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Argonnek

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A bit of an odd question about casinos.
« on: July 22, 2013, 11:54:50 pm »
For my brother's birthday, we went to a casino buffet to enter into food comas. During our usual round of bizarre conversation, a question came up: How many of the seven deadly sins does the casino pander to?

We were able to come up with the two obvious ones:
Buffet=gluttony, and the casino floor=greed.

Now I'm thinking that envy and pride probably factor in there somewhere, but I can't quite place them.
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Re: A bit of an odd question about casinos.
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2013, 12:32:07 am »
Avarice = Obvious.
Envy = Of other winners.
Gluttony = Buffet.
Lust = ...
Pride = Belief that you will be able to win while others fail.
Sloth = Refusal of honest work in favor of profit by chance.
Wrath = Rage at not winning.
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Re: A bit of an odd question about casinos.
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2013, 12:36:52 am »
Have you ever been to a casino? Some of the outfits they put the female workers in defiantly panders to lust.
Also, isn't it avarice and greed, rather than avarice and envy? I thought greed was wanting more, while avarice was wanting what others have AKA envy.
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Re: A bit of an odd question about casinos.
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2013, 12:43:00 am »
No, avarice=greed.
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Re: A bit of an odd question about casinos.
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2013, 12:45:12 am »
Oh... Well I've been using that one wrong the entire time.

So can we fit in acedia at all? I mean it is different enough from sloth to count.
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Re: A bit of an odd question about casinos.
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2013, 01:11:22 am »
It has the potential to pander to the every of the sins.
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