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[Skel1ingt0n]

Kinda crazy. I know it's not some mind-blowing process - but just the concept of what I did would have been completely abstract just ten years ago.

Girlfriend is stuck in the Atlanta airport (hate that place), and I know she's been there many times before - so I can assume her Kindle will automatically connect to the WiFi she's set up in the past. She calls, lets me know her plane got delayed - which stinks cause she's bored. As she's talking to me on the phone, I have my laptop open. I take a look at what series she's been reading, and I 1-click order the next book in the series. 60 seconds later, I tell her I bought her a book and hopefully it gives her something to do. She exclaims "yay!" and we both think of how the whole process is pretty neat.

Anyway... what are other weird ways technology has invaded your life but we don't realize it. Moments you stopped and thought "well, huh."

 

[depths20XX]

Nice try, Amazon market shill.

 

[Foxy Fox 39]

BOO THIS AMAZON SHILL!

 

[ItIsOkBro]

get this amazon advertisement shit off my gaf.

 

[Fracas]

I'm glad you were able to help her out, thanks to Amazon® and the Kindle®!

 

[BrassMonkey1010]

That is so sexist way 2 go.

 

[MercuryLS]

I look forward to the future feel-good Amazon commercial

 

[Angry Grimace]

I marvel at how crazy technology is all the time. I'm walking to my car yesterday and it dawns on me I'd like to listen to the new Muse single on my sound system in the car. I click to open iTunes, load the song in about 20 seconds using touch sensor to avoid my password. When I get to my car, the song is done loading, and when I turn the car on, it automatically bluetooth syncs and I literally command the car to start playing it using the voice commands in my car. Shit is crazy.

Also, all of these "shill" comments are incredibly lame attempts to flame the OP. Technology is amazing, guys.

 

[joelseph]

American Airlines is amazing. Whenever I am flying American Airlines I always marvel at the modern convenience of flight! And boy, does American Airlines make flying convenient. I love flying on American Airlines.

 

[SymbiantXenos]

What a time to be alive.

 

[Certinty]

Should have bought her 50 Shades of Grey.

 

[number47]

What a polite way to tell her to shut up.

 

[Septimus Prime]

I added my wife's Amazon account to our Amazon Echo. Now we can both talk to Alexa.

 

[Reeks]

I'm a scientist so I'm pretty amazed everyday. How the fuck did scientists manage without the internet or a computer? I know I'm not the best at what I do but if it wasn't for the internet, I would be the shittiest scientist in the world.

 

[Skel1ingt0n]

Welp, this didn't go as I expected...

 

[Rad-]

What a polite way to tell her to shut up.

lmao

 

[Pai Pai Master]

And all you had to do was suspend your game on your XBOX ONE ALL IN ONE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM FROM MICROSOFT and load up Amazon on your Internet Explorer browser!

For real though yeah, its pretty swell. I love being able to read comics on my phone.

 

[Borgnine]

In the future maybe we'll have newstands inside airports where you can purchase books.

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Didn't we just have a "Technology! Whoa..." thread just yesterday? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with all these stoner-esque epiphony threads!

 

[Izuna]

You should have directed this, and you would have gotten hired. Shame.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Your girlfriend can read? Wow, just goes to show once again how how the education system favours women smfh.

 

[Zomba13]

When I really start thinking about technology I can't handle it. Like, not in ways like I can buy stuff from other countries from my home and then have it show up x days/weeks later but like, how computers and shit work. Blows my mind. It may as well be magic because that's what it feels like when I start to think about it.

EDIT: I mean, wow something something company product, something something you're a shill something something product is great wowsers.

 

[Brakke]

Sweet story OP. I would definitely smooch you if I were her.

 

[Volimar]

Your girlfriend can read? Wow, just goes to show once again how how the education system favours women smfh.

How how indeed.

 

[Vermillion]

Didn't we just have a "Technology! Whoa..." thread just yesterday? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with all these stoner-esque epiphony threads!

Take a Beats by Dre™ Pill instead.

