Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 1:52pm
Sliding-scale, safe space for gender and sexual outlaws (and women and people of color), Homobiles is the alternative lift service in a city that used to be filled with alternatives.
Owner: “I used to think straight white dudes were the problem. My heart has swelled from the size of a chia seed to an organic frozen pea. Some of my riders are the raddest straight guys. It’s not just LGBTIQQLMNOP riders.”
Like The Gnome Mobile but queerer
finebydesign
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/17/07
#2Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 1:54pmIt took me a while to understand those words but ok.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#2Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 2:09pmSounds like something worth clutching our pearls over.
#3Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 2:33pmNamo, did you not get this thread approved before posting?
#4Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 2:45pmSeriously, what a great thing this is. And I love the slogan.
#5Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 3:33pmIs it pronounced ho-mobiles, or homo-biles?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#6Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 5:38pm
I bet you're allowed to pronounce it anyway you want. Like a sliding pronunciation scale.
I think it's an interesting story and I'm glad others enjoyed reading it.
Reg, I remember the good old days when trolls auditioning for the role of arch-nemesis poked in a way that made contextual sense in the thread. I mean, "pearl clutching"?
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#8Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 6:46pm
Homobiles sounds fantastic and inspiring.
Can anybody here (JungleRed--are you there?) give us some first-hand perspective on these folks?
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#9Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 6:56pmIt seems like it's the Craigslist of getting around.
#10Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 7:41pm
"It seems like it's the Craigslist of getting around."
I guess that depends upon your experience/understanding/perception of Craigslist.
Craigslist--in my world-view--is grifters, con artists and scammers, low-rent hookers, and pedophiles trolling for prey.
Homobile, by contrast, strikes me as a noble, civic-minded and inspiring attempt to solve a problem through community action.
Beyond the fact that both depend upon the participation of carbon-based forms of life, I see little similarity.
#11Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 7:49pm
"Craigslist--in my world-view--is grifters, con artists and scammers, low-rent hookers, and pedophiles trolling for prey."
Oh, Nicky, I love you because you know such lovely people!
#12Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 8:02pm
I love you, Reg!
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#13Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 8:13pmHa! I just meant the business model. They were offered so much money to sell CL but they turned it down, preferring to make just enough to live on.
#14Homobiles is SF's anti-Uber
Posted: 2/22/14 at 8:44pm
Back atcha, Addison.
Namo, it's really a wonderful thing. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. One more thing to love about San Francisco.
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