I have always wondered if it is technologically feasible to have a fast food restaurant run entirely by robots. You pull up to the touch screen and key in your order, meanwhile in the background a moving mass of steel cooks your food, like a Borg Cube. "I didn git mah friez!" The Machine responds with cruel, cold silence. #hamburgervendingmachine
actually it is very normal in Japan to have these insane vending machines.
I went to a restaurant in Shinjuku, Tokyo, that needs me to buy a ticket from the vending machine before I enter the "express" restaurants.
It works like this
1) Buy a ticket of your choice
2) Walk in and have a seat
3) Wait for them to allocate a seat
4) They serve the food (It is really fast)
P.S: They serve Japanese food, not fast food though, but the principle works for the latter anyway. #hamburgervendingmachine
@AkkiRonin: There's one in Manhattan. Apparently the turnaround time is less than 2-3 minutes so it would be great to check it out even if you were in a rush. #hamburgervendingmachine
japanese people have the dumbest shows that make no sense... Really a show about a person who makes burgers and sells them in a self-propelled vending machine? That's pretty dumb
Actually, according to the video, he used to sell two or three a day, but because it was on a previous TV show, it's now up to 20-30 burgers a day. #hamburgervendingmachine
@fatbencher: Yeah, because that 0.2% of the Japanese demographic is the most important.
You must be a bible-thumping, 3 cheeseburger lunch, high school dropout, jeep driving douchebag. Because that is what all Americans are like. Oh wait, I almost forgot racist. #hamburgervendingmachine
@Airport_Whiskey: Wow, did your husband load your douche with muric acid again?
I would have you know I am none of those things you mention. No, not even American. I am one of those rare beings which have the gene for a thing called "humor". #hamburgervendingmachine
@fatbencher: It gets really fucking old, you know? The Japanese could invent a cure for cancer and ever turd on here would reply with "Finally the high-school panty sniffers have come up with something useful!" It's not funny, it's fucking racist. But whatever, it's okay because it's
"just a joke." #hamburgervendingmachine
In a topic making fun of something ridiculous I made fun of something else ridiculous. How that is racist is beyond me. Unless of course I should have implicated hentai pillow-carrying males (and females?) or other nationalities. Show me they exist and I will gladly do so. Ridiculous inventions call for silly comments. As soon as Tateishi Hamburgers invents a cure for cancer I will give them all the well-meant praise they deserve. #hamburgervendingmachine
@fatbencher: You are Dutch right? So you and your friends live in a windmill and wear wooden shoes? Either that, you must be a raging pothead that trips on X and goes to sex clubs every weekend, you depraved drug addled sex addict. Having seen that in movies and on the internet, I am sure it must be either. #hamburgervendingmachine
@Airport_Whiskey: Simmer down now. If you have not noticed, almost 99% of the comments are satirical in nature. Where did your funny bone go? #hamburgervendingmachine
@Airport_Whiskey: I think that's funny what you said about him being Dutch. Move on -- I'm sure you didn't hurt his feelings either by saying it because of the context. #hamburgervendingmachine
@BergenCountyJC: It went away when, after clicking on a post about Japan for the 100th time, instead of seeing something relevant to the article, I just see some retarded post about how Japanese people are twisted perverts or lonely, pathetic basement-dwellers. I'm just fucking tired of it, because it's ignorant racist bullshit. #hamburgervendingmachine
@Airport_Whiskey: News flash: that sort of joke is made constantly when something Dutch comes up here and elsewhere. And do you know how much that bothers me? About this much: = &rt;<=. Because I laugh it and move on with real life. :)
This is awesome, reminds me of Star Trek TNG's replicator. I suggest they have a pot of coffee on the side of the machine for the old people who "Can't figure out these crazy things".
Here's hoping for the Captain Morgan & Coke option. All you have to do is slide your universal ID or wave your RFID implant in front of the sensor and it'll dispense the hard stuff....
In Brazil it's hard enough to spot a standard Coke machine, let alone one of those...
