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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by jstarfish on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:36PM (#17961731)
> Buy Buy Baby

Always hated the name of that store. It sounds like a euphemism for Planned Parenthood.

> The UX is still great for me to track down products I might like or need and then go shop for them in person.

What a hilarious inversion of the way things used to be.

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by cynwoody on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @12:51AM (#17965636)
> Always hated the name of that store. It sounds like a euphemism for Planned Parenthood.

Back in 1994, Bezos wanted to call his new company "Cadabra," as in the magic incantation "abracadabra," but he quickly had a fresh brainstorm when his lawyer misheard the name as "Cadaver."

https://mashable.com/2011/07/22/facts-amazon-com/#QQ1l8PmD7q...

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Re:Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads by toomuchtodo on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:42PM (#17961776)
I too am surprised by the irony! And low and behold, a lot of brick and mortar stores price match Amazon.
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