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[heymcfly]

[ The video starts with Marty holding the communicator really, really awkwardly. Behind him you can probably see a line of freestyle soda machines behind him. Marty has a dollar in his hand, but apparently something's not working for him. ]

Okay. So...ah, I'm Marty. I guess I'm new? I don't know if you gotta introduce yourselves or anything when you make a new one of these, but...

[ He gives the communicator a sheepish kind of shrug, unsure of whether he wants to feel stupid holding a camera like this, or feeling uncomfortable because people were looking at him weird. ] ...right. So I got a question. I guess.

So these touch vendor-things are everywhere, right? How the hell do you get your soda?

[ Marty turns the video to the machine, where he presses his finger against 'diet coke' on the main screen and then mashing it against the PUSH button. ] I press diet coke on the menu and it takes me to this thing where it shows me all kinda of flavors, but it won't give me my soda!

[ joke's on you marty, you have to select the big fat diet coke button before you can get your soda, duh. that's probably why people are looking at you weird.

Eventually he just lightly taps the toe of his shoe against the bottom of the machine. ]

This thing sucks. I don't even like coke.

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[liverletdie]

[ He's holding the bridge of his nose. ]

Okay -- Okay, you see the button that says push?

[heymcfly]

Yeah yeah, I know! You push the button and the soda's supposed to come out

But I've tried that though! I push diet coke and all these weird flavors come up, but I don't want that. I just want the diet coke!

[liverletdie]

[ Heaven help him. ]

When you hit it, you see how the diet coke button gets big?

Hit it again.

[heymcfly]

[ Wordlessly, Marty hits the big coke button.

Then he presses push.

And....

...oh. ]

Seriously? [ He waits until his soda's full. ] Why can't they just pour it when I ask for a diet?

[liverletdie]

But what if you want a diet with lime?

Or a cherry diet?

Capitalism and innovation -- to perfection.

[heymcfly]

[ Marty shakes his head, frustrated. ] Then I'd...[ He goes quiet. The guy has a point, anyway. ]

Alright. Whatever. I got my soda, so I'm okay now.

Thanks for everything, I guess.

[liverletdie]

Well of course.

And next time you need help with technology, try playing with it a little, first. You'll probably figure it out pretty quickly if you play around a bit.

[ why did he offer to become the network IT guy? if he's just going to get snippy about it ]

[heymcfly]

Right, right.

[ Noted. Marty doesn't want to admit it, but this guy has a point. Maybe instead of just getting really frustrated with things all the time, and if he just took a moment or two to actually take a second and look... ]

Thanks man. [ Marty holds up his soda, and offers a smile! ] 'Preciate it.