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Resistance is futile (thelemmy.club)
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[-] MissingGhost@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago

I've almost seen zero ads in about 15 years. I use all the types of adblockers: browser extensions and dns-based. I don't use traditional TV or movie theatres. I don't read printed magasines. So really, really close to no ads in 15 years. Yesterday I went to the fueling station with my car: there was nobody else. They changed the station so now, there's screens showing ads and really loud audio. Since there was nobody else, I could hear all 8 pump's ads screaming at the same time. It was really dystopian and overstimulating. I only managed to put like 5 litres and I couldn't stand it, I was screaming at the screen to stop shouting at me. I did pay my 5 litres that I put in, but I left for another gas station. I will never return to that one, which was my usual one.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Gas pump ads are the worst. I stopped going to a station because they couldn't be muted, and they're the ads that scream at you or brain rot craft videos. I wouldn't have minded so much if was only the "good news" segment or usefull PSAs. But yelling at me at 7am to buy beef jerky is not okay.

If a person came up to you at the pump and offered a flyer, that's okay. But if they started screaming at you to buy their shit, that'd be harassment. Gas pumps should not be allowed to "harass" people.

[-] Gormadt@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

Luckily the stations near me that play ads only play ads when you're actively pumping gas.

Of course they sound horrific now that all the speakers are blown, you can't even tell what the ad is trying to say.

[-] SippyCup@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Second button from the top on the right side.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

And when it doesn’t, an air can upside-down in the speaker grille leaves no evidence.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Fuck that leave evidence. I want them to know it was me who destroyed their ad machine

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Did you forget that your car has a license plate and registration lol

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

i go everywhere on a very recognizable ebike that is why i forgot that

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Find the speakers, take a safety pin, poke through the speaker holes. Problem solved.

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