Mentions (12)
"A friend and I spoke in person about going to a bar that neither of us had been to in months. I did not search anything related to it or map directions. When it was time to go it popped up in my suggested uber destinations."
"A lot of younger women I know are very into supporting working class and being anticapitalist but that all goes right out the window when it comes to Uber drivers. I get that there's sort of a risk getting into a strangers car but true crime has made some people just act terribly disrespectful."
"i was sexually assaulted by a fellow passenger in an uber share earlier this weekend"
"I'm going to see an apartment to rent so I get an Uber. My passenger rating is 4.7...only. I think about this for a second and feel a bit stressed. When did I act in such a way that yielded fewer than 5 stars..."
"This app is a subscription, dynamic service provider/search service. It mixes philosophies from major social media, gig economy apps like Uber, etc. It also, in a way, tokenizes the use of offensive language."
"Though like a few weeks ago I found out I have a traffic fine from 2017! I never drove a car in my life! I don't even have a licence! Turns out it's because I used an Uber! (& it was illegal bc taxi drivers couldn't overcharge)"
"None of my friends can drive. They all Uber or have parents / friends drive them. I'm 23. Doesn't matter the gender race background etc no one under 28 wants to drive anymore"
"Uber causes traffic and congestion in busy downtown areas. They have ruined airports with their traffic. They can be a risk to clients and drivers with no vetting of client and drivers. They also encourage less funding to mass transit which destroys the environment."
"I was driving Uber and living out my car then so it must of been like 2015. Was I experiencing fever dreams by way of excessive weed abuse and sleep deprivation or am I describing a real moment in the culture?"
"Remember when uber came out and suddenly taxiing everywhere was a viable thing? Remember when google came out with free cloud storage? What the hell happened to the blooming disrupter/undercutter business model? That's what really made all this tech attractive."
"10 years ago was 2014. Then we had Big touchscreen phones with a slightly better camera than last year's model, Instagram, Youtube, Uber, Doordash, a viral shorts app (Vine)"
"People that would consider themselves liberal work at companies like Uber who exploit independent contractors, or even worse at some kind of weapons company like Lockheed Martin."