You find a bag with one million dollars in it....

[pauldun170]

Keep it
What could go wrong?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Keep it
What could go wrong?

His mistake was going back to help. If he stuffed that under a mattress for three years that would have been a much more boring movie.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not dirty money? Finding $1M in cash, not dirty money, would seem to be impossible. It would have to be something nefarious. Nobody takes chances with that kind of money unless they want to avoid safer means.

Oh I highly doubt it's not dirty money if you find that much, but i'd still want to be diligent before I just claim it as my own.

 

[nakedfrog]

Getting authorities involved just seems like it would open up a huge can of worms. You'd be questioned as to why you were there, why you took it etc... there's also a chance that if it was involved in a crime you're now a suspect. It may also be a taxable event to handle that kind of money, that would be enough to go bankrupt if that's the case.

If you get to keep the money, and have to pay taxes, okay. Seems unlikely for this mysterious "handling found money" tax to exceed the amount of money found, but okay.
If you don't get to keep it, somehow you end up having to pay taxes on it and go bankrupt because you handled it?
I don't get it.

 

[IronWing]

If it's dirty money, so what? The finder just denied resources to a person who deals in dirty money. Seems like a win for the finder and a win for society.

 

[Charmonium]

Why is "money laundries near me" not an option?

 

[Moonbeam]

Keeping something that does not belong to you is all the proof anybody needs they feel worthless within. Such feelings are so common this willingness to trade one's self respect for far more worthless rarely enters anybodies head.

 

[Muse]

Oh I highly doubt it's not dirty money if you find that much, but i'd still want to be diligent before I just claim it as my own.

I'm not sure they'd ever let you keep $1M you found.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I'm not sure they'd ever let you keep $1M you found.

You don't tell anyone, obviously. The hypothetical situation is that you came across it and no one saw you. So what I'd do is just hold on to it for a while JUST IN CASE it's somehow legit. I don't know, some kind of charity fundraiser and the treasurer lost the money or something. Chances are you'd see something on social media about 1 million dollars missing that was suppose to go to the children's hospital or something like that. At that point I'd find a way to have it back to them. But 99% chance it's dirty money and you'll never hear anything like that.

Of course reality is I'd probably just leave it alone to avoid being involved. I don't know if there is a hidden camera or a tracking device in the bag or it's an exchange for crime and someone is watching over it from a distance etc.

 

[Pohemi]

Keeping something that does not belong to you is all the proof anybody needs they feel worthless within. Such feelings are so common this willingness to trade one's self respect for far more worthless rarely enters anybodies head.

And in comes the psycho-philosoclown. This was a fun, random, hypothetical, light-hearted question. Low and behold, here you are once again to be judgmental of others. Shocker.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Would they consider it money laundering, to keep putting money into the token dispenser at the local arcade? Good clean fun for everyone!

Ahh, to be in my 20s again.

 

[Moonbeam]

And in comes the psycho-philosoclown. This was a fun, random, hypothetical, light-hearted question. Low and behold, here you are once again to be judgmental of others. Shocker.

Ouch! That was a lighthearted reply. Had I wanted to get serious I would have done several pages on other things that never enter your head.

Please not that I probably offended you by suggesting evidence that you hate yourself. Shocker that you got offended by that.

The lesson intended was to never trade self respect for anything because it is the most precious thing anybody can have. The best time to hear that is before things have gotten serious like in this thread.

 

[Pohemi]

Two sentences or two pages makes no difference in your level of communication and pontification.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

If you get to keep the money, and have to pay taxes, okay.

No need to declare it if you just spend it on hookers and cocaine instead of at square businesses. Not like the feds are gonna be like why you always smiling? You been getting blowjobs 3x a day or something? Imagine what you could do if your hookers and cocaine budget didn't have to come out of your declared income? I'd be buying RTX 4090 instead of RX 6700 XT, ribeye steak instead of Whataburger, bomb ganja instead of trying to convince my doctor I hurt my back, etc.

 

[Moonbeam]

Two sentences or two pages makes no difference in your level of communication and pontification.

I just stated what everybody learns in kindergartten that ist's not moral to keep for yourself what belongs to somebody else. Apparently you called 'pontification' because being reminded of this fact cause your self image to take a hit. That's not my fault. You are the one who expressed an interest in walking the low road. I didn't create the standard you failed to support. You just got offended because somebody turned a light on when you had your hand in the cookie jar.

 

[digiram]

After watching ozrark. I might leave the bag as is.

