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hey gang, basically the lotto is a tax on idiots, a "stupid tax" if you will. been sayin it for years.... *rolls away*
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jBrereton posted:Not sure you really understand the motivation behind entering the lottery. -"Honey! I won the lottery!!! Let's get packing!" -"OMG! OMG! OMG! Cold weather? Hot weather? Where are we going?" -"Wherever you want honey, just get the gently caress out of my house."
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Jul 24, 2015 19:42
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rgocs posted:-"Honey! I won the lottery!!! Let's get packing!" lol
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Jul 24, 2015 19:48
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Dad gay seems like the type of guy who would buy a lottery ticket
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Jul 24, 2015 19:59
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i only buy a ticket if its over 300million, otherwise its not worth the hassle
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Jul 24, 2015 20:01
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My mom played the lottery and bashfully said it might be their lucky break.
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Jul 24, 2015 20:03
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ethanol posted:Dad gay seems like the type of guy who would buy a lottery ticket He spends all his money on Five Guys. He doesn't have any for scratch tickets.
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Jul 24, 2015 20:04
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a dog from hell posted:My mom played the lottery and bashfully said it might be their lucky break. knowing what i know about your mom, i could see this
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Jul 24, 2015 20:05
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rgocs posted:-"Honey! I won the lottery!!! Let's get packing!" I'm watching season 1 of Boardwalk Empire and I swear somebody made that joke on the show
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Jul 24, 2015 20:17
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notZaar posted:I'm watching season 1 of Boardwalk Empire and I swear somebody made that joke on the show You might be right. It's an old joke, I must have first heard it about 20 years ago.
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Jul 24, 2015 20:20
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dad gay. so what posted:i only buy a ticket if its over 300million, otherwise its not worth the hassle Yeah, about twice a year I'll buy $5 worth of Powerball. When I finally get my lucky win I'm not going to have it wasted on a loving scratch ticket or pitiful little state lottery. 
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Jul 24, 2015 20:20
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Fintilgin posted:Yeah, about twice a year I'll buy $5 worth of Powerball. I too have bought a ticket when there's a large chunk of money on the pot, last one was about 4 years ago. I do, however, pick random numbers, because gently caress me if I see my 'lucky numbers' win $500 million without having a ticket. That fear is why those people who play the same set of numbers every week keep playing no matter what.
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Jul 24, 2015 20:26
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It's the neoliberal economy. Give poor people the freedom to choose and they'll do whatever makes them most happy. In theory at least.
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Vegetable posted:It's the neoliberal economy. Give poor people the freedom to choose and they'll do whatever makes them most happy. In theory at least. Well when you put it that way, I guess the lottery IS a good thing.
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Jul 24, 2015 20:55
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Powercrazy posted:Well when you put it that way, I guess the lottery IS a good thing. Given the chances of winning it sounds just like homeopathy for the soul.
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Jul 24, 2015 20:57
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Early Cuyler posted:JAK A LOT FROM THE SQUATTERY THE LOTTERYS SHOULD BE THE JACK SQUATTERY CAUSE I AYNT JACK SQUATTING A LOT Y THEY SHOULD RENAME THE LOTTERY TO THE JACK SQUATTERY CAUSE THAT'S ALL I EVER WIN IN IT!!!!!
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Jul 24, 2015 21:09
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they should call it the "JACK SQUATERY" cause all ive ever got was jack squat!
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Jul 24, 2015 21:13
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start the powerball simulator and watch it go for a while if you think playing the lottery is a reasonable thing to do http://powerballsim.appspot.com/
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Jul 24, 2015 21:27
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olaf2022 posted:start the powerball simulator and watch it go for a while if you think playing the lottery is a reasonable thing to do Any day now.
