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Was there ever a time where you were incredibly lucky? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pure luck? No, thats a friend of mine. All my luck is heavily slanted by skill. I worked for all of the shit I have.

Love him like a brother, but the fucker falls by sheer chance into the craziest situations.

Looking to buy a condo or a house. Ends up getting a 50% off steal of a price for a divorcing couple on a huge lot. 5 years later the fucker is wanting to move. Within a month, finds a bigger house right in the city that is walkable to his work. That family was helping the seller of the house they were buying find a large lot that could fit two houses. By chance, the house he had fit the bill. The three of them traded properties.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Pure luck? No, thats a friend of mine. All my luck is heavily slanted by skill. I worked for all of the shit I have.

    It's beyond annoying to have someone attribute skill/talent for luck. Those are two different things, yes, but still.

    Like I've been in a bunch of crashes where I went flying several meters into the air while spinning. Barely broke a rib. Never hit my head. Lucky? Could say that. Ooooor the judo courses I took in my formative years at like 7-9 in which we literally practiced falling are paying off now that I'm a reckless drunk.

    Also when you know something and someone's like "how'd you guess that?". I fucking didn't. I analysed and came up with an answer.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    What I mean is that my own skill and hard work has opened up lucky opportunities.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    And my own skill and hard work has made me good at crashing and solving randomly chaotic bullshit that no-one seems to have a grasp on.

    Unfortunately my dad was a financial fuck up and mom didn't care as much for us as herself and I got chronic health issues, so didn't really make it financially and couldn't manage to "make my own luck."

    Although a lot of the "bad luck" I had was prejudice and "system mistakes."

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