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If your roommate was so good at predicting the outcome of sporting events, couldn’t he have used that skill to fix his financial situation, rather than blame others?

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idiomaddict@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Tbh, transforming your talents into money is also a skill that some people have in spades and some people lack entirely. I’ve actually always bristled about that skill specifically, because I think Kim kardashian is an absolute phenom in that area and it always rankles when people say she’s stupid. She turned: a moderately famous but deceased and no longer relevant dad; relatively very high wealth (but not comparable to her current estate); an assistanceship to Paris Hilton; and a sex tape into an absolute empire. That’s a lot of points in her favor, but she makes the best possible decisions so consistently, she’s got to be one of the marketing greats.

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tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
80% prediction rate isn’t anything to bank on :P

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- jaybone@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  If you know the rate, and it’s that far above 50%, you should be able to make it work.
  
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  - tetris11@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    it’s 80%, 65% of the time :-)
    
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