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      Probably fraud? It’s movie prop money, which is distinguishable as not real. I would be surprised if a homeless person wouldn’t realize themselves.

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        Which fortunately, has zero bearing on whether or not he just admitted to felony counterfeiting.

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          It kind of does. If he is buying these and giving them out he’s an ass but no one is going to her arrested for giving them away. The only problem would be if someone tried to spend it and got belligerent when the store wouldn’t take it.

          You could photocopy that as many times as you want and it is still Iitterally play money.

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    He is literally admitting to committing a felony here. Saying “Just Kidding!” doesn’t let you off the hook. I hope the Secret Service looks into this clown.

    Federal law pretty much says [IANAL] that passing fake cash off with intent to defraud the recipient into believing it is real; is in fact a felony.

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    Unhoused? Is it suddenly wrong think to say homeless, did I miss another one?

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      Unhoused is a more politically correct term. But the literature typically distinguishes between unsheltered and homeless. I honestly don’t like the term unhoused because it blurs the line between those two categories. I spent like one semester doing a research project that involved homelessness.

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        I’m sorry, I’m not very much into political correctness, it very much has a better than thou vibe to it for me from people that typically don’t do anything to actually solve the issue.

        When you’re homeless I don’t think you care much if someone calls you unhoused and now somehow things are better? No, you’re still in the shit.

        I think people should spend more time on actual sustainable solutions and less time on trying to change how we talk.

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    I was tipped a For Motion Picture Use only 5 dollar bill at my valet job and called the person out for it being not a real 5. They are very distinguishable, even on first glance the color and texture is just wrong. The lady who gave it to me got all flustered and claimed she didnt even know it wasnt real. This kind if thing happens more often than you think