People take taxis when they are drunk. People are more likely to engage in sex while drunk. People take taxis when they want a degree of privacy as they travel, as opposed to busses. People are more likely to have sex when in a semi-private space. A taxi provides a degree of physical security, a barrier between you and the mob. Why is this a surprise? In SF I expect that some taxi startup will soon target this market directly.
San Franciscans are having sex in robotaxis
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#52This is one of those times that I remember that people are basically just monkeys with clothes.
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> refuse to move if you're not staring at ads in the cabin omg, don't give them ideas! Oh wait, someone just patented this and is seeking VC funding.
Over in Japan, some of the taxis now play ads (obnoxious audio included!) for the passengers to watch. Yes, you still pay the full fare. Yes, it is fucking obnoxious. No, there is no power off or mute button; none that I could find, anyway.
Lyft and Uber drivers can setup tablets in their cars that blare ads. They're fairly common in Chicago.
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#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
Over in Japan, some of the taxis now play ads (obnoxious audio included!) for the passengers to watch. Yes, you still pay the full fare. Yes, it is fucking obnoxious. No, there is no power off or mute button; none that I could find, anyway.
Lyft and Uber drivers can setup tablets in their cars that blare ads. They're fairly common in Chicago.
I've only been in one car that did that. I turned off the tablet and left a negative review.
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You kidding? If the two of you are having an affair, you can take the whole $250 hotel room and 30 minutes’ drive each way/each person and replace it with a $20 driverless taxi and literally get the entire sordid experience delivered to your door. The “I don’t think that’ll be a thing” is adorable, like people thinking hotels that rent by the hour are geared toward people who just need a couple hours of sleep. I see…
I got lost in the middle, are you saying there's porn involving Jerry Seinfeld condescending people?
So what's the deal with people that want to frack in a small space?
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#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
Over in Japan, some of the taxis now play ads (obnoxious audio included!) for the passengers to watch. Yes, you still pay the full fare. Yes, it is fucking obnoxious. No, there is no power off or mute button; none that I could find, anyway.
Not sure if it’s common elsewhere, but many gas stations around my area have screen on the pump that play obnoxiously loud ads while you’re pumping gas. Most of them have a mute button at least.
Some of them play the ads somewhat constantly. Really freaked me out the first couple times I walked to my local grocery store with a gas station at 5 AM, then suddenly heard someone loudly talking behind me.
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Not sure if it’s common elsewhere, but many gas stations around my area have screen on the pump that play obnoxiously loud ads while you’re pumping gas. Most of them have a mute button at least.
If it is the eight button variety the 2nd from the top button on the right side will mute it. Even though it is unlabeled.
At the station by my house somebody used a label maker to label the mute button on all the pumps. I assume an employee who was tired of hearing the ads or hearing customers complain about the ads.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
You kidding? If the two of you are having an affair, you can take the whole $250 hotel room and 30 minutes’ drive each way/each person and replace it with a $20 driverless taxi and literally get the entire sordid experience delivered to your door. The “I don’t think that’ll be a thing” is adorable, like people thinking hotels that rent by the hour are geared toward people who just need a couple hours of sleep. I see…
There’s more to having an affair than just the sex.
Lots of people have affairs with people that they can see professionally, or openly in a platonic setting. So the only part of the relationship that has to be really hidden is the intimacy.
Personally though I think people will still choose hotels over the back problems that come with doing it in the backseat like a teenager.
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#59First of all gross. Secondly, I doubt it. SF reminds me of the Junior Anti-Sex League
It's gross for two reasons I think (not saying I necessarily relate to them): 1) communicable diseases, e.g. crabs., and 2) if someone has to maintain cleanliness for any religious purpose.
How does the religious cleanliness factor in?
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Over in Japan, some of the taxis now play ads (obnoxious audio included!) for the passengers to watch. Yes, you still pay the full fare. Yes, it is fucking obnoxious. No, there is no power off or mute button; none that I could find, anyway.
Not sure if it’s common elsewhere, but many gas stations around my area have screen on the pump that play obnoxiously loud ads while you’re pumping gas. Most of them have a mute button at least.
In Thailand currently and most of the pumps play a nice little 8 bit dance jingle. I'd take that over ads!