Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets
arstechnica.com
Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.
  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    30·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • Nonconfrontational@lemmy.mlEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

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

    • Master_Suck@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      3 months ago

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

      • halferect@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        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.

        • Master_Suck@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          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.