• gregorum
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    1514 days ago

    Strange, as you’ve clearly laid out the odds, risks, etc. and you’re betting your life on your supposed “beliefs”.

    Sure sounds like gambling to me…

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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      -1414 days ago

      No that’s just risk assessment.

      Gambling is things like blackjack, slots, poker or any kind of insurance.

      • gregorum
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        14 days ago

        A risk assessment is a normal part of gambling. You’re just describing games, like the one you’re playing now to rationalize your gambling with your own life by avoiding getting any sort of health insurance.

        • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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          -614 days ago

          A deck of cards or a die are normal parts of gambling too but they aren’t intrinsically gambling either.

          • gregorum
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            They are when you bet something on the outcome— ya know, gambling… like how you risk both your financial future and your life when you choose to not have health insurance.

      • @roofuskit@lemmy.world
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        914 days ago

        Insurance is by definition not gambling. It is only indemnity. The reality is that without insurance you are gambling that you’ll get to keep the money you didn’t spend on insurance and not be financially ruined.

        • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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          Insurance is gambling because I’m betting that if I get cancer I get a payout larger than the amount I wagered by buying insurance.

          • gregorum
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            714 days ago

            That’s not how health insurance works. You would never get more than your medical costs and would almost always get less.

            • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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              -214 days ago

              Insurance companies to turn a profit will be charging more then they pay out, but as a single policy-holder there is a good chance they will pay me more then I pay out making it gambling.

              • gregorum
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                514 days ago

                but as a single policy-holder there is a good chance they will pay me more then I pay out making it gambling.

                But the risk isn’t health insurance vs gambling. That’s a straw man, as not having health insurance is already gambling, and you’re trying to change the argument because your previous reasoning was shown to be faulty.

                Nice try.

                • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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                  -114 days ago

                  I’m betting that if I get cancer I get a payout larger than the amount I wagered by buying insurance.

                  I haven’t tried to change the argument, I clarified it so you could understand.

                  • gregorum
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                    14 days ago

                    I’m not the one here with difficulty understanding what the word “gamble” means.

                    Hope this helps: