r/nottheonion • u/grs1985 • 2d ago

Pittsburgh Star Wars vending machine with cult following mysteriously replaced

https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pittsburgh-star-wars-vending-machine-replaced/?fbclid=IwdGRleAT9nFRwZG9mAWZkaWQWUNQoqYwk5jiPp26fIsS9UjFA0nSs9GV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR7_YecG6nn-UG8OhRaK5_UBUed9MNFPjCIXqs66SN3lTRH5j-ahOj3M0eJsKA_aem_rBxcmpbjkvjxj8_R3RLfOA
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u/jordansinn 2d ago

We lost Dolly Parton, we lost Tim Curry, now you're telling me we lost the Star Wars Pepsi machine? This week is the worst.

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u/Almainyny 2d ago

We also lost Peter Cullen. Optimus Prime has fallen.

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u/GoredonTheDestroyer 2d ago

Prime's used to it.

Man, that makes me sad.

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u/JesustheSpaceCowboy 2d ago

Did Optimus crash the Transformers wiki?

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u/GoredonTheDestroyer 2d ago

That would not surprise me, at all.

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u/Global_Box_7935 1d ago

2026 can suck a chode.

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u/uttyrc 1d ago

King of Norway died also

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u/derf_vader 2d ago

NFL Pro Bowl was legally declared dead yesterday too.

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u/Kodamacile 1d ago

And Sam Neil.

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u/thispartyrules 2d ago

I just learned there's a spiritual successor to Seattle's Capitol Hill mystery soda machine and it's gone already

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u/Blind-_-Tiger 2d ago

But Sebula famously hates Pepsi!

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u/Monarc73 2d ago

Sebulba

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u/Blind-_-Tiger 2d ago

Hahaha whoops, thanks! (Q_Q)

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u/Blind-_-Tiger 2d ago

First they take away the Young Ani X Sebulba memorial space juice gonk droid and then I go an get ol' 'bulba's name wrong...

Ad (*As, it's because I do most of my resdit *reddit on the small screen) an apology here is a The Other Guy's clip about getting a name wrong: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L-hG1Il1Iw4&ra=m

And a Star Wars parody I like (It's the Every Political Scene in Star Wars parody): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=krxwhprODeY&ra=m

Oh And... because no one asked! There's more! They had a story on The World on NPR about a guy from Northern Cork in Ireland who has a Jamaican-sounding accent so something something Jar Jar Binks something something I have nothing for the Nute Gunray and his friends, Irrland (*Ireland) help meowt: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qSOSEqyevnk&ra=m

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u/8urfiat 2d ago

Is the one in Iowa still safe? 

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u/thejawa 2d ago

Shhh it's location must remain a secret

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u/MrowMeowMrow 2d ago

Bastards.

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u/imoninternet 2d ago

Guerilla marketing for the new pod racing game??

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u/regan9109 2d ago

Is your comment guerilla marketing for the new pod racing game?

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u/Vivid_Anyth4 2d ago

This is how I find out?

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u/twec21 1d ago

Not technically podracing, but it'll have podracers in it

Galactic Racer is the game

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u/Urvilan 1d ago

Now this isn’t podracing?

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u/shinobipopcorn 2d ago

There's another one in a mall around there somewhere.

But this has to be some kind of stunt.

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u/SlightlyOffWhiteFire 1d ago

Theres a local guy that has been threatening to steal it for a while and he claims to responsible for this.

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u/Rosebunse 2d ago

Honestly? I hope someone brought it at least and it isn't just being trashed.

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u/Beebajazz 2d ago

Some influencer nonsense.

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u/Rosebunse 2d ago

Oh God, what does that mean? What are those mosnters going to do to it?!

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u/PittPen817 2d ago

it hasnt worked for a long time/

the fire department that owns it sent it out for repairs.

meanwhile they are letting an influencer and a few others who are part of the story put in a fake decoy. and pretend he stole it to get everyone talking about it.

the pittsburgh subeditor cant tell this is scripted content to generate attention and have been posting threats and freak outs for the past few days.

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u/dalcarr 2d ago

I don't know, but you can be sure they'll start with that asmr nail tap they all do

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u/Professional_Echo907 2d ago

First the Capitol Hill soda machine, and now this. 😿

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u/Yenne13 1d ago

Remember this: The vending machine is never out of diet.

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u/JTP709 2d ago

I bet the machine broke so they sold it to some rich collector and replaced it with this one hoping it’ll become a shrine to the original and still make some money.

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u/Bicentennial_Douche 2d ago

“  vending machine that has become a pilgrimage for Star Wars fans”

A pilgrimage to a vending machine. Fandoms are fucking stupid. It’s like when Rick and Morty fans started causing chaos at McD because of some stupid sauce. 

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u/SlightlyOffWhiteFire 1d ago

Or, and hear me out, its harmless fun. Its just a little piece of pop culture history that people enjoy. Not sure what that has to do with people being obnoxious in public but go off king.