Idk if this is the right instance for this, but how fucking tired of these forced ads at gas pumps is everyone else?

I’m paying 4 bucks a gallon to have you shove advertising down my throat like an erect cock?

What the actual fuck

Anyone have any good ad blocking practices for this?

I’ve seen duct or painters tape covering the speakers…

You can press a button next to the screen to mute it, but this doesn’t work at all gas stations. (Usually its the 2nd from the top on the right side)

I guess its just time to gettoblast music every time I pump gas like back when I was 19…

  • squid_slime@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    you can get fuel delivered to your house, install a few tanks, or straight to your vehicle

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    Anyone have any good ad blocking practices for this?

    Don’t buy gas from places that do this. Hasn’t failed me yet and if more people did it maybe they’ll stop.

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      11 months ago

      I do this too. Speedway and Shell play video ads on their pumps with no obvious mute options. I don’t buy gas there.

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    11 months ago

    It’s a good time to clean your windshield, check your oil/coolant levels, tire pressure and throw any trash away… do you really stare at the pump like a n00bz?!

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      11 months ago

      Oh you’re getting raped?

      Why don’t you go over your taxes in your head? Don’t forget those deductions!

      You can always recite pemdas in your head, or other acronyms, roygbiv, count backwards from 100…

      All in all, if you are getting raped, don’t fight back! Just lay there and take it like a good sheeple

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        You can’t rape the willing… But if you are dumb enough to return over and over maybe you lack the mental capacity for consent altogether…is there only one gas station you can go to? Are you like a moth that goes towards the light? You know, I can help you get a discounted bus pass for your condition. It seems like it might be the best thing for you ❤️

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          11 months ago

          Tell that to my ex…

          She was willing but I still raped the hell outta her

          Gotta love people that think the way they live is how everyone else on this planet lives…

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    11 months ago

    The next step is having to wait for the ad to complete before the gas will pump. “Premium” gas station membership for a fee will provide an ad-free experience, for now, but eventually it will come with ads too.

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      One time I put in my card, but the pump couldn’t show me an ad because it crashed. My card was stuck in the pump. The guys inside tried resetting the pump but that didn’t work, so they said it’d be a week before someone came around to fix it. I had to cancel the card and get a new number. All because I couldn’t watch the ads.

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    This is one of those American absurdities that thankfully hasn’t made its way over to Europe yet, at least to my knowledge. I hope I have an electric car by the point they start introducing these here.

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      11 months ago

      In Finland our equivalence to Wal-Mart also sells cheap gas and they have ads on their pumps advertising their own products but it’s just on the display and there’s no sound with it.