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Sunday, August 2, 2020

Stupid and Random Ways People Fell Into Money

It's extremely rare and extremely stupid, but sometimes money finds its way into people's hands for what seems like no reason. One chance encounter or ill-advised risk can land a very lucky few of us with randomly gotten gains. That said, once people have money, they tend to spend that money on the stupidest things.

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Text - t073 1.1k points · 19 days ago · edited 18 days ago I bought a waterproof camera back in 2010 and thought it would be cool to try it out at the new water park that just opened. 1 years later the video blew up making me tons of money monthly. I still make some during the summer months but not much. Now I'm sitting at just over 100,000,000 views. Edit : since it's buried in the comments now, here's the video https://youtu.be/6BoOhDf2Tmg

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Text - frivus 17.9k points · 19 days ago I won $5,000 playing bingo on a cruise. I have only been on one cruise, and it was the only time I have played bingo in my life. I have retired from both..

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Text - Br1nkley 16.2k points · 19 days ago The summer after my freshmen year in college I was walking my little 20lb dog on a street near my house. A neighbor lady was walking her two dogs who were a husky and some other similar sized dog. The husky attacked my dog and in the process I got some teeth marks on my wrist. Since the neighbors dog started it and the owner obviously couldn't control it I wanted them to pay the vet fees for my dog which was under 500. The guy ended up being a dick abou

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Text - Confused3366 13.4k points · 19 days ago Worked a job for a long time. Got hurt on the job. They instead of helping me terminated me. Got a lawyer. A year later got 260k for the whole fiasco. Not sure if this counts but that's my story.

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Text - RougeCannon 7.3k points · 19 days ago My wife's aunt died. She had been institutionalized her whole life and neither of us had ever even met her. We kind of forgot about it for a few months until my wife's uncle emailed her and said she was going to be getting some money. We were like oh, OK, that's kinda weird, but not complaining. Then my wife got a phone call from the uncle one evening. I heard a lot of "ums," "OKs," and "geeze, wows." Turned out we were getting over $300,000. We were

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Text - Hingadowshow 7.0k points · 19 days ago I found 3600 dollars in a food takeout box in the middle of a giant field, I live in a rich area and lot of drug deals happen so it's possible I stole multiple thousands of Dollers from a drug dealer on accident

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Text - AlwaysOptimism 6.6k points · 19 days ago I started an Amazon private label business on a whim in 2015. I made about 25% of the sale in profit after product, shipping, and advertising costs. Sales doubled every month for six months June $4k, July $8k August $18k, September $40k, October $84k November $175k, December $362k. I didn't know what to do. I quit my job in January to focus on growing the business, but my time was spent mostly trying to fend off competition copying my listing and p

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Text - InvincibleSummer1066 5.2k points · 19 days ago · edited 19 days ago I was the victim of housing discrimination and the morons put it in writing. They literally sent me an email explaining they wouldn't rent to me because of [illegal discrimination reason]. Had they just not sent the email, they would have been fine -- nobody would have known they'd rejected my application for a bad reason. It's okay to reject applications for a wide variety of reasons. If they'd chosen a fake one, or even

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Text - It was just ridiculous. In the end, I wound up with a decent-sized check. Again, when I reported them I thought I'd never learn the result of what the state would decide to do -- I was just reporting a broken law. But the best part was that the lawyer asked me if I wanted them to have to take an anti-discrimination class because, if I did, the state would include that in the punitive measures. I did. The class was two hours away from them in the constant traffic of our area, and I liked i

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Text - CyberPunkette 4.6k points · 19 days ago My grandma decided to try a slot machine once as a joke and won $300 first try

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Text - zaise_chsa 4.6k points · 19 days ago Playing blackjack while drunk in Reno. I had $300 to waste at the $5 table got lots of free watered down drinks while I was playing so I wasn't paying attention. I have a rule, two piles, one of cash I can waste and another of moneyI won. I was there for about three hours before I realized I wasn't out of betting money and the dealer had changed four times. Won $4k at that table. Payed for the trip and a bit left over. I haven't been to a casino since

