Norwegian salmon ATM in Singapore

2 days ago by ickplant to c/mildlyinteresting

CombatWombat 157 points 2 days ago

Look, I'm all for whimsy but let's be honest with ourselves, this is clearly a vending machine and not an ATM. It doesn't even take cash, let alone allow salmon deposits.

Fake outrage aside, this whips and I dunno who's out here buying 200 gram portions of frozen salmon after midnight, but they seem fun.

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ray 37 points 2 days ago

I agree, this isn't an ATM. It's an automated machine, but it doesn't provide any of the same services as a bank teller. It should instead be called an AFM (automated fishmonger machine).

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seblin 20 points 2 days ago

Can you be 100% certain that someone doesn't consider salmon as currency? Since the automated teller machine is for giving out currency after all

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SayJess 18 points 2 days ago

Uh, what do you think S$ means? Clearly, it is Salmon-Dollars.

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BradleyUffner 14 points 2 days ago

My cat would totally accept it as payment.

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ChicoSuave 18 points 2 days ago

AFM - Automatic fish monger

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JoeBigelow 10 points 2 days ago

FTM - Fish Transaction Machine

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captain_aggravated 5 points 2 days ago

That way, AFM machine isn't redundant. I like the way you think. This'll give pedants years of the same shit to talk about.

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daychilde 11 points 2 days ago

salmon deposits.

I just want to be very very clear that if you say this phrase out loud, you MUST. ARTICULATE. CAREFULLY.

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craigers 3 points a day ago

If they sold trout I'd call it an ATM. This is an ASM at best.

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Routhinator 2 points a day ago

At least its not an ASL.

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captainlezbian 2 points 14 hours ago

American Salmon Language

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CombatWombat 2 points a day ago

You do you, but an automated teller machine does not dispense tellers.

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rmuk 3 points a day ago

They're probably scared to be on their own; easily spooked, I'm told. You need to get Penn from the APM first.

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boonhet 2 points 17 hours ago

Well not all ATMs allow deposits and the ones that don't, generally don't take cash in any form any way, only card (and then give out cash)

If you see salmon as a currency, then this could be a withdraw-only salmon ATM

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Kaligalis 1 point a day ago

I am preparing for hibernation right now and often crave salmon after midnight. I would love to have a salmon vending machine nearby.

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lechekaflan 1 point a day ago

The size is good enough for a solo dinner with the fried fillet and a couple cups of rice.

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Routhinator 34 points a day ago

Food Dispenser. Vending Machine.

Not an ATM.

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trashgirlfriend 21 points a day ago

Wrong fish, it's supposed to be Automated Trout Machine

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Nasan 2 points 14 hours ago

it used to be trout, they had to pivot to salmon for supply chain reasons

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boonhet 1 point 17 hours ago

Almost the same fish tbh

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Siethron 1 point 16 hours ago

Nah, trout is white on the inside

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ContriteErudite 2 points 16 hours ago

Steelhead trout is pink.

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humorlessrepost 5 points 15 hours ago

Maybe the salmon is willing to go ass to mouth?

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SoupBrick 30 points 2 days ago

Can you check your salmon balance there too?

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pigup 17 points 2 days ago

Checking: fish

Savings: fish

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Appoxo 3 points a day ago

At least it's not a phish

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monkeyslikebananas2 19 points 2 days ago

How do i deposit my weekly salmon?

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neidu4 8 points 2 days ago

In the frying pan. With some lemon pepper and garlic.

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Appoxo 1 point a day ago

Or miso with a bit of ginger

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Psythik 17 points a day ago

Does it work in reverse too: insert salmon, get cash?

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EvilHankVenture 5 points a day ago

It's an atm, it just dispenses equivalent amounts of salmon that you previously stored in there.

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Psythik 1 point a day ago

So yes? Because cash ATMs also work in reverse: you can insert cash and it will show up in your bank account.

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faintwhenfree 2 points a day ago

Not all of them do

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 4 points a day ago

Reminds me of when my mate deposited his kebab in a bank machine so he could withdraw it when sober.

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baguettefish 1 point a day ago

did it work?

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 2 points 18 hours ago

He got a warning letter instead of his doner back.

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baguettefish 2 points 17 hours ago

noted, doner kebab is not fungible

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Obi 4 points 16 hours ago

If I learned anything from playing MMORPGs, yes.

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wittymcusername 15 points 2 days ago

There are real? This was a plot point on The Great North and I thought it was something they made up, like cold weather and Alanis Morrisette.

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skribe 4 points 2 days ago

It's real. Seen them, but never felt compelled to use one. There was one outside a small convenience store near where I live. I haven't seen any for years though.

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Blackfeathr 12 points 2 days ago

There had to be least one (1) bear involved in the creation of this machine.

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CMDR_Horn 10 points 2 days ago

Until they swap salmon out with tuna, then it'd be correct

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pigup 10 points 2 days ago

NORWEGIAN SALMON ASS TO MOUTH

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Zozano 7 points 2 days ago

Bass to Trout

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myyass 3 points 2 days ago

ESPRESSO NUT TO BUTT, no no I meant nut bean two girls and one cup! Wait no Taylor Farms to toilet table--by the restroom!

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BillyClark 9 points 2 days ago

I've never been to Singapore, but I think vending machines should be common enough there that they wouldn't mistranslate it as ATM.

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wieson 4 points 2 days ago

mistranslate

Americans when other dialects of English are allowed to do their own thing

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jambudz 1 point a day ago

Automated teller machine. How exactly does that translate to vending machine?

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wieson 0 points a day ago

literally means figuratively, thing means object and not parliament, SMS means short message and not short message system, USAmericans say pants to trousers and underpants to pants, beamer for BMW, merc for Mercedes. Those are just different uses of words in different types of English.

