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Chat with Deb—Smart… Breast Pumps?
You see an ad, you click on the ad, you expect it to be a joke but noooo….
Deb and I are playing cards with friends. Between hands, I check my emails quickly to delete junk. Although <ahem> I may click through on some mail that looks like I can get it out of the way quickly.
Like checking to see if the company that makes the security cameras we use at home has anything new and interesting? Okay, new camera (we’re fine, no need to upgrade), new smart doorbell/camera (our home faces due south, the winter sun would blind the camera, sorry, nope), the new automated vacuum (nope, we have a service that vacuums and dusts), the new smart breast pump, the new—
Woah, back it up!
Yes, I didn’t read it wrong, it’s a device for extracting milk from lactating women for feeding later to a child. An actual breast pump, not some newly repurposed term. Would women actually buy this? Hey, I happen to be sitting at the table with two mothers, I can ask.
ME: So, I ran across this ad for smart breast pumps. They communicate with your phone.
LUANNE: I’m sorry, they what with your what?
ME: Apparently they can inform you when they are done pumping. And when you need to pump again. Also, they are wearable…
