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Uber CEO balks after a reporter tells him the cost of his 2.9-mile Uber ride: 'Oh my God. Wow.'::undefined

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[–] lazyplayboy 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Only if fully able-bodied and there's safe footpath present, but yeah, more of us should just walk.

[–] FuglyDuck -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That’s an hour walk- one way- for the the “average” person.

Throw in climate hazards- winter where I live, that walk is happening in -10f temperatures, probably with wind blasting enough to be deadly.

In summer, we typically have temperatures reaching 98-101 f for about a week with muggy-as-hell 80’s for several months. Also enough to be deadly.

Further, let’s say hypothetically, that’s a grocery run. Frozen goods out for that long pose a food safety risk.unless your lugging an ice packed cooler or something… which kinda sounds like my personal version of hell… that’s also likely to, you know, be deleterious to one’s health.

(Okay so maybe you luck out and just get the squirts.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Who is going from Manhattan to West side, or visa versa for groceries?

And the coldest NYC has ever gotten was -1F on Feb 14th 2016, with an average low of 26 degrees in their coldest month.

[–] FuglyDuck 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I live in Minnesota, not NY, and even in Minneapolis, the density of actual grocers is not that high

In any case, most deaths happen from hypothermia at 35-25 F, so that hour long exposure is still potentially lethal

[–] Aux -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who can't walk usually can't drive either. Stop with this irrelevant "able body" argument.

[–] lazyplayboy -4 points 1 year ago

Go back to reddit