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[–] DScratch@sh.itjust.works 111 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Homo_Erectus@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)
[–] black0ut@pawb.social 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)
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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 87 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Wym? He clearly put this in my path 🙏

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 13 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes, he put it there as a TEST. A test to see what you'd buy with a fat wad of cash.

[–] Elshender@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

God when I spend it on hookers and blow instead of wasting it on charity.

[–] Hasherm0n@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Maybe one of those hookers is doing it to to pay her way through college and then law school. Her goal in life is to become lawyer working for charities and doing pro bono work for those that need help.

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Do those things that Christians would never do. You know - help the poor and immigrants.

[–] Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Donate it to charity. And I am definitely a charitable cause.

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[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 19 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I once found like 200$ in 20$ bills on the ground in a park near my home.

I live in Hochelaga, Montréal. It is the neighborhood with the most homeless encampments in all of Québec.

There just so happened to be a bus across the street that serves hot food and gives clothes to the homeless from the "Dans la rue" non profit organization.

I walked up to the bus and asked if they took donations. They said yes. So I gave them the money.

If I ever win the big prize at the lottery, I'm going to help anyone I can in my neighborhood and my city to find shelter, food and clothes and allow them to be independent so they can get their life back on track.

And I also want to open a grocery co-op in my neighborhood and expand across the province to compete with the price gouging grocery chains in Canada that are responsible for food insecurity and inflation.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

And that's why you will never be a billionaire.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Years ago, in the pre-cell phone 80s, at a trade show in Las Vegas, someone left their wallet in our booth. It had money in it, but I didn't touch it.

I took it back to my room, and pulled out the Drivers License, from Nebraska. I called the phone operator and asked to be connected to the area code for that city. That operator gave me the only phone number in that city with that last name, but a woman's first name. I called that number, and it turned out to be the wallet owner's mother.

I told her I had her son's wallet, so she should call his hotel room, and tell him he could pick it up at our booth, and gave her my hotel room phone number. He called, obviously hugely relieved that his wallet was safe, and told me to take $50 out of it and go out, but I didn't.

The next day, he came in to retrieve his wallet, and asked if I spent the $50 having fun, and I told him I didn't want a reward. He opened the wallet, threw $50 on the counter, and ran out of the booth.

I gambled it on slots, and won a couple hundred, which I proceeded to gamble away to nothing.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

Once I was walking down by the river and found a wallet and phone. It had $550 in it. Checked the drivers licence, name was Roberto. The phone was unlocked. I called the number listed under "Mum" and tried to explain that I found Roberto's wallet and phone, but the woman couldn't seem to understand, just kept saying "Call Roberto, call Roberto!" And I'm like "Bruh I have his phone".

So next I checked the drivers licence for the address. I googled the street name but it didn't exist. It was something like "Monroe place" and google kept trying to autocorrect it to "Monrovia ave" so I took a chance and drove to that street.

Knock on the door and a very angry man comes to the door, and I smell weed. Ah geez, here we go...

I ask if he is Roberto, he says yes. I ask if his address on his licence is incorrect, to verify if this is the guy, he says yes. So I tell him I found his wallet and phone. He didn't even realise they were missing. His mood changes instantly, takes the wallet and phone, looks inside, sees his money is still there. Is basically in tears. Asks if I was one of the kayakers he had been arguing with at the river (apparently he had been trying to fish with his disabled son and the kayakers were trying to land their boats, fucking up their fishing spot, which is why he left in a huff) I said no, just a walker.

Tried to explain that I tried to call his mum. She actually lives in the same house, but has Alzheimer's and doesn't understand things, so that's why I couldn't get her to understand what I was telling her. He's the primary carer for her and his son, subsists on welfare and disability carer allowance, the money in the wallet was to pay rent. He tries to give me some weed, I decline, then he tries to give me some moonshine (blackberry flavour) in a plastic sandwich bag (he run out of jars) and I accept that (this was before I got sober and gained the common sense not to drink strangers mystery homebrew out of a plastic bag) and eventually escaped his constant gratitude and banter and went home.

NGL I looked through the wallet and phone to determine if this person seemed to be rich or poor. A busted screen older model iPhone and rather sad, scummy wallet suggested he was poor. If I'd found a business card for a law firm or something, I'd have pocketed the cash and tossed the rest in a post box. I was homeless at the time so I'd consider it fair.

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[–] Xeno@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Check for an ID. If there is one, bring it to the address listed. Mail it if it’s not local. If there isn’t one, bring it to the local police station.

And for the record, I’m an atheist.

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[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I'd probably listen to Admiral Ackbar, and walk on by.

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Absolutely this. NYPD used to set up "stings" where they'd place a wallet like this down and then arrest the first person to pick it up. Doesn't matter if you were going to take it to the police station to turn it in or not, they just arrest you on the spot.

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

Theft. Pickpocketing. You've got a wallet that isn't yours, so you must have stolen it. Nevermind that the officer arresting you put it there and watched you pick it up, because it's your word against theirs.

It was a quick and easy way for cops to hit their quota, even if the DA didn't end up prosecuting. Although usually they'd at least try to threaten you into a plea just to help their conviction rate.

