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In all seriousness, and without trying to offend @wade1mil with self-righteousness, the reason I stopped buying lotto tickets for a long time is that it can be a detrimental form of self medication. Case in point: I had to force a manager and his crew to stay way late last night. We had a deadline, and they took all afternoon to do something that should have taken 2 hours max. When I left, they were talking about not coming to work the next day because they were gonna win the lotto.
So - instead of asking oneself: "Why am I so ineffectual that I have to perform miserable tasks late into the night" they were dreaming about winning the lotto to avoid confronting a very uncomfortable reality.
I'm not judging them. I do it too. I still have a day job I wish I didn't have. I've rationalized to @Scot probably a dozen times that I'm just doing it to regain some financial stability after two years of living out of pocket working at a startup. But how much financial stability can forcing other poor schmucks to work late to make someone else money really bring?
So - instead of asking oneself: "Why am I so ineffectual that I have to perform miserable tasks late into the night" they were dreaming about winning the lotto to avoid confronting a very uncomfortable reality.
I'm not judging them. I do it too. I still have a day job I wish I didn't have. I've rationalized to @Scot probably a dozen times that I'm just doing it to regain some financial stability after two years of living out of pocket working at a startup. But how much financial stability can forcing other poor schmucks to work late to make someone else money really bring?
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