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Jul 24, 2015 21:49
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I think the lottery is ok. Every once in a while I win a few bucks 
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Jul 24, 2015 22:05
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im sick of all the drat dumb asses around here who spend their money on dumb poo poo instead of the latest gadgets from google and appple and all my favorite san fran tech startups and i have insanely good and specific opinions on what other peoeple should do with their time, money, lives, children, etc, and hell i plan on telling them all to the gbs forums over the course of years and years
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filthy ditch posted:im sick of all the drat dumb asses around here who spend their money on dumb poo poo instead of the latest gadgets from google and appple and all my favorite san fran tech startups and i have insanely good and specific opinions on what other peoeple should do with their time, money, lives, children, etc, and hell i plan on telling them all to the gbs forums over the course of years and years I bet this guy loves to play lottery, he probably plays it so much that he won even, despite the fact that its effectively impossible according to Jon Stewert and my freshman college math professor
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Jul 24, 2015 23:15
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What state lottos demonstrate is that there's a downside to the "legalize vice industries but regulate it" approach. In that by regulating (i.e. taxing) it, you incentivize government to maximize its tax income by spending millions of dollars advertising the lotto. And like other vices, the hardcore lotto/gambling addicts -- who also tend to be lower down the socio-economic hierarchy -- are the ones contributing most of the revenue. So now it's in the state's interest to fund education and etc. off the backs of poor addicts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPoYcH3bO90 BrutalistMcDonalds fucked around with this message at 23:22 on Jul 24, 2015 |
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Jul 24, 2015 23:19
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olaf2022 posted:start the powerball simulator and watch it go for a while if you think playing the lottery is a reasonable thing to do
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Jul 24, 2015 23:24
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i agree it is disgusting, especially the part where the guy who wins is stoned to death
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Jul 24, 2015 23:28
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olaf2022 posted:start the powerball simulator and watch it go for a while if you think playing the lottery is a reasonable thing to do i made a 2000 dollar profit and it only took 43 years
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Jul 24, 2015 23:28
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Thotol posted:I'm speaking about the somebody-that-know-nothing-but-got-a-relative-in-IT-that-said-don't-buy-it-but-instead-listen-to-another-relative-that-has-no-knowledge-whatsoever-in-IT-and-that-says-buy-that-iMac If you work in IT never offer any tech advice at all to anyone, because the moment that poo poo breaks, you're the first person they will blame. This goes double for fixing poo poo.
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Jul 24, 2015 23:29
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unassertive boy 99 posted:I have a greater chance of winning millions than this thread being good lol !
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Gotcha!!
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Fintilgin posted:Yeah, about twice a year I'll buy $5 worth of Powerball. don't buy more than one ticket per drawing, it lowers your return by a huge amount
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The Bible posted:If you work in IT never offer any tech advice at all to anyone, because the moment that poo poo breaks, you're the first person they will blame. There is an old saying about the true key to an happy life : Don't ever loving say you 'knows' about computer. 
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Enfield posted:thsnks for the clarification
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Jul 27, 2015 07:31
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Lottery isn't about winning money. You're buying a dream, buying a ticket out of the hellhole of drudgery and misery that is your existence. Sure, most tickets are losers, but in the meantime, before that inevitable disappointment, you have the chance to daydream about your wonderful new lottery existence, and even believe that it has snowball's chance in hell of becoming a reality.
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Pitdragon posted:Lottery isn't about winning money. You're buying a dream, buying a ticket out of the hellhole of drudgery and misery that is your existence. Sure, most tickets are losers, but in the meantime, before that inevitable disappointment, you have the chance to daydream about your wonderful new lottery existence, and even believe that it has snowball's chance in hell of becoming a reality. And then you go home to your wonderful -lifedream- cardboard home. Well said !
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Jul 27, 2015 08:46
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Thotol posted:Clarification : It really is a moron tax because anyone that had done statistics in mathematics, either at highschool or college wont try lotteries. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023514/Joan-R-Ginther-won-lottery-4-times-Stanford-University-statistics-PhD.html Got away with it too I knew a waitress who was convinced it was her destiny to win the lottery. She was working a busy shift and another waiter who was knocking off asked if she wanted to go halves on a few tickets. She declined for the first time ever because she had no cash on her. He won about $1.1m three hours later. Both their lives spiralled after that haha.
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Jul 27, 2015 09:10
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EugeneJ posted:Everyone who plays the lottery also smokes and drinks it boggles the mind how people expect to turn a profit this way
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corpuscollossus posted:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023514/Joan-R-Ginther-won-lottery-4-times-Stanford-University-statistics-PhD.html Well, your answer is dumb because obviously, if you know a trick to gain lottery : ofc you will play, whether you are working in statistics or liberal arts.. etc. And for the second one : rekt 
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Grandmother of Five posted:it boggles the mind how people expect to turn a profit this way Come on : Smoking is social  (PS : I don't smoke and I hate that loving answer)
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Lutha Mahtin posted:spoiler: lots of the people who win big jackpots...go broke I can testify. My aunt Liz won 15 million and is a broke alcoholic Well so am I but to contribute I think it is all dumb, but maybe once a year I will but one of every $1 scratch off ticket and lose every time. I feel bad for the poors (er) than me that pin their hopes on that bullshit.
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thewireguy posted:I can testify. My aunt Liz won 15 million and is a broke alcoholic Well so am I but to contribute I think it is all dumb, but maybe once a year I will but one of every $1 scratch off ticket and lose every time. I feel bad for the poors (er) than me that pin their hopes on that bullshit. Honestly curious. Was your aunt Liz an alcoholic before she won the 15 million or became one afterwards?
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