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MLM Bot Watch 77: MLMs are scams, you will lose money and paying £97 for an ‘official’ certificate won’t change that

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Spongebobette · 02/06/2023 15:22

we continue to call out the bullshit peddled by MLMs and the scam artists on the fringes who making money from coaching and pretend certificates

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NormalForNuneaton · 14/07/2023 09:29

Wintersgirl · 14/07/2023 09:26

The WHO has placed Aloe Vera as carciogenic, here's a brief paragraph from the article.
However, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) categorised the plant as posing a 2B risk after a two-year study in rats found those who drank water containing aloe vera extract were more likely to develop bowel cancer
Not good new for the bots...

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Angrymum22 · 14/07/2023 09:36

Oh dear. Well that may well be the end of Forever Living. I wonder if it will generate any class action law suits. Also if I was an FL bot I’d be straight down to the GP to get my bowel investigated.

Howsimplywonderful · 14/07/2023 10:00

What will all the FL bots do.

fromdownwest · 14/07/2023 10:34

This is absolutley huge, I wonder if anyone may look to post the link on any of the top bots pages for reference?!

If I were a top FL bot filming my child gulping down Aloe goodness every day, I would be stopping that pronto!

Angrymum22 · 14/07/2023 12:16

Have read the study/paper and it not only discusses the increased risk of bowel cancer it also cites increase occurrence of skin cancer in lab studies.
I have a latex allergy so have to avoid a lot of plants that produce latex, aloe being one them.
FL will come back with reassuring posts that their aloe is different/all natural/organic or whatever. The study suggests that unprocessed aloe is the problem. I’m not sure what FL do with their gloop. I’m waiting to see how they will handle it.
From what I’ve read the WHO put aloe “in the list” pre Covid. Maybe it hasn’t been picked up until now. FL show really have been putting warnings on their products.

Spongebobette · 14/07/2023 13:00

Wow

lots of bots make their kids drink the gel!

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Spongebobette · 14/07/2023 15:32

Weird Willy has started saluting again as he desperately tries to attract struggling, worried, anxious and afraid mums into his coaching business

Massive creep

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definitelynotabot · 14/07/2023 22:47

This is massive - It could bring FL down completely.

YouOKHun · 14/07/2023 23:49

I think the carcinogenic AV is the Non-decolorized Whole Leaf Extract. I have seen FL claim they extract only the inner pulp but the whole leaf extract turns up in many AV products and I wonder if all their products avoid this. They are not a trustworthy company after all. Even if their products swerve this it’s not good PR for them. I wonder how widely this information is being shared with the bots … I hope it is!

Angrymum22 · 15/07/2023 00:44

I didn’t d a little digging into FL AV and they treat the gloop to stabilise it. They don’t really make it clear. Either way if it is decolourised it will have been through multiple processes to remove the colour and other toxins. Sort of undermines the whole pure unadulterated vision they like to promote. The gloop is probably heavily processed resulting in gloop that is little more than jelly-like water.
I think posting the link to the study on as many sm accounts as possible will hopefully make a few customers ask questions.
I wonder if someone showed the study to Castle. There is no link between AV and her sisters cancer but to a medical layman like Castle she may have started to have doubts with FL gloop. Maybe she questioned head office and it lead to her rapid fall from grace.

Angrymum22 · 15/07/2023 00:44

*I did a little

NormalForNuneaton · 15/07/2023 09:57

So today is Yawns charity hike.

I like the way her post implies that she's raised £864k rather than less than £400 (last time I looked)

ticktock19 · 15/07/2023 10:47

Yawns complaining as there are hills 😂😂😂

Spongebobette · 15/07/2023 10:56

I just had a really wicked thought - that’s it’s possible to donate £1 to her page anonymously and in the comment mention that she’s a scammy scammer who exploits people in an MLM and that by the way aloe vera might cause CANCER (with the links to those studies) and this is a fundraiser to help people with cancer

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YouOKHun · 15/07/2023 11:10

Ooo @Spongebobette that is inspired!

BSintolerant · 15/07/2023 11:22

The hills have eyes 👀 🤣@ticktock19

Sponge, you are hunspired! What a wicked thing to conjure. Come and stand in the naughty corner with the rest of us! 🤣

Angrymum22 · 15/07/2023 12:13

I can’t believe Yawn and her “crew” are walking 26miles in bloody trainers. And white ones at that. It is currently raining hard in their location. The hair is going to take a hammering and wet feet will be a real problem.
I think she will bail before 20mls.

ticktock19 · 15/07/2023 12:34

I completely agree @Angrymum22, it's a huge distance and they don't seem to have spare clothes / socks etcetc, just their drinks in their bags and sodding aloe. Yawn had an 8 hr drive yesterday and probably something similar tomorrow too. We all knew they'd be ridiculously underprepared but the reality is quite scary

ticktock19 · 15/07/2023 12:39

🙈🤯😂😂😂😂

MLM Bot Watch 77: MLMs are scams, you will lose money and paying £97 for an ‘official’ certificate won’t change that
PieonaBarm · 15/07/2023 13:57

Angrymum22 · 15/07/2023 12:13

I can’t believe Yawn and her “crew” are walking 26miles in bloody trainers. And white ones at that. It is currently raining hard in their location. The hair is going to take a hammering and wet feet will be a real problem.
I think she will bail before 20mls.

They also look like brand spanking new white trainers adorning Yawns trotters. I hope there's no muddy bits.....

ticktock19 · 15/07/2023 15:17

@PieonaBarm - mud, mud, glorious mud on the latest live

DeliaDeetz · 15/07/2023 15:17

I can confirm the new white trainers aren't looking so clean now!! Definitely not the best choice for this marathon hike. 🤣

BSintolerant · 15/07/2023 15:51

ticktock19 · 15/07/2023 15:17

@PieonaBarm - mud, mud, glorious mud on the latest live

“… nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!”

I love the Hippopotamus song! Quite a few other Flanders & Swann numbers could be rewritten with the likes of Yawn and other idiotic bots in mind, and others can remain as they are:

  1. Have some more aloe m’dear!
  2. The song of the weather
  3. The sloth
  4. Design for living
  5. Too many cookers hobs
  6. Ill wind
  7. A Transport of delight (that one can be rewritten to feature a muddy, leased white botmobile).

😉

ticktock19 · 15/07/2023 15:52

@BSintolerant 😂😂👏👏👏