groucho

I've gambled twice in my life. The first time was sitting in a gas station casino because my buddy's car overheated on the pass. Put $20 into a keno machine, lost about half of it, realized I could have gotten several beers instead. Got annoyed with myself and cashed out.

The second time was in Vegas. Same buddy gave me a massive hit on a vape pen and dragged me over to a blackjack table. He dumped some chips in front of me things happened, the table was a lot of fun to look at, the dealer cleared her throat in a really annoyed way because I was grooving on the pattern on the back of the cards instead of playing. I handed the chips back to my buddy and told the entire casino I was too high for this shit.

I guess I don't have the gene. I've got an addictive personality in general and that's been fun to deal with, but I'm glad it doesn't extend to gambling.

I can see at least one innovation there. Diodes make current go one direction. D1 ensures current goes neither direction.