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Have you bought your Powerball ticket? |
Why yes, how did you know?? |
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Not yet, but I will... |
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I never win anything. Will this change that? |
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Argh! The camera I want is more expensive than the jackpot! |
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This much is certain. My REI dividend will be larger than the jackpot |
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You failed to list my option. See my comments below. |
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mike Member
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Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:14 pm
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Cyclopath Faster than light
Joined: 20 Mar 2012 Posts: 7697 | TRs | Pics Location: Seattle |
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Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:31 pm
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meandering Wa wrote: | Of course, harmless fun to have fantasy about "what I would do" |
I have that fantasy, too, but I don't pay for mine. Figure I'm about as likely to find the winning ticket on the sidewalk or even sitting on my desk as I am to buy it at a gas station. So why should I pay someone else for the right to have certain thoughts?
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Schenk Off Leash Man
Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 2372 | TRs | Pics Location: Traveling, with the bear, to the other side of the Mountain |
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Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:23 pm
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I feel sorry for folks who are so wrapped up in "reality" that they can't have a little fun dreaming. I dream of catching the big one when I fish. I dream of perfect weather when I am outdoors...and it costs me at least $2 in gas just to get somewhere I can dream.
I wonder if any of the lottery naysayers fish?
Especially for Steelhead.
Now there are some terrible odds for ya and you can't buy a Steelhead rig for $2!
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
Nature exists with a stark indifference to humans' situation.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16088 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
We should cut off any hope for the poor and grind them in the dirt so they know they are an inferior species. All worship our affluent overlords.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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RichP Member
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Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:37 pm
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One winner reported in California.
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meandering Wa Member
Joined: 25 Jun 2010 Posts: 1516 | TRs | Pics Location: Redmond |
Cyclopath wrote: | So why should I pay someone else for the right to have certain thoughts? |
a ticket gives an extra fillip to the fantasy
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coldrain108 Thundering Herd
Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 1858 | TRs | Pics Location: somewhere over the rainbow |
Malachai Constant wrote: | We should cut off any hope for the poor and grind them in the dirt so they know they are an inferior species. All worship our affluent overlords. |
better to give them false hope so they keep their traps shut...don't want them doing something that might actually change "the way it is".
The peasants didn't invent the guillotine...they just turned it back on their "masters" and their master's masters.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
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joker seeker
Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 7953 | TRs | Pics Location: state of confusion |
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meandering Wa wrote: | Cyclopath wrote: | So why should I pay someone else for the right to have certain thoughts? |
a ticket gives an extra fillip to the fantasy |
Yeah, why not just do what works for you and respect what works for others? I like Schenk's fishing analogy.
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lostintheforest Member
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coldrain108 wrote: | Malachai Constant wrote: | We should cut off any hope for the poor and grind them in the dirt so they know they are an inferior species. All worship our affluent overlords. |
better to give them false hope so they keep their traps shut...don't want them doing something that might actually change "the way it is". |
yes, exactly.
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moonspots Happy Curmudgeon
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 2456 | TRs | Pics Location: North Dakota |
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lostintheforest wrote: | coldrain108 wrote: | Malachai Constant wrote: | We should cut off any hope for the poor and grind them in the dirt so they know they are an inferior species. All worship our affluent overlords. |
better to give them false hope so they keep their traps shut...don't want them doing something that might actually change "the way it is". |
yes, exactly. |
What's with all this "step on the poor", or "tax the poor" BS? "They" can choose to buy a lottery ticket, or not, just like I can. Have I missed some tongue in cheek humor here? Yeah, I realize it's early-winter and cabin fever must be getting to some of you early, but send me a clue willya?
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
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Bernardo Member
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Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:21 pm
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Moonspots, I don't know who coined the phrase, but I think I first heard it in my economics classes. Lotteries are called taxes on the poor because they generate public revenues from the poor who allegedly buy most of the tickets. As many have suggested here, rather than a voluntary tax paid by stupid people who don't understand the odds, lotteries may provide value in the form of hope to the players. The right to play a game could also have entertainment value. People pay to play tennis for example. Anyway, that's enough pedantry for one day. I have a visceral dislike of lotteries. They just seem sleazy to me somehow. You'll know we are nearing the bottom when the federal government starts offering a lottery to fund the Forest Service.
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