• anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.ca
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    2 days ago

    Wtf, nobody is making him work at Lyft. “I am faking damage to my vehicle and charging riders false fees to supplement my income because my wage is crap.” is not acceptable. What a terrible take.

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      2 days ago

      The other guy didn’t say it was OK though, you’re adding that part and then getting mad about it.

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        Fair point, the person I replied to didn’t explicitly say it was okay or that they said they felt it was ok. I took their comment as a kind of indirect victim blaming, similar to how you hear people say things like “I wonder if that would have happened if she was wearing something more conservative” — that’s a bad assumption on my part, and I appreciate your calling me out on it.

      • Flagstaff@programming.dev
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        Um, okay? It isn’t unreasonable for @[email protected] or anyone else to perceive it that way. “Maybe X wouldn’t Y if Z wouldn’t A” is always a classic logic chain putting the most blame on Z.

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          It could be a commentary on the type of people who gravitate towards jobs that don’t provide enough compensation, Lyft certainly doesn’t have that market cornered.

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      It’s not an excuse just a statement of reality. A lot of crime is tied to economic stress

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      2 days ago

      Sure feels like its not nobody when its “everybody” in the guise of societal murder if you don’t work.

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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      1 day ago

      “If you’re poor just get a better job bro. It’s your own fault if you don’t have a good job.” What a terrible take.

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        More like “if your job sucks try to get a better job instead of committing crimes to make some extra cash” but you do you bro.