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Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by xapata on Friday May 19, 2017 @01:26AM (#14373228)
Some people can't quit (or their families would be homeless, etc.), are only home to sleep due to time constraints, and only get paid enough to keep the cycle going.

There's a spectrum.

Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by vbezhenar on Friday May 19, 2017 @03:08AM (#14373536)
Homeless is still a choice.
Re:An Indian village addicted to chess by Bakary on Friday May 19, 2017 @05:51AM (#14374133)
So is suicide, but usually both are colloquially implied to not be an actual choice due to how dire they are.