this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2024
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[–] spicytuna62 77 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My great-grandmother just died this year at 100 years old. She was still driving after 90, and she was perfectly competent at it in the farm town where I grew up. Her daughter, on the other hand, is a horrible driver. I mean, shaky on the wheel, stabby on the pedals, and just looking everywhere but forward. I'd be amazed she hasn't been involved in some horrible wreck except for the fact that she rarely leaves the house. Being 80 will do that to you, I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago
[–] taiyang 61 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes, but look at it this way: you're safer in the car with them then outside the car while they drive.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I live on the second floor... If that's how I die, clearly it's what the universe wanted.

[–] aeronmelon 48 points 1 month ago

I was scared this was real.

My grandfather had a near miss in his 70s, and gave up his license. He thought it was no longer worth the risk.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Only if they sit in the back and I drive.

[–] aeronmelon 22 points 1 month ago

And say, β€œWhat a nice, young person you are.” the whole way.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Of course! What could be more dystopian than letting an old fart work for me for an absolute shitty salary? Awesome.

[–] Anticorp 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh, I can think of lots of things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Oh, me too. Sadly so.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Good that they have Uber Black though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Imma all about the green tho πŸ‘½

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

... That's a grey.

[–] CptEnder 2 points 1 month ago

Two of my CC came with free Uber One/Lyft and I rarely use a driving service but when I do I use Uber Black or Lyft Pink. For me at least it's just a few bucks more and you get a town car and pro driver which is 1000% better experience.

[–] sudo42 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Uber Black is β€œLuxury rides with professional driver.”

β€œProfessional” insinuates β€œpaid”, so the other Uber drivers aren’t paid?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Uber Black drivers are commercially licensed in addition to satisfying a bunch of other requirements.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ahh, I thought it was saying you'd share the ride with a 95+, I'd really enjoy that XD

Driver, not so much

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I'd be cool swapping with the driver so they can take a load off in the passenger seat.

[–] HootinNHollerin 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My grandma drove through a grocery store (back when she was alive and in her early 80s). Nope

[–] ThePyroPython 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is more c/aboringdystopia

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's kind of depressing that elder, as defined by uber, is older than most people live to be.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

is that not how elder should be defined?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The average life expectancy for Americans is 79. In the US at least we define "senior citizen" as over 60 (legally and for healthcare), that seems like a reasonable age for elder to start.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

you seriously think that the majority of people should become elders?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Americans over the age of 65 represent less than 20% of the population. The group of people 60 to 64 is 6.5% of the population. That's not even a quarter of the population.

As to your question, yes. Even if it was 90% of the population that was 60+. being an elder, senior citizen, a member of the grandparent generation, olds, or whatever you'd like to call them has more to do with the individual's age than how many of them there are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] HorreC 3 points 1 month ago

Waiting for Uber Maven

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

For 8 bucks, probably not. But depending on the discount and total price maybe.