Brutkey

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops
@ifixcoinops@retro.social

A system exists where amounts of money as low as one penny can be transferred from someone present to someone not present with zero fees and zero surveillance, and the payment terminals don't even require electricity

I know because I've seen barns full of the damn things

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops
@ifixcoinops@retro.social

Granted they're usually on quarter mechs and will require a damn good scrub to remove the last lonely gumballs

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops
@ifixcoinops@retro.social

🦊🦊 Dan are you seriously suggesting that we replace credit cards with old gumball machines full of numbers or QR codes in those little plastic eggs

🦝🦝 Do you have a BETTER IDEA

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops
@ifixcoinops@retro.social

A finger on the monkey's paw curls over, and in 2027 you put a quarter in an old gumball machine and receive a QR code that you can scan with the gm.bls app to receive a gumball in the post with optional 2 day delivery available for $2.99

Dan Fixes Coin-Ops
@ifixcoinops@retro.social

Take a video of yourself inserting a quarter and turning the handle, and within 45 minutes a gig worker will throw a gumball at your head as he drives past