When you think MURDER, think MARCUS MUNITIONS!

12 points

It’s harder to buy alcohol than use the vending machine. Where I live, I can’t buy alcohol at the liquor store before noon on Sunday or on holidays. But I can stock for a school shooting?

Puritan America values strike again.

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Puritan America values strike again.

Just got an acausal message from the future. 2025 will be shocking, we have seen nothing yet. And sadly I don’t think we in Europe have it in us to do a D-day to save the USA from the fascists.

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I wonder what initial conditions spawned this fractal of bad. This Mandel-rot. This Sier-stink-ski

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19 points

A fantastic day for capitalism!

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7 points

hi marcus :>

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6 points

I’m sure we’ll do this all again soon enough.

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19 points

I wonder what kind of training it takes to become capable of deciding that the thing your ammunition vending machine project really needs is Artificial Intelligence. Does the NRA have an MBA program?

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You do know that murder is only illegal killing, right?

With machines that require the hoops you jump through that those idiot boxes require, only an idiot would use them to buy ammo for a murder. Also, an idiot for paying that much for ammo.

Me, I only perform legal killings, so I can take out an equity loan and buy the entire machine out! Yay!

Yay?

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i don’t think that “one crime at a time” applies there. what’s stopping a school shooter from just stealing shit from that idiot box

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You’re forgetting mass shooters, i.e., the people who don’t care if they’re identified or if they’re getting a good price. Safe to say they’re not worried about their credit rating if the plan is to take on a SWAT team in 20 minutes.

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Man, I have to break this to you, but if someone wants it fast, ammo from one of these machines is the last place they’d go. You can get ammo faster at a gun store. In and out, five minutes if the place isn’t busy.

The only realistic use case for these machines is people out hunting and wanting to only stop in one place on the way home, or as close to camp as possible when on a longer trip.

Guns are harder to get than ammo. Shit, if you shoot regularly, you probably know someone that reloads, and can get a bucket full of ammo at a time, no questions asked.

It’s funny though, the idea of someone planning on cooking off a few hundred rounds, obtaining a rifle and magazines, getting all dressed up to go and then, “damn, I forgot to load any of these, better stop at the piggly wiggly and get ammo, or no mass mayhem for me!”

Okay, the mayhem and killing part isn’t funny, but the idea that a mass shooter wild use one of these machines is.

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Ah, right, I guess that’s why other vending machines never caught on. Why spend $2 on a Snickers at work when a quick trip to the grocery store can get you candy for way less?

What you’re overlooking this time is vending machines sell convenience, not just single-serving portions. The fact that very few customers really need ammo without leaving the store/mall is indeed why this is a questionable business model and not just a sketchy one.

I’m puzzled, though, by the belief that hunters are more likely to make overpriced, impulse purchases of ammo than mass shooters. I’m even less inclined to buy that than ammo from a vending machine.

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