This is a slot tournament where you get a few minutes to win as much as possible and then get prizes based on how you compare to others so obviously the more you manage to play the better.
You are correct - not sure why the downvotes. I guess it's a slow news day on Imgur and people haven't, yet, found out what they want to be mad about....
How much money are they spending? Im such a cheapskate that when i play slots i count to 10 between pressing the button to force myself to stretch out my pennies
It's a slot tournament - they're not just leisurely playing. You have only a certain amount of time, and the highest money total at the end wins the pot. They can either pay to get in or sometimes you can win a spot in other ways. Not sure why you think it sad because I'm pretty sure they traveled to be there and, at their age, they've earned the right to do what they want with their money. Someone in that row might win as much as 5 - 10K depending on the tournament.
Honestly, that's a good fiscal idea. Blockchain the slot machines all together. Then you're collecting on both the gambling and the btc generation without much extra cost applied.
Those slot machines will be chained to a block of iron. I don't want them old fogies to walk off with the shiny light machine! Those kleptos will steal the last bolt of the buffet tables keeping them on the ground.
This is a slot tournament where it’s free credit for a limited time and who ever has the highest total wins at the pool money you paid to join. Not as sad as it looks
The elderly make a day out of it. There's usually a bus that takes a group, then they go to the slots to party, they eat at the buffet @ 4, party some more, and then head home. Being old is lonely and boring. They're having a blast right now.
Imagine voluntarily making your life's purpose being the run key for what amounts to a random number generator. God, these people have less agency in this situation than a line of fucking code. Fucking footage of dogs sifting through the ruins of the WTC on 9/11 is less depressing than this.
It’s a slot tournament. Only a few people actually have fun, really. The sound of the buttons clacking grates on your nerves after the first few times you run one.
Bless your soul! I’m in Database Marketing and often soldiered out amongst the crowds to study the demographics involved.
The attendees were primarily budget players looking for more bang for their buck. Many of them hated doing it, but did so on the off chance they could win a little and extend their play time.
Besides, many of them had little better to do with their time.
I can’t even go to a casino anymore. It feels like I’m at work. It’s lost its glitz for me.
I have never worked in a casino but I still don't feel any glamour when I walk into one. Like oh boy, the smell of unhealthy people, the overpriced meals, the soulless eyes staring at slot machine screens... If they are trying to sell me on the concept of an exciting life, they have to try a fuckload harder.
The smaller casinos are the worst. Because they prey on those people spending pennies to try to win. I hated working there, but it was literally the only place that wasn't walmart or dollar general.
The worst is when it's ESC to get to the boot menu, but ESC also leaves the boot menu. So you spam the key a bit slower, hoping you're fast enough to catch it but slow enough to not exit out of it.
illmx
This is so depressing
ottawafour
That is so true.
shadow351
"Skill Games"
ShereeAnderson
😂😂😂 this is so accurate!!!!
TheMentallyillist
I do the same repetitive motion similarly bout twice a day and I bet I have more fun. I also shout “Jackpot” at the payout.
Orc6000
This is so sad to me.
rumandbass
It's me playing Diablo 3 for the 33rd season.
KsuviKhor
That’s just me throwing snowballs for Team Acorn
cuttysark
I remember doing this in the 90s
LitterBoxKing
Hell, I did this last week.
cuttysark
I moved from PCs to network engineering in 95. It means I didn't to it to PCs anymore, just switches and routers.
DarthFutuza
How to farm out all this human button clicking into solving captchas for me? -AI Overlords probably
terifrastus
fucking horrifying thing to see
tacosmckinsey
I swear....kids are obsessed with their phones
ryry1237
Dopamine button in old fashioned form.
nomadgeo2002
Some strange version of the matrix 😱f
Apeofdeath
It's going to take more effort than that to delete my browser history
JarJarDrinks
"Games People Play" - Alan Parsons Project
Green74p
This is a slot tournament where you get a few minutes to win as much as possible and then get prizes based on how you compare to others so obviously the more you manage to play the better.
