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intrudor
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada446 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-03 08:28:27
June 03 2010 06:03 GMT
#1
I strongly adhere to Warren Buffett's view that any type of gambling and especially lotteries is an enormous scam aimed at separating low-IQ people from their money. i.e. The government is insulting the populace's intelligence. Sure...some enormously lucky people will hit a jackpot so large that they end up above the break-even point when they die no matter how many tickets they've bought.

The problem is that 99.99999% of the lottery "players" will end up way below the break-even point simply because they haven't ever won a prize higher than $50,000. (and i'd bet that even those who won 100k+ in one shot still end up losing simply because their tiny IQ-85-powered-brain can't keep track of the absurd amount of tickets they buy weekly for extended periods of time (see decades) and because of taxes on their gains) $2 dollars a pop goes fast my friend.

im still cool with lotteries because it's only an implicit insult to our intelligence. People know they'll end up losers but still do it for the thrill. Rules are clear. Also, it indirectly reduces the amount of taxes i have to pay since the GVT gets richer in the process.

However, a recent trend has been emerging during the last decade and it hit my province only last year. This trend is basically the following idea; insult people's intelligence, but this time, do it explicitly. Don't try to hide it. Just insult people's intelligence and hope that they won't sue you, or that your lawyers are persuasive enough to allow the court to let you pursue your insults.

The way to insult people's intelligence explicitly is to create a retarded TV show that asks a retarded "enigma" designed to incite as many retards as possible to dial and call the show to give out the answer and try to win a prize. Anyone can answer correctly. an IQ of 55 wouldn't be too low. Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 could answer. They'll show you pictures of 3 animals, a tiger, a horse and a dolphin and ask you which one is the odd one out. Basically, the way they make money is to just not take calls. Every fuckin line claims it's busy. Yet they CHARGE YOU A DOLLAR PER CALL even if its busy. Yet the host (usually a hottie) tells people how hard the fuckin question is and tries to give us "hints" like asking if we know someone who works in a Zoo in our family so we could ask them for their expertise. im not fuckin making this up. Then, she gesticulates for a good 30 minutes saying stuff like; "where are you guys?" "i want a good answer!" "we want a winner, please call us" "why the fuck arent you guys calling?" ...then she goes back to saying how the question is actually hard so that's probably why ppl aren't calling...etc. Thats cool...but try to listen to it for 30 minutes straight... and..then.. they actually take a call.

The funny part is that each show has about 4 parts...so 4 questions. Each time, in order to maximize profits, they take a call EXACTLY 30 minutes after an enigma is started. meaning, if the show lasts from 11:30pm to 1:30am, they ask a question at 11:30, then take calls at midnight, then ask another question, and then take calls 0:30..and so on.. if you've watched the show for 2 days straight, you can't help but notice the fuckin' pattern. My question is, if you can figure out the right answer in 10 seconds, like you should, why the fuck would you call at 11:31? or 11:48 or 12:23?

Whats even funnier is that the incredibly lucky people who land on the "lucky line" still miss the formality of actually answering the question correctly. lol?

question; Hi! find the only canadian province that does NOT have these letters in its name!
B,C,D,E,F,G,H,J,K,L,M,P,Q,S,U,V,W,X,Y,Z

Lady; hi! your name and where you from?
caller; Hi! im Normand from Ontario!
lady; great Normand...and your answer is?
caller; Toronto
lady: (20 seconds delay) Huh....im so so so sorry Normand! thats unfortunately not what we're looking for! ..lets take another call..





Apparently this retarded concept has been designed in Europe and goes on in many countries.
Europe?! How the fuck can you guys have a GDP exceeding $16 trillion and come up with shit like this?

Any feedback as to how these things are doing in your country guys?


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FyRe_DragOn
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada2056 Posts
June 03 2010 06:24 GMT
#2
i read over the question like 5 times before i realized she asked province not city LOL

the only gambling i do is playing games of poker with friends. never bought lottery tickets and probably never will.
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TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
June 03 2010 06:25 GMT
#3
I'm all for people being separated from their money if they're 'special' enough to fall for it.
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Faronel
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States658 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-03 06:27:36
June 03 2010 06:26 GMT
#4
I think there's a good quote for this:

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite."
John Kenneth Galbraith
US (Canadian-born) administrator & economist (1908 - 2006)


There are always going to be people who will extort people for their own gain. Sometimes it's not extorting but a symbiotic trading relationship, and that's what we see with GDP.
C'est la vie...
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States42579 Posts
June 03 2010 06:29 GMT
#5
Stupid people do stupid things. It's more effort than it's worth to stop them.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
SoManyDeadLings
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada255 Posts
June 03 2010 06:32 GMT
#6
We need many more shows like these + a massive reduction in welfare money / food shelters + more police force to stem the inevitable riots + randomized logic questions given out at voting booths.

