While wandering around on Amazon a while back I came across what appears to be an underground community of Amazon reviewers who are devoted to writing funny or absurd Amazon product reviews. I’m sure everyone knows the Three Wolf Moon and Tuscan Whole Milk reviews, but those seem to be one hit wonders. A flash of comedic brilliance that isn’t repeated…
B. Govern’s Three Wolf Moon shirt:
However, there are several reviewers who consistently post funny reviews. I’m at a loss to understand why they do this.
For reference here are a few that I found:
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Not with money.
I read a bunch of reviews by following links from your OP. Some of those are hilarious, some are kind of bland, and a few are bland and then whack you with a Python-esque turn of phrase or something. Kudos, and I hope those folks enjoy their hobby for years to come!
I enjoyed this reviewof my pepper mill. I don’t think he goes out of his way to write silly reviews, but rather wrote an astute review in an amusing way.
I’m having trouble finding the one for the Harry Potter vibrating broomstick. I wonder if they finally took it down. There was also one selling an elk carcass that was hysterical, and is now also gone. Bummer.
I found some references to the Harry Potter broom reviews in this unintentionally funny article atLadies Against Women. I was sad when the writer finally twigged to the satire in the final quote she gives, but she still seems to take another clearly silly review at face value.
"My fourth day in prison was the first day that I was allowed in general population and while in the recreation yard I was approached by a prisoner named Marcus who calmly informed me that as a new prisoner I had been purchased by him for three packs of Winston cigarettes and 8 ounces of Pruno (prison wine). Marcus elaborated further that I could expect to be raped by him on a daily basis and that I had pretty eyes.
Needless to say, I was deeply shocked that my life had sunk to this level. Although I’ve never been homophobic I was discovering that I was very rape phobic and dismayed by my overall personal street value of roughly $15."
If the purpose of Amazon’s review system is to provide a critique of the products available for sale, why do they permit these parody reviews? Not that I’m complaining at all, but it strikes me as odd that they allow them.
For the record, I find them very entertaining and would be disappointed if Amazon removed them.
The prices keep going up–now at $10K! But you can get a refurb for just $1K. I think these cables would, if you could keep yourself from experimenting with their reality-altering characteristics and keep them in the packaging, be an excellent investment opportunity!
This might be TMI, but after commiserating with a girlfriend about some issues one may face whilst overcoming the DivaCup learning curve, I was pointed to this hilariousAmazon Review which had me crying with laughter.
There’s also the Avery Durable Binder reviews that exploded during the whole Romney ‘Binders Full of Women’ gaffe that I found pretty entertaining.
