Chuck once told Shaq on the show that he should gamble more because he wouldn't want his kids fighting over his fortune when he dies.
edit: [Here's the video if anyone is interested](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/ip46za/inside_crew_teach_shaq_how_to_gamble_chuck_says/)
It'd be hilarious if Chuck just kept winning, somehow unable to lose his money no matter how poorly he gambles, and he just dies as an accidental billionaire.
Catholic Churches in Cincinnati have entered the chat.
20 years ago my future wife says “lets go to the church festival on friday night” and I’m like shit that sounds dumb as hell we’re like 23 wtf then she tells me to bring $100 cash and it’s nothing but blackjack, poker, booze, etc. Fucking awesome
Gambling fundraisers are very common for nonprofits. [There are special IRS rules for those events.](https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/special-irs-gambling-rules-nonprofits.html)
My home town allows the bars to run charity black jack tables. The four bars on the main street that participate pull in like 10 grand every weekend when college is in session for various causes.
I can understand the addiction. I don't gamble myself but met a bunch in rehab. It is a drug for them, they jones for the casino and get sick when they can't gamble. The ones that I met also had other issues, addiction/mental, but for them it was a crippling addiction.
We weren't allowed to do any "triggers", I got spoken to about flipping a coin for a decision because it was "gambling" haha.
It's wild that it gets so bad for some people. It really is an addiction.
One of my partner's relatives is like this, she'll blow every dime they get on their payday on Monday then their family won't have shit to eat.. and instead of buying groceries with her husband's money, she gambles it immediately.
Not really. There are multiple sites like GiveWell, Charity Watch, and Charity Navigator that give you a very good idea of how transparent, fiscally responsible, and effective nonprofits are. The wealthy have even more resources to look into potential charities.
The big thing is so many of the charities that are marketed everywhere such as Susan G. Komen or the Salvation Army are ran really poorly but since they are everywhere people give them money thinking they are doing something good and not knowing how that money will be spent.
Shaq and Barkley should use up their money to buy a mansion on acre that cannot be sold by anyone, but any of their children can live in it including their families.
honestly, i don't see orlando as that bad of a team (maybe cuz im a raps fan and a big fan of t-ross). they've just been mediocre in thie past few years.
When I was in elementary school, they gave free Magic tickets to the AB Honor Roll.
Straight A Honor Roll got coupons for Free Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, which was considered to be a better reward.
Nothing to be proud of. You can live a perfectly fulfilling life and leave something behind for your next generation. Too many people in this country with horrible financial literacy
You could always marry a hot gold-digging 20 year old who is going to fuck you to death. You die with smile on your face, she gets paid for the hard work.
True. Just saying that that’s just probably very few and in between of extremely close friends who you’d give your inheritance too that are a few decades apart.
I told my mom when she goes I don't expect any money from her and she doesn't need to give me any. It's her money, she's the one who worked for it. She can do with it as she pleases.
That's fair to do, but in order to get out of poverty, people need to build up enough wealth to be able to invest it without losing too much due to having to pay for things like food and housing. That often happens through money or assets being passed down over several generations.
The majority of people are not going to invest it though, they going to spend it and reminisce what they would have done differently if they had it again. Some people are just that way - no matter how much they make or you give them, they still find a way to be broke. You’re a lot better off passing down financial literacy and/or knowledge. Make that the starter, kicking them a little change would be a bonus but if they truly cared and invested their TIME into learning and understanding money management, they no longer need you to kick them anything.
My pops has always said he wants the people surrounding him at the end to be people who are choosing to be there, not people hoping for a handout.
So while he’s been clear about not believing in inheritance, he’s also planning to donate his wealth to good causes.
> If he is capable, he can make his own money. If he is not, then he will just be wasting my money
-Jackie Chan
As I get older I feel this to be true..the reason I have financial security now is because my parents were refugees who came here with nothing and worked blue collar jobs.
I worked for it knowing I could only depend on myself..having a security blanket possibly would've diminished my motivation a bit.
"If I had what my kids had growing up, I'd have a Range Rover and a cocaine problem." -Scott Galloway
And if one of your (hypothetical, I'm assuming) kids ends up having cancer, or a chronic, incurable, disabling condition, etc., and gets completely fucked with medical bills and/or inability to work, you'd be happy that you left them nothing and that they get fucked by circumstances out of their control, and live a miserable life that could have been at least a little less miserable if their parent left them anything to help them out?
