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More about Gianmarco:
Gianmarco Soresi is a stand-up comedian, actor, and a little too much for some people. He’s told jokes on The Late Late Show with James Corden, Comedy Central, Netflix’s Bonding, Don’t Tell, The Real Housewives of New York for some reason, and he was a JFL New Face in 2022. He’s acted in Billy Crystal’s Here Today, Hustlers, The Last OG, and in his theater days shared the stage with some people who’ve gone on to become huge real estate agents. You can see him post the kind of crowdwork clips that are arguably destroying the artform of stand-up comedy everywhere @gianmarcosoresi and he obviously has a podcast called The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi.🎤
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[@pirlie]

The problem with opinions by taxi drivers is, often you are not in a good position to disagree with them, since you need them to drive you somewhere without jeopardizing your safety or money. That might be the reason why a lot of people just listen and dont talk back, and in turn the taxi drivers think their opinions and theories are valid and are not ashamed to spread them more. It is a vicious cycle!

[@TheYakusoku]

I had a similar issue with a former barber. I'm not really in a position to argue with him and say he's wrong about the president hiking up gas prices. I could end up with a bad haircut.

[@aleks-33]

​@@TheYakusoku Def don't argue with the guy with a razor 😂 maybe only after u find a new barber.

[@pirlie]

@@Whocareslol420 Then you are either mindless or privileged 🤷‍♀

[@taxidancing87]

@@aleks-33 Sweeney Todd situation 😂

[@aleks-33]

@@taxidancing87 exactly 🤫🤭

[@vespertinecat]

Oh man. I guess I've just been really lucky with Lyft drivers. Heck, one time a guy picked me up from the dentist so he told me about his dad who became a dentist and wanted him to become one but he was like... that's not for me. Apparently his dad literally used his skills in dentistry to move his family from Peru to the US. Dude just knew all this stuff about Peru, so we had a rad conversation about history, culture, and potatoes. Potatoes were a big deal, apparently. I freaking adored this dude. I wish I could've kept talking to him. Is it weird to want to give your Lyft driver your number or Discord tag? ...yeah. Probably. Peruvian Potato Lyft Guy, I still think about you! You're rad as heck.

[@resiseven7407]

awwh this is so sweet i hope you find him and discuss peruvian potatoes forevermore

[@zerapio]

​@@resiseven7407 My thoughts exactly. Upvotes for all 😂

[@deputybirb]

Idk, people working service jobs are still people. Especially if you actually got along.

[@thl205]

Getting a tip out of some passengers is like pulling teeth, so it’s not too far off

[@vespertinecat]

@@resiseven7407 Well, it's been almost two years now, so I'm not sure he'd even remember me, haha. I rarely get Lyfts, whereas I'm sure he probably gets plenty of passengers. My app does list his first name, but it's not super useful for finding someone. Plus I don't get out much... but I do hope life is treating him well wherever he is. =)

[@RGplays_Official]

I was in an Uber once to the airport, and the driver did not believe in climate change and it was the aliens controlling weather. I was trying to go with the flow. This was in Utah 😂

[@melaninmonroe007]

Wait! I had a similar experience. He was telling me about the aliens that were recently discovered, how it’s affecting the weather, and how the government was hiding it. He even showed me a link when we parked. Didn’t want to argue-just wanted to get to my destination

[@MinnesotaMan30]

The fact that Utah has a lot of Mormons and some of the STRICTEST anti-alcohol laws makes sense. Not that many smart people in that state.

[@dumbasswithinternetconnect1611]

People believe crazy things in utah

[@karanaferreira]

I expect nowhere else but Utah

[@makslargu5799]

@@karanaferreiraright? You go for the lake with toxic dust and you stay for the aliens controlling the weather.

[@kd8663]

I had a hairdresser casually start telling me what a nice ‘white’ town we were in, like she was fishing to open a racist conversation with me. I just said ‘what does that mean?’ After she fumbled an answer the rest of my haircut passed in silence.

