contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agoTIL 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.www.atlasobscura.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up155arrow-down1external-linkTIL 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.www.atlasobscura.comcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 10 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRikudou_SageAlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·10 months ago 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?
minus-squareJeffreyOrange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoLol this is pretty much unheard of in germany. People here love cash.
minus-squareRikudou_SageAlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoGermany is always a weird mix of being modern and strangely medieval at times.
minus-squareelfin8er@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI mean the article was written 8 years ago, so maybe they weren’t as common?
minus-squareFubber Nuckin'@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoThat and the fact that the only people who want a cashless society are the people charging card fees.
minus-squarehowrar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoAlso the businesses paying that card fee
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