That should raise the average IQ of populations by tens of points in a few years.
wsrgry
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-03 06:50:41
June 03 2010 06:37 GMT
#7
I think it probably started with this --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9live

Also, they really deceive you. There were some people who gave the right answer but were told that they are wrong. There are numerous videos about this channel on youtube, unfortunately all in German.

Example:
+ Show Spoiler +



Topic is "words starting with "po".

Caller: Yes, hello. Pontonbrücke(means pontoon bridge in english). Ponton.
Moderator: What, what, what bridge?
Caller: Ponton.
Moderator: Pontonbrücke? Let's see. Unfortunately, Pontonbrücke is not part of the right answers.
- jumps to end, when they reveal the answers -
Moderator: So, Pontonbrücke. And here, "Porlicht", *Polarlicht(polar lights). Ponton was said but not Pontonbrücke.
Luddite
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
United States2315 Posts
June 03 2010 06:54 GMT
#8
bwahaha that's hilarious that he got it wrong.

I remember seeing this when I was in Germany, but, as I recall the host woman took her clothes off after a while so... yeah... that's why people watch.
Can't believe I'm still here playing this same game
3clipse
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada2555 Posts
June 03 2010 06:56 GMT
#9
These things always make me facepalm. They show up as ads every once in a while.
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-03 07:02:27
June 03 2010 06:58 GMT
#10
On June 03 2010 15:32 SoManyDeadLings wrote:
We need many more shows like these + a massive reduction in welfare money / food shelters + more police force to stem the inevitable riots + randomized logic questions given out at voting booths.

That should raise the average IQ of populations by tens of points in a few years.

HI Ayn, still turning optimistic young men against the down-trodden I see.

I don't think most people buy lottery tickets because they're stupid or because they don't understand what million to one odds means. Most people will never be fantastically wealthy, but when we buy lottery tickets for a moment we can think we are. If you can suspend your disbelief, put the probabilities and impossibilities aside, you've essential bought hope. You go from Joe Shmo to Joe Shmo with a chance for all his dreams to come true if only he possessed some undefinable quality called luck and thats a good feeling. I don't think it's any worse then paying a dollar to rent a movie on itunes, either way your essentially paying a dollar to suspend your disbelief and believe in something grander.
Edit- It's 3am, I type bad
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Nytefish
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United Kingdom4282 Posts
June 03 2010 07:00 GMT
#11
Leave stupid people alone! If they can't occupy their minds with false hope from religion and society then they could become depressive or dangerous.
No I'm never serious.
Jonoman92
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States9103 Posts
June 03 2010 07:08 GMT
#12
Didn't really know about this, can't say I've seen it much in the states. I mean we have American Idol and stuff but I don't think it's $1 per call or anything.

I don't think it's worth it to try and protect people from stuff like that. It's common knowledge that anything too good to be true probably is, and it's impossible to protect everyone without taking away their personal freedom to do as they please.

On the other hand it's pretty sleazy and I wouldn't mind personally shutting such a company down, but I feel that might infringe on freedom and stuff. Some sort of measure could be passed so they have to disclose how many lines there are vs number of callers though so people are aware of their chances.
Lucumo
Profile Joined January 2010
6850 Posts
June 03 2010 07:11 GMT
#13
On June 03 2010 15:54 Luddite wrote:
I remember seeing this when I was in Germany, but, as I recall the host woman took her clothes off after a while so... yeah... that's why people watch.

That wouldn't be before 11pm. Also, I think this only happens on DSF, and just from time to time.
NeoLearner
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Belgium1847 Posts
June 03 2010 07:15 GMT
#14
Dude, we have the same sort of shows here. They are SERIOUSLY retarded. They've been getting suede all over the place though.

Last time the question was: "Which word are we looking for".
The letters they gave were: "JUIPRAADLACHT"
Answer: LUIPAARDJACHT. 2 letter difference, are you kidding me?