 

[Clydefrog]

I don't always drink beer but when I do, I prefer Russian River Brewing Company's Pliny the Elder IPA.

 

[Thorakai]

I'm not a fan of Kindles. Nothing beats being able to quickly move between pages to find that page with a reference or detail that suddenly becomes important to the story.

Posted from my iPad

 

[RM8]

She's playing Monster Strike, most likely. She'll read a summary of the book online and she'll tell you she loved it, but she won't mention it a lot.

 

[Glass Rebel]

How how indeed.

I'm a victim.

 

[Blablurn]

Technology is pretty awesome.

 

[Kurita]

Gifting an album on iTunes to my gf while I was in class was neat.

 

[Borgnine]

Pliny the Elder

Lord Palmerston.

 

[John Kowalski]

it's a fucking airport go look at ariplanes taking off and shit

you think the internet is crazy you haven't see airplanes doing their business

 

[Angry Grimace]

You're having this conversation with people who live on completely different continents

 

[TheGrue]

I take a look at what series she's been reading

Stalker!

Spoiler

Just kidding...pretty neat thing you did

 

[The Lamonster]

Now write her a crown of sonnets and push it to her Kindle.

 

[Angry Grimace]

it's a fucking airport go look at ariplanes taking off and shit

you think the internet is crazy you haven't see airplanes doing their business

Except they teach you how lift works in like the 7th grade dude

 

[Buzzman]

Holy shit, that must've cost you a fortune. She's lucky to have you man. I wish I could afford a book one of these days.

 

[TheGrue]

I'm not a fan of Kindles. Nothing beats being able to quickly move between pages to find that page with a reference or detail that suddenly becomes important to the story.

Posted from my iPad

Or you could use the built-in search feature.

 

[Do Better]

Welp, this didn't go as I expected...

Does anything ever?

Hook me up with a free kindle.

 

[Mr.Swag]

What series is your girlfriend reading?
I want to read it too so we can have something in common when I steal her from you.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Hhahaa thanks gaf these comments delivered.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

I just got my first Android phone so I'm pretty enamored with all its neat little touches. Like I had put an entry in my calendar to go to this event, then when I was getting ready it notified me that I would have to leave now to get there on time. Also it can automatically remember where you parked your car with GPS without you having to tell it to. Just cool stuff.

 

[Aselith]

I too enjoy the ease and convenience of the Amazon corporations patented WhisperSync technology. Thank god for a company that really gets how to use the wonderful technology that we have available to us in this modern age. Now if only she had a fantastic Amazon Fire phone so that she could scan exactly the book she wants and make it available for purchase at the push of a button from their selection of hundreds of thousands of books. I also love that I can subscribe to Amazon Kindle Unlimited and have access to over 700,000 titles free anytime I want!

Amazon is truly a miracle and I am saying that as a very typical forum user just like you.

 

[The Sarcastic Dude]

BOO THIS AMAZON SHILL!

get this amazon advertisement shit off my gaf.

I'm glad you were able to help her out, thanks to Amazon® and the Kindle®!

LMAO.

 

[Rapstah]

Typing product names with copyright markers because you're a shill is the oldest joke in the book and it makes me laugh every single time.

 

[Thorakai]

Or you could use the built-in search feature.

It doesn't work as quickly for me as having the book physically in my hands, especially if the reference I am looking for has been used multiple times throughout the story (like a name) or is something whose exact wording I don't remember. There is a tactile/muscle memory component with books that just makes it easier to go back to a section. If I'm wrong its easy enough to shift through pages to get where I need to. I tried reading The Brothers Karamazov on a Kindle for example and it just wasn't working for me with how many times I needed to look up multiple people with the same name.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

You should have got her a copy of "Rule-Set" brah.

 

[Kinyou]

What a polite way to tell her to shut up.

 

[Strictly]

it's a fucking airport go look at ariplanes taking off and shit

you think the internet is crazy you haven't see airplanes doing their business

This. I still marvel every time I see it.