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A Boring Dystopia

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cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/1023671

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The original was posted on /r/aboringdystopia by /u/CarpinThemDiems on 2023-10-05 23:18:27.

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[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 59 points 11 months ago (2 children)

At the perfect height to be peed on

[