20 People Share the Most Desperate Things They’ve Ever Done for Money

zachnading Published 12/27/2022 in feels

Humans will do just about anything for money. Don't believe us? We've collected some of the most desperate examples of things people have done for a few bucks.

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1. I got paid 1k to drink screwdrivers and being flashed by bright lights. Basically got paid to get drunk with bunch of sensors hooked up to me. -tastytastylobster
2. Worked at Amazon. Twice. -antilumin
3. Once when unemployed, I bought a bunch of king-size candy at Costco, and went door to door selling it saying it was a fund raiser for a church youth group. Made a good profit and was able to pay rent that month. -brock_lee
4. Fight another woman in a bikini, easy money. -Flashy_Isopod_9952
5. Dive into the wishing well to collect quarters to use for the vending machine. It's one of those surreal memories that's stuck with me. -Alveryn
6. Sold feet pics. -wnow409
7. Let these rich assholes hunt me in a forest with paintball guns and I had to be in just my underwear. I learned quick that it wasn’t so much about the hunt they just wanted to humiliate me. Completely regret it but I was a few hundred short on rent. -Xionus
8. I used to pose naked for art classes while I was an undergrad. Pay was pretty good, about 5 times minimum wage. -Puzzleheaded_Big3319
9. I regularly draw furry porn for money. -dexterdraws
10. Selling condoms in a male restroom at a bar. Needed cash for a train ticket back home to the neighboring town. Was just standing in a corner offering rubber for some coins. -danishremoulade
11. I was expecting much juicier answers here. I made porn with my first husband and he sold the photos and videos. They are somewhere in the bowels of the internet, but I have no idea where. No face though. -Athompson9866
12. White beard. Red suit. Kids on my knee. Ho, ho, ho. -picksandchooses
13. Drove around in the middle of the night in my small town with bolt cutters. I opened up every single newspaper stand I could find and probably made a good $300 that night in quarters. -Land_As_Exile
14. Sang in the NYC subway while panhandling anyone that made eye contact. Got the $50 I needed to take a bus south out of the city. -geekitude
15. Participated in a sleep study where they had us wired up to electrodes to monitor our responses at periodic intervals across 3 days without sleep. It was brutal. I learned I cannot go without sleep for 2 days in a row. -Barbarella_ella
16. Consumed a full bottle of Tabasco sauce for $300. -didyouwashyoass2day
17. I slept with my 64 year old landlady. In my defense, it was either that or sleep on the streets. -Jack_In_Black89
18. In 7th grade I did a horrible attempt at the worm at a school dance for $1. -outofdate70shouse
19. I met a complete stranger from the internet to sell him some used underwear. If it were a send it in the mail thing, it wouldn't have been a big deal. But part of it was that he wanted me to meet him to give them to him. And then he would pay me in cash.

It was a pretty good amount so, I went for it. We talked for a while beforehand and he was really nice. I didn't get the vibe that I was gonna get killed, and I needed the money. It was a quick meet in a Walmart parking lot. Nothing really bad happened. -deletedgirlfriend
20. Chugged a red solo cup filled with months old bong water for $500. -Punkrockid19

