ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social

The Kidnap Express is apparently trying to market to women in particular

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Jennifer Duval-Smith @jduvalsmith.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:53 UTC

Can we get a service excluding these professions?

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Alek @alek18.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 10:05 UTC

It still amazes me that Americans in general thinks a gun makes something safer, when statistics have disproved that as a myth by a lot.

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Little Munchkin @littlemunchkin.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 13:53 UTC

nothing makes a woman safer than being alone with a guy who was a police officer until he got fired

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Rachel Hands @rachelhands.com [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:00 UTC

wow no thanks!!

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:30 UTC

Blackwolf is offering a 40% discount with a special sign-up code! Google 40% of Cops for more info.

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🌳 [3] कल्प @dietwald.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:48 UTC

Cops, ex military, and security guards - famously completely safe for women.

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Tim Shea @gingerjet.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:25 UTC

The irony is that this was the taxi industry before ride sharing came along. I can’t even remember the last bad uber/lyft ride I had but I remember dozens of horrible cab experiences.

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Drakyn @drakyn.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 13:19 UTC

I'm just gonna call acab

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Nope @torshi.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:13 UTC

TRULY beyond wild that this pitch might make anyone feel safer

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DaemonSky @dsky.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 04:09 UTC

But that is like 80% of the people to avoid in DC. Who thought this was a good idea?? (Yes, we all know the answer is a dude who has never spoken to a woman other than maybe his mother. Maybe.)

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Ivy Jelisavac @becauseivy.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 18:18 UTC

lol if they want that to be their USP then why don't they hire... FEMALE DRIVERS

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:10 UTC

They forgot the whole sheepdog metaphor and just admitted to being wolves eh

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Chris Lee @chrisleein2d.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:40 UTC

From the app’s website. One of the founders working protection for…

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Defaulty @defaulty.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 05:45 UTC

would you feel safer with a bear or with a man with a gun who has you locked in his car?

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Aviendha69 - ⊃∪∩⪽ @aviendha69.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:26 UTC

"Let us handle the traffic!"

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italianstylemeats @blagueplague.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:04 UTC

these groups are exactly the sort of people who want to make three dollars an hour for driving you to the airport in their own vehicle.

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web_rant @webrant.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 04:08 UTC

@bencollins.bsky.social how is this real and not just an Onion article?

bsky.app/profile/apoc...

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@mpinga.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:23 UTC

Woman laughing nervously - “So is that Bickle with an ‘-el’ or an ‘-le’?”

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Jonny Worldbeater @jonnyworldbeater.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:59 UTC

"Hiring only drivers with experience in law enforcement, the military, or the security sector." In the year of our Lord 2024, who the fuck would knowingly get into that car?

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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:11 UTC

Everybody's rightfully mentioning the murder, but my first thought was dying in a wreck because my driver is an alcoholic Navy laundry specialist with an ASVAB waiver.

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Return of the Cmonmacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:34 UTC

I’d feel very comfortable telling my driver we’re going in the wrong direction as I see the glock on the seat next to them

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braak @braak.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:13 UTC

I like that they decided to give it a Tough Guy Tactical Combat name instead of something that implied that you could go somewhere safely with a minimum of danger.

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Dagsly @dagsly.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 01:57 UTC

Siri, what 3 professions have the highest incidence of spousal abuse?

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Aurelius Raines @aureliusr2.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 04:11 UTC

hwwwhhhhyyyy would you name a "safe" rides haring company after a Grimm villain that will certainly eat your grandma and then dress like her.

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Johari Menelik Frasier @joharifrasier.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:39 UTC

I have never seen anything that has made me look away and say "I choose life!" as fast as this.

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Justin White @jwhite.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:24 UTC

Air BnB, only it’s the county jail on slow nights.

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An argument for the pit @jeblucas.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:38 UTC

Qualified immunity for not knowing you can kidnap someone without using chloroform.

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Riot Poof @riotpoof1120.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 14:05 UTC

If this were my only option, I'd hitchhike.

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Noah Brand @noahbrand.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:02 UTC

The Red Flag Taxi Service

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The future producer of “Himbo Heist” @legalminimum.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:26 UTC

Wait. This is real? I saw it today and thought it was a bit.

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@rafaeldillon.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 11:57 UTC

So this service is not for black people, right? There's a high chance that the driver will shoot the passenger

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DG @amideadyet.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:40 UTC

Wolves, famous for never wearing sheep’s clothing & being trustworthy protectors of women, such as little red *riding* ones

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gummih 🥏 @gummih.com [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 09:51 UTC

Probably safer with U+bear 😌

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Sarah Ovenall @ovenall.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:02 UTC

oh my god

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Slackermom @slackermom.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:44 UTC

Thanks I hate it. I would never use this lol

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agentfiftyseven @agentfiftyseven.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:38 UTC

Starting to think I should just get a bear, train it, and ride it everywhere.

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agentfiftyseven @agentfiftyseven.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:16 UTC

Ah yes, the only thing safer to a woman than a military bro is a washed up ex-military bro who has is doing ride shares to make a living.

