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Gas station TV is somehow worse. You're forced to stand in that spot so they blast that spot with ads, entertainment "news", and other garbage that I didn't ask for and usually with no easy way mute or decline (do pumps usually have a mute button that I'm just not seeing?)

I'm just here for the dinosaur juice yall

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On at least some gas pumps, pushing the button on the upper right will mute the sound (the video still plays). I just heard about this a few weeks ago, and tried it at a Chevron station near my house. I can confirm that it works!

I remember the first iteration of these pumps that I saw did have a mute bottom. Unsurprisingly, on an otherwise pristine pump, the mute button tended to to be severely worn presumably from frequency of use and/or forceful pressing. The station never took a hint, and the screens still blare their ads only with broken mute buttons.

After my last driving trip to the states i resolved to always carry a roll of duct tape in the car. The speaker holes are small and mute considerably while covered. It’s a small contribution we can all make to a better world.

This is a thing?! Thankfully it has not yet reached the UK.

...ewwwwww.

It'll get there. It's not like you're above it. Probably won't happen on the continent, though.

Yeah, indeed. My 'ew' was more an instinctual and physical shudder at the as-yet-unimagined horrors in my future than a value judgement.

I can think of two gas stations nearby with that. I've started avoiding them since they installed the screens.

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