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Finally, a coach is no one.

Sure a boat’s a boat, but the mystery box could be anything — it could even be a boat! And you know how much I’ve wanted a boat!

It also implies that Trump had hired awful lawyers throughout his life.

Trolligarchy?

I am SO GODDAMN OUTRAGED that I basically agree with most of this and don’t have a chance to write a sarcastic spittle-flecked list of all my problems with it.

if you have to completely change something to make it offensive, was it all that offensive to begin with?

Wonder if the press will hold her feet to the fire on this? Probably not. Hell, there likely won’t ever be another press briefing.

Apparently, there are kits on eBay that will allow you to jailbreak the scooters so you can ride them yourself free of charge.

You mean “collecting litter that a company has encouraged people to leave on public property” I think

Since this is the internet I am going to say the answer is “no” to all questions and then fight you about it for the next several days until one of us calls the other a Nazi

Well Uber/Lyft have people agree to the property use (their own cars). These scooter companies literally litter the the streets with their product. I would say its abandoned property and available for pickup just like any other junk left on the curb.

Lime has just arrived with dockless e-bikes in the UK and the problems have crossed the pond. Their users are dumping them all over our city - blocking paths, leaving them in parking spaces, abandoning them in gardens - you name it. Between them and the little Starship delivery robots scuttling around the place,…

Most theories aren’t a bad idea in theory...the problem comes when someone implements one of those theories.

All these companies, Bird, Uber, Lyft have the same business model:

Are they everywhere? Yes, but who cares? There are fire hydrants everywhere. Cafe tables. Cigarette butts.

so why should i bother charring my cucumbers?

Sounds like Bird and Lime don’t like having their business model disrupted.

I was in San Diego last week. The waterfront area looked terrible with the littered electric scooter. Not saying the 3rd party was in the right. The electric scooter craze needs to end.

I love a story where there’s nobody to root for.