'I paid for $1.00 worth of Ramen with a check at a grocery store. The check bounced.': Former broke people share the brokest things they did while living in poverty

• One Redditor asked the people of r/povertyfinance about the brokest things they ever did. Some of them stole, lied, and got their cards declined in incredibly sad ways that make you hope and pray that they're in a totally different financial situation today. 

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  What’s the “brokest” thing you have ever done?

  
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