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Okay. And even wherever you don't listen. And so I have to tell you that I was getting a lottery ticket because anytime I feel financial strife, I legit go and buy a lottery ticket.

Like, that's how I deal.

I never buy lottery tickets.

That's because you're always astounded.

I think that I'm hopeless.

Well, because I'm always what?

You're always astounded when you don't win.

It's always very, very disappointing when I don't win. But I think hopeless. Well, because I'm always What? You're always astounded when you don't win. It's always very, very disappointing when I don't win. But I think also, in another way, I never expect anything good to happen. So I don't know. Okay. Well, I see. I see where. Other people seem to get so much pleasure out of them. And I think once I buy it, I'm pretty sure I'm going to win. And so it's always just buying disappointment. It's totally buying disappointment. It's like I'm so not a gambler. Like going to casinos. I've always explained why I don't like to go to casinos and play the games because it's just spending money for anxiety. I like, which I really don't, I don't need more of.

I like spending money on anxiety because it, I just opt in for the ridiculous.

But when it comes to lot of tickets, here's what happens in my brain.

I am like thinking of something that I would really like to have in my life, whether it's,

you know, financial security or like a particular type of electric car that I can't afford,

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