did it, and we know they didn't intend to hurt the people around them or themselves, but they did anyway and they can't take it back now. We understand their motivations, their fears, their wants and desires, and as the audience we can relate to them on a more personal level because everyone has times where they can't help themselves. But, we as the audience can also come to understand why gambling addictions ruin lives. We can see where Gi-hun's or Jesper's addictions directly cause their grief or their pain, and when they put forth effort to change and understand those addictions we can feel pride in them.

This (taps my screen for emphasis) this is why it's important to have characters in media that struggle.

As cringe as it sounds, because I watched Squid Games and because I read Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom I can honestly admit that I am kinder. I am more likely to stop and listen and think about the people around me and why they ended up how they did. I am more cautious, but I also make a harder effort to leave everywhere I go even just slightly better than I found it. Now this isn't to say everyone all the time is always going through life with the best of intentions. The worst characters you can think of are just as inspired by real life as the best characters. Some people don't want to get better, and they don't care about the consequences of their actions.

But seeing a queer, emotionally lost, well-intentioned POC farm boy with a quick mouth and a habit of getting in trouble struggle with an addiction that he is learning to cope with makes me feel more seen in return. Hearing Jesper's struggles and hearing how desperate he was to do good and despite that sometimes he still did something bad anyway in turn makes him more compelling. Seeing Gi-hun actively work to do good when faced with the worst circumstances makes me feel good and I feel in a bizarre way seen when I am doing the same small good. And it feels real. It makes addiction feel more grounded, in a way, and gives it a more tangible shape in my head. And that shape in turn helps me empathize with people I wouldn't ordinarily understand. It makes me feel more accountable of my own actions, and it makes me feel less lonely to know I have characters like Jesper and Gi-hun to relate to. Granted, I don't struggle with a gambling addiction, but I do struggle with anxiety and OCD. I am plagued with impulses I can't help and I have to fight hard to control them so I can live my life. I can sometimes have the best of intentions and still end up in a giant (metaphorical) dumpster fire of a situation anyway completely because of the decisions I made in the process.

Addiction has a million faces. Mental health problems can rear up in anyone's shadow. You never can fully know what weighs on a person or why they act the way they do. And because of that, characters who struggle in that same way will always be important because they both teach us that intangible shape we may not yet know and simultaiously provide stories for suffering people to hold onto when they need it.

TLDR Netflix CEOs stop letting all your decisions be motivated by capitalism/greed. You are entirely missing the point of the stories you are telling. Stop cancling shows when they have genuinely good characters and good ideas, and stop overworking a production just because it is successful. Slow the fuck down already and make genuinely thought out decisions.

Also if you haven't seen Squid Games yet it's a great (but devestating) watch. If you (somehow) haven't read Six of Crows/Crooked Kingdom yet it is unironically one of the greatest duologies I've ever read.

[wormzinmybr41nzxp]

0UR FAV0R1T3 gambling addict G4chap0n!!! 🎉🎊🍬

Was feeling silly so I drew a Silly!

[mitsukiixx]

I am Anti-CRK‼️❌️🚫⛔️

@anti-crk-blog <- follow this blog for more anti-crk

We must work together to stop the spread of this addiction! (This is not Sirius, btw)

[clazbly]

I just know hes in those damn casinos from night till dawn hunched over on those slot machines on his 10th margarita, saying to himself “ the next one for sure”

[pearllkissed]

whoever decided that lunch in high school is only 45 minutes can kiss my voluptuous ass.

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[audamix]

marikin playlist lol cover art by @yupmabel

[norsaval]

aventurine should honestly come home, cuz, i also have gambling addiction ever since i was 4 (arcade games) and i play uh uh uh i play gacha games.. he should come home cus i love gambling