RUFingKiddingMe
You are correct - not sure why the downvotes. I guess it's a slow news day on Imgur and people haven't, yet, found out what they want to be mad about....
Plifplafpluff
Gotta love boomers
drGrafenberg
You don’t know your sequence? Weak.
northernchoice
How much money are they spending? Im such a cheapskate that when i play slots i count to 10 between pressing the button to force myself to stretch out my pennies
Bl4zin
Responsible gaming habits right there! Counting to 10 might just be the secret to a longer gaming session
Threemorewishes
sad
RUFingKiddingMe
It's a slot tournament - they're not just leisurely playing. You have only a certain amount of time, and the highest money total at the end wins the pot. They can either pay to get in or sometimes you can win a spot in other ways. Not sure why you think it sad because I'm pretty sure they traveled to be there and, at their age, they've earned the right to do what they want with their money. Someone in that row might win as much as 5 - 10K depending on the tournament.
gnomedeplume
FelonyRaptor
Addictions usually are.
dreadfroggy
It's Bitcoin for the elderly
knotch2
Which reminds me after you're done setting up the bios and imaging the laptop, don't forget to bitlocker it. Lol
Kyrorayne
Honestly, that's a good fiscal idea. Blockchain the slot machines all together. Then you're collecting on both the gambling and the btc generation without much extra cost applied.
gnomedeplume
so make them even more wasteful in energy consumption, great idea
Unclescam
But don't actually do block chain shit. Just say you are.
Kyrorayne
Those slot machines will be chained to a block of iron. I don't want them old fogies to walk off with the shiny light machine! Those kleptos will steal the last bolt of the buffet tables keeping them on the ground.
TheHuntedSnark
... then, eventually, you realize you have a Bluetooth keyboard which only connects once the OS kernel has loaded ....
JonWallace1985
Keyboard not found, press F1 to continue.
Kyrorayne
HATED THAT one soooo much. Especially the old PS2 keyboards that the mb couldn't find a driver for on post.
ilovebigmutts
Laughs in millennial video gamer, same dopamine, "different" source.
2074red2074
My dopamine source costs less than $1/hr. Some games less than a penny per hour even.
wadatahmydamie
Sure. And you don’t lost hundreds of dollars a minute
rshini
*stares in Gacha*
ilovebigmutts
Those are actually pay to enter tournaments, most points per player win.
toolzgalore2
whatsisname
gnomedeplume
it should just be the any key, if you want to boot normally, don't touch anything
Krashtestdummy
wadatahmydamie
Heheheheh mirthful, yes, quite jocular! Hehhehheh
LariCheltsy
This old lady RULES!
HardyandRamanujan
Christ this is depressing. We have become so good at exploiting and monetizing our brainstem triggers. Humanity is doomed.
lsnasty
Dopamine baby
D1RTYPENGU1N
This is a slot tournament where it’s free credit for a limited time and who ever has the highest total wins at the pool money you paid to join. Not as sad as it looks
TheMentallyillist
Ok boomer
gnomedeplume
so they're getting developing repetitive strain and hoping their luck will pay off but at a competitive level
dorpjorp
The elderly make a day out of it. There's usually a bus that takes a group, then they go to the slots to party, they eat at the buffet @ 4, party some more, and then head home. Being old is lonely and boring. They're having a blast right now.
JustAGamerDreamin
Indeed. How depressing.
dorpjorp
Come back when you are elderly and see what you think of the day
JustAGamerDreamin
I appreciate the offer. I will have to politely decline, gambling is just too stupid.
dorpjorp
You're missing the point. It's not about the gambling, it's about the loneliness of aging.
wadatahmydamie
gnomedeplume
bread and circuses. nothing new under the sun
QueefSlurper6372
Everyone looks like they are having a great time
gnomedeplume
anything seems like a great time when you're not stuck in a retirement home all day
Skizmo
Zombie time
dirtmarker
Ive done this drunk off my ass on a cruise ship. Absolutely fabulous. 14/10 would (and will) do again.
hotrodny
This makes me sad
TsubakiTragic
they call this 'fun'. Can't see it myself.
