Dear Amazon

Dear Amazon,


Silly Amazon, you can’t weave politics and social science; you have to spin it first!

Dear Amazon,


One thing I can always count on for amusement is product classification…

Dear Amazon,


If you have multiple versions of a song, and I say, “Alexa, play $song”, please select the version that I actually purchased from you. Don’t make me say, “Alexa, play $song from my music”, especially when the title is long, like, say, “Keep your eye on the sparrow”.

Also, don’t play the newest cover version of a song, by some random nobody. Ever. Don’t make me spend ten minutes trying to find the right incantation to get you to cough up the real one. If you’re not sure, ask.

And when you can’t find the song at all and start playing something “popular” based on one of the words in the title I gave you, please ask me what you did wrong when I shout, “Alexa, stop!”.

[Sadly, Amazon Music doesn’t have the actual soundtrack for Dark Star, so all the available versions of Benson, Arizona are by some guy who gives it a good shot, but it just doesn’t work.]

Dear Amazon,


Are you sure this is for toddlers?

These two recommendations really go together…

Dear Amazon,


Yeah, self-help is a much better term than self-abuse…

Dear Amazon,


Every time I see this picture, I think about how much she must hate him, to wreck his back this way.

Dear Amazon,


I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that this passport wallet has been linked with the wrong Q&A section:

  • Is it hard to assemble?
  • Is this comfortable for long sitting sessions?
  • What tools are needed for assembly?
  • Does it feel comfortable for the back?
  • What is the height of the highest setting off the floor?
  • Does this chair make noise?

Dear Amazon,


Why is this children’s toy wearing a bondage gag?

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