It’s not a “cloaca dispenser”, it doesn’t dispense cloacas. It is a “soda cloaca”, it has all sodas coming out the same hole.
Babe can you refill my drink from the cloaca dispenser please?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Gork@sopuli.xyz to [deleted]
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abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Can I get one of them Cloaca-Colas
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Maybe in the next FallOut game
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I used to be happy to see these because I knew I’d have more than one option that wasn’t carbonated. Many places usually have 1, which is either fake lemonade with artificial sweetener, fruit punch (0% juice), or Orange High-C. Which I’m glad they don’t claim is juice, because it’s just delicious sugar water.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
I’m happy to see them because I get more sugar free choices than water or diet cola.
scott@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
Those vending machines have facial recognition cameras on them.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 weeks ago
Not sure about that, but I did see numerous new Coca-Cola products in new flavors that I assume they put together by scraping metrics from these; and if I remember correctly they do have cellular interface.
scott@lemmy.org 3 weeks ago
Google it or look at my other comment for source
13igTyme@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
FYI, those machines are rarely cleaned.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
FR, the lines on the top machine get hooked up to a metering pump whose intakes are
A. Bag of “Soda” syrup which comes in a box
B. Air Tank of Carbonation
C. Water
The outlet hoses themselves are transparent so a lot of serious issues would be noticed and rectified, but in general stores don’t implement proper protocol to clean or change them out regularly. There is actually a couple of bacterial strains found almost exclusively in the lines, I’ve had the priviledge to examine them in person. They’re rarely very harmful but it’s kind of neat.
The actual machine people see usually only houses the refrigeration unit with the pumps and bags and tank on the other side of a wall or hidden under a counter.
burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i like to think the soda dispenser bacteria enhances my biological profile
ITGuyLevi@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
Umm… Around the year 2000 I worked at a couple of different convenience stores in the south, ours were never cleaned, shit they were rarely changed with the exception of Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper because our regulars would tear through them. I remember the lines being clear…ish? They had the embedded nylon or whatever in the clear tube but ours were way nastier than my 18 year old brain wanted to realize.
Harvey656@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
… is that the reason some places drinks taste different?
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s usually because the syrup to carbonated water ratio is different. But yeah I’m sure if you never clean the lines it won’t be as good. (Or if you have some weirdness where people are swapping the soda lines. Should be rare though, as you don’t want to swap which one says coke/sprite/w.e on the other end
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
i feel like if you worry about this you should just not eat out at all, ever
cm0002@lemmy.cafe 3 weeks ago
No flavor customization options ❌
At least 6 flavor shots available to add to the base flavor ✅
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yo dawg, I heard you like sugar so I put sugar in your sugar.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 weeks ago
Six flavor shots that mix with all the others and end up just tasting like a combination of them all. 😷
arnitbier@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Actually its like crazy precise tube delivery some guy made a fortune engineering it 👍 So that exact doesn’t happen
Surgical machines use it now it was revolutionary at the time
“John D. McCarthy’s patents focus on various aspects of beverage dispensing, including systems that enhance the efficiency and accuracy of drink preparation. His innovations have paved the way for automated systems that can mix and dispense beverages with precision, which is crucial in both commercial and medical applications.”
klemptor@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
No fucking thanks. These machines are disgusting bacteria farms.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
*citation needed
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“No fucking thanks. These machines are disgusting bacteria farms.” - Klemptor
burgersc12@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Godard, Renee D., Puja Sharma*, Carlie Jo Wagner*, Morgan Wilson, Amie Fleming-Haddock*, Rebecca Beach. (2013). Repeated detection of microbes in beverages dispensed from soda fountain machines and the effect of flushing on microbial density. International Journal of Food Microbiology 163: 218-222.
billwashere@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I have worked in fast food before and cleaned out the normal ones and I know how infrequently they get cleaned.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
ballgoat@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I’ll take the cloaca one every time. They got damn fine choices.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In my experience, the flavors are not the same, not calibrated correctly or something.
oppy1984@lemdro.id 3 weeks ago
Selects regular Dr. Pepper.
Received a cup of seltzer water with a drop of syrup.
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
If the drink cloaca is unholy, call me a heathen.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Baby can I get one of them Cloaca-Colas
Etterra@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
Just pick your poison and dispense for like 1 second into the tray. Yes it’s wasteful, but that’s their fault for making you have to flush the tube.
over_clox@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Instructions unclear. Sees hole, unzips…
kokesh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
How am I supposed to mix with this one?
MBech@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Same as with any other? You pick one flavour first, and then another.
Many of them even let you choose one to mix with when you choose a flavour.
kokesh@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I always mix Coke, Fanta, Fanta exotic and Sprite. Really delicious. Here in Sweden you pour yourself in some restaurants.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll take the single outlet cartridge loaded one over the several feet of bacteria laden tubes sucking on bags from the other.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Hotdogs are down the hallway
Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
[deleted]Scubus@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
As someone that is allergic to powdered aluminum, is she aware that almost half the sticks you find at the store are aluminum free?
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Excuse you
Bahnd@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
For the bottom machine, run the faucet for a few seconds before you put your cup under it. Last thing anyone wants is half-watered down cherry coke or homeopathic fanta.
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Homeopathic Fanta lol, I’m gonna use this in the future