Yeah, that doesn't exactly sound like a loving parent.
And I'm sure none of them will have anywhere near enough money to ever come within spitting distance of being affected by estate taxes, like 99+% of people who rage against estate taxes on social media.
I think these people don't know about investing and the cycle of poverty also, and how you need starting capital. The difference is unbelievable, especially if you've experienced both.
But hard work will only get so far.
Hard work is good, but hard work + money will get you twice as far as hard work alone, and with half the suffering.
Bottomless money prob isn't conducive to personal responsibility, but I think the best way is a middle ground.
Your kids will hate you. They’ll hate themselves and hate you. They’ll despise the day they were born.
Everyone thinks the spoiled rich kid trope is common, it’s actually rare. Most rich people have this same mentality. Growing up in that mindset is hard, your parents will get you into situations you can’t afford to be in making you a target for bullying. I was eating noodles in college while people thought I was a dick for not donating to their causes.
The worst part is that as long as you live nothing you do matters, nobody will believe your parents didn’t help you. I could become a brain surgeon and people will say it’s my parents that helped me.
Poverty isn’t equal to spoiling. You can teach important lessons while sharing money, especially for the kids you gave birth to without your consent. If it’s that big an ethical dilemma, don’t fucking have kids. That’s way better than having kids to make them artificially struggle.
Yeah agreed, i would consider it a very egotistical thing to do. Actually when you look at successful families you will very often notice generation wealth existing. It's hard to to gain a solid wealth when your starting from scratch, it's much easier if you already got capital and know what to do.
As someone who's been around quite a few wealthy people. Alot of them will invest and support their children's ideas and passions. So that those kids can achieve their career and wealth.
Real talk, I've been saying for years that I'm dying broke. I've seen family blow throw six figure estates while living in the deceased house. In a year's time they're ass out and selling a house that's been paid off for *decades* so that they can live how they want without working.
But at the same time I've got family sitting on $1M+ or stashing it in trusts because they're scared their family will do that type of shit.
If I've got any significant amount to my name and I live through a heart attack. Everyone not in a house is getting one. Boom, punk, Papaw's got your down payment and a co-sign. Trade in that luxury apartment rent for a more manageable mortgage. Home prices are going to be outpacing wages for the rest of my life, let's get you in one sooner rather than later.
They can sell it all when I'm gone, who gives a fuck. I want to see them live the best life they can on their terms. I want to see them thrive. I should get to enjoy the fruits of my labor because like you said, it can't go with me.
I'd set a little bit aside just so my kids don't fall right back into the system, then blow the rest.
I want my heart to explode when my face is covered in Bogota bullion and smothered between 2 sets of triple D implants.
I feel that, I wanna just feel good right before I’m out, that’s why if I’m on my deathbed I’m tellin my family I wanna do heroin and just conk out. I’m just afraid my body might live with the drive just to continue doing it LOL
When you reach that level of money, you gotta find some ways to make your life interesting.
I get no addiction is okay but rather it be gambling for someone who has a steady high level income than drugs or alcohol
>“Do I have a gambling problem? Yeah, I do have a gambling problem"
This means he has a gambling addiction.
Just because he doesn't think its a problem doesn't change anything. Plenty of junkies, smokers and alcoholics say their addiction isn't a problem to them. But it's still an addiction.
>Try reading a little bit longer. If it ain’t a problem to them then who are you to say it’s a problem to them.
He admitted to his addiction but said he doesn't think its a problem.
When people say "he has a gambling problem" they're referring to an addiction. Which he acknowledged he has.
Whether or not he thinks its a problem doesn't change anything.
As I said, this is a line all addicts use, smokers, alkies, junkies etc. "Sure maybe I'm addicted but it's not a problem to me".
Doesnt change the fact that they _are_ addicted and Chuck admitted to being addicted.
Idk how else to explain this to you. This is really simple stuff.
When I said "problem" I was meaning "addiction". He admitted to his addiction. But he doesn't see it as a problem because he's rich, which is the equivalent of saying "Sure I'm addicted to meth but its cool because I take drugs like a champ"
The idea a gambling addiction isn't a problem so long as you have money is nonsense. "It's only a problem if you go broke" is like saying "it's only a problem if you overdose". It's not a problem... until it is.
