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• TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s just a vending machine what makes this a dystopia?

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  • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So this isn’t so much a vending machine replacement as it is a coffee kiosk replacement. One that would normally have a human employee or two and is now manned by a robot. The customer will likely end up paying more for their coffee due to the gimmick of the robot. And you know the payment screen is still going to ask for a tip even though the robot doesn’t need it.

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    • panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The openly top robots get is the Boston dynamics body slam.

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    • joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You’d think the tip would go to the guy who comes in at night to clean and restock, but he’s likely paid even less than the baristas.

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Guess that it is setup to look like a coffee shop, instead of a normal vending machine.

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    IDK, but it perfectly encapsulates the hype.

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• roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A vending machine people will pay more for because they can see inside.

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  • judgyweevil@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And I guess it’s less fast and efficient compared to a normal vending machine specifically designed to brew coffee

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    • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They are paying for the show after all.

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s really just a gimmick.

    And now I want a ground-coffee vending machine made from glass.

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• aggelalex@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Am I the only person who sees an underpaid, underinsured, entrapped worker slaving away making coffees all day as equally dystopian, if not more?

  If there’s any vsaving grace for rampant automation, this is fine enough, it isn’t art, it isn’t critical decision making, it’s just coffee.

  “But can it make coffee?” The answer is finally yes, why aren’t you glad?

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  • joyjoy@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Now they get paid even less to clean and restock similar kiosks all over the city.

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    • Grimy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Less then minimum wage?

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  • DougHolland@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Holding an honest job is something to be respected, not mocked.

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    • _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ok, so when is society going to start respecting those people?

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It may surprise you that some people actually enjoy making coffee all day, the issue is not the occupation but the compensation.

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• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Coffee machines have been a thing for I don’t know how many decades, but they complicate it like this…

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• _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What’s dystopian about a vending machine?

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• Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You know, I used to long for the day that 90% of comerse would be handled by vending machines…

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• DirtPuddleMisfortune@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m not sure!

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