Coworker of mine had a plumber drill a hole in the wrong place, so now he had a tile with a hole in it. Plumber got someone in to fix it with colored epoxy. Says he can't see where the hole was.
It depends on the subject. For some things I use search engines, for some things I'll just google for books or research on the subject matter and obtain pdf's for those, some stuff on relevant internet fora, and it used to be that youtube had some good info, though lately it's overrun by AI slop.
Not necessarily, sometimes you just want to get something finished today, which won't happen if you're sitting in your car. I probably wouldn't do it though.
There is literally a picture of a vending machine in the article
True. But that picture is like those AI videos on youtube today where the thumbnail doesn't show up in the video. According to this article, those vending machines were banned in 2004 and the trade in used panties was driven to specialized shops.
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that was one person, not a pattern of behaviour by the masses
Does this count?
It also doesn't seem to mention vending machines, but specialized shops or online selling. It's still gross, but it's also not unthinkable that this could happen in western countries. There was for instance an English internet personality who sold her used bath water a few years ago.
I've actually had that happen too. I was in Rome in 2006, and Italy was playing the world cup finals on the day we flew back. Ground crew couldn't be bothered to do their job during the match, so we flew with a two-ish hour delay.
Coworker of mine had a plumber drill a hole in the wrong place, so now he had a tile with a hole in it. Plumber got someone in to fix it with colored epoxy. Says he can't see where the hole was.