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Re:Confessions of an Overnight Millionaire by HappySweeney on Monday April 12, 2021 @09:50AM (#26779413)
I used to have a similar outlook (stating that lotteries are a tax on the mathematically illiterate), but now $3 for that small rush when I check the numbers is for sure worth it.
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Re:Confessions of an Overnight Millionaire by no-s on Monday April 12, 2021 @10:01AM (#26779539)
> $3 for that small rush when I check the numbers is for sure worth it.

I used to enjoy drinking wine, a glass of red wine every day, but I had to cut way back to "occasional" due to health concerns. Lottery's way cheaper than wine, and I still get to enjoy a little creative musing when I imagine how I would spend my time after winning. I could imagine I bought the lottery ticket, but that would be like imagining I drank the wine, heheh.

When planning disaster recovery scenarios it's much friendlier to start with "$KeyEmployee has just won the lottery and gone full F*kTheWorld" instead of morbidly assigning HitByBus.

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