just finished the article - this one’s worth the time to read!

HA! sick burn

I really shouldn’t respond to this since I’m just rehashing up one of the stupidest arguments I’ve ever had. but, what you said is actually pretty close to what my position was. we parted ways when it came to the more distant cousins. I suggested a cool hundred K USD out to second cousins 'cause, after all, 300 million doesn’t buy as much as it used to

but surprisingly, it didn’t really matter because we didn’t win the lottery. imagine that. /s.

My lesson learned was that arguing on principle isn’t usually worth it

My wife and I bought 10 lottery tickets at a time when the pot got up to 300 million or something like that. we were talking about what we would would do with the money once we won and couldn’t agree on how many of our friends mortgages we would pay off. we MAY have had some other things going on in a relationship at that time, but it’s still one of the stupidest arguments I’ve ever gotten in.

https://youtu.be/coA75uoMF40?t=49

came here to say this. I, unfortunately, learned this from experience. no injuries, but more excitement than I was looking for that day!

the Culture series by Iain Banks sucked me in completely! it starts with Consider Phlebas for anyone looking to jump in.