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Soda Machines for Geeks?

Posted by Cliff on from the what's-your-poison dept.

PhaseBurn writes "In all my findings, I've yet to see things like Bawls or Jolt in a soda machine. Even bottled water is hard to come by... Working in a call center for an ISP, we don't have to worry too much about what's popular with the rest of the world, and so, I'm tasked with finding a vending machine replete for geeks. While Jolt can come out of any normal soda machine that supports plastic bottles, the glass Bawls bottles woultn't fare so well. Do they make a soda machine that would work for this? What's around your office... And what's popular among the geeks today, as I want it to appeal to the vast majority of our staff?" Why use a vending machine when a community cooler would work just as well. With that aside, what kind of beverages would you like to see more of in vending machines?

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  1. Special Geek Beverages by recursiv · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'm a geek, but I don't need to have my special geek beverages just to prove it. And as far as water goes, the water fountain (bubbler if you prefer) suits me fine.

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    1. Re:Special Geek Beverages by TheRedHorse · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I agree. I don't think any true geek needs a special drink or sticker or t-shirt or anything to prove that he or she is a geek.

      But if you want drinks like Bawls here's what you need to do:

      1. Buy a large fridge

      2. Buy Bawls online at thinkgeek

      3. Set up repeat shipments using Scheduled Delivery

      4. Plug Fridge into power outlet somewhere near work area, keep stocked with Bawls.

      That's it, you can choose when to start your shipments, how often to send shipments, etc. Everything will work as long as you keep you shipping and billing info current.

    2. Re:Special Geek Beverages by pheonix · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Excellent point... I'm getting sick of the stupidity that plagues the ask slashdot questions recently... I mean, what beverages are geeky enough for geeks? Which pets are geeky enough? Which laptops are geeky enough? Even how do you be geeky enough with a SO? Come on people, if you don't have a real question, don't bother sending it. If you need to know how to handle your girlfriend, ask Ann Landers. If you want to know what car to buy, go to Car and Driver. Oh well... maybe it's just me being tired, but it seems a bit ridiculous that so many people are suddenly asking themselves, AM I GEEKY ENOUGH? Buy an identity...

    3. Re:Special Geek Beverages by RevAaron · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Indeed. Pretty much everyone likes to feel like they belong. Some of us are lame enough to work towards being a part of a very inclusive group like the "geeks" that they have to make sure to get "geeky" shit. Whatever, whatever splits your bananna.

      It's called High School Clique syndrome. You know, the punks, goths, and raver kids that champion individuality, make fun of all the "preps" who "try so hard to fit it" and at the same time, put so much effort into fitting in with their little club.

      Not saying it's bad, it's just what humans do, I suppose.

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    4. Re:Special Geek Beverages by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I'm getting sick of every single fucking Ask Slashdot question having more replies of "Dur, this is a stoopid question!" and "What are j00, some kind of moron?" rather than an actual exchange of information.

      Have you ever stopped to consider that perhaps the reason that no meaningful exchange of information occurs in this section of slashdot is because the questions being asked here of late are completely inane?

      Ask slashdot used to be good. The questions used to be intriguing and required a little more thought thank simply linking to a fucking Google search. Nowadays, they're just Slashdot-Retarded, thoughtless ponderances with as much conversation potential as a pile of dogshit. "What kind of electric dork cars are there?" USE GOOGLE. "What kind of laptops have good linux driver support?" USE GOOGLE. "Where can I get good geek shit for my right hand^W^Wgirlfriend?" SHUT UP, ASK A REAL FUCKING QUESTION, AND USE GOOGLE!

      It's hard to engender any sort of worthwhile conversation when the only answers you can really give are pointers to websites. There hasn't been a thought-provoking question on Ask Slashdot in months.

      - A.P.

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  2. H2O!!! by EvlG · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't know why more people don't go for the old standby, water.

    I used to be a heavy soda drinker, consuming at least 5 every work day. One day, I didn't have enough change to buy sodas, and I drank water all day.

    I can not adequately describe how much better I felt, and how much more productive I was. I felt like my whole body was just flushed out, especially my brain.

    Ever since, I have only gone for a soda when I need a really quick rush of sugar or calories. This is usually true in the last hour or two before I head home to eat dinner.

    Try drinking nothing but water for an entire week at work, and see if you find yourself feeling better and thinking better as I did.