That's like asking: We are looking for an animal: "chinoreros"
Bankai - Correlation does not imply causation
intrudor
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada446 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-03 07:22:15
June 03 2010 07:19 GMT
#15
On June 03 2010 16:11 Lucumo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2010 15:54 Luddite wrote:
I remember seeing this when I was in Germany, but, as I recall the host woman took her clothes off after a while so... yeah... that's why people watch.

That wouldn't be before 11pm. Also, I think this only happens on DSF, and just from time to time.


in Germany people get naked all the time, at all hours of the day, on airplanes, anywhere and on any channel.
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mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
June 03 2010 07:25 GMT
#16
On June 03 2010 15:32 SoManyDeadLings wrote:
We need many more shows like these + a massive reduction in welfare money / food shelters + more police force to stem the inevitable riots + randomized logic questions given out at voting booths.

That should raise the average IQ of populations by tens of points in a few years.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the average IQ should always be 100. That's how it's calculated.
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Mindcrime
Profile Joined July 2004
United States6899 Posts
June 03 2010 07:31 GMT
#17
On June 03 2010 16:08 Jonoman92 wrote:
I don't think it's worth it to try and protect people from stuff like that. It's common knowledge that anything too good to be true probably is, and it's impossible to protect everyone without taking away their personal freedom to do as they please.


It is, however, possible to fine and incarcerate people for committing fraud.
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.
intrudor
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada446 Posts
June 03 2010 07:32 GMT
#18
Sorry to burst your bubble, but what he meant was that the average IQ in a few years from now would be increased by 10 points compared to right now. Meaning the average IQ in the future (100, of course) would equal 110 expressed in today's terms.
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Fenrax
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States5018 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-03 07:34:18
June 03 2010 07:33 GMT
#19
Yep, us Germans are again to blame. The abomination of a TV station called "9Live" started this bullshit. They aim at the completely retarded morons, basically those people who are even way below those who watch Christian TV or the daily talkshows with passion. I guess adults who watch Pro Wrestling not because it is fun but because they really think it is real are their target. There are two different main concepts:

- Not taking any call at: What you described. The call comes through usually when the "hot button" strikes, which is always 1 minute before the end of the show. Some retards are even too dumb to figure out this simple concept and they just call the whole time. Other retards who at least have the intelligence of an average ape are smart enough to figure this out and they call many many times just before the show ends. Of course that doesn't make them not retarded, though.

- The other is making the puzzles way too tough or too non-transparent to figure them out and then take a call every 30 seconds. Like they search six male names beginning with an "S". Then the first one calls, says "Steven" (in German Stefan) and he wins 200€. Then they raise the prize to 10.000€, keep the game on and on for hours, take about 1000 calls, people say "Sasha" or something and then they sovle the puzzle and the solutions are names that are impossible and that no one ever heard of like "Solvekionyius", "Sadumancharjodions" or "Stalibonrimasitoff".

Btw. the example video you posted is hilarious. There are many 9live videos on youtube, too, but most of them deal with the incredible answers so they are not translatable.
intrudor
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada446 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-06-03 07:43:45
June 03 2010 07:41 GMT
#20
On June 03 2010 16:31 Mindcrime wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 03 2010 16:08 Jonoman92 wrote:
I don't think it's worth it to try and protect people from stuff like that. It's common knowledge that anything too good to be true probably is, and it's impossible to protect everyone without taking away their personal freedom to do as they please.


It is, however, possible to fine and incarcerate people for committing fraud.


Indeed. whats funny is that right now Season 2 is airing. ( i never actually watched the first season) The funny thing is that this "Call TV" show ...as its called....has been bombarded with complaints and lawsuits from viewers....for obvious reasons..... It was successfully removed from the air.....but SOMEHOW....their lawyers cut a deal to "fix irregularities" so they could get an 'OK' to go on with Season 2......

(lol?) im basing myself on what im seeing from Season 2 AKA the improved version....and its obvious thats its a flagrant gigantic fraud. Can't imagine what the first Season looked like lol....


sometimes i can't understand human beings. i can't understand the dynamic ecosystem found inside the brains of lawyers, judges, and legislators. I wouldnt go as far as calling them pseudo-intellectuals.....but they're very very close.

JUST SHUT THE FUCKIN SHOW DOWN. BAN THIS SHIT. how hard is that?
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