2025-12-06 21:31:42

This week's most absurd take? Watching folks bend over backwards trying to convince themselves prediction markets aren't just gambling with extra steps. The mental gymnastics are truly something else.

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GoldDiggerDuck

· 2025-12-09 21:30

Prediction markets are just gambling in disguise, who can't see that? Trying to dress it up as some kind of financial innovation is hilarious.

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DAOdreamer

· 2025-12-09 00:12

Prediction markets are just gambling in disguise. No matter how you spin it, it's still betting. It's honestly funny when some people pretend not to see through it.

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BrokenYield

· 2025-12-08 14:23

nah this is exactly what happened with structured products before 2008 lmao. just slap some "market efficiency" labels on pure speculation and suddenly it's legitimate. the correlation matrix doesn't lie though—it's all leverage dressed up in elegant language. smart money already priced in the systemic risk, retail's just catching up to the losses.

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RugDocScientist

· 2025-12-06 22:01

Haha, alright then. It's just gambling with a different name called "the market." Some people insist on arguing that they're making "rational decisions"... It's really unbelievable.

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NFTregretter

· 2025-12-06 22:01

Prediction markets are just gambling dressed up in Web3—who's still trying to argue otherwise?

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DancingCandles

· 2025-12-06 21:57

Is there any fundamental difference between prediction markets and gambling? Honestly, they're both about putting your money where your mouth is—just with a fancier-sounding name.

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CryptoHistoryClass

· 2025-12-06 21:57

ngl, prediction markets are literally just betting with extra documentation. call it what it is lol. we've seen this exact cope cycle before... tulip traders said the same thing about "fair valuation models" back in the day. history doesn't repeat but it sure as hell rhymes

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