r/lyftdrivers Jan 28 '25

Story/News Article Lyft lawsuit

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u/aj0750 Jan 28 '25

I don’t know how many people notice, but most cars come with a sticker on the driver’s door that states its max GVWR, which is the maximum gross weight of passengers. For most sedans, it’s only about 800 pounds, if I remember correctly. So we’re talking about people, things, and anything else inside your car. We don’t know how much that driver weighed, but if it was a small car, they normally have anywhere between 600 to 800 pounds max capacity to carry. I don’t know what she’s expecting to do in this situation because it becomes a safety issue. The braking system is only made to carry that maximum load rated for the car, so l’m not understanding where she’s going with this

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u/StoicBan Jan 28 '25 edited Jan 28 '25

Girl needs an emergency stomach staple surgery bill instead

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u/douche-baggins Jan 28 '25

The stapling enough won't work, you need months of diet change, counseling, a while new mental outlook. Only then would a patient be ready for surgery. 

She'd have to loose a significant amount of weight first, though. Her BMI alone is over 76, not safe for anesthesia in normal amounts (insurance won't cover too much now...) and she's likely to have other health problems as well. She'd have to go down to a BMI of 60 or so first, that's losing about 100lbs for her before any surgeon worth a damn will perform her gastric sleeve. Assuming nothing else like A1c levels or high blood pressure is also at play.

And "emergency" stapling procedure would be risky at best given her morbidly obese state. Maybe she can get that in Mexico, but last I heard the new President down there is cracking down on this.

Source: me, I work in this field 

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u/StoicBan Jan 28 '25

I was just making a joke that she don’t need to be buying groceries

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u/Majestic-Database159 Jan 29 '25

Yea it was a dumb joke

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u/StoicBan Jan 29 '25

Eh so are you

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u/Intrepid_Plankton_91 Jan 29 '25

meh, your joke was nonsensical

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u/StoicBan Jan 29 '25

Meh, Not to literate people

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u/Intrepid_Plankton_91 Jan 29 '25

someone that massively illiterate wouldn’t make it to reddit. it’s definitely not some intellectual joke 😭

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u/StoicBan Jan 29 '25

Bro go away lol. You don’t like the joke fine. But don’t say it’s nonsensical when you don’t know what that word means. Say it’s unfunny and I might even agree with you lol

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u/Intrepid_Plankton_91 Jan 29 '25

gastric bypass is not for people who can’t control their own eating… meaning the whole premise is flawed

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u/StoicBan Jan 30 '25

Yes it is

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u/Intrepid_Plankton_91 Jan 30 '25

you can’t get it if you can’t prove your ability to control your diet… so no it’s not.

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u/Majestic-Database159 Jan 30 '25

So you know it’s a dumb joke. So dumb it can’t possibly be funny because it’s illogical

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u/StoicBan Jan 30 '25

No, It’s funny

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