• Xeno@lemmy.zip
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    8 hours ago

    Check for an ID. If there is one, bring it to the address listed. Mail it if it’s not local. If there isn’t one, bring it to the local police station.

    And for the record, I’m an atheist.

    • AlphaOmega@lemmy.world
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      Fun fact. If you find money or valuables and no way to find the owner. Take it to the police department, and after 3 months or so it becomes your property if no one claims it. At least in the US.

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        I tried that with a ring. They never filled the paperwork to release it back to me and instead sold it at auction and kept the proceeds.

        I was a young teenager, and my dad was trying to use this as a lesson about doing the right thing. We both learned a lesson, but it wasn’t the one he expected.

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        Three Months later:

        “Here’s your $20, citizen. Thank you for your honesty.”