this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2025
444 points (98.7% liked)

Mildly Infuriating

40172 readers
1588 users here now

Home to all things "Mildly Infuriating" Not infuriating, not enraging. Mildly Infuriating. All posts should reflect that.

I want my day mildly ruined, not completely ruined. Please remember to refrain from reposting old content. If you post a post from reddit it is good practice to include a link and credit the OP. I'm not about stealing content!

It's just good to get something in this website for casual viewing whilst refreshing original content is added overtime.


Rules:

1. Be Respectful


Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

...


2. No Illegal Content


Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means: -No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)

...


3. No Spam


Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.

...


4. No Porn/ExplicitContent


-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.

...


5. No Enciting Harassment,Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts


-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.

...


6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.


-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.

...


7. Content should match the theme of this community.


-Content should be Mildly infuriating.

-The Community !actuallyinfuriating has been born so that's where you should post the big stuff.

...


8. Reposting of Reddit content is permitted, try to credit the OC.


-Please consider crediting the OC when reposting content. A name of the user or a link to the original post is sufficient.

...

...


Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Lemmy Review

2.Lemmy Be Wholesome

3.Lemmy Shitpost

4.No Stupid Questions

5.You Should Know

6.Credible Defense


Reach out to LillianVS for inclusion on the sidebar.

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I’m from a US state where we don’t pump our own gas. Since I don’t pump my own gas regularly - only when I’m out of state - I’m not exactly sure when this happened, but all gas pumps seem to play ads now while the pump runs. At least the states adjacent to mine. Like can I not even pump gas in peace? Stop trying to manipulate my purchasing decisions 24/7.

Edit: ok I get it, there’s a mute button. I appreciate the tip, but people are already reporting that it only sometimes works. Knowing there a mute button that sometimes functions doesn’t make me less infuriated

(page 4) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Baaron87@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Every single gas station in my state has gas pumps with screens and ads. Honestly one of the most annoying things today.

I have one gas station that I frequently use and found one of the pumps has a blown out speaker. Even though the ads still play, I hear nothing! The infuriating part comes when that pump is already in use when I arrive. I’ll have to try some of the other comments suggestions here about pressing a side button to mute it

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

You could also fix the speakers on other pumps you use.

[–] thingAmaBob@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It’s like that at every gas station where I live; every single one. All of the small gas stations have been bought and sold within the last couple of years and upgraded to this stupid video ad model.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

There’s usually one of the buttons you can hold down to mute the ads, near the bottom right in the little phalanx of buttons all around the screen.

If you find it, label it “MUTE” in marker or something, spread the word.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Around here they played audio very loudly for about a year and then they all stopped with the audio. Most still play a video, although they seem to mostly be for the convenience or grocery store that the pumps are at.

Drove out of state recently and there were pumps that still played the noise, so I pushed the one button that was well worn and it muted the sound.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's still very rare for me to see a pump with ads. Mostly happens at stores with attached gas stations: Kroger, Walmart, etc. I don't go to those places. Not because of ads though. That's just a bonus.

I got gas from Sheetz today and it put up a silent and stilla ad on the display while the pump was running.

[–] Blumpkinhead@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

The screens on the pumps (around me at least) have a mute button on the screen.

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Holy crap if they started doing that in my area I'd switch to an EV within a month.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

That sounds frustrating, you should buy a pair or Ray Ban sunglasses to reduce the glare from the ad screens. Never hide - Ray Ban.

[–] fulcrummed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

But you do have Mt Hood and the Columbia River and the coastline to console you. 😍

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

My state just made self-serve gas a thing so I got an electric. If I'm going to have to fuel up my own car, I'll do it in my carport.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

350% increase in spilled fuel. How much fuel were the full service attendants spilling? Not much at all, I think is what that stat is trying to imply. Why did they report it as a percentage? So you wouldn't know how much would be spilled, I've never spilled fuel when gassing up my car. I doubt many people have spilled much at all--and certainly not routinely.

All that aside, I like to see people employed.

load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›