[@DaltonHBrown]

I full-on snort laughed. That was a great punchline. 😂🤣💀

[@sourwitch2340]

And the way the other two were going along with it, fully understanding and being like "yeah, fully feel that, always sucks when that happens", and then their jaws drop! And it sounded exactly like the kinda twist Gianmarco would pull, so that none of them clocked it was set up? bravo. they seemed to think he was just earnestly complaining (and tbf he would be right to)

[@TheLaLiE123]

I have a driver I routinely seem to get linked to when my day is going in a spiral. The mutual look of excitement when we see each other can turn my day right around. Always a pleasant catch up and happy couple of minutes chatting away about our lives. Danny you rock!

[@marianlolaa]

I had a driver who told me how good the Taliban was for his country and he thought I'd agree since I'm muslim, but when i realised he was getting upset that I tried to tell him some of my disagreements, i just went mute. I was scared for my life honestly 😅

[@AoAnli]

I'm trans. I took a taxi once and the driver went on a completely random rant about trans people being abnormal and delusional. He also said he could always tell. Spoiler alert : he couldn't. This is the only time I didn't give a driver a tip. I left by saying I was trans and clearly he couldn't tell. I wish I could've come up with a more clever clap back lol but I'm glad I at least had the courage to tell him off lmao

[@janedoee4830]

The mic drop you left is iconic

[@gauzeeeee]

ur so cool lmfaoooo

[@kavya914]

Ahhhhhh😂

[@melaninmonroe007]

Nah, that’s iconic. He was probably gobsmacked

[@garretfeile5235]

Idk what could have been better than the basic truth. Good for you.

[@taxidancing87]

Weirdest thing that happened to me in a taxi was the driver telling me he thought I was a ghost, because my phone gave a 'this number doesn't exist' message when he tried to call me (truth is, I got all calls blocked by default except for my saved contacts). Then during the ride he proceeds to tell me about how he used to be a truck driver and saw spirits on the road all the time. "I honestly thought you were a ghost, lady! 😮", he said, all spooked 😂

[@nemomagnum]

How do you block all calls by default?

[@taxidancing87]

@@nemomagnum In my case, I use an Antivirus. But there's specific apps for call blocking.

[@nemomagnum]

@@taxidancing87 thanks

[@ameliasolis3981]

A soft "oh, I don't know about that," usually shuts them up. It's not a direct rebuttal so they don't get so angry but it's enough to let them know we aren't talking about that.

[@noahdienel2598]

Or they take that as an invitation to 'inform' you about their beliefs

[@ngotemna8875]

​@@noahdienel2598 Literally the only reaction i get to this response lmao Though oftentimes i also can't just let "Maybe we should gun people down at the border" slide and actively engage, you know?

[@aeron6199]

One taxi driver quized me on the digits of pi! He was picking me up from school where I watched a play so he asked me how school was going, when I'm graduating and what my main subjects were. One of my main subjects is maths so he quized me.

[@taxidancing87]

That's just so bizarre lol

[@wafu6058]

Sometimes you have conversations with drivers that just stick though. I remember this one guy gave me life advice at a time when I was really down, I wished so much by the end of it that we could be friends or exchange numbers but I didn't have the heart or balls to, and I think back on the conversation we had fondly. I hope the dudes doing well, he will never know the impact he had but to me that simple conversation changed the trajectory of my life.

[@EE-sw3uh]

“Slavic people were the original slaves” Okay man I just want to go home

[@thepanelchannel8879]

It's true but I don't care.

[@umbellicalchick5635]

Few years ago my Uber driver dropped me off at my therapy appointment. An hour later I step outside of the building to wait for my new Uber and i hear my name being called. It's the driver who initially dropped me off. His dentist's office was in the same building so he decided to come up and pay his dentist's office a visit while i was in my appointment? Then he waited around? I was like... This is maybe dangerous. But I still got in the car. Which btw locked from the outside so he had to open it for me to get in and out. He said it used to be a cop car. Anyways. In the end I got home okay.

