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(10-08-2013 02:38 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  I know it's old, but INFORMATION HAS NO TIME!

Exactly. That's a useful contribution. Maybe we should all report on what our parents do/did to earn a living.

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Hah.

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An awesome way to live extremely cheaply.

I make alot of money by using school in 2 ways:
1: I sell things like stink bombs and smoke bombs to disrupt school activity
2: Money Bets. People give me money to do stupid crap like ask someone out or call someone stupid.

I make lots of money like this, if I totaled it, I probably have made more than $100 in a week. Thanks(for once) school! Biggrin
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(01-29-2014 07:23 AM)Gab3r13 Wrote:  I make alot of money by using school in 2 ways:
1: I sell things like stink bombs and smoke bombs to disrupt school activity
2: Money Bets. People give me money to do stupid crap like ask someone out or call someone stupid.

I make lots of money like this, if I totaled it, I probably have made more than $100 in a week. Thanks(for once) school! Biggrin

How do you get away with selling weaponry? How do your customers get away with using them? Seems risky.

I do like the money bet thing though. There's one born every minute.
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