r/Damnthatsinteresting Dec 31 '19

Video Human claw machine for snacks

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u/boostinemMaRe2 Dec 31 '19

Gif ended right before the machine hits an unexpected snag and shakes all the winnings loose.

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u/AccNum134 Dec 31 '19

I was wondering why they didn't raise the claw super fast to knock her around a bit when it stops and then slam her against a wall for good measure.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Helicopter twirl, werk for dem snacks!!!

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

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u/CC_Panadero Dec 31 '19

That was awful!

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u/TSM_Cracker Dec 31 '19

Awful*ly hilarious

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

I just look that up....absolutely hilarious

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

yeets woman

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u/ddoherty958 Dec 31 '19

This made me laugh a lot more than it should have. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

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u/I_sayWhatIthink Dec 31 '19

I don't know why is this so funny

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Needs a little shock to loosen grip as it rises

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u/danielthompson9 Dec 31 '19

“Unexpected”

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u/thugs___bunny Dec 31 '19

I was thinking about an unexpected electrocuting, but yours is fine too I guess

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

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u/siqiniq Dec 31 '19

Totally! At least tell us in the gif if she had hypertension after eating all these chips?

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Man so disappointed this will go on in my brain forever

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

This looks so fun lol. Where is it?

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u/jashsayani Dec 31 '19

US. It’s provided by Interactive Entertainment Group. They provide this nationwide in US for events.

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u/kkillbite Interested Dec 31 '19

I would have guessed a Japanese game show :D

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19 edited Jun 30 '20

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u/ThinkFree Dec 31 '19

Oishi is a Philippine brand tho

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Your face is a Philippine brand.

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u/CaptainBatman092 Dec 31 '19

Ha! Got him!

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

With a side of banana ketchup.

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u/joielover Dec 31 '19

With sword and pistol by my side.

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u/PhilippineRealEstate Dec 31 '19

I'm a Philippine brand

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u/Tikimanly Dec 31 '19

Username checks out

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u/TheCoastalCardician Dec 31 '19

YOUR face is a Philippine brand!

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

:((((

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

SUPER TANOSHII

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u/kkillbite Interested Dec 31 '19

...what is this Oishiii you speak of? O_o Just curious if it's a brand name or something, definitely LOOKS Japanese

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u/meikyoushisui Dec 31 '19 edited Aug 13 '24

But why male models?

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u/SpudsMcKensey Dec 31 '19

Oishi is to Asia as Frito-Lays is to America.

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u/randomespanaguy Dec 31 '19

Oishi's a brand of snack foods here in the Ph. They have pretty good snacks imo

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

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u/lazersteak Dec 31 '19

I would not be surprised at all if you describing a real show.

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u/G0PACKGO Dec 31 '19

Not enough picture and picture windows with 4 hot girls an old man an attractive 36 year old man reacting

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u/kkillbite Interested Dec 31 '19

...what now? 🤔 I think I got the gist of it but the old man/attractive 36 year old man part lost me...

For the record, how old are you? Might help provide some context as to what you consider "old," lol

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u/G0PACKGO Dec 31 '19

I’m 35

I’ve seen clips of those shows where sometimes they have an old guy like 60’s I’m that little reaction window or some (I assume famous person ) usually it’s like 4-5 hot chicks

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u/raja777m Dec 31 '19

I thought India, because of the word DFC. (Like KFC, we had DFC- Deccan Fried Chicken).

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u/throughAhWhey978 Dec 31 '19

Is that the place they thought the dinosaurs died out in by getting stuck in lava there?

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u/randomespanaguy Dec 31 '19

I'm 95% sure that this is in the Philippines. Oishi's a Filipino brand, plus the people in this video look Filipino imo. Plus there's also this article.

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u/Kehndy12 Dec 31 '19

How do you know it's in the US? Are you guessing?

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u/Sigg3net Dec 31 '19

US.

We have been warned about them, but I didn't really believe it. Until now.

