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I grew up not being allowed to play with playing cards because of “the appearance of evil.” My parents now use them, so I guess they got over it, but they still prefer other types of cards (e.g. Rook was our go-to).
It’s basically puritanical nonsense, yeah. My religion (still very much involved) is against “games of chance” and people get dogmatic about it. My take is that as long as I’m not expecting something for nothing or hoping to get positive return when the math says I should expect a negative return, I’m good. So no gambling, but playing poker for fun is fine (no stakes).
I grew up not being allowed to play with playing cards because of “the appearance of evil.” My parents now use them, so I guess they got over it, but they still prefer other types of cards (e.g. Rook was our go-to).
It’s basically puritanical nonsense, yeah. My religion (still very much involved) is against “games of chance” and people get dogmatic about it. My take is that as long as I’m not expecting something for nothing or hoping to get positive return when the math says I should expect a negative return, I’m good. So no gambling, but playing poker for fun is fine (no stakes).