Comment by TheOtherHobbes
6 hours ago
It's the novelty and rarity. He wants an experience he can't have all the time.
It's banal to you as an adult, because it's not rare or new.
Adults do the same thing in more exotic and expensive contexts.
6 hours ago
It's the novelty and rarity. He wants an experience he can't have all the time.
It's banal to you as an adult, because it's not rare or new.
Adults do the same thing in more exotic and expensive contexts.
It's gambling. I think pretty much all carnival games work like that.
Fundamentally, doesn't gambling require a potential payout that is more valuable than the initial input? If you can only ever get less than you put in that's not really a gamble is it?
One well-known definition of gambling is whether it has 3 components: a prize, runs on chance, and requires consideration (payment).
That consideration > prize isn't part of this common definition.
It's still a gamble, just a really bad one for you