 

[Muse]

You don't tell anyone, obviously. The hypothetical situation is that you came across it and no one saw you. So what I'd do is just hold on to it for a while JUST IN CASE it's somehow legit. I don't know, some kind of charity fundraiser and the treasurer lost the money or something. Chances are you'd see something on social media about 1 million dollars missing that was suppose to go to the children's hospital or something like that. At that point I'd find a way to have it back to them. But 99% chance it's dirty money and you'll never hear anything like that.

Of course reality is I'd probably just leave it alone to avoid being involved. I don't know if there is a hidden camera or a tracking device in the bag or it's an exchange for crime and someone is watching over it from a distance etc.

Fruitless fantasies all.

First thing that would come to my mind is wonder if it isn't counterfeit. A guy I knew worked in a copy joint and he showed me some 20's he'd printed, called it "funny money," it looked genuine to me. Gave me the willy's, didn't want any part of it but I presume he spent some of it.

 

[igor_kavinski]

A guy I knew worked in a copy joint and he showed me some 20's he'd printed, called it "funny money," it looked genuine to me.

Where would he get the paper for that? You would know it was fake the moment you touched it.

 

[Muse]

Where would he get the paper for that? You would know it was fake the moment you touched it.

I'm no expert, have never worked cashier, but it seemed genuine to me. Maybe he showed me the real thing... I doubt that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Fruitless fantasies all.

First thing that would come to my mind is wonder if it isn't counterfeit. A guy I knew worked in a copy joint and he showed me some 20's he'd printed, called it "funny money," it looked genuine to me. Gave me the willy's, didn't want any part of it but I presume he spent some of it.

In reality probably does not even need to be super good to work. Cashiers don't really have time to scrutinize every single bill. As long as it feels right and looks right at first glance and colours match it's probably fine. The newer plastic money would be harder to counterfeit though. But it's not like the old bills stop being legal tender so just need to counterfeit those.

 

[Muse]

In reality probably does not even need to be super good to work. Cashiers don't really have time to scrutinize every single bill. As long as it feels right and looks right at first glance and colours match it's probably fine. The newer plastic money would be harder to counterfeit though. But it's not like the old bills stop being legal tender so just need to counterfeit those.

Being color blind (Strong Protanomaly/Protanopia), I might be at a disadvantage in evaluating the legitimacy of paper currency.

I heard they intentionally use some color blind people in aerial reconnaissance in efforts to detect camouflaged enemy. So, who knows?

 

[Muse]

Being color blind (Strong Protanomaly/Protanopia), I might be at a disadvantage in evaluating the legitimacy of paper currency.

I heard they intentionally use some color blind people in aerial reconnaissance in efforts to detect camouflaged enemy. So, who knows?

Fact is, I cannot identify anything... ANYTHING, as green except by hearsay. IOW, I can only say dollars are green because I'm told they are green. Same with grass, etc.

Show me anything... ANYTHING, and ask me if it's green I can only truthfully reply "I don't know" or similar.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Fact is, I cannot identify anything... ANYTHING, as green except by hearsay. IOW, I can only say dollars are green because I'm told they are green. Same with grass, etc.

What color is the closest that green looks to you?

 

[Muse]

What color is the closest that green looks to you?

I've been asked things like this many times. I can't answer that. You see, I can't see that color like you see it, so I have no answer. I see what I see and there seems to be no way to convey that. Well, perhaps a beige, mauve very light brown with some yellow thrown in, is a fair stab at it generally.

To give you an idea of the difficulty in understanding color blindness, whether you are color blind or not, doesn't matter, just look up color blindness on the internet. I did so a few weeks ago. It's a dizzying arena. There are so many kinds of color blindness, to start with.

 

[Muse]

Online it says:

• Protanopia and deuteranopia both make you unable to tell the difference between red and green at all.

However, as stated above, I am determined to be strong protanopia (by virtue of a bunch of online tests I have done over the years), but I can certainly tell the difference between red and green. Thing is, I can identify red OK, at least I think I can. I suspect it doesn't look as "bright" to me as to people with normal color vision, but green? I can never identify anything as green. Ever. So, that statement above is, to me, suspect, or maybe I am not really protanopia. There's a company EnChroma that makes glasses that they say may help me, seems to be a 50-50 chance, but I haven't checked it out. They have local offices, I could go there. The glasses aren't cheap but I suppose they'd let me try them on and make some kind of judgement. Haven't bothered, guess I should...