Tesla’s biggest asset has, for a while, been hype. That’s why a single fatal accident is even mentioned in an article like this. How many fatal accidents did it take until people noticed Toyotas were accelerating uncontrollably? But since Tesla seemingly leads the industry in semi-autonomous driving and has an…

No. The man is a United States citizen and was accused by some people of being born in Africa.

What’s more embarrassing is that this gets the headlines. Not the federal debt increasing. Not the cut in programs. Not healthcare being in shambles. Nope, this. This is the ratings suits making decisions of what is news.

Fuck this constant anti-Uber rhetoric. Usually I don’t bother to comment but this is quite ridiculous. Yes, someone died. That is unfortunate, and steps should be taken to prevent that but this is progress in the real world. You make it seem like that never happens in other industries: aerospace, rail, construction...…

I don’t think anything you’ve said actually contradicts my point. Testing boundaries doesn’t have to happen at a slow pace, the point is just that you need to be checking in and paying attention to whether your partner likes what you’re doing. If you escalate quickly and the girl is grinning and saying yes -…

It sounds like, in your case, you could benefit from moving slightly faster. But that doesn’t mean skipping steps or ceasing to look at cues and responses. It’s also hard to give advice on something like that with so little to go on. You can also ask explicitly before making a move! I don’t know a lot of women who…

I don’t really get how that kind of scenario relates to the Aziz situation? I don’t think anyone is saying escalating physicality can’t be a little messy or that it doesn’t involve taking risks. Just pay a *little* attention to body language, actually back off for the night when she’s obviously not into something, and…

I’ve got plenty of stories like this, including a girl I was with for four freaking years at that point who was “testing” me to see how far I’d go “to get what I wanted”. I failed her “test” because I wasn’t aggressive enough because I read her body language as not in the mood.

I appreciate your response to his post. I appreciate that you made an effort to take his meaning and not trap him with his own words. I wanted to share some of my experience that contradicts some of the advice you gave.

Nothing has totally erased this. The issue is this encounter, where the woman willingly gave Aziz not one but two blowjobs, was a bad date, and now a fringe group wants to lump this in with the #metoo movement. When she finally verbalized to him she was uncomfortable, he immediately called her a cab.

This is what gets to me about this story. He apologized and left her alone. What else does she want out of this? If there are multiple stories that show a pattern from Aziz, then let’s hear that. I’m sorry she had to go through this on a date but I also don’t know what recourse she wants from him.

She also expressed her feelings to him the next day. He heard her out and apologized. I see no reason to doubt the sincerity of his apology. His statement on the matter affirms that he took her words to heart.

While I am careful about putting obligations on the part of a woman to not be assaulted, THIS needed to be said. Women are (WILD GENERALIZATION COMING) often eager to please and slow to disappoint. It did not appear that she could not have left, or that she would be facing some negative consequences of telling Ansari…

This was a bad date. She had a horrible date with a clueless guy who thought he was being sexy and hot. She was made to feel uncomfortable, and it wasn’t right.

That would result in a divide by zero error... 

Agreed, I use Uber a lot, each and every ride was fast, courteous and almost all were in decent cars. I don’t have to wait for a beat up, rickety old Cab and I can hail Uber anywhere.

It FAR outpaces the taxi industry’s business model.

I love Uber purely for the fact that it’s killing the taxi industry. I could write a 100 page book of all the shitty cab experiences I’ve had.

I get a good laugh whenever people claim that Uber is more dangerous than taxis. I’ve had experiences in cabs with drunk/sleepy drivers, coked out drivers, creepy old men, drivers who are smoking, etc. On more than one occasion I’ve had to ask a cab driver to pull over and let me out and then call another cab. And the…

And that you get an upfront price and you know you can pay with a credit card

So, this will probably go down to the lawyers.