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    Probably Redundant CommentAnne Branigin
    3/11/19 1:53pm

    For perspective: You are more likely to date a millionaire (1 in 215, a fighting chance!)

    The Fine Print:

    Terms & Conditions apply. Your mileage may vary due to social status and attractiveness. No guarantees are made regarding date’s humanity. After all, R. Kelly, Dick Cheney, Robert Durst, Bill Cosby, Donald Trump, Louis C.K. and many other horrible people are or probably were millionaires. Side effects may include weight loss (pressured into eating disorder), social estrangement (You’re no longer allowed to have friends), paranoia (are you being followed by their people or paparazzi?). Seek therapy and escape if symptoms exist. Some side effects can be fatal so please seek shelter, police protection, restraining orders, angry cousins if any symptoms worsen. 

    ... Jesus... that went a LOT darker than I originally planned.

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      TheGhostofTampaBabaYagaProbably Redundant Comment
      3/11/19 7:58pm

      But I love you for it, because I laughed my ass off!

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    E=MC HammeredAnne Branigin
    3/11/19 3:11pm

    Wait a minute...is Forbes saying that 1 out of every 220 people has written a bestselling novel? I clicked through, but it doesn’t provide context or a source. That can’t be right.

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      Optimistic PrimeE=MC Hammered
      3/11/19 3:22pm

      Thats not how odds/probabilities work. But yeah, I agree, I'd like to see a source.

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      GnatBE=MC Hammered
      3/11/19 3:36pm

      I’d suspect it means either 1 out of 220 novels is a best seller or 1 out of 220 authors has published a best seller. Actually deciding to write shouldn’t be part of the odds. i.e. the odds of getting a hole in one don’t include every person that has never swung a golf club.

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    BombayPhDAnne Branigin
    3/11/19 1:48pm

    Ballpark, what percentage of total lottery tickets played over the course of her life does this reimburse her for? I’m going to say less than half. 

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    BadOmbreAnne Branigin
    3/11/19 2:01pm

    Brown initially bought 20 tickets with that combination at a gas station in Chesterfield County.

    “A couple of times during the day, I saw those numbers,” Brown said when she recently claimed her winnings.

    So later that day, she bought 10 more tickets at the same location with the same numbers.

    She played this straight, right? How much money did she spend on the tickets altogether.

    This is so extra of her. Yeah, I’m jealous. lol

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      GreenBabyWeightBadOmbre
      3/11/19 2:29pm

      The pick 4's are only $1. All in then for that day would be $30.

      Somebody that plays like this through has to have sunk a bunch of money into the lotto before... this isn’t a do-it-once kinda scenario.

      $150k is a solid bag, but after taxes and whatnot, that $75k hopefully shouldn’t have too many cousins coming out of the woods.

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    DolemiteAnne Branigin
    3/11/19 1:33pm

    Moral of the story: date as many people as possible.

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      qwedswaDolemite
      3/12/19 8:58am

      Tried that. My odds of dating a poor, non-novelist with a dangerous mental illness were 4 in 5. The fifth one turned out ok though. If I don’t get struck by lightning, it should work out fine.

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    900turboAnne Branigin
    3/11/19 3:08pm

    I’m calling BS..

    Cousin Debbie’s a time traveler.

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