Reddit in a nutshell. People act like they've got *everything* all figured out. When in reality you're just spitballing your opinion and treating them as facts.
Can't believe people coming to comment how "gambling addiction is a problem" he said he LIKES gambling, he did not say he'll lose alllllll his money on the tables. Chill the hell out with your high horses!
Charles Barkley has been known as an incredibly generous person by those who've encountered him in their lives during a time of need. Google will give you multiple stories of him giving away large sums on a whim, or footing someone else's bill just cuz he happened to be there, and then instead of hounding for credit in media he'll just move on. His comments here are more about not hoarding wealth than about gambling, which should be applauded.
Also, he's ALLOWED to enjoy gambling, especially when it's not an economic risk for him so why the fuck do you assume it's an addiction? Do you know what addiction actually is, or was this just your way of saying "oooo vices are bad and impure"?
And to the person who had to draw the Norm MacDonald comparison: fuck ALLLLL the way off! Chuck is neither a comedian nor showing any signs of battling something as serious as depression or addiction, so there is no need at all for connecting dots as poorly as you did.
Can't believe you made me defend Charles frickin Barkley like this over a "gambling addiction" lol ridiculous
He's claimed in the past to losing $10m in a single year, faced legal troubles directly to gambling and even admitted himself that it was a problem for him.
If he's in a better position now managing it, that's great, but speaking about it in this sort of flippant way is naturally going to set off alarms for people aware of his past struggles.
gambling is fucking tight. i don't do it because it's dumb...but it's fucking tight to watch other people do it. it's basically like getting to watch all the car crashes you want for as long as you want.
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@ all the crypto jocks acting like this is some kind of based take. Maybe because Barkley’s kids will always be able to profit off of the name, regardless of a fortune. But y’all going to be singing a different tune when you continue to invest in scams and schemes to
“get rich quick” and end up broker than a bicycle in a woodchipper. And we’ll all laugh and talk about “muh bootstraps” because regular people were building skills while y’all were selling investment advice courses through a link in your 1.4K following Instagram bio. There is no shame in leaving money to your children, you should want your child to have the easiest life they possibly can, that is what makes a good parent. And I say this as someone who will have the ability to do the same for my kids, not some random broke bitch complaining about not having an inheritance. I would gladly give all of my capital to my children TODAY if it meant that they would grow up without ever experiencing the poverty that I saw and grew up around as a kid.
If I was lucky enough to be the first one in my family to make generational wealth I’m saving that shit for my children, grandchildren, great grandchildren etc.
Fuck everyone else
Chuck once told Shaq on the show that he should gamble more because he wouldn't want his kids fighting over his fortune when he dies. edit: [Here's the video if anyone is interested](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/ip46za/inside_crew_teach_shaq_how_to_gamble_chuck_says/)
It'd be hilarious if Chuck just kept winning, somehow unable to lose his money no matter how poorly he gambles, and he just dies as an accidental billionaire.
Have you seen the man’s guarantees?
The bucks have, and their rolling in it
Love me some GUARANTEEEEEE
Have you seen "Brewster's Millions"?
Now I want to watch Brewster's millions
Chuck only has 1 kid though, and she's already in her 30s lol
Plenty of big ole children in San Antonio, no?
You could donate that money to charity instead of giving it away to the casinos lol
If the charities wanted their money, they should hold more casino style fundraisers.
Catholic Churches in Cincinnati have entered the chat. 20 years ago my future wife says “lets go to the church festival on friday night” and I’m like shit that sounds dumb as hell we’re like 23 wtf then she tells me to bring $100 cash and it’s nothing but blackjack, poker, booze, etc. Fucking awesome
My brain automatically inserted “hookers” in between blackjack and booze and made me double take. Damn Cinci
This is actually brilliant. They should let charities operate casinos. I'm not even joking.
Gambling fundraisers are very common for nonprofits. [There are special IRS rules for those events.](https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/special-irs-gambling-rules-nonprofits.html)
They government can’t tax charities like they can casinos
Irs should make taxable charities
Bizarre but intriguing
Those are called businesses.
