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Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ tossed a ball to the fans with $300 wrapped around it to buy beers for a bunch of fans (europe.pub)
submitted 4 days ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 5 points 4 days ago (13 children)

Pretty sure that stadium is cashless now...

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  • [–] 10 points 4 days ago (12 children)

    I mean I'd keep the $300 and use my CC to get the beers. Most stadiums also have cash to card ATMs if you absolutely don't have any card with you

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (8 children)

    There are cash to card ATMs now? Bizarro World.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago* (6 children)

    Yup. I encountered one at a Boston Bruins game at TD Garden recently, after discovering I couldn't buy a beer with cash. Cash goes in, prepaid debit card comes out. Surprisingly, it didn't cost anything to load the cash - the same amount I put in ended up on the card. I did have to enter some PII to satisfy our bullshit KYC regs.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 days ago (5 children)

    Crazy, be pretty handy for laundering

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  • [–] 2 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    I think people do similar stuff at casinos for this purpose

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    Yeah In Australia it's super common even at pubs etc.

    Boy boy did a great video on it

    https://youtu.be/DoyH1dgj8Lo

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago* (2 children)

    Didn't his house get firebombed for this one?

    These dudes have legit balls of steel. The shit they do in their videos is just nuts and I will not be surprised if it ends up killing one or both of them. Which I think they are aware of and ok with.

    The one where they go to North Korea was amazing.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    Friendly Jordies was firebombed for putting out something out on soem crime family and crime in politics.

    I think it was unrelated to this video as this came out 3 months or so after the attack.

    But certainly their videos cause a stir. It's like actual journalism.

    Boyboy actually sailed to Cuba to deliver aid when America was destroying all the boats

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago*

    Ah right... For some reason I thought it had to do with a video he did together with Boy Boy? Or maybe I'm just confusing things.

    Maybe he just did the casino video with them after the firebombing and my brain combined the two events.

    All three of them have balls of steel. They attempted murder on this guy and then he just keeps doing like intense investigative journalism. We need more people like them.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 days ago (2 children)

    How is a cash to card atm gonna help if you don't have your card? Don't you still need it to top up and pay with the card?

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