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1 in 4 car accidents are caused by texting
and driving]
People: "Won' t be me."
1 in 292 million chance of winning the
Powerball)
People: "You never knew."
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#9 - mrhandss (01/12/2016) [-]
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User avatar #31 to #9 - alpako (23 hours ago) [-]
yeah, a chance to die in a fiery crash
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User avatar #91 to #31 - jalauren (12 hours ago) [-]
who lights there car on fire before they get in an accident
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User avatar #111 to #91 - alpako (4 hours ago) [-]
the car makes that decision
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#107 to #31 - anon (10 hours ago) [-]
Jokes on you I'm suicidal.
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User avatar #26 - bothemastaofall ONLINE (01/12/2016) [-]
Well you also have to consider the consequences

Car accident = massive injury with possible death
Buying powerball ticket = out a few bucks

W8 this logic just became more retarded.
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User avatar #53 to #26 - priestofkarp (21 hours ago) [-]
But it's not usually just a few bucks. People that do powerball and stuff like that do it all the time. A few bucks builds up after doing it hundreds of times
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User avatar #83 to #53 - sonoobish (13 hours ago) [-]
exactly im actually thinking about buying my first 10 or so tickets just on this powerball and if nobody wins that one just 10 more and thats it
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#90 to #83 - anon (12 hours ago) [-]
first 10 tickets
***** you got a problem already
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User avatar #110 to #90 - sonoobish (5 hours ago) [-]
only cuz its at 1billion+ never bought a ticket before and dont plan on it unless it gets back up to 1 billion
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User avatar #17 - hoponthefeelstrain (01/12/2016) [-]
I hate that people are like "okay I know texting and driving is bad, but that doesn't mean I can't snapchat and drive, or flip threw my music and drive, or vine and drive because it's not texting so it's okay"
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#22 to #17 - nebuelaeus (01/12/2016) [-]
while being just as unsafe as texting, they are technically correct in that performing other tasks on you phone, like a call, are not illegal in many states.
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User avatar #27 to #22 - hoponthefeelstrain (01/12/2016) [-]
actually depending on the state just holding your phone in your hand can get you pulled over.
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User avatar #41 to #27 - stoicnick (23 hours ago) [-]
"many states"
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#28 to #27 - nebuelaeus (01/12/2016) [-]
"many states"
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#87 to #27 - anon (12 hours ago) [-]
In Australia it is pretty much, phone in hand while the ignition is on (even if pulled over) is illegal. But again it varies on states as to the severity and how strict they enforce it.
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User avatar #19 to #17 - sgtmajjohnson (01/12/2016) [-]
I like your profile pic. Because Sgt. Maj. Johnson.
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User avatar #20 to #19 - hoponthefeelstrain (01/12/2016) [-]
I never played the game, my good friend stoicnick was tired I didn't have a profile picture and had me use this one.
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User avatar #37 to #20 - stoicnick (23 hours ago) [-]
"good friend"
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User avatar #76 to #37 - janeyzombie (15 hours ago) [-]
Ice cold
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User avatar #115 to #76 - stoicnick (3 hours ago) [-]
ikr
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User avatar #38 to #37 - hoponthefeelstrain (23 hours ago) [-]
should have said stalker *******
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User avatar #39 to #38 - stoicnick (23 hours ago) [-]
sounds about right
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User avatar #40 to #39 - hoponthefeelstrain (23 hours ago) [-]
I forgot fag
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User avatar #42 to #40 - stoicnick (23 hours ago) [-]
fucboi* can't you spell you uneducated ho
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User avatar #73 to #42 - dreygur (16 hours ago) [-]
fuccboi**
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User avatar #114 to #73 - stoicnick (3 hours ago) [-]
Fair enough
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#104 to #20 - anon (10 hours ago) [-]
It's the non-canon Easter egg for beating Halo 1 on the hardest difficulty.
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User avatar #77 to #20 - mudkipfucker (15 hours ago) [-]
