{"id":1409,"date":"2007-06-14T10:35:15","date_gmt":"2007-06-14T14:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/06\/14\/google-and-ebay-catfight-90210-style\/"},"modified":"2007-06-14T10:35:15","modified_gmt":"2007-06-14T14:35:15","slug":"google-and-ebay-catfight-90210-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2007\/06\/14\/google-and-ebay-catfight-90210-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Google and eBay — catfight, 90210-style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google<\/strong>: “Hey girlfriend, I know you’re having a party on Wednesday, but I’m having a little bash thingy<\/a> of my own that night — hope that doesn’t stress you out or anything. Love you — bye!”<\/p>\n

eBay<\/strong>: “Excuse me, but WTF? You knew I was going to have that party for months, and so you planned yours the same night? How about you give me back that dress<\/a> and nail-polish you borrowed then — hope that doesn’t stress you out<\/a> or anything, beyotch.”<\/p>\n

Google<\/strong>: “Hey, what’s with the attitude? You know we’re BFFs, right? I can totally call off the party<\/a>. No biggie<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

(Apologies for the crudely rendered teenaged girl chat-speak — I’ve done a little freelance anthropological research involving the two I have at home, but I’m still unfamiliar with the species)<\/p>\n

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Google: “Hey girlfriend, I know you’re having a party on Wednesday, but I’m having a little bash thingy of my own that night — hope that doesn’t stress you out or anything. Love you — bye!” eBay: “Excuse me, but WTF? You knew I was going to have that party for months, and so you … <\/p>\n

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