I liked it.Mito Man wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 10:24 am Anyone seen the Coinbase ad that was banned floating around online
I just saw this. As a piece of satire it really is a great bit of work.
It certainly reminded me of you
Thank you Simon. My investments are mainly not crypto as that really is gambling.Jobbo wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 8:50 pmIt certainly reminded me of you
Don’t know how you can be such an optimist about your ‘investments’ while being such a pessimist about the real world you live in. Genuinely, you’re getting on now - cash out if you’re in profit, invest in something less risky.
Gambling. Define it. You are encouraged in this country to invest in your future. The tax breaks for pensions are attractive yet the fees and tax also can be not good. So you put a pot in your pension for time thinking you can have 25 percent tax free and you bought a house on the basis that would settle the mortgage on your house. Then the rules change and your 250k tax free then suddenly becomes 100k. Who is gambling? The law changes all the time and you can only make the best way forward knowing they will ruin your plansduncs500 wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 4:12 pmI just saw this. As a piece of satire it really is a great bit of work.
I am concerned by the fact that pretty much all the comments were talking about how it shouldn't have been banned and that it was banned because there was too much truth in it! You have to be pretty thick to think that an an ad that's telling you your life is shit so take what little you've got and gamble it might not be seen as a good idea.
It could just as well have been a PaddyPower ad... it would have got banned just the same (only with much more furore about how disgraceful it was from a gambling company).
Not even mentioning the raising of ages. If anything is gambling in the UK its putting all your wealth into a pension.This is probably from the 1950s.duncs500 wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:40 pm Apparently it's "the activity of betting money, for example in a game or on a horse race".
Can you predict anything? If you can, you will be very wealthy and not have to sell courses online to mugsduncs500 wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:40 pm
But that's not really my point. It's a volatile market, and certainly there's money to be made and lost in equal measure potentially at least to some degree helped by knowing what you're doing.
Nothing is certain, but an idiot is going to lose everything much faster with crypto. Good for you for doing well out of it.Broccers wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:52 pmCan you predict anything? If you can, you will be very wealthy and not have to sell courses online to mugsduncs500 wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:40 pm
But that's not really my point. It's a volatile market, and certainly there's money to be made and lost in equal measure potentially at least to some degree helped by knowing what you're doing.
On subject tho my gambling pot is only up 110 percent, my bank account with far more money in is up nowhere as near.
Oh my god, if only you'd said that! We wouldn't have needed a 78 page thread with you shilling them if you said you weren't really investing in themBroccers wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:18 pm My investments are mainly not crypto as that really is gambling.
Thanks for the tip, I’ve just bought some as they have a nice dividend too.Broccers wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:45 am Wh smith down 40 percent today. For the gamblers out there
I bought tooV8Granite wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 2:15 pmThanks for the tip, I’ve just bought some as they have a nice dividend too.Broccers wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 10:45 am Wh smith down 40 percent today. For the gamblers out there
I sold consolidated airlines as I was 40% up on them but they’ve stagnated a bit since.
Dave!
Off loaded the high street and making in travel where they can get away with high prices. A hold and see one hopefully with the div still intact V8Granite wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 4:22 pm I’ve had enough pre-flight meal deals where I want some payback!!
Dave!
Welcome to the Casino.
