Ive seen some youtube videos about people who start with very little money and do stuff to double it. Im wondering what a everyday joe would do with 1 dollar and 24 hours to earn more? Would you resell water bottles to people, get a job, gamble? or something else? what is your game plan?

  • TabbsTheBat (they/them)@pawb.social
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    I’d have to convert it to a local currency first, and I think the conversion fee is probably more than that, so I’d be starting with negative money at that point /j

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    I’d do what I’m doing right now. Dollar in wallet, body in bed, eyes about to shut.

    If you got more dollars, lemme know, I can use them.

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    First order of business would be to somehow exchange into a currency I can actually use.

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    That’s actually a game we used to do as kids in scouting.

    Not 24 hours, but an afternoon. 2 groups start with each 1 EUR. The groups go their own way, door-to-door, begging for a trade-up. Like the first household could give you a snickers bar. Then you take the snickers bar next door, and trade it for a book.

    The surprise was to see what item the other team ended up with.

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      we did the same, but that was 30 years ago, i wonder how that game translates to today’s world. probably not very well.

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        5 months ago

        Spend the euro on NFTs, sell them for cryptos, spend them on upvotes, likes and reviews. Alternatively, you could buy lootboxes and skins instead.

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    Spend the dollar on garbage bags and collect a bunch of bottles and cans. Depending on where you live, you could probably make a good amount of money from that. I’ve seen people with shopping carts full of bottles walking to the recycling kiosks.

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      I wish my town did that. I collect a lot for recycling anyways but I have to take it someplace to get rid of it.

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    5 months ago

    a everyday joe would do

    Go to work, work, go home. Wait for the end of the week/month for their next paycheck.

    Most people already have more then a dollar and more then 24 hours to earn money. If schemes like that really worked then why would so many people do anything else?