# Proof that the universe is just one big random fuckstory **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 11, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815 "2009-01-11T18:31:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/1 "2009-01-11T18:31:07Z")
A local group held the first ever Alaska lottery, grand prize $500,000, profits to go to STAR (Stand Together Against Rape). Lots of hoopla, lots of publicity, lots of speculation. So who wins the fucking thing? A convicted sex offender with two convictions for molesting minors. Well, isn’t that special. He’s stated that he’ll give $100K to STAR, but nobody is going to hold his breath waiting for that to happen. He says he’s been in a rehab program and is “trying to get (his) life together.” Fair enough. So why not give that $100K to the two victims whose lives you’ve traumatized, so they can try to get _their_ lives together? I’m also pissed off that I didn’t win it. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/2 "2009-01-11T18:57:50Z")
Have you got a link to that story? ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/3 "2009-01-11T20:20:38Z")
We had a similar incident here in the UK. [£7,000,000 for this lucky rapist.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3554008.stm) Another nail in the coffin of god, or a lesson in karma; who knows? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/4 "2009-01-11T20:48:21Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Have you got a link to that story? [Here ya go](http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/2009_01_10_Winner_of_lottery_to_benefit_anti-sex_abuse_nonprofit_is_himself_a_sex_offender/srvc=home&position=recent). ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/5 "2009-01-11T20:59:56Z")
I can’t decide…is that irony? Damn you, Alanis, you’ve broken my ironicOmeter. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/6 "2009-01-11T21:04:00Z")
What is it with Alaskans and charity? First Palin’s wardrobe, now this… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/7 "2009-01-11T21:08:42Z")
You’d think that in the state with the highest rape rate in the nation they would have specifically excluded sex offenders from a lottery that benefits rape victims. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/8 "2009-01-11T22:28:59Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > We had a similar incident here in the UK. > > [£7,000,000 for this lucky rapist.](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3554008.stm) Remember that waste of semen whose girlfriend locked herself in the bathroom for two years, until her skin stuck to the toilet bowl? Last year, [he won the Kansas state lottery – _twice._](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434043,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/9 "2009-01-11T22:45:14Z")
But how is that proof of randomness? You’ve now got three stories that have pretty much the same outcome. It may be ironic or something else, but three stories saying the same thing. Surely that’s not random. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/10 "2009-01-11T22:50:26Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You’d think that in the state with the highest rape rate in the nation they would have specifically excluded sex offenders from a lottery that benefits rape victims. Seems an odd precedent to set. Lotteries don’t usually have a “You must be a good person to enter” clause, do they? ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/11 "2009-01-11T22:52:59Z")
I’ve obviously been using the wrong strategy to try to win the lottery… ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/12 "2009-01-11T23:04:30Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Lotteries don’t usually have a “You must be a good person to enter” clause, do they? Heh. Yeah, that would be a little self-defeating. Who would qualify to enter? ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/13 "2009-01-11T23:33:20Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I’ve obviously been using the wrong strategy to try to win the lottery… And no matter the outcome of the lottery, you still win! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/14 "2009-01-12T00:04:07Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Seems an odd precedent to set. Lotteries don’t usually have a “You must be a good person to enter” clause, do they? I’m sure you’re right, but it just seems so…wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/15 "2009-01-12T00:08:04Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > But how is that proof of randomness? You’ve now got three stories that have pretty much the same outcome. It may be ironic or something else, but three stories saying the same thing. Surely that’s not random. Holy shit: you’re right! But if that means there is a plan for all this, what does that say about The Planner? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/16 "2009-01-12T00:14:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Holy shit: you’re right! But if that means there is a plan for all this, what does that say about The Planner? That he’s a sadistic, former Babylonian storm god who has a very small and blotchy dick? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/17 "2009-01-12T00:16:11Z")
> [@KGS](#): > > Remember that waste of semen whose girlfriend locked herself in the bathroom for two years, until her skin stuck to the toilet bowl? > > Last year, [he won the Kansas state lottery – _twice._](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,434043,00.html) I bet he didnt just pull the numbers out of HIS ass 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/18 "2009-01-12T00:29:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Holy shit: you’re right! But if that means there is a plan for all this, what does that say about The Planner? I don’t know. Who’s The Planner? All I said was that it wasn’t random, there’s a pattern, just from the few posts here. What is says about The Planner, whatever you think that means, is something that you evidently just made up. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/19 "2009-01-12T01:13:06Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Who’s The Planner? One of the new Gladiators, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815/20 "2009-01-12T01:25:14Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > One of the new Gladiators, I think. Really? So what do these three lottery wins say about him/her? And while I’m at it, what’s a new Gladiator? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proof-that-the-universe-is-just-one-big-random-fuckstory/480815.md?page=2)