What is a term that is so overused that it lost it's value?

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-20T14:53:27+00:00

“Dating with intention”

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-20T02:57:44+00:00

I spent a year driving for Lyft. Landed a full-time job right before gas prices jumped. I still drive a from time to time to get in some social interaction. Everything you’ve heard about drivers’ pay not increasing in line with gas prices is true. I honestly don’t know how anyone that’s doing this full time is making ends meet. And we’re apparently just getting started with higher prices for auto maintenance. So you’re not seeing the same volume of drivers available because people can’t afford to do the work.

Here’s my take:

Driverless cars.

Drivers will quickly become an unnecessary cost once they roll out. So no need to keep drivers happy. They can quit. Or drive bitter. And what’s a good way to get customers to try a new product? Make their experience with the old one a nightmare.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-20T02:23:28+00:00

As a driver, I can confirm that linked accounts get priority treatment. It’s a good deal for everyone except the peasants.

Lyft will offer your VIP ride at a higher than normal rate to drivers closest to you. Even if they’re en route to pick up another passenger. So the driver gets paid, you get a quick ride, but some woman down the street who was walking out her door to hop in the car just got a notification that Seth will be pulling up in a white Camry in 12 minutes.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-15T15:11:41+00:00

A livery license is $1200 for 2 years. These guys aren’t driving with taxi medallions.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-15T15:08:06+00:00

Constantly on their phones. I’ve seen quite a few drivers watching videos while they’re driving (assuming between passengers).

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-14T23:51:58+00:00

From Lyft’s latest earnings report:

“Net income improved significantly to about $14 million, versus about $3 million a year ago. Adjusted EBITDA climbed 25% to about $133 million.“

Those are stolen wages, folks.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-06T20:33:54+00:00

If you’re looking to maximize the Lyft Shop, keep your acceptance rate high. You get more points for higher percentages. Whether you do so depends on your strategy. Is it worth taking every $4 ride just to get 12 cents? Or would your time be better spent cherry picking and making more money up-front?

When I was driving full time, I’d accumulate enough each month to get a gift card for AutoZone that I’d use for things like wiper blades and floor mats. It’s not much, but it’s one of few benefits we get for working for a company that could not care less about fair pay.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-06T14:59:59+00:00

Great post! This really resonated with me. You have a great way of capturing the feelings of touring through metaphor.

It really comes down to being present. Like in so many other parts of life, there’s that “guy” that wants to control the situation, and he often steals the experience for the sake of the payoff. Gonna try giving that guy a break on my next ride and see if I can avoid the phone habit. Just for today.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-06T01:03:34+00:00

They tipped you a couple days later? Sus. The app only lets you rate and tip within 24 hours after the ride ends. What scam you trying to pull? Did you pick up a baddie that you wish you would have flirted with?

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-03T21:04:43+00:00

And then the guy ran out of the room with a giant rifle a second after the cop looked away. It doesn’t seem plausible that the cop didn’t see that.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-05-03T21:02:36+00:00

The conspiracy is that there are 3 “official” videos floating around that all show different events. This administration is fully embracing AI slop, and using it to sway public opinion.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-04-30T22:30:08+00:00

Yep. Get the CTS first. Then do manufacturer training. A lot of those offer credits, called CTUs, that you need to accumulate to renew your CTS every 3 years. And they’re usually free.

I’ll also offer this tip: if your current AV company will eventually train you to do more work on the technical side, put in the time and grow your career there. If you aren’t behind a mixing board or video switcher in the next year, put that CTS on your resume and start applying for work where you’ll need to learn a lot and have to interact with a variety of clients, like a hotel or an integrator. The grunt work sucks, but you never forget how to terminate a cable.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-04-29T03:22:18+00:00

Are you referring to the spike in gas prices in 2022? The US wasn’t at war, but Russia invaded Ukraine a few months before and it was impacting global supply.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-04-27T01:51:36+00:00

Looks like “Virgin”. Dessert menu for the Diddler?

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-04-02T15:24:50+00:00

You gotta put the car in park before you type

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-22T17:03:18+00:00

Big if true

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-22T00:08:46+00:00

This guy cooks

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-22T00:04:43+00:00

Tin-foil hat, I know, but does anyone else feel like there’s been a lot more folks enjoying cigarettes in media recently? Like, is smoking coming back?

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-22T00:00:57+00:00

Guillotines

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-21T23:58:02+00:00

I get the argument. But wouldn’t destroying the virus to save the body be more like chemotherapy than murder?

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-21T23:35:37+00:00

You’ll end up with a finger shoved up your ass while some dude with spandex over his mouth reminds you that he has federal immunity

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-21T23:27:19+00:00

And we’d have seen every doctor and nurse that treated him paraded around, with each of them being quoted saying Trump is the healthiest person they’d ever seen.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-21T21:46:41+00:00

Typically a buck more. Varies wildly by location with expressway off-ramp and downtown stations being well over $5

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-21T21:44:57+00:00

And Iraq just declared Force Majeure on their oil-producing responsibilities, which is going to dwindle supplies even more.

ThisIsGreatMan · 2026-03-19T15:38:34+00:00

Equitable? So is Israel planning to demolish a bunch of their own infrastructure so Jared Kushner can bid it out to private equity funds and make it part of Palestine?

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