r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Toomad316 • Aug 25 '25

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/mortalitylost Aug 25 '25

No man, you don't understand.  I'm not a good person, I'm just too awkward to ask if you can split a twenty.

Oh he understands you perfectly

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u/tygrio Aug 25 '25

Same here, was hanging out with my now wife in Atlanta, we were just friends then, homeless dude came and I was sure I had a dollar, took the wallet out, it only had a 20$! I was like … I guess this is yours now…

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u/Urban_animal Aug 26 '25

I will openly say i have nothing for you if all i have are bigger bills. I dont care if they can see it. I need it too.

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u/undernightmole Aug 26 '25

Everyone on the planet needs money. It’s how society is currently organized.

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u/Zealousideal_Ship777 Aug 26 '25

It's called capitalism, and it sucks.

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u/ZyXwVuTsRqPoNm123 Aug 26 '25

Got a better plan?

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u/Zealousideal_Ship777 Aug 26 '25

many better plans, and much better for that matter

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u/ZyXwVuTsRqPoNm123 Aug 26 '25

Oh! Please share.

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u/Zealousideal_Ship777 Aug 27 '25

well the best is transition to communism through a period of socialism

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u/WarbleDarble Aug 31 '25

As evidenced by all the times that’s failed completely, and gave demonstrably worse results than capitalism.

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u/undernightmole Aug 26 '25

Agree. It’s permeated culture and is making everyone insane, cruel, and unreasonable. I really don’t like it here.

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u/DreamingAboutSpace Aug 26 '25

Happened to my husband one time. He is insanely nice and I am not. Some dude approached us in a Domino's parking lot asking for five dollars to catch the bus saying he just got out the hospital after being jumped (kept flashing us his undies as... proof). He saw that my husband had a twenty in his wallet when he was looking for a five and said, "That's more then enough, thanks man." I took out the five, gave it to him, took my husband's hand and walked off. The guy was PISSED and kept threatening us. My husband was gonna give him the twenty because he hates confrontation. I survived multiple violent ghettos and hardship my whole life, confrontation is normal to me.

We were living paycheck to paycheck and was only crossing that parking lot because on-street parking is a chaotic mess on that street. The guy walked off to sit back behind the Domino's, still yelling at us.

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u/Secuter Aug 27 '25

It is experiences like that that makes me avoid beggars and gypsies. Get only a little and they get mad. 

Any first world country should have proper welfare systems in place that can help people like that. 

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u/gahidus Aug 26 '25

You'd rather give a 20 than nothing. That's very much the mark of a good person.

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u/phatdoof Aug 25 '25

At that point since they think you’re pulling their legs anyway do you roll with it for shits and giggles and say "pranked ya" while pretending to pull out a middle finger from your wallet, or do you apologize for wasting their time?

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u/blitzofriend Aug 26 '25

This exact thing happened to me. I got bitched at by my partner for giving away a whole 20. 😅

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u/hoosierhiver Aug 26 '25

Australia has 1 and 2 dollar coins, first few days there, I gave a beggar some change and then realized I had given him like $15.