I knew a Gilgamesh! Went by Gil.

We going to Medieval Times!

When billionaires say they want to get rid of the head of the FTC, you know that’s someone doing their damn job.

I didn’t say it was kind. I said it was engaging. But calling someone a disappointment is alot kinder than implying they’re a racist who might assault someone, but I’m living in reality and not just the Lemmy dreamsphere.

What did I say? I mean I’ve been having lots of engagement with people today. Mostly people pretending I have something against Muslims and then telling me what else I must think based on their imaginary impression of me.

Because i don’t have a problem with Muslims?

Some of us actually engage with each other rather frequently because of how small the active user base really is.

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Nope didn’t argue either of those things. You’ve just made that up.

Didn’t express a muslim prayer in my response. Actually referenced common Christian phrases. The xenophobia is all in your mind.

Ain’t got a problem with Muslims. Got a problem with audibly praying while you’re driving me. Just like I’d have a problem with you having an intimate personal phone call with me in the car.

I just think it’s a dick move, and as already stated explicitly by me, they should not be pepper sprayed or attacked in any way. This is a “playing music out loud on a bus” level of annoyance.

I don’t have to decide what is normal. I can experience what is normal. I don’t get mad when people pray, I just don’t like it done in front of me while I am trapped in a small space with them.

I think you are probably right but I always imagine it like wind in a sail. It’s strong enough to push a ship but not rip the sail due to surface area. I can at least pretend that’s the case. 😆

Explain. There is no xenophobia in my comment. Which “other” am I referring to? Lemmy trolls pearl clutching again. Get real.

Read my responses for the answer, pedant.

There is something abnormal about praying in a workplace. They shouldn’t be attacked, but it’s also not normal. I don’t care what religion they’re a part of, it would be strange regardless.

If that’s their compulsion they can do it while not actively working. In between pickups etc. I personally find it obnoxiously pious to make others unwilling participants in your praying. A person’s driver is in too intimate a setting to be doing stuff like that.

I wouldn’t give a shit if they were a bus driver though because that’s already a more public environment where I’m not expecting the driver to be talking to me if they are talking. (I also find it annoying when the driver is on the phone in an Uber for similar reasons). If they were being annoying I have the ability to move myself a little further out of earshot. In a private car, the only way to avoid it is to end the ride and find a new one, which would be incredibly inconvenient.

Making shit up online is fun. Strawman arguments don’t convince anyone of anything though just makes you look like a tool.

Islam is the 2nd largest religion on Earth. It’s not some piddly minority. When people are being weird Muslims it’s okay to call them out the same way there are hella weird Christians and Jews. I would say NOT doing so and handling a particular groups weirdos with kids gloves is just as xenophobic (but obviously not as harmful) as attacking someone for being different.

You’re basically saying they are less human than you and therefor should be excused from behaving normally in the society they are a part of, like they were a small child.

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If it were silent prayer they wouldn’t have known he was doing it unless his hands were off the wheel while driving, which would be concerning in its own right.

Randomly praying in private is fine. Praying on the job in the middle of the task you are paid for is fucking weird and bad. It’s an Uber driver. Fares are very rarely over 30 minutes and probably more commonly less. Pray in between. There is no doctrine mandating it at such an interval that it would interfere with this work in a way that would require special allowances. IN FACT, there are special allowances within the religion that permit not adhering to the 5 prayer routine during acts of travel or when it could be deemed unsafe, all of which would apply to the act of driving.