I mean, I appreciate the gumption but, honestly? This mentality is probably why Americans can't have decent public services.
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MudMan@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
bisby@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Things in favor of Peyton here:
- Corporations in general
- There is no rule against it
- 7-11 has a pretty regular event where “fill a silly cup, feel free to be absurd” is a thing, so there is precedent
- That amount of soda is still probably profitable for the company, fountain soda is incredibly cheap
- This isn’t regular consumption and clearly not a regular occurrence, if beverages were regularly freely available, it wouldn’t be exciting to do this and this type of behavior would go away – you have to hoard service when public service is an artificially limited quantity.
- This didn’t deprive any other customer of soda – the only downside here is a corporation losing a few cents of profit.
Things against Peyton:
- Hoarding is a bad mentality to be in (agreed with you here)
- It will take days to drink that much soda, and it will be flat and nasty
When poor people get a windfall of money, they tend to spend it all. It’s why lottery winners tend to wind up broke. Because historically, money is a “use it or lose it” for those people. If you’ve been trained your whole life to adapt to things, it can be hard to do the right thing when those things no longer hold true.
Americans cant have decent public services because they abuse them… results in Americans desperate for public services… which results in Americans taking extra advantage of any public service that is available… which results in a mindset that Americans abuse public services… which results in less funding… Its a vicious cycle.
Chronographs@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yeah we Americans are a condemnable lot but I don’t think “kid exploits loophole to buy comical amount of soda” is really an example of that, he’s just a kid doing a bit. If this was a public service the solution would be analogous to saying “you have to be able to hold the container in one hand” or something. There’s always going to be people pushing the rules but they’re usually the exception not the rule.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Some people prefer flat soda, my son among them. I still feel like he’s just being contrarian/messing with me, but he still insists he’s sincere.
pebbles@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Yeah I feel we have too adversarial of a mindset. Or maybe “too independent” like so independent that we don’t even consider how we are all connected and only have a society because we work together.
It leads to people saying really silly phrases line “self made millionaire” which ignores all the people that gave that person money.
Like money is inherently social. You can’t do anything with it on your own.
big_slap@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
the mindset of Americans, as a fellow American, is “fuck you, got mine”.
until we unlearn this behavior, we will continue to cannibalize each other. not sure how many generations thats going to take, but I hope it happens in my lifetime
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
This is not real. This is from a satire page.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This mentality is probably why Americans can’t have decent public services.
What mentality? You mean falling for obviously fake bullshit that only idiots would believe? Yea, I’d agree that’s the root of many of society’s problems…
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I am blown away every day by what people around here will believe if it fits their worldview.
“LOL! Conservatives so dumb they’ll believe anything!”
Here, watch me catch mad upvotes. They can’t help it, it’s a Pavlovian thing.
Billionaires, landlords, AI, Capitalism BAD!
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Incidentally, the soda (gas-injected water plus syrup) is so cheap this would be better tolerated as a photo op and free advertising. When you get a fast food cup and free refills, the cup is literally more expensive than the soda + ice that goes into it. It’s nearly 100% profit.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I work in a store with one of these machines and i’ve seen the invoices. This is absolutely true. There is no way for the business to lose money on these things.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
A 5 gallon bag o syrup costs around 50 - $100 depending on volume discounts and what part of the US. At a 5 to 1 ratio, that’s 30 gallons per bag. Assuming each cup is 12oz (they do put in a lot of ice usually) that’s 320 servings (assuming no spillage).
So it costs McDonalds or similar 15 - 30 cents per soda they sell in soda costs, and 7 cents for the cup. So assuming it’s still a dollar, that’s between 78 to 63% profit based on volume discount the specific place has with coca cola. So not really 100% profit, but still high. And no the cup doesn’t cost more, if that were ever true it was for a brief moment in history.
skisnow@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
As a side note fucking Googles LLM make this type of research hard by spitting fake info at you.
