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UCyborg wrote: *

17 Apr 2026, 07:25

You could win the lottery and still be a slave.

I knew a lottery winner in the late 90s.
Family of 3. Single mom plus two kids.
A welfare family, mom would never "elevate her status" because she did not want to lose her food stamps!

I never knew the story about their dad other than they all called him a "deadbeat".
Mom won *MILLIONS* (plural!) and split it equally with her two kids.
I worked with both of the kids, one was older than me and the other was younger than me.
Oldest [living on his own] was 22/23 at the time, youngest [still living with mom] (my girlfriend's best friend) was 18/19 at the time.

First thing the oldest did was buy a "monster truck", a huge gigantic truck with tires as high as my stomach.
Both him and his sister continued working and I worked with them both for another six months or so.
They did finally leave their job, but only on account of TERRIBLE work ethics and both were FIRED.

They kept up with many of us throughout the years.
Always throwing big parties for those that were friends before they 'hit it big'.
So I literally watched them live from "rags to riches", as the saying goes.

*MILLIONS* !!! PLURAL !!!

BOTH of the two kids were BANKRUPT within a DECADE-AND-A-HALF !!!
BOTH of the two kids were HOMELESS, cars repossessed, and living on food stamps by the Covid Years.


Point is, if you don't know how to handle money before winning the lottery, you don't learn to handle money just because you win the lottery.
Sometimes in life, like it or not, a "loser is a loser", regardless of "winning" the lottery.

Duke wrote: *

17 Apr 2026, 08:52

UCyborg wrote: *

17 Apr 2026, 07:25

Pretty sure I saw some posts here that aren't there anymore. I hope it's not another case of censorship. Feels like no matter where you go, there is censorship.

xperceniol_sal has deleted several of his own posts for some reason.
IMO users shouldn't be able to edit/delete their posts after 24 hours to avoid butchering threads like it just happened

That may be true in THIS CASE.
But I know for a FACT that "OT" discussions [that likely go against admin "politics" (my opinion, no proof)] have been deleted.
I myself had a 2hr research-session involving crime rates and political voting patterns of large population cities DELETED.
Deleted instead of moved. Yeah, that's a case of censorchip. But it "is what it is". It was "OT".

"Is what it is." "Id quod est." "Sic est."

I'm sorry if I caused any confusion. I just simply deleted only 3 postings because they were too fucking depressing and I decided not to drag others down. I just haven't been doing well. I might take a break from all forums for months to recover. Thank you for understanding.

^I don't think they were, maybe for happy go-lucky type of people, which is the luxury that isn't applicable in my case.

Jackpot, that'd be something. How do you just run out of money with those sums?

Not that I'll ever have to worry about that, I'm nothing (not even human) and have (almost) nothing. But what if...

UCyborg wrote: *

17 Apr 2026, 20:34

Jackpot, that'd be something. How do you just run out of money with those sums?

Happens to EVERY walk of life.
If you don't know how to handle money, you won't miraculously learn just by getting money.
Whether we all like it or not, where you are in life at age 25 to 28 or so pretty much DEFINES your ENTIRE existence.

I like to think that "rehab" works. But my cousin is a probation officer. It does NOT work WAY more often than it does work.

If you don't know how to manage debt (and savings) at a young age, you won't know how to manage it later in life.
Sad, I suppose. But generally true.

Exceptions to every rule, of course.

But h#ll yeah, millionaires go bankrupt all the time.
MC Hammer
Mike Tyson
Michael Jackson
Toni Braxton
Kim Basinger
Cyndi Lauper
Burt Reynolds
Gary Coleman

If you don't know how to handle money, the simple notion of "having" money does not change that.

The-10-Pen wrote: *

17 Apr 2026, 21:10

Whether we all like it or not, where you are in life at age 25 to 28 or so pretty much DEFINES your ENTIRE existence.

I feel that.

Just the money thing is a bit of alien in my context considering I'm not much of a spender. Though I'm aware of the phenomenon how some hit it big then spend every last cent.