“Get rich quick” schemes are, by and large, just that schemes, where the only one getting rich is the person selling the idea in the first place. After all, solid businesses can go under and the invisible hand of the market can make established companies struggle, so conventional wisdom would suggest that getting rich is a combination of hard work, perseverance and a dash of luck.

Someone asked “What’s the most ridiculously absurd way you’ve seen someone get rich in no time?” and people shared their best examples. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, take some notes and be sure to share your own thoughts in the comments section below.

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#1

My uncle invented micro machines. Little toy cars in the early 90’s.
EDIT: when I see my uncle next I will show him this and all the people he brought joy to.

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#2

My cousin recorded the audio of a fan for 8 hours about a decade ago and now has north of a billion “white noise” YouTube views and is one of the top podcasts on Spotify.

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#3

A friend of mine once struck it rich overnight by selling “designer” pet rocks online, complete with little outfits and backstories. It was a wild idea that somehow took off!

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#4

Forgot that he mined a dozen or so Bitcoins over a decade ago on his spare notebook.

Remembered three years ago that he still had that laptop in a drawer.

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#5

My uncle’s company made wood shaving tools. One day martha stewart used one to grate cheese on her tv show. Thus the Microplane was born.

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#6

Friend of mine started selling her socks after wearing them at her retail job. She started making $7k a month just from that alone.

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#7

The person who made bank by livestreaming themselves sleeping on TikTok. Literally getting paid to nap—today’s dream job!

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#8

The guy that made the Million Dollar Website.
Selling 1 pixel advertisements for 1$ must be some of the most absurdly genius ways of making loads of money.

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#9

My brother’s friend worked minimum wage jobs. Then he and his wife started buying lube in large quantities from overseas and repackaging it in much smaller quantities in their garage and reselling it on Amazon.

Really just classic middleman stuff, but they made SO MUCH money that they quit their day jobs almost immediately and haven’t looked back.

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#10

Do y’all remember silly bandz? My friend’s dad came up with rainbow silly bandz and became a millionaire from that.

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#11

I went to high school with Bo Burnham. One day he had a youtube video go viral. Like a week later he was represented by the same agent as Drew Carey.

Ironically, the kid who joked about being unpopular was suddenly really popular due to the success from his jokes.

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#12

A good friend of mine started trading stocks after retirement. He trades ETFs everyday in his underwear. He does it all on his phone or ipad. He retired 3 yrs ago. So far this year he’s made $1.3 million. It is ridiculous.

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#13

I once watched a guy turn his viral TikTok dance challenge into a million-dollar merchandise line overnight. He just tossed on a silly costume, danced like nobody was watching, and somehow convinced everyone that wearing a chicken suit while moonwalking was the new black. Now I’m left wondering if I should start practicing my own absurd dance moves or just invest in rubber chickens.

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#14

A classmate in high school climbed and subsequently fell off a electric transmission tower and got hurt pretty bad. Even though he was an idiot, because there were no warning signs or a fence around it he received a bunch of money as a legal settlement from the electric company.

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#15

A small time YouTuber (think under 500 subscribers) I personally knew used to make RuneScape videos. One day he decided to change things up and do Creepypasta readings. Bam, went viral and had 10,000 subscribers in two videos. Last I checked he’s just shy of a million.

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#16

Bro had an idea, patented it, pitched it to the owner of gopro, got 2.3 million for it

hes a good guy, but i am still a bit jealous.

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#17

Big lotto winners who aren’t satisfied and keep buying more lotto tickets and win *again*.

I don’t mean a mil or 2.. but those megaball types who hit 10 or more, then play and win million+ like a year later.

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