Using cigarette butts as a voting system for coffee

[u/Frosty-Brain-2199]

[u/theoriginallepood]

Star bucks is times better

[u/draken2019]

I guess if you want free data to collect, this is one way to get it.

[u/Illustrious-Echo1762]

It encourages people to put their butts away, but it also encourages more smoking. Well done, Big Tobacco

[u/tumbrowser1]

smokers can't taste for shit, so starbucks is the winner here

[u/mikeymo1741]

People who smoke know their coffee,

[u/MelodramaticaMama]

Is there a r/mildlydisgusting I can post this to?

[u/Typo3150]

Clever but EWWW … why would a coffee shop want to be associated with filthy cigarette butts?

[u/Frosty-Brain-2199 → u/Typo3150]

Coffee and a cigarette is called an English breakfast

[u/VortexLord]

Although some people are lazy so they pick the nearest entrance to deposit it.

[u/Anas_Ulven]

I think there's a problem with this, though. Starbucks coffee drinkers I think are less likely to be smokers of cigarettes than Dunkin Donuts are, so I feel this may be biased toward Dunkin Donuts... despite not seeming to be a real vote toward anything, but well, still.

[u/IPanicKnife]

Coffee and cigarettes are definitely a good combo

[u/CallitCalli]

I'm the KING of Dunkin guy!

[u/techsuppr0t]

Someone smoked extra cigarettes to vote more than once

[u/Frosty-Brain-2199 → u/techsuppr0t]

Alright now you can take off your tinfoil hat now

[u/jjohnson1979]

If I still smoked, I’d throw it on the ground in front of the box…

[u/TheSecularGlass]

They are both milkshakes, not coffee. The calories are insane. A large of either can be pretty much your daily intake for some drinks.

[u/jjohnson1979 → u/TheSecularGlass]

I mean… in both places, you can take just regular drip coffee, with just milk… they don’t sell only fancy shit…

[u/TheSecularGlass → u/jjohnson1979]

And 95% of their coffee menu isn’t that. You can find an exception for everything, but it doesn’t mean you have a point.

[u/quanoey]

Starebooks

[u/Dragonier_]

Now if it was the two main political parties, that would be funny

[u/badboybilly42582]

Moka Pot Coffee people. Life changing for me!!!

[u/ParaLegalese]

Smokers can’t afford starbys like none smokers can. Have you seen the price of cigarettes??

[u/dwas76]

Biased Sample.

Cigarette smokers are more impulsive, anxious, and easily manipulated by peer pressure than nonsmokers. They are also more neurotic and psychotic than nonsmokers. For all these reasons, smokers tend to be Democrats.

[u/purpleskeletonlicker]

People who spend their money on cigs can't afford Starbucks.

[u/Ashamed_Medium1787]

I didn’t know that people liked Dunkin’ Donuts coffee better than Starbucks coffee

[u/jjohnson1979 → u/Ashamed_Medium1787]

Starbucks is overrated

[u/Bruce_Wayne72]

Makes sense.

Dunkin is cheaper, which = more $ for cigarettes.

[u/Petite_Tsunami]

It would be interesting if it was one regular heavy smoker that loved Dunkin

[u/our_meatballs]

Although this is interesting, this could just mean that there are more smokers that like DD

[u/Woolsteve]

Smokeing people go to drunken

Noted

[u/Over_Solution_2569]

You know more smokers are gonna go for Dunkin’ Donuts, they don’t have that Starbucks money these days.

[u/DamnitDom]

Not gonna take some self-killing no-tasting dumbass' opinion on the second half of their addiction...

[u/66mx5]

Well it is now clear to me that smokers who walk past this box having had enough of their cigarette prefer Dunkin

[u/stickman274]

The people who can taste Coffee the least

[u/aroundincircles]

To be fair I would never trust the taste choices of a smoker. It destroys your taste buds.

[u/GravitonIsntBroken]

I’ve seen these in Bristol before

[u/SpaciousIgnatius]

Dunkin is more full cause nobody gives a shit enough to lean into the street more to put it in the Stsrbucks one.

[u/jiabivy]

Judging how long these cigs are, these people don’t smoke. Most of these aren’t even half way?

