Comments | kelly_jones: somewhat offended by amazon

kelly_jones

somewhat offended by amazon

Mar 11, 2007 14:00

Today I received an email from Amazon, who suggested I "Save up to 40% on For Dummies Books in March." Who are they calling a dummy? Jerks.

Comments 9

mt_morphine March 11 2007, 21:49:05 UTC

I can top that. On "the page I made"/Morphine's Store, Amazon keeps pushing The DaVinci Code. Amazon thinks I would love The DaVinci Code.

kelly_jones March 12 2007, 15:02:30 UTC

I actually read The DaVinci Code, shame on me. Highly amusing, very badly written. The book equivalent of microwave popcorn, slightly burned: not worth your time, but you eat it anyway.
Now I want to go check Kelly's Store and see what Amazon thinks I will like.

shara_fares March 12 2007, 16:57:10 UTC

Dude,

Read the Code. It's not good at all, but you will read it to the end anyway. Also, though I keep hearing it's crappily researched, some of my research actually supports the odd point or two in there.

shara_fares March 11 2007, 22:08:42 UTC

Hmm. "Someone" recently sent me a book called Fuck This Book.

kelly_jones March 12 2007, 15:00:42 UTC

Hee! Since, having defended, you could conceivably refuse to ever read a book again, Fuck This Book seemed like just the write sentiment. Or so thought "Someone."

shara_fares March 12 2007, 16:55:35 UTC

"Someone" may be right. I'll be settling in to really appreciate this new text this afternoon.

Thanks, baby! It's awesome.

punchpuppy March 13 2007, 02:26:02 UTC

But KJ, the Amazon people are like Santa Claus--they know whether you've been naughty or nice, and they also know what you want to read. Resistance is futile. How can we go against these large corporations that clearly have our best interests at heart? I have it set up so that they automatically send me whatever they think I'll enjoy next. And you know what? They're always right.

This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.

kelly_jones March 13 2007, 13:51:43 UTC

Amazon is frequently rather wrong about me, though of course they do try their best. Poor large corporation! So busy, and with so many people to advise! Maybe I should just order what the suggest, just to make them feel a bit better.

punchpuppy March 13 2007, 14:31:15 UTC

Well, that would help mollify them. You wouldn't want to hurt the poor corporation's feelings, would you? Cause they could squash both of us in one fell swoop if they wanted to. There are benefits to keeping on their good side.