People in the early 1900s hated interacting with other people as much as we do! Enter: The Automat!

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DeMain, Bill. “Automatic for the People: Remembering the Automat Restaurants.” Mental Floss, 21 April 2015, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/29508/automatic-people-remembering-automat-restaurants.

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Strauss, Bob. “The Rise and Fall of the Automat.” ThoughtCo, 31 January 2021, https://www.thoughtco.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-automat-4152992.