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I’m Sick of Robot Food

3:00 PM AUGUST 1, 2012 by Jason Kessler

microwave-640.gif(Credit: Erik S. Peterson)

HEY! Have you seen the mashed potato dispenser from that 7-11 in Singapore ??? OH. MY. GOSH. It’s incredible! It’s innovative! It’s… disgusting. Seriously. Mashed potatoes from what’s essentially a modified espresso machine? To borrow a colorful Valley Girl phrase from the 80s, “gag me with a spoon.” Actually, gag me with anything–as long as it’s not 7-11’s mashed potatoes. Are we so desperate for food that’s convenient that we’re willing to ignore the fact that mashed potatoes should not dribble out of a nozzle? Apparently so.

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