What Would You Do?

[Cloudpatrol]

As you are walking, a sleek vehicle pulls along side and the window rolls down.

A mysterious, well-dressed stranger says they are a philanthropist and hands you a packet containing $2500, telling you it is yours to spend.

The only caveat: You must spend the money on someone other than yourself. Literally ANYone for ANY reason.

They explain that they will track the bills and you may receive more money in the future, depending on how this money is used.

Who do you give the money to and why?

 

[ZNP-TBA]

VEGAS!

(for my friends of course)

 

[/DG/]

1. I would probably freak the fuck out and run away before I accepted anything like that from someone. Who knows what the hell kind of scheme they are trying to pull?

2. Okay, assuming we play your way and this is somehow a nonthreatening scenario, I would give all or nearly all of the money to my mom and then maybe give a little bit to my dad.

Don't think I necessarily need an explanation for this answer.

 

[citizen cane]

Assuming it's legit, I'd probably divide it equally between my parents, Doctors Without Borders, Peace Corps, and the Sierra Club. And maybe my brother.

 

[Qlip]

I would probably just keep it around to hold in case any particular friend/family or any given person was in a pinch.

But, I think a more interesting question is what would Dwight Schrute do? He would launder the money into bitcoins. And use half the money to hire a P.I. to find the secret philanthropist, then use the other half to buy ninja equipment to kill him and steal all of his money, then use that money to create an education fund for orphaned Germanic children living in America.

 

[magpie]

I'd spend it on my cat.

 

[Punderstorm]

I'd save it until someone I know truly needs it, then I'd give it to them.

 

[Frosty]

The girl next door with cancer.

Split it between her and my cousin with 3 kids who is getting a divorce and is struggling financially.

Easy.

I would only wish I had more to give them.

 

[Kanra Jest]

I would be a bit suspicious to just take his word for it. You never know if there is a catch. But assuming I used it...

I would just give it to someone who needs it. So if there happens to be a catch, at least I used it for a good cause.

 

[Cloudpatrol]

I would probably just keep it around to hold in case any particular friend/family or any given person was in a pinch.

But, I think a more interesting question is what would Dwight Schrute do? He would launder the money into bitcoins. And use half the money to hire a P.I. to find the secret philanthropist, then use the other half to buy ninja equipment to kill him and steal all of his money, then use that money to create an education fund for orphaned Germanic children living in America.

Hahaha!

 

[uumlau]

As you are walking, a sleek vehicle pulls along side and the window rolls down.

A mysterious, well-dressed stranger says they are a philanthropist and hands you a packet containing $2500, telling you it is yours to spend.

The only caveat: You must spend the money on someone other than yourself. Literally ANYone for ANY reason.

They explain that they will track the bills and you may receive more money in the future, depending on how this money is used.

Who do you give the money to and why?

I'd give it back to the guy who is obviously trying to run some sort of creepy psychological experiment.

 

[SpankyMcFly]

Hookers and blow. DUH

I'd use the money to buy equipment to start up a you tube channel. It would be a manospherian based 'news' outlet covering the major sectors, a clearing house of sorts mixed with gamer/nerd interests alongside a few science news articles. Yeah, that's the ticket.

 

[Forever]

As you are walking, a sleek vehicle pulls along side and the window rolls down.

A mysterious, well-dressed stranger says they are a philanthropist and hands you a packet containing $2500, telling you it is yours to spend.

The only caveat: You must spend the money on someone other than yourself. Literally ANYone for ANY reason.

They explain that they will track the bills and you may receive more money in the future, depending on how this money is used.

Who do you give the money to and why?

Keyword: may

Do I need to say more?

 

[Virtual ghost]

I would just tell them to go bother someone else with this since there is plenty of people around that would play along.

This is because I find this situation to be unrealistc or the rich dude is just bored or doing experiments. Not to mention that the "tracking bills" is a major turn off for me.

I would probably do the same thing even if money is just for me.

 

[KitchenFly]

Yer right (track me) thanks for the $2500. In cash. Give me another $5000. And I will give you a quick look at my brown eye, like a quick look?

 

[meowington]

I'd give it anonymously to [MENTION=9310]uumlau[/MENTION] just to make him extra uncomfortable.

seriously ? idk, cliniclowns perhaps ? some children cancer funds ? something obvious.
Seems really tricky to spend that well. The only certainty is that I would play along : not spending it seems almost immoral. + pray there's no catch.

 

[indra]

I would get [MENTION=27162]Cloudpatrol[/MENTION] drunk then buy supplies for fixing a few things around my parent's home.

If anything were left over I would purchase a boat load of videogames to donate.

 

[Cloudpatrol]

[MENTION=4299]meowington[/MENTION] Ha! Mischievous!


[MENTION=21883]sunyata[/MENTION]

I am actually open {curious} to find out what kind of drunk I would be. If it's in a controlled circumstance with a peep that I trust (smile) Videogame idea is adorable.

 

[Cloudpatrol]

I'd put some in a college fund for my kid and give the rest to some homeless men.

Nice! To: your kid's future

There are a lot of homeless where I live. I collect samples and periodically hand them out care packages with sandwiches. I have wondered about just this scenario, though. Do you think someone homeless would be equipped to handle a large outlay of cash in one go? Or would you facilitate the spending with them?

 

[Qlip]

I'm not sure. There's the part of me wondering if they're going to spend it on booze or drugs, which causes me some guilt wondering if I'm actually hurting them. Maybe I'd spend it on a meal, buy them some job interview clothes, and help them find a halfway house or somewhere else to stay until they were able to get on their feet. Perhaps I'd spend it on buying a bunch of non-perishable food, then put together food boxes, or portable camping wares such as pots, pans, tents, sleeping bags.

I dunno.

...and [MENTION=27162]Cloudpatrol[/MENTION]

I think the act of giving things vs money to the homeless is mostly symbolic as to your intentions. Any objects you give them, meals, clothes, etc, frees money that they can spend on whatever else it is they like. I don't feel bad giving money, it gives them personal power. They may use it to hurt themselves or help themselves, my values dictate that giving the choice is good.