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Amazon can now let me hire a goat herder[0] to get my lawn eaten down. Is there anything they can't sell?

[0] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UBYDXXQ/ref=vas_sf_GoatGrazing

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We wanted flying cars, instead we got goat rentals. :D

And Goat Simulators.

And the Mohammed simulator that involved goats made by someone on 4chan...

At least we're on our way towards Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

To be honest I'm surprised they don't sell flying cars on Amazon. Unless Alibaba got there first...

This is a real thing, large companies including bay area tech companies use them to graze lawns instead of just mowing. There was even a Shark Tank pitch.

I was aware of that, I just hadn't thought that Amazon would start selling this sort of service.

Ah, agreed. It is strange for mainstream, not sure it's worth it to get an average house lawn chewed down by goats.

And you don't get nutrients out of the soil (in the form of grass) that you take somewhere else. It's a good thing, and goats are cool (if they can't go near your car and eat parts of it.)

Simply there to grab publicity. Someone in marketing this heard the word 'viral' and read about Goat Simulator and something clicked.

I don't quite get all the cynicism.

It can also eat down your shrubbery.

> Is there anything they can't sell?

Sports physio treatments?

It will be the first of April in two days' time, mind...

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