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You just "somehow" gained $100. What is the better way to get it?

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What is the better way to "gain" $100?

You Found $100
4
24%
You Saved $100
9
53%
You were Donated $100
4
24%
 
Total votes: 17

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jayScribble
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You just "somehow" gained $100. What is the better way to get it?

Post by jayScribble »

On my walk home, I had a though on how is randomly founding money is better than saving, but then I realised the consistency of saving money, as opposed to finding it, and more options came up after some extra thought. Inner conflicts happened and instead I ask the internet on what is better with an online poll.

A more detailed explanation on the choices:
  • You Found $100: You just $100 on the floor and no one else picked it up.
  • You Saved $100: You saved $100 from a discount on something expensive you wanted, or something similar.
  • You were Donated $100: Somebody (either a family member, friend, a total stranger, etc.) gave you $100 unexpectedly.
I didn't add the Earning $100 option to the poll, due to being too easy to just vote on and just a thought experiment on what if you gained an additional amount of money you didn't expect.
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Re: You just "somehow" gained $100. What is the better way to get it?

Post by ano0maly »

I feel more comfortable with saving. Finding that much money on the ground it doesn't feel right to take it, and donation I feel a sense of pressure that I didn't earn it, unless it was given for a specific cause like fundraising. Saving on a discount feels perfectly legitimate.
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Post by Bean »

Saved because it was my money to begin with.

Donated would be a nice runner-up, but come on. I've had links to both a PayPal and Patreon on my YT channel and earned zip from it, although there were some nice sentiments that I appreciated. Still, I don't see me earning $100 like that. As for finding it, there's no way I could pocket that. $1 or $5? Sure, I could pick that up. $100? That's just not right.
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Post by Kapus »

I found a 100 dollar bill on the side of the road a few weeks ago. It was fake.


Saved up by a longshot, though. I don't even like receiving donations or borrowing money. Only feels right if it's something earned.
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Re: You just "somehow" gained $100. What is the better way to get it?

Post by Whimsical Calamari »

saving on a discount requires spending as a prerequisite, and if i'm saving 100 bucks that means i'm spending a lot more in association with the supposed "gain"

so, i vote gifts.
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