• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    But again…. How human is the connection at Starbucks? Especially at 5am on your way to work?

    Like. If a machine can spit out a Starbucks latte to order and there’s one less person? Hell yes.

    In the Voyager episode (where Kim is somehow in an alternate timeline stuck on earth developing some kinda snazzy shuttle), it’s not a social thing. It’s a pop-in-get-coffee-and-go thing

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      5 days ago

      For that level of task, absolutely. Simply suggesting that personable interaction is unlikely to be eliminated in all sectors deemed of lesser import.

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        4 days ago

        Introverts would pick the choice with no interaction any day. For us, the dry protocol of getting a coffee by talking to someone is draining not rewarding.