he got me an achievement on halo reach
nice guy
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User avatar #113 to #77 - stoicnick (3 hours ago) [-]
Wasn't it halo 4? Also he aight i guess
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User avatar #116 to #113 - mudkipfucker (3 hours ago) [-]
oh yeah, it was
thanks, my gamerscore now ends in a 5 and not a 7
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User avatar #117 to #116 - stoicnick (2 hours ago) [-]
>not a zero
scrub
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User avatar #48 to #20 - oxymoronking ONLINE (22 hours ago) [-]
hey! i know that cunt
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User avatar #112 to #48 - stoicnick (3 hours ago) [-]
Me too, he's a total dick.
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User avatar #21 to #20 - sgtmajjohnson (01/12/2016) [-]
Still has Avery Johnson, so I like it. If you're big on feels stuff, it's kind of appropriate, although they hug more out of fear than feels.
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User avatar #36 to #21 - stoicnick (23 hours ago) [-]
Don't forget the assgrab
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User avatar #61 to #36 - sgtmajjohnson (20 hours ago) [-]
NEVER forget the assgrab.
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User avatar #93 to #17 - enlightednatzie (11 hours ago) [-]
I nearly crash'd and died while playing with my phone. And i wasnt even driving lol.
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User avatar #101 to #93 - thumbfortrump (11 hours ago) [-]
while playing with your "phone"
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#103 to #93 - anon (10 hours ago) [-]
How did you almost crash without driving?
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#13 - recoveryone (01/12/2016) [-]
That's about the arithmetic skill you'd expect from someone who actually plays the Powerball with the intent to win...
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#44 to #13 - anon (23 hours ago) [-]
As opposed to playing it with intent to lose?
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User avatar #50 to #44 - ilovehitler ONLINE (22 hours ago) [-]
The point, for most people, of playing these lotteries isn't that they expect to win, though that wouldn't be unwelcome. It's more the creation of hope- from the time they purchase that ticket until the time they find out it's a loser, they can hope that they won't have to go to a job hate ever again. They won't be saddled with debts that they've forgotten the cause of, or a wife and children they've long since grown distant towards, or the forced interaction between acquaintances who feel like they need to grow closer.
Lotteries allow for the hope to live whatever life you'd like, and for most people, that's worth a couple bucks a week.
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User avatar #63 to #50 - rockamekishiko (20 hours ago) [-]
and all this time i thought people just wanted to be rich
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#100 to #50 - anon (11 hours ago) [-]
That is still playing it with the intent to win, not the intent to lose. It's just being slightly more realistic about your chance of winning.
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#74 to #50 - anon (16 hours ago) [-]
Damn son
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#52 to #50 - innocentbabies (22 hours ago) [-]
Wow, dude, that was, ummm, pretty dark. You alright, buddy?
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#54 to #52 - anon (21 hours ago) [-]
real people talk about real **** bless up
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#98 to #50 - hongkonglongdong (11 hours ago) [-]
Lottery is the new opiate of the masses etc.
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#5 - anon (01/11/2016) [-]
I've yet to meet someone who actually wants to have a car accident
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User avatar #1 - lathyrusvii (01/11/2016) [-]
Yay, bias.
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#59 - grandthefthollow (20 hours ago) [-]
Jokes on you, I bought two tickets, so I have a chance of 2 in 292 million!
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#60 to #59 - ExorArgus ONLINE (20 hours ago) [-]
Good joke.
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#11 - anon (01/12/2016) [-]
That's not a fair comparison though.
They'd have to say the odds of being in a car accident, which also probably varies by region and demographics. Powerball odds are same across the board
Still a fair point, never text and drive.
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User avatar #68 - ChewyConor (18 hours ago) [-]
This is a known psychological phenomenon though. People generally have no concept of large probabilities. They're very difficult to imagine accurately, you really have to rationally know that the odds are unrealistic to have an accurate view.

