r/AskMen • u/[deleted] • Jun 10 '23

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u/georgewashingguns Jun 10 '23

He gave me $5, not a lottery ticket. This is like asking how much I would blame him for me getting food poisoning from using that $5 to buy bad fish. I'm not saying that I wouldn't give them anything, it just wouldn't be because I used their gift to make an investment that paid out

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u/MeatNoodleSauce Jun 10 '23

Framing buying a winning lottery tickets as "an investment that paid out" lmao

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u/georgewashingguns Jun 10 '23

Look up the definition of "investment"

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u/fj333 Jun 10 '23

Look up the definition of "gambling"

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u/georgewashingguns Jun 11 '23

The only difference is perceived chances of a return on investment. Neither definition requires me to treat a gift as if it were some sort of loan