Which description are you referring to? I don't think anyone described that bit as humor. In the show it was used to portray how vile commercial sabotage can be, even to the consumer. The grave realization is that while the chosen situation seems hyperbolistic, it isn'tβit's a real concrete possibility.
> In the show it was used to portray how vile commercial sabotage can be, even to the consumer.
Regardless about how you feel about Uber or its competitors, I do not believe they actually endorse rape or are capable of hatching a plot to plan a real life rape to occur as a publicity stunt. This is what was described in this thread. And I found it disgusting, even if it were satire.
But I guess some folks on HN don't really take this kind of thing seriously.
The part I quoted says exactly that. I think you're just not very used to finding overt references to sexual assault offensive, since this site is full of 22 year old kids etc. with very little life experience. I hope you have a daughter some day.
