Roy Choi
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It's so crazy, yeah. What happens is because it's all dealt in chips, the amount of money that you go through, $10,000 feels like $10. So that's where the adrenaline from losing comes into play because you're desensitized.
It's so crazy, yeah. What happens is because it's all dealt in chips, the amount of money that you go through, $10,000 feels like $10. So that's where the adrenaline from losing comes into play because you're desensitized.
It's so crazy, yeah. What happens is because it's all dealt in chips, the amount of money that you go through, $10,000 feels like $10. So that's where the adrenaline from losing comes into play because you're desensitized.
I agree with that. But also just the magnitude of what you're spending on it will never equal gambling. Right. I can't do 10 grand of coke in a day. In a day.
I agree with that. But also just the magnitude of what you're spending on it will never equal gambling. Right. I can't do 10 grand of coke in a day. In a day.
I agree with that. But also just the magnitude of what you're spending on it will never equal gambling. Right. I can't do 10 grand of coke in a day. In a day.
Yeah. You always sit down and say, I could take them. Everyone around you is a loser. That's a big part too. And everyone has their 15 seconds somewhere or another. And so what happens is you're swimming in this kind of lagoon of losers. And then all of a sudden you pop up and then you're the hero and you confirm the story.
Yeah. You always sit down and say, I could take them. Everyone around you is a loser. That's a big part too. And everyone has their 15 seconds somewhere or another. And so what happens is you're swimming in this kind of lagoon of losers. And then all of a sudden you pop up and then you're the hero and you confirm the story.
Yeah. You always sit down and say, I could take them. Everyone around you is a loser. That's a big part too. And everyone has their 15 seconds somewhere or another. And so what happens is you're swimming in this kind of lagoon of losers. And then all of a sudden you pop up and then you're the hero and you confirm the story.
Everyone flocks to you and you're in this room and it's the best fucking feeling in the world. I'm not going to not admit
Everyone flocks to you and you're in this room and it's the best fucking feeling in the world. I'm not going to not admit
Everyone flocks to you and you're in this room and it's the best fucking feeling in the world. I'm not going to not admit
it it's the best feeling all of a sudden all these dreams that we have in the real world get condensed and clarified into that moment for you so it becomes more than just the gambling it's like there's something poetic about it and so for four years i was on that roller coaster oh my god that's an eternity
it it's the best feeling all of a sudden all these dreams that we have in the real world get condensed and clarified into that moment for you so it becomes more than just the gambling it's like there's something poetic about it and so for four years i was on that roller coaster oh my god that's an eternity
it it's the best feeling all of a sudden all these dreams that we have in the real world get condensed and clarified into that moment for you so it becomes more than just the gambling it's like there's something poetic about it and so for four years i was on that roller coaster oh my god that's an eternity
yeah it probably went by like this for you if i like that and i was on my last couch just like this in the middle of the afternoon just like this and emerald came on and um i had an out-of-body experience this was 1995 so this was before the emerald live people don't talk about out-of-body experiences that much anymore i know in the 80s and 90s they used to talk about everyone was having a
yeah it probably went by like this for you if i like that and i was on my last couch just like this in the middle of the afternoon just like this and emerald came on and um i had an out-of-body experience this was 1995 so this was before the emerald live people don't talk about out-of-body experiences that much anymore i know in the 80s and 90s they used to talk about everyone was having a
yeah it probably went by like this for you if i like that and i was on my last couch just like this in the middle of the afternoon just like this and emerald came on and um i had an out-of-body experience this was 1995 so this was before the emerald live people don't talk about out-of-body experiences that much anymore i know in the 80s and 90s they used to talk about everyone was having a
I had one, and he came out the TV. Oh, wow. Yeah, he came and he kind of slapped me around. He's like, what the fuck, you know? Oh, wow. What are you doing? And I kind of woke up. I have that tendency, too, to where I can, like, drop things on a dime. It happened with crack, like we were talking about. Yeah, yeah. On the seventh day, God created. God created. Yeah. I quit crack.
I had one, and he came out the TV. Oh, wow. Yeah, he came and he kind of slapped me around. He's like, what the fuck, you know? Oh, wow. What are you doing? And I kind of woke up. I have that tendency, too, to where I can, like, drop things on a dime. It happened with crack, like we were talking about. Yeah, yeah. On the seventh day, God created. God created. Yeah. I quit crack.