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No no no, it can only get better if we pay them less! Simple logic!
Now a machine will tell you the Milkshake machine is broken... >

To be fair, it already does. >

...in texas.
it should be noted that today, 12/23/2022, that location is without power
womp-womp >

I mean even a ‘normal’ McDonald’s can’t serve food if power is out… >

I do enjoy when connections in different news events are pointed out >

As corporations increasingly turn to automation, can we stop treating them as job creators sent by God to bless our society and economy? >

No. The only answer is to reduce wages so meat based employees can continue to be competitive with automation. 
God forbid we develop a society where technological advances benefit everyone. >

It’d be cool to get some food that no one touched. >

If this works and becomes adopted everywhere, that's a good thing no?
There are lots of jobs that existed in the past that sucked ass and we automated them, this is progress. 
The only problem with this is that the more we automate huge sectors like this, the more we need to evolve our views on capitalism and how we run society.
Who WANTS to spend their time on earth serving people at McDonald's? We only do it as a way to get money, but if our systems were set up in a way that accounted for this, then automation is amazing. >


Who WANTS to spend their time on earth serving people at McDonald's? We only do it as a way to get money, but if our systems were set up in a way that accounted for this, then automation is amazing.

The only people making money from a fully-automated McDonald's are the robotics company and McDonald's executives. >

Yeah I know.... that's what I'm saying. Currently people work at McDonald's to make money, but no because they WANT to be there. So if we automate it, and give people something like universal basic income, no one would work at McDonald's. >


and give people something like universal basic income

That's what you didn't include before.
I agree that UBI would make automation a good thing. Until that, though, it's only a method to make the rich even richer. >

They didn't specifically mention UBI originally, but they did say evolve our views on capitalism and how we run society. >

The wealth with trickle down now, for sure! >

And 128 years later, we've reinvented the automat. >

Once they automate everyone out of a job who will buy their products >

Never ceases to amaze how the drive thru lanes are packed every time I drive by. And Chick-Filet-A lines are even worse, at least in my town. Completely insane. >

OMG, the line at the Chick-Filet-A is crazy - it's always so long it winds through the parking lot. I've never been but I am wondering what is in that food! >

This is an unsolved mystery to me. Chick-fil-A is good, but not to where it warrants long winding lines that wind around the building twice and spill out into the road, throughout all operating hours. >

It's better than other fast food (except in n out) and it has a drive thru.   The consistency is key.  I used to like eating at other fast food restaurants but tht quality was really different between different ones.  Also sometimes they change menu or ingredients and no longer tastes as good.   So it's more like people gave up on the other fast food chains and just stuck with in n out and chick FIL la >

That’s kind of like Starbucks lately. It was consistent among different locations but in the past few weeks, it varies wildly. I just started going to local coffee shops when I can. >

Fine with me. Last time I went to McDonald’s I repeated my simple order three times and the guy taking my order still didn’t get it right. I gave up and left. >

"$37 an hour please" >

Hmm ever think maybe the quality of service and the level of pay might be linked somehow? Nope you'd rather just simp for capitalism.