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What Shopping On Amazon Feels Like

Ryan George
Comedy
YouTube
2 HN users recommended this comedy video3 months2022–2025 score 3.5
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

HN recommends it as a funny sketch that lays bare the crazy things people have gotten used to on Amazon.

A Ryan George comedy sketch about the absurdities of shopping on Amazon, including nonsense brand names, fake reviews and scammy sellers.

“it really lays bare a lot of the crazy stuff we've just got used to with amazon” (HN, 2022)

1 strong recommendations · 2 recommendations · 2 citations · 2 jokes · Comedy

7 Hacker News comments

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@codeulike Mar 2023 Recommends
on HN thread Amazon starts flagging frequently returned products that you maybe shouldn’t buy
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"
Sketch showing how unfriendly Amazon shopping has become.

Citations, criticism and jokes

@ben_w May 2025 Cites it
on HN thread Which name feels more like a project management tool?
"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.
Sketch about nonsense brand names on Amazon.
@codeulike Sep 2023 Makes a joke
on HN thread Nearly 500 Brands Exited Smartphone Market During 2017-2023
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] )
@layer8 Sep 2025 Makes a joke
on HN thread Selling Lemons
> 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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