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Twin Balloting Woes

Here's another typical Singaporean-attitude complaint letter. This can be found on TODAYOnline, 17th May 2008.

Let us do the maths:
Example of a typical situation,

Number of seats available: 100
Number of people balloting for a seat: 1000
Probability of each person getting a seat = 100/1000 or 0.1 or 10% chance

So here we are, this moron suggesting that he be given a chance to ballot for TWO SEATS in one go.

Assuming that all (1000) ballots are given an equal chance to win (as per a lottery), the outcome will be different for each ballot, according to this idiots mentality. Simple maths will tell you that his one ballot (10% chance) will be worth TWO SEATS.

Whereas under normal circumstances, if two separate ballots are cast for two separate seats, the odds of both ballots winning the seats should be:

0.1 * 0.1 = 0.01 or 1% chance

So to sum it all up, this idiot is complaining that he be given a x% chance to win TWO seats, whereas the same x% (x is the same in these two cases) for OTHERS should only win ONE seat.

Right...

Moral of the story? Richard Goh, if you want to have twins, don't be lazy. Please don't be an ass and demand for such stupid things. The whole purpose of balloting is for every one to have an equal chance at getting something. Demanding for your own outcome (the seats to ballot for) to be better than others, all while holding onto the same chance, just goes to show how narrow-minded and selfish you are.

You should've aborted right from the start if you think what you are going through can be considered a "woe".

Now imagine the below scenarios:

Scenario 1

The above case gets passed and moron above is allowed to use his one ballot to try for two seats.

A father comes along stating he's got quindecaplets (15 children at one go), and demands for his ballot to be worth 15 seats.

Scenario 2

Both twins get accepted for university education. Father of the twins demands that a single degree gets conferred to both twins, since they should be considered as a singularity.

Scenario 3

"I am having troubles finding a husband for my pair of female twins. Can the government allow my twins to marry the same single guy? This is because I am lazy to find another husband for the other twin... so I'd thought the government should just allow them to have the same man for their husbands."