• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 hours ago

    There is a German novel about a boy called Timm Thaler who sold his laughter and in return would win every wager. If he loses one, he will regain his laughter. First he enjoys horserace betting, later he tries to regain his laughter by betting on things that seem possible but he still wins all of them. It takes him 250 pages to finally bet that he gets his laughter back so he gets it either way.
    Thanks for listening to my ted talk.