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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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People who are lucky (never get sick etc.) shouldn't be the ones to buy lottery tickets (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Devgard to c/showerthoughts

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If you're lucky in one area, what's the chance that you'll be lucky in another?Instead, it should be those who are really unlucky, the lottery might balance out their luck 💀

edit: I forgot about ~~mutually exclusive~~ independent events probability ty everyone

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I guess this goes into how you imagine luck.

Is it one stat that gets balanced all around? How do you know you didn't spend all your luck surviving something you didn't even know about. Does it take into account how the world affects you or just your actions? Maybe it's a general stat that affects everything by the same amount, which is the framework that goes with the "wow I nearly died, I should buy a lottery ticket".

Easiest is to determine it after the fact, as a relative value for all the stuff that happens to us outside our direct control.