Go to another gasstation , EVERYBODY
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2026
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To anybody thinking about vandalizing this thing:
DONT BREAK IT, not the screen, not the speakers and none of its electronics, you can create a shortcut, then a spark and YOU WILL KILL YOURSELF or the next person that uses the pump.
Paint and stickers are the way to go.
which means you should 100% report this massive safety risk wherever you can
So essentially these are just more dangerous pump handles then?
Love it.
Googly eyes are the answer
Does the ad need to be playing to dispense fuel or would these work just fine if they got accidentally dropped really hard?
Advertising should be illegal.
yeah unless it's literal signs on your own building/workspace, or it's just your branding on your own product, etc. advertising must be illegal. they had their chance to be reasonable with it and they fucked it. the entire advertising industry deserves to be outlawed.
a can of black spray paint might do the job well.
Gorilla tape.
Very Cyberpunky. The bad parts of Cyberpunk that is.
I could replace my urethra with a gas pump nozzle
But can I watch ads on it?
Have you considered vandalism?
Let's call it disabling or indispose as a public service.
Vandalism ( as they will undoubtedly will frame it) has a negative connotation.
Language used to fit the view of who uses it.
Like 'regime' (government we don't like) or officer involved shooting (pigs murdered someone).
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Here in the u.s they have insanely loud fucking screens that scream commercials at you.
Like volume to the max.
Usually the physical buttons on the side will mute that. One of them do. Just press all of them next time
I will definitely try this. Thank you for the tip.
That looks like something that won't last very long. I could be wrong, but my guess is that, being in the handles themselves, those screens are gonna get busted and they won't have made nearly enough from ad revenue to warrant replacing them on a regular basis. Here in the US we've got them built into the pumps so when you start pumping you get some loud ass commercials.
People often intentionally ruin the speakers though too.
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get yourself one of those emergency glass breakers that are spring loaded.
resist the plutocracy
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