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What is something that only exists because people are stupid?

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What is something that only exists because people are stupid?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 5 months ago

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Lotteries. If people understood odds they’d never buy a ticket, or at least not in the numbers they do.
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  Lotteries are a tax on hope, not stupidity.
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  You have a better chance of literally being Brad Pitt than you do if winning the lottery.

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