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Would you give away $40 million?

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saskskier
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This is crazy. Guy in Calgary won $40 million in the lottery, but decided he's done well enough in life he doesn't need it and is setting up a family trust to donate to charities of their choice over the years.

Dec 17 2013 3:59PM
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saskskier
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Why wouldn't you work? You could do whatever you wanted without worrying whether or not it would pay the bills. I think life would be completely unfulfilling if you didn't work, even if you didn't need to.

Also, 100k/year is still a solid salary and if you're not an idiot, can easily live a comfortable life on that.
Dec 19 2013 1:23AM
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Fun_dip
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I agree I would try to do something I love as well rather than just be a fucking bum, but if I wasn't making money doing whatever I wanted to do (ie traveling or whatever the fuck I would choose) I'd be dependent on what I had.

Yes 100k is good, but who are you kidding, do you want to live lavishly or comfortably?
Dec 19 2013 1:29AM
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saskskier
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I would absolutely rather live comfortably than lavishly. Sure I'd like to own a house, drive a newer car, pay off my student loans and travel more, but I am content with where I'm at right now in life.
Dec 19 2013 1:39AM
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Fun_dip
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I guess I shouldn't have said lavishly because people then just think of gaudy mansions and completely over the top accessories and what not.

I just think given the chance someone would go buy a million dollar house and a vacation home or two, have a couple nice cars, and be able to allow their parents/friends to enjoy the pleasures of being extremely comfortable financially. Along with enough to ensure they could live comfortably if something major ever happened. Just my opinion. You, your parents, and your friends might already be rich as fuck so it would just be overkill or maybe you really are just uber generous. I have a hard time believing people when they say they'd give away that much money when they have no idea what the future holds for them financially.
Dec 19 2013 1:54AM
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ilikefood
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The news said he had an annual subscription to the lottery and that he didn't even know what his numbers were. Maybe once a year he would get a check for twenty bucks but nothing more. He just always forgot to cancel his subscription and then one day he was golfing and got a phone call saying that he had won 40M.
Dec 19 2013 4:47AM
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theabortionator
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Herp Derp. I'm not saying the lottery is a solid investment idea for those needing to make money I'm just saying it makes more sense for people who need the money to buy into it desperately hoping they'll somehow win.

Sick assessment bro. If you have health insurance I'd get on that and see if they can get that ski pole out of your ass. I'm not surprised you're uncomfortable, but don't take it out on me brah.


Dec 19 2013 9:28AM
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ABalls
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100k a year salary is a very comfortable salary. Non union teachers in my school make no more than 40k a year and still live fine. On topic though... I would keep 10 mill and donate the rest. I would probably meet with a consultant and throw 5 mill into stocks for fun.
Dec 19 2013 9:46AM
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skiierman
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So what you're saying is that when people are poor, it makes sense to throw their money away on a game where the chances of winning are drastically lower than hitting the jackpot on a slot machine?

Again, you're a fucking idiot. If gambling is correlated with being poor simply because people are more "desperate", then shouldn't you see nothing but scumbags in every casino you go to? I mean there are scummy people there but a majority of people are there because A. they have a gambling problem or B. because THEY CAN AFFORD IT.
Dec 19 2013 4:34PM
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PeppermillReno
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Dude, there is a difference between a poor person buying a lotto ticket every week which enables them to dream of granduer and a better life and a poor person pissing their money away in a casino or on scratch tickets.

You are lumping everyone together which is why you look stupid. 



I'm not really one to talk though.  I would have gone 8/10 last night on college hoop games if I took points on underdogs.  But I wanted to hit it big and played the moneylines and a couple of the games were rigged and I could have won on the rigged games if I wasn't so greedy (W Mich blew a lead in the last 10 seconds to drake and UC Davis was up 21 on SJ St and lost and I laid 3 on LSU in a clearly fixed game instead of betting them to win and they obviously won by 2.)
Dec 19 2013 6:05PM
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skiierman
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No you're right, the lotto and slot machines are completely different in that they're both ways to GAMBLE YOU FUCKING MONEY AWAY IN THE VERY SLIM CHANCE THAT YOU WIN A FORTUNE. You clearly didn't get the point of my post so fuck off back to your basement, little boy.
Dec 19 2013 6:07PM
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PeppermillReno
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You told me...I really wish I was 29 and still working on my bachelors degree like you.  I'm in my hotel suite about to go to the strip club before seeing one of my favorite childhood bands (Megadeth) later few months a year in my moms basements a small price to pay to afford living how I want.  THings are going well too who knows this summer I might not even go back to my moms.

Look I like machines.  I'm lucky I don't like them too much.  I've put about 10 bucks total in them playing cave man keno in 2 months.  If I liked them more like some people do that could easily be 10k.


Gambling is FUN...its recreation to some people.  And a lotto ticket gives a poor person hope and dreams of a better life.  Its a very responsible form of gambling if you just stick to the lottery and don't buy 20 bucks in scratches every time you go to the store.
Dec 19 2013 6:16PM
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skiierman
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Anyone else getting that whiff of... bullshit?
Dec 19 2013 7:00PM
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JAHBRADOR
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Didnt read btw, Just wanted to post this.

Your comments are all pretty shit anyway.
Dec 19 2013 7:01PM
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saskskier
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This might be my new favourite meme.
Dec 19 2013 8:17PM
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theabortionator
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no that's not what I'm saying. Go home skiierman, you're sober
Dec 20 2013 4:49PM
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