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WarpedNaba posted:I can imagine, but unfortunately the process towards it involves grotesque, public examples of what happens to people who indulge in immeasurable greed. I expect when we try to string all the CEO's up the lamp posts will just droop down to the ground as they are made of lowest bid Chinese "steel" like most of our worthless infrastructure.
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Jul 10, 2016 11:15
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504 posted:Its such a weird mindset, 10k is an actual investment to win the lottery.  The actual odds of winning First division in lotto are one in 40C6 (choosing 6 from a set of 40 where order doesn't matter) which is about 1 in 3.8 million. At 60c per line of lotto you'd need to spend just over $2.3million to be guaranteed a 1st division win (i.e. buying enough tickets to have every possible combination). Powerball is 10x that.
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Jul 11, 2016 00:29
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I sold lotto for a little while at a job and my main take away was that buying powerball was a really, really bad idea. If people want to spend a couple dollars a week on a few lines of basic lotto I don't see the harm but powerball is so much more expensive relatively and the odds are so much worse.
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Jul 11, 2016 03:04
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yeah but you can't get obscenely rich without it
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Jul 11, 2016 03:16
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imagine winning a million bucks. great, now maybe I own a house but I have to keep working for the rest of my life. you'd forever continue to wish you were way richer
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Jul 11, 2016 03:17
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echinopsis posted:imagine winning a million bucks. great, now maybe I own a house but I have to keep working for the rest of my life. you'd forever continue to wish you were way richer If I owned a house outright, I would be way richer - my income would pretty much double!
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Jul 11, 2016 04:32
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I would be way richer too. But it won't help me realise my dream of never having to do something I don't want to do again e: I won't be truly happy until my life is devoid of challenge echinopsis fucked around with this message at 04:59 on Jul 11, 2016 |
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Jul 11, 2016 04:56
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If you wish to not be challenged by life first you must abandon wishing.
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Jul 11, 2016 05:19
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Ghostlight posted:If you wish to not be challenged by life first you must abandon wishing. Dehumanize yourself and face to mediocrity
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Jul 11, 2016 05:20
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echinopsis posted:I would be way richer too. But it won't help me realise my dream of never having to do something I don't want to do again I had this problem too so I quit my job and sold a shitload of my garbage (read: vehicles) and started a business doing poo poo I actually want to do, but for money instead of fun. Not as ideal a solution as becoming a billionaire overnight and flying off to peru to snort coke off of an alpaca but still recommended.
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Jul 11, 2016 05:23
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Echi and his wives will be the happiest of us all
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Jul 11, 2016 06:48
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I'm only good at one thing and one thing only and that's what I do and I loving hate it but hey gotta pay for dem kids and poo poo. I don't have a mortgage so life ain't all that bad Thanks John key
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Jul 11, 2016 06:49
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I can probably out debt most of you. And I only have one wife. The rest have been described as my "harem" but that's in contention
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Jul 11, 2016 09:37
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Slavvy posted:I had this problem too so I quit my job and sold a shitload of my garbage (read: vehicles) and started a business doing poo poo I actually want to do, but for money instead of fun. Not as ideal a solution as becoming a billionaire overnight and flying off to peru to snort coke off of an alpaca but still recommended. I started doing Accounting because I wanted something stable to have while I tried doing Voice Acting. Turns out there's not a very sizable market for VAs in NZ (And god help you if you want to try overseas stuff), most job position openings in professional VA stuff down here approximate to 'Someone died." It kinda helps that I like Accounting. Nothing like getting a system in order. edit: Aw man do you guys gotta talk about wives and poo poo, just as I was feeling good about myself.
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Jul 11, 2016 09:52
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I sold lotto and had the privilege of processing a couple of 1st division wins. The first time I managed to bin the ticket by muscle memory and hilarity ensued. The second time was a mega payout to two sisters, who appeared to be slightly less with-it than the media portrayal of the Ingham twins. I explained yes, it was was lot of money, that if they chose they could probably leave their factory jobs, that they should follow all the advice provided by the head office and they should be very very careful who they told about it. A year later I saw them again and they said that their family had fleeced them of the lot  That is my lotto story thank you.
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Jul 11, 2016 10:57
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WarpedNaba posted:I started doing Accounting because I wanted something stable to have while I tried doing Voice Acting. one word my friend.... tinder
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Jul 11, 2016 11:09
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I live alone in my wizard's tower debt and distraction free.
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Jul 11, 2016 12:47
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I share a flat with a friend and the amount of debt I would have to take on to buy a wizards tower of my own is unreal. I've even considered buying in Huntly.
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Jul 12, 2016 02:01
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I have an upstairs bedroom and play a lot of hearthstone, does that count as a wizard's tower?
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Jul 12, 2016 07:51
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Sounds more like a McMansion.
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Jul 12, 2016 08:24
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my flat is many things, but a mansion (mc or otherwise) is not one of them
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Jul 12, 2016 10:12
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I currently live in a flat on the upstairs floor of a house with good amount of space requiring two window A/C units and a dehumidifier constantly cause its so ridiculously hot but it works and utilities are all included. https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/usa/atlanta/historic Today feels like an incredible difference
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Jul 12, 2016 16:00
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 I didn;t know Gerry Brownlee was a pokemon 
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Jul 13, 2016 07:11
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gently caress HARAMBE posted:I didn;t know Gerry Brownlee was a pokemon Don't insult Snorlax like that
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Jul 13, 2016 07:29
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I dunno snorlax is resistant to basically everything IIRC and we can safely assume that includes bad publicity so it kind of fits.
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Jul 13, 2016 07:35
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Slavvy posted:I dunno snorlax is resistant to basically everything IIRC and we can safely assume that includes bad publicity so it kind of fits. He's also known to be massively obstructionist and lazy and he spends most of his time scratching himself. Snorlax, that is.
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Jul 13, 2016 08:47
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Opened a herald today for the first time in a really long time, saw this, thought of you guys.
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Jul 15, 2016 03:36
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Has John Key talked about pokemon yet?
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Jul 15, 2016 03:41
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he's down with snapchat that's for real
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Jul 15, 2016 06:45
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Why would he? He's got all the Ponyta he needs.
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Jul 15, 2016 06:49
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WarpedNaba posted:Why would he? He's got all the Ponyta he needs. yes he was quoted saying "ive got all the ponyta il ever need"
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Jul 15, 2016 08:02
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echinopsis posted:I didn't win the lotto just FYI as if you would hang out on a mere $10 forum if you won the lotto
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Jul 17, 2016 06:38
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I would, if only to rain lovely avs on everyone in sight.
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Jul 17, 2016 06:48
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imagine winning the lotto though 'congratulations, that piece of yellow paper has destroyed your life as you know it'
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Jul 17, 2016 07:02
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Congratulations, here is your life membership to the ACT party.
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Jul 17, 2016 07:03
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Varkk posted:Congratulations, here is your life membership to the ACT party. you must have won second division you loving pleb first division buys you your own party one internet party, slightly used
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Jul 17, 2016 07:06
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Winning Powerball would change my life - I'd finally be able to put down a deposit on an Auckland home.
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Jul 17, 2016 07:23
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Nude Bog Lurker posted:you must have won second division you loving pleb Slightly soiled, surely?
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Jul 17, 2016 07:51
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I would, if only to rain lovely avs on everyone in sight. I think we'd all do this. El Pollo Blanco posted:Slightly soiled, surely? Slightly?
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While the lotto odds are ridiculous I'd bet good money that there are more lotto millionaires than post rogernomics poverty born children turned millionaires.
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