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Mave said:
Good, way too many people are addicted. Sadly a lot of kids/teens.

Belgium bans gambling advertising from July 1
www.reuters.com

Belgium bans gambling advertising from July 1

The Belgian government has decided to ban gambling advertising across multiple platforms from July 1 in a bid to crack down on addiction and debt, with a further prohibition on ads in stadiums and sports sponsorships coming at a later date.
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Excellent. This is a good move, for everybody except the gambling industry.

Quite importantly:
As part of the new rules, sponsorship expenses will no longer be tax deductible for gambling companies.
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This'll be a big one. A large percentage of these company's expenses are towards ads. Of course, how long it'll be until they find a stupid loophole will remain to be seen, but...
 
Stybar said:
Excellent. This is a good move, for everybody except the gambling industry.

Quite importantly:


This'll be a big one. A large percentage of these company's expenses are towards ads. Of course, how long it'll be until they find a stupid loophole will remain to be seen, but...
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I actually expect most of them to go bankrupt (at least in Belgium) because of this.
 
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Full video:

Imagine being the literal physical embodiment of what people imagine when they think of 4chan users
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gets arrested at Mom's house
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Shocking.

For real though, I can't really say it was a direct threat? It reads more like a "ugh, I wish" kinda thing. I wonder what else they have on him, because if this is all, it'll be easy to defend in court.

Of course, until they open up his "homework" folder.
 
So it's illegal to identify as gay? So it's cool as long as you say "no homo"?
 
inb4 Disney starts running for Senator. Either as a company, or with a sock puppet employee. It wouldn't surprise the least, especially after that whole zoning debacle.


Although, I'm 99% sure that this action was not organized by Disney themselves, but just a few employees. If Disney was really that gung-ho about LGBTQ positivity, they'd say so on the Chinese market too.
 
I mean come on..

Rapper Afroman is being sued by the officers who raided his home (after he used home security footage of the raid in a music video)
apnews.com

Rap artist Afroman sued by officers who raided his home

Seven law enforcement officers have sued rap artist Afroman. They are accusing him of improperly using footage from a police raid on his Ohio home last year in his music videos. Four deputies, two sergeants and a detective with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office brought the suit earlier this...
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Time to include a lot more magnesium in our diet.

More magnesium in our daily diet (more than 550mg of magnesium each day) leads to better brain health as we age, and it could also help reduce the risk of dementia
www.anu.edu.au

Eating more magnesium each day keeps dementia at bay

More magnesium in our daily diet leads to better brain health as we age, according to scientists from the Neuroimaging and Brain Lab at The Australian National University (ANU). The researchers say an increased intake of magnesium-rich foods such as spinach and nuts could also help reduce the...
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Did a quick search on magnesium rich foods, and was surprised with the results. Lots of basic "healthy" stuff, like whole grains, leafy vegetables, beans and nuts,...
But also... dark chocolate. Especially >70% cocoa.
 
Stybar said:
Did a quick search on magnesium rich foods, and was surprised with the results. Lots of basic "healthy" stuff, like whole grains, leafy vegetables, beans and nuts,...
But also... dark chocolate. Especially >70% cocoa.
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Message understood, will eat myself sick on dark chocolate.
 
Mave said:
I mean come on..

Rapper Afroman is being sued by the officers who raided his home (after he used home security footage of the raid in a music video)
apnews.com

Rap artist Afroman sued by officers who raided his home

Seven law enforcement officers have sued rap artist Afroman. They are accusing him of improperly using footage from a police raid on his Ohio home last year in his music videos. Four deputies, two sergeants and a detective with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office brought the suit earlier this...
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Minor update: that song isn't the only one! motherfucker is making a whole damn album about this.

Here's another one:
 
Stybar said:
Minor update: that song isn't the only one! motherfucker is making a whole damn album about this.

Here's another one:
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Lmao, shit's even catchy. For a second I thought we were about to see the sheriff actually taking a slice. Only thing that could have made the video better.
LEMON POUND CAKE
 
This was interesting to watch: NASA announces the people who will visit the moon again since 1974

 
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