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Ellie, Your Tyrannosaurus Friend @misscrossbones.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 05:37 UTC

Are they aware of the rape stats of the u.s. military? *Cuz they ain't good!*

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@ericbrown13.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:27 UTC

The applicant pool is just a seething mass of 'roid rage.

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@jenniferholton7.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:52 UTC

Thanks, I still pick the bear.

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Lauren @laurenkarch.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:38 UTC

The way I would hit that "quiet ride" option so fast

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𝚂𝙿𝙾𝚁𝙺𝙱𝙾𝙾𝚃 @sporkboot.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 13:00 UTC

ahh, sounds like a cool idea to hire people with poor impulse control and a gun, no downsides

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AlisonAF @alisonaf.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:48 UTC

Great opportunity for a bear that wants to get into the ridesharing biz.

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Orion Kidder @orionkidder.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:46 UTC

A lot of men do not get that women do not feel *safer* around armed men.

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Chuck Taggart, Private Eye @sazeracla.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:56 UTC

How do they get away with “only ex-cops and ex-military need apply“ when the rideshare service that was going to hire only women and cater to only women was immediately shut down for unfair labor practices?

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Lizard @lizardky.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:05 UTC

“Our Founder”

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Bill from Long Island @billfromlongisland.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 13:24 UTC

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

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Bill from Long Island @billfromlongisland.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 13:22 UTC

6abc.com/tyler-humphr...

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Bill from Long Island @billfromlongisland.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 13:21 UTC

nypost.com/2024/04/23/u...

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AimingHigher11 @aiminghigher11.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:50 UTC

If they want to market to women, they should both name it BlackBear App, and have bears as drivers. I choose the bear.

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Boo @whyknot.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 05:38 UTC

How. How would that be safer

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Randi Mason @randimason.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:12 UTC

And drivers know where you live, which was unsafe enough when we just had NYC taxi drivers stalking folks.

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Potëmkin Spice 🐳🪐 @themontgomery.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:04 UTC

Blackwolf driver def gonna kill himself and his passengers doing an SDR loop at 120 MPH and his former employer will still count him as a line-of-duty death

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Jesse Berney @jesseberney.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 14:32 UTC

what a great idea, no one in law enforcement has never harmed a woman before

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@relaxedninja.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:33 UTC

Although I'm mentally 15 and think Blackwolf is a kinda' cool name for submarines or thrash metal bands or legendary sword-axes, I don't quite associate it with safety.

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Dave @davemck.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 07:33 UTC

Are their drivers bears?

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Garth Marenghi's Darkthrone 🍏🥕🍎🥦 @axehell.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:21 UTC

three demographics i don't think should be allowed to own weapons or drive motor vehicles

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Kelly Mangan (She/Her) 🏳️‍🌈 Author/Illustrator @kellyamangan.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:36 UTC

😬😬😬 ::ahem:: just gonna leave this right here…

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

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brian @briminey.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:03 UTC

Feel like they didn't workshop the idea of "you're safe with the guy that washed out of law enforcement but kept his gun"

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Plognark @plognark.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 13:46 UTC

lol Jesus Christ

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 07:17 UTC

All Cabbies Are Bastards

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Babsbeaty @babsbeaty.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:12 UTC

Cabracadabra was better thought through than this

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❤️🖤 tiffani 🤍💚 @tranniehathaway.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:11 UTC

I'm speechless at the world so often now

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Jim Formerly@BoxLynx @boxlynx.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

Where every dispute is an armed dispute.

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J. C. Rallo @nosajlaroc.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 13:48 UTC

Considering those professions 100% probably love to abuse women, they really don’t have a clue what they’re talking about in regards to safety, hm?

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Chuck Grassley's goat @chuckgoat.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:14 UTC

Bear > Wolf

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Otiz Ranchez @otizranchez.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 03:13 UTC

Look at my Uber driver, dawg

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@jpshipley.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 14:45 UTC

they saw the man vs bear discourse and were like “yeah but what if the man had a gun??? checkmate, feminazis”

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Julia S. @booktweeting.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:07 UTC

sure, drawing your employees from a pool with a statistically high representation of abusers, assaulters, and murderers is a viable business model

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Steve B. @estevebolita.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 14:44 UTC

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Riggs @riggsxt.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 19:23 UTC

Like that will make women safer … Most cops are either abusive or alcoholic. Ask me how I know

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Mad Online @verymadonline.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:09 UTC

Have we reached the peak of bad startup ideas? Probably not even close, but it sure feels like it!

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Marxist Theories & Lore @marxistlore.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 02:49 UTC

Uhhh hiring human shaped beings previously involved in violent pedophile gangs is certainly an interesting move for your "security" fake taxi company

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New Leaf @newleaf.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:03 UTC

Heinlein wrote a lot about this future.

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New Leaf @newleaf.bsky.social [ View ] May 30, 2024 at 16:02 UTC

Ladies....would you rather be trapped in an Uber with a bear or -- wait! Where are you going?!

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