hollyhoppet OP wrote on January 21, 2026 at 8:27 AM

Reply to comment by cute_spider in be kind to yourself by hollyhoppet

i mean if you don't want to, this was mainly a reminder for myself

hollyhoppet wrote on January 19, 2026 at 8:01 PM

Reply to surely puzzmo knows how horrible their keyboard is and i don't have to email them to tell them how horrible their keyboard is by oolong

you might have to email them to tell them how horrible their keyboard is tbh

hollyhoppet wrote on January 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM

Reply to comment by twovests in there has got to be a correlation between math education in the US and the rise of sports betting, polymarket, etc by twovests

yup.

anyway fun fact kind of related to the other branch of the thread: my grandfather was a "professional gambler" lol and made most of his money on horse races

hollyhoppet wrote on January 15, 2026 at 8:26 PM

Reply to comment by hollyhoppet in there has got to be a correlation between math education in the US and the rise of sports betting, polymarket, etc by twovests

oh i should expand on that. one of the reasons we're seeing so much sports betting is due to relaxation of regulations in the trump administration

hollyhoppet wrote on January 15, 2026 at 8:12 PM

Reply to comment by twovests in there has got to be a correlation between math education in the US and the rise of sports betting, polymarket, etc by twovests

ahhhhh yeah, i get you now. maybe? guess it depends on whether that results in the government caring lol.

hollyhoppet wrote on January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM

Reply to comment by twovests in there has got to be a correlation between math education in the US and the rise of sports betting, polymarket, etc by twovests

i don't know if you've ever been addicted to something but like.... you can think "this is bad for me" as much as you want but still be hooked. it takes a different, specific set of tools to kick an addiction.

hollyhoppet wrote on January 15, 2026 at 6:32 PM (edited on January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM)

Reply to there has got to be a correlation between math education in the US and the rise of sports betting, polymarket, etc by twovests

i think it's more about lack of education on managing gambling addiction. it's often the case all the math knowledge in the world can't help against addiction impulses, sadly

hollyhoppet wrote on January 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM

Reply to "Amazon dot com" should be the floor for online shopping, not the ceiling. Why is online commerce so bad? by twovests

would you believe me if i told you the reason was short term profit motive

hollyhoppet wrote on January 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM

Reply to does anyone remember the incredibly shitty but very alluring game Adventure Quest? they had a promotional in-game Korn concert on their VR spinoff by twovests

i made a text based adventure on my ti-83 called "adventure quest" in 2001 but for some reason nobody took my copyright claim against the high profile adventure quest seriously