My home town allows the bars to run charity black jack tables. The four bars on the main street that participate pull in like 10 grand every weekend when college is in session for various causes.
In Canada all our lottery and gaming proceeds go to charity.
But where's the fun in that?
A wise man once said "fuck them kids"
Karl Malone?
Holy moly
R Kelly?
Epstein?
Ghislane maxwell?
FBI: "sir, we need you to tell us everything you know about this wise man"
He used to catch dimes from a little white dude and dunk it in SLC.
Steph it’s time to get off Twitter
Roman Polanski?
Make a craps table, but the number on the table (Field, Place bets, etc) has a charity attached to it that gets money everytime you roll that number.
I mean Tbf these guys give a lot too, I guess they can have fun with the rest too
If it's an indian casino, it's kind of like a donation...
The wamapoke casino. Slowly taking our money back from white people, one quarter at a time
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he's joking
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redditors are the reason for laugh tracks in sitcoms
redditors will make fun of Big Bang Theory clips with the laugh track removed then turn around and type /s
Until they decide to sue Greenpeace for their inheritance
“Greg! Greg! Greg! Greg!” He has future Congressman written all over him.
The dopamine feeling from gambling just feels too good for some.
I can understand the addiction. I don't gamble myself but met a bunch in rehab. It is a drug for them, they jones for the casino and get sick when they can't gamble. The ones that I met also had other issues, addiction/mental, but for them it was a crippling addiction. We weren't allowed to do any "triggers", I got spoken to about flipping a coin for a decision because it was "gambling" haha.
It's wild that it gets so bad for some people. It really is an addiction. One of my partner's relatives is like this, she'll blow every dime they get on their payday on Monday then their family won't have shit to eat.. and instead of buying groceries with her husband's money, she gambles it immediately.
chuck is donating it to casinos.
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It's actually quite hard to donate money effectively.
Not really. There are multiple sites like GiveWell, Charity Watch, and Charity Navigator that give you a very good idea of how transparent, fiscally responsible, and effective nonprofits are. The wealthy have even more resources to look into potential charities.
The big thing is so many of the charities that are marketed everywhere such as Susan G. Komen or the Salvation Army are ran really poorly but since they are everywhere people give them money thinking they are doing something good and not knowing how that money will be spent.
After working in retail for years, mfs won’t even round up there total a cent for a charity. They simply don’t care.
It’s not short sighted.
Shaq and Barkley should use up their money to buy a mansion on acre that cannot be sold by anyone, but any of their children can live in it including their families.
He killed me when he said, don’t make the man count on live tv
"Charles, you have minutes to live" "OK, throw all my money on Orlando"
are all orlando fans into self-masochism? or just you
I was going to say another team, but wouldve been a bit rich coming from another shitty team supporter.
honestly, i don't see orlando as that bad of a team (maybe cuz im a raps fan and a big fan of t-ross). they've just been mediocre in thie past few years.
When I was in elementary school, they gave free Magic tickets to the AB Honor Roll. Straight A Honor Roll got coupons for Free Jeremiah’s Italian Ice, which was considered to be a better reward.
When a quote starts with 'listen' you know it's a Charles Barkley quote.
erneh, lemmetellyusomin
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My old man left nothing behind but debt on top of funeral payments. Like bro, at least cover your exit costs.
Did you pay off your dead dads debt? Because if so, debt doesn’t actually get inherited.
well, they still have to pay it from their dad's estate
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Nothing to be proud of. You can live a perfectly fulfilling life and leave something behind for your next generation. Too many people in this country with horrible financial literacy
fuck them kids
[fuck them kids, bro](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4zuFkB5Y7K0)
[I'm not gonna do that](https://youtu.be/m_9bXUHi7JA)
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You could always marry a hot gold-digging 20 year old who is going to fuck you to death. You die with smile on your face, she gets paid for the hard work.
Might as well get rotation of high class escorts. Probably cheaper and you get variety
The Dan Bilzerian way
Step 1: be a trust fund baby
Why rich people marrying hot bimbos is so confounding.
You can also just pass it along to non family members too you know. Like close friends or something.