SpectralSpider
Imagine voluntarily making your life's purpose being the run key for what amounts to a random number generator. God, these people have less agency in this situation than a line of fucking code. Fucking footage of dogs sifting through the ruins of the WTC on 9/11 is less depressing than this.
SupposablyPersnickity
It’s a slot tournament. Only a few people actually have fun, really. The sound of the buttons clacking grates on your nerves after the first few times you run one.
YellowHoodieExpress
There are *tournaments*?? 😳
Horrible idea, next idea for Olympics?
Someone with Parkinson could go for gold then /s
I'll show myself out...
skylardarkfox
Seems as much a tournament as the Powerball is.
BarryTheCyborg
Pachinko is even worse. Stepped inside a parlor briefly when I visited Japan, and felt like I was going to get hearing damage.
CookieMonstersCrumbs
This is very, VERY common in smaller casinos that draw the older, local crowd. Former cage cashier who used to watch it 8hrs a night, 5 days a week.
SupposablyPersnickity
Bless your soul! I’m in Database Marketing and often soldiered out amongst the crowds to study the demographics involved.
The attendees were primarily budget players looking for more bang for their buck. Many of them hated doing it, but did so on the off chance they could win a little and extend their play time.
Besides, many of them had little better to do with their time.
I can’t even go to a casino anymore. It feels like I’m at work. It’s lost its glitz for me.
ThatRaccoonGuy
I have never worked in a casino but I still don't feel any glamour when I walk into one. Like oh boy, the smell of unhealthy people, the overpriced meals, the soulless eyes staring at slot machine screens... If they are trying to sell me on the concept of an exciting life, they have to try a fuckload harder.
CookieMonstersCrumbs
The smaller casinos are the worst. Because they prey on those people spending pennies to try to win. I hated working there, but it was literally the only place that wasn't walmart or dollar general.
WaffleProfessor2
This honestly looks very, very sad.
QueefSlurper6372
Indeed
aRootinaTootin
“F2” or “delete”?
Nitrobakter
F12
nothingunused
Never understood why there isn't just one standard for this. So dumb.
Krytture
F10 maybe F1 maybe F12 just hit all of them as fast as you can and home you don't see the OS boot screen
permissiontolosedenied
Team delete ftw !
LariCheltsy
ALT+F4
Skizmo
F8
ThisprogramcannotberuninDOSmode
All of them!!
KittenVonCatsworth
Left index finger on F2, right on Del, both of them going rapidly.
Hekatombe
F10
YouRadicalizedMe
F10 vaby
MCpeepantz
Just drag your finger across the F keys and it'll do something...
JonWallace1985
This is the way. Usually just the two ends. If esc/f1 does nothing, it’s f5-f13 or delete
baldricka
F11
HomerSimpsonsEvilTwin
The worst is when it's ESC to get to the boot menu, but ESC also leaves the boot menu. So you spam the key a bit slower, hoping you're fast enough to catch it but slow enough to not exit out of it.
ChloeRed
Say you have a HP with out saying you have a HP...
Hexarcy00
Holy hell, I've never had that, esc was for exit, but you still also had to hit Y or N to save
ChloeRed
That's in the bios, HPs use esc to bring up a menu to select diags/bootmenu/setup, and esc leaves that menu
Hexarcy00
Ah, the only HP I ever had ran win 3.1
beigepurple
F1
warpfactor1
Delete for most diy builds and dell
F2 for dell
F8, F10, F12 for others 🤷♂️
MoeMoep
F11
Quebeker
It’s a mystery
JustDontCare
My Bios is F2 or Del. I use F2. I don't trust Delete.
crapybarra
SIKE! It's a Lenovo you gotta press "Enter" you absolute IDIOT 1010101
ChloeRed
HPs use Esc to bring up the menu for selecting the setup. Also use esc to leave that menu...
crapybarra
LOL that's a special kind of evil I would only expect from a piece of shit company like HP
ChloeRed
Note, it's HP, not HPE, the servers from HPE do have separate options on different keys.