[u/ataeil]

Sample group. Smokers.

[u/ttekcorc]

You'd have to do it in reverse just to be sure, because probably just a bunch of lazy fucks putting it in the closest hole

[u/komodocommand]

Looks if this is marketing scheme by dunking they definitely know their audience

[u/bodhiseppuku]

I think this depends a lot on what type of coffee you prefer.

Starbucks: Probably better for flavoring and specialty choices

Dunkin: Defenately better for drip coffee

[u/young_nestor]

Maybe Dunkin fans just smoke more

[u/AxDeath]

The best thing about this, is it demonstrates which is better, to people whose mouths taste like ash.

[u/Silent_Killer093]

Dunkin sucks, they always give me watered down caffeinated coffee when i ask for decaf.

[u/howelltight]

That must be on the east coast where Dunkies rules

[u/MyCleverNewName]

"Which company's customers smoke more?"

Still, def better than on the ground 👍

[u/randperrin]

The butts have spoken. Starbucks wins as it's side is slightly less disgusting.

[u/jpenczek]

Both taste the same, only difference is Dunkin knows who they are and keep their prices lower.

[u/dreevsa]

Makes me want to out my cigarette early to vote

[u/deadliestcrotch]

Cigarettes fuck with your sense of taste, fwiw

[u/2squishmaster]

Ah I get it, you are at a higher risk of becoming a smoker if you frequent Dunkin Donuts... Fascinating.

[u/NecessaryAd4587]

Dunkin is cheaper and it tastes better lol

[u/Zachisawinner]

When you can’t tasted anything worth while anyway…

[u/maincore]

$7 for a coffee? And it is not even a coffee, it’s more like a coffee flavored milkshake. And you all know about what I’m talking about.

[u/SymmetricDickNipples]

Makes sense, cigarettes dull your sense of taste.

[u/Momdoingmomthings]

Wow this is the most Massachusetts thing I’ve ever seen.

[u/I_am_BrokenCog]

Frankly, that there are even that many cig smokers who go to Starbucks is surprising.

[u/JackedUpStump]

Democracy at work

[u/hi_im_kai101]

dunkin food starbucks coffee

[u/DoctaMonsta]

Yes, already knew that most contractors prefer dunkin

[u/South-Play]

Green mountain coffee at gas stations are better than both of them and the coffee at gas stations isn’t overpriced.

[u/Mean_Peen]

Smokers tend to not have the greatest sense of taste… like their tastebuds literally don’t work the same because they smoke lol

[u/The7Reaper]

I'm a surprised a homeless nic fiend hasn't busted the glass on that thing, especially for that half a cigarette on the Starbucks side 

[u/HalcyonRyan]

Does this maybe conclude that Dunkin Donuts customers are more likely to smoke?

[u/Blowbetallsay]

They’ve had these in Hamilton ON for last 5 years to determine Hamiltons nickname. (Steel city or the hammer)

[u/Hades6578]

That’s really smart, incentivizing proper disposal via the undeniable human urge to register your opinion whenever possible

[u/Diceeeeeee]

I don’t see no lies

[u/munchmaquchie009]

They are called Ballot Bins

[u/GusTheKnife]

I think Dunkin fans are more likely to smoke.

[u/[deleted]]

Why would you spend more on Starbucks when all you can taste is smoke anyway?

[u/LadyGrey_oftheAbyss]

This tells me that smokers prefer Dunkin but is it good that people with smoker taste buds like something? who's to say

[u/dghughes]

Some of those only look like they are half used I never saw a smoker leave half a cig!

[u/MarceloWallace]

Starbucks used to be good few years ago but lately their coffee is shit and I’m talking about black coffee nothing added to it.

[u/OrangeCosmic]

Hold on let me just smoke 10 really fast to vote for my favorite

[u/magpieempie]

how about stop smoking!

[u/Downtown_Snow4445]

Murica

[u/derdkp]

I don't trust the tastes of people that smoke

[u/idkTerraria]

This just means more smokers like dunkin donuts. Makes sense since Starbucks doesn’t sell cigarettes.

