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Maybe I'm reading into your actions and projecting my bias more than I intended. When I used to order food through Uber eats I would always feel bad about it b
by hackable_sand 2y ago
Maybe I'm reading into your actions and projecting my bias more than I intended.
When I used to order food through Uber eats I would always feel bad about it because the ultimate labor costs are abstracted through those layers of convenience.
If it is helpful, I consider fast online shipping to be unethical, and customer woes are misdirected at the wrong layer of abstraction, often ignoring the intensive labor costs because they are intentionally hidden.
Does that help explain my viewpoint?
- fragmede 2y agoThat doesn't address why I'm shallow for describing my lived experience, or my extreme privilege because I'm someone who has access to, and has used Doordash. If you don't use their platform then the delivery people on that platform aren't getting jobs and aren't getting paid. If you want to help them, tip them 50% in cash. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, unfortunately, and we all take our stand where we choose to. I could afford a better phone, but since smarphones have matured, I chose to buy refurbished phones because of the slavery inherent in their creation. Buying refurbished phones minimizes that as best I can while not giving up modern conveniences. Similarly, I'm happy to use a restaurant's app/website instead of Doordash when there is one, but one of my favorite restaurants is only on doordash (Ben's Fast Food, which is delicious healthy food with lots of greens, they just have a terrible name).
- hackable_sand 2y agoShallow and insecure, damn.
- fragmede 2y agoRude and mean, damn.