conversation: User (AlreadyGotKarma): "I was sitting in the cafe of the local bookstore today when I heard a guy at the table behind me smooth talking a kid into buying into his pyramid scheme. He was really good. Pretty sure the kid was buying it all the way. Just pay us $200-something for licensing, and "start your own business". Then convince other people to do the same, and we'll all make money! Yay!\n\nIt's the same kind of crap I might have fallen for in my 20's, and it pissed me off.\n\nBefore I left, I walked over to their table and said to the kid "Hey, as someone who'd not trying to convince you to give me your money, let me offer you some advice. Take some time to look into pyramid schemes before you commit to anything today."\n\nThe jerk salesdude tried to protest, so I continued "If he's a legitimate businessman, he won't mind you taking a bit of time to do your research before you commit. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is." And I walked out.\n\nI hope it made the kid take pause and consider what he was getting conned into, but if not, at the very least it made the jerk sweat a bit and talk for 10 minutes more than he expected he'd need to.\n\n(Using throwaway account, because I don't need/want the karma. Felt good enough just speaking up. I hope you will all do the same if presented with a similar situation. Predators suck.)"
  Self: "&gt; Using throwaway account, because I don't need/want the karma.\n\nYou don't get karma for self posts."
  KserDnB (KserDnB): "&gt;because I don't need/want the karma.\n\n... need?"
  YoYoDingDongYo (YoYoDingDongYo): "For soap."
  