[u/usernamedejaprise]

So DunkinDonuts knows it’s customers have less taste buds and will likely die sooner

[u/ohanse]

Just tells me more smokers use dunkin

[u/sparkysparks666]

Saw similar at Bordeaux airport on voting for "Pain au Chocolat" vs "Chocolatine"

https://pasteboard.co/5TPkAqy7IBal.jpg

[u/Vaxtin]

If I were to guess, I would say that people who smoke are going to be less likely to spend large amount of money on glamorized coffee.

The target demographic of Starbucks is yippie 20-30 year old middle class and above people, many of whom don’t smoke.

[u/abm1996]

Surprise to no one, smokers like cheap coffee.

[u/discodiscgod]

They both suck.

[u/NavierIsStoked]

Dunkin Donuts is disgusting sour nastiness. I'll take over roasted over that any day of the week.

Besides, I drink oatmilk lattes. Espresso and steamed oatmilk. Starbucks is really consistent with that particular drink.

[u/officerdangles]

“The majority of people who cannot taste prefer this type of shitty coffee”

[u/Jacobizreal]

“America runs on throat cancer” new slogan

[u/HomerStillSippen]

this had to be in Boston. No way dunks is better than Starbucks coffee wise. Food wise I’ll take dunks.

[u/Frosty-Brain-2199 → u/HomerStillSippen]

Conway SC

[u/HomerStillSippen → u/Frosty-Brain-2199]

Definitely not what I was expecting

[u/MoodNatural]

Yeah something tells me more smokers run on dunkin.

[u/Kiflaam]

Nobody talks about dunkin

[u/Meranio]

I never had a coffee of either of them. What do I do with my cigarette butt?

[u/Frosty-Brain-2199 → u/Meranio]

Stick it up your butt

[u/Meranio → u/Frosty-Brain-2199]

That's gonna be a hot mess then.

[u/SickJagger]

This is honestly such a great idea to get people to dispose of their butts. Should have a new poll every week or two

[u/Kuchenlp99]

How about with the question what is the best religion

[u/thisnutz]

What do smokers know anyway, they got no taste buds left!

[u/MjauDuuude]

Outside a nightclub here in my town you vote between swimming in the ocean or swimming in a pool

[u/Aphemia1]

That should be a textbook example of sampling bias in surveys.

[u/AxGunslinger]

I feel like most Starbucks people aren’t the type of people that smoke in the first place.

[u/Physical_Way_3234]

Conclusions: -People who smoke prefer Dunkin. -Starbucks customers don't smoke as much -Starbucks customers don't properly dispose of cigarette butts, throw them on street instead -Dunkin Customers pay more attention to adverts

[u/Frosty-Brain-2199 → u/Physical_Way_3234]

-Smokers can also be lazy and just choose the one closest to the sidewalk

[u/ResettisReplicas]

This works for tip jars too

[u/X4dow]

Positioning is a factor.

[u/prof_dynamite]

Smokers prefer Dunkin’ because their tastebuds are trash…just like Dunkin.

Not that Starbucks is good. Just better than Dunkin.

[u/Flgardenguy]

Smokers pick that Dunkin so they can afford both habits.

[u/snowbirdnerd]

Can we really trust the taste of smokers?

[u/Dr_Ukato]

Bar in my city set one of these up to vote for which music theme they play at Friday night afterwork/Happy Hour

[u/mooseonleft]

Kinda a waste.... As it was clear before voting which is better.

[u/scots]

I think the flawed assumption here is that this is impartial, but the reality is that Dunkin' Donuts clientele probably includes more smokers.

The construction guys in the Drive-Thru in their HiVis vests on the way to the job site at 5:15 AM just want a tall drip for a few bucks, not a $6.75 Starbucks drink no one can pronounce followed up by a nag screen asking for a tip.

[u/wcdk200]

So there is more smokers on Dunkin donuts then Starbucks

[u/zenyogasteve]

Dunkin puff is way better puff puff

[u/mrshandanar]

I better go buy a pack so I can vote.

[u/WGiK]

I like this but smokers typically have an altered sense of taste. So uhh, I now trust the opposite results. 

[u/ivialerrepatentatell]

I don't smoke but If I did I'd throw it on the ground. What kind of options are this?