Edit: I've been the victim of autocorrect.

Edit to the edit: Every time I read this back, I find another typo. Anyone have good Android keyboard recommendations?

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Great way for an officer to get fired and the city to be sued. Without proof that they didn't attempt to return it to the owner there is no theft.

Also most states have a time period for returning such property, and it isn't minutes it's days

[–] tmyakal@infosec.pub 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

....what? Where do you live that cops get fired? Certainly not the US.

And, yes, people have sued the NYPD. Often and repeatedly. That has only changed how they define their practices, not what those practices are. For example, NYPD officially stopped having quotas for stop-and-frisks after the lawsuit ~15 years ago, but everyone inside the department knows that if you have the fewest stops, you'll get worse assignments and are more likely to be passed over for promotion.

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[–] sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

I found an article that backs this up. Still not sure precisely what the crime is. Theft, I guess?

https://www.policemag.com/news/nypd-lucky-bag-sting-snares-300-offenders

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[–] Manticore@lemmy.nz 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah no normal person is carrying that much cash. Its either a trap or a crime.

The closest normal reason I can think of is a poorer person having to pay rent in cash to their underhanded landlord. Such a loss is devastating.

But the police probably aren't getting it all back to them though, esp since theyd have to go in and ask (AFTER dropping it off), including explaining their carry amount.

...so I'd rather look for contact info of some kind, but then we're back to trap or crime.

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[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Last time I found a wallet full of money I returned it to the owner, so I guess probably that. Stupid conscience...

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
  1. Put the wallet in a safe place.

  2. Locate the owner.

  3. Kill them.

  4. Pay off credit cards.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Awfully kind of you to pay off their credit cards so they can rest in peace without the shackles of debt.

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[–] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

I have only found a wallet once in my life. I was able to return it. I couldn’t imagine losing that much cash. I would absolutely return it.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 13 points 3 weeks ago

Wallet that fat on the ground? Someone was passing counterfeit bills.

[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

Imma thank god for sending me the blessing I've been praying for and pick that shit up

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

Kill myself, because AI has begun generating things IRL

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 12 points 3 weeks ago

Bro, if there is no ID in there, Dad wants me to have it.

[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I genuinely think I might just leave it there. Looks too suspicious. That is no ordinary person's money.

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[–] Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, apparently I can just go apologize to some dude in a little box at church and get off scott free so...

Yoink.

[–] DataCrime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)
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[–] percent@infosec.pub 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd try to return it to the owner, which will allow me to forget the whole situation eventually.

If I kept it, I would never forget that I did that. For some reason, things like that stick around in my brain for decades.

I've lived my entire life so far without that person's money, so I'll continue to be fine without it.

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[–] iForgotSpells@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago

As a child of God, I'll ask for forgiveness

[–] itisileclerk@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Since God doesn't exist the real question is "As a child of your parents, what's your next move?" And answer to that question tells a lot about the person.

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[–] BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I'd pee on it to mark my territory

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[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You always return the wallet. This is not a Christian thing, this is just a human thing. But here's the pros and cons.

Number one scenario: it belongs to an insanely rich person. If you keep this wallet they will barely miss that money because they have plenty, however the police will work very hard to find you and then they will beat the ever living shit out of you and you will be sent to jail for stealing from an oligarch.

Scenario two: it belongs to somebody for whom this is their entire life savings and without it they will become destitute. You will face no repercussions for keeping the wallet and the money because they have no power. But you will have completely destroyed someone else's life which makes you a vile disgusting POS.

Scenario three: it belongs to a drug dealer. And eventually that drug dealer will find you and murder your entire family because you stole from some cartel somewhere. Because the war on drugs has made drug cartels insanely powerful and contemptuous of the ruke of law.

[–] TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

A child of God is supposed to find the rich fuck of an owner (probably a criminal because who else has this much cash with them) and give it back. However, I'm not a child of an imaginary sadistic friend so I would take it, give the money to the homeless shelter behind my house and the animal shelter nearby, and bring the rest of the wallet to the police so they can deal with it.

[–] Leviathan@fedinsfw.app 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This much money, I would try my best to find the owner and return. I'm a total antireligionist and atheist and the guilt would eat me alive.

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[–] tigermountain@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

I don't believe in any god at all and I would still pick it up and try to return it. We don't need a supernatural being telling us what's right and wrong. It's innate inside all of us as social beings.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Honestly I'd try to find the owner and secretly hope they'd be grateful enough to give me some of that cash lmao. My mom had her wallet stolen once and whoever stole it took all the cash but left everything else. We found the wallet on our porch the next day. It was weird. The credit cards didn't even get yoinked

[–] DisasterTransport@startrek.website 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Stealing and spending cash is theft. Stealing and using a credit card is theft plus fraud. The sketchy guy I bought weed from in high school taught me many life lessons but the most important one is this: don't break the law unless you have to, but of you do have to, break only one law at a time. Of course, he got arrested, but that itself taught me not to get involved with organized crime and not to sell drugs out of your landlord's house. Ray was a smart guy.

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[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Immediately assume there's some nearby surveillance and take Akbar's advice.

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Pick up my wallet that I just dropped?

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