1. I got paid 1k to drink screwdrivers and being flashed by bright lights. Basically got paid to get drunk with bunch of sensors hooked up to me. -tastytastylobster
2. Worked at Amazon. Twice. -antilumin
3. Once when unemployed, I bought a bunch of king-size candy at Costco, and went door to door selling it saying it was a fund raiser for a church youth group. Made a good profit and was able to pay rent that month. -brock_lee
4. Fight another woman in a bikini, easy money. -Flashy_Isopod_9952
5. Dive into the wishing well to collect quarters to use for the vending machine. It's one of those surreal memories that's stuck with me. -Alveryn
6. Sold feet pics. -wnow409
7. Let these rich assholes hunt me in a forest with paintball guns and I had to be in just my underwear. I learned quick that it wasn’t so much about the hunt they just wanted to humiliate me. Completely regret it but I was a few hundred short on rent. -Xionus
8. I used to pose naked for art classes while I was an undergrad. Pay was pretty good, about 5 times minimum wage. -Puzzleheaded_Big3319
9. I regularly draw furry porn for money. -dexterdraws
10. Selling condoms in a male restroom at a bar. Needed cash for a train ticket back home to the neighboring town. Was just standing in a corner offering rubber for some coins. -danishremoulade
11. I was expecting much juicier answers here. I made porn with my first husband and he sold the photos and videos. They are somewhere in the bowels of the internet, but I have no idea where. No face though. -Athompson9866
12. White beard. Red suit. Kids on my knee. Ho, ho, ho. -picksandchooses
13. Drove around in the middle of the night in my small town with bolt cutters. I opened up every single newspaper stand I could find and probably made a good $300 that night in quarters. -Land_As_Exile
14. Sang in the NYC subway while panhandling anyone that made eye contact. Got the $50 I needed to take a bus south out of the city. -geekitude
15. Participated in a sleep study where they had us wired up to electrodes to monitor our responses at periodic intervals across 3 days without sleep. It was brutal. I learned I cannot go without sleep for 2 days in a row. -Barbarella_ella
16. Consumed a full bottle of Tabasco sauce for $300. -didyouwashyoass2day
17. I slept with my 64 year old landlady. In my defense, it was either that or sleep on the streets. -Jack_In_Black89
18. In 7th grade I did a horrible attempt at the worm at a school dance for $1. -outofdate70shouse
19. I met a complete stranger from the internet to sell him some used underwear. If it were a send it in the mail thing, it wouldn't have been a big deal. But part of it was that he wanted me to meet him to give them to him. And then he would pay me in cash.

It was a pretty good amount so, I went for it. We talked for a while beforehand and he was really nice. I didn't get the vibe that I was gonna get killed, and I needed the money. It was a quick meet in a Walmart parking lot. Nothing really bad happened. -deletedgirlfriend
20. Chugged a red solo cup filled with months old bong water for $500. -Punkrockid19

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20 People Share the Most Desperate Things They’ve Ever Done for Money

1. I got paid 1k to drink screwdrivers and being flashed by bright lights. Basically got paid to get drunk with bunch of sensors hooked up to me. -tastytastylobster

2. Worked at Amazon. Twice. -antilumin

3. Once when unemployed, I bought a bunch of king-size candy at Costco, and went door to door selling it saying it was a fund raiser for a church youth group. Made a good profit and was able to pay rent that month. -brock_lee

4. Fight another woman in a bikini, easy money. -Flashy_Isopod_9952

5. Dive into the wishing well to collect quarters to use for the vending machine. It's one of those surreal memories that's stuck with me. -Alveryn

6. Sold feet pics. -wnow409

7. Let these rich assholes hunt me in a forest with paintball guns and I had to be in just my underwear. I learned quick that it wasn’t so much about the hunt they just wanted to humiliate me. Completely regret it but I was a few hundred short on rent. -Xionus

8. I used to pose naked for art classes while I was an undergrad. Pay was pretty good, about 5 times minimum wage. -Puzzleheaded_Big3319

9. I regularly draw furry porn for money. -dexterdraws

10. Selling condoms in a male restroom at a bar. Needed cash for a train ticket back home to the neighboring town. Was just standing in a corner offering rubber for some coins. -danishremoulade

11. I was expecting much juicier answers here. I made porn with my first husband and he sold the photos and videos. They are somewhere in the bowels of the internet, but I have no idea where. No face though. -Athompson9866

12. White beard. Red suit. Kids on my knee. Ho, ho, ho. -picksandchooses

13. Drove around in the middle of the night in my small town with bolt cutters. I opened up every single newspaper stand I could find and probably made a good $300 that night in quarters. -Land_As_Exile

14. Sang in the NYC subway while panhandling anyone that made eye contact. Got the $50 I needed to take a bus south out of the city. -geekitude

15. Participated in a sleep study where they had us wired up to electrodes to monitor our responses at periodic intervals across 3 days without sleep. It was brutal. I learned I cannot go without sleep for 2 days in a row. -Barbarella_ella

16. Consumed a full bottle of Tabasco sauce for $300. -didyouwashyoass2day

17. I slept with my 64 year old landlady. In my defense, it was either that or sleep on the streets. -Jack_In_Black89

18. In 7th grade I did a horrible attempt at the worm at a school dance for $1. -outofdate70shouse

20. Chugged a red solo cup filled with months old bong water for $500. -Punkrockid19

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