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In reply to the discussion: Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $550 million after nobody wins big prize [View all]JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)64. Sigh.
Most of the underlying observation about the lottery is true. None of it applies to me or anything I said.
The "smugness" I decry (not insult) was an inevitable blame-the-victim comment above, making fun of people who don't know math, as though this is what motivates them.
(Now begin cycle again and repeat the entire conversation in your own mind, without me, projecting ideas on me that I don't actually say. Without me, okay? Bye!)
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Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $550 million after nobody wins big prize [View all]
Omaha Steve
Dec 2013
OP
well sure - normally the chance might be 10 zectillion to one against winning -but if God wants you
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2013
#3
people keep doing the pointless: the true mark of insanity and stupidity.
Nanjing to Seoul
Dec 2013
#15
there's going to be one or a few people out there for whom it won't be pointless to buy a ticket
magical thyme
Dec 2013
#51
It suits me well. I have a large group of friends, a beautiful wife, an amazing career
Nanjing to Seoul
Dec 2013
#55
Wow. . .logical leap, assuming my life revolves around a website I frequent.
Nanjing to Seoul
Dec 2013
#69
again, personal attacks. i'll stop this and take my coffee on the porch
Nanjing to Seoul
Dec 2013
#75
I will buy one ticket for this lottery, if I remember to do so. I so rarely buy a lottery ticket it'
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#71
Of course. But I used to hear it all the time, even back before I retired 10 years ago...
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#77
I don't take it seriously, at all. Nor do I bother juggling the social upheaval you seem to suggest
Jefferson23
Dec 2013
#49
How sad, seems he had a history of personal difficulties long before he won the money
Jefferson23
Dec 2013
#50
Hey my odds just went UP! I don't know anybody who has won any kind of lottery money...
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#72
I broke down & bought a ticket today. I should've just torched my $2, but oh well, lol
catbyte
Dec 2013
#27
Hey, SOMEBODY's gotta win, right? I know I have a better chance of being struck by a
catbyte
Dec 2013
#36
Well Business Insider said a $1 ticket could be defended as an investment, sort of
Tom Rinaldo
Dec 2013
#70