Comment on Ads when you’re pumping gas

Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A lot of them have been updated so that no longer works.

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  • moseschrute@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I bet a piece of duct tape over the speaker would work. Also, whatever money they are paying the gas stations, they would probably still get that money even if you manually muted the speaker. Really feels like a win win 😀

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    • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hmm, maybe someone could make some stickers with anti-advertising/anti-capitalist slogans on them for the next person to see specifically for this purpose

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      • moseschrute@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Or even better, “Join Lemmy, it’s like Reddit with no ads”.

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  • Notyou@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Well fuck. That’s terrible news.

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• Addv4@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yep. Most of the time someone has marked it somehow because it’s immensely annoying. That being said, there are a few stations that aren’t able to be muted, so I intentionally make a point to note whatever is being advertised and never buy it.

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  • TherapyGary@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The speakers are often easy to bust by jamming a key through the slots ☺

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    • toast@retrolemmy.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or, you’re holding a nozzle that sprays liquid. Just douse the speaker in gasoline.

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      • PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Gas pumps live outside. Do you really expect a little liquid to hurt them?

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  • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I try to only get gas at one specific local gas station that doesn’t do ads.

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  • kamenlady@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ever came across something you really really wanted to buy, but it was “noted”?

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    • Addv4@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you absolutely need it, then get it used or other method to where the original manufacturer who paid for the ad doesn’t profit, duh.

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      • boeman@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t think I want to buy used hotdogs

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• zephorah@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s no longer a universal thing.

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• zerosignal@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The gas station I prefer has a mute button labeled on the pumps. Their ads are also less annoying because it’s mostly just promos for stuff in store.

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