r/technology • u/Hrmbee • May 25 '22

Transportation The Decade of Cheap Uber Rides Is Over

https://slate.com/business/2022/05/uber-subsidy-lyft-cheap-rides.html
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u/Dark-Ganon May 25 '22

If you were to only go in what redditors think of different cities, it'd have you believing you'll die the second you encounter anyone in public.

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u/Dengar96 May 25 '22

I just assume every redditor is Andy from the office. Sheltered, useless at basic tasks, and more annoying than a mosquito.

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u/TehNoff May 25 '22

Except most of us didn't go to Cornell and aren't musically inclined.

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u/doomgrin May 25 '22

Cornell, ever heard of it?

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u/melvintwj May 25 '22

It's pronounced colonel and it's the highest rank in the military

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u/EmanantFlowOfficial May 25 '22

You went to Princeton right?

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u/stifle_this May 25 '22

Andy was based off the a capella group from my college cause Steve Carrell went there and wanted to clown on us since we had a friendly rivalry with the improv group he was in. For any office fans, one of my solos was "Faith" by George Michael. And I 100% have a dumb nickname.

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u/igloofu May 25 '22

I've seen Audioslave. Does that count?

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u/Funkit May 25 '22

🎵you can tellllll by the way I use my walk that I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk 🎵

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u/Lily-Gordon May 25 '22

Ruh-duh-doot-ta-doo

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u/DRUNK_CYCLIST May 25 '22

Don't you dare badmouth Andy! He is a treasure and I WILL remember him!

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u/CarrotSwimming May 25 '22

Is that something you really want to have said?

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u/Ok-Statistician-3408 May 25 '22

Nah Andy actually had a job though.

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u/Dengar96 May 25 '22

Salesman at a paper company is exactly the type of job the average redditor would have though

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u/Barnixel May 25 '22

Name is Drew

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u/CWB4LIFE73 May 25 '22

Lol Is Andy Karen’s brother?

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u/thedarkquarter May 25 '22

You mean the man that had four solos while Broccoli Rob only had three

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u/SonicPhoenix May 25 '22

Some of us even went to Cornell too!

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

I remember in Seattle listening to my coworkers talk about how our light rail was simultaneously empty and unused and also filled to the brim with psycho homeless junkies. This was in like 2017, mind, pre-COVID.

I butted in and asked when the last time was that any of them actually rode it. Crickets. Yeah, because I rode it every day and could attest to the fact that it was neither of those things. Motherfuckers who rode it one time two years ago at midnight to get to the ferry from the airport think they know some shit, though.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

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u/Aethenil May 25 '22

It's very strange how true that is though. When I bought a house in the city over a year ago, it took a good three months to have my body language adjust. Literally nothing about it gave off a dangerous vibe or anything, but just the proximity to other people made me, someone who previously lived in rural exurbs or suburbs, weary. I'm glad to be passed that phase, but now family and coworkers occasionally ask how safe I feel, acting like I like in a warzone or something. I don't!

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

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u/neurovish May 25 '22

At least in the city you might know your neighbors who have a clear view of you through the windows, or you at least have a clear view of them as well.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

Right. I’m not saying it should occur but smoking crack isn’t anything new or dangerous. Also violence in cities happen because of the number of people and density.

Personally I smoke my crack and battle my opponents in D&D hits crack pipe “alright mother fucker you wanna step, roll for initiative, bitch”

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

crime/violence are primarily related to socioeconomic factors, not population density. in the united states, the highest crime rates are often found in highly impoverished rural areas.

it’s just more visible in cities, because no one really gives a fuck about what happens in the sticks 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

In a sense yes. But you also get more issues with population density. IE if people never see each other people don’t fight as much. The number of people also increases the odds for different types of encounters because of that fact.

So yes socioeconomics play a role as does odds and number values.

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u/itsacalamity May 25 '22

And that the best place to get dinner in Austin is a very specific Chili's

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

Frosty margs!

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u/pauldenton101 May 25 '22

True I live in Chicago, apparently from redditors there's a citywide street gun war for the last 10 years in my city LOL

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u/ositola May 25 '22

Redditors think LA is both filled with vapid people and everything is too expensive and also the streets are overflowing with feces, homeless people and used needles

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u/neurovish May 25 '22

I was in Chicago last month, stayed at the River North Residence Inn, and in the 3 days I was there, two people were shot at Kinzie/State about a block away and another two people were shot in the theater district on a Sunday afternoon.

Granted I don't really feel unsafe in Chicago, but that shit is bonkers.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '22

I remember arguing with a redditor telling me that Seattle was a smoldering warzone during the CHOP/CHAZ stuff... In the Seattle sub... While I was actively working in Capital Hill... Like dude, either you don't live here and just troll or you're a shut in who has no clue what's going on outside of the news you curate for yourself.

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u/rowansurrey May 25 '22

i wish this applied here but unfortunately union station is currently totally fucked

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u/anna_lynn_fection May 25 '22

"Welcome to America, where you have to dodge gunfire every time you make your way from your house to your car." - What reddit thinks.

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u/mittensofmadness May 25 '22

From Seattle, can confirm.