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frogge posted:I imagine the cab and Uber/Lyft drivers that talk so much do so because other than picking fares up, they're isolated in their car and it's likely more out of boredom than malice unless they're total shitbags. It's this. Boredom, isolation, trying to stay awake. It's why, even if they aren't talking, they're on the phone with someone. It's also why I don't mind if the driver has the radio on or is having a quiet conversation with someone.
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Shame Boy posted:Also if they're taking away from employee benefits to buy office supplies, you should be able to just loving keep the office supplies because you paid for them Man come on now you know that's not a thing. We have a big note on the cabinet we keep tea and hot cocoa in that taking either home is grounds for termination.
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Look at all this landfill fodder. At least my board games are made out of cardboard and can be recycled
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don’t worry, those’ll find use as highly sought after religious idols after the anthropocene collapse
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May 17, 2019 20:27
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i'm the serial killer funko no, not that one, the other one
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Which would be sadder: if you took one figure and the owner couldn't pick out what was missing, or if they could do so.
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T-man posted:Which would be sadder: if you took one figure and the owner couldn't pick out what was missing, or if they could do so. I would say if they could tell what changed. Presumably the gaps are pops missing from The Collection Apparently some of those things are worth decent money. A guy I knew sold three and got a couple hundred bucks out if it and fixed his houses central air
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Len posted:I would say if they could tell what changed. Presumably the gaps are pops missing from The Collection Last time I went to the flea market, I counted 5 stalls that were nothing but wall to wall funko pops
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im the ones that are legally bobble heads because the rights to make statuettes belong to another company
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So my first response to that uber headline was that surely it's just a feature that lets you indicate a preference for a quiet ride or not, which is a reasonable preference and nothing more. but lol y'all haven't even seen the worst bit about this new Uber feature: quote:riders will also get access to "premium phone support with live agents" should you feel the need to call the company to tell them your preferences are not being honored mid-trip You can literally call Uber from the back of their car and get them to silence the driver. What kind of entitled loving rear end in a top hat would want to do that?
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bike tory posted:What kind of entitled loving rear end in a top hat would want to do that? Have you met rich people?
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quote:riders will also get access to "premium phone support with live agents" should you feel the need to call the company to tell them your preferences are not being honored mid-trip excuse me I want to speak to your manager
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bike tory posted:So my first response to that uber headline was that surely it's just a feature that lets you indicate a preference for a quiet ride or not, which is a reasonable preference and nothing more. It's the web 2.0 version of "I want to speak to a manager."
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"I want not to talk to you so much that I'll talk to someone else so that I don't have to talk to you"Thanatosian posted:It's the web 2.0 version of "I want to speak to a manager." Except that "manager" is probably a minimum wage "contractor" living in some low wage economy in Asia.
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bring back old gbs posted:lol every once in a while I get on a streetcar with some dudley do-right driver who's making dad jokes over the intercom speaker, telling every stop to have a great day, a nice day, take your time to appreciate something around you, different little piece of life advice at every stop big assumption on the no crushing there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0cCRRFi1aA
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Rarity posted:Have you met rich people? Or like, middle-age middle-class white dudes? I'd imagine the kind of dude who does that *sets a pile of dollar bills on the table* "this will be your tip, every time you gently caress up, I remove a dollar" bullshit would absolutely love this feature
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bike tory posted:Except that "manager" is probably a minimum wage "contractor" living in some low wage economy in Asia. Who are using a sound board to reply with canned american-sounding response voices because every call is going to be exactly the same anyway so why bother
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Shame Boy posted:Or like, middle-age middle-class white dudes? "A pile" is way too generous.
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I always give Uber drivers 5 stars because I requested they get me from point A to point B, and they do it.
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at least use lyft instead of uber. i get that sometimes people just need to use rideshare because public transit takes 5x as long or flat out doesn't go somewhere, but at least go with the lesser evil
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Huh, corporate mascot ones. And like, a dozen of them. I mean, I guess I should have expected that. Edit: Two dozen, goddamn.
