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I also don't understand the point you are trying to make. It was a pull out quote from a post about a guy that was using Lyft to get 20-something minute-long ca

by rz2k 10y ago

I also don't understand the point you are trying to make. It was a pull out quote from a post about a guy that was using Lyft to get 20-something minute-long captive audiences with women he thought were attractive. The driver said he'd done it about 25 times in his car. Regardless of the false premise and manufactured spontaneity being somewhat sleazy, some of the interactions may have been mutually pleasant. But, we also know that at least one of them was not at all. It shouldn't take so much imagination to remember how unpleasant it has been to be trapped in conversations you did not want to be in. It sounds like she was just being a nice person who was not interested in scoring points against someone by rejecting him. Expressing a lack of interest through neutral responses isn't a lack of compassion. It sounds like her "mixed signals" were an unwillingness to be openly mean to someone who was overly insistent. If he had been more compassionate he would have recognized that he was putting her in an uncomfortable position.

Jtsummers 10y ago
> The driver said he'd done it about 25 times in his car. Correction: The guy told the driver he'd been successful with this method 25 times. The woman's encounter was the driver's first as well (or first where he'd had an ongoing conversation with the guy). Your version makes the driver complicit much more than he actually was.
- rz2k 10y ago
  You're right, and I didn't mean to make the driver sound complicit. From the post: > “So, that guy literally uses this as a dating app,” our driver explained. He clearly could not wait to spill the beans. “That girl you saw before he got in your ride — she was from another Lyft ride. He said he’s gotten with 25 girls through Lyft Line so far.” ... > “Yeah, so he told me all about it, he’ll specifically order rides that are really far — ” On a second reading, it seems possible that it is heavily influenced by the guy trying to portray himself as a really clever pickup artist to the driver.

by rz2k 10y ago

Jtsummers 10y ago

> The driver said he'd done it about 25 times in his car. Correction: The guy told the driver he'd been successful with this method 25 times. The woman's encounter was the driver's first as well (or first where he'd had an ongoing conversation with the guy). Your version makes the driver complicit much more than he actually was.

rz2k 10y ago
You're right, and I didn't mean to make the driver sound complicit. From the post: > “So, that guy literally uses this as a dating app,” our driver explained. He clearly could not wait to spill the beans. “That girl you saw before he got in your ride — she was from another Lyft ride. He said he’s gotten with 25 girls through Lyft Line so far.” ... > “Yeah, so he told me all about it, he’ll specifically order rides that are really far — ” On a second reading, it seems possible that it is heavily influenced by the guy trying to portray himself as a really clever pickup artist to the driver.