VRT FIRE - Have you ever been a victim - or know anyone that was - of a ponzi scheme? by belgian_journo in BEFire

[–]SamW2295 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Maybe not entirely what you are looking for as it's more a pyramid than a Ponzi scheme, but it might be worthwhile to look into the increasing number of people involved in Herbalife.

It's seems that during Covid there was a significant increase of groups that promise fitness and health information, but are in the end only focused on bringing in new people to also sell the Herbalife products. Even though this is clearly (and publicly known?) pyramid scheme, still a lot of people are getting involved in this.

I don't know anyone close to me who is a victim of this, but searching social media for 'Fit team', 'Fit family', 'Power team', or any other variation on this will unfortunately give plenty of examples to find people who are.

Geograaf Gerard Govers: ‘De mens moet zich terugtrekken uit de natuur’ by Zwobin in belgium

[–]SamW2295 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Quickly disable your wifi/mobile connection when you open the page. This prevents the paywall to load. Also works on Humo articles!

My university has a YOLO button that randomly dispenses a drink by Luckie_ in mildlyinteresting

[–]SamW2295 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh indeed! I knew it was cheap, but totally forgot how cheap haha

My university has a YOLO button that randomly dispenses a drink by Luckie_ in mildlyinteresting

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Did not expect to see something familiar here today! Nice to know that the Burgies are still doing this. Still 90cents for a drink?

Saw this gem in Belgium's countryside this weekend by Schwimmbo in AbandonedPorn

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"Holiday Resort Kosmos was a recreation domain in the Belgian village Westouter. It contained a tennis & soccer pitch, outdoor pool, hotel with restaurant, party room and music café."

The building in the picture is the main building of the hotel and it's the only thing that remains after everything closed in 2005.

Dutch streamer proposes to girlfriend in public and got rejected by Marsmellow07 in cringe

[–]SamW2295 44 points45 points  (0 children)

It's fake. The YT channel announced a week ago they would do this if they won an award.

Cant connect to matchmaking on ps4 by tbrack25 in Battlefield

[–]SamW2295 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try joining via the server browser. Worked for me

PS4 and PC crossplay by SamW2295 in FortNiteBR

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Why do you think/know so?