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I mean I get that if used in a context where a person does something with great risk attached and with few and rare good possible outcomes (stupid games). And then they get a bad outcome (stupid prize).
For example Jackass-like stunts.
Itβs just a stupid phrase that I hate, parroted to death multiple times in every Reddit thread ever.