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[flipping_fate]

[phone]This is a funny contraption. Imagine, being able to talk to people through little metal strings! It sure is something. Am I using it alright? I hope everyone can hear me

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[cramschoolgod]

Hmm.

Firstly, yes, it's true. Secondly, armaments are not the most useful things to possess here, given the wide disparity in power levels, but there are some people, I believe, who are running a forge of some kind. And thirdly, the only reason to gamble is if the odds favor you substantially enough.

[flipping_fate]

I appreciate it.

Tell me, though. What's the fun in gambling if you always know you're going to win in the end?

[cramschoolgod]

It's not gambling if you always know you're going to win; the odds being in your favor don't guarantee anything. However, there is no reason to do it -- at least not for the hopes of gain -- if the odds are against you.

[flipping_fate]

I suppose it doesn't matter to me, as long as there's a chance one or the other. Sometimes my luck is good enough that I'll win, whatever the odds. It's a great feeling.

[cramschoolgod]

Unless there is provably such a thing as luck in your universe, I don't understand the statement.

[flipping_fate]

No?

Hasn't there ever been a time when you felt like you could do no wrong? Some moment when you felt completely in sync with the world and totally unstoppable?

[cramschoolgod]

No, I don't know what you mean. Such a feeling sounds like irrational exuberance, a danger which is manifest in people commonly after a long run of success, and which simply means that their likely eventual failure is exponential in magnitude.

[flipping_fate]

Well, you are right. We all lose eventually, but there's nothing irrational about enjoying good luck while you have it.

[cramschoolgod]

Good luck is simply a psychological phenomenon. It doesn't exist in the real world.

[flipping_fate]

Well, I have a feeling we're not going to see eye to eye on this.

[cramschoolgod]

...So it would appear, yes.