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Re:Our restaurants are failing. Why should food delivery app... by JamesBarney on Saturday May 16, 2020 @02:39PM (#23205985)
The argument recommends take out which also involves driving somewhere, and given that deliverers many times deliver to more than one household this is an argument for delivery over take out. Also it's not significant, even with a carbon tax to eliminate this externality that would be at most a dime or quarter of pollution.

And human rights abuse? I had a job delivering, and it was honestly one of my favorite jobs. The pay wasn't great but just cruising around listening to music all night was awesome.

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Re:Our restaurants are failing. Why should food delivery app... by otterley on Saturday May 16, 2020 @05:11PM (#23207256)
"It can't possibly be happening because it never happened to me" is a pretty weak argument.
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Re:Our restaurants are failing. Why should food delivery app... by JamesBarney on Saturday May 16, 2020 @10:43PM (#23209058)
Original argument was "bad things happen"

then "humans right abuse is somehow related to delivery but I won't specify how"

then I replied "I was a deliverer and it was a fine job"

Of the three arguments mine is most relevant.

Maybe you can explain how subway delivery involves human rights abuse.

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