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A company that ignored / sidestepped taxi regulations globally, often making a profit out of devaluing working class peoples' taxi registration, apparently has

A company that ignored / sidestepped taxi regulations globally, often making a profit out of devaluing working class peoples' taxi registration, apparently has lots of unpleasant people working for it. Colour me surprised.

psyc 10y ago
Where does this expression come from? I've never heard it IRL, but on HN ... ye gads [0] [0] https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+"color+me" https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com...
- digler999 10y ago
  Just a guess, but in the ~80s/90s, coloring books were popular for children. At restaurants, they would have single-page coloring pages for kids with a handful of crayons. The caption used to say "Color me well" or something. There was a 90's R&B band that was a play on this phrase called "Color me badd".
digler999 10y ago
"devaluing working class people's taxi registration" read: a company that figured out their way around regulatory capture.
- cowardlydragon 10y ago
  Or, made an app, and are using VC funds to dump on markets forcing out incumbents, and then will hike prices. But go ahead and subscribe to your objectivist utopian view. Oh evil government, when will you learn?
  - digler999 10y ago
    > and then will hike prices. there's a reason why you get a flyer telling you how much a cab ride from JFK->Midtown costs and that cabs are only allowed to pick up passengers at the designated stop (creating 30m+ lines). But go ahead and believe theyre just "working class folks" and not scam artists.
    - pessimizer 10y ago
      The reason is to protect people arriving at the airport who are not familiar with the area or local taxi companies. But go ahead and believe that if there weren't a regulated standard rate for trips from the airport that they would charge you less.
- deleted 10y ago
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- pessimizer 10y ago
  Or, rather, a company whose entire business model is regulatory capture.

psyc 10y ago

Where does this expression come from? I've never heard it IRL, but on HN ... ye gads [0] [0] https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+"color+me" https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com...

digler999 10y ago
Just a guess, but in the ~80s/90s, coloring books were popular for children. At restaurants, they would have single-page coloring pages for kids with a handful of crayons. The caption used to say "Color me well" or something. There was a 90's R&B band that was a play on this phrase called "Color me badd".

digler999 10y ago

"devaluing working class people's taxi registration" read: a company that figured out their way around regulatory capture.

cowardlydragon 10y ago
Or, made an app, and are using VC funds to dump on markets forcing out incumbents, and then will hike prices. But go ahead and subscribe to your objectivist utopian view. Oh evil government, when will you learn?
- digler999 10y ago
  > and then will hike prices. there's a reason why you get a flyer telling you how much a cab ride from JFK->Midtown costs and that cabs are only allowed to pick up passengers at the designated stop (creating 30m+ lines). But go ahead and believe theyre just "working class folks" and not scam artists.
  - pessimizer 10y ago
    The reason is to protect people arriving at the airport who are not familiar with the area or local taxi companies. But go ahead and believe that if there weren't a regulated standard rate for trips from the airport that they would charge you less.
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pessimizer 10y ago
Or, rather, a company whose entire business model is regulatory capture.