This is like keeping your kids inside in case something bad happens to them.

If your kids never leave the house, something bad definitely happens to them, they stay kids.

Is there some benefit to talking to weird Uber drivers I've yet to discover that's comparable with 'going outside at all'?

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toast0 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Interaction with the common person is great. I wouldn't have know one could trim their toenails while driving otherwise.

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aworks 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Or that a taxi driver in Wuhan could answer his phone while shifting his manual transmission and smoking a cigarette.

	▲	toast0 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Pretty sure that's part of the taxi exam.

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Ferret7446 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

There are probably better places to interact with other people than rideshares, like at a public establishment. There's significantly less risk

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sublinear 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes. "Weird" people are somewhat rare opportunity to build certain social skills.

I enjoy the challenge of finding creative ways to guide the discussion and understand their headspace for a little while. I am not even trying to control the level of weirdness, but just keep them talking and comfortable.

Unfortunately, most of the time they're not even weird people and it was just a weird first impression. They vent for like 3 minutes and then it gets boring again.

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whyenot 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I realize it is hard to do this, but please understand that other people have different perspectives on personal safety. For example, try and image how things might be different if you were a woman alone in an Uber with a driver who starts saying weird things.

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sublinear 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I would rather say they develop crippling anxiety and agoraphobia. This is happening right now even to adults working from home.