[@CattyAttie]

Ugh the struggles of not turning down someone for fear of making them feel unhappy or awkward despite the yellow or red alerts blaring danger warnings in your mind. Definitely entered a car despite my best efforts to warn myself how bad of an idea it was 😓 Glad you made it back safely! Honestly, I wish people who want to do nice things out of their way for strangers would read the situation better (from the perspective of their the recipient) and how sometimes it's just a scary experience even if they mean well 😖 Not saying strangers shouldn't go out of their way to be nice, obvs, but seems like it's typically men, especially white cishet men, who have a hard time recognizing what situations are red flags and generally unsafe stranger scenarios for folks who don't unmistakably share their demographic and how it might make others feel uncomfortable and anxious 😩

[@BaltoSojnekah]

Had a lyft back from the airport once, from a hispanic retired corrections officer. Went on and on how we are doing things right, unlilke all the poc he knew... 😬

[@veryaquaticpotatoe]

I had an uber driver describe a house that burned down near mainstreet as having been struck by "Jewish lightning". So I got to ask, space lasers, lightning, is there a Jewish Kamehameha too?

[@robbieboydudeguy]

It’s an old world (read: bigoted) term for someone using insurance fraud to get money. It’s also called Irish lightning and Italian lightning sometimes I think? Ps: I had a racist uncle that was good for one thing and that was using terms that I otherwise would’ve never heard and should never hear again 💀

[@mattuwu9978]

I’m pretty certain that Hawaiian king Kamehameha was not Jewish. Don’t quote me on it tho.

[@musically_insane]

@@robbieboydudeguyi was watching this show called The Bear and they kept using that term in one episode and I was so confused about what it meant. I could deduce it was something problematic by how the people around react to hearing it. But omg, thanks for explaining it all finally makes sense!! Didn’t think a random KZbin comment on a very unrelated video would help me solve that mystery!!

[@robbieboydudeguy]

@@musically_insane No problem, I watched the bear and heard it too and that’s what made me finally ask my mom wtf it meant 😭 I’m from Chicago and it’s unfortunately really common for guys like Richie to say that shit irl

[@Danka42]

Well, I did get a lecture about microchipped lizard people the last time (yes, they are also jewish)

[@AnarexicSumo]

Fun fact -- the lizard people conspiracies started as a dog whistle for Jewish conspiracies until people started to believe them in earnest

[@andiward7068]

I have so many questions. Are the lizard people native to Earth? If not, did they bring God/Judaism with or find it here? How do lizard people get proper nutrition while keeping kosher? Who put it in the microchips; themselves, governments / wealthy cabal, civilian scientists? What functionality do the chips provide?

[@Danka42]

@@andiward7068 they're from space, but I got no more of the lore; just a looong list of people with power who are actually lizards and how some pictures prove it (they have yellow eyes, but only when no one's looking) and how they want to exterminate us and take Earth for themselves. Gotta say, I am surprised the man knew how to drive.

[@Danka42]

@@AnarexicSumo huh, I never thought of it that way. I thought it started as a satire (like Pastafarians), but your explanation makes a ton of sense.

[@sistersamich2075]

I was once in a rite aid in the Midwest getting a covid test (it ended up positive) and after I got my positive result the doctor was telling me about how “oh this isn’t real it’s so overblown don’t worry lol” My mother was HORRIFIED lol

[@owenjroberts]

I had a taxi driver claim that 15 minute cities meant you would only be allowed out of their sectioned area a certain number of times in a year. Somehow he didnt like it when ai pointed out how rediculous that was.

[@MekareP]

This is just living in the midwest lol.

[@joshdavis3743]

Most people in the Midwest are pretty polite.

[@lexdiluca1221]

The setup was flawless 💯

[@bugglemagnum6213]

this guy murdered both of them with laughter so many times

[@sssdddkkksss]

Literally in a sauna the other day and got into a conversation with a Canadian guy about the British Press; "Is that one the Jews?" he repeatedly asked when discussing various outlets. I had no strength that day to push back, so all I kept answering was, "No that's the Australian again"

[@nemomagnum]

Not a taxi/uber/lyft driver but this dude was giving my friend a ride and started throwing out n@zi dog whistles and racist comments expecting agreement and my friend was like "... I'm african". This guy then had the audacity to try to defend himself by saying that my friend didn't look african 🤡

[@LadyxBleu]

I'm Mexican and I had a Lyft driver who went on a racist tirade about how all these "immigrants" in our city are ruining it just like how "the Muslims are ruining Paris" and I had to sit there awkwardly and be like, "I don't know, man, I think diversity is a good thing." It's pretty nerve-wracking as a woman to be trapped in a car with a man who might get violent with you if you say the wrong thing.

