$325 Million Powerball Jackpot...

[aelfinn]

So I stood up and gave mad props to the GOAL instructors, complimented them on how much effort they put into the program, and ultimately how much my kids got out of the program last year.

Good on you sir, it's ridiculous how some people can be when they feel their kids aren't getting everything handed to them on a silver platter... instead of you know, earning the right to be involved in such a program.

that whole thing just reeks of the "Everyone gets a trophy" society.

[Jeppe]

I'm perpetually baffled by the US school system.

As I see it, standardized testing is the worst way to structure any sort of educational system, but it seems to be the be-all end-all of the US system all the way from grade school to college. Don't get me wrong, I've been studying here for four years, loved it, and fully intent to take up a job teaching once I've finished my degree, but there are many things on the organizational AND cultural side of education that I just can't wrap my head around.

[Jeppe]

This is a fun article about the math of the lottery.

[David]

that whole thing just reeks of the "Everyone gets a trophy" society.

This sickens me so very much.  It's amazing.  And baffling.

[Jay Tomio - Part Deux]

This sickens me so very much.  It's amazing.  And baffling.

Ditto.

Not everyone can be Tomax and Xamot. Most people are Dreadnoks.

[Greg Leclair (greg1ca)]

Just heard on the news that us some of us Canadian types are driving south to get a shot at the winnings.

Good luck to them i guess

[SigurdJarlson]

Well, there goes being able to afford every comic I want out of previews for the rest of my life
I guess I didn't have the one in one hundred seventy five million odds

[Kenney]

Bullshit! I was so SURE I won! And then my buddy at work told me what the power ball was, and my chances at riches faded away. 

 

[clever_username]

So I guess the winning ticket was sold about an hour from my work. Our office shares space with Yelp, and all of their employees are annoying hipster 20-somethings. I heard one on the phone say that several of them put in on a ticket from there. But the girl who bought it left it at home. I hope they didn't win.

Edit: the ticket was sold in Fountain Hills, Arizona which is one of the richest neighborhoods in the Phoenix area.