No saying politicians please

  • Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    6 hours ago

    I want to also ad the people who are determined to put ads on FUCKING EVERYTHING. I grew up in the 90s, I remember when gods damn gas pumps were silent… I remember when the flashiest thing we saw on the store was when the soda displays were made into cool shapes… Get off my lawn and take your damn roofing company sign with you.

    • cujo@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      5 hours ago

      Fun fact: you can silence most gas pump ads by pushing the second-from-the-top button on the right-hand side of the gas pump screen… Not all pumps, and every now and then I encounter one that uses the third button down, but most pumps I’ve run into can be silenced.

      It’s unforgivable they’ve jammed ads into pumps full of disgustingly overpriced gas that you’re already paying for…

      • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        5 hours ago

        keep an awl in the car… poke the speaker .

        or, get some 3.5mm male ends and stick it into the headphone port for the bild folks. does it screw the blind/visually impaired from getting gas? sure…but it’s an unfortunate side effect to saving all our ears. I wouldn’t mind if I was blind, I’d just ask the attendant for assistance in pumping.

        • darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          4 hours ago

          Is there a statistically significant population of blind people pumping gas? If you struggle to pump gas unassisted, I’m honestly not sure how you would safely operate a vehicle.

      • felsiq@piefed.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        5 hours ago

        I have yet to run into any gas pumps with video ads personally, but this seems like a great way to drive EV adoption

          • grue@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            49 minutes ago

            Luckily(?) charging times are long enough that you’d probably walk away from the charger and wait somewhere else.