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Where the living fuck do petrol pumps have video ads? That's crazy
Shouldnt suprise you but…US. (Possibly other countries) Years ago they started adding video screens to display certain things, so as natural progression goes….there’s a screen so there will be ads. Loud-as-shit video ads that play as soon as you start pumping. And when no one is at the pumps they cycle silent ad slideshows.
Damn, audio especially sounds irritating. It seems we can't escape ads these days...
I've seen a few pumps with ads, but only in the form of a sticker or laminated poster advertising premium fuel or some random tat they're selling in the garage shop.
Australian here we got em too but they are rare.
There's some around me in the US, but they click on while you're in the middle of pumping gas with the most annoying voice and it's loud as hell. I don't go to those stations if I can help it.
Hopefully they stay rare.
never seen it in my home state but driving through some godforsaken Nebraska you see the worst things you can imagine
You can mute the ads by pressing one of the buttons on the side of the screen
Most have disabled that now. I have only found one pump around here that I can still mute. I used to put tape over the speakers to muffle it, but most play out of the screen like a phone now.
Yup, i havent been able to mute in a long time. Tried all the buttons, multiple buttons at once, etc. The worst ones are the ones blasting whatever that stupid “fuel pump show” is that talks about what’s going on in the pop world with “famous” people ive never even heard of, or stupid “life hacks” that arent…
Hi! I'm Maria Menudos! And did you know you'd be happier if you smiled more!! YAAAAAAAAA Hits screen with glass breaker ...in Minecraft
Pumps at Westfalen stations in Germany promote their own payment app, and sometimes snacks in their stores. But no audio, and only adds in pics on the screens.
Yeah I've seen those types of ads, although only as a sticker or poster by the pump
Seems like companies these days would force ads into our dreams if they could
Here, US, I have seen ones that create fake "news" clips that are just pro-petro-industrial propaganda, not just ads. Like I saw one that claimed that solar energy actually releases more greenhouse gasses than "contemporary" petroleum fuels.
Saw one waxing poetically about how good fracking is.
My favorite ads I've seen are ones that play videos about basic traffic laws.
"When you're out driving, remember, it's illegal to pass on a double yellow line! It's the law!"