As a gay dude I experienced my fair share of "uncomfortable" Uber rides from or to various places. No thanks. I don't need to stimulate those kinds of social skills or whatever.

Can't even imagine what women go through.

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init2null 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Gay here, but I've only experienced a concerning conversation once, and that was a longer trip where sometimes you find out too much. I took an exit ramp away from that topic of conversation and it was fine. Otherwise everyone has been decent to downright pleasant.

I'd feel like I'm losing something by giving up that human interaction, such that it is.

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saberience 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

No one cares if you're gay dude.

	▲	wewtyflakes an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That would be lovely; I want to live in the world you think we live in.
	▲	miltonlost 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Some people do, and those people are homophobic Uber drivers

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klmarks 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Now the human supervisors in the Philippines watch you through the Waymo cameras and talk about you.

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junon 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't care what people think about me. I care about the guy who has Jesus hung in every nook and cranny with a candle lit in his front cupholder telling me that I need to repent. In San Francisco, I might add.

I couldn't care less what people in the Philippines - one of the most gay-friendly countries in Asia - think of me through a camera stream.

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daheza 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Some regulation that limited the operators to work in the city they supervise would be an easy job win for some politicians. Create some jobs and look like you’re standing up to big tech.

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MBlume 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yes, and? What is your threat model here?

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JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> the human supervisors in the Philippines watch you through the Waymo cameras and talk about you

Literally don't care. What I don't need is to be evangelised with whatever conspiracy theory or fringe religion my driver just joined the entire way back from JFK.

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dml2135 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you kidding me? That's like my favorite part about landing at JFK. How else am I supposed to keep up with the latest crypto developments?

	▲	JumpCrisscross an hour ago \| parent [-]
		In case you’re being serious, sometimes it’s fun. Most of the time, I don’t care. But the reliability advantage of Waymo is usually something I’m willing to pay a bit extra, and wait a bit longer, for.