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🎲 The Day Luck Became a Currency

📌 An Absurdist Tale of Fortunes Traded, Accidents Sold, and a World Built on Chance

By Ahmet Kıvanç DemirkıranPublished 10 months ago • 2 min read
“In a world where luck is currency, even your next breath could be bought or sold.”

📌 Introduction: What If Luck Had a Price?

Imagine a world where luck is no longer random—it’s a currency.

You could buy a lucky break, sell an accident, or exchange your misfortune for someone else’s promotion.

No more lottery tickets. No more superstitions. Just… cold, hard probability for sale.

This is the story of what happens when chance becomes commerce.

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1️⃣ The System: How Luck Became Money

It started with a breakthrough:

A tech startup called Fortunex announced the world’s first device to extract, measure, and store luck.

They called it the “Luck Ledger”.

Soon, banks replaced credit scores with Luck Ratings:

• High Luck = More job offers, better weather, sudden inheritances.

• Low Luck = Slippery floors, missed trains, and losing both socks in the dryer.

People started trading luck like Bitcoin. Apps appeared:

“Buy 2% good luck for $99.99”

“Sell your rainy day luck to someone in Miami”

“Transfer your bad breakup energy to an influencer for views”

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2️⃣ The Rich Got Lucky—and the Lucky Got Rich

Suddenly, the wealthy didn’t just have money—they had luck.

• CEOs were “randomly” chosen for dream opportunities.

• Celebrities tripped over lottery tickets worth millions.

• Billionaires never hit traffic, stubbed their toes, or dropped their phones.

Meanwhile, the unlucky were pawning their luck just to survive:

• A woman sold her wedding-day luck to afford rent.

• A student traded all his academic luck to get a date.

• One man sold his lifelong fortune in exchange for a lucky sandwich (he choked on the olive).

Black markets emerged for illegal luck hacking.

A cult formed around “natural luck,” refusing to sell or buy. They called themselves The Unshuffled.

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3️⃣ The Psychological Collapse

People became paranoid:

“Did you get that job, or did you just buy a good Tuesday?”

“Are we in love—or did you trade for a lucky conversation?”

“Are you you, or just a random algorithm of good rolls?”

Friendships broke over accusations of “luck laundering.”

Weddings came with luck prenups.

Funerals began featuring luck refunds.

Worst of all, people became addicted—checking their luck balance every hour like social media followers.

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4️⃣ The Reset: When Luck Reset Itself

And then… the system crashed.

One morning, Fortunex went silent.

All digital luck vanished.

And the world?

Stopped.

• The rich tripped over banana peels.

• The poor won games they didn’t even enter.

• A goat was elected mayor of a small town by total accident.

The chaos was beautiful.

For the first time in years—life was random again.

People laughed, cried, and spilled coffee… and no one blamed a luck rating.

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📌 Final Thoughts: Maybe Luck Isn’t Meant to Be Owned

✔ We chase control in a world built on chance.

✔ But maybe what makes luck… luck is that it’s wild, free, and fair in its unfairness.

✔ When everything is calculated, we lose the joy of the unexpected.

💡 Final Thought:

🎲 Maybe the best luck is not knowing what happens next.

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About the Creator

Ahmet KĹvanç DemirkĹran

As a technology and innovation enthusiast, I aim to bring fresh perspectives to my readers, drawing from my experience.

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  • Test10 months ago

    Very good, sir.

  • Caitlin Charlton10 months ago

    What an interesting way to open the story. I am intrigued, will luck have a price 👀 Sell a misfortune for someone else's promotion, sounds... Well. Not very nice, but tempting 😈 Losing both socks in the dryer 😂 Bad luck indeed. A woman selling her wedding day luck to afford rent is actually quite deep 🤔 The insecurity this could cause was a nice touch, sometimes the good things need a balanced approach. The good and the bad aspects... A goat was what? 🤣🤣 Oh gosh!!! A nice sobering last line. Thought provoking and funny, nice work. 👌🏾

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