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Rarity posted:Have you met
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T-man posted:Which would be sadder: if you took one figure and the owner couldn't pick out what was missing, or if they could do so. They're organized with specific gaps in the ranks, probably by numbers and leaving room for the ones he didn't pick up yet. so I think he'd notice, and it would be like that scene from the hobbit where smaug notices something went missing
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bike tory posted:So my first response to that uber headline was that surely it's just a feature that lets you indicate a preference for a quiet ride or not, which is a reasonable preference and nothing more. Wasn't part of the initial draw of Uber (aside from price) something like 'They're real people just like you! Not some foreign or creepy old guy taxi driver who smells funny! They'll be relatable, friendly, and your trips will be fun and engaging experiences!'
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DisgracelandUSA posted:It's this. Boredom, isolation, trying to stay awake. It's why, even if they aren't talking, they're on the phone with someone. It's also why I don't mind if the driver has the radio on or is having a quiet conversation with someone. Yeah I just deliver pizzas so it's only like, half driving and half loving off with my coworkers and even then on a long, busy day where I've been driving a combined 6 hours I just want to lose it. Driving is such an easy task that you cant really get absorbed in it and music isnt always enough to help, so it's kind of like forcing yourself to state at a wall for hours. Sure theres scenery but I've seen every street a thousand times
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Mordor She Wrote posted:My school bus driver had like brain damage and made us all sing We Will Rock You by Queen and if we didn't she'd threaten to stop the bus. Thats not the behaviour of a damaged brain. Some sort of brain enhancement maybe.
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May 18, 2019 07:03
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cursed image i wonder how much paulie makes to do these how much does pride cost
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DrManiac posted:one of my favorite podcasts is last podcast on the left. explicit it’s a true crime podcast that goes in pretty explicit detail and their episode on Japanese war crimes is the only one I refuse to ever listen too again. like, it’s not hyperbole to say that the German camps were tame in comparison. Unit 731 was bad and all, but the main thing nobody acknowledges is that Japan killed and enslaved literally tens of millions of people throughout its short lived empire, which makes it on par with Nazi war crimes.
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got any sevens posted:cursed image This one photo is more depressing than the entire cop thred
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bike tory posted:"A pile" is way too generous. *Shove 5 inches of their dick in my mouth* "for every mistake you make, i'll remove 1 inch" (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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TheMostFrench posted:Wasn't part of the initial draw of Uber (aside from price) something like 'They're real people just like you! Not some foreign or creepy old guy taxi driver who smells funny! They'll be relatable, friendly, and your trips will be fun and engaging experiences!' no, the original draw of Uber was “get a town car easily and quickly, like you’re the kind of person who has one standing by, and also SF cabs are impossible”. it wasn’t any cheaper than town car rates when I first took it in...2011, Jesus
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Subjunctive posted:no, the original draw of Uber was “get a town car easily and quickly, like you’re the kind of person who has one standing by, and also SF cabs are impossible”. it wasn’t any cheaper than town car rates when I first took it in...2011, Jesus Of course now that they've gotten their hooks in, the price is the same. I think the main taxi company has gotten an app now, but they still suck. I hate talking to strangers as much as the next goon, but I've had some good convos in Ubers. Never in taxis.
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PancakeTransmission posted:I hate talking to strangers as much as the next goon, but I've had some good convos in Ubers. Never in taxis. Last taxi driver who talked to me at length without the usual 'How was your day' opened with 'The jews have got to go'.
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TheMostFrench posted:Last taxi driver who talked to me at length without the usual 'How was your day' opened with 'The jews have got to go'. You interrupted him, they have to go to the synagogue and he'd been driving them all day and was just telling you about his day 
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Shame Boy posted:You interrupted him, they have to go to the synagogue and he'd been driving them all day and was just telling you about his day Thes jews have got to go to the polls
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I know I complain about Suburbia perhaps a bit too much. But Rideshare apps are just another symptom of the rot. The "sprawl cities" of the southeast especially have been built in such a way that ridesharing apps are the only realistic way to get somewhere if you've lost access to a car. Even if your city has buses they sure as hell don't have any stops near your place. And any taxi companies that exist are so small as to be limited to airport related trips or an extremely small and vestigal downtown. Suburbia Delenda Est.
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