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Amazon should've made Prime Day fall on a date corresponding to an actual three-digit prime number. (self.showerthoughts)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by booly to c/[email protected]

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Amazon is running a Prime Day sale on July 16 and 17. Setting aside the fact that this is two separate days, neither 716 nor 717 are prime numbers. They should've done 7/19 instead.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Please don't ascribe any more meaning to prime day other than a cynical late-stage-capitalist plot for money to flow from the masses to bezos.

[–] booly 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, I'm taking back the word "prime" from a company that shouldn't have exclusive rights to define the term. I'm not going to cede that territory just because I don't like the company.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

seems like the opposite, I'd suggest to stop reminding people that amazon prime day is a thing