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Like I said, it's your call. You're evidently willing to pay the small price of losing a portion of my respect, not that I expect you to lose sleep over it.
I certainly am not so full of myself that I can't accept that someone might not want to take up a bet with a pseudonymous stranger, my issue is only that you claimed to have a general aversion to betting at all, and didn't bother to caveat it with even (excessive) qualifiers like offering bets to people you'd lend money. If that counts as "talking advantage of politeness norms" to you, I clearly disagree.
For what it's worth, a person here here has already offered me substantial sums with absolutely no strings attached, and I haven't taken it up because my condition isn't so dire that I can't do without it. No, I'm not going to post proof, unless said person sees this and approves disclosure. I'm happy that someone values me enough to make the same offer.
Because most people don't routinely add nitpicky qualifiers to statements like that.
If I tell you that I don't eat brussels sprouts, I may in fact eat brussels sprouts if I was offered $500 to do so, or if there was a gun at my head. The fact that I left that out isn't "didn't bother to caveat it", that's talking normally.
Besides, I did say:
in a different post. Pointing out that I didn't say it in the exact post you're referring to is an even worse nitpick.
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