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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 months ago

Novel gas station design, USSR, 1980s

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Novel gas station design, USSR, 1980s

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PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 months ago
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  • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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    7 months ago

    Fuck short people, I guess.

    • tpihkal@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Alright, where they at?

      • WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Man that’s low.

        No, even lower.

      • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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        7 months ago

        Well, since Verne Troyer (Mini-Me) is gone, I guess you’ll have to settle for Danny Devito, Rhea Perlman, Peter Dinklage, etc.

    • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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      Generally, they have a long rope to pull down. At least here in Japan, it’s also the attendants who do it; I don’t think I’ve ever seen this style in self-serv.

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      Might be that the nozzles extend, once you’ve paid. At least, some of them seem to be far too high up…

  • ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com
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    Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?

    • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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      Yeah, but I still had to pay so I call BS on the FSM being better than any other god - it’s just another grifter cult.

      /s

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    Imagine some idiot drives away with the nozzle still in and the pump turns into a litteral fire shower after an errant spark.

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      Even normal pumps all have a breakaway that includes a shutoff valve to block the source feed, so this probably should be considered a solved non-problem at this point.

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    We have this (though slightly less UFO-y) in parts of Japan. So far as I can tell, only where space is more limited and I’ve never seen them as self-serv. Despite what other posts I’ve seen around the web, most gas stations in Japan are just like you’d find in much of the world with pumps one pulls up to.

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    deleted by creator

  • somtwo@lemmy.world
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    Something about having gasoline running through pipes overhead just doesn’t feel safe…

  • SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world
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    Take me to your liter(s of fuel).

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    Could that possibly be the Soviet version of “Googie”?

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    IIRC this was partly to prevent driving off without paying?

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      …how?

      • jqubed@lemmy.world
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        I think they wouldn’t lower the hose until you’d paid, or put down some deposit.

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          There are strings dangling from the guns.

      • tpihkal@lemmy.world
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        The gas pump swells as it finishes. If you try to drive off before it shrinks again, they just follow the miles of hose back to your house. Occam’s Razor.

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          Until everyone’s so poor that all the hoses become interwoven like some massive knitting project.

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          Mate, what the fuck are you on about? I have no idea what you’re trying to say.

          • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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            It’s a joke, relax.

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              That’s fine but I don’t understand your comment. There are words there but they’re arranged in a combination I cannot comprehend.

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                Which comment of mine you don’t understand?

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