We still have only the basic stuff (probably less than 1/10th the flavors US has) and even the standard flavors are kinda altered.
I remember liking Cherry Coke in a trip to Miami, but when they released it in Brazil it tasted like crap.
Loved Caramel Coke too. We don't even have Dr. Pepper here... it's like living in HELL I SAY!!!!
Anyways, back to beverage machines, I dunno about US these days, but in Japan they have hot and cold beverages... which is pretty awesome too. Having coffee and hot tea on a cold day is great.
Good technology. It's basically all their brands that you can add 1 of 6 flavors to.
I love soda machines that have flavor syrups that you can add as much as you want instead of selecting the flavor and having the machine add it's own proportion of syrup.
I found one of these at Willy's in Buckhead (Atlanta), GA on Roswell Road. The drink selection is crazy! I also recorded a quick video on my iPhone of a bud making his selection.
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• Ice over dispenses and has a small catch basin so most of it ends up on the floor. Don't slip!
• Soda over dispenses as well so it's necessary to release the "Pour" button about 2 inches before you reach the rim or else you overflow.
• Kids think this is a soda-sampler-machine and do the taste-n-dump method causing a 10+ deep waiting line during off peak hours.
• Aesthetically pleasing! A gorgeous hi-tech machine with tons of flavor options.
@reddingofish: Thats the old one. They built a whole new one next door to the city's largest fish tank (Georgia Aquarium) a little further up town in the more touristy section. Not sure what the old building is now.
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I went to a restaurant in Shinjuku, Tokyo, that needs me to buy a ticket from the vending machine before I enter the "express" restaurants.
It works like this
1) Buy a ticket of your choice
2) Walk in and have a seat
3) Wait for them to allocate a seat
4) They serve the food (It is really fast)
P.S: They serve Japanese food, not fast food though, but the principle works for the latter anyway. #hamburgervendingmachine
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You must be a bible-thumping, 3 cheeseburger lunch, high school dropout, jeep driving douchebag. Because that is what all Americans are like. Oh wait, I almost forgot racist. #hamburgervendingmachine
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I would have you know I am none of those things you mention. No, not even American. I am one of those rare beings which have the gene for a thing called "humor". #hamburgervendingmachine
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"just a joke." #hamburgervendingmachine
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What is your major malfunction?
In a topic making fun of something ridiculous I made fun of something else ridiculous. How that is racist is beyond me. Unless of course I should have implicated hentai pillow-carrying males (and females?) or other nationalities. Show me they exist and I will gladly do so. Ridiculous inventions call for silly comments. As soon as Tateishi Hamburgers invents a cure for cancer I will give them all the well-meant praise they deserve. #hamburgervendingmachine
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Here's hoping for the Captain Morgan & Coke option. All you have to do is slide your universal ID or wave your RFID implant in front of the sensor and it'll dispense the hard stuff....
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We still have only the basic stuff (probably less than 1/10th the flavors US has) and even the standard flavors are kinda altered.
I remember liking Cherry Coke in a trip to Miami, but when they released it in Brazil it tasted like crap.
Loved Caramel Coke too. We don't even have Dr. Pepper here... it's like living in HELL I SAY!!!!
Anyways, back to beverage machines, I dunno about US these days, but in Japan they have hot and cold beverages... which is pretty awesome too. Having coffee and hot tea on a cold day is great.
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I love soda machines that have flavor syrups that you can add as much as you want instead of selecting the flavor and having the machine add it's own proportion of syrup.
Best mix ever: Grape Dr. Pepper.
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Here's my findings:
• Ice over dispenses and has a small catch basin so most of it ends up on the floor. Don't slip!
• Soda over dispenses as well so it's necessary to release the "Pour" button about 2 inches before you reach the rim or else you overflow.
• Kids think this is a soda-sampler-machine and do the taste-n-dump method causing a 10+ deep waiting line during off peak hours.
• Aesthetically pleasing! A gorgeous hi-tech machine with tons of flavor options.
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Of course Georgia gets it first. They have The World of Coke in Atlanta.
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