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As a gay dude I experienced my fair share of "uncomfortable" Uber rides from or to various places. No thanks. I don't need to stimulate those kinds of social sk
by junon 4mo ago
As a gay dude I experienced my fair share of "uncomfortable" Uber rides from or to various places. No thanks. I don't need to stimulate those kinds of social skills or whatever.
Can't even imagine what women go through.
- klmarks 4mo ago[flagged]
- JumpCrisscross 4mo ago> the human supervisors in the Philippines watch you through the Waymo cameras and talk about you Literally don't care. What I don't need is to be evangelised with whatever conspiracy theory or fringe religion my driver just joined the entire way back from JFK.
- dml2135 4mo agoAre you kidding me? That's like my favorite part about landing at JFK. How else am I supposed to keep up with the latest crypto developments?
- JumpCrisscross 4mo agoIn case you’re being serious, sometimes it’s fun. Most of the time, I don’t care. But the reliability advantage of Waymo is usually something I’m willing to pay a bit extra, and wait a bit longer, for.
- dml2135 4mo agoHaha I was obviously being a bit tongue-in-cheek, and it’s not true every time, but yes I do generally appreciate the wacky convos with cabbies when I land, it feels like a warm welcome home. Your comment resonated with me because this doesn’t really happen when just taking ubers around town. I don’t really know what’s special about the drive from JFK — maybe the length? or the drivers being used to picking up tourists, who are more chatty? — that brings out the hustle chat and conspiracy theories, but I guess it’s a thing!
- MBlume 4mo agoYes, and? What is your threat model here?
- daheza 4mo agoSome regulation that limited the operators to work in the city they supervise would be an easy job win for some politicians. Create some jobs and look like you’re standing up to big tech.
- junon 4mo agoI don't care what people think about me. I care about the guy who has Jesus hung in every nook and cranny with a candle lit in his front cupholder telling me that I need to repent. In San Francisco, I might add. I couldn't care less what people in the Philippines - one of the most gay-friendly countries in Asia - think of me through a camera stream.
- init2null 4mo agoGay here, but I've only experienced a concerning conversation once, and that was a longer trip where sometimes you find out too much. I took an exit ramp away from that topic of conversation and it was fine. Otherwise everyone has been decent to downright pleasant. I'd feel like I'm losing something by giving up that human interaction, such that it is.
- saberience 4mo ago[flagged]
- miltonlost 4mo agoSome people do, and those people are homophobic Uber drivers
- wewtyflakes 4mo agoThat would be lovely; I want to live in the world you think we live in.
- junon 4mo agoUber drivers often do. Hence my comment.