# Help! How do I stop someone from being pulled into a pyramid scheme?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 21, 2011, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-do-i-stop-someone-from-being-pulled-into-a-pyramid-scheme/586234 "2011-06-21T01:11:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-do-i-stop-someone-from-being-pulled-into-a-pyramid-scheme/586234/21 "2011-06-23T15:20:42Z")

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> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#):
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> . . .  
> So, I guess it depends on their age and what really is normal for them. Over 60? Possibly paper is better. Obviously it depends on the people.

Right. My parents and their friends regularly cut recipes and articles out of periodicals and mail them to each other.

Old folks are weird. 😉

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-how-do-i-stop-someone-from-being-pulled-into-a-pyramid-scheme/586234/22 "2011-06-23T15:28:25Z")

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My father calls me up to recommend certain articles from the New York Times. He always says something like, “It’s in the second section, on page B3.” This is hilarious because I’m only reading it online, so references to the actual paper are useless to me.

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