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uber-goober: a person that always chooses a ride-hailing app over public transportation

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5 replies

Duncan McAlester Bluesky 17 min later

Is there an inverse? For a while I insisted on using public transport for a once a month trip. It took me 3 hours vs the 50-90 minutes (traffic dependent). I eventually conceded defeat and rent a car now.
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 42 min later
  
  enterprize rental czar
Zach Leatherman Mastodon 40 min later

(co-writing credit to my daughter)
Private reply Bluesky 2 hr later
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 22 hr later
  
  it took me a long time to understand this because I have not internalized peanuts as goobers due to my birth geography