zdl,
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https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/15/tech/uber-shuttle-airport-concert-annual-product-update/index.html

Techbrodudes reinvent something that's been around for ages, only making it worse.

You know, public transit has been around for AGES before you got your grubby little rent-seeking mitts on it and tore it down, you festering horde of goblins!

#Uber #Reinvent #Terrible #TechBroDude

zdl,
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You know how I get to the airport in Wuhan? I take the subway. ALL THE WAY THERE.

You know how I get to the three train stations in Wuhan? I take the subway. ALL THE WAY THERE for two of them. (For the third I have a half-block's walk because of some geographical issues.)

You know how I get to pretty much any concert venue? I TAKE THE SUBWAY AND/OR THE BUS. All the way there.

This is what public transit does for you: stops rent-seeking assholes from making your life shitty.

zdl,
@zdl@mastodon.online avatar

The list continues with public parks, temples, various markets (wet, dry, or super), shopping malls, university campuses, etc. etc. etc.

I haven't even owned a car in 20 years because it's a waste of money and time: public transit gets me where I need to be and, upon delivery of the subway, often faster than taking a car anyway.

And for those rare circumstances where I absolutely need a vehicle: the money I save from not owning one lets me hire at need for a net profit.

lizzard,
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@zdl but that's SOCIALISM!!

zdl,
@zdl@mastodon.online avatar

@lizzard It is indeed. That's why I love socialism!

nus,
@nus@mstdn.social avatar

@zdl @lizzard trains are not socialism.

China is definitely not a socialist country.

zdl,
@zdl@mastodon.online avatar

@nus @lizzard Ah. A "WELL AKSHUALLY!" guy spotted in the wild!

nus,
@nus@mstdn.social avatar

@zdl Sounds like I've touched a nerve.

Hey, this server, mstdn.social, is banned in the CCP. Do you think that's some bullshit?

(If you aren't allowed to trash talk your nation of residence, just say so or otherwise loudly signal it. Lack of free speech sucks.)

zdl,
@zdl@mastodon.online avatar

@nus The only nerve you touched is the "WHITE DUDE BARGES IN TO TALK DOWN TO NON-WHITE WOMAN" bullshit that is endemic to American men everywhere, left or right.

So, you didn't take the hint. (Because American brodude: of FUCKING COURSE you didn't!)

Fuck. Off.

Was that clear enough you festering pile of shit?

We'll find out when you inevitably next reply because you can't help yourself: you're an American and CAN'T SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN YOU'RE NOT WELCOME.

Prove me right.

nus,
@nus@mstdn.social avatar

@zdl Sounds like I've touched a nerve.

Fun fact, the server you are posting from is blocked inside the #CCP. Are you breaking the law over there? Are you not in #China? Or is there something else that you would like to share with the class? I'm extremely curious.

zdl,
@zdl@mastodon.online avatar

@nus And there it is. An American who CAN'T SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Nobody has ever seen this before.

Buh-bye Reply Guy.

juergen_hubert,
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@zdl I've always been pro-bicycling and pro-public transportation, but as of late I have become more militant about it.

There is something seriously wrong with a metropolitan area if you need your own car just to get around.

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