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[–] [S] 97 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Holy shit that picture is insane and so fucking sad. It's been a min since I read something so startlingly depressing that was completely unrelated to the authoritarian regime we're living under, but that picture says a thousand words.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    The guy is an absolute psycho for shooting someone 6 times because he thinks she is trying to scam him.
    This is exactly the kind of psychos that welcome a fascist regime.
    May he live long and suffer through the rest of his life.
    Just seeing the fear and worry on her face and whole body language is heartbreaking, while the old psycho is in absolute zero danger, but plays prosecutor, judge and executioner and kills her in cold blood.

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  • [–] 30 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    It’s not completely unrelated, why the fuck is a 61 year old (the victim) out driving Uber?

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  • [–] 31 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    I use rideshare constantly and in my experience most uber/lyft drivers are either immigrants, people between jobs, or retirees looking to make extra money/socialize.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago*

    Plus 61 is still younger than retirement age. Maybe they tapped out of a different career or wanted something a little simpler before going for a full retirement. Maybe they were a cabbie and prefers uber as they has more control over their schedule.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago

    I spend time in central Florida every year (Orlando/Kissimmee). Many of the ride share drivers I come across are retiree, often also immigrants, looking to socialize. Last guy I rode with was originally from Nicaragua, in his seventies, got his citizenship in the 1980's, and just does ride share for two hours three times per week, simply to chat with the passengers. Slowest ride from the airport ever given that he never went past 45mph, but the chat was pleasant.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    People rarely openly admit it's going badly for them.
    Most Americans think they are temporarily inconvenienced future billionaires.
    You are naive if you think what you describe is the general picture.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I didn’t anything about whether or not things were going bad for them, just the general types of people I see driving for rideshare services. There certainly are the temporarily embarrassed billionaire grindset mentality types but I wouldn’t say that’s most people at all.

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