Move over, rice-er-oni. San Francisco’s got a new treat.

Some millionaire’s been dropping bills like SFO’s a glittery titty bar.

Even though murder rampages will always get top story priority, it’s nice to see tales of charity also making news. I recall learning back in my college Communications 101 course that “if it bleeds, it leads”. So as a fantastic humanity hack, this really rich real estate investor is “bleeding” Benjamins – all around San Fran town.

And he has no intention of stopping his green giveaway!

After this gentleman acquired monetary abundance, he decided to give back some of his wealth selflessly. Remaining anonymous, he intermittently takes to Twitter and posts cute hints about his imminent drop-offs. Those who uncover his clues get rewarded in the form of hundred dollar bills. After, they express gratitude by tweeting an envelope toting selfie.

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The most awesome element of this story isn’t just the free funds. A c-note, for sure, is a fine find. But people know it’s not a jackpot win – and what’s nice is that it’s not about that. What this social experiment educes from people, is that sense of childlike adventure for some, and basic human connection and generosity for others.

One couple from the Mission district related how they followed the clues:

“It’s about 10 blocks from us, so we did a power walk down there,” he said. “When we got to the parking meter it wasn’t there and we thought, ‘Wow, how could anyone have gotten here so fast? Then a guy was driving by and threw an envelope out the window. I guess he didn’t even have a chance to drop it off! The money was great but it was also so much fun doing something like this. It was a scavenger hunt.”

“It’s not a lot of money. It’s not going to change your life. But the camaraderie it brings out in people is a lot of fun.”

Another guy followed the tweeted trail of clues to recover cash in the sand. And as proof that benevolence can go viral, he turned around and proffered the prize to fellow beachgoers.

While the unnamed noble donator is planning to haul his generosity to New York and Los Angeles, right now he’s bringing smiles to San Francisco and has already given away $4000. Staying the course of selfless service, he refuses to gain fame. He so avoids attention, that he even defers to provide his actual age to inquiring media outlets.

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(“But, Ashley, how do you know it’s not a wo-“…
He allowed a quick phone interview with the news.
Unless she’s related to Bea Arthur, it’s a dude.)

It’s a relief to see hopeful acts for humanity happening tandem to tragedy like what went down at UCSB Friday. After having read bits from the manifesto of the disturbed young man who took several lives before his own, I can’t help but think more widespread acts of awesomeness like twitter guy (monetary or not) could become the antidote for cases like Elliot Rodger’s. A lot of these psycho stories form from kids who were shunned from their social hierarchy like some shy new dog barked by alphas into the back of a kill shelter cage. Parents are responsible – but they can’t do shit during those hours of kid-cruelty in the middle of another day of middle school.

So, could we alter our common cultural intention? Could we make altruism trend? Could IRL-connection go viral – before generation next exponentially blooms into even more monstrously maladjusted adults? Mayhaps?

’cause if not, you can just mail your generous million dollar donations to me.

If ya do, I’ll totes make it my karmic mission to give out warm hugs and bad advice freely for the rest of my days.

#idothatanyway #wompwomp