The Powerball lottery is up to $1 billion tonight. If you won it, what would you do?

  • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Tear the ticket up and throw it away.

    My life is bad enough, without the lottery ruining it further with constant harassment, death threats, attempted muggings, entitled family demanding handouts, new “relatives” magically materializing from the ether, etc etc.

    If I want to fuck my life up that badly, I’ll start doing heroine and meth. I’d probably have better 10 year survival prospects, as well.

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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        1 year ago

        FUNNY YOU SAY THAT! There’s this brazilian politician, Joao Alves, who, back in 1993 alone, “won” the lottery 56 times, to a sum of roughly 17 million USD. Turns out buying smaller lottery wins is a great way to launder money, much like “winning” at a casino or betting house.

    • darthfabulous42069@lemm.eeOP
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      1 year ago

      Just because bad things befell other lottery winners doesn’t mean it’ll happen to you, though. You have the power to act on the wisdom of the past and do better than your predecessors, and one needs to have the courage to do so to get anywhere in life.

      Don’t let your life pass you by, fren

      • Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        “Just cause bad things happened to others, doesnt mean they’ll happen to me!”

        I bet you’d be great at Russian Roulette.

    • Phantom_Engineer@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s a valid answer. Money isn’t everything.

      Imma buy a big house, tho, then a Rivian or something. Or maybe a share in a New Zealand bunker.