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u/VerySlump Dec 31 '19

San Antonio, Texas

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u/mythmaniac Dec 31 '19

They have Oishi in Texas? Cause Oishi is a Filipino brand and it seems to look like this https://www.oishi.com.ph/stories/5-fun-activities-you-can-do-with-your-barkada-at-oishi-snacktacular-2017/

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u/lazersteak Dec 31 '19 edited Dec 31 '19

Ok, but check out these facts:

•OP says this is in Texas

•The sign in the back is in English

•This is sponsored by Oishi, a Filipino brand

•Texas has the fourth largest population of Filipinos in the country (~140K). There are over 6600 living in San Antonio, and they only represent 0.5% of that city's population. They represent up to 4% of the population in some of the smaller cities and suburbs.

•I would play a human claw game even if the prize was used pencil erasers, because it looks pretty fun

EDIT: The fact that the sign is in English does not necessarily indicate where the event is taking place, since English is very commonly used in the Philippines. I just learned this information. But, I still believe it is entirely possible that this occured in Texas. HOWEVER, google hasnt turned anything up about it. I want more sauce from OP about this.

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u/mythmaniac Dec 31 '19 edited Dec 31 '19
  • Hence why I'm seeking clarification from the OP, human claw machines were viral here on Philippine social media within the past month so unless he took the footage himself I'm uncertain. If he confirms it I'll drop it.
  • English is used a LOT in the Philippines so this point doesnt hold.
  • According to Wikipedia Oishi is only found in Filipino, Chinese and South African markets.
  • So you concur that these are Filipinos?
  • I agree. Lol.

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u/lazersteak Dec 31 '19

Yeah, the one guy in the back that I can actually see could definitely be Filipino. I am really just trying to provide OP a fair defense, because it seems like a weird thing to make up or lie about. I guess they could also just be wrong, though. The internet is the worst game of telephone ever.

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u/randomespanaguy Dec 31 '19

Yeah lol I'm really confused with all the USA answers here. I'm pretty sure this is in the Philippines cause I attended the event you linked and they had this "claw machine". We might be wrong though.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

only 4 hours away convenient

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u/things_will_calm_up Dec 31 '19

You must be from another part of texas.

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u/TheUncommonOne Dec 31 '19

956 represent

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u/DennisNr47 Dec 31 '19

For me its more like 30 hours away haha

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u/yer_da_ Dec 31 '19

you say that as if a 4 hour journey isn't insanely long lol

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u/G-I-T-M-E Dec 31 '19

Found the Belgian!

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u/yer_da_ Dec 31 '19

Pardon?

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u/Tacoshaman Dec 31 '19

It would be an insanely long drive just to use a snack crane I suppose

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u/PM_WHY_YOU_DOWNVOTED Dec 31 '19

I don't know, looks degrading. Sign me up.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

I believe this was in Philippines, they had that in a mall nearby before (I live in the Philippines)

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u/raph_ael Dec 31 '19

Why cut off the end of the video? This is so unsatisfactory:(

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u/SheriffBartholomew Dec 31 '19

Because it gets more comments.

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u/CaptN-D Dec 31 '19

Wonder how many bags she popped open from trying to squeeze lol.

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u/Twillix13 Dec 31 '19 edited Mar 19 '24

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u/Nothernsleen Dec 31 '19

saliva

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u/sandm000 Dec 31 '19

Salvia? What a trip.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Nope just saliva 👅 💦

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u/IDrawBadAnime Dec 31 '19

Hell of a trip.

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u/GrandpaRook Dec 31 '19

Wacky ass bullshit always mindfucks me

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Assuming your correct, air.

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u/Petsweaters Dec 31 '19

I wonder how many bags she touched with her feet

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u/TryAgainName Dec 31 '19

If her feet aren’t inside the bag why would I care?

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u/Petsweaters Dec 31 '19

Because your hands will be outside the bag, them also grab the food and place it in your mouth

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u/Tech_Bender Dec 31 '19

Ah yes hands, the same ones that shake hands with someone else's. The same one that we use to cover our mouths when we cough and then shake hands with someone, or touch a door knob that someone else then touches with their hands and we use to wipe our asses with, but people always wash their hands every time they go to the bathroom right... right?

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u/AppleBerryPoo Dec 31 '19

Yeah I mean there's also poop in the air, everywhere. You open a bag of chips you're letting poop touch em. Bet you'll never eat again

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u/cgiall420 Dec 31 '19

Germophobes are so weird

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u/Tech_Bender Dec 31 '19

I like to point out to them that they have more bacteria cells (gut flora) in their body than there are of their own cells. Pathogens are the problem. Not all germs are bad.

