Subj : the lottery is a tax
To   : Arelor
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jan 28 2024 09:30:00

Hello Arelor!

 >> The lottery is a tax on the stupid.

 A> Agreed.

 A> The fact so many STEM people falls for it is depresing.

I think it's hit and miss for many people.  I might buy one  
from time to time, but I don't play regularly.  However, I do  
see many people checking their "scratch" tickets though; I  
don't buy those.

Someone sent me a crossword scratch ticket for Christmas.. and  
that rendered a $20 cash prize.

I don't even remember the last time I bought a lottery ticket.  
I think it was over 8 months ago.


 A> I think a lot of it is social presure only. It is very
 A> typical in Spain for people in the workplace to pool money
 A> in and buy a lottery ticket for the whole office every now
 A> and then. If everybody is doing it and you don't
 A> participate, you come across as the weird sociopathic guy.

I don't think there is much "pressure" in workplaces here in  
NA. However, I left the typical workplace back in 1996, so  
maybe I'm wrong.  But there wasn't any pressure to participate  
in a lottery pool in my engineering wokplaces back then.


 A> I am the weird sociopathic guy, but not because I don't
 A> play the lottery (because I don't).

:D



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