# What were you THINKING?

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**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532 "2023-10-13T19:36:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 12, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-were-you-thinking/991532/955 "2024-02-12T23:36:00Z")

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**wolly** is back (after 2 years), asking in IMHO about the viability of being a profitable sports bettor. Perusing his earlier threads, they all seem to be in a similar vein, asking how to succeed in life without really trying:

Lying about having skills/aptitudes  
A family problem  
Can sales agents live from poor salary?  
I want to be an engineer but I hate physics  
Travelling jobs(related to programming or engineering  
I don’t know what I want do to with my life

To be fair, in my early 20’s I also entertained some pretty pie-in-the-sky ideas about my future career (yes including becoming a professional gambler) while trying to deal with my (formerly) turbulent emotions. 6 years later tho you think he’d have figured something realistic out and not be trying to beat the unbeatable vigorish.

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