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Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by WalterBright »

anonymous5133 wrote: post #27
WalterBright wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've seen people spend far more effort trying to cheat on tests than if they'd simply studied the material.

Definitely guilty of this. The real irony of it is that the cheating on the exam was actually far more of a challenge and had an adrenaline rush to it. That's why I did it at least. I remember one method I would use is to simply memorize thousands of multiple choice questions from the test bank. That way when you took the exam, you would already be familiar with the question on the exam and how to solve it.

I once asked my high school teachers why, on the multiple choice tests he gave, if one answer was "all of the above" or "none of the above" it was always the correct answer.

He laughed and said because the students needed all the help they could get. Years later I realized he probably was trolling me.

Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by distances »

anonymous5133 wrote: post #27
WalterBright wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've seen people spend far more effort trying to cheat on tests than if they'd simply studied the material.

Definitely guilty of this. The real irony of it is that the cheating on the exam was actually far more of a challenge and had an adrenaline rush to it. That's why I did it at least. I remember one method I would use is to simply memorize thousands of multiple choice questions from the test bank. That way when you took the exam, you would already be familiar with the question on the exam and how to solve it.

> I remember one method I would use is to simply memorize thousands of multiple choice questions from the test bank. That way when you took the exam, you would already be familiar with the question on the exam and how to solve it.

That's not cheating per se, though, just studying with previous exam questions as practice material. I'd wager all students that can access old tests do that.

Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by jobigoud »

anonymous5133 wrote: post #26
stordoff wrote: post #23

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I suspect the full-time job is actually her blog, rather than the contests per se: > The operator of a popular sweepstakes blog, she has made the hobby into a full-time job. So far in 2019, she's won prizes equivalent to £5,389, or about the same as working 110 hours/month at minimum wage[1]. Given that £2,000 worth (Majorca trip) is tagged as "Group win", and most of it appears to be stuff you couldn't sell at retai…

This is true. Reminds me of a somewhat popular youtuber who makes videos about "side hustles." One of his "main" side hustle is operating vending machines. He basically makes videos about how to operate your own vending machine business and so on. The irony to it of course is that 98% of his "profit" comes from youtube partner advertising. So he makes a few hundred bucks from the vending business but pulls 10k-15k pr…

I've also been convinced that this is how most the authors of "how to get rich" books make their money. Not by applying their own teachings but by selling them.

Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by jobigoud »

WalterBright wrote: post #31
anonymous5133 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely guilty of this. The real irony of it is that the cheating on the exam was actually far more of a challenge and had an adrenaline rush to it. That's why I did it at least. I remember one method I would use is to simply memorize thousands of multiple choice questions from the test bank. That way when you took the exam, you would already be familiar with the question on the exam and how to solve it.

I once asked my high school teachers why, on the multiple choice tests he gave, if one answer was "all of the above" or "none of the above" it was always the correct answer. He laughed and said because the students needed all the help they could get. Years later I realized he probably was trolling me.

If the right answer is "all of the above" do you loose points for also checking the above? What if you check all the answers but not the all inclusive one?

Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by blueboo »

Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #3

If one compares the amount of money that most sweepers have made to the time invested in the activity, then probably any minimum-wage job would have been more worthwhile financially. For the small amount of exceptionally successful sweepers, I still suspect that the time lost, along with the additional burden of tax accounting, makes this a pretty inefficient strategy financially. The exceptional ones are showing eff…

I've had teh same thought in regards to "extreme couponing".

O, to be in the top 1% of tirelessly collecting and organizing coupons and tracking price changes, only to save maybe a few hundred dollars a month!

Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by astura »

vinayan3 wrote: post #21
paulcole wrote: post #5

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> If one compares the amount of money that most sweepers have made to the time invested in the activity, then probably any minimum-wage job would have been more worthwhile financially. But why even make the comparison? You can’t work at McDonald’s from your kitchen table at 11 AM if you feel like it or while you’re watching TV at 2PM on a Saturday.

I have a family member who is really into winning contests. They have won tons of stuff similar to the people in the article. I have explained the time spent is not worth but they don't see it that way at all. For them winning is exciting because it's random and unexpected. They also, do this when there is nothing else to do so it's their form of leisure. It costs nothing to enter and if you don't value that time any…

>their personal information is being handed out to tons of companies

The sort of information you need to enter a sweepstakes is name and address, which is already public information anyways.

Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by maxaht »

XMPPwocky wrote: post #29
scrollaway wrote: post #17

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A single retweet can be worth several tens of dollars under twitter's ad program, depending on targeting. The pricing is really fucky. Disclaimer: Twitter's ad program is atrociously bad.

who on earth retweets an ad, though?

Exactly, which is why so many companies have transformed their professional corporate accounts into "sassy" viral sensations. Wendy's is fast food burger joint, but have millions of Twitter followers and high engagement because of their unrelated humorous tweets. Ads are starting to look less and less like ads every day.

Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by PopeDotNinja »

jobigoud wrote: post #34
anonymous5133 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is true. Reminds me of a somewhat popular youtuber who makes videos about "side hustles." One of his "main" side hustle is operating vending machines. He basically makes videos about how to operate your own vending machine business and so on. The irony to it of course is that 98% of his "profit" comes from youtube partner advertising. So he makes a few hundred bucks from the vending business but pulls 10k-15k pr…

I've also been convinced that this is how most the authors of "how to get rich" books make their money. Not by applying their own teachings but by selling them.

In advice, I look for actionable details, leverage, and credibility? Is the advice detailed enough that it can be turned into a plan without too much work? Is the advice something that leads to gains that greatly exceed the effort invested? Does the advice come from someone who knows their shit?

Re: Women who win hundreds of sweepstakes per year

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Post by setr »

WalterBright wrote: post #24
redorb wrote: post #4

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old boss told me once - 'some people will work harder at not having a job than they would at a job'

I've seen people spend far more effort trying to cheat on tests than if they'd simply studied the material.

I used to do that with cheat sheets; I’d put so much effort into minimizing and formatting the content to stuff everything into the one-page limit, that by the time I took the test I had the whole thing memorized, and make no use of it during the exam
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