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by jaywalk 962 days ago
> it is kind of violent and rape'y.

Comparing hearing an ad while you pump gas to rape is disgusting. Grow up.

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I don't compare these things lightly. What is disgusting is to ignore consent, to force things on others, and to violate some sacred interiority in the service of base desires.

The gas-pump ads are not as bad as airplane ads, since I could reclaim my right to choose by just walking away and never driving again, but in the later case there are literal restraints involved because I cannot leave the flight. What is disgusting is that "captive audience" is a selling point for marketing "innovations".