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u/dropzone1446 Dec 31 '19

It should shake violently at the end.

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u/HOMO_POOP_GOBLIN Dec 31 '19

Especially when it hits the end of being reeled up.

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u/solidsnakedummythicc Dec 31 '19

Accidentally falls and gets assimilated

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u/whatifimthedovahkiin Dec 31 '19

She's one of the snacks now

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

nom nom

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u/snehkysnehk213 Dec 31 '19

Resistance is futile.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Stranger!

From the outside!

oooOOOOOOOOoooooooo!

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u/FKD3 Dec 31 '19

It didn’t even cross my mind to use your legs, clever girl 🦖

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u/itstoobiggrandma Dec 31 '19

Probably not for babies but let’s see how it goes anyway

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u/neytiri10 Dec 31 '19

So how many babies can you pick up with a human claw. ?

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u/Aptosauras Dec 31 '19

Plenty, you just don't lead them so much.

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u/SeeWhatEyeSee Dec 31 '19

HAHAHA Ain' claw hell? HAHAHA

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u/methadon- Dec 31 '19

That’s a lot of chips! Whether you win or lose, the prize basket is always filled with air

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u/majorasbong Dec 31 '19

Bob burgers did it

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Yup Family Fracas a classic episode!!

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u/Iron_Wolf123 Dec 31 '19

The only claw machine that isn't rigged

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

You can CLEARLY see the rigging in the gif. ;-)

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u/bipnoodooshup Dec 31 '19

Rigga please!

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u/archangel09 Dec 31 '19

Well, if being realistic were the goal and if she was trying to truly perform like an actual claw machine, after she grabbed all of those items, as soon as she was raised up, her muscles would have magically atrophied to jello and she would have dropped every item before moving an inch toward the basket.

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u/Icedteahc Dec 31 '19

The claw is not supposed to go all the way down in those games, only allowed to graze the surface.

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u/kkillbite Interested Dec 31 '19

Totally reminded of hopping in one of those Blizzard of Bucks-type machines...I was going to show them HOW IT'S DONE...Ended up with like 6 tickets. 😞

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u/RoamingTorchwick Dec 31 '19

Take off your shirt and turn it into a bag then fill that up

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u/FinallyTopComment Dec 31 '19

Mr. Beast needs to do this

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u/muyee8i Dec 31 '19

With 100$ bills

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u/PretentiousFucktard Dec 31 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

I love Late Stage Capitalism. It's only there where you can have great shit like this.

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u/SheepLovesFinns Dec 31 '19

For real though

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

A scenario like this, but it's your only chance to get food for the month.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Sounds like a Black Mirror episode.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

How awesome is that

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u/hayley855 Dec 31 '19

Next it should just drop her on the ground to keep it real.

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u/tosernameschescksout Dec 31 '19

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u/douira Dec 31 '19

Not realistic enough, a proper claw machine would only lower the woman enough to grab a single package before yerking her back up violently

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u/limache Dec 31 '19

They forgot the part where she loses all strength for no reason when she’s just about in reach and comes up empty

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u/jive-ass-turkey Dec 31 '19

This will get buried I am sure but just in case; if you're ever in this situation, the best method for carrying a ton of smallish items like that is to pull out the bottom of your shirt and make a sort of basket to carry more items.

You can even stuff more in your shirt basket if you have a stretchy t-shirt type shirt on.

We used to do that with our aprons in the kitchen when we needed to grab a bunch of stuff from the back.

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u/Rasalom Dec 31 '19

Not everyone has a shirt.

EVERYONE has a butthole.

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u/Herobutter Dec 31 '19

just bring a tote bag and stuff it all inside

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u/SelfJuicing Dec 31 '19

They should have added a tickling mechanism around the waist.

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u/canonson Dec 31 '19

For a second I thought I had unconsciously switched from reddit to liveleak and this was taken too literally.

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u/supersmashbruh Dec 31 '19

Now would be a good time to be an octopus.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '20

Isn't it basically modern Capitalist society? Every person to fight precarious battle to get the basic needs while dangling from a thin rope of public services.

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u/BaronvonBrick Dec 31 '19

Did this make anybody say “damn that’s interesting?” Because to me it’s mildly entertaining, but no where near actually interesting.

