I'll take the single outlet cartridge loaded one over the several feet of bacteria laden tubes sucking on bags from the other.
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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Hotdogs are down the hallway
This has a similar energy.
No fucking thanks. These machines are disgusting bacteria farms.
*citation needed
I have worked in fast food before and cleaned out the normal ones and I know how infrequently they get cleaned.
https://www.foodrepublic.com/1866833/avoid-fast-food-soft-drink/
Godard, Renee D., Puja Sharma*, Carlie Jo Wagner*, Morgan Wilson, Amie Fleming-Haddock*, Rebecca Beach. (2013). Repeated detection of microbes in beverages dispensed from soda fountain machines and the effect of flushing on microbial density. International Journal of Food Microbiology 163: 218-222.
White, Amy S., Renee D. Godard, Carolyn Belling*, Victoria Kasza*, Rebecca Beach. 2010. Beverages obtained from soda fountain machines in the U.S. contain microorganisms, including coliform bacteria. International Journal of Food Microbiology 137: 61–66.
Yes, it's obvious that soda fountains are bacteria farms, but what about the comparison of models? We're trying to determine how significant the difference is
Good thing I get mine from 7-eleven where they are known for their high hygiene standards.
"No fucking thanks. These machines are disgusting bacteria farms." - Klemptor
If the drink cloaca is unholy, call me a heathen.
I’ll take the cloaca one every time. They got damn fine choices.
In my experience, the flavors are not the same, not calibrated correctly or something.
Selects regular Dr. Pepper.
Received a cup of seltzer water with a drop of syrup.
Babe can I get one of them Cloaca-Colas
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.
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.
I'm happy to see them because I get more sugar free choices than water or diet cola.
Can I get one of them Cloaca-Colas
Here you go!
Kingdom of Loathing... how I miss you sometimes.
I recently started playing again after a 15 year break. It's changed quite a bit and I'm having a blast. Don't miss it, go play it :)
Edit: I take it back. Don't actually. See below :(
Omg, that is fucking disgusting. Thank you for letting me know.
Maybe in the next FallOut game
How am I supposed to mix with this one?
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.
I always mix Coke, Fanta, Fanta exotic and Sprite. Really delicious. Here in Sweden you pour yourself in some restaurants.
FYI, those machines are rarely cleaned.
i feel like if you worry about this you should just not eat out at all, ever
... is that the reason some places drinks taste different?
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
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.
Umm... Around the year 2000 I worked at a couple of different convenience stores in the south, ours were never cleaned, shit they were rarely changed with the exception of Mountain Dew and Dr Pepper because our regulars would tear through them. I remember the lines being clear...ish? They had the embedded nylon or whatever in the clear tube but ours were way nastier than my 18 year old brain wanted to realize.
i like to think the soda dispenser bacteria enhances my biological profile
Your immune system is going to hate it but your gut biome is going to love it.
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.
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