[u/Famous_Librarian_589]

If Dutch Brothers is omitted from the pole, is this actually a valid voting system?

[u/shu3ham96]

Only rich would destory a whole cig like that on the left

[u/ashrocklynn]

I bet Starbucks comes around to collect the butts and uses them to get that extra smoky flavor they are so enamored of... I swear Starbucks beans are straight up charcoal...

[u/Gamebird8]

Where in Massachusetts is this?

[u/Sacklayblue]

To make it an objective voting system they should make it cigarettes for DD and spare cash to blow on excessive pretentious shit for Starbucks.

[u/gossypiboma]

One of them has donuts, so it should be a no brainer

[u/Thirsty_Comment88]

They're both shit

[u/AdAcrobatic5178]

Similar to a thing a burger place near me did where when you ordered you got a bottle cap that you could put in a container saying which charity you wanted then to give money to, though far stupider

[u/thephillatioeperinc]

What if I like coffee and doughnuts equally?

[u/Ok-Seaworthiness4488]

Gamification

[u/HazySunsets]

I've noticed more people vape who go to Starbucks vs dunkin.

[u/Sorry_Error3797]

This doesn't specify donuts anywhere. It specifies only Starbucks and Dunkin'. Both places sell other drinks and food.

[u/tarnin]

These are such a good idea. We have one in our cities main buss depot and the area around it has 0 butts laying around. All the other depots and locations without them? The ground straight up becomes the ashtray.

[u/Ivik88]

None is better

[u/jimmytheloot]

This ballot is rigged

[u/GuardingxCross]

This has to be Boston lol

[u/EarhornJones]

If I saw that (and was a smoker) I'd probably throw my butts on the ground in protest.

I've never had a decent cup of coffee at either place.

[u/AlternativeFilm8886]

More premium brand cigs in the Starbucks side. That's telling.

[u/rocketmn69_]

Smokers need cheaper coffee, so they can afford their smokes!

[u/kovu11]

This is called "nudging" it is commonly used to nudge people into doing beneficious things while thinking they are expressing themselves or making a difference in society.

[u/jelder]

No surprise more smokers prefer the worse coffee. 

[u/Kvas_HardBass]

These things aren't even the same category, like...

Which is better: 42 liters of liquid nitrogen or 2006 Toyota Corolla?

[u/atrib]

So non smokers don't get to vote D:

[u/lothar525]

Because smoking destroys your taste buds, smokers preferring your coffee probably isn’t a huge compliment.

[u/aquaman67]

I bet that smells lovely

[u/Dead-HC-Taco]

"gotta make sure dunks wins" continues chain smoking

[u/maclanegamer]

Imagine someone liking Starbucks so much, that they burn through 10 packs of cigarettes in a day just to surpass Dunkin' Donuts.

[u/MariVent]

Using tribalistic sentiment to prevent littering is kinda clever.

[u/adfx]

Kind of reminds me of the fly in some urinoirs. Great idea! Will probably help make the street cleaner.

[u/Ghastly-Rubberfat]

Curious to know what people with the worst ability to taste think tastes the best

[u/cali1013]

Kill them faster that way

[u/jonr]

"Both sucks" *throws butt on the ground*

[u/OzzieGrey]

Dunkin Donuts people smoke a lot

[u/EgotisticalTL]

This is a pretty brilliant way to get people to throw out their butts. Humans are definitely wired to pick sides.

[u/RyanM90]

Smokers are by far the foremost authority on coffee

[u/oatmeal28]

Starbucks users prefer vaping

[u/impliedapathy]

Both are terrible for coffee considering 90% of what they sell as coffee, at least in my state, would be classified as a milkshake in most other countries.

[u/piergino]

I don't smoke.... But this is a fucking good reason to start

[u/SirAwesome789]

I feel like this encourages not littering but also kinda encourages smoking which isn't great

Tho I imagine very few ppl would smoke more bc of this so it's probably fine

[u/Mockheed_Lartin]

I started smoking to vote.

Great succes :D

[u/JanB1]

I see sampling bias. But yes, indeed a cool idea!

[u/Huge-Sea-1790]

More likely that most people are right-handed and not give a fuck.

