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Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by reverius42 »

quotemstr wrote: post #33
ruined wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

as someone who has been the vandal vandalism is the most accessible way to literally change the world. it's direct, visceral cause and effect before your very eyes, and it remains visible in daily life and to everyone around. i didn't have anything to lose, and it was more fun than sitting on a curb. in that position it did make the world a better place for me. if you want people to quit breaking shit give them a rea…

> legal penalties are not a reason Don't be ridiculous. If we throw enough vandals in prison for long enough, then yes, vandalism will drop. It's not fashionable to say it, but it's true: the way to get criminals out of society is to get criminals out of society.

The US has the most prisoners, by far, of any country in the world. How's that working out for eliminating crime?

Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by fomine3 »

bobthepanda wrote: post #10
arthurcolle wrote: post #7

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Vending machines for everything seems pretty unsustainable. Is everything made of paper or something?

Cans have an extremely high recycling rate because (unlike plastic) it costs a lot more energy to get the stuff out of the ground than to melt it down and reuse. Cans are also fairly easy to get back clean (unlike plastic), and they don't degrade as much as plastic does. In the US, which is not very good at recycling at all, the EPA estimates that 70% of cans are recycled: https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-…

Also collection rates for PET bottles is above > 90% in Japan. Some are recycled, other are "thermal recycled" that means just burn as a fuel. (IMO just burn is better because it works as a fuel instead of brand new fuels)

https://ccet.jp/events/growth-pet-bottle-recycling-japan

Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by heurisko »

worrycue wrote: post #28
bloqs wrote: post #18

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If you are looking for a serious answer, vandalism is generally explained as a response to a social hierachy. When you feel you are at the bottom of the pile in relation to others around you, it has a variety of psychological effects. One of the most notable is that it increases your impulsivity and irrationality, and also causes you to feel "judged" by other people simply being near you, even inanimate objects feel…

> vandalism is generally explained as a response to a social hierachy Japan is even more hierarchical than the US. Their vending machines are fine.

It could be that the relevant thing is the absolute position of the lowest rung of the hierarchy.

In that case, the lowest rung of Japanese hierarchy could still be much higher than that in the US.

Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by dcminter »

jml7c5 wrote: post #44
gumby wrote: post #36

Given that the supposed inventor was one H. Robinson isn’t this likely a joke? Where would all the water come from?

Does "H. Robinson" have some hidden meaning? I don't see how the name implies a joke.

W. Heath Robinson was essentially an English Rube Goldberg.

Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by MrPatan »

bloqs wrote: post #18
smegger001 wrote: post #11

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I have never understood that compulsion, why do people here constantly vandalize anything unsupervised. What is the motivation of these people they don't get anything out of it. Why break something when it wont benefit you to do so. Why do people rub feces all over public restrooms, break vending machines or graffiti hate filled messages on others property. why make to world a worse place for everyone including yours…

If you are looking for a serious answer, vandalism is generally explained as a response to a social hierachy. When you feel you are at the bottom of the pile in relation to others around you, it has a variety of psychological effects. One of the most notable is that it increases your impulsivity and irrationality, and also causes you to feel "judged" by other people simply being near you, even inanimate objects feel…

If you can't make, you break.

Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by lotophage »

rsj_hn wrote: post #23
lotophage wrote: post #21

These days it's next to impossible to find a vendor of beef tea essence.

According to the "foods of England" website ( http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/beeftea.htm ), beef tea is "The clear liquid from beef which has been boiled until fallen, strained and skimmed of all fat. " You can find a recipe online. And "beef essence" is just meat extract https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebig%27s_Extract_of_Meat_Com... "Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, established in the United Kingdom, was the prod…

My grandmother would occasionally offer me "Bovox" out of habit:

"Tea, coffee, or Bovox?"

"What's Bovox?"

"It's a beef drink."

"Do you have any?"

"No."

Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by WastingMyTime89 »

worrycue wrote: post #28
bloqs wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are looking for a serious answer, vandalism is generally explained as a response to a social hierachy. When you feel you are at the bottom of the pile in relation to others around you, it has a variety of psychological effects. One of the most notable is that it increases your impulsivity and irrationality, and also causes you to feel "judged" by other people simply being near you, even inanimate objects feel…

> vandalism is generally explained as a response to a social hierachy Japan is even more hierarchical than the US. Their vending machines are fine.

Japan unemployment rate is 2.97%. They are basically gifting jobs to people who would be left behind in the USA. It's easier to have a peaceful society when nobody feels excluded from it.

Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by WastingMyTime89 »

hyperpallium2 wrote: post #9

Coffee lamps, electric trucks, the Titanic, gigantic starship-like airships - what a time to be alive...! The future was then.

Hand held terminals giving you access to humanity whole knowledge, the ability to instantly pinpoint your location on a map and get directions to anywhere, logistic chains so perfectioned you can buy from the other side of the world and get your product in the week, vaccines engineered by direct manipulation of RNA chains, planes which can stay in the air for days using electricity, machines approaching a human level of speach, meat grown in a lab without hurting animals.

The future is now.

Re: Victorian gas lamps that sold cups of hot coffee (2012)

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Post by nootropicat »

ruined wrote: post #32
smegger001 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have never understood that compulsion, why do people here constantly vandalize anything unsupervised. What is the motivation of these people they don't get anything out of it. Why break something when it wont benefit you to do so. Why do people rub feces all over public restrooms, break vending machines or graffiti hate filled messages on others property. why make to world a worse place for everyone including yours…

as someone who has been the vandal vandalism is the most accessible way to literally change the world. it's direct, visceral cause and effect before your very eyes, and it remains visible in daily life and to everyone around. i didn't have anything to lose, and it was more fun than sitting on a curb. in that position it did make the world a better place for me. if you want people to quit breaking shit give them a rea…

>i didn't have anything to lose

Clearly the problem is with incorrect penalties. Singapore canes vandals and it works.

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