Lucidlethargy comments on Senators demand crackdown on wildfire “prediction market” bets | Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.

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[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Yeah no shit! What the fuck?!

Fuck every person that takes part in a bet like this. I'll put them in the same category as Trump voters. Scorched earth.

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[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Just start a betting pool on if the kalshi or polymarket head offices get firebombed in the next 60 days, problem solved either way.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

I didn't expect to open the comments and laugh. Well done.

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[–] Master_Suck@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Probably people who live in deserts or otherwise have never seen a tree in their life.

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[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Cactus and sagebrush burns just as well.

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[–] halferect@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

People who live in deserts know three things, drought, fires and flash floods. Fires in the desert happen a lot. Probably way more than anywhere else.

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[–] Master_Suck@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

Lemme rephrase a bit: people who bet on this sort of thing are probably ones who have only lived in a desert, never having seen a tree in the first place.

I'm sure there's plenty of fires in a hot place.

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[–] halferect@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago

Trees exist in the desert

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