Racism directly benefited me last night. Old guy at the poker table checked down a flush vs me. When I asked him why he said "Because I like you. And because you're white and us white guys gotta stick together." The table was mostly asian, but everyone laughed. Woke is dead!
The dichotomy of Asian stereotypes is really funny to me. On one hand you have study hard mathematic and on the other you have degenerate gambling chain smokers. The second is a well kept secret but very true.
If you go play poker and don't keep racial stereotypes in mind you are throwing money away. The 65 year old white man tends to play very differently than the 65 year old asian man.
See this clip from a poker call in show - it makes me laugh because the host knows exactly what he means.
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I went on a date with a girl who was 5’10. She told me that short girls could never be beautiful
Upon further reflection I realize that I do the exact same thing other areas of life, so who am I to judge.
One of the most interesting things about poker is how bad everyone is. Despite all the free resources available I constantly see guys put half their paycheck on the table and then proceed to play like absolute morons
Surprised I don't see more Indians playing online poker. There's a lot of grinders from other medium income countries (Brazil, Russia, Eastern Europe) and Indians are smart enough to do well. Maybe a cultural aversion.
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Worked construction with a big latino dude. Every lunch break he would show me pretty girls dancing from his explore page
Selling what is essentially status and peace of mind as a service is less fake and more recession proof than you might imagine
I hate how this is framed as Zelensky being unreasonable. To him there’s no downside to asking for more aid and massive upside, it would be malpractice for him not to ask!
Zelensky is apparently prepared to tell Congress that whatever the US has given Ukraine -- $45 billion in new aid now under consideration -- it is not enough. From @AP: apnews.com/article/russia-uk…
