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		dhechols on Oct 20, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I am a statistician and I buy lottery tickets > So why do I still buy lottery tickets? Definitely not for the expected monetary return on investment. I think of it as a discretionary entertainment spend. I get literally hours of enjoyment from fantasizing what I’d do if I won. Why not spend it on hookers and blow instead? THINK OF ALL THE FUN YOU'LL HAVE. :\|

saraid216 on Oct 20, 2012 [–]

...because hookers and blow are expensive and have a lower money-to-fun ratio?

And, honestly, I wouldn't actually have fun with hookers and blow. But that's just me.

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