Posts by MeanMrMustard

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Witnesses involved in Multi Level Marketing

by tresdecu in

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i just ran across an old aquaintance who is a former missionary (along with his wife) - although i think they just went to serve in s.america on their own, not gilead endorsed.

they live in the las vegas area now, and are promoting a new mlm company called 'kaching kaching' (look for it on youtube, pretty cheesy) wactching them on these videos saying things like "do you want a piece of the multi billion dollar pie???

" just blows me away.. i can't help but wonder if they are even still active.

MeanMrMustard

@Gregor: Congratulations!!!

I've often thought - if I were very well off and had a million dollars to spare - what would happen if I sent out, say 1000 emails, stating that the I have one million dollars I want to give away, and the first person to provide me with a valid bank routing number and account number would get one million dollars deposited into the account - provided that the recipient agrees to participate in any news interviews that follow (since they just were gifted one million dollars). Then, if anyone sends me the bank information (valid info), I would do the unthinkable .... and deposit the money.

Now if you can imagine what would happen: Perhaps it would get national news coverage. After all, who would have thought that one of those scam emails was actually real!? There would be some guy (or gal), on the news, standing in front of the camera and telling everyone how he/she took a chance and got rewarded with a million dollars. Pretty soon all the "Nigerian Prince" emails would turn into normal emails saying, "Give me your bank account and I'll deposit a million bucks." And who would know for sure? Each time someone received one of those emails, it could be real... or fake... you would never know. Just for good measure, 6 months later I would do it again. Another one million dollar deposit. There would be a big increase in the number of people giving their account info... and what could anyone do to me? Did I misrepresent myself? No. Did I swindle anyone? No. I'm just spreading the wealth. For all the thousands of people that get swindled out of their money because they give their account information away, thinking it could be me behind the email... well, could they blame me? No - I didn't do anything to them. I can't help it if the rest of the world is dishonest....

MeanMrMustard

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Witnesses involved in Multi Level Marketing

by tresdecu in

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friends

i just ran across an old aquaintance who is a former missionary (along with his wife) - although i think they just went to serve in s.america on their own, not gilead endorsed.

they live in the las vegas area now, and are promoting a new mlm company called 'kaching kaching' (look for it on youtube, pretty cheesy) wactching them on these videos saying things like "do you want a piece of the multi billion dollar pie???

" just blows me away.. i can't help but wonder if they are even still active.

MeanMrMustard

@tresdecu:

*shrugs*... no problem. I've been working pretty hard lately, and I'm always open for a good prank to take off the stress. A good spoofed email can be incredibly effective, if sent to a non-technical individual. I've sent some great ones to the salesmen in our company. You would be surprised... when emailed from "[email protected]", they really do freak out. I mean, its FROM AOL.COM... and AOL.COM is REAL... this MUST be REAL... OMG! Tom Cruise just emailed me. One guy is a devout catholic, so a nice email from "[email protected]" .. oh man... he was freaking for a good 2 hours before I made it obvious.

I even got one of our programmers when I sent an email from citicards with his account number on it. He leaves his statements laying around his desk, he's just asking for it... it looked so real that he didn't even think of checking the message headers.

Oh well...

MeanMrMustard

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Witnesses involved in Multi Level Marketing

by tresdecu in

jw
friends

i just ran across an old aquaintance who is a former missionary (along with his wife) - although i think they just went to serve in s.america on their own, not gilead endorsed.

they live in the las vegas area now, and are promoting a new mlm company called 'kaching kaching' (look for it on youtube, pretty cheesy) wactching them on these videos saying things like "do you want a piece of the multi billion dollar pie???

" just blows me away.. i can't help but wonder if they are even still active.

MeanMrMustard

I volunteer sending a spoofed email from WT headquarters to the support email listed on that site... for fun...

So, that being the case, should I go with my original message (see above)? Does anyone have any other good suggestions to 1) grab their attention and make them think its a real email, 2) get them to this site to post something so that we have some feedback it worked - which would then lead into hours of laughing hysterically.

MeanMrMustard

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ipods and iphones at the meetings

by Aussie Oz in

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while showing my daughter where to find the official jw website and jwfacts as well as my personal file on jws,.

she remarked while looking at the download page of watchtower and awake!

at jworg.

MeanMrMustard

But if everyone starting getting iPhones and iPads, I could develop an app that auto-highlighted the text. I would sell it for $1.99...

Ad:

"Are you tired of highlighting your Watchtower? There's an app for that..."

MeanMrMustard

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Witnesses involved in Multi Level Marketing

by tresdecu in

jw
friends

i just ran across an old aquaintance who is a former missionary (along with his wife) - although i think they just went to serve in s.america on their own, not gilead endorsed.

they live in the las vegas area now, and are promoting a new mlm company called 'kaching kaching' (look for it on youtube, pretty cheesy) wactching them on these videos saying things like "do you want a piece of the multi billion dollar pie???

" just blows me away.. i can't help but wonder if they are even still active.

