elmer007Nov 2024Strongly recommends
I'll reference of one of my favorite YouTube videos, possibly of all time, about Amazon products: ▶ this video
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What Shopping On Amazon Feels Like
What Shopping On Amazon Feels Like on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 3 separate months, 2022–2025.
Ryan George
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A Ryan George comedy sketch about the absurdities of shopping on Amazon, including nonsense brand names, fake reviews and scammy sellers.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN recommends it as a funny sketch that lays bare the crazy things people have gotten used to on Amazon.
- people recommended it
- 2
- separate months
- 3
- strong recommendations
- 1
- discussed on HN
- 2022–2025
“it really lays bare a lot of the crazy stuff we've just got used to with amazon”
What HN commenters said
7 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.
codeulikeMar 2023Recommends
I've posted this before but I'll do it again because it really highlights how unfriendly buying things at amazon has become, slowly over time as meanwhile we barely noticed, like frogs being slowly boiled in water... What Shopping On Amazon Feels Like - Ryan George ▶ this video "roll the dice"
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codeulikeApr 2022Recommends
"What Shopping On Amazon Feels Like" ▶ this video I saw this a few months ago and it really lays bare a lot of the crazy stuff we've just got used to with amazon
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ben_wMay 2025Cites it
"Bugfree". The problem with "ZenTao" is that it's too close to a game (Zendo), Buddhism, and New Age hippies. The problem with "Sanplex" is it reads like it came from an algorithm for permuting English sylables to produce things that sound almost like they might be brands if it's not your first language, like all the suspicious vendors on Amazon for the last few years: ▶ this video The other problem with "Sanplex" is every fourth time I read it, my inner monologue vocalises "Spandex" instead.
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JadoJodoJul 2022Cites it
Pretty interesting. Its odd Amazon allows this to happen, but I guess they have no incentives not to. Reminds me of this video from the Pitch Meeting YouTube guy: ▶ this video
in “Cheap junk flooding Amazon has brand names like MOFFBUZW” · View on HN
layer8Sep 2025Joke
> Brands like MZOO, YFONG, WAOAW popped up, and these seemed less like companies and more like vowel smoke ejected from a factory flue hole, then slotted into a distribution platform. Obligatory Ryan George video: ▶ this video
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codeulikeSep 2023Joke
Are these like real brands, or fake cookie cutter brands on Amazon? Amazon: "We're talking top brands here, like FLORGOO, REMPLOW, BARBENTRON, ZOLIMIO" Customer: "Those really dont sound like real companies, Amazon" Amazon: "But they kindof do though, you can see how those might be company names" Customer: "I guess?" (from: ▶ this video )
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