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Wow, I have no sympathy for that driver. The sleazy beginning of that article, which glosses over the difference between drinking and drunk driving. If she do

by ponow 5y ago

Wow, I have no sympathy for that driver. The sleazy beginning of that article, which glosses over the difference between drinking and drunk driving. If she doesn't like her passengers or what she's enabling, she should stop doing it.

tempestn 5y ago
The author is male, FYI.
Digit-Al 5y ago
The author of the article is called Peter Jakubowicz, so unlikely to be a "she".
- bmsleight_ 5y ago
  "That hadn’t happened to me, but maybe it would be less likely for male drivers." His chosen gender is male.
  - Lascaille 5y ago
    You can read that sentence to both confirm and oppose the writer being male, FYI. Both 'like me' and 'unlike me' can be implied. You need more data than that sentence.
elihu 5y ago
A lot of people do things they feel conflicted about, usually because they need the money but sometimes also because they aren't sure if what they're doing is beneficial or detrimental to society on average. Those people's stories are worth sharing I think. If you don't think they're interesting, that's fine too.
deltaoneseven 5y ago
- danparsonson 5y ago
  > Why assume all men are some kind of violent threat? Because many men are a violent threat to women (particular when drunk) and there's no way to be sure until it's too late. Also the author appears to be male.
  - danparsonson 5y ago
    For anyone downvoting - feel free to offer some counter argument. Or try asking the women in your life whether there is any truth to what I'm saying.
    - choko 5y ago
      Feel free to offer some actual evidence or statistics.
      - danparsonson 5y ago
        It's easy to find: https://stoprape.humboldt.edu/statistics https://stoprape.humboldt.edu/statistics https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/domestic-abuse-is-a-gendered-crime/ https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-dom... And like I said - talk to the women in your life; many of them will have been victims of some sort of sexual abuse, and I wager many more than among your male friends.
        deltaoneseven 5y ago
    - deltaoneseven 5y ago
- krisoft 5y ago
  > Then she threatens to throw him out in the middle of nowhere because he was about to touch her on the shoulder. The article was written by a male. It is “he threatens to throw him out” and “he was about to touch him on the shoulder” It is very clearly stated in this part: “That hadn’t happened to me, but maybe it would be less likely for male drivers.“ Also by the fact that the author is called “Peter Jakubowicz”. I’m wondering what made you miss this?

by ponow 5y ago

tempestn 5y ago

The author is male, FYI.

Digit-Al 5y ago

The author of the article is called Peter Jakubowicz, so unlikely to be a "she".

bmsleight_ 5y ago
"That hadn’t happened to me, but maybe it would be less likely for male drivers." His chosen gender is male.
- Lascaille 5y ago
  You can read that sentence to both confirm and oppose the writer being male, FYI. Both 'like me' and 'unlike me' can be implied. You need more data than that sentence.

elihu 5y ago

A lot of people do things they feel conflicted about, usually because they need the money but sometimes also because they aren't sure if what they're doing is beneficial or detrimental to society on average. Those people's stories are worth sharing I think. If you don't think they're interesting, that's fine too.

deltaoneseven 5y ago

danparsonson 5y ago
> Why assume all men are some kind of violent threat? Because many men are a violent threat to women (particular when drunk) and there's no way to be sure until it's too late. Also the author appears to be male.
- danparsonson 5y ago
  For anyone downvoting - feel free to offer some counter argument. Or try asking the women in your life whether there is any truth to what I'm saying.
  - choko 5y ago
    Feel free to offer some actual evidence or statistics.
    - danparsonson 5y ago
      It's easy to find: https://stoprape.humboldt.edu/statistics https://stoprape.humboldt.edu/statistics https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-domestic-abuse/domestic-abuse-is-a-gendered-crime/ https://www.womensaid.org.uk/information-support/what-is-dom... And like I said - talk to the women in your life; many of them will have been victims of some sort of sexual abuse, and I wager many more than among your male friends.
      - deltaoneseven 5y ago
  - deltaoneseven 5y ago
krisoft 5y ago
> Then she threatens to throw him out in the middle of nowhere because he was about to touch her on the shoulder. The article was written by a male. It is “he threatens to throw him out” and “he was about to touch him on the shoulder” It is very clearly stated in this part: “That hadn’t happened to me, but maybe it would be less likely for male drivers.“ Also by the fact that the author is called “Peter Jakubowicz”. I’m wondering what made you miss this?