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Fuck ads at the gas pump (self.privacy)

submitted 5 months ago by Ginger666 to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] grue -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's an interesting way to spin the fact that it takes so long to charge that it's impractical to stand there and wait for it to finish.

If you turned the gas pump down to make it pump slowly enough, you could walk away from it while you wait, too.

[–] ThePantser 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No you can't walk away from a gas pump, if it ignites you need to know.

Electric is still better than gas, it has more acceleration and torque. I can out accelerate many gas cars in my minivan.

[–] grue 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You have an electric minivan? Since when were those a thing?

[–] ThePantser 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pacifica plug in hybrid, only has 40 mile range but in the city it's all I use. So I use almost no gas unless it's super cold. I also only buy gas every 3 months and at Costco so no audio ads on the pumps.

[–] grue 1 points 5 months ago

Aw, you got my hopes up for a minute there.

I've got a minivan with a hateful automatic transmission that I only reluctantly accepted because it was a hand-me-down from my parents, and I've often thought that the only excuse worth a damn for not having a proper stick shift would be if the car were electric (and therefore had no transmission at all).

'Course, any new vehicle would be a privacy nightmare, so realistically if I finally get fed up enough with this thing then I'm more likely to either manual-swap it or replace it with something like a Mazda5 or Previa. Sucks that manufacturers have poison-pilled every single EV, but whatcha gonna do?