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Post by Tero » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:12 am

International disaster, gonna be a blaster
Gonna rearrange our lives
International disaster, send for the master
Don't wait to see the white of his eyes
International disaster, international disaster
Price of silver droppin' so do yer Christmas shopping
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Re: Evil Amazon

Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:24 am

--meh, when I was 16 I was stripping copper out of electric motors.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:28 am

18! You've got to be joking man. :lol:
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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:31 am

My friend and I took the lead off the school's outdoor toilet block to his uncle who gave us a fiver each for it. Back then that was a lot of money to 12 year old. Didn't shit in the rain after that - and I still don't to this day.
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Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:32 am

:lol: scoundrel!
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Post by Tero » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:30 pm

Amazon bought its way into China in 2004 with a takeover of Joyo.com, a popular online seller of books, for about $75 million. “We’re happy to be part of one of the world’s most dynamic markets,” Amazon’s chief executive, Jeff Bezos, said in a statement at the time.

It rebranded the Joyo business in 2011 to Amazon China.

Amazon faced fewer restrictions when it entered China than foreign internet companies face today. But the company struggled to compete with a cast of cutthroat local competitors. It also didn’t adapt well to the unique Chinese market, which is price-sensitive for many goods and favours near instant delivery and a focus on authentic foreign products.
https://indianexpress.com/article/world ... s-5684123/
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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:45 pm

Instant delivery - imagine that!
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Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:55 pm

Amazon doesn't make money selling shit. They make their money spying on you. I mean hosting the net, yeah, that's it.
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Post by Brian Peacock » Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:32 pm

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Post by Sean Hayden » Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:52 pm

:nervous:
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Post by Joe » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:11 pm

"Alexa, open the pod bay door."

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Re: Evil Amazon

Post by PsychoSerenity » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:24 pm

At Pappa and Rachel's place I once asked "Alexa, are you going to take over the world?"

And it replied, "Don't worry, I have nothing to do with Skynet".

:shock: I didn't think you did until you mentioned it!
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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:28 pm

Ask Siri to rap, and beat box. I get a laff every time.. :D
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Post by PsychoSerenity » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:30 pm

[Disclaimer - if this is comes across like I think I know what I'm talking about, I want to make it clear that I don't. I'm just trying to get my thoughts down]

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Post by pErvinalia » Fri Aug 09, 2019 2:34 pm

Skynet right there.
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