Fuck ads at the gas pump

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....

DAMunzy ,

Come live in NJ. No ads!

Nerdulous ,

Because they pump your gas for you lol. Instead you get to be guilt tripped into tipping the worker who's only there to "create jobs".

DAMunzy ,

I tip them in the extreme conditions because I don't have to get out during the freezing snow, rain, or rare oppressive heat.

Most people in NJ don't tip, BTW.

RichieRich ,
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I'm hoping this will never be the practice in Germany! We're using these gas pumps with LC Displays from the 80's so there can't be apps with ads on a screen. Also known as "German Digitization". (A buzz word for modern technology /sarc)

Please don't tell it to European oil concerns to update their gas pumps. Shhhhh 🤫I want to have it without ads 'til I'm to old to use a gas pump.

the_third ,

Buy a modern electric vehicle. You can charge at home on your own plug.

And then my car started displaying ads for subscription services.

Okay, I took that personally, documented it and filed a complaint with the KBA as this started to become a security issue, can't have the navmap disappear in the middle of a busy intersection. And then that shit stopped again. And as soon as the car is out of warranty, the USB connection to the data modem gets disconnected. I'm lucky enough that that's still a possibility, but if it weren't, 🤷

SkabySkalywag ,

Left hand side second button down -> mute. Might not work everywhere, but it's pretty satisfying to turn it off.

Potatos_are_not_friends ,

I typically find a way to turn it off. But at this one gas station, no luck. I panicked and tried all the buttons.

It's reaching a point where I'm considering buying a flipper zero or something just to turn this off

krolden ,
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If theres snow on the ground you should take a handful of it and stuff it in the speaker hole. Works great. Or take some hand sanitizer and squirt it in there.

the_third ,

How about a relatively liquid glue injected into the speaker housing? That should solve that permanently.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
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One of my most upvoted comments on here is saying I should be legally allowed to smash those screens if they play ads.

I don't need advertisements shoved in my face every second of every day.

Ginger666 OP ,

Yes, that would be nice if it were legal, but its not.

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world avatar

Tell that to my mask and hammer

Guncle ,

I hope you cover your license plate too lol

ThatWeirdGuy1001 ,
@ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world avatar

I'll take my lamborfeeties

ChillPenguin ,

Except you're a slave in the capitalistic machine like the rest of us so fuck you. /s

onlinepersona ,

Bro, what is going on in the USA 😅 You guys better hope Neuralink fails otherwise there'll be ads right in your craniums.

Anti Commercial AI thingy

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Ginger666 OP ,

Yeah, but if you don't get a neuralink, you don't have the advantage everyone else does

intensely_human ,

AdVantage

See everything through a lens … of ads!

Olhonestjim ,

Fuck it. I don't want such "advantages" anymore. I want a small house, a workshop, and a garden. I'll be lucky if I can get even that. The world can just go pass me by.

Machinist ,
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The majority of pumps in my area play ads. Some of the pumps can't be muted. For those, press the top left and right buttons, then next two down, then the next two and it throws it into maintenance mode. That shuts off the speaker.

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

Ginger666 OP ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/fb4faf5e-a3fc-404e-903c-d1373e451ba4.gif

dessalines ,
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Can I fill you up or wut?

melpomenesclevage , (edited )

Use a screwdriver. Those speakers are driven from somewhere. There's some way to do maintenance.

Ultragigagigantic ,
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"People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs."

– Banksy

Ultragigagigantic ,
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Interested in a Adam Curtis video on the merger of psychology, marketing, and politics?

interdimensionalmeme ,

That's why my hobby is firing infrared lasers at soviet early launch warning satellites.

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

Headphones. Ez.

jabathekek ,
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I would probably bring a really thick permanent marker with me and some chewing gum for the speakers. I'm lucky enough to live in an area that has pretty good cycling infrastructure so I don't have to deal with that shit. I'm sorry you do though.

Sims ,

Start harassing them any way you can that is not illegal. How long can you 'park' at a gas station pump ? What happens if you accidentally spill gas all over the screen/speaker/system ? Accidents happen and it was their fault for not making a foolproof system..

UmeU ,

This is a great idea… cause a mess that someone else has to clean up rather then press the mute button, absolutely brilliant.

INHALE_VEGETABLES ,

Woah buddy how about you don't shit on the guy waiting behind you. Is the 'accident' booby trapping the bowser for the next dude as well?

skizzles ,

You can put the pumps in maintenance mode. I did it on accident once looking for the mute button. I held down one of the buttons for like 10 seconds and the pump went into maintenance mode. Just leave it like that lol.

marx2k ,

How long can you 'park' at a gas station pump ?

This is about as sad as eating in your car alone at a McDonald's parking lot

UnculturedSwine ,

Super glue in the speaker holes seems like a good solution

qx128 ,

Time to get an EV you can charge at home 😎

Think of this fact the next time people list off all the “downsides” of owning an EV… like never going to the gas station.

SendMePhotos ,

Ads in my EV!

elrik ,

I haven't pumped gas in 3 years and it's glorious.

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