• osanna@thebrainbin.org
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    2 months ago

    Remember that infinite money “glitch” that was going around on social media a year or two back? This is as stupid as that.

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    It isn’t sustainable. No clerk will take the bet more than once. Also, the clerk doesn’t have to take the bet to interpret it as bribery and call the cops on you. In addition, there’s the risk of the clerk simply not honoring the bet.

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        It could be constructed as an attempt at bribery. You see, when you bribe somebody, you can’t just go up to them, and tell them “Here’s a hundred bucks, look the other way”. Because, what if you’re an undercover cop? You need to offer the money in a way that offers plausible deniability. So, the next step could be to show a poorly counterfeited id that says you’re only 21, with the implied subtext being, “I’m giving you 100$, but in exchange you don’t look too closely at my false id”. Of course, there’s always a risk that the person you’re trying to bribe doesn’t catch on.

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    Even at 16 I would have understood that I can’t force that clerk to accept such a bet and that clerks will probably recognize me after a few times of doing that in the same place.

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    As long as the clerk hasn’t seen Guys and Dolls it should be fine.

    One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not accept this bet, because as sure as you stand there, you’re going to wind up with an ear full of cider.

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    2 months ago

    “I don’t believe you’re 24 show me your ID.”

    “I bet you $100 I’m 24”

    “That’s not how bribes work either give me the $100 or show me your ID”

  • 𞋴𝛂𝛋𝛆@lemmy.world
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    Hmm… I don’t believe you are honest, because of this ID thing… BUT I am willing to bet honest money in good faith, including paying out for this… Yeah, rock star, good luck finding that mark outside of the mirror.