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"i am shocked at how many people don't have an actively hostile relationship with advertising"
(lemmy.blahaj.zone)
this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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I'm so thankful my parents made us mute tv commercials as a kid.
Now I've gotta stare off into space at the gas pump cuz they started blaring obnoxiously bright video ads.
Normally you can press one of the buttons to turn those off. The mute button is unlabeled, of course, but in my experience every one of these I’ve come across can be muted. Annoying as fuck in principle, no doubt.
Edit: you were talking about the display, not noise. Leaving this here anyway in case someone else didn’t know they can be muted
I’ve heard this rumor before but I’ve never found a mute button on a single pump. I’ve pressed them all.
At the one gas pump in my town that does it, it's the second or third button on the right side of the screen.
And if they ever patch that, I'm filling the speaker holes with spray foam.
JFC your guys gas pump ads have SOUND???
Here I am bitching about screen brightness. Pretty sure that would be illegal in Canada. At least I friggin hope it is.
You should spray foam anyway.
It can be hit or miss. I think the button sometimes gets worn out too.
Luckily that's still uncommon here, so there's only a couple gas stations that do it. I won't give them a cent.