Jimmy Kimmel invents the perfect, creepy complement to Tinder: UberEx

Jimmy Kimmel invents UberEx — (Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live)

The app Tinder was developed to help relationships get started, and there's a real new service called "The Breakup Shop" that will, for a fee, end them for you, Jimmy Kimmel noted in wonder on Monday's Kimmel Live. "Why you wouldn't just do this yourself, I have no idea," he said. But he answered that quandary with the newer service his team dreamt up: UberEx. It's what it sounds like, with a driver breaking up with your significant other for you, trapped in a car. If that sounds as creepy as it is funny, you're not wrong, but don't worry, the commercial's narrator explained: "All UberEx drivers have completed a three-hour Uberversity course in compassionate caregiving." How does that answer Kimmel's question? The tagline of UberEx is "because people are monsters." Please, tech world, don't make this a thing. But do watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.