THE VIDEO SHELF · amazon shopping
What Shopping On Amazon Feels Like
A Ryan George comedy sketch about the absurdities of shopping on Amazon, including nonsense brand names, fake reviews and scammy sellers.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a funny sketch that lays bare the crazy things people have gotten used to on Amazon.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Ryan George
- Topic
- amazon shopping
- Format
- comedy
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
I'll reference of one of my favorite YouTube videos, possibly of all time, about Amazon products: [VIDEO]
elmer007 on Hacker News · 2024-11
In The Elimination Strategy – Why More Makes Your SaaS Worth Less"What Shopping On Amazon Feels Like" [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
codeulike on Hacker News · 2022-04
In USB-C hubs and my slow descent into madness (2021)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 …
codeulike on Hacker News · 2023-03
In Amazon starts flagging frequently returned products that you maybe shouldn’t buy
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.