Why Do I Always Beat The Odds?

United States
September 13, 2025 8:33am CST
Why can't I be the rare minority odds to win the Powerball lottery? Case in point. I just found out that I have Hashimoto's Disease, which is an auto-immune disorder. Only 5% of people get Hashimoto's. Why did I get so "lucky" to get it? Well, for one thing, women are 7 times more likely to get Hashimoto's than are men. Especially middle-aged women. Somehow it seems like I am always the person who has the "rare" symptoms or side-effects of a condition or a medication.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (159480)
• United States
3h
You and me, both! I have Graves' Disease, which is the opposite of Hashimoto's Disease. But I get the rare parts. Instead of Graves' Disease making me skinny like most people with it, I gain weight. Instead of my eyes bulging out of my eye sockets, my eyes swell closed. I never win riches, either.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (78658)
• United States
3h
I know what you mean. I didn’t know until I looked it up, but IgM deficiency is a rarity rate of 0.03%. Maybe we should get together and play the lottery!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (102819)
• United States
4h
My nurse on Wednesday was telling me his wife had Hashimoto’s disease. She’s got it “under control” now. Hopefully, your doctors can really help you.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (195915)
• United States
5h
Just lucky I guess
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May2k8
@May2k8 (18818)
• Indonesia
5h
the dice are in the correct position so that the numbers that come out are as expected.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14332)
• Ireland
4h
@looeyville But if you won the powerball you would be too busy counting the money to be bothered coming on here.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (95935)
• Arvada, Colorado
5h
That seems a very low percentage..my youngest sister has it.
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