Also for people whining about the car crash odds, 2.4 million people get killed, injured or become disabled via car crash in the US each year.

Just looking at the fatality rate of car crashes in the US, it currently stands at about 3 deaths per 100 million miles driven.
Assuming that translates linearly, every 10,000 miles you drive, theres a 0.00333% chance of dying, or 1 in 30,000. Factor in your own driving in distance, then give yourself an honest appraisal of whether you drive cautiously, patiently, defensively, and on mainly highways, or hastedly, impatiently, aggressively and mainly in urban settings to figure out if you're likely to be more or less likely that the stated figure.

Every 1 mile you drive, your odds of dying are about the same as the odds of powerball success. Your chances of an injury or non-serious crash are substantially greater.
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User avatar #57 - shadowdoogen (20 hours ago) [-]
Trying to win the lottery is like trying to commit suicide by commercial airline.
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#43 - anon (23 hours ago) [-]
**anonymous used "*roll picture*"**
**anonymous rolled image** how the **** are you going to help me
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User avatar #78 - askafj (14 hours ago) [-]
It's not like there's a 1 in 4 chance that you'll be in a car accident.

Ya dingus.
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#75 - sarcasmexplain (15 hours ago) [-]
Although texting and driving is stupid that comparison is completely wrong, it is saying that out of all people who crashed 1-4 was due to texting, therefore they are already assuming you crashed at which point who cares how you crashed, where as infact they should be saying out of the "10" people who text and drive, this is how many who crash


If it turns out I am being stupid please let me know, I am covering reception in work and my brain feels dead
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User avatar #97 to #75 - streetshark (11 hours ago) [-]
Please let more people thumb this. My logical side of my brain is eating itself after reading the content.
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User avatar #102 to #75 - penileburglar (11 hours ago) [-]
No, you're right. We need to know the actual chance of getting in a car accident for every x amount of time you spend testing, or we can't really directly compare the two. This post is accusing people of not being able to understand statistics while ironically relying on you to not understand statistics for it to get the point across.

Texting and driving is still stupid, mind you. Just no reason to try to trick people into believing it's stupid when there are already plenty of good reasons it's stupid.
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#56 - ottox (20 hours ago) [-]
you pay for the excitement and the fantasy of spending that money.
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#71 to #56 - anon (16 hours ago) [-]
In reality for most people winning the lottery could very well be the worst thing that ever happens to them, 33% go bankrupt, 20x the chance of being victims of homicide, 201x higher chances of being killed by a relative, unless you find a way to remain anonymous you will be pestered by absolutely anyone and everyone for money, acquire stalkers, people break into all your **** looking for loot, give money to relatives which then go and over dose and kill themselves

Money IS power, the vast majority of the population has no idea what to do with that power and they would be better off without it
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#79 - anon (14 hours ago) [-]
*sells car and buys powerball tickets*
May the odds turn in my favour AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Wait...
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User avatar #96 - streetshark (11 hours ago) [-]
I hate stupid illogical statistics like this. Regardless of the content they are comparing two completely different things! The chance of being in an accident while texting is an impossible ratio to obtain due to every ******* person who texts and doesn't get into an accident obviously not reporting it.

I'm not a godamned mathematician but I still know reading comprehension!
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#86 - anon (12 hours ago) [-]
phenomenon known as optimism bias, basically we think good things will happen to us and we rationalize that nothing bad will ever happen unless it's obviously staring us in the face.
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User avatar #80 - cognosceteipsum (14 hours ago) [-]
Optimism bias
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#72 - xgeneration ONLINE (16 hours ago) [-]
**xgeneration used "*roll picture*"**
**xgeneration rolled image**
Are people really comparing luck with being a complete ******* moron.
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User avatar #82 - psykobear ONLINE (14 hours ago) [-]
The first one is based one skill and how seriously you do it. The second is pure luck.

I'm not supporting texting and driving, but stop making bad comparisons.
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