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They bet it all.
Someone believed a whole lot of things that just aren't true. Or... so I write. I am betting they will lose it all. If, too, I think they believe they have those bet losses hedged. That is where I think they will lose not just their shirts, but their pants too.
Boys, and men, will always want games. As well, of course, the computers, consoles, handhelds, or other platforms upon which to play those games. They believed they could make those poison, toxic, repulsive even, at every stage, in every way, from price to invasiveness, to... false difficulty and gay.