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What's the most cyberpunk-esk thing we actually have in modern society? (hexbear.net)
submitted 4 days ago by SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I'm drinking boxed wine tonight but I accidentally set the box in a puddle of water on my kitchen counter and the bottom of the box fell apart, so I had to just take the bag out and realized boxed wine is really just bagged wine. So now there's just a plastic bag of wine sitting on my table and for some reason that felt a bit cyberpunk to me, you just buy a big bag of booze when you want to get fucked up in Mega-City 1.

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[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 27 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Probably the self serve checkouts that use AI to falsely accuse you of stealing.

"DID YOU SCAN THAT?"

[–] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago

"DID YOU SCAN THAT?"

no i didnt you fucking narc, now shush

[–] XiaCobolt@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've found passive aggressively holding up the item to the camera jiggling it and then putting it back works well and makes me feel better than it should.