Comrade Pikachu.

More symbol politics from the symbol politics party.

The faster runners would be pushing the slower runners to the ground when they lap them! Which of course is allowed by the rules.

A better comparison would be: “I’d perform better at the race if the winners weren’t the ones who made up the rules.”

Edit: And somehow, they always get out of time penalties.

If it’s about AI slop pull requests, it’s more akin to a microwaved orange tbf.

But if the chef wants oranges in the pea soup, and you don’t like that, it’s fair to say go to another soup kitchen.

That’s way more informative than it needed be, thanks!

The USA and UK have 24/7 supermarkets. Maybe also France but I’m unsure.

Well if they all do it, who are ya gonna run to?

That’s how they get you! Also, I meant the jackpot.

Spoiler alert: you won’t win.

I’m not saying any of this is fair.

Same goes for you. Except the latter part, I’m not that petty.

The issue isn’t pleasure, it’s expectation. Buying a coffee or a movie ticket reliably delivers the thing you’re paying for; a lottery ticket is designed to almost certainly deliver nothing. Calling that “financially inconsequential pleasure” glosses over the fact that the pleasure is mostly manufactured hope, not the product itself.

Enjoyment isn’t immune from criticism just because it’s cheap, and pointing that out doesn’t require living like a monk. You can acknowledge that people do it for fun while still recognizing it as a statistically bad trade-off compared to most other small indulgences

Just because you can afford it, it doesn’t make it a good financial decision to buy a lottery ticket.

You are just filling another scammer’s pockets. At least you get a roof above your head out of one of them.

A rental property?

Yeah but at least you end up with more money to live somewhere affordable…

That is not what I said? Lottery tickets are just throwing money in a fire… Which is counterproductive when saving up for a 1,5 billion home.

Buying lottery tickets to get a house… Maybe this man should get a financial advisor.