TIL The first vending machine was invented in 1st century CE Egypt to dispense holy water. The next widely known vending machine was invented 1,800 years later in Victorian England.
TIL The first vending machine was invented in 1st century CE Egypt to dispense holy water. The next widely known vending machine was invented 1,800 years later in Victorian England.
Vending machines are one of the few things keeping us away from the dream of a cashless society. The devices, which offer up an array of items for a little...
VENDING MACHINES ARE ONE OF the few things keeping us away from the dream of a cashless society.
Around 80% of the vending machines I'm seeing lately allow card payment. Where the hell does the author live?
Lol this is pretty much unheard of in germany. People here love cash.
Germany is always a weird mix of being modern and strangely medieval at times.
I mean the article was written 8 years ago, so maybe they weren't as common?
That and the fact that the only people who want a cashless society are the people charging card fees.
Also the businesses paying that card fee
How do we know about that vending machine from the first century? I suppose it's not around anymore. Did anyone mention it in their travel blog? Or did Heron archive the instruction manual?
"dream of cashless society" whose fucking dream is this? The people sitting in the panopticon?
There isn't a single society in the world where everyone wants a cashless distopia. And, fortunately, none exist