MeanMrMustard

A thought:

Why not spoof an email from WT headquarters ("[email protected]") to the support email address on that website.. something like:

"The is the financial department of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society (WTB&TS). We are interested in investing in your business. As you know, the WTB&TS appreciates "kaching". However, we are not able to directly invest in your enterprise. If you wish to accept our offer, please use our secret communication channels via the apostate website jehovahs-witness.net. If you are interested, please register the user "kachingking" on jehovahs-witness.net and start a thread titled "The WTS loves peach cobbler and mayonnaise". Our group of twenty internet spies at bethel will be monitoring the site for this thread."

If they are former witnesses, it might catch their eye.. :).

MeanMrMustard

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A Concerned Elder Speaks

by Franklin Massey in

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a lot of talk has centered around information dispensed at the recent km schools.

many brothers feel there is a "tightening up" taking place.

i had a recent experience that you may find interesting.. after the meeting i was working with our cobe on some congregation tasks when out of nowhere he said, "have you looked up any extra information about higher education since the km school?

MeanMrMustard

@miseryloveselders:

The elders around these parts (at least when I was going to meetings) used to hold really long elders meetings. I mean, the service meeting would end, and the elder's wives would go home. The elders would arrive home midnight - 1 AM. They would have these long meetings every week. I happen to think that they just wait until everyone else is gone and order some pizzas, break out the multi-player Halo and the hi-def projector, and have a party.

What exactly goes on in these after-meeting meetings?

MeanMrMustard

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A Concerned Elder Speaks

by Franklin Massey in

jw
friends

a lot of talk has centered around information dispensed at the recent km schools.

many brothers feel there is a "tightening up" taking place.

i had a recent experience that you may find interesting.. after the meeting i was working with our cobe on some congregation tasks when out of nowhere he said, "have you looked up any extra information about higher education since the km school?

MeanMrMustard

@miseryloveselders:

I see what you mean. Do you think the elders in your area will hold serious qualification meetings because of this issue? Or do you think that the elders in your area may lean toward "reviews" like I described above?

We have some serious guys around here, but then again, they always seemed very practical. So I can see them not removing elders for such an issue.

Question: If an elder comes under review in regards to his "qualifications", and the meeting is a serious one, what would it be like? Would it be like a judicial committee? Basically like a mini-trial where the "qualifications" under review would include whether or not your kids go to college - thereby basically meaning college = removal?

Thanks,

MeanMrMustard

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A Concerned Elder Speaks

by Franklin Massey in

jw
friends

a lot of talk has centered around information dispensed at the recent km schools.

many brothers feel there is a "tightening up" taking place.

i had a recent experience that you may find interesting.. after the meeting i was working with our cobe on some congregation tasks when out of nowhere he said, "have you looked up any extra information about higher education since the km school?

MeanMrMustard

This is an interesting thread...

Question, though... if an elder has children in college, or about to start college, and the body of elders is obligated to "review" his qualifications as an elder, and further, all the elders of congregation XYZ do not like this new direction from the GB, what is to prevent them from doing a "stand up", two-minute meeting as a "review".

In other words:

Elder #1: "Brother Elder #2, your son recently started a program of study at the local college. We need to see you in the back to review your qualifications"

Elder #2: "OK"

.... they both walk back to a room filled with all the elders ...

Elder #1: "We are all here to review Elder #2's qualifications. Personally, I think he's great and should remain an elder. What do you think?"

All Elders: "Agreed".

Elder #1: "OK Elder #2, we have reviewed your qualifications and we all think you're OK."

Elder #2: "Thanks! Hey Elder #1, how about some drinks after the meeting?"

The next CO's visit:

CO: "Did someone review Elder #2's qualifications? His son is in college."

Elder #1: "Oh yes, we all reviewed him, the entire body of elders participated."

CO: "Very good. How about some drinks after the meeting?"

I mean, a "review" is a very loose term... at least to me....

Thanks,

MeanMrMustard

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REWORK New Book Is this your job?

by blondie in

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http://37signals.com/rework/.

listening to the author on public radio....getting book this weekend.. jason fried .

this book will make you uncomfortable.. depending on what you do all day, it might make you extremely uncomfortable.. that's a very good thing, because you deserve it.

MeanMrMustard

Seems to make sense. I work from home on Monday and Friday. Those are the days I get the most done.

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"Apostates main topic is always Disfellowshipping! And I agree with the arrangement 100%"

by sabastious in

there are a lot of witnesses that have examined the df'ing arrangement and deem it worthy to be the main force of discipline for god's earthly organization.

the prodfers as i just named them, are advovates of the policy and believe that it churns out, once the offender returns through the system in place, very "spiritual" people.. think about this process and figure out what the desired result the originator of the policy was:.

the subject is acused of a "high end sin" (requires the quantification of sin).if subject has been viewed by two or more witnesses a private hearing is formed with a panel of three elders.the subject is interogated by the panel of elders and information is gathered using policies from a secret elder handbook.

MeanMrMustard

@sabastious:

This status comes with limited privileges in the congregation. "Privileges" include a wide variety of Congegational Duties such as landscaping the Kingdom Hall lot, handing out literature sent to the congregation or working amplification equipment during Meetings

Woe... Woe... wait.... yard work, yes.... literature counter, check.... sound desk, yes.... hang on, I had to do all of those things anyway, and I was never DFed. I'm starting to think I always had the short end of the stick.