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		StevenXC on May 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting yo... Ahh, the freshman probability theorem. AKA the Lotto player's defense.

ISL on May 11, 2013 | [–]

It's not just freshmen and lotto players. Sometimes it derails useful work:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-30-2009/large-ha...

jaynos on May 12, 2013 | [–]

Plus I'm feeling pretty lucky today, so how could I lose?

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