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Sometimes I want a Cola, other times a Root Beer, or maybe an Orange soda. I really can't decide.
What with the technology today, soda machines haven't changed much. A simple cheap microchip in which you hit the "Random" button, and hit tabs deselecting unwanted sodas. Then it chooses a soda randomly
from the remaining list.
For days in which you are too lazy or really don't care.
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So lazy that you'd prefer to go through the rigorous deselecting task when you could simply press the button closest to your finger? Having said that I quite like the idea. |
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I love it. What I usually do is press as many buttons as I can at the same time, usually ending up just knocking my body into them all. |
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Machine vendor owners would love this! Program the 'random select' button to give out your highest margin product, or your shortest expiry date product. [DF] you'll soon wonder why your random purchase is always the 'No Brand Indonesian Cola' or the stale 'Puffed Rice 'N Carob' bar...... |
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A friend once related a story of a camp he went to that had a vending machine with a "random" button. It was stocked with pretty much anything that wouldn't jam the machine--canned soup, small bottles of shampoo, etc. |
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I worked at a place that had a "potluck" button on the soda machine. Apparently there were more slots than brands, and the guy that filled it kept leftover cans in the extra slot, or something like that. |
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//'No Brand Indonesian Cola'// My favorite brand of Indonesian soda was called Pocari Sweat. |
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I quite like Pocari Sweat, too, but in the interest of not raising false expectations, it's Japanese, not Indonesian, and it's not really a soda - not fizzy. (Think Lemon-Lime Gatorade.) |
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Weirdest thing I've heard about being vended like that: bait. But that's another can of worms. |
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I'm a big fan of randomness - have made lots of work about
it so have a + |
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Have thought of fitting fake random buttons to just about
everything - train ticket selection, library books, girl
friends. The decisions of life controlled by chaos
equations, like the random movements of flies in a room
full of sugar coated option buttons. |
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Pocari Sweat - is that anything like Elvis's Sweat? |
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A pun from [jutta]? I'm tempted to get my camera out. |
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A place I stayed in a while ago had a 'surprise me' button. It lost its air of mystery after the second or third diet coke came out. [+] to the idea. Mostly for the irrationality [fridge duck] pointed out, as I can see a lot of people going through the whole process purely to avoid having to make the choice themselves. |
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The random button should spin tumblers like a one arm bandit. C'mon, c'mon. Daddy needs a new pair of chews. |
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Great idea. You could just turn around and operate the keypad with your posterior though. This alternative method also has the advantage of making you look cool. |
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//My favorite brand of Indonesian soda was called Pocari Sweat.//
Yes, I came across that in Japan, and spent the rest of the visit wondering what kind of animal a 'Pocari' was, and why anyone should want to drink it's sweat. |
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I googled "pocari" and I found a mention somewhere that it was the name of it's creator, "Mr. Pocari". I don't know if it's true. |
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Reminds me of a casino skit: Guy pulls slot machine lever: Lemon-Lemon-Lemon... So out rolls a lemon. |
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