In January 2025, Detroit rapper Dank Demoss (real name Dajua Blanding) hailed a Lyft. When the driver arrived, he locked the doors and told her she wouldn’t fit in his car, suggesting she order a larger vehicle instead. He also expressed concern that his tires couldn’t handle her weight. Feeling discriminated against, Dank Demoss filed a lawsuit against Lyft, alleging emotional distress and humiliation. Lyft responded by condemning all forms of discrimination and reaffirming their commitment to equality and mutual respect. Here’s the social media backlash via memes.
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They be hatin’.
I dunno how it stands in the US, but here in the UK any shop, pub, or uber can refuse to give service if they think it will be unsafe, or unprofitable. They can’t be forced to sell you anything or take you anywhere.
If you order a Lyft and tried to take a piano onboard, he’d be right to refuse – it wouldn’t fit safely in the vehicle, and it would endanger the car as well.
Since her size precludes the use of normal seatbelts, allowing her to use the car would put her at risk, and unsecured would put him at risk as well.
I support the driver, not the money hungry idiot …
She’s a celebrity that no one has heard of before. Except that the movie studios used the sound of her walking when they make a movie about a T-rex coming.
Trump executive order no. 212… Bring back fat shaming.
And I’m a effin leftie… and I’m fed up wit this PCness…
Wow… Obese people are still people. No need to dehumanize them, over a silly lawsuit. What if it were your grandmother?
….is a grandmother. And she would give that morbidly obese young lady a grandmotherly, serious, and very frank talk about why she has eaten herself into this deadly condition. There is nothing but pain, suffering, amputations, heart failure and an early death in her future.
There is a way out of it. Been there – done that. Lost 20% and she can do it, too.
For her it’s not really an insult, it’s an opportunity. How many people know her name now?
She should have ordered a larger vehicle, something she knew she’d fit in.
But, wow. People are really mean.
…but this is clearly fishing for popularity only. Who tf knows that woman? She has low 4-digit clicks on Spotify (ok, now a few more, I was curious, clickbait worked) and makes not even acceptable music 😝
Fatshaming. Low and cheap.
I am obese. I know I am obese. I fight my obesity every day. Not through injections or affirmations or blind ignorance. I fight it through education and the awareness that decades of stupidity and overindulgence got me to this point. I hit a critical decision gate a few years ago where my blood sugar was at the borderline for diabetes. My options were to either WAKE UP and treat my obesity like a functional adult, or continue on, go on injectables and ignore what I was doing to my body. I chose to wake up. It has been a year since I decided to change; lost about 30 pounds and two pants sizes. Nothing radical. No injections. No dance numbers. Nothing to preach about, just… education and awareness.
That’ an achievement. But many obese people also suffer from health issues that are the cause of their obesity. That’s why fatshaming is wrong in general.
Fat should be shamed whenever possible 👍
Wait till you get fat when you are older.
That’s not fat. That’s a neutron star with legs.
All I know is she should drop the lawsuit , did anyone pay attention to the noise that was coming from his car ? He never said she was too big for his car but he did say his car was too small for her & yes he should be concerned about his car shocks/struts , springs & most of all who is to say she can fit the seatbelts ? Safety 1st , If you ever watched 600lbs life there have been emergency situations where people her size got stuck as a middle passenger in a mini van and had to be rescued and it was hard for the responders to get them out the vehicle , there also been episodes of them getting stuck in cab due to the size of their limbs such as legs & stomach . The Doctor on the show 600lbs Life Dr. Nowsarden said it was unsafe for people that size to travel in their conditions especially in vehicles not big enough or equipped to cater to their size, in some cases he hired medical transportation to transport them . I stand with the driver because if she hurt herself in his vehicle she would be suing him , all it takes is him to slide on some black ice or hit one of those speed bumps in Detroit in the middle of the winter or worst get in a car accident and the passenger can sue both parties , he did the right thing !
Instead of Lyft they should of get her fat a55 a forklift