[@32parchy]

They are. They commit crimes at a higher rate than White people. Diversity destroys White nations. Let me posit this question. If diversity is a good thing, what was the issue with Europeans coming to America 400 years ago? They were just diversifying the Natives homogenous culture, that's all

[@LexiHearts3]

This happens so much more when youre a man. Terrible men just assume every other man thinks the same way as them. Since i came out as trans, uber drivers are way less willing yo engage in conversation beyond small talk with me lol. Never any more controversial topics

[@fletcherenfield9474]

It isn't even limited to Uber drivers. If you work in the trades you'll hear some *wack* views.

[@colinnixon7739]

​@@fletcherenfield9474coworkers with awful views..ugh.

[@ronmastrio2798]

@@fletcherenfield9474 Yeah normal working class people tend to have normal views.

[@fletcherenfield9474]

@@ronmastrio2798 oh please elaborate on what you think are "normal views"

[@jonshields5649]

Im black and gay and I live in Louisiana, they always assume I have a girlfriend and if the radio station or podcasts they listen to are mostly pro Trump or they try to engage and say I can't for him to be reelected

[@jamesnelson6656]

One time when we got back from a 3 hour flight home, our Uber driver went on a rant about secret government aliens off the coast in Florida heating the ocean and the earth being flat. He even debated my grandmother about how hot air balloons are just flat out lies. She’s been on them 3 times in her life

[@seosamh.forbes]

I'll just let folks talk and talk and talk, cause I am a free speech kinda guy and listening going "yep... yep..." Is much easier than a confrontation, but when they ask for my input or implicating that my thoughts are theirs, that's when they have now involved me, and I go "Actually you're a moron, here's why."

[@colinnixon7739]

Brave. Horrible advice tho

[@seosamh.forbes]

@@colinnixon7739 nah not really because let people have their own lane but if you involve me in on it, I'm going to stand on principle. Also if someone were to get violent just because I disagree with them, it'll end badly for them regardless of which one of us lands in the hospital, cause I can scrap, stay strapped, and have good lawyers.

[@jennayoung99]

Yep. It happens so much.

[@JJ-fr2ki]

I had a calm argument with an antisemitic Lyft driver. My name gives away I’m a Jew, so I think most drivers cautioned.

[@margauxf4321]

I hate that my "assault pack" from the army is so damn convenient for traveling (ergonomic, doesn't hurt my shoulders, and I can pack 2 weeks worth of clothes, laptop, snacks, hygiene products, pillow, blanket, towel, chargers, extra shoes, etc.) because the driver immediately assumes military=conservative WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE. Don't come at me with your conservative rhetoric when the reason millenials had to join was because the ability to afford school, housing, and healthcare was taken unless we play the Oil Hunger Games on behalf of district U.S.A. "The poor man fights the rich man's war". Ok I'm done screaming in the wind for today 🙃

[@lort8334]

Medical transport guy I sometimes got for rides to appointments was… the kinda dude who would not stop talking for a second even though I was visibly and obviously not comfortable. He would just talk about how much he hates Portland cuz it’s full of liberals and how he likes talking to Taiwanese women on Christian dating sites, and telling me WAY too much about his divorce even though all I’d say is “mm.. okay. Yeah. Uh-huh. Wow.” This was during the pandemic and one day he was like “don’t worry you don’t gotta wear that shit around me I just do it cuz I’d get fired” in reference to my mask, and I told him “no actually I like wearing it, feels more comfortable.” And he just went “oh” and was silent for the rest of the ride.

[@lilyawoodburn]

I still remember the D.C. Uber driver I had who was an immigrant from Ghana and he LOVED Trump, had no idea what to make of him

[@colinnixon7739]

Foreigners come from conservative countries. Not shocking lol

[@ronmastrio2798]

Some immigrants know that taking in the entire population of the world is unsustainable.

