When you buy something online, there are consequences. “Before you buy anything online ask yourself ‘Am I ready to receive spam mails everyday from this website for the rest of my life?’” was posted on Twitter by “chacha lame monk (Halla Bol)” on January 8, 2014.
“Before you buy anything online ask yourself ‘Am I prepared to see a sales ad for that same item on every social media site I visit until the day I die?’” was posted on Twitter by Kristen on July 15, 2018.
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chacha lame monk (Halla Bol)
@oldschoolmonk
Before you buy anything online ask yourself ‘Am I ready to receive spam mails everyday from this website for the rest of my life ? “
12:07 PM · Jan 8, 2014·Twitter for Android
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Miss T
@JinxedMiss
Before you buy anything online ask yourself ‘Am I ready to receive spam mails everyday from this website for the rest of my life ? “
12:42 AM · Jan 9, 2014·Twitter for BlackBerry
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Jackson Lisle
@Jackson_Lisle
Before you buy anything online, ask yourself: “Am I willing to delete one extra email every day for the rest of my life?”
9:22 PM · Jun 30, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
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Gaurav Verma
November 5, 2014 · Delhi, India ·
Before you buy anything online, ask yourself that one question; “Am I emotionally and physically ready to delete that one extra e-mail from this website for the rest of my life?” #Spamming #Spam #Spammers
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Kristen
@Kica333
Before you buy anything online ask yourself “Am I prepared to see a sales ad for that same item on every social media site I visit until the day I die?”
10:39 PM · Jul 15, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
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Gervase Peterson
@SayGerv
Before you buy anything online ask yourself “Am I prepared to see a sales ad for that same item on every social media site I visit until the day I die?”
12:35 PM · Jul 17, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
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Kristen
@Kica333
Before you buy anything online ask yourself: Are you prepared to see ads about it for the next 3 months?
1:32 AM · Dec 29, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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Kristen
@Kica333
Before you buy anything online ask yourself: Are you ready to see ads about it for the next two months?
8:12 PM · Sep 23, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
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David Christopher
@dci_music
Before you buy anything online ask yourself: Are you ready to see ads about it for the next two months?
3:31 PM · Sep 24, 2020·Twitter Web App
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September 30, 2020 at 10:47 AM ·
Before you buy anything online ask yourself “Am I prepared to see a sales ad for that same item on every social media site I visit until the day I die?”
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
Recent entries:
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“You can’t leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution” (6/1)
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“You simply cannot leave those who created the problem in chare of the solution!” (6/1)
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“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier…” (6/1)
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“You can’t just leave those who created the problem in charge of the solution” (6/1)
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Entry in progress—BP (6/1)
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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