The web in general is fucked, since most sites less than 3 years old are now entirely written by AI. :(
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
1/5 syrup is a lot of syrup, and doesn’t track with Italian-style sodas.
I have heard that brand name syrups are often charged extra for a patent fee or something, much like the studios overcharging movie theaters since the 90s / aughts, forcing them to run entirely on concessions.
LePoisson@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Incidentally, the soda (gas-injected water plus syrup) is so cheap this [a real boy really named Peyton coming in and filling his bin for the fill-your-own-cup-special] would be better indulged and tolerated as a photo op and free advertising
What do you think this is?
michaelmrose@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No. The loss from ridiculous misuse is small but meaningful and basically worth nothing because typically “exposure” isn’t worth anything whatsoever. Worse it might convince some other assholes with the same strategy to specifically target your joint magnifying their loss.
It’s funny that you who have run nothing know better than every company.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
I’ve run nothing, but a friend of mine was a Pizza Inn manager and talked a bit about it, albeit in the late 80s / early 90s.
But the attitudes I’ve seen from managers suggests at an anecdotal level they don’t know that much and don’t care. They penny pinch in the wrong places, often developing the reputation that their own establishment has mean, miserly policies. Maybe, if their margins are that low, like it’s Walmart, this is necessary.
Still, there’s a lot of focus by companies on loss control than there is by making their places welcome enough to bother shopping there; this figures into the recent Walgreens franchise culling in San Francisco.
The focus of my own studies (as a game dev) had been about crunching in AAA game development, which is still done even though it has the opposite effect as tended (specifically, hurrying up production to meet a deadline). Managers of billion-dollar projects are willing to be stupid in the face of data-driven policy; the cruelty is sometimes the point. Among the convenience store managers I’ve encountered, they don’t look at or care about the data.
Believe what you need to believe, though.
istdaslol@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
With this shirt … I can’t
FerretyFever0@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
Yeah, who gave Peyton that? Lmao
danc4498@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Peyton got it his own damn self tyvm. Goodwill find I’m sure of it.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
I lived right outside of Knoxville for 15 years. There visiting right now. I have this shirt. I have seen children wearing this shirt. It’s a real shirt. Lol
Gork@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Knoxville.
Fucking.
Tennessee.
someguy3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m sure his parents are wonderful influences.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s the Child Size beverage, in that it is the size of a child.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It is not Peyton’s problem that they have an exploit. Should’ve thought about it upon planning the event.
xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day 2 weeks ago
this is why
MAX_FILL_AMTis necessaryBilSabab@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
facts
MashedTech@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe at compile time they replaced the constant and they v0.9-pre for debugging purposes but somehow made it onto production machines.
daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
homie did nothing wrong
_AutumnMoon_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
he did that container clearly says its for shoes, if it was labeled soda it would be ok
MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“Knoxville fucking tennessei”
ftbd@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Why is the place even open on labor day?
BanMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Office workers are off so service industry jobs are fully staffed. I’ve never seen a gas station closed for labor day.
possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
let alone Christmas, gas stations only close in the event of large scale riots in my experience. I’ve been forced to work overnight in a blizzard that dropped three feet of snow. I had one customer all night, he was a plow driver coming in for a few energy drinks.
BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
event ain’t gonna happen by itself
aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Shoes
ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Only Peyton from that godforsaken part of Tennessee I’ll ever cheer for
unknown1234_5@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
this kids going places
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Going to get diabetes, that’s where he’s going
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
He was doomed anyonenbeing born to own alpha.
unmagical@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
“Shoes” - Yum!
UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It’s too throw off any would-be soda bandits
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Almost every one of you bought this. Jesus fucking Christ, some y’all have the media savvy of a FaceBook grandma.
Few adults would be strong enough to hold that tub for the several minutes it takes to fill, and this kid certainly couldn’t.
And no one noticed this going on for those several minutes? No one said a word?!
