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Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by mattl »

kypro wrote: post #52
ComputerGuru wrote: post #2

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.

Not sure how many people will get the reference, but I was thinking this just yesterday about the Pokémon red and blue games. Back in the nineties many rumours spread about hidden secret in those games, but we didn’t have the internet to verify or debunk them. Like many kids back then me and my friends spent hours trying to move that truck to get a mew, but it was impossible, it was just a rumour that spread because…

I found out about the original Green Pokemon game in Japan on the Internet around 96/97 so there was chatter about them.

Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by secondaryacct »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #2

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.

But it s obviously a coca cola viral ad... it benefits no one else, needs to source rare exotic products that are not at all exotic for coca cola, has a facebook page for tracking... I mean... things like that are the cancer of the world, what are you so fondly missing :D

Yet another stupid ad ?

Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by philosopher1234 »

secondaryacct wrote: post #72
ComputerGuru wrote: post #2

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.

But it s obviously a coca cola viral ad... it benefits no one else, needs to source rare exotic products that are not at all exotic for coca cola, has a facebook page for tracking... I mean... things like that are the cancer of the world, what are you so fondly missing :D Yet another stupid ad ?

Or its something fun made by someone random. Your cynical view is possible, but its not the only possibility, or even the most likely.

Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by TedDoesntTalk »

xenadu02 wrote: post #39
TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #6

> 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.

> 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…

Ok, but that doesn’t explain cans from the 1980s, does it?

Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by cryptoz »

kypro wrote: post #52
ComputerGuru wrote: post #2

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.

Not sure how many people will get the reference, but I was thinking this just yesterday about the Pokémon red and blue games. Back in the nineties many rumours spread about hidden secret in those games, but we didn’t have the internet to verify or debunk them. Like many kids back then me and my friends spent hours trying to move that truck to get a mew, but it was impossible, it was just a rumour that spread because…

> That couldn’t happen with the internet today.

It happens with more frequency and stronger beliefs today on the internet than it ever did before. Rumors spread faster and take hold for longer. The internet is huge fuel source for spreading rumors, not a dampener.

Easily verifiable facts are no match for the internet's rumor-spreading capabilities.

Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by dmitryminkovsky »

cowboysauce wrote: post #68
goldenkey wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

80s soft drinks is cool but when you realize what a plague upon humanity that sugar beverages are, it kind of detracts from the playfulness tbh. I stopped drinking soda years ago and haven't looked back. It is one of the largest causes of metabolic disease globally. And it's sad that people associate having a sugary beverage as a 'good time with friends.' Lets enjoy poison together?! :-/ I predict this won't go over…

>And it's sad that people associate having a sugary beverage as a 'good time with friends.' Lets enjoy poison together?! :-/ Oh boy, just wait until you learn about alcohol.

I might be able to compartmentalize slightly better than GP, but as much as that machine is charming as hell and brings warmth to my heart, soda has more or less been a plague on humanity.

Unlike soda, alcohol has a lot going for it, because unless you abuse it, it can be a pretty wonderful, unique inebriant.

Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by burnt_toast »

xrd wrote: post #47

A "fun fact" my son loves: more people are killed by vending machines than sharks each year [1]. Perhaps it murdered someone and went into hiding? 1. https://medium.com/purple-theory/vending-machines-vs-sharks-...

I've been advocating for years that they need a vending machine leash law. It's all fun and games until one goes in for a hug.

Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by [deleted] »

burnt_toast wrote: post #77
xrd wrote: post #47

A "fun fact" my son loves: more people are killed by vending machines than sharks each year [1]. Perhaps it murdered someone and went into hiding? 1. https://medium.com/purple-theory/vending-machines-vs-sharks-...

I've been advocating for years that they need a vending machine leash law. It's all fun and games until one goes in for a hug.

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Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by abeppu »

goldenkey wrote: post #67
abeppu wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What are "things like this"? Is it things that exist in public but which don't have clear attribution? B/c in 2020 there were the "monoliths", which were pretty cool. Or, you know, Banksy still exists. Or @fog_karla / @karlthefog for that matter. Is it playful, non-scalable experiences? There's Improv Everywhere. My city has a number of curb-side bird-house sized "libraries". There's a guy who keeps doing extremely l…

80s soft drinks is cool but when you realize what a plague upon humanity that sugar beverages are, it kind of detracts from the playfulness tbh. I stopped drinking soda years ago and haven't looked back. It is one of the largest causes of metabolic disease globally. And it's sad that people associate having a sugary beverage as a 'good time with friends.' Lets enjoy poison together?! :-/ I predict this won't go over…

I'm _hoping_ that in 2018 before the machine went missing, that if one bought a mystery beverage from the 80s, it wasn't to drink? Cuz that seems questionable for reasons other than sugar.

However, paying a dollar to get an intact artifact which is a throwback from the past, and reminiscing about what you remember from that time, or discovering a thing you never knew about seems like a lovely experience.

Re: Capitol Hill's mystery soda machine

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Post by fragmede »

abeppu wrote: post #64
ComputerGuru wrote: post #2

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.

What are "things like this"? Is it things that exist in public but which don't have clear attribution? B/c in 2020 there were the "monoliths", which were pretty cool. Or, you know, Banksy still exists. Or @fog_karla / @karlthefog for that matter. Is it playful, non-scalable experiences? There's Improv Everywhere. My city has a number of curb-side bird-house sized "libraries". There's a guy who keeps doing extremely l…

What's being lost is the mystery of it all. Instead of happening across this fascinating monolith while out hiking, and it's an interesting story to tell friends in person when they ask about your trip, they were blasted all over Twitter and the rest of the Internet in hours. It reduces conversations to "did you see that thing on Reddit?" "yeah" "k". It's like having a cartography degree in 2021 vs 1491 (no offense to cartography majors). It's the ennui of "there's nothing left to explore, it's all been found already".

It's fair to point out that there's more weird creative energy out there than ever before (Meow Wolf). There's the enraptured wonder of the possibility of exploring an entirely new world (Mars) in our lifetime. There are things gained in today's always-on, connected culture. But don't pretend nothing was lost.

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