Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on March 06, 2018, 03:27:01 PM

I posted what follows in Alia's new thread, but she deleted it immediately. This entire post assumes that she is a 19 year old girl as she claims, and there is not a team of people behind her accounts.

I am reposting it here for a number of reasons. Alia, I really want you to read this and not just immediately dismiss it off hand. I am trying to help you. I also want the community to read this and know, that if anyone indulges her in her new "script", you are enabling an addict. This goes beyond a scam and in to the territory of serious mental health issues, with life-changing ramifications. Please, don't do it.

Thank you, o_e_l_e_o. That precisely communicated in a different way more or less what I have been trying to tell Alia. N.b. that Alia has claimed to me some studies in psychology. She should understand this! Most of all, she should know full well not to blow you off.

https://web.archive.org/web/20180306121340/https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3044369.120#msg31560212

Quote from: nullius on March 04, 2018, 02:39:55 PM

Quote from: suchmoon on March 04, 2018, 01:44:34 PM

This degen thing explains some aspects of alia's increasingly desperate scam attempts and the belligerent rants after getting caught.

Alia, you have told me privately of some studies in psychology. Therefrom, you should realize that you are not immune to the vagaries of human nature; and if youre smart enough to master the difficult task of truly objective introspection, then you will realize that this is a textbook example of a gambler obsessed with discovering a secret way to win.

Youre far from the first or the last; and the result is always the same:

Quote from: LoyceV on March 04, 2018, 08:28:40 AM

This is exactly what I meant here:

Quote from: LoyceV on March 03, 2018, 08:30:58 PM

This is how (almost) all gamblers turn their profit into a loss, and then start "chasing losses", which is a great way to lose more money. Do you really think casinos would still exist if if would be possible to consistently beat them?

The long list of positive returns seemed very unlikely to happen, and this makes it a lot more likely.
What alia is doing is basically Martingale: if you lose, you do the same with a much higher bankroll. You can keep doing that, until you run out of bankroll.

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I've seen many gamblers bust large amounts of money thinking they're invincible.

Whereupon I think this is a good step in the right direction:

Quote from: alia on March 04, 2018, 10:21:46 AM

Quote from: LoyceV on March 04, 2018, 08:28:40 AM

Quote from: alia on March 04, 2018, 04:35:48 AM

I was wrong about the script. It may have made money but I'm sure that was just dumb luck. I shall exit this thread and this account with my head bowed down in shame! Well, at least I could help tpb

I'm not sure if it's sarcasm or you really mean it, but I'm confident it's the right decision. I've seen many gamblers bust large amounts of money thinking they're invincible.

I don't mean it, but I'm sure I will some day. i'm just deluded right now. Only reason I said that was because I promised I would. Props to nully for the donation

(That is an excerpt of a long post. I suggest reading the whole thing.)