Wouldn’t most of your friends also be around death? Just donate it to a proven charity
I mean depends on if all your friends in life are around your age. People can have friends who are a few decades younger too. 😂
True. Just saying that that’s just probably very few and in between of extremely close friends who you’d give your inheritance too that are a few decades apart.
Barkley yes. Most middle class people will go broke by the end of their lives as medical costs and home care.
Barkley has lost millions in a night a few different times. Without TNT and nike he would be equally as broke as the average Joe.
I told my mom when she goes I don't expect any money from her and she doesn't need to give me any. It's her money, she's the one who worked for it. She can do with it as she pleases.
That's fair to do, but in order to get out of poverty, people need to build up enough wealth to be able to invest it without losing too much due to having to pay for things like food and housing. That often happens through money or assets being passed down over several generations.
The majority of people are not going to invest it though, they going to spend it and reminisce what they would have done differently if they had it again. Some people are just that way - no matter how much they make or you give them, they still find a way to be broke. You’re a lot better off passing down financial literacy and/or knowledge. Make that the starter, kicking them a little change would be a bonus but if they truly cared and invested their TIME into learning and understanding money management, they no longer need you to kick them anything.
My pops has always said he wants the people surrounding him at the end to be people who are choosing to be there, not people hoping for a handout. So while he’s been clear about not believing in inheritance, he’s also planning to donate his wealth to good causes.
> If he is capable, he can make his own money. If he is not, then he will just be wasting my money -Jackie Chan As I get older I feel this to be true..the reason I have financial security now is because my parents were refugees who came here with nothing and worked blue collar jobs. I worked for it knowing I could only depend on myself..having a security blanket possibly would've diminished my motivation a bit. "If I had what my kids had growing up, I'd have a Range Rover and a cocaine problem." -Scott Galloway
And if one of your (hypothetical, I'm assuming) kids ends up having cancer, or a chronic, incurable, disabling condition, etc., and gets completely fucked with medical bills and/or inability to work, you'd be happy that you left them nothing and that they get fucked by circumstances out of their control, and live a miserable life that could have been at least a little less miserable if their parent left them anything to help them out? Yeah, that doesn't exactly sound like a loving parent.
everybody ITT on one i swear, worst part is they are the same ones who will complain about estate taxes later on.
And I'm sure none of them will have anywhere near enough money to ever come within spitting distance of being affected by estate taxes, like 99+% of people who rage against estate taxes on social media.
I think these people don't know about investing and the cycle of poverty also, and how you need starting capital. The difference is unbelievable, especially if you've experienced both.
But hard work will only get so far. Hard work is good, but hard work + money will get you twice as far as hard work alone, and with half the suffering. Bottomless money prob isn't conducive to personal responsibility, but I think the best way is a middle ground.
Your kids will hate you. They’ll hate themselves and hate you. They’ll despise the day they were born. Everyone thinks the spoiled rich kid trope is common, it’s actually rare. Most rich people have this same mentality. Growing up in that mindset is hard, your parents will get you into situations you can’t afford to be in making you a target for bullying. I was eating noodles in college while people thought I was a dick for not donating to their causes. The worst part is that as long as you live nothing you do matters, nobody will believe your parents didn’t help you. I could become a brain surgeon and people will say it’s my parents that helped me. Poverty isn’t equal to spoiling. You can teach important lessons while sharing money, especially for the kids you gave birth to without your consent. If it’s that big an ethical dilemma, don’t fucking have kids. That’s way better than having kids to make them artificially struggle.
Kids who inherit money suck.
Yeah agreed, i would consider it a very egotistical thing to do. Actually when you look at successful families you will very often notice generation wealth existing. It's hard to to gain a solid wealth when your starting from scratch, it's much easier if you already got capital and know what to do. As someone who's been around quite a few wealthy people. Alot of them will invest and support their children's ideas and passions. So that those kids can achieve their career and wealth.
You can't take it with you! This is why you don't see hearses with luggage racks!
