• ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world
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    This is routing from LaGuardia airport in NY, meaning the “walking” route has you taking a subway. Maybe the walking buddy is a local NYC thing meant for people who want assistance navigating the trains. I never see this on my app tho so it must have been a trial feature.

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      I’m hoping (praying) that since this is a shitposting sub, you and I both are just particularly gullible and this is not an actual thing.

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    You know… There’s a lot of women that wouldn’t dare to walk alone at night. That white Kevin has been vetted by Uber and has a paper trail.

    How about not just a white Kevin but an Armed Stacey, or a security guard Michelle.

    of course, it’d probably cost MORE to get someone to walk with you because they’d have to not only drive there and walk but walk back.

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            Them: white Kevin

            You: dressed in a full body banana costume while awkwardly carrying a cinder block. Refuse to explain why, or talk about anything except a ranked list of the worst smells you’ve ever experienced. Destination is a closed public library at 2am. Say “well, it’s time to do the thing I came here to do.” Stand, watching them until they walk away.

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    I know this is a parody, but:

    In the US, you might soon need a white “walking buddy” when they re-instate Jim Crow laws, because you wouldn’t be allowed to travel without a white man leading the group.

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    Honestly this is a great joke but also could legitimately be a good service for someone who didn’t feel safe walking alone, or needs help navigating

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        My school had a number you could call and they’d dispatch a golf cart with 2 student workers to take you anywhere on campus for free, 24/7 (minus holidays and breaks when University offices were cosed).

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        I found out in my senior year, that my campus had been plagued by a serial rapist for several years, going back to before i was a freshman, and the school had covered it up. I only found out about it when i learned that my roommate’s girlfriend had a sorority sister on a full-ride scholarship to keep her quiet about being raped in her freshman year.

        Suddenly, the pressure to use their chaperone service became clear.

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            Not really the same. Charging for this would discourage people from using it. They have to make a choice on feeling safe vs. spending money.

            This gives everyone the option and subsidizes it to the entire community.

            This is exactly why socializing things like this is beneficial.

            Every service has a cost. That cost is the value of the labor being provided. But we decide as a society that providing services like this benefits everyone living in society. Regardless of if they use it directly or not.

            When people say “free” in this context that’s what they mean. They mean the decision based on personal finance is removed.

            We don’t want people choosing personal finance over safety or health. Removing that dependency benefits everyone.

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                Glad you got that! Its a major point in talking about social programs. If you can see this in college programs you can see the benefit when applied to social programs as well. Not sure if I can convince you of that too. But it’s always nice to get a response of “that makes sense” in this context.

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        John Mulaney has a joke about how his parents knew Bill Clinton that way, from all going to undergrad together at Georgetown. Apparently all the women loved being escorted by Bill Clinton, and the men were all jealous.

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      Especially if they’d help carry your bags and whatnot; that could be very helpful for someone who has mobility issues or just has a lot of things they need to bring. Well worth $7.50

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      how can it be this cheap though? sure it doesn’t require gas but it takes longer so the guy would need more pay for the service right?

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        The business model is to make it cheap initially by subsidizing it with investor capital. So, the gig worker may be paid more than the user is being charged. Then, eventually raise the price once the user base is large enough and dependent enough on it (or the prior alternative is sufficiently put out of business).

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        If they actually matched up with the routes other people might take, I would do it. I’m always walking around downtown anyways, but I’m a relatively large poor-looking man so I never get hassled.

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    It’s at least 5 years old and it seems every single year the news outlets “fact check” it and declare it false.

    Meanwhile we have actual conspiracy theories on official government websites and those same outlets say nothing.

    I hate this timeline.