Oman

It could be understood to mean “AI [tools]”, which would be plural

(“it” is also a pronoun")

I know what “tbh” stands for (to be honest), but what does “cx” stand for?

That’s a chemical. It’s also an acid: To some, it’s better known as hydroxic acid.

I agree, but not everyone agrees. And the problem with these “honourifics” (or whatever these are called) is that you have to get them right before the recipient heard them.

I think young Millennials and Zoomers said “bruh”, and it was mostly used ironically.

Younger Zoomers (I think?) started using “bro” unironically, and it caught on big time with Gen Alpha. At least from what I’ve heard.

This is hard.

Buddy? Sounds dismissive.

My friend? Sounds like you’re a scammer or a slimy salesperson.

Pal? Sounds mildly aggressive.

Dude? Arguably masculine.

Gen Alpha might have it right – “bro” seems to be gender neutral and used by both boys and girls.

I just stopped using pronouns altogether.

“Excuse me” “Thank you” “I appreciate you” “Do you know the way to San Jose”

ALL of these have pronouns. At least one of them has multiple pronouns! Haha

To me, “believing” in climate change is like “believing” in oxygen. I don’t feel the need to say I believe in it. That’s fascinating

Of those, there will be a percentage that doubles down on their bullshit even after being personally bitch slapped by the weather and becoming a statistic.

There were covid deniers who, while diagnosed and hospitalized with covid, literally used their last breaths to deny covid’s existence.

I try not to use anything other than canned air dusters

If you called a taxi company that didnt do fixed rates you should have looked into them before you called.

Why would I call them? They should have a web app at minimum. It should be on par with what the Uber app can do.

When taxis catch up, I’ll consider them.

If you consider a ride “mooching” I would not want to be your friend.

Calling a friend to ensure myself a ride to anywhere at any time at my sole discretion and choosing is mooching if I expect that.

If your public transit isnt good enough, call your local reps and COMPLAIN.

That doesn’t get me to where I’m going.

Fuck this culture of “tipping”.

Agreed. I’d much rather have the whole cost of the trip paid for up front from the start. No added taxes, fees, or bonuses at any point.

Do you verify with each driver to make sure they end up getting the money? Uber has obfuscated tipping for drivers FOR YEARS.

I looked it up and saw that Uber was misleading/lying about a portion of the cost of a trip going to drivers. But from what I’ve read, including from Uber drivers themselves, the tips do seem to go to the driver as is paid by the passenger.

They both report it to Uber and Uber decides who’s trolling. If the same passenger is being turned away by every driver, that passenger is probably a troll. And vice versa.

Why’s that interesting?

Are they going to be doing DNA tests? Pants checks?

Taxi drivers and taxi companies rip off passengers. Taxi companies don’t do fixed rates agreed-upon before the trip.

I’m not going to mooch off a friend.

Public transit can’t always get me where I need to go when I need to get there in a reasonable time (but it is my first choice when it’s too far or unpleasant to walk).

If the issue is the drivers not being paid well, then tip well.

When taxis and/or public transit can improve their services to the point where Uber doesn’t replace them, then Uber will be redundant.

To me, lowering taxes and lessening regulations sounds like “We don’t want to break the whole system or aggravate you. We just want to make the system worse and make life harder for people who don’t have money”.

The way I see it is that we could have lower taxes for working class people by taxing the rich more and reducing corporate welfare. We wouldn’t even have to compromise on our systems. If you’re in favour of those, that’s awesome – I haven’t met very many conservatives who think that way.

But what’s wrong with regulations? Regulations are what stop corporations from cutting corners on health and safety in the name of profits. And we can see from practices around the world that not only does violating these tend NOT to sway public opinion enough that businesses will stop doing harmful things, but they will knowingly do these things and cause harm to people who couldn’t have known any better beforehand.

i wish i could be a victim of such racism.

If you’re a white woman, then you are.

If you want to date a racist prick, you’ll be fine.

The guy with the blanket from Charlie Brown

That’s why it’s work and not a hobby! Haha

I was trying to think of work that someone could do when they haven’t mentioned any special education or training. I’m not familiar with all the options out there.