Some local hero around here has been stabbing ball point pens into the speakers on them.
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2026
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Theyre smart to that already, most of the ad pumps I've run into have speakers hidden inside the housing that you can't access anymore, and the "bottom left button on the screen mutes the ad" trick is disabled.
At this stage I just boycott those stations, leave a 2 star review on Google and deal with paying an extra 15c a gallon a couple blocks away.
Edit: Jesus Christ y'all are way too quick to jump straight to felony vandalism over fucking advertisements
Edit: Jesus Christ y'all are way too quick to jump straight to felony vandalism over fucking advertisements
Why do you have to do me like that dawg. Instant tears.
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.
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It’s called civil disobedience??? Felony vandalism sounds like something a narc would say.
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
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Spray foam in any openings lol
just set the gas stations on fire huehue
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.
Why not 1 star?
Most people don't care about 1 star reviews, because they're often really fucking stupid.
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some of us charge our BYD electric cars from solar panels on our roof and ride our ebikes charged similarly.
but hey, at least you don't have that one trans kid playing in the girls soccer team /s
I actively avoid any gas station that uses these.
Ads for gambling should be prohibited, just like those for tobacco and alcohol.
Are you saying ads for tobacco and alcohol are prohibited on gas pumps? Because ads for alcohol are all over every advertising medium in existence.
Depends on where you are.
Where I am, alcohol, tobacco and gambling were all prohibited in advertisement, then gambling had a pass (because those making the laws are most likely in the pockets of gambling execs), but it looks like it will get prohibited again.
Ads ~~for gambling~~ should be prohibited, ~~just like those for tobacco and alcohol~~.
There was once a campaign going that had billboards like: no more cigarette ads? Next they ban ads for (some sausage) and i just thought: yeah, ban them too, and any other ad.
I assume these people exist, but who the fuck sees that and goes: NOT MY SAUSAGES!! Or: NOT MY ADS!
But without ads, our children and grandchildren will have no idea what to do when they have a structured settlement and they need cash now.
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I never saw such thing in canada. But let me guess, you see ads but the gas price is not any cheaper than other gas stations without it?
Correct. Loud, half blown speakers, usually three adds in a cycle. If we just avoid stations that have them.
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 (edit: *and still chooses to feel entitled to cheap gas). I hope it really hurts when you fill up your F-350s
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Hey another reason I'm glad I don't drive anymore.
We need more public transit, washability (*walkability), and protected bike lanes.
ETA: hah, great autocorrect, keeping it!
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You could have stopped at "ads".
About time people in the us pay what the rest of us have for decades
What a stupid fucking world to live in. Just break the speaker with a knife and pay it forward
I've started blasting death metal as load as possible when this happens. If my ears are going to be assaulted I'll just double down with the noise i want to hear. Luckily the pump i go to has never done this so i try and go there everytime.
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Yet another EV win 😎😎😎
At least I've never seen blaring ads on an EV charger. Nor paid anywhere near $75 at one
give it time... give it time
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