👴☝️I did that

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• gandalf_der_12te@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  ehh, why not? electronics got really cheap.

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• stevestevesteve@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well the gas would be cheaper if they could somehow make it contain advertising and data theft

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  • CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Oh wait till you find out about how modern cars are mining your data, including facial recognition and reporting of you are having sex in the car! And the best part it’s all unregulated! Govt can simply buy the info for tracking even your Phone would be jealous of!

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    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      I love it when the government finds out when I have sex. It’s so romantic – just me, her, and the CIA.

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    • Banana@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Never been happier to have a base model car from 2012

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    • Hackworth@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Somebody forgot all previous instructions and dropped those straight facts.

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Where in America do you have gas pumps that don’t have ad TVs or ask you for your zip code?

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Very few of the ones around me have the built in ad players. Several stations blare ads (inevitably largely for themselves, curiously enough) over the PA system constantly, though.

      The ZIP code thing is for credit card verification. I ask for that too, when you pay me by credit card. I don’t have a choice unless I’d like to enjoy zero fraud and chargeback protection.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You don’t get ads on your gas pump?

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    • thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They don’t exist in my country, and to be frank, I’m shocked they aren’t vandalised to hell and back by masked vigilantes at night.

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  • dalekcaan@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The pumps do

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• SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  How have TVs gotten so cheap. It’s gotta be shit.

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  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨57⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I’m guessing it’s all advertising deals and spyware. Oh, and the TV is still shit.

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    • 4am@lemmy.zip ⁨50⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Yea, TVs are all “Smart” now. But they don’t have any truly new or useful features, they just record your conversations and transmit occurrences of keywords as “usage and diagnostic” data. I guess now they can use wifi to do occupancy scans of your house too, so that’s fun. Oh and they use Bluetooth to scan for nearby devices that are willing to cooperate in case you don’t put them on the LAN and they transmit that way.

      Anyway, TNG has left Netflix. Can you fucking believe it?

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    • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨36⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Telly is a TV you can pre-order, which is completely free but apparently pays for itself with all the ads it will display lol

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  • bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    They’re single use and throwaway, with the bonus of spyware. Like everything made today. Everything.

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• protist@retrofed.com ⁨46⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  The price of the TVs hadn’t caught up to the price of energy and other commodities that are used to manufacture and transport them. We will be seeing that inflation hit over the next 6 months

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• dan@upvote.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Gas would be more expensive if it wasn’t subsidized.

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• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  Yeah gas should be a lot more expensive.

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• Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why is your fuel so cheap??

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  • GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Because the US is the largest exporter of petroleum products in the world.

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    • Hapankaali@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Norway exports far more than they use, and petrol prices there are among the highest in the world.

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    • BooBees@fedinsfw.app ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And assholes, but I saw a pack of hotdogs for 10 bucks today here in Oklahoma

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  • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There was a Planet Money episode that broke down where the $4/gallon went in 2022:

    $2.40 for the price of crude oil when priced at $100/barrel.

    $0.65 to the refiner that turns crude oil into gasoline (this was the prevailing spread in 2022, maybe different now).

    $0.184 in federal taxes

    $0.30 in state taxes

    $0.20 to $0.50 for transportation from the refiner to the actual retail station.

    Remainder is for the retailer (usually about $0.30 but fluctuates wildly).

    That’s how it is in the U.S. In other countries, it might be higher taxes, higher cost of refining, higher costs of transportation from the refiner, and higher margins for the retailer.

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  • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Political choices and lobbying

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  • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Low taxes, high production, and government corn subsidies.

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  • tormeh@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Probably before VAT.

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    • kn33@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Nope. Gas pumps are one of the only places in the US where the price as displayed includes taxes.

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  • brap@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I was thinking that. Hot fuck is that cheap.

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    • Codpiece@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I guess there has to be something positive about the country.

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    • bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I can’t tell if you’re from outside the US, or from California.

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• bitteroldcoot@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And I think you shouldn’t be driving a giant gas guzzling SUV or truck.

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  • athatet@lemmy.zip ⁨30⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    80 bucks to fill up my minivan.

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  • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨33⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    17 gallons is 64 liters, that’s a midsize sedan tank.

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  • TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I filled up a family members Rav4 the other day. It was $96.

    Not exactly the best car, but hardly a gas guzzler. Or maybe it is, idk. I normally drive electric.

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    • bitteroldcoot@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      My CRV takes 10 gallon when it’s on empty. and gets 32 mpg. Just saying.

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    • 0ops@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Even my motorcycle is $25 to fill

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  • Saapas@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Could be a labourer. I didn’t see much point in trucks and such before but now it makes sense for some to have them.

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• HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Companies that sell TV sets actually lose money on the sale. They make their profits by selling your data to advertising companies.

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• XLE@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s because they can’t put ads in your gas tank. Vizio TVs won’t fully function until you sign in with a Walmart account.

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  • kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    So do gas stations.

    You got a “points card”? Guess what? A lot of pumps play ads directly at the pump too.

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• zewm@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  32” is tiny and even at $3 a gallon, that fill would be over $50.

  I’m not really seeing the argument here tbh. It’s apples and oranges.

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• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That TV was manufactured unethically.

  Meanwhile, the gasoline produced to support the native peoples of Qatar, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.

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• defrostedLasagna4921@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I agree when it comes to an onn TV. It should be the same price as a name brand TV.

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