<prompt> Human: My friend was recently recruited by Venture World, something about selling vacation packages. She paid 150 up front and has to pay an added membership fee per month. Please explain to her how stupid this is. Shes on her way to the cult meeting tomorrow morning in Minneapolis, so time is of the essence!EDIT: its my gfs sister who is staying with us for the weekend. Told the parents and mom wants me to disconnect her car battery and play dumb. Sabotage is appealing, wondering if it is worth it...  <response>: As hard as it is, you may have to sit back and do nothing and let your friend learn the hard way. People higher up in these schemes have all sorts of verbal defense mechanisms they teach to their recruits to ward off nay sayers. They tell them stuff like how the rest of us just dont understand or were too scared to try it out in fear of failure, blah, blah. A friend of mine was on this 500 calorie per day diet a few years ago, and she was complaining about how awful she felt. I got over zealous in sending her literature against these types of diets. It resulted in tension and her getting mad at me. Sooo...I think this is a similar situation that you have to let your friend go through the motions and discover for herself its not a lucrative investment of time and effort, if shes not in immediate danger. : Frustrating, I know. 