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Your Great New Business Opportunity

ByMatera the Mad 2017-05-022017-05-02

Around ten years ago, a friend got involved in multi-level marketing (MLM) — in other words, a pyramid scheme. I could see straight through the hype, but he was a beLIEver. My attempts to open his eyes were futile. In 2013, the FTC kicked the scam off the map — and its founder, a narcissistic bullshitter, died. Of cancer. I greatly enjoy the irony of that; the creep pushed bullshit products that supposedly prevented cancer.

As I wasn’t at all happy with what was going on, I went on somewhat of a vendetta. One of my weapons was a PowerPoint presentation, which I made available on my old website. I’ve made some slight revisions to it, and you can download “ygnbizop” here.

It is easier now to turn presentations into videos, so I thought I’d fool around with it. PowerPoint exported a passable version on the first try. After hours of dealing with cranky video editors, I managed to stick it with a soundtrack and throw it at Youtube.

You can find out more about the realities of MLM at hese sites:

www.mlm-thetruth.com
www.falseprofits.com
www.pyramidschemealert.org
www.merchantsofdeception.com

Anti-cult site with articles about MLMs:
www.freedomofmind.com

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When is a blog not a blog?
By 2011-02-072011-02-08

I don’t blog often, but at least when I do it’s my own content. Unfortunately, there are a shitload of “bloggers” whose only aim is to get as much traffic as possible, by any means possible. I assume that they are doing this for the sake of some sleazy advertising on their sorry moshblogs that…

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Blood Sport – Sort of
ByMatera the Mad 2022-03-142022-03-14

Once in a while I go hunting on Farcebork. Today I easily bagged four Romance Scammers. Or maybe (or more likely) only one, with four accounts. The comments I sniffed out are sad attempts to honeybutter a woman. I post them here – with little editing needed, since the names are undoubtedly fake – because…

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The Poetry of Origami
ByMatera the Mad 2018-08-19

At first, when I think of Origami, I think of the beautiful logic of its geometry. But in the process of folding, a kinship to poetry emerges. Poetry is made up of words. Traditional poetic forms have a regularity of pattern that can be compared to Origami. Folds are the language, the words, of Origami….

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The hack that wasn’t
By 2013-03-21

I thought I got hacked yesterday. This line of text appeared — with no apparent cause — in a text file that was open but out of sight: Cracked and cul De SAC and all will have some fun and this one th at a picnic After finding no clues in any obvious way, I…

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Of Drums and Weather
By 2010-01-052010-02-07

My newest drums have a lot to tell me about how sensitive and moody drums can be. Raven Laughs is the crankiest thing in the house after me. We both wake up in the morning slack and grumpy. That drum…now it’s the temperature. Give it a blast of heat and it sings, but at 45-50…

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Google Voice UIFAIL
ByMatera the Mad 2017-06-102017-06-10

I’ve been using Google Voice for years. I use it for business calls because I can’t afford extra features on my land line (or get a cell phone). It has worked well for me. Voicemail and messages have allowed me to return missed calls when people call me about computer problems. It’s been great. And…

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