What you're missing here is this is the attention economy. Facts don't matter, outrage and click bait do.
What you're missing here is this is the attention economy. Facts don't matter, outrage and click bait do.
It's nothing other than low-IQ sabotage, and seems so idiotic that it looks to be manufactured. I saw this on another site and had to point out how stupid it was.
What you're missing is the ability of the sheep to be afraid of something that they don't understand - i.e. the flap is the switch that tells the pump you want gasoline. As you pointed out, if it can't move, you can't initiate a transaction at all so the point is moot.
It's nothing other than low-IQ sabotage, and seems so idiotic that it looks to be manufactured. I saw this on another site and had to point out how stupid it was.
What you're missing is the ability of the sheep to be afraid of something that they don't understand - i.e. the flap is the switch that tells the pump you want gasoline. As you pointed out, if it can't move, you can't initiate a transaction at all so the point is moot.
This "alert" went from social media to police and government warnings to news media reporting it as fact in about 10 days. Reminds me of the early covid days. No one checked or verified anything. It just was, and it sold a lot of newspapers so it was good business.
This "alert" went from social media to police and government warnings to news media reporting it as fact in about 10 days. Reminds me of the early covid days. No one checked or verified anything. It just was, and it sold a lot of newspapers so it was good business.
It's junque science, one of those "it could happen, almost" things. Close enough to reality that a majority will believe it.
It's junque science, one of those "it could happen, almost" things. Close enough to reality that a majority will believe it.
Why fact check when you can have sensationalism.
They're a journalism, after all.
Why fact check when you can have sensationalism.
They're a journalism, after all.
I can only assume by what you said:
Idiot gets gas, screw somehow holds flap down enough so when you put handle back it doesn’t close out transaction, thus handle was never “put back” then they pull in behind you and pump.
But it’s nonsense. Some magic one way folding screw that allows the flap down but not fully back up?
Yeah just old man brain fear.
I can only assume by what you said:
Idiot gets gas, screw somehow holds flap down enough so when you put handle back it doesn’t close out transaction, thus handle was never “put back” then they pull in behind you and pump.
But it’s nonsense. Some magic one way folding screw that allows the flap down but not fully back up?
Yeah just old man brain fear.