[VIDEO] iDubbbz Complains - DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOTTERY, LOSER
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If some people want to buy lottery tickets because it's fun, for goofs and gaffs, to show off with their friends, that's whatever imo. It's their money, and if they know this shit already and do it anyway while they're not in a critical financial situation, you do you.
What's fucked up is how it targets the people who CAN'T afford it and aren't fucking around with it, they genuinely need the money and they're strung along by marketing and word of mouth. It's taking advantage in one of the scummiest ways. if it is actually a tax on the poor and misguided, what the fuck? I think that's pretty disgusting.
I just want you to know that simply because someone is done trying to get something through your skull doesn't mean that you've won.
You're projecting if you think this was about "winning" . I asked him a genuine question that's relevant to the video, he wouldn't answer the question. Hey, that's fine neither of us are obligated to continue the discussion.
I would actually argue the latter. I agree with you that there's a need for some kind of 'hyperbole' for the average person, because most people can't comprehend such low probabilities. But I also think most people are hard wired to call bullshit on black-and-white statements such as "it is impossible", they'll be more likely to think "who the hell does this guy think he is" than to be convinced.
I could make the opposite argument. If you leave room for "doubt" they'll just think "oh well you know, I still have a chance to win".
As a matter of fact, that's the exact logic used by ticket buyers in the video to justify their purchase: "You can't win if you don't play!"
I feel like the hyperbole it more meaningful than an abstract "correct" statement.
If you want to actually convince people, I agree with Qbe-tex that it's better to explain it and use tangible analogies or visualizations or whatever. I think the problem is that lottery players decidedly already believe that it is possible. The lottery has the upper hand here; the fact that smaller jackpots exist as well, combined with the idea of 'six degrees of separation', makes it so that everybody knows somebody who has won a lottery. So I think even average joes will be skeptical if you tell them straight up that it's impossible to win.
I would consider using your hyperbole to someone who is considering whether to start playing the lottery. But I don't think it will work on someone who already plays, since they will already believe that it is possible.
Fair enough.
I've bought one lottery ticket since I turned 18, 10 years ago.
Won $100. Haven't played since.
I love you mang but that's like saying its impossible to be struck by lightning yet it happens every year, same with lottery winners. Some people have actually been struck multiple times by lighting and also have won on a lottery more than once in their life, doesnt change how incredibly ridiculously unlikely you are to win though
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