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10-02-2011, 02:58 PM | #1 | |
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SNL: Amazon Fire “expected to sell well among parents who always buy the wrong thing”
http://allthingsd.com/20111002/snls-...-tablet-video/
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If your gadget makes it to SNL before it is actually even for sale, you know you've hit the big time. |
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10-03-2011, 12:03 PM | #2 |
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It is true, though.
If your kid wants an ipad, he will be pissed if you get him a Kindle Fire. |
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10-03-2011, 12:28 PM | #3 |
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Very funny.
If I wasn't 50 and past birthday gifts I bet my mom would get me one. Then again it would not be the wrong thing for me anymore. Aah, getting old is great |
10-03-2011, 12:36 PM | #4 |
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But the good thing about being 50 is that you probably have the money to buy whatever toys you want .
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10-03-2011, 12:48 PM | #5 |
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I loved that story on SNL. My daughter really wants an ipad for XMass, and even though this does everything she wants, I will have to spend the extra $$. I, however, am happy with an Android phone, my Samsung Galaxy Tab, and will love my Fire.
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10-04-2011, 06:10 AM | #7 |
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i would be highly grateful to my parents for the thoughtful gift and remark on their smartly choosing price over brand name. *shrug*
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10-04-2011, 06:16 AM | #8 |
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its probably good that i dont have kids lol. i'd tell the ungrateful little nugget that he gets nothing then and take it back to the store. i refuse to have a spoiled, brand-wh@re kid :P
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10-04-2011, 01:25 PM | #9 |
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Before I had kids, that would have been my experience. But you pick your battles. Last night, she cried because I wouldn't buy her an outfit from Nordstrom for "Immigrant Day." Made her Dad take her to Goodwill. If this had happened when I was a kid, I would have been knocked across the room.
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10-04-2011, 02:46 PM | #10 |
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10-04-2011, 03:04 PM | #11 |
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I quite agree and am being perfectly honest when I say getting old is great. Dare I offend people and further say getting old and not having children is fantastic.
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10-04-2011, 03:50 PM | #12 |
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10-04-2011, 04:15 PM | #13 |
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Any publicity is good publicity!
Amazon might as well have paid to get mocked! |
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