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0 pointsmlnj6mo ago0 comments

You might be onto something. Don't stop that train of thought. Keep going.

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We can called it a "Beneficial Usage Service" or BUS, for short.

This meme about self-driving cabs being glorified busses reminds me of the infamous Dropbox comment. It’s technically correct. But it misses the social context so entirely that it, when you realise it’s being seriously said, becomes farce.

cyanydeez6mo ago

Is the context that using buses are for poors?

troupo6mo ago

The way these are pushed as "solutions to cities and traffic" make making fun of the too easy.

> But it misses the social context

Funny how their entire social context is "never encounter another human as you go from A to B"

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jbreckmckye6mo ago

I like that, because it plays on the Latin "omnibus", which means "for everybody"

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cyanydeez6mo ago

We can called it a "Beneficial Usage Service" or BUS, for short.

JumpCrisscross6mo ago

cyanydeez6mo ago

Is the context that using buses are for poors?

troupo6mo ago

The way these are pushed as "solutions to cities and traffic" make making fun of the too easy.

> But it misses the social context

Funny how their entire social context is "never encounter another human as you go from A to B"

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jbreckmckye6mo ago

I like that, because it plays on the Latin "omnibus", which means "for everybody"

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse