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Wow, did I really break someone's feelings with that sentence ? It is a personal opinion but yes, using an expensive cab or the like instead of largely availab

Wow, did I really break someone's feelings with that sentence ? It is a personal opinion but yes, using an expensive cab or the like instead of largely available public transportation (it's London) is laziness in my opinion. Is having a personal feeling and general impression from what I've see amongst my acquaintances, about the kind of behavior that brings people to use individual premium means of transportation, breaking HN guidelines ? Because yes that's what I'm implying but I phrased it not in a "universal truth" way but more in a "personal impression about an issue" way. Which seems a rather common attitude here. Also harassed no one during it (was not targeted at a specific user), so I have a hard time seeing what harm I've done here. I just added this sentence as a reminder that Uber is a completely unessential service, that its popularity just capitalizes on people's laziness imo, and that I couldn't care less if people suddently had to use their feet and share space and transportation again.

zimpenfish 9y ago
> instead of largely available public transportation Whilst London does have generally good public transport, there are times when it suffers catastrophic failures and then people are forced to use "expensive cabs or the like".
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AsyncAwait 9y ago
The problem with your comment is a sweeping generalisation since you have no idea why many people who use Uber do not prefer public transport, it's the same problems as statements such as 'Mexicans are...', 'Muslims are...' etc. > Uber is a completely unessential service, that its popularity just capitalizes on people's laziness imo Is a computer essential? No? A programmer would disagree. Is guitar essential? No? A musician would disagree. Just because it's not essential to you doesn't mean it's the same for everyone. > Because yes that's what I'm implying but I phrased it not in a "universal truth" way but more in a "personal impression about an issue" Ok, so let's take: "Uber is a completely unessential service, that its popularity just capitalizes on people's laziness" vs "Personally, I'd say that Uber is a completely unessential service, that its popularity just capitalizes on people's laziness, but opinions may differ" Which one seems like an universal truth vs an opinion to you?
- hycaria 9y ago
  >Which one seems like an universal truth vs an opinion to you? Ok so let's take : "I've never used Uber in my life because I'm not lazy and dispendious" VS "I've never used Uber in my life because it's for lazy and dispendious people" Which one seems like a personal opinion vs an universal truth to you ?

zimpenfish 9y ago

> instead of largely available public transportation Whilst London does have generally good public transport, there are times when it suffers catastrophic failures and then people are forced to use "expensive cabs or the like".

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AsyncAwait 9y ago

The problem with your comment is a sweeping generalisation since you have no idea why many people who use Uber do not prefer public transport, it's the same problems as statements such as 'Mexicans are...', 'Muslims are...' etc. > Uber is a completely unessential service, that its popularity just capitalizes on people's laziness imo Is a computer essential? No? A programmer would disagree. Is guitar essential? No? A musician would disagree. Just because it's not essential to you doesn't mean it's the same for everyone. > Because yes that's what I'm implying but I phrased it not in a "universal truth" way but more in a "personal impression about an issue" Ok, so let's take: "Uber is a completely unessential service, that its popularity just capitalizes on people's laziness" vs "Personally, I'd say that Uber is a completely unessential service, that its popularity just capitalizes on people's laziness, but opinions may differ" Which one seems like an universal truth vs an opinion to you?

hycaria 9y ago
>Which one seems like an universal truth vs an opinion to you? Ok so let's take : "I've never used Uber in my life because I'm not lazy and dispendious" VS "I've never used Uber in my life because it's for lazy and dispendious people" Which one seems like a personal opinion vs an universal truth to you ?