You misunderstand my point.

I wonder what would happen if a taxi company pulled a stunt like surge pricing?

Not wrong. Those two grown men knew exactly what they were doing, and that poor dog was just along for their ill-fated ride. No one, human or otherwise, should have been on that fucking lake!

the guy is an idiot 100% I watched him on tv this morning, the only thing he said that caught me was he’s taken the same distance ride before at a multiplier rate that was 2x surge, and it worked out to $77 soooooooo 8.9x should be somewhere around $350 unless my math skills are non-existent

THANK YOU. I came here just to comment on that. It’s Uber’s fault when the guy was informed both via email AND the driver that there would be a NYE surge price?

Good report. If we can keep crap like this in the public eye, maybe Uber will have to drop “surge” pricing.

He wasn’t too drunk to MANUALLY ENTER THE MULTIPLIER in the app to confirm his ride. Fuck that guy. Uber is guilty of some horrible anti-labor shit but I have no sympathy for these idiots who can’t do math.

I had a friend whose boyfriend disappeared while kayaking on a cold mountain lake. It took several days to find him. It was pure anguish not knowing...I can see the thankfulness. Much longer and they’d have called off the search.

I never brought myself to hate him because I always just assumed he’d disappear eventually. But it’s NOT HAPPENING.

When people have funding accounts set up so quickly, it weirds me out. But given his job and age, I’m guessing there is not much money for all the expenses.

Yeah, from what I’ve read, they demonstrated really poor judgment and paid for it with their lives.

i always come back like 5-10lbs heavier, with a cold, vaguely hungover, and having forgot to do the dishes before i left so my apartment smells like a rat orgy.

While it’s terrible these two men died (and the dog, I think), WTF were they thinking going fucking duck hunting during that storm! I had to drive through the first part of the storm (before the freezing started) in OK and it was incredibly dangerous—torrential rain to the point of being able to see MAYBE 10 feet in…

I feel terrible for agreeing, but I do 100%. Right after he went missing, my sister sent me the wife’s Twitter feed and said “does this tone sound weird to you?” And it all did. But I’m hoping it’s simply because we all manage grief in weird ways and what a terrible, terrible Christmas/New Year they’ve all had.

I would also accept a picture of “me playing steel drums with the locals!”

omgggggg yesss

I usually just come back sunburned, hungover, and with badly applied henna in the shape of a palm tree on my foot.

When I was 7, my aspiration was to sleep up-top in a bunk bed, and have crimped hair. I got a crimper for Christmas, but like yours, my hair will only hold an ironed texture for a few minutes. I used to crimp other things instead; beads between wax paper, cheese sandwiches... don’t try to crimp feathers.

“Bible based rehab”...