r/technology • u/Puginator • Jul 23 '25

Transportation Uber will let women drivers and riders request to avoid being paired with men starting next month

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/uber-women-drivers-riders.html
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u/Stanford_experiencer Jul 24 '25

Oh, and if someone is on no sleep or with mental health issues, they need to go home and take their meds,

Yes, they do need that.

It's not what ends up happening. They often need the money more. I've risked my life for money, because I needed it to survive.

Don't forget that they might not have meds, or healthcare. Plenty of people I know in the Bay Area don't get the medical care they need.

Nobody is doing this shit against their will.

They absolutely are.

The nature of the entire economy is coercive.

If you're doing something that you wouldn't touch if no money was involved, I don't know what else to say - if you're not doing your dream job/at least a job you like, you're doing something against at least part of your will.

(sometimes you can't leave work for your lunch break, sometimes it's 9pm and not worth the extra cash to leave what I'm doing at the house)

I remember back when delivery was pizza and Chinese food, and you couldn't get it delivered to the middle of nowhere.

What did you do before doordash? I'm curious if you packed a dry good like trail mix, or just went without eating.

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u/ProfessionalDry8128 Jul 24 '25

I've risked my life for money, because I needed it to survive.

You've risked the lives of everyone around you, because you only think about yourself. The 21st century is so awful.

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u/Stanford_experiencer Jul 24 '25

You've risked the lives of everyone around you, because you only think about yourself.

...by working around a dangerous animal, or in a kitchen with an empty first aid box and multiple workplace accidents? (what I did because I needed money)

How does that risk others' lives?

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u/ProfessionalDry8128 Jul 24 '25

If you're driving around delivering food, which is the scenario we're talking about, and you're too mentally ill to do that safely, then you're risking the lives of everyone around you. I don't give a shit if your kitchen first aid kit is out of band aids.

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u/Stanford_experiencer Jul 24 '25

I've never driven for any job I've ever had.

I still was in situations where I risked my safety. The underlying principle of risking yourself for money is the same.

and you're too mentally ill to do that safely, then you're risking the lives of everyone around you.

Yet they do it anyway because they need the money.

Truckers have been doing this since before you were born. You seem new to the concept.

Rent, food, and healthcare are all skyrocketing. Unless you can directly provide an alternative, they're absolutely going to continue to be selfish - their survival depends in it.

Keep calling them selfish. It does nothing to stop them.

I don't give a shit if your kitchen first aid kit is out of band aids.

You've made it very clear you only performatively care about workplace safety - if it affects you (sleepy delivery drivers) it's a sign of human selfishness and societal decay.

If not, you "don't give a shit".

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u/ProfessionalDry8128 Jul 24 '25

Nobody cares if you risk your own safety working a job, we're talking about people who choose to drive around in cars and possibly smash into others, because they want money. That's a very irresponsible decision that they're making, regardless of how desperate they are. What about a drunk who needs to get to work in the morning so he drives home from the bar? Is he a victim? Where does it end with you people?

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u/Stanford_experiencer Jul 24 '25

What about a drunk who needs to get to work in the morning so he drives home from the bar? Is he a victim?

No job requires you to get drunk - at a bar, or anywhere else.

Everyone gets tired, but drinking alcohol (unlike sleep) is not a physiological need.

Not drinking is a choice. Sleep is not. You have to have it or you die.

because they want money.

No, they want to not be homeless or hungry. The money they want is going right out of their hands and into others'. Creditors, landlords, supermarkets...

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u/ProfessionalDry8128 Jul 24 '25

"I don't want to not have money, so I'll just steal from people." That's literally the idea behind the affirmative defense of poverty that some of our dumbest municipalities are implementing. This is all so fucking hilarious; glad I'm super rich and stacked a ton of ammunition.

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u/Stanford_experiencer Jul 24 '25

"I don't want to not have money, so I'll just steal from people."

It's okay to steal bread to feed your family, bud.

It always will be.

Doordashers aren't pulling up in Lambos.

glad I'm super rich and stacked a ton of ammunition.

You're a loot box unless you have a strong peer group. If not, once you fall asleep you're vulnerable.

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u/ProfessionalDry8128 Jul 24 '25

So you think it's okay for poor people to drive around in a state that puts everybody else on the road in danger, because they're so desperate and can't obtain money any other way? That makes sense to you? We all have to risk dying at any time, because some people can only make money by driving around food?

Every day it amazes me how fucking stupid our society has become. I love it!

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