Any sports book in the world will gladly give you odds if you say "I want to bet the Lakers don't finish Top 3 in the West." Any sports book anywhere. Go take that Uber.

I've made bets on here before. Won and lost. With strangers. They've paid me when I won, I've paid them when I've lost. It's an opportunity for you to win free money from me if you actually believe in your prediction the way I believe in mine. And it's a fun way to engage with members of a message board community.

But you won't take the cab or the Uber. You're scared of getting into a car. It's fine. Everyone sees it.