But you've already been struck by lightning. Let's think of it this way:

Spending $1 on a ticket is still more than $0.

That terminology is in place to easily understand the payout of a bet. If your odds are 10 to 1 and you invest $1, your payoff will be $10 in the event that you win.

Your chances are the same as everybody else's. Past experiences have nothing to do with lottery tickets.

Tell you what, as an actuary, if you win the Jackpot hit me up so we can look at your age/life expectancy and figure out which payment method is right for you. 1% commission sound good?

You sound like a risk-averse guy.

The odds of being struck by lightning and winning the lottery are definitely low. Although it doesn't matter anymore at this point.

Just like your chances, your losses are infinitely higher if you buy a ticket. You just got logic'd.

That's a 44,000 times increase, not drop.

The odds of winning a $540M Jackpot are even lower than what's advertised.

Not when you consider it has magical powers that prevent you from bleeding when hit and other cool stuff.

I just went with Gandalf's staff because it's probably the most powerful item. When Harry uses his wand he always looks like he's struggling but Gandalf never seems to go all out with it. At least, not the Gandalf the White staff, he gets his ass kicked when he's still wearing grey robes.

The elements that go into the construction of a lightsaber are as fictitious as Harry Potter's and Gandalf's magic tricks.

I love how a lot of people are reasoning with "Well I'm certainly not a wizard, so all that science-fiction mumbo jumbo about magic and spells would be completely useless. A lightsaber is so much more plausible so I'll pick that".

It was so blatantly in our faces that people should feel bad if they didn't giggle at the title.

Still waiting on a single mind-blowingly incredible thing to come from Kanye. Although you could argue he's had his share of mind-blowingly incredible PR and talent fails.

If anyone did, it'd be Mythbusters.

Is that the little wooden gun some guy builds under a table? I vaguely remember something like that in a movie from my youth.

Everyone knows about it but not everyone is smart.

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