Some local hero around here has been stabbing ball point pens into the speakers on them.
We live in a society...
Submitted 6 hours ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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bitjunkie@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
Theyre smart to that already, most of them have speakers hidden inside the housing that you can’t access anymore. At this stage just boycott those stations, leave a 2 star review on Google and deal with paying an extra 15c a gallon a couple blocks away.
restingOface@quokk.au 5 hours ago
TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
It’s called civil disobedience??? Felony vandalism sounds like something a narc would say.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Why not walk on some railroad tracks until you find a railroad spike lying around?
Then you could take that spike and stab the screen. 8 screens taken out, and the gas station can’t pump gas anymore. You’d think they get the message before they get to the 8th. If not? Oh well. Their loss.
Zidane@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
Two stars? That’s generous
bcgm3@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Why not just build your own dirty nuke from parts you got on the dark web and use it to wipe the city block containing the offending gas station off the map completely?
EDIT: Sorry, got to this discussion a little late
umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
Edit: Jesus Christ y’all are way too quick to jump straight to felony vandalism over fucking advertisements
i wouldn’t go as far as prison for it, but fuck that brainwashing garbage.
weps@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
just set the gas stations on fire huehue
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Spray foam in any openings lol
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 3 hours ago
some of us charge our BYD electric cars from solar panels on our roof and ride our ebikes charged similarly.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I don’t have $50,000 to drop on solar, byd and bice either.
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 1 hour ago
I just got a 2023 id.4 for 20k, and I charge off the grid.
tacosanonymous@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
Yeah, the 200% charge and extra 10-20k to get it insurable is a no from me.
Solar roof would be sick though.
Lexam@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I actively avoid any gas station that uses these.
Maeve@kbin.earth 5 hours ago
Which don't? My whole, small, rural county has them at every pump.
TronBronson@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
My small rural town, which is clearly thee more smaller and ruraler than thou… still has a 1970s style pump with the big flip up handles and you have to stop it yourself and the numbers are on a physical wheel that rolls. Better think twice before claiming rural there city boi!!
M137@lemmy.today 2 hours ago
Read that as “country” and was confused, because this is a very 'Murican thing. Not saying it doesn’t exist at all elsewhere, just that it seems to be extremely common in the US and not so anywhere else. There would be riots in a lot of countries if they even tried this.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
In my area it’s only the major chains. The privately owned ones don’t, but I think that’s just because their pumps are too old.
Lexam@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Quicktrip doesn’t have them, and I don’t believe Casey’s uses them.
Polisheocket@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
Me setting up my bets for tomorrow, let us do what we do without judgement
kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 19 minutes ago
Gambling sucks, you’re wasting your money. I invite you to get a more interesting hobby, such as drugs.
AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
The damage gambling does to society in general and families specifically is horrific. It’s one of those things that hotwires the reward systems of a persons brain as surely as alcohol or opioids. And it’s so casual, gambling, especially at this level, finds the people who are susceptible, and exploits them until they are rung out like a dry cloth.
You may be one of the people who can just casually gamble, and not understand why it’s so crazy destructive, or you could be 10 toes in a downward spiral, there’s no way for me to know.
This period of legalized gambling is going to go have a body count at the end of it, a huge one.
PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Hey another reason I’m glad I don’t drive anymore.
We need more public transit, washability, and protected bike lanes.
stickyprimer@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I’m fairly washable.
PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Hmm, I would hope so! Also added a correction.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
Chalk up another one for those gay, librul pansy ass effeminate electric cars…or something like that.
Let me be clear…obviously this is not an option for everyone…but a big schadenfreude filled fuck you to anyone who fell for the obvious propaganda about climate change and electric cars 10+ years ago. I hope it really hurts when you fill up your F-350s
TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I mean it hurts to fill up my 2010 Yaris. Ain’t no F350 drivers here bro we poor poor.
Maeve@kbin.earth 5 hours ago
Soon coming to charging stations.
HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
The logistics of charging stations means not having to be standing next to the station for minutes at a time. Doesn’t seem like a big difference but gas pumpers are a captive audience more than chargers
TronBronson@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
It do be like that tho
drakej@feddit.online 4 hours ago
I just get back in my car and stare at ads on my mobile ad displaying device (“smart” phone).
Malica@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
Black mirror baby
Kcap@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Most gas pumps that do that have a way to mute them. It’s usually the second button from the top of the four on the right hand side. Sometimes it’s the top right button, but most of the time it’s the second one. Enjoy the silence. Oh, and also if you press and hold 2 on your microwave, you can turn the button pressing and beeping off. Silent microwave is the way to go.
Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Most gas stations in my area have disabled the hidden mute button.
Kcap@lemmy.world 45 minutes ago
That’s a bummer. Still works most times I try it here in San Diego.
gigaqps@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Oh, and also if you press and hold 2 on your microwave, you can turn the button pressing and beeping off.
My microwave starts a 2 minute cycle. Do I have to hold the button until it’s done?
Kcap@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Hmm, it may be different from model to model, maybe give it a Google, but generally it’s just number 2 for only a couple seconds though.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Awesome. I’ll keep making my stupid face until someone else does something to fix it.
kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 23 minutes ago
Fun fact, pass it on, etc! The 2nd button from the top on the right usually mutes the ads. It only hasn’t worked for me once.