I Faked Winning The Lotto To Impress Other People
Hey, my name is Joe and I was a complete loser in high school. I had no friends, no ambitions and I spent most of my time playing video games.
You know how they say things get better? Well, not for me.
After I finished high school, all my old classmates went on to have really successful careers. Meanwhile, I had dropped out of college, lived with my mom and worked at a burger joint.
I hated my life so much. And I wanted to prove I could be successful too.
That’s why I came up with a plan. I posted on Facebook, “I’ve won 9 million dollars in the lotto!”
I thought people would be impressed, but no one believed me. One of my old classmates even wrote a comment telling me to stop lying.
Well, maybe I wasn’t really rich, but I asked myself if I could at least pretend to be rich.
Well, the next day, I blew a whole week’s salary on renting a 300,000 US-Dollar sports car for a few hours. I drove to my mom’s home and asked her to take a photo of me. Afterwards, I immediately uploaded it to Facebook and Instagram.
Within hours, I had 200 likes which was crazy! No one called me a liar this time.
And everyone was so jealous. It was such a rush…
I knew I had to do it again. This time, I used two weeks’ pay and even sold my video game collection so I could pay for a tailored suit and fly on a private jet from Los Angeles to Las Vegas with a few other people. This time, I asked the stewardess to take a photo of me while I was sipping champagne. And as soon as we had landed I posted it on Facebook and Instagram.
This time I got even more likes and people were like, “Wow… Maybe you did win the lottery. You lucky bastard!” Even though I knew I was faking it, it felt amazing. People were finally admiring me and saw me as someone important.
Then I wanted to take my plan to the next level, but I didn’t have enough money. And I couldn’t make any more flipping burgers. That’s why I quit my job and applied for a job as a salesperson. I mean, I already had a good-looking suit.
Well, I couldn’t believe it… but they immediately hired me. And suddenly, I was making twice as much money as I did working at the burger joint.
Next, I rented a huge house in the Hollywood Hills for a photo shoot. I even hired a couple of models and we all posed together like we were hanging out at my place. All my old classmates fell for it again.
And this time I got over 1000 likes on Facebook alone. The best was when one of my old classmates wrote “You’re one of the cool kids now!” I felt like I’d finally made it.
But I guess reality had to catch up with me sooner or later. I was so addicted to looking rich and successful I got a $10000 loan, just so I could take more fake photos to impress people who never cared about me anyway.
Suddenly, I was massively in debt and for such a stupid reason.
I knew I had to stop. My fraud had helped me get a good job, but my sales job wasn’t paying enough for me to keep faking being rich.
Of course, my old classmates still think I won the lotto, but I stopped posting photos on Instagram. I don’t wanna go into any more debt.
I wanted to let you know about the dangers of social media. Many people use it to make themselves feel important, but that’s not a healthy way to live your life. If the opinions of others are the only way you can feel good about yourself, you should seriously self-reflect and change your behaviour.
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