Actually dairy farmers as a whole are doing OK, because they get tons of subsidies of various kinds. But because too many people want to be dairy farmers and they produce more than consumers want (or actually the cows do - their udders keep getting bigger through old-style genetic engineering), it's hard for individual farmers to make money. So do the dairy lobbyists and advertisers really deserve their big salaries or not?
This guy heads a company which has a prime directive to get consumers to use more milk and cheese. Consumption of milk and cheese continues to fall yet honcho gets a million bucks salary while the dairy farmers who pay for his "service" get fucked. Don't you just love capitalism?
Well good luck to you. I’d like to think I could do that, but I’m going to have to push mine to about 10 years from now, into my early 70’s, should I be so lucky.
Hey, we've had lots of winners in Iowa. Of course, a lot of them were Eddie Tipton, the programmer who inserted code so the "random number generation" wasn't so random on certain days, so that he, his brother, and friends could rake in the millions. (Yeah, I know, you meant "caucus" and not "lottery.")
I think gambling in any form beyond bingo to support the local firefighters or other good cause, and where losing is the whole point, is moronic. You don't see casinos regularly go broke for a reason (except those run by DJT of course), but I couldn't argue with Stroke-ess' logic wrt her office Powerball pool. She said she damn sure wasn't going to be the one who still had to go to work on Monday if the pool hit the jackpot.
I see commercials for the lottery pushing buying tickets for friends at the holidays. What a great Christmas present! A soon-to-be-useless piece of cardboard. And even if I do hit, I feel obligated to share with the person who bought it for me. I'd rather have a bottle of Two-Buck Chuck.
It's kind of funny to me, in that I knew both him and his wife way back when. His wife was a teacher at my high school, and at the time, he was in law school.
I've thought of that, and it's an interesting concept, buying hope. Like -- was it Carlin who noticed? -- what a strange idea it was to ''buy time'' at a parking meter. When what you're really buying is a small bit of cardboard.
Actually dairy farmers as a whole are doing OK, because they get tons of subsidies of various kinds. But because too many people want to be dairy farmers and they produce more than consumers want (or actually the cows do - their udders keep getting bigger through old-style genetic engineering), it's hard for individual farmers to make money. So do the dairy lobbyists and advertisers really deserve their big salaries or not?
But if you don’t play, you still have that dollar, two, or ten, so that makes it more like a win.
And bitter grapes, jealousy, and aspirational schadenfreude.
This guy heads a company which has a prime directive to get consumers to use more milk and cheese. Consumption of milk and cheese continues to fall yet honcho gets a million bucks salary while the dairy farmers who pay for his "service" get fucked. Don't you just love capitalism?
No kidding. If he was such a dumbass, shouldn’t he have lost his original millions by the time he won the lottery?
You can try, but he’ll lie.
Fun fact for you all- the Great State of Whothefuckcares is holding it's primary today! Oh, I know- whothefuckcares.
If I won, the first thing I would do is go into the witness protection program. That would make the money last a little longer.
That dollar or two is your insurance policy!
Well good luck to you. I’d like to think I could do that, but I’m going to have to push mine to about 10 years from now, into my early 70’s, should I be so lucky.
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Yes, crying myself to sleep works for me too.
Hey, we've had lots of winners in Iowa. Of course, a lot of them were Eddie Tipton, the programmer who inserted code so the "random number generation" wasn't so random on certain days, so that he, his brother, and friends could rake in the millions. (Yeah, I know, you meant "caucus" and not "lottery.")
So, means testing at the lottery stand?
I think gambling in any form beyond bingo to support the local firefighters or other good cause, and where losing is the whole point, is moronic. You don't see casinos regularly go broke for a reason (except those run by DJT of course), but I couldn't argue with Stroke-ess' logic wrt her office Powerball pool. She said she damn sure wasn't going to be the one who still had to go to work on Monday if the pool hit the jackpot.
I see commercials for the lottery pushing buying tickets for friends at the holidays. What a great Christmas present! A soon-to-be-useless piece of cardboard. And even if I do hit, I feel obligated to share with the person who bought it for me. I'd rather have a bottle of Two-Buck Chuck.
It's kind of funny to me, in that I knew both him and his wife way back when. His wife was a teacher at my high school, and at the time, he was in law school.
I've thought of that, and it's an interesting concept, buying hope. Like -- was it Carlin who noticed? -- what a strange idea it was to ''buy time'' at a parking meter. When what you're really buying is a small bit of cardboard.