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...who get sucked into MLMs? I've had the unfortunate experience of watching a relative-in-law get sucked in hard by a certain MLM that involves bags. We have so many freaking bags, and totes, and what-not.

Now I'm watching another friend desperate to lose weight for Beach '18 get sucked into HerbaLife (which is also a freaking terrible way to lose weight, but that's beside the point). I'm trying to hint that it's probably not a great idea, but meanwhile, her friend is all over her social media cheering her on, because she's a "level up" in the pyramid (except it's totally not a pyramid scheme!!!). I know she and her husband can't afford to get sucked into it, but what the hell does one do?

I tried linking to this, but I'm not sure it'll work. I'm not a fan of John Oliver at all, but he's pretty dead on the money here. Just disappointed he doesn't cover AmWay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MwGeOm8iI

I'm sure pretty much everybody here has dealt with it, or possibly even been offered or sucked in yourselves? What do you do?

Steer the one friend to something like Weight Watchers, a legit group helping people lose weight is a good start.

But otherwise, never really had such an experience myself.