# Has A Millionaire Ever Used His Wealth To Induce People Into Humiliating Themselves? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 9, 2004, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-millionaire-ever-used-his-wealth-to-induce-people-into-humiliating-themselves/249455 "2004-06-09T15:05:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![akohl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@akohl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akohl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-millionaire-ever-used-his-wealth-to-induce-people-into-humiliating-themselves/249455/21 "2004-06-10T03:51:07Z")
This was the idea of the movie Rat Race. Great comedy! ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-millionaire-ever-used-his-wealth-to-induce-people-into-humiliating-themselves/249455/22 "2004-06-10T03:55:50Z")
Damn. **Turek** beat me to it. This brings to ming the naked paintball hoax. Or, the quite hilarious scenes in “Rat Race” with John Cleese. Sooo, that’s how rich people spend their money. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-millionaire-ever-used-his-wealth-to-induce-people-into-humiliating-themselves/249455/23 "2004-06-10T05:16:45Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > I’ll deposit $10 in a PayPal account to the first person here who does something humiliating in a photo I’m listening… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2004, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-millionaire-ever-used-his-wealth-to-induce-people-into-humiliating-themselves/249455/24 "2004-06-10T13:59:09Z")
**Balthisar** I object to this contest. As a sometime jester (I have the traditional cap with bells), I’m perfectly willing to act like a fool in public. Being broke, I could use the ten bucks. But, I have no webcam, no digital camera, and I’m not sure if my scanner is working. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-millionaire-ever-used-his-wealth-to-induce-people-into-humiliating-themselves/249455/25 "2004-06-12T11:50:33Z")
Well, yeah, of course - aren’t you using Windows? ---
**Author:** ![Aldebaran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Aldebaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aldebaran)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2004, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-millionaire-ever-used-his-wealth-to-induce-people-into-humiliating-themselves/249455/26 "2004-06-12T16:33:39Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > Does it have to be a millionaire? Hell, I’ll deposit $10 in a PayPal account to the first person here who does something humiliating in a photo, and posts it online so that we can see it. Of course, I’ll have to listen to ideas here, and it has to include some type of authentication in the photo so we know you didn’t just download something from [steakandcheese.com](http://steakandcheese.com). Does posting on this thread count? If yes, consider this a post ( and you are free to give the paypall to anyone you like. I’m a Muslim… This is my charity of the day.) Salaam. A [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-millionaire-ever-used-his-wealth-to-induce-people-into-humiliating-themselves/249455.md?page=1)