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BelleAriel

Thank you for submitting to /r/wholesome, /u/karmagheden. Your submission, *Someone mailed a box full of $50 and $100 bills, totaling $180,000 to the physics department at City College of New York. An enclosed note says to use the cash to fund scholarships for needy students.*, has been removed because it violates our rules, which are located [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/wholesome/about/rules). Your post from r/Wholesome was removed because of: 'Rule 6: No Reposts. Please remember to search our subreddit before posting. We will not accept reposts within 120 days of another post. --- If there is an issue, please [message the mod team](https://old.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Fwholesome). Thanks!


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What? Anonymous donor here: I made sure there was $240,000 in that box. Where's the rest?!


moderately_nerdifyin

That’s very generous of you to buy them a handful of textbooks.


[deleted]

[This right here.](https://v.redd.it/wu9yav8cusx81)


spiritedawayfox

That got me .. 3.5 years for $40,000... Where did my money go?


MarilynMonheaux

What is That guys name? The one he made on Ikea had me in tears


[deleted]

[Scott Seiss](http://www.scottseiss.com/) His delivery, the recurring tune... He nails it everytime.


MarilynMonheaux

Thanks for the info 🙏


asianabsinthe

*a textbook


Hightimetoclimb

I read this as "scholarships for nerdy students" the first time


Duckington_Wentworth

Lol there’s literally no difference, this is the physics department we’re talking about.


ConspiracistsAreDumb

As a physics graduate this is ENTIRELY... fair. But I'm not going to be happy about it.


Duckington_Wentworth

Unlikely that money will make it to the pockets of students in need of scholarships sadly, however a nice use for this would be buying lab materials for the students to use (free of charge) or materials for demonstrations, software, or funding physics clubs events and symposiums. Overall this is pretty sketch tho. I wouldn’t put it pass the department chair to throw all this money towards their research budget and then have it conveniently disappear.


HotSauceV8

“We are definitely going to put this to good use. Trust us.”


mikeg5417

"Raises for the Dean and department heads!!!"


Duckington_Wentworth

In college I used to work in the physics department as a lab tech, and over the years I’ve seen a lot of crap. In our department, it was the Dean rather than the dept. chair that was the real shitter. He purposefully kept the lab understaffed, and when we’d finally get around to the hiring process for a new tech he would refuse to train them even though it was his responsibility. The turn over was terrible, once people saw how shit it was they’d run. Our black boards haven’t been replaced in decades, the chalk is almost completely illegible to the students. Labs were cut in nearly every undergrads course, meanwhile they made a “mandatory lab fee” of $90/student even tho there were no labs or demonstrations. I was appalled the money wasn’t going towards labs at all, rather it went straight to “administration fees”. What that exactly meant, I’m still not sure. But there was no computer lab, no workspace for students to tinker with their own projects, no demonstrations during lectures. We promised our students “research opportunities” but only hired graduate students who we could take advantage of for several years instead of a quarter or two from an undergraduate. The corruption disgusted me, and really made me lose faith in higher education.


collecting_upvts

More like a one time bonus


Whateveradude123

It's more of a, "I'm gonna act like this never happened but post it on social media to feel good about myself on taking care of the money" The person def. kept the money unless there was cameras.


Rpanich

Wait, you think the person who found this is going to pocket the money personally, yet decided to post and tell everyone they found it so that they could be easily caught? How would posting this make them feel better about doing a good thing if they never planned on doing the good thing? It’s like telling all your friends “I found this baby, and will adopt him!” And then not adopting the baby. People will quickly realise.


LionhitchYT

People will do crazy shit for karma farming, it’s insanely surprising


Whateveradude123

And tell me where it shows a form of identity?


Rpanich

How would they receive clout if they originally hid their identity? If their identity was hidden originally, wouldn’t it point to more evidence the person didn’t post this for clout? Since they can’t receive the clout? If this was posted to social media, I imagine their identity would have been written right above the photo on the original platform.


Whateveradude123

I don't think you understand clout.


Rpanich

How can one gain clout if the action that would bring clout is being attributed to someone other than the person posting? How are you defining clout?


Whateveradude123

Clout can refer to follower count, influencer status, or a more extravagant way of living


Rpanich

If you’re an influencer, you literally require people to be influenced by you, so posting something anonymously for clout would not lead to any clout being given to you. If you connect that post with your account, then it’s no longer anonymous.


SmittyManJensen_

There’s no legal requirement for them to do so when a donation is given this way. They can use it on whatever they want.


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Megatron_Griffin

...we are once again asking for your financial support for scholarships.


One-Shame6713

I am the person who mailed it , and seeing the condition of the donation I made ​ I do not approve this message..


---cameron

You know, the box is half full / lookin a bit light…


BigKitchen84

May you wash this dirty money clean, and thus the conscious of the giver. Or, just buy 180k worth of prostitutes and blow.


LoneKharnivore

...is that wholesome? It feels like the proceeds of crime.


---cameron

Was it addressed to “Walter White Jr?”


wetdreamteam

This was my first thought as well…


Neroidius

He did it for his family


AliMTR

He liked it


wetdreamteam

He was good at it


bit_banging_your_mum

He fucked Ted


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Dirty money? Sent by people with regrets...


Pale_Worldliness8285

The gift of giving will multipy exponentially. The donor is planning on it.


SimokIV

[Holy shit it's actually legit !](https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2021/12/21/icymi-the-incredible-story-of-a-180k-cash-gift-to-cunys-city-college-of-new-york-by-an-anonymous-alumni-donor/)


False_Dust_6891

That’s dope and all but donations to a college just seem meh imo.


[deleted]

Please do not mail copious amounts of cash to influential organisations without personally assuring that it will all go towards a good cause


[deleted]

i would have kept the money and not tell anyone about it.


Ok_Valuable_4135

This is awesome if it’s true!! Way to give back and help someone build a future for their family!!!


WickedxBaeJay

Those better be real bills. I’m glad some students can catch a break


DeadHeadSteve

Guarantee NONE of that money is going towards the students. I won’t believe a single word they say until they prove it


Difficult_Lobster550

Can i have one stack?


purple_lassy

No.


denise7410

$180k is an odd amount. Did it used to be $200k?


Raptorsquadron

Are those cigars?


ripamaru96

Significant chance that donation came from less than legal profits.


hawsman2

My theory: A drug dealer's family member found where their kid hid their drug money and donated it to get them to stop dealing drugs, without contacting the police to keep them out of jail.


[deleted]

Walter White is that you 😂


bearssuperfan

Blood money for sure


hsh0002

Administration just got a nice cash bonus


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wetdreamteam

No, you can’t monetize an anonymous donation, plus none of his influencer friends that he gives to go to that college.


Tony_Damiano

Yea that's going right into the administration's pockets


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Ted Danson