Being the first person of Indonesian nationality to become a professional football player, I have attracted a lot of attention from entrepreneurs and business people from Indonesia. One time, a friend said his coworker’s cousin’s pet elephant’s previous owner was from northern Jakarta and had a philanthropic idea for the local community - a nice park area in a city that oh god so desperately needs it. So I chipped in a few thousand dollars to help this dude out since it was a cause I believed in. I wouldn’t say that I got ripped off - the man was genuinely attempting to help the community and actually did build this park - but within a year the the combination of sea level rise, the sinking of the city, and a couple strong rain storms totally destroyed the park. It was beyond repair, and unfortunately would be too expensive to rebuild. I guess you could call this a rip off (since no one really gained from it and it was a complete loss) but at least we tried.
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