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Old 03-18-2009, 03:29 PM   #1
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Do you think winning the lottery would make you happy?

People play the lottery hoping to fix all that is wrong in their lives. Yet lottery winners commit suicide at a very high rate, far higher than the regular population, even the poverty-stricken population. Do you think winning the lottery would make you happy? If so, how would you avoid the pitfalls of lottery winners' depression and misery?
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Old 03-21-2009, 03:02 AM   #2
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Absolutely it would. I have most of the things money can't buy, so if I had money to take away the stress of bills and give me some freedom to do what I wanted, then I would be even better off.

How would I avoid the pitfalls? I'd not make most of the stupid mistakes other winners do - such as starting businesses I was not prepared to run, buying things I most certainly did not need, getting into drugs for the sake of it, etc. I can be fairly responsible with my money and know others who could handle it for me even more effectively. All it takes is some forethought when making decisions.
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Old 03-21-2009, 10:52 AM   #3
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Oh fuck ya it would! If I could win something, I could pay off my bills, and my loan I made. I could move out of this frozen asshole of a town full of boring idiots and move into a nice house. I could pay for the materials needed to build my experiments and I could pay to go to a college. I could buy some reliable wheels when I eventually get my drivers license.
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Old 03-21-2009, 11:01 AM   #4
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100 million dollars would make me very happy. I'd be set for life, my parents could retire early, my aunts and uncles could too. Yes, if I won a huge lottery like that, I'd share it with my family, I'd also give some charity the rest would be put in my account.
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Old 03-21-2009, 12:15 PM   #5
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YES! Of course it bloody would. I just wouldn't tell anyone about it. That way you don't get bitter people harping on at how great life must be having all that money, you don't get people constantly on and on at you for money ( unless they honestly do need it and have no way of getting X amount some other way ) .

I'd fuck off and live on an Island somewhere off the UK coast.
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Old 03-21-2009, 06:45 PM   #6
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YES! Of course it bloody would. I just wouldn't tell anyone about it. That way you don't get bitter people harping on at how great life must be having all that money, you don't get people constantly on and on at you for money ( unless they honestly do need it and have no way of getting X amount some other way ) .

I'd fuck off and live on an Island somewhere off the UK coast.
That island idea would be nice! Ohhh warm weather! Mmmmm!
It is sumposed to be spring and it is a bitter cold frozen snow covered wasteland here. The ideots that infest this town don't help things either.

Ohhh! I HATE Sault Ste Marie! But money would help. I would totally fuck off to an island.
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Old 03-22-2009, 08:49 AM   #7
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Warm? The UK coast isn't anything near warm unless it's a hot summer and we don't get those too often anymore. Wild and windy is better. There's no way in hell I'd live on a tropical island. I would take a trip to the Galapgos though for the wildlife.
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Old 03-22-2009, 09:03 AM   #8
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It is sumposed to be spring and it is a bitter cold frozen snow covered wasteland here. The ideots that infest this town don't help things either.
Canada is always a "bitter cold frozen snow covered wasteland" until mid-April - later in most places. Calgary doesn't get spring until mid-May.
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Old 03-25-2009, 01:45 PM   #9
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I'd love it.
I'd never need to work, I could move to another country and I'd bet set for life.
I know that sounds shallow..but moving to somewhere like Finland would make me so happy. And as for the things money can't buy.. Family, love etc..
I'd have enough to fly my family out for holidays and my boyfriend's said he'd move with me. xD
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Old 03-25-2009, 02:45 PM   #10
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Oh hell yeah. I could pay off my loans, pay for grad school, and when I flunk out of grad school I'd still have money to support myself. Of course, I'd put most of it in a savings account for interest, leave a few thousand for frivolous spending, and still work to make an income. But, it'd be a really nice fallback if something goes wrong.
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Old 03-25-2009, 05:23 PM   #11
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Yeah, it would make me happier.
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Old 03-25-2009, 05:46 PM   #12
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I play the lottery every day. If I won it, I'd buy some bling-bling! but y'all know how I do. ^_^
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:00 PM   #13
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Sometimes I get the feeling Lakita is a current or older member in disguise. Negro disguise.
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I get that feeling too . .
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:03 PM   #15
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:12 PM   #16
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Sometimes I get the feeling Lakita is a current or older member in disguise. Negro disguise.
i've been here before, but ma old account was banned. that one was just Lakita jackson oh and by the way the word negro is racially offensive, if y'all ain't careful imma have to report y'all with an infraction like you did ta me.
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:18 PM   #17
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Hi Lakita! do you remember me? hehe x
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:27 PM   #18
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:28 PM   #19
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sup! what it is, gurl?
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:28 PM   #20
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You forget, I'm a troll, too.
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:29 PM   #21
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NEGRO is the Spanish term for BLACK. As in the color. Every other language uses a term similar to NEGRO, but English gets a bad rep for it because YOU PEOPLE make such a big deal out of a few years of slavery when you were enslaving your own people for centuries. Would you rather me say NEGROID? That's a technical term for YOU PEOPLE used in ANTHROPOLOGY. NEGRO is on equal terms with CAUCASIAN, and I don't think people are going to whine about that one.

Also, I doubt you're really NEGRO anyway.

P.S. I am not racist, just instigating.
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:36 PM   #22
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Ho, we like the word coon, that's the PC one these days.
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NEGRO is the Spanish term for BLACK. As in the color. Every other language uses a term similar to NEGRO, but English gets a bad rep for it because YOU PEOPLE make such a big deal out of a few years of slavery when you were enslaving your own people for centuries. Would you rather me say NEGROID? That's a technical term for YOU PEOPLE used in ANTHROPOLOGY. NEGRO is on equal terms with CAUCASIAN, and I don't think people are going to whine about that one.
I lol'd at this because it's true.

Ever read Oroonoko?
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Old 03-25-2009, 06:41 PM   #24
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I lol'd at this because it's true.

Ever read Oroonoko?
Nope. What's it about?

And good one, Duck.
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NEGRO is the Spanish term for BLACK. As in the color. Every other language uses a term similar to NEGRO, but English gets a bad rep for it because YOU PEOPLE make such a big deal out of a few years of slavery when you were enslaving your own people for centuries. Would you rather me say NEGROID? That's a technical term for YOU PEOPLE used in ANTHROPOLOGY. NEGRO is on equal terms with CAUCASIAN, and I don't think people are going to whine about that one.

Also, I doubt you're really NEGRO anyway.

P.S. I am not racist, just instigating.
y'all is a rascist because you called me a negro in ENGLISH not spanish and it wasn't a only a few years it was like 100 years, and no black people ain't never enslaved no one.
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