Post by Julian on Jul 27, 2010 2:00:58 GMT -5
Been meaning to post this for about a week...
After the Paul the Octopus crap, and people that don't understand 12/14 isn't that difficult or remarkable an achievement in a binary outcome, and each subsequent event is still merely a 50/50 proposition without having to actually even rig the shit, I recalled the "How come you never see the headline - Psychic Wins Lottery"... (which oddly seems to be popularly attributed to Jay Leno, not sure why.)
Well I actually googled "Psychic Wins Lottery" just to see what kind of insane shit got spat out.
Well, it happened once:
lotterywinnerbios.blogspot.com/2009/05/carole-dakin-psychic-wins-lottery.html
Now that would be a brilliant fucking headline... Psychic wins lottery, but can't find ticket.
But far more hysterically funny, and downright ironic, is this apologetics:
www.circlesoflight.com/scott/lottery.html
I honestly couldn't decide if this needed to go in "Science" just so they Scientifically inclined wouldn't miss it (or the quackery like homeopathy for pets), or Philosophy because of the unbelievable stretching and contortions, or politics, because of the stupidity of the money.
It's like CARM lite (not to be confused with the Carmelites)
So lets see...
--I went to a higher power and they said [WTF!!! Can you get us Buffy's autograph on an 8x10 please??? Or naked pics of Charisma Carpenter]
--Money is a form of energy? Economy = money x circulation squared or something...
--The fear of being poor is what makes you poor? Right, so does this mean the fear of being rich makes you rich? I thought the fear of being poor was what made you think about saving for a rainy day (and hoping like hell everything else went to plan)
--Bartering was fun because it took up your entire existence... Ummm, no. I think the Cleopatra you channel into hundreds of different saps isn't a good sample.
--"So count your blessings and one of those blessings maybe NOT having a million dollars." Is that like the blessing of not having medical care, not having a home, and not having a balanced diet? Not being able to provide for your children?
--And no, lotteries do not work on free will. They try rather hard to make sure they're not riggable... All part of the gaming license.
--Money is NOT the root of all evil. Some people once said that LOVE OF MONEY was the root of all evil, only they just seemed to see it was a motivating factor for 'evil' people to do 'evil' things... (Like get a x-box or something)
--Or prey on gullible people telling them shit they want to hear...
www.animaltalkhealing.com/main/myrates.cfm
After the Paul the Octopus crap, and people that don't understand 12/14 isn't that difficult or remarkable an achievement in a binary outcome, and each subsequent event is still merely a 50/50 proposition without having to actually even rig the shit, I recalled the "How come you never see the headline - Psychic Wins Lottery"... (which oddly seems to be popularly attributed to Jay Leno, not sure why.)
Well I actually googled "Psychic Wins Lottery" just to see what kind of insane shit got spat out.
Well, it happened once:
lotterywinnerbios.blogspot.com/2009/05/carole-dakin-psychic-wins-lottery.html
Now that would be a brilliant fucking headline... Psychic wins lottery, but can't find ticket.
But far more hysterically funny, and downright ironic, is this apologetics:
www.circlesoflight.com/scott/lottery.html
I honestly couldn't decide if this needed to go in "Science" just so they Scientifically inclined wouldn't miss it (or the quackery like homeopathy for pets), or Philosophy because of the unbelievable stretching and contortions, or politics, because of the stupidity of the money.
It's like CARM lite (not to be confused with the Carmelites)
So lets see...
--I went to a higher power and they said [WTF!!! Can you get us Buffy's autograph on an 8x10 please??? Or naked pics of Charisma Carpenter]
--Money is a form of energy? Economy = money x circulation squared or something...
--The fear of being poor is what makes you poor? Right, so does this mean the fear of being rich makes you rich? I thought the fear of being poor was what made you think about saving for a rainy day (and hoping like hell everything else went to plan)
--Bartering was fun because it took up your entire existence... Ummm, no. I think the Cleopatra you channel into hundreds of different saps isn't a good sample.
--"So count your blessings and one of those blessings maybe NOT having a million dollars." Is that like the blessing of not having medical care, not having a home, and not having a balanced diet? Not being able to provide for your children?
--And no, lotteries do not work on free will. They try rather hard to make sure they're not riggable... All part of the gaming license.
--Money is NOT the root of all evil. Some people once said that LOVE OF MONEY was the root of all evil, only they just seemed to see it was a motivating factor for 'evil' people to do 'evil' things... (Like get a x-box or something)
--Or prey on gullible people telling them shit they want to hear...
www.animaltalkhealing.com/main/myrates.cfm
