Degrees of sadness

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:20 pm

I don't think that anyone can deny that gambling on fruit machines or quiz machines is perceived as "sad".

So, given a scale of:

0 = have never played a gambling machine
10 = lay awake at night dreaming of a red TOT

Where would you be???

Myself, I used to be a 10. Now I'm around a 6.5 :P

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 11:23 pm

Probably around the 7 mark.

Allthough no one sees this obviously. So to my friends/family am probably a 2 or 3 lol.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:33 am

Used to be a 10 back in '98 / '99, moved down to around a 7 from '04 onwards, but would now say (within the last 3-4 weeks) am down to a sitting-on-the-fence 5. A lot more financial commitments now with the new house, 'instant' family, new car, etc. So have even toned it down from my usual 1-2 nights a week to maybe once every other week.

Still enjoy coming here though and chatting about it all...

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:55 am

Post 2000 machines are like Frankenstein's monster ie bits and pieces thrown together. Now on S16's you just press a button and hope for the best. No skill, no excitement, no anything really. The days when you knew when machines would pay are mostly gone. 3 out of 10 for me. Much prefer poker or backgammon.

Hangmanfan · Post by **Hangmanfan** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 6:25 pm

On that scale, presumably a 5 is someone who plays on them moderately when he finds himself in the company of an AWP/SWP, but who NEVER necessarily intends to seek one to play on?

Sorry if I've confused people with that statement, and it might be a poor example anyway......

I'd say I'm a six

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:21 pm

So what level of sadness would you say you are then rollem?

itsme · Post by **itsme** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:43 pm

as a youngster, i would say i was a 9/10.....but now im a bit older and wiser and i too have other financial commitments i would say i was a 5..

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:26 pm

I'd probably stick myself up in the higher echelons of sadness - though i don't sit awake thinking of fruits at night! Now i work full time i only get time to play once a week anyway. Imminently going back up to 3 times a week though, sacking off one of my jobs at easter!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:25 pm

i'm probably an eight. when i'm not playing the SWPs i am on here mithering about them.

grecian · Post by **grecian** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:01 am

Yeah, I'm probably an 8 as well - given that I'm married, have a mortgage, decent job etc., that's still probably too high. But old habits die hard.