[@TheFullmetal88m]

You got me. 😂

[@HourofDevour]

he really took me out at the less second

[@Fen_Fox]

dang, my most controversial thing I've ever had during an Uber is when I argued with the driver that Central Jersey existed. He was from North Jersey and vehemently disagreed with me, but we eventually agreed to disagree. Funny thing was that this was in Texas and I was on my way to the airport back to New Jersey.

[@t.l.]

Some people just have a face that makes others believe you can say anything to them. He has one of those faces.

[@wvp07]

I barely wanna know my driver’s name, let alone their personal thoughts.

[@Nani-qg9vc]

I’ve accidentally indoctrinated Uber drivers before. They heard I was a political science major and wanted my take but didn’t expect that I’d start ranting about property tax distribution and the two-party system effectively dismantling free choice. Still have a 5 star rating though so I guess it worked?

[@FuzzyBSMcgee]

I was in an uber with a few white girls who are friends of mine. I’m a black, gay man and I sat behind the driver. As we’re nearing the clubs he tells the girls to be careful because “it gets dark at night around these parts, if you know what I mean”. I knew what he meant but they didn’t lmao of course When we got out, I leaned into his window and said thanks for the tip. He look mortified. Then I had to explain to them what he meant to which all my girlies looked mortified lolol Ubers/Lyfts can be hella weird

[@Rocioslane]

I’ve definitely had an Uber driver or two try and talk to me about conservative nonsense and it’s always so uncomfortable 😒

[@joshdavis3743]

You'd be surprised how many times it is the opposite, and we don't want to get falsely reported so we just sit there in silence. 14.5k+ Uber and Lyft rides given. Mostly late night.

[@Coffeeandanxietybabey]

I had a guy do this at a gathering one time and then when he did not get the reaction he wanted he went away. He came back, interrupted a personal conversation and followed it up with a trauma dump about how he received forced enemas growing up and we were all genuinely concerned and he like got mad that we were all like holy fuck are you ok

[@88bobcat]

Omg being trapped in a situation when someone is telling you their political beliefs is wild - I got my eyebrows done by a 20 year old and she was telling me how 9/11 was an inside job. Like babe you weren’t even alive 😂

[@X3nophiliac]

i had an opposite experience of a guy assuming that bc i was a woman i liked Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren for the 2020 election. at the time i was a Tulsi/Bernie supporter lol

[@colinnixon7739]

That's not opposite. 😂

[@vi.vi.vi.vi.vi.d]

I guess one of the good things about being a person with brightly dyed hair is that no one ever assumes wrong lol. In 2016 boys in high school would call me an “SJW” and a “tumblr feminist”. One time they yelled it across the gym at me after a assembly like the were cat calling me

[@ronmastrio2798]

So prejudice does work then

[@dash-x]

I have a couple times when I was younger. I even got a weird thing in HS with my girlfriends. They didn’t realize I was Jewish when I told them and they said I couldn’t be Jewish because I have a small nose. 🤯 I am an unassuming redhead I guess, but we come in all walks of life lol. I then had to explain to them that their savior was also Jewish and how we do have the Old Testament etc… I still don’t know what they thought we believed, but one had to call their mom to confirm that Jesus was in fact Jewish. Lol

[@joshgibson3248]

I typically engage. It's informative to encourage the conversation when people with whom I have deep policy differences with are talkative and comfortable. Once the tribalism is gone things get way less angry.

[@Nefferduat]

I cannot tell you the number of weird religious/philosophical discussion i have gotten into with lyft drivers. Not arguments, not even really debates, but deep ass converstations about the nature of the divine. Genuinly very weird, but i only ever lyfted after closing when i worked at starbucks so maybe it was just the time of night.

[@blahblah2436]

I had the, "the Jews do this" one happen to me. I was terrified the whole time because I was just hoping there was no way he would be able to tell I was Jewish too.

[@32parchy]

I mean, are they saying that jews are disproportionately represented in positions of power? Or that jews push agendas (mass immigration, miscegination, homosexuality,etc) that lead to the rapid decline of western countries? Well then your uber driver might be onto something.

