We. Are. Doomed.

[mshiltonj@mastodon.online]

@ivor @cstross shit like this is going to hurt amazon in the long run as their reputation tanks, but they'll take your money now.

[root42@chaos.social]

@ivor I'm all eyes and ears.

[bellinghman@wandering.shop]

@renard @ivor @cstross No decent librarian should need to, because no decent librarian would have let it onto them in the first place! But I'll allow that it's possible the titles could have been infiltrated by bad actors of one form or another

[holliek72@mastodonapp.uk]

@Ehay2k @cstross And WTF did we spend £28.23 on it?

[hoare_spitall@mastodon.world]

@ivor @cstross nor the heart.

[feijoa@mastodon.org.uk]

@ivor @cstross This is the logical conclusion of a culture that idolises passive (unearned) income through outsourcing, drop-shipping, etc. while avoiding any accountability. Who cares if this book gets 0-star reviews? There are 99,999 others by the same "author".

[datarama@hachyderm.io]

@ivor @cstross The thigh bone's connected to the ... large intestine?

[fgraver@hcommons.social]

@ivor @aslakr @cstross Hm. I’m sure this makes sense somewhere…. Kidney = kid knee, right?

Yeah. No. If anyone buys these books and thinks they’ll actually provide real knowledge we are, indeed, fucked.

[steveclough@metalhead.club]

@Lazarou @cstross Dorling Kindersley books were awesome. Yes, they were places you could go to find out about things that you were interested in, in a way that worked.

These days there is none of that youthful exploration that helps young minds grow.

[ehay2k@mastodon.social]

@HollieK72 @cstross

Yet another "Why", lol