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…
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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.
I hope you paid them for the lost ad revenue you caused them to suffer.
I hope you filed a complaint with the state agency that regulates gas pumps.
Sir, this is Texas. Glorified “gas pumps” run the state, and outlawed all regulation. After my complaint, my family was abducted like migrants and bussed to Chicago. So… thank you.
Could be worse; Texas has been known to deport brown US citizens to Mexico.
I’ve never seen a pump that took a card inside it like an ATM; did you mean the transaction was stuck or the physical card?
I’ve seen a lot of those. The card gets physically stuck until the machine decides that the payment is completed.
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I’ve been to many a pump that instructs you to insert and leave your card, then ‘latches’ onto the card once you’ve inserted it, locking it into place until the authorization for the transaction is complete. I’ve seen them in Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana.
Pliers woulda worked (from experience). I always keep a pair handy for this and other more practical reasons.
The one thing that would push people to electric. At least then you can charge at home and avoid gas stations.
Don’t worry; they’ll just start playing ads in the car itself before you are able to shift gears to drive.
Discounted electric rates on your ad-supported charging plug…
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Fucking hell
Or foregoing driving in favor of walking, biking, or public transit, which works even better.
Good one, except available only where developed well
Yep, that’s why zoning reform is literally the most important issue in North America, being at the root of basically every other issue. (The climate crisis, the housing crisis, the obesity crisis, and just about every other problem including things like economic inequality and racism are either ultimately caused by or facilitated by exclusionary, low-density zoning).
I am pretty sure this already happened to me. Had to wait before prompted to enter payment. :(
Costco has no ads for the time being, and I can’t see it going with ads because they can only slow the sale of gasoline that people already line up for after paying to access the ability to buy it.
And then once enough people buy the premium membership they’ll start putting ads on those, too.
Stahp
Shhhh! Don’t give them fucking ideas!