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?

  • nandeEbisu@lemmy.world
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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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    Use it to buy a marker, grab a piece of cardboard from a dumpster, write a short sob story, and beg at the corner of a busy intersection. If you don’t care about ethics, have absolutely nothing except the dollar, and need to make more, it’s probably your best bet.

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    I can’t think of many things you can buy for a dollar, maybe a bottle of water and 2 pieces of bread.

    Chewing gum maybe, back in the days those were cheap, doubt that’s still the case.

    Photocopies, those are cheap, you can get like 7 copies with 1 dollar.

    Can’t think of anything else, really.

    Also earning more? That’s not possible, unless you’re willing to beg, but then that’s completely unrelated to your initial dollar.

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    Y’all missing the point.

    Best I got is put $1 of gas in the truck. Walk the hood, spy out trash I can sell, go get it in the truck, sell on Facebook Marketplace or a garage sale.

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    I’d find another dollar and give my kids a dollar each. They would stash it in the piggy bank.

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    Step 1: Become an attractive White guy

    Step 2: Have Blonde Hair

    Step 3: ??? (Start your own brand of candy?)

    Step 4: Become a famous youtuber?

    (Secret Step 5: Become the opposite of Socially Awkward, be Awkwardly Social 🫠)

    (For context: I’m talking about Ryan Trahan)

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    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?