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About time, given the amount of horror stories coming out of The Forest. More money will definitely increase (at least to a certain extent) how much bullshit people are willing to put up with.

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Is The Forest just a play on the name Amazon, or is it a reference to some content about Amazon the company? It's hard to google for.

Amazon built a literal rainforest for their employees:

https://www.seattlespheres.com/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2018/01...

> Is The Forest just a play on the name Amazon

Yes.

Im curious how long till words play will be the „Farm Land”

Thanks.

It's a horror game[0].

Never thought it was an allegory for Amazon, though. Unless you mean something else?

[0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/242760/The_Forest/

It's a joke. Amazon (the company) is named after the river and so is the surrounding rainforest.

I think "The Rainforest Bookstore" would've been cuter and clearer

It is of my (very important) opinion that it was not a good joke.

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