PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 hours agoWhat are some common things people buy that you would never buy?message-squaremessage-square88fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareWhat are some common things people buy that you would never buy?PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 8 hours agomessage-square88fedilink
minus-squareartifex@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·7 hours agoLottery tickets. They’re basically just a tax on the dumb. But man the slogans — all you need is a dollar and a dream, you gotta be in it to win it, etc. — sheer marketing genius.
minus-squareMycatiskai@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 hours agoI call it the stupid tax. I pay it knowing I won’t win but it would be nice to get some fuck you money. I don’t mind spending 10 a month to maybe pay off my house years early.
minus-squareBrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 hours agoI’ll buy them as “gag gifts” but not for myself.
Lottery tickets.
They’re basically just a tax on the dumb. But man the slogans — all you need is a dollar and a dream, you gotta be in it to win it, etc. — sheer marketing genius.
I call it the stupid tax. I pay it knowing I won’t win but it would be nice to get some fuck you money.
I don’t mind spending 10 a month to maybe pay off my house years early.
I’ll buy them as “gag gifts” but not for myself.