so I'm sitting at McDonald's and I realize the guy there one table over from me about 45mins ago left a laptop on the table.... And holy shit I could use a laptop... I'd be able to take my music production mobile again and that's why I asked to get the cheapest one at best buy when I had ~$7000 inheritance left cuz I wanna do productive things but everyone has to be fucking pedantic and draconian with me so I was told "we'll see" and then the topic was taboo to ever bring up again.

I turned the laptop into McDonalds. How fucking retarded am I?

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I don't know. You'll have to ask my conscience.

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Freedom is our Strength.

I would have turned it in. Taking it is stealing. I am no thief.

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Lay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be.

Move.

I suppose you could have left your name as the "finder" and hoped for a reward...maybe a 10-piece McNugget.

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As long as you can wipe the coffee grounds off it I would say its fair game.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

I'm sure the thing was filled with child porn, so you did the right thing.

On a scale of 1-10, or...?

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Busy at the moment.

I'm in therapy with Baby Mcnown's prefrontal cortex.

Which side is the high end?

5

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Is there any way you can talk to FarveFan's conscience?

Guessing McD's has MANY security cameras, both inside and out. Assuming you drove there if the cops were interested following up on a laptop theft I would think they would have little trouble finding you, had you taken it.

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"I honestly don't see a good bet on the board here."

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

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I would take my inheritance and build me a great computer so the world could hear my music.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Half of it on the computer, the other half (minus 10% to stay in-pocket) invested down at the boat ... blackjack or craps, whichever you're more comfortable with playing competently.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Yup. Invest in yourself.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

What's a computer?

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

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You did the right thing. That matters-a lot.

When you come across something like this the right thing to do is put yourself in the position of the person that left it. Consider the panic, fear, hopelessness or any other myriad of emotions that person is going through when they realize it.

If after that you feel you should take the laptop go ahead.

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Elections have consequences.