Re:Learning to live with Waymos
by danpalmer on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @08:11PM
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I'm not sure you read my comment, certainly your comment doesn't seem to rebut the point I was making. Cabs are black in my country, but I specifically said "taxi" because this is not about Uber or modern ride-sharing, I've had the same experience with Ubers, black cabs, minicabs, booked taxis, and private drivers.
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Re:Learning to live with Waymos
by stasomatic on Thursday October 22, 2026 @10:00AM
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Hey, of course I read your comment. You prefer robots, that was my takeaway, and I prefer people.
Oh no you've completely misunderstood my point. I prefer people, and that's exactly why I want to continue talking to my friends.
Perhaps you're more comfortable chatting to strangers, perhaps this is a cultural thing. An analogy, if I was sitting in a restaurant with friends having a good time and a random additional person got seated at our table that would end the conversation, stop the socialising, and at best we'll have a boring, shallow conversation with the new person about who they are.
Re:Learning to live with Waymos
by stasomatic on Thursday October 22, 2026 @08:28PM
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Understood. Other people bother me little, but If it happens, I’ll sit elsewhere, no big deal. It is certainly cultural but my 35 years in the US, I’ve seen most everything … I’m pretty immune.