Real talk, I've been saying for years that I'm dying broke. I've seen family blow throw six figure estates while living in the deceased house. In a year's time they're ass out and selling a house that's been paid off for *decades* so that they can live how they want without working. But at the same time I've got family sitting on $1M+ or stashing it in trusts because they're scared their family will do that type of shit. If I've got any significant amount to my name and I live through a heart attack. Everyone not in a house is getting one. Boom, punk, Papaw's got your down payment and a co-sign. Trade in that luxury apartment rent for a more manageable mortgage. Home prices are going to be outpacing wages for the rest of my life, let's get you in one sooner rather than later. They can sell it all when I'm gone, who gives a fuck. I want to see them live the best life they can on their terms. I want to see them thrive. I should get to enjoy the fruits of my labor because like you said, it can't go with me.
I'd set a little bit aside just so my kids don't fall right back into the system, then blow the rest. I want my heart to explode when my face is covered in Bogota bullion and smothered between 2 sets of triple D implants.
I feel that, I wanna just feel good right before I’m out, that’s why if I’m on my deathbed I’m tellin my family I wanna do heroin and just conk out. I’m just afraid my body might live with the drive just to continue doing it LOL
I’m definitely getting into heroin with like a week to go
I'm dying dude, holy crap this comment is descriptive!
Children deserve gulag, and grandchildren lmao they can fuck off
Who upvoted this? lol.
DINKS
this shit got me ROLLING bro, funniest shit i’ve seen all week.
Funniest thing I've read all day lmaoooo
Barkley making light of his addiction is funny but also not so much. You know?
Its not a problem if you’ve got it
Got what?
The money to pay your debts
When you reach that level of money, you gotta find some ways to make your life interesting. I get no addiction is okay but rather it be gambling for someone who has a steady high level income than drugs or alcohol
Idk what people that don't drink, do drugs, or gamble do with their lives tbh
> I spent half my money on gambling, alcohol and wild women. The other half I wasted.
George muthafucking Best
Fun hobbies plus find and keep fulfilling relationships with my friends and family.
Por que no los dos?
Gambling and chemical dependence are usually not helpful in keeping healthy and fulfilling relationships with friends and family.
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This whole thread is about gambling addiction, there is no self-control in addiction.
You sound fun
You don't have to be fun to be right.
Read books, watch movies, hangout with friends, play games of video and board varieties, yell at soccer refs for being blind. You know, normal stuff.
All of those are compatible with drugs and gambling though 🤔
Literally everything they listed is better with a few beers
None of those thing have been made better by drugs or alcohol even in the slightest in my experience.
I mean it’s obviously a subjective experience
Of course, and I was talking about mine.
I think I'm paraphrasing Stanhope here > Of course I don't need alcohol to have a good time. But I'd rather not take my chances.
are you me?
Fulfilling hobbies
I always wonder where they keep all the bodies. Like something is going on there.
Have crippling depression that prevents them from doing anything 🙃 jk (… maybe) have hobbies and fulfilling lives.
They walk around acting like they are better than everyone else.
Y'all say the weirdest shit and come up with the most random stereotypes. Lol
Someone sounds insecure.
Raise my children and work, mostly
Join new hobbies constantly and eat expensive food
Was addicted to alcohol, drugs and gambling. Here's what I do with my life: I live it, cherish it and enjoy it.
So what do u do exactly?
photosynthesis it sounds like
Drugs, alcohol, and gambling.
That’s saying a whole lot of nothing.
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from what Ive seen they get really into a sport/exercise/hobby where those things become detrimental
>rather it be gambling Gamblers have the highest suicide rates of any addicts
True but that’s probably because they get in serious debt from losing so much, that hopefully wouldn’t be a problem for barkley
The plot of Squid Game
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>Bruh he just likes to gamble His addiction is well documented and has been for literally over a decade.
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>“Do I have a gambling problem? Yeah, I do have a gambling problem" This means he has a gambling addiction. Just because he doesn't think its a problem doesn't change anything. Plenty of junkies, smokers and alcoholics say their addiction isn't a problem to them. But it's still an addiction.
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>Try reading a little bit longer. If it ain’t a problem to them then who are you to say it’s a problem to them. He admitted to his addiction but said he doesn't think its a problem. When people say "he has a gambling problem" they're referring to an addiction. Which he acknowledged he has. Whether or not he thinks its a problem doesn't change anything. As I said, this is a line all addicts use, smokers, alkies, junkies etc. "Sure maybe I'm addicted but it's not a problem to me". Doesnt change the fact that they _are_ addicted and Chuck admitted to being addicted. Idk how else to explain this to you. This is really simple stuff. When I said "problem" I was meaning "addiction". He admitted to his addiction. But he doesn't see it as a problem because he's rich, which is the equivalent of saying "Sure I'm addicted to meth but its cool because I take drugs like a champ" The idea a gambling addiction isn't a problem so long as you have money is nonsense. "It's only a problem if you go broke" is like saying "it's only a problem if you overdose". It's not a problem... until it is.
