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Imagine playing blackjack for decades and getting a standoff every single hand. It’d seem boring, but it’d really be extraordinary.

Also luckier than the average.

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FractalsInfinite@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yes but you wouldn’t happy with that kind of outcome, you’d spend every day hoping for something more interesting to happen, perhaps even hoping for a loss to make things interesting after a certain point.

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VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I feel like Lucky usually has the connotation that you wanted the outcome.

Also, they might have helped their chances by being very competent, but having very low people skills. I feel like that would improve the probability of something like this.

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Frigid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I get what you’re saying but even if someone getting struck by lightning is extraordinary, we don’t say they’re lucky, we say they are unlucky.

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