Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “DeleteUber” campaign

Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by 3131s on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @12:30AM (#13527978)

A baller is someone who spends a lot of money, lives lavishly, etc.

An eight ball is 3.5 grams of coke, AKA an 1/8 of an ounce.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by wpietri on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:12AM (#13528164)

Are you sure eight ball is related? OED thinks "baller" comes from the wealth of sports figures: http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/06/ballin-for-real/

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by 3131s on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @02:57AM (#13528627)

I didn't mean to imply that. They're not related.

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Re:Lyft surges to the top 10 on App Store following the “Del... by manicdee on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @01:35AM (#13528293)

It sure ain't poor people like me snorting coke off a hooker's butt.

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