[@Yakutie]

I take Ubers all the time cuz I’m a loser who can’t drive, but I’ve have three separate Uber drivers talk to me about God and invited me to their church. They were all very nice people and one even gave me his card, but I am just so not interested like at all. I don’t even live in a really religious area but there’s something about me I guess that makes people want to invite me to church. I’ve had this happen at work and at my school as well.

[@Cashhhhew]

Why does this happen so often? 😂

[@Ravawashere]

It’s a truly painful experience

[@MiloMurphysLaw]

“I would be shocked” Really??

[@greensteve9307]

Was in an Uber driver with an anti-vaxxer

[@Keaixiaoen0919]

I just get foreigners who don't speak English. Sadly never for any of the languages I'm learning

[@CheekieCharlie]

My dad bitches about theythems and I'm like "im not genderdluid why would you-"

[@AFoxInFlames]

I've never taken an Uber. I'm 35, never taken an Uber or Lyft and have rarely ever used taxis, idk, I'd rather walk or take public transit. I'm fucking old.😂

[@Fen_Fox]

well it's good you live in an area with decent public transit/places within walking distance. I had to live in Texas for a bit and oh my god where I was living, you could not go anywhere without a car and the public transportation was pretty nonexistent. One of the reasons I'd never want to live in Texas permanently that's for sure.

[@ms2bloved126]

😂

[@flaminggorilla909]

Well this has never haopened to me .....but you can p much look at my face and know my politics so......

[@raspberryjam]

Menace

[@senoreunicornio3227]

Thats just a normal talk with My uncle

[@colinnixon7739]

You can get up and leave tho 😂

[@Levacque]

Why don't you just say you aren't interested in a political conversation, and if they keep pushing, give them a shit rating. The whole terrible app-based service has already given you a tool to deal with this, so just grow a backbone and tell a person you aren't interested.

[@louvivian520]

So like... he just doesn't say anything or...??? Legit this is how -isms and -phobias thrive.

[@lj-iv5rx]

I get where you’re coming from, but at least for me as a woman if a strange guy whose car I’m in starts angrily spouting MAGA bullshit I’m not pushing it; who knows what the guy could do. I don’t think you’re changing his mind in a five min car ride anyway

[@colinnixon7739]

I just smirk and say that's crazy

[@ronmastrio2798]

​@@lj-iv5rx The only people angrily spouting bullshit are the blueanon Kieth Olbeman types.

[@mikerodstrom]

Just directly disagree and argue with them I doubt they'll expect it

[@colinnixon7739]

Sounds unpleasant. No thanks

[@TonyTylerDraws]

Y’all talk to your Uber drivers? Or other passengers? Like they’re people??

[@JackBlackNinja]

Eh it should be normal to engage in civil argument or at least challenging engagement. Truly one of best things for humans on either side of an issue, so long as it remains civil. A taxi ride is one of the better places for it to happen to be real, given the factors at play in that interaction. Of course you’d have to be good at controlling your rhetoric, but that’s true if damn near any conversation, especially those in taxis

[@edithputhy4948]

wtf is civil about hateful tirades attacking minorities 💀

[@JackBlackNinja]

@@edithputhy4948 best way to get to them is through shrude argument, especially tactfully enough that you literally understand theirs such that you can do the best job at getting through to them. Otherwise you escalate in a way that probably feeds the discord. Which is exactly what you don’t want, as natural and human as it might be.

[@colinnixon7739]

You not changing anybody mind in 15 minutes car ride bro. It's pointless.

[@JackBlackNinja]

@@colinnixon7739 as much as I love to talk and argue for way longer than 15 mins, you’ll notice so many people start tapping out maybe even before 15 mins. It blows. And especially if you keep things normal and civil, you can get in and out quicker easier. Yeah if you ever manage to change someone’s mind it’s probably a ton of different types of interactions less than 15 mins each that chip away over time

[@Bingbongboi365]

He’s lying

[@colinnixon7739]

Go outside today bro it's been days

[@metwix]

Boo bad joke

[@Tummyachesurvior]

lol I’ve had many a conservative in my car when I was an Uber driver and they never had a clue I’m a leftist, queer, autistic woman who occasionally performs witchcraft 😂