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Video game "loot boxes" may become federally illegal??......
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coppercone2:
someone in the factory left a drill in the trunk?
james_s:
I don't feel particularly strongly one way or another. I hate the "freemium" model, but should it be illegal? That's less clear.

I don't gamble, that's a personal choice. I view gambling as a tax on people who don't understand math. I don't necessarily think gambling should be illegal though, as the old saying goes "a fool and his money are soon parted" and if you block somebody from one vice they'll find something else to spend their money on.

Rather than a law this strikes me as something where a public education campaign could be beneficial. If people are aware of the risks going in they may be less likely to get into it in the first place or to let their kids play it.
Smokey:

--- Quote from: julianhigginson on June 11, 2020, 04:30:41 am ---Smokey, you're missing a lot of points here..

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Correct.  I'm just some dude on the internet with an opinion. 

--- Quote from: julianhigginson on June 11, 2020, 04:30:41 am ---But I'll start by saying I'm pretty sure you are not, and have never been, a parent.

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Again, Correct.  I actually have a feeling kids and loot boxes have a lot more in common than people think.  Your genetics and the chemistry in your brain make it essentially biologically compelling to roll the kids dice and you have zero guarantees how your kids roll will turn out.  You may be hoping for an "epic", but that's far from certain and there are no re-rolls.  Maybe if more people had a clearer understanding of the small print that comes along with kids they would make different decisions up front about if that's their best investment.
https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/01/13/cost-raising-child


And I feel like you are making some of my points with the comparisons to casino gambling and pervasive advertising and other "adult" influences.  You either learn how to navigate the difficult parts of the world early or you learn it later, and the later you learn these things the more serious and costly the lessons become.  When there is too much of an artificial shelter from all perceived dangers early on (parental or legislative), then you get people who think "adulting" is something that you start learning how to do after you turn 25. 
David Hess:
Lawmakers do not have a problem with gambling as long as they get a cut.  Witness the shenanigans with various state lotteries in the US.
SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: Smokey on June 15, 2020, 07:49:01 am ---
--- Quote from: julianhigginson on June 11, 2020, 04:30:41 am ---Smokey, you're missing a lot of points here..

--- End quote ---
Correct.  I'm just some dude on the internet with an opinion. 

--- Quote from: julianhigginson on June 11, 2020, 04:30:41 am ---But I'll start by saying I'm pretty sure you are not, and have never been, a parent.

--- End quote ---
Again, Correct.  I actually have a feeling kids and loot boxes have a lot more in common than people think.  Your genetics and the chemistry in your brain make it essentially biologically compelling to roll the kids dice and you have zero guarantees how your kids roll will turn out.  You may be hoping for an "epic", but that's far from certain and there are no re-rolls.  Maybe if more people had a clearer understanding of the small print that comes along with kids they would make different decisions up front about if that's their best investment.
https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2017/01/13/cost-raising-child


And I feel like you are making some of my points with the comparisons to casino gambling and pervasive advertising and other "adult" influences.  You either learn how to navigate the difficult parts of the world early or you learn it later, and the later you learn these things the more serious and costly the lessons become.  When there is too much of an artificial shelter from all perceived dangers early on (parental or legislative), then you get people who think "adulting" is something that you start learning how to do after you turn 25.

--- End quote ---

You try to raise kids to be as smart as us, here, on this forum!  then they'll be OK.
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