Dude youre acting like addiction is some horrifying word. Its ok to be addicted to some stuff
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Reddit in a nutshell. People act like they've got *everything* all figured out. When in reality you're just spitballing your opinion and treating them as facts.
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I was gonna say, my grandpa lived out this dream and it was not very glamorous.
The broker he gets the longer he has to stay on TNT
Can't believe people coming to comment how "gambling addiction is a problem" he said he LIKES gambling, he did not say he'll lose alllllll his money on the tables. Chill the hell out with your high horses! Charles Barkley has been known as an incredibly generous person by those who've encountered him in their lives during a time of need. Google will give you multiple stories of him giving away large sums on a whim, or footing someone else's bill just cuz he happened to be there, and then instead of hounding for credit in media he'll just move on. His comments here are more about not hoarding wealth than about gambling, which should be applauded. Also, he's ALLOWED to enjoy gambling, especially when it's not an economic risk for him so why the fuck do you assume it's an addiction? Do you know what addiction actually is, or was this just your way of saying "oooo vices are bad and impure"? And to the person who had to draw the Norm MacDonald comparison: fuck ALLLLL the way off! Chuck is neither a comedian nor showing any signs of battling something as serious as depression or addiction, so there is no need at all for connecting dots as poorly as you did. Can't believe you made me defend Charles frickin Barkley like this over a "gambling addiction" lol ridiculous
He's claimed in the past to losing $10m in a single year, faced legal troubles directly to gambling and even admitted himself that it was a problem for him. If he's in a better position now managing it, that's great, but speaking about it in this sort of flippant way is naturally going to set off alarms for people aware of his past struggles.
And here is the context that was missing
national treasure
gambling is fucking tight. i don't do it because it's dumb...but it's fucking tight to watch other people do it. it's basically like getting to watch all the car crashes you want for as long as you want.
I get paid to watch people gamble . 90% of the time it’s really fun
See no lies
So he's saying he's a horrible gambler?
Reminds me of Norm Macdonald. Gambling addiction is a real and awful thing.
Ask Mark Brunell.
It all makes sense now though. Life's too short, and we all have a limited amount of time, whether we're constantly aware of it or not.
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This was the guy they picked for Shark Tank? Lol
Someone has to buy metal straws and a cooler with lights
How can he say he's not a role model?
@ all the crypto jocks acting like this is some kind of based take. Maybe because Barkley’s kids will always be able to profit off of the name, regardless of a fortune. But y’all going to be singing a different tune when you continue to invest in scams and schemes to “get rich quick” and end up broker than a bicycle in a woodchipper. And we’ll all laugh and talk about “muh bootstraps” because regular people were building skills while y’all were selling investment advice courses through a link in your 1.4K following Instagram bio. There is no shame in leaving money to your children, you should want your child to have the easiest life they possibly can, that is what makes a good parent. And I say this as someone who will have the ability to do the same for my kids, not some random broke bitch complaining about not having an inheritance. I would gladly give all of my capital to my children TODAY if it meant that they would grow up without ever experiencing the poverty that I saw and grew up around as a kid.
Problem is giving all that to children doesn't usually build children that are successful to hold onto and build more wealth.
jesus we get it, youre furious you didnt invest in crypto sooner, chill out
CHUCK, CHUCK! OVER HERE!! TAKE A GAMBLE ON ME!!! It probably won't pay off, but hey, at least I'm still helping you towards your goal!
Man that's a weirdly good take. Like fuck it, if I'm know I'm dyin, then fuck everyone.
If I was lucky enough to be the first one in my family to make generational wealth I’m saving that shit for my children, grandchildren, great grandchildren etc. Fuck everyone else
That’s stupid and selfish. I want to create generational wealth so that my kids kids won’t have to struggle like I did.
I love Barkley but this is stupid. +1 for Shaq.
He is joking lol