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Text - Gaiaaura 4.0k points · 19 days ago When I was 17 about to turn 18 my mom told me to open a bank account because I was going to get around 500-600 from my dad. Opened the bank account, signed the papers she needed me to and got a whopping $15,400 deposited into my bank at 18 years old. 2 years ago (22 at this point) come to find out he gets a huge settlement for a car accident (I think?) and get another 15k disbursed over 2.5 years. Idk if it was back child support or what but I was really

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Text - xaraca 3.9k points · 19 days ago · edited 19 days ago I used to play minesweeper a lot. Some website showed up where you could play in little tournaments. I started with $20 and made over $1000.

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Text - blink2356 2.8k points · 19 days ago My Great-Aunt and godmother was a lesbian. Her partner - my Auntie Kitty - had been with her since the 1950's, when my godmother moved to New York City to work for as a magazine photographer. Auntie Kitty was disowned by her family when it came out she was with a woman. My godmother died when I was 12 and left my Auntie Kitty everything in her will, which made things strained with my dad's family, though my dad and one of his brothers still talked to he

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Text - As she got older, she'd repeatedly remind me I was the executor of her Will, that I was to follow it to a T, and none of her family was to get anything. I got the bulk, my dad and uncle got some, and my sister and my nieces a little. I knew the woman had money - she had a vacation home in the Carolinas and a brownstone in NYC - but since they were bought in the 70's, I figured outside of real estate, there wasn't much. I was very wrong, and inherited enough that potentially I wouldn't hav

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Text - somedude456 2.8k points · 19 days ago · edited 19 days ago Normal reddit reply of "not me but" my friend's dad's friend. He decided to open an ice business. Hey, everyone need ice. He bought an old warehouse in the ghetto because it was cheap. Government decided to redo the on ramps to the bridge and needed to buy like 1/3rd of his parking lot, maybe say 20 parking spots worth. He didn't care, he had a staff of like 4, never used more than that. I never heard exact numbers but I did hear

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Text - Wyrdeone 1.6k points · 19 days ago I was 10 years old. Me and my two friends found a paper bag in a shopping cart outside the local Grocery. It was stuffed with money. We counted it and it was just over 600 dollars. We split it three ways and went home. One of my friends later crumbled under the pressure and told their moms who told our moms. We had to return it. I only spent like 10 bucks... Turns out it belonged to one of the suppliers to the grocery who accidentally left it in his cart

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Text - paranoid_70 2.7k points · 19 days ago My previous employer eliminated my position, our whole department actually. I got a severance of 1 week/year which worked out to be 22 weeks of salary. Not only that, I got paid a bonus to stay on for the last 3 months. After that was over, I got a job with a competitor company making the exact same salary and doing mostly the same job. Started the very next Monday! I actually even like working for the new company better. I don't know how 'random' tha

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Text - Zuliman 1.8k points · 19 days ago My friend's father was gifted an oil pencil drawing in the late 70s. His family always assumed it was pretty much worthless and I always joked that it looked like my friend had drawn it as a child. This stilly angry stick figure drawing ended up being an unsigned piece of art byJean-Michel Basquiat. His family did some digging and eventually had it authenticated by the JMB estate before selling it at Christie's auction house for an amazing sum of money. I

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Text - canadian_air 1.6k points · 19 days ago When Google first came out, I thought it was far and away superior to the search engines of their time. Much more efficient interface. When their IPO came out, I got some.

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Tumblr Thread: Life Hacks To Adult Effectively

This informative Tumblr thread aims to provide various tips on adulting effectively. Some of us are prone to feeling like we're free falling through the world of adulting, and could really use some kind of instruction manual to navigate the hurdles successfully. This Tumblr thread certainly touches on some crucial points.

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Text - dus kirises cinnacorn super-spocko: kiokushitaka: shrineart: caitatonic: sunflower-b-pondicus: flutterjedi: mixedy: my parents aren't teaching me life lessons. #i need some adults to TEACH ME SHIT ABOUT LIFE I'm an adult.

