Jeff Bezos

[Burgey]

Especially when it's employees are on food stamps and Amazon are getting millions from local governments trying to buy jobs for their local areas.

Just private enterprise at its best mate. Businesses are just like people - you have to believe in the inherent goodness in them and their motivations.

 

[Burgey]

Besides, some of his money will no doubt trickle down to his grateful workforce.

 

[GIMH]

Just private enterprise at its best mate. Businesses are just like people - you have to believe in the inherent goodness in them and their motivations.

Yeah, those millions of pounds from the state are indeed a shining example of the market in action

 

[Burgey]

The People’s Republic of Amazon. Commie bastards.

 

[cpr]

The People’s Republic of Amazon. Commie bastards.

The Revolution is here, in 3-5 working days

 

[Top_Cat]

Have literally never received a package from them that fast eh.

 

[harsh.ag]

Have literally never received a package from them that fast eh.

I live in one of the backwaters of India and even I have.

 

[Top_Cat]

The crushing bureaucracy of Germany means that not only do we have to wait longer for packages, you have to see the postie twice when the DHL dude calls to make an appointment to collect the import tax.

 

[sledger]

I like how his sexting messages are like those you would expect to be written by a robot.

Other than that I have no interest in this whatsoever.

 

[harsh.ag]

I like how his sexting messages are like those you would expect to be written by a robot.

Other than that I have no interest in this whatsoever.

"Alexa, reply to this sext"

 

[sledger]

Bloke is probably too clever to have an Alexa tbh. They are a privacy and data protection nightmare which, as he presumably had a hand in designing them, will know all about that.

Seriously **** those things. If I ever stay in a hotel that has one I am drowning the bastard in the bath.

 

[vcs]

One of my cousins' husband is very high up in Amazon and works on their AI technology. Not that it's relevant to this thread in any way.

 

[GIMH]

That’s a very poorly placed apostrophe

 

[Burgey]

That’s a very poorly placed apostrophe

 

[Spark]

holy ****

 

[vcs]

I did think about that, still don't know where to place it TBH.

 

[Spark]

I did think about that, still don't know where to place it TBH.

my cousin's husband = the husband of one of my cousins
my cousins' husband = the husband of many of my cousins, collectively, at the same time

 

[vcs]

Using the possessive on "one of my <>" makes it confusing. Thanks.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah sorry for having a laugh st that vcs. **** knows I get it wrong often enough. Was just funny in the context of that sentence.

 

[vcs]

Laugh away, it's funny