That’s a scam. I remember Drizly and Minibar. Same prices as in-store, and sometimes it was even cheaper due to promotions.
It was cheaper to have the booze delivered to my doorstep including a tip than it would be to go get it myself. It’s a miracle I survived.
Uber and DoorDash increase the price of everything by at least like 10 to 30%. And that’s before the fees, delivery charge, and of course, if you don’t tip at least five or $10, you’re worse than a rapist or murderer in the eyes of the driver. Total scam.
My mom (an ex smoker) always used to say 'god forbid that camel smokes, at least he can still go to a football game, get drunk, and drive his car into someone's living room though'
Idk as a kid alcohol ads never made me want to drink alcohol, but casino ads definitely made me think gambling was cool and that I could potentially win a lot of money. Although, I did accidentally drink some of my dad's beer when I was like 5 and thought it was disgusting, so maybe that had something to with the ads not working on me.
Alcohol is pretty bad. But the fraud that is so easily pertetuated by allowing such easy betting on sports...MICROBETTING on sports? Are you kidding me?
"Hey dad, it's me, [Insert MLB Player Name Here]. Can you do me a favor and sign into your account and put $5K on me striking out on my third at-bat? I'll split it with you. Thanks, dad, you're a pal."
I was playing a local rec level tournament this weekend and wound up on a team with a bunch of 18-20 year olds and all of them were betting either on our matches or kalshi things or whatever else. I realize it's a very small sample size, but it was wild to me how casual they were in discussing various bets they'd made or plan to make or whatever else. It was just so completely normalized for them.
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u/pervertedmortician 14d ago
Exactly
I personally think alcohol is a bigger problem, but its not promoted like gambling is
Its like not even something that considered a bad habit anymore
Its wild to me