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ElboRuum

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68. Odd...

Wed Dec 18, 2013, 12:55 AM

Dec 2013

Seems like you've got the world wrapped around your little finger, kudos to you... however... one thing doesn't add up.

Why would a person so interested in "keeping the riff-raff away", come to a place where the "riff-raff" are so plentiful? Hmm, maybe being dour, cynical, and misanthropic didn't get you everything.

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Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $550 million after nobody wins big prize [View all] Omaha Steve Dec 2013 OP

They recently worsened the odds against winning this game. Loudly Dec 2013 #1

This is sad yeoman6987 Dec 2013 #44

Lottery: A tax on simple people bad at simple math Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #2

well sure - normally the chance might be 10 zectillion to one against winning -but if God wants you Douglas Carpenter Dec 2013 #3

was that the hand of god helping out with a lottery commercial? hooo boy tomm2thumbs Dec 2013 #9

God & the lottery Cirque du So-What Dec 2013 #17

winning the lottery versus divine intervention Douglas Carpenter Dec 2013 #21

And here we go... ElboRuum Dec 2013 #7

Thank you. I'm sick of hearing it too. shireen Dec 2013 #11

An old friend of mine jokingly called it "investment diversification" Bibliovore Dec 2013 #12

+1 GreenPartyVoter Dec 2013 #31

people keep doing the pointless: the true mark of insanity and stupidity. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #15

Well, I'll bet you're a lot of fun at parties! The_Commonist Dec 2013 #22

wow. what a rude, classless and totally pointless personal attack. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #26

And yet calling people stupid and insane is classy? The_Commonist Dec 2013 #45

When people piss their money way down the lottery toilet, yes Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #46

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

And you'd be wrong. ElboRuum Dec 2013 #52

To a select few... ElboRuum Dec 2013 #53

It suits me well. I have a large group of friends, a beautiful wife, an amazing career Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #55

Odd... ElboRuum Dec 2013 #68

Wow. . .logical leap, assuming my life revolves around a website I frequent. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #69

DU is populated with all sorts. ElboRuum Dec 2013 #73

again, personal attacks. i'll stop this and take my coffee on the porch Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #75

Funny, I thought I was "dismissed". ElboRuum Dec 2013 #76

Oh, thanks for this comment and... JackRiddler Dec 2013 #30

again, nice baseless, classless and pointless attack. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #32

So sad that you're unwilling to learn. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #33

No, it is popular the same way religion is popular. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #35

And I would say it's the critics that are the ones bad at math. kentauros Dec 2013 #41

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

It's no one's retirement plan... ElboRuum Dec 2013 #74

Of course. But I used to hear it all the time, even back before I retired 10 years ago... CTyankee Dec 2013 #77

Regardless Cirque du So-What Dec 2013 #18

OK now I am going to buy $ 10 worth. grantcart Dec 2013 #23

when you lose, i promise not to gloat. Nanjing to Seoul Dec 2013 #25

If you win please give me $10 million. joshcryer Dec 2013 #42

Smugness: A cheap and false sense of superiority. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #28

The lottery is a regressive tax on the poor. joshcryer Dec 2013 #43

Stating the superfluous causes cancer. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #47

Aww, nah, you just minimized it as emotional fantasy playing around. joshcryer Dec 2013 #58

"emotions and psychology" are due to impoverishment and desparation joshcryer Dec 2013 #57

As I'm fine with the underlying ideas... JackRiddler Dec 2013 #59

But you insult "smugness" in critics. joshcryer Dec 2013 #62

Sigh. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #64

There is no victim blaming here. joshcryer Dec 2013 #65

Stop attempting to attribute your words to me. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #66

It's trivially inferred. joshcryer Dec 2013 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author delrem Dec 2013 #4

Now remember, you can't lose if you don't play. egold2604 Dec 2013 #5

heh heh heh -- I'm using that on my mother! thanks tomm2thumbs Dec 2013 #10

Funny Cirque du So-What Dec 2013 #19

Damn, the clerk swore he would sell me the winner.... hadrons Dec 2013 #6

Someone will win, and that win puts them in a position to do a lot of good. Jefferson23 Dec 2013 #8

Kind of a weird justification for it don't you think? JackRiddler Dec 2013 #34

I don't take it seriously, at all. Nor do I bother juggling the social upheaval you seem to suggest Jefferson23 Dec 2013 #49

No. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #60

I just read here at DU, about a guy who won the lottery yet died broke. Archae Dec 2013 #48

How sad, seems he had a history of personal difficulties long before he won the money Jefferson23 Dec 2013 #50

I'm in... Earth_First Dec 2013 #13

I bought two tickets yesterday underpants Dec 2013 #14

75 white balls lobodons Dec 2013 #16

I play so KewlKat Dec 2013 #20

Let's see here... jmowreader Dec 2013 #24

My brother-in-law's brother won $7 million in CT lottery. 1000words Dec 2013 #38

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

I bought one. 840high Dec 2013 #29

Hey, SOMEBODY's gotta win, right? I know I have a better chance of being struck by a catbyte Dec 2013 #36

A buck it cheap for a few days of dreaming ripcord Dec 2013 #39

That's over a half of BILLION dollars 1000words Dec 2013 #37

Simple question Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #54

No it's not. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #63

Reminds me of a joke Packerowner740 Dec 2013 #40

Sign me up...I skipped the last one because it was too small. ileus Dec 2013 #56

That number is a shameless lie. JackRiddler Dec 2013 #61

Well Business Insider said a $1 ticket could be defended as an investment, sort of Tom Rinaldo Dec 2013 #70