They don’t make ’em like they used to!
      • Zink@pawb.socialEnglish
        25·
        2 years ago

        American thing

        Not in my town, but they’re not hard to find literally anywhere in the US

      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        23·
        2 years ago

        I just want to emphasize how loud these can be for the unfamiliar as well. Like blaring into your ear while you pump. Also, some of the really loud ones are not synced pump to pump so you’ll get this shouting weird echo while at the pump. I think Tesla probably gave the gas stations a grant to put these things in. It seriously has contributed toward my motivation to go go electric for next car.

        • Hadriscus@lemm.eeEnglish
          9·
          2 years ago

          I wouldn’t have believed that if you hadn’t expanded upon it a little. Right out of a dystopian movie

        • Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Someone think of those poor speakers out there in the cold and spray some expanding foam into the speaker grills.

    • Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      2 years ago

      "People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.

      You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.

      Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.

      You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs."

      – Banksy

    • thegreekgeek@midwest.socialEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      One of these days I’m going to find out where they hide those speakers and when I do I’m bringing an icepick to the pump.