The orange is clearly shopped into the original image. Unless orange soda is fuzzy around the edges? Perhaps it’s boiling? 🎵 Orange haze all in my brain, lately things just don’t seem the same 🎶
porksnort@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Peyton used the length of hose he normally uses to steal gas for his three-wheeler ATV as an extension to fill the tub on the ground.
Peyton reads well below grade level but he is not stupid.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Eheran@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How is this a cup?
noun a small bowl-shaped container for drinking from, typically having a handle.
J_on_LemmyML@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Greddan@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
That drinking vessel would likely be called a “glass” or tumbler.
I doubt the boys plastic basket(?) would even meet the definition of a drinking vessel.
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t hate the player…
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
“I thought this was murica!?”
jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
This soda tastes like shoes
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Leisure Suit Larry would just put that in his pocket.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Im from a pretty conservative small Florida town, I REALLY want a slutty shirt like that with my towns name and just walk around in it.
or better yet I could get my gay dad to wear my platforms and skirt
angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Basically this but real
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Peyton rules.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Absolute lad
RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Peyton is my spirit animal
caboose2006@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Some legends are born
TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That’s not a cup. It’s shoes. If it was a cup then cup would be written on it.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
smh. it technically a cup if he can’t lift it and drink from it
Eheran@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Is this actually rage bait? Dog this even happen? Who held that massive tub in place for the duration of the filling?
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ace of the world
Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Since nobody has mentioned it yet, this is from Celina 52, which is a fictional truck stop social media account that uses AI generated images like this one to satirize rural American culture. Peyton doesn’t exist.
Newsteinleo@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
I am going to stake my reputation on this, that image is not AI generated. AI images struggle to get wording and spelling right. Also the colors are mutated like the photo was taken in shitty florescent lighting, AI images tend to be cleaner.
Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You know, it’s actually a lot more complicated than I thought originally. It is a satire account, and it isn’t a “real” place, but apparently a lot of the photos originate from a truck stop in Tennessee. There’s a whole internet saga around finding the actual location. Most of the photos they post are digitally manipulated in some way, including alleged AI face superimposition, but they play the satire so straight that it’s impossible to know to what extent. You may be right that it’s not whole-cloth AI generated, but it also isn’t a photo of a kid with a tub full of orange soda.
Ray3x10e8@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Image
troybot@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
It’s a combination of Photoshop and AI generated content. The truck stop is a real place with a different name located next door to a Bucee’s. Most of their posts are built off photos and videos taken in the actual store which builds consistency and makes it feel authentic.
uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
AI art has come a long way. You can make your AI look like shitty florescent lighting, or a fading photograph. Also AI folk normally have five fingers on each hand in a normal position thanks to LORAs. LORAs also fix wording when you specify what you want a caption to say.
It’ll mess up logos unless you specify a particular brand.
DogWater@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I promise it’s not real, the left side is a buschlight beer dispenser on the last slot of that soda fountain on the left side in the real image from their FB page
AI or Photoshop? Idk. Maybe a combination
drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
One could apply edits post-generation.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Ffs
cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not anymore anyway, they’ve been dissolved in the soda bin.
causepix@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Hope it had a triangle stamped LDPE
crazycraw@crazypeople.online 2 weeks ago
OMG coca cola going into Pepsi cups?!
literally Ai slop who falls for this?!
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Now I see the Pabst Blue Ribbon dispenser, though I have no idea if that’s just how they do things in TN.
MehBlah@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Mass Hysteria!!!
DogWater@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget Weber valley speedway
FerretyFever0@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
NOOOOOOOOOOOO
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
PEYTONNNNNNN!!!
spykee@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago
All you wankers blabbering about without even hinting about the important issue.
So did a small boy get his orange soda or nah?\
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Shut up. Don’t ruin this for me. I need this.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yea it’s fake not enough piss in a bottle jokes.
capuccino@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I KNEW IT