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I would hope Capitol buildings had better security so that Putin cant randomly put in an arcade claw game with microphones and radar. (Cue SNL's Elf and Shelf.)
You must not have read the article, it is on Capitol Hill in Seattle, which is in the state of Washington, not Washington D.C.
I feel like we live in a world where it is becoming increasingly impossible for things like this to exist. I don’t have much commentary on the matter other than to say it makes me sad.
http://phillynews.fyi/22327/shrek-box-appears-in-south-phila...
Spoiler alert: it was the locksmith in front of whose shop the machine was allowed to exist (rent free)
https://twitter.com/saeofdoom/status/460157462197198849?s=20
Background: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/capitol-hills-magi... Restocking: https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2014/05/spoiler-alert-mys... Disappearance: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seattle-mystery-soda-m...
2nd link for Europeans: http://archive.is/2017.08.07-014013/http://www.capitolhillse...
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I think that this has lead to the popularity of ARG/Analog Horror/SCP/etc. The Unknown is shrinking, so we need to create the Unknowable.
Oddly, true Alternate Reality Games [0] peaked in the mid-to-late 2000s, even as the world has shrunk by orders of magnitude since. Perhaps that's the period when the internet itself was at its most Unknown, before the great silofication of everything. [0] ...as opposed to, say, ads with base64 "puzzles" tacked on or narrative-less viral videos with arbitrary distortion.
I agree. Early 2000's were the glory years of the internet. The internet was powerful enough to be bringing people together that could have never communicated or met before. It allowed niche interest groups to connect so that these types of stories and mysteries could proliferate and spread, but it was not so widespread and attention-focused that the mysteries dissolved.
I'm actually surprised that this mystery survived into 2018. I would have expected some Tik Tok/Instagram/YouTube/Facebook influencer to camp out all week with a camera to find the mystery re-stocker like they were hunting santa clause. The video would go viral for 8 hours, the influencer would get their 15 mins of fame, then the mystery would be forever ruined. The internet would forget that there was ever a time when we didn't know how this machine worked, and the mystery would cease to exist.
Edit: Ok, apparently someone did camp out and ruined the mystery, spotting who restocks it. [Source - If you really want to know, but the mystery will be ruined...](https://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2014/05/spoiler-alert-mys...)
> dispensed drinks were rare cans that were either ordinarily unavailable in the United States or have not been in circulation since the 1980s > In June 2018, the machine mysteriously disappeared I don't think it's mysterious. The owner likely ran out of full, rare cans of soda and could not / did not want to source them anymore.
For folks who aren't aware your local distributor cans / bottles a much wider variety of product than what you find on typical grocery store shelves. If you have a commercial account with them you can get the list. Sometimes they make special runs for a promotion, special event, or special client order. Depending on the circumstances and if you have a good relationship with your sales rep you may be able to get notified and grab a case or two.
It is possible they were vending long expired drinks... but it is also possible they simply had a hookup at the distributor and sourced rare drinks from time to time.
I feel like we live in a world where it is becoming increasingly impossible for things like this to exist. I don’t have much commentary on the matter other than to say it makes me sad.
A few years ago, someone spotted a Hellraiser VHS on the roof of a bus stop. It was removed and a replacement appeared. Then it happened again. Then more Hellraisers appeared on other bus stops.
It can still be seen on Google Maps.
I always thought Stoke Newington was a gateway to hell, so it was good to have it confirmed.
https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3299131/bizarre-story-vhs...