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sriracha vending machine

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2024.01.13

I came across a new type of vending machine in Japan. It has sriracha. I zipped past on my bike, doubled back and a young fellow was buying one. I asked if it was tasty, he said he didn't know. I asked if it was his first time, he said yes. I told him, "me, too." From a vending machine that is.

Mari had previously spotted one outside the nearby US airbase, but I reckon that's different from far-flung Kodaira.

rand()m quote

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

—Sigmund Freud