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jambudz 1 point 16 hours ago

Thing and รฐing are different. SMS means short message service. BMer is pretty self explanatory. Merc is from the English who stole it from German parlance. And you just really are bitter arenโ€™t you?

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Vandals_handle 8 points 2 days ago

ASM: Automated Salmonoid Machine

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brem 5 points 2 days ago

Salmon to Mouth to ass!!!!

It's the finale for my fish-based-erotica-paradoy of "Requiem for a dream"...

......."Aquarium Full of Creams"

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Vandals_handle 3 points 2 days ago

Who's your spawnsor for publishing?

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brem 3 points 2 days ago

Pangolin Parblushers

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Vandals_handle 2 points 2 days ago

Is it true they pay on a fixed scale?

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brem 2 points 2 days ago

Wetrium Scream?

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Fluffy_Ruffs 7 points 2 days ago

I mean this with all sincerity that I wish I had one of these near me. Salmon is so damn good.

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katiecakes 1 point a day ago

Our farmed salmon is trash though, you shouldn't eat it. They're net rings in the fjords full of massively overcrowded salmon, there's problems with parasites, lice, bugs, illnesses, they're fed pellets with orange dye in them, and they destroy the local fjord ecosystems because they put so much waste into the water the entire fjord life system can collapse.

They're farmed in dead fjords full of sewage, essentially.

Here's an english link I found : https://www.theguardian.com/...

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ChonkyOwlbear 7 points 2 days ago

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techmaster7d 7 points a day ago

Not an ATM, because it does not deal money, which is what a Teller does.

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Kolanaki 8 points a day ago

Maybe it also does magic tricks without ever speaking. That's what Teller does.

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Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 2 points a day ago

Maybe it delivers stories.

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ContriteErudite 1 point 16 hours ago

While nontraditional, it is currency. My adderall dealer accepts cash, btc, skittles, and norwegian salmon fillets.

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FistingEnthusiast 6 points a day ago

It's farmed

Not caught in the wild

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droans 6 points a day ago

That's a good thing for salmon. We're grossly overfishing wild salmon. Plus, you could use this to make sushi.

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blaggle42 4 points a day ago

Doesn't taste like it's supposed to.

While I am as pro-planet as anyone, I have a sneaking suspicion there would be no "over farming" if capitalism didn't throw away 3 for ever 1 they sell.

Instead of making us eat fish that tastes like, hmm, not sure anymore, they should instead make fines for wasting.

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boonhet 2 points 17 hours ago

Where do you live that salmon is so cheap they can afford to throw away 3 for every 1 they sell? Around here when they have stockpiles about to expire they run a deep discount and it's still more expensive per kg than meat from things with legs.

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FistingEnthusiast 1 point 10 hours ago

I used to work in salmon farming

It's a disgraceful industry and I got out as soon as I possibly could

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captainlezbian 6 points 14 hours ago

And yet I don't see any Norwegian on the atm

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Tollana1234567 4 points 2 days ago

since only the atlantic salmon can be farmed, most salmonid species cant be farmed, they have to be caught in the wild.

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victorz 4 points 2 days ago

If this is your thumb, OP, my wife has the same thumb as you.

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ickplant 4 points 2 days ago

Itโ€™s not! But say hi to your wife and her thumb!

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victorz 2 points 2 days ago

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ˜Š

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rmuk 3 points a day ago

Please remember it's my turn with the thumb next month. I need it for the new GTA game.

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victorz 1 point a day ago

lol what, what did I miss here? Thumb in GTA VI?

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Eat_Your_Paisley 4 points 2 days ago

If this is real I need one near me

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Imgonnatrythis 3 points 2 days ago

Is the omega 3 really that far from the protein?

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nightofmichelinstars 3 points 2 days ago

Yes but the sustainable is closer to the head

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psx_crab 2 points 2 days ago

Not closer than the butt, that's for sure.

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bstix 3 points a day ago

There's something like this near me. It's not a vending machine but just a freezer container where you can take stuff and self-service the check-out using a phone. It's not cheaper than in the stores, but I guess it's more fresh, since they load it straight from the ships.

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brem 3 points 2 days ago

Don't tell the Japanese, they'll make one that sells Salmon wrapped in used panties!!!

Seriously, the vending machines in Japan are outrageous & abundant in both amount & variety.

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alcoholicorn 3 points 2 days ago

I think that's a pretty dated trope, since the 00s there's way less.

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brem 5 points 2 days ago

It still holds up. I have a homie in Tokyo who's nickname is Vend, btw

Edit: not sure if the link takes you to the "Popularity in Japan" section for everyone, so here's the unedited text copied directly:

"Vending machines are a common sight in Japan, and are considerably popular. There are more than 5.5 million machines installed throughout the nation, and Japan holds the highest ratio of machines per person for any country with one machine for every twenty-three people."

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alcoholicorn 2 points 2 days ago

I guess I still see more vending machines in Japan than anywhere else, but there's maybe a tenth of the number there were 10-15 years ago.

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brem 4 points 2 days ago

This is true, and the niche ones are like the coin pressing machines in the US.. but they can still be found.

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mHtt 2 points 2 days ago

god I love the pacific NW

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cooltrainer_frank 6 points 2 days ago

I'm confused, since neither Singapore nor Norway are in the Pac NW

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psx_crab 7 points 2 days ago

This is in the city of Singapore, British Columbia, Canada.

You probably never heard of it because it didn't exists.

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rmuk 1 point a day ago

I've heard of it. My high school girlfriend went there.

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mHtt 2 points 2 days ago

thats right!

but the salmon are!

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