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Text - at least once in your life you will go to Wal-mart to buy something under $20 like an ironing board or something and your debit card will get rejected. No one will judge. Everyone at some point in their lives has had $2.98 in their bank account. thrift stores • everyone else is too busy panicking about everyone else noticing every tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about them to notice any tiny thing that could possibly be wrong about you you will screw up. a lot. you live and you le

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Text - • if you are the only one in the aisle at the grocery store, and you need to get from one end to the other without even looking at anything in that aisle, then you should totally cart-surf down the aisle. Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional. Hold on to the little things. They make all the difference. • never try to make cake from scratch at 3am. You end up with a topographical map of Middle Earth. • 15% tip. • the best way to get money for food is to tell your grandparents ab

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Text - Rice, pasta, flour, sugar, cheese, eggs, milk, a pack of chicken, a pack of frozen veggies and a well stocked spice cabinet go a long way food-wise. Splurge and get the biggest container of rice you can. You don't have to go back and buy it again anytime soon and it makes a TON of meals in the meantime. • Rice can be cooked on the stove. You don't need a fancy rice cooker. Two parts water to every one part rice (two cups water for one cup of rice for example). Get your water boiling, add

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Wash or rinse your dishes before putting them in the dishwasher. It prevents gross caked on junk. "The Works" is an excellent cheap toilet cleaner. • MAGIC. FUCKING. ERASERS. THEY WORK ON EVERYTHING JUST DON'T SCRUB HARD. I took the ring out of our bathtub with one. Also generic ones work just as well. 2 Tean MAGIC ERASER Original Keep some bleach around but if you use it for cleaning? Dillute it. There's rarely ever a case where you need to pout straight bleach on anything. A cap full or two in

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Text - • DO NOT MIX CLEANERS. Chemical reactions are can be very dangerous. Here's a good list. (Note that vinegar and baking soda can actually be a good combo for removing smells from things but it's not very good at actually -cleaning-.) • If you drink? Don't take meds at the same time it's just not good. • Make sure you check the dosages on your pill bottles. No one wants to accidentally overdose on cough syrup or ibuprofen. • If you have a uterus make sure you have a heating pad and ibuprofe

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Text - Acetaminophen + Asprin + Caffeine = Excedrin Usually marketed as "Migraine Relief" as a generic. Asprin = Bayer Use for pain, fever, arthritis, and inflammation. Makes you bleed easily so should not be used for periods. Might reduce risk of heart attacks. Triple Antibiotic Ointment = Neosporin Used on cuts, sores, and scrapes to reduce risk of infection and promote healing. Also a general mutli-vitamin isn't a bad idea and if you don't get a lot of fruits or milk/sunshine in your diet you

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Text - if you do accidentally lapse and put dawn in your dishwasher, run it empty and put hair conditioner where the detergent goes. that'll clean it out (tip given to me by dorm custodian when roommate did the thing). if you live off ramen, add stuff to it! add veggies you like, don't use the whole flavor packet to cut down on sodium and msg or don't use it at all and add your own spices. if you're making something with potatoes in it (beans, stew) potatoes are done when you can easily stab a f

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Text - the rice cooking advice above is for long grain rice. if you're making short or medium grain rice, a 1:1 ratio (one cup water for one cup rice) is better, so the rice doesn't come out too mushy. buy a few cans of chicken. wholesale club stores like sam's, costco, or bj's tend to carry multipacks for a good price. they're incredibly useful for when you forget to defrost meat. buy meat on sale and put it in the freezer. buy vegetables on sale, and put them in the freezer. frozen veggies are

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Stupid, Ridiculous and Weird Design

You can't exactly blame people for trying new things, but you can if it's obviously a design fail. Every day people push the boundaries with wildly tacky shirts, deliberate stains, poor building planning, and misguided but persistent creativity. At least it seems like for most of these someone was trying something new. On the other side there are straight up stupid design fails that someone thought were fine.