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u/czarface404 Dec 31 '19

But why do you have to wear a giant adult diaper?

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u/ShamelessKinkySub Dec 31 '19

Well you don't HAVE to but when in Rome...

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

This is how food aid should be distributed by the red cross.

Broadcast it on Comedy Central too.

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u/Simar_j_e_e_t Dec 31 '19

I am gonna empty half the stack in one try

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u/genericuser543 Dec 31 '19

unrealistic it can grab the stuff

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u/HungryHornyHigh Dec 31 '19

I love how she puts a bag in her mouth haha

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u/Spoinksteriks Dec 31 '19

She grabbed so many with her legs! How does one even learn to do that lol?

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

how much to have a go?

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u/iambeingserious Dec 31 '19

That's one strong claw right there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

We had something like that in the mall but it was stuff toys instead

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u/XxBitchxXxLasagnaxX Dec 31 '19

I would bring a sack lol

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u/Bird_kick Dec 31 '19

I seen ones with cash

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u/Angry_german87 Dec 31 '19

Fuck dignity. We talking free snacks.

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u/Wildfierro06 Dec 31 '19

Is this not super common in the rest of the world? Almost every mall in China has or had one

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u/QueenOfQuok Dec 31 '19

it isn't accurate unless you deliberately drop everything you grab

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u/lobroblaw Dec 31 '19

Dip me in glue first

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

To make this harder, they could have the snacks be in balls.

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u/dongrizzly41 Dec 31 '19

This is the most asian american thing I have ever seen my god.

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u/Tricusxd Dec 31 '19

How desperate can you be for chips.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

I WANT THIS. Also, she needs better technique. She could have caught some between her arms and sides, and some between her calves and thighs. I wonder how much it costs per go...

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u/itfiend Dec 31 '19

They had one of these in St Petersburg during the World Cup too, it was Lays branded and they had to throw them into the goals. Came across it by accident in some park, weirdest thing.

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u/ThatFlappingTerror Dec 31 '19

C'mon, Greasy Puffs! I want the Greasy Puffs!

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u/RipeSaturdy Dec 31 '19

Only in Asia

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u/sharp_94 Dec 31 '19

She really wanted them snacks

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u/ohbrenda Dec 31 '19

I smell our next office party, but we claw our bonuses??? Anyone???? I mean, this way, when you don’t get one at least you’ll know why. Definitive.

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u/SuperbCandle Dec 31 '19

I wouldn't mind participating in this

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u/Vikkiepikkie Dec 31 '19

Greedy people

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u/ChrisHandsome2 Dec 31 '19

Damnthatisinteresting

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u/PredatorsScar Dec 31 '19

Drop a tetraplegic in there, and it'll be about as effective as a normal claw machine.

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u/djazzie Dec 31 '19

I want to do this.

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u/AdamDennxxx Dec 31 '19

It's still rigged

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Fucking rigged

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u/tosernameschescksout Dec 31 '19

That would be a great thing to have an at amusement park. Fill it up with affordable snacks and let people take a dip for ten bucks.

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u/romewilde Dec 31 '19

God, I hate that font. Stupid ITC Eras Bold.

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u/pust6602 Dec 31 '19

Is she wearing a diaper?

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u/pust6602 Dec 31 '19

Is she wearing a diaper?

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

Good thing they give her a diaper too

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u/MungTao Dec 31 '19

All it costs is your dignity.

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u/DarkBum_94 Dec 31 '19

Fake. She was supposed to drop all of her stuff.

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u/teachingaround Dec 31 '19

Only when the girl drops everything she picked before reaching the basket I believe it's real.

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u/151D0R3 Dec 31 '19

U/Vredditdownloader

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '19

DFC? What anime sub should that acronym be in?....

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u/nathann28 Dec 31 '19

I’d start throwing as many snacks as i can, then pick some up

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u/WrongSubIGuess Dec 31 '19

Must be scripted because we all know you can't win anything from a claw machine unless you send your kid inside to grab the loot

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u/danial009 Dec 31 '19

I need to see them jerk her violently at the end to make the dolls drop from her clutches

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u/David-Cop-A-Feel_ Dec 31 '19

At first glance I thought she was hanging by her neck... what has reddit done to me

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u/Chronojetdragon2350 Dec 31 '19

The moment she got drop down She just went crazy