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It serms incredible to me to give over a billion dollars to a random person.

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[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The public opinions on Lemmy are fucking daffy. So on top of everything else, yall are cool with predatory gambling system that randomly ruins one person's life?

[-] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

By saying you're not "cool" with the lottery, does that mean you want it abolished? I don't like the lottery. I don't think it should be outlawed. Would you classify me as either cool with it or daffy?

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago

Certainly less daffy than the people playing it or praising it. I don't know your reason why you think a state function that harms people for money should be allowed to exist, but I'm guessing it's not a very rational one.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Help me out, who's life is being ruined?

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

check out the mortality rate of lottery winners, or other outcomes

[-] null@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

Just did and got a bunch of conflicting information. Do you have a source?

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