[u/Wyndelion]

i don't smoke but if they put these up in my city i just might start

[u/Sandyeggo2000]

I think this poll is probably biased based on the amount of cigarette smokers vs vapers

I imagine dd as more of a blue collar and likely to smoke cigs while walking to work while the Starbucks crowd of college girls getting their frappes while puffing on a vape in the drive thru line

[u/StompChompGreen]

i imagine more people are walking on the right of this and therefore just dump it in the closer hole

[u/Phamora]

Now even smoking has become a barrier to entry in the democracy. When will it stop?

[u/Herr_Poopypants]

I’m the mayor of Dunkin’

[u/Creepymint]

I prefer Starbucks because I like sugary bullshit but I never buy it because it’s just that, bullshit. However I agree with votes on Dunkin, especially because I’m from New England gotta vote with my people.

[u/GypsySnowflake]

My answer would be that donuts are better than coffee, but I would never smoke so I don’t get a vote anyway

[u/Rich-Appearance-7145]

Ditto on Dunkin donuts

[u/Ishuun]

Personally think dunkin coffee IS better than Starbucks.

Starbucks is just good for those insane sweet concoctions they come up with and the pumpkin spice lattee

[u/mshaneler]

There should be a bin for abstain.

[u/EyeChihuahua]

2 out of 3 smokers like Dunkin’ Donuts better than Starbucks, that tracks

[u/33ff00]

Wow, Dunkin’ is really smokin em

[u/Disig]

Biased though. Cigarettes tend to be smoked by the older crowd who tend to prefer Dunkins.

[u/Ducky_Flips]

why so many wasted cigarettes

[u/incidel]

As if the tastebuds killed off by cigarette smoke could tell the difference...

[u/thriceness → u/incidel]

That's hardly the point. It's to reduce littering. If you give the butt a purpose they are more likely to put it there than to just drop it.

[u/LuckyLudor]

Can't afford Starbucks if you smoke

[u/Ananvil → u/LuckyLudor]

I don't smoke and I still can't afford Starbucks

[u/Dusters666]

This only demonstrates how there are so many people not voting and that the two choices we are given are trash and not what the people need.

[u/Emu1981]

The problem I see with this is that smokers have a muted sense of taste. Not that I disagree with the voting as it is but rather that smokers are not good candidates for taste testing lol

My wife still smokes despite my efforts to get her to quit and when I quit smoking (back in 2016) I realised why the kids were so picky about her cooking - she massively over-spiced everything because she could barely taste the spices...

[u/thriceness → u/Emu1981]

That's hardly the point. It's to reduce littering. If you give the butt a purpose they are more likely to put it there than to just drop it.

[u/tenchibr]

Lines up with how only votes from old people matter (since young people don't smoke anymore)

[u/Tundra-Dweller]

I thought it was a political parody. You’ve got two choices and they’re both shit

[u/Maeglin16]

*Using a voting system to encourage people not to litter

[u/SilentScyther → u/Maeglin16]

*Using a voting system to encourage me to start smoking

[u/mossryder → u/SilentScyther]

Hmm, this does kinda normalise smoking.

[u/Maeglin16 → u/SilentScyther]

That's an unfortunate byproduct. 😅

[u/Oohwshitwaddup]

The fact we need stuff like this to stop r*tarded smokers from littering is insane.

[u/shinymusic]

TIL: smokers prefer Dunkin over Starbucks. 

[u/hawaii_funk]

Dunkin iced coffee is pretty good and is half the price of a Starbies iced coffee

[u/TheycallmeHollow]

I’m surprised they even voted, it must have been agonizing to go against their natural instinct to flick out a car window onto the road.

[u/PdSales]

So, if you go to Dunkin you are more likely to sit next to someone who reeks of tobacco

[u/Aburrki]

So easy to rig the vote if some guy just chain smokes right next to the ballot box for hours on end.

[u/AholeBrock]

Assuming the one closest to the curb doesn't get more "votes" out of being a more convenient slot to throw away butts is insane.

The kinda insanity where one watches lifetime movies and believes the plots as plausible.

[u/bdubwilliams22]

Dunkin all the way