cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/8649490
I love betting on natural disasters!
Create a problem. Sell the solution.
Gut the NOAA. Sell Kashi.
this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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Am I the only person who assumed “esteemed” was sarcastic?
No, I figured this was sarcasm too lol
Nope. I considered putting it in quotes rather than keeping the original title when crossposting, but thought it was obvious enough without them.
Guess I overestimated people 😮💨
It's not esteemed it's a shitrag tabloid
Yeah. I considered changing it but thought the sarcasm was obvious enough. Guess not 🤷🏻
Morgan Freeman: "It was obvious enough."
Fair enough
Wasn't sure
Had to be clear
Isn't it owned by the moonies oh no that's the Washington Times it's a Murdoch owned rag
Esteemed? I've used toilet paper more esteemed than that trash
Dammit, I SHOULD have added quotation marks rather than count on people detecting the sarcasm dripping off of it! 🤦🏻
I've never seen the New York Post described as "esteemed" before.
Only sarcastically so, as in this case.
Nobody sane thinks that of the NY Compost
By the end of the year you will have someone cheering/complaining because over 500 people did/didn't die in a natural disaster...
Can anyone explain to me how “prediction” markets aren’t just straight up gambling? Did some “it’s legal to gamble outside Nevada, Indian Reservations and Atlantic City” bill pass that I didn’t hear about?
It seems to be a long term trend that gambling has spread much further, but I think this supreme court case was a point where it became essentially up to each state now to allow gambling or not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphy_v._National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association
Oh this is far more corrupt than normal gambling
Can anyone explain to me how “prediction” markets aren’t just straight up gambling
They are. Except not really, since there's so much insider "betting" that the majority of money "won" is by people who knew the result in advance.
Gambling's legal in a lot more places now.
I can’t wait to wag the dog by placing a bunch of bets
No, you see this is a good thing because now you can bet that your house will be destroyed by climate disasters so when your house gets destroyed by a climate disaster you can make some money to rebuild your house /s
That's so fucking pathetic.