I’ll take the cloaca one every time. They got damn fine choices.
Babe can you refill my drink from the cloaca dispenser please?
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ballgoat@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Bahnd@lemmy.world 12 hours 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 11 hours ago
Homeopathic Fanta lol, I’m gonna use this in the future
13igTyme@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
FYI, those machines are rarely cleaned.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 8 hours 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 8 hours ago
i like to think the soda dispenser bacteria enhances my biological profile
Harvey656@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
… is that the reason some places drinks taste different?
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 5 hours 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
scott@lemmy.org 13 hours ago
Those vending machines have facial recognition cameras on them.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 13 hours 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 12 hours ago
Google it or look at my other comment for source
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 6 hours ago
Baby can I get one of them Cloaca-Colas
cm0002@lemmy.cafe 14 hours ago
No flavor customization options ❌
At least 6 flavor shots available to add to the base flavor ✅
rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Yo dawg, I heard you like sugar so I put sugar in your sugar.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 13 hours 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 12 hours 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.”
Blaster_M@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Etterra@discuss.online 9 hours 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.
kokesh@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
How am I supposed to mix with this one?
MBech@feddit.dk 3 hours 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 2 hours ago
I always mix Coke, Fanta, Fanta exotic and Sprite. Really delicious. Here in Sweden you pour yourself in some restaurants.
over_clox@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Instructions unclear. Sees hole, unzips…
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
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.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 6 hours ago
Can I get one of them Cloaca-Colas
Wolf@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
Here you go!
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
Maybe in the next FallOut game
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 6 hours 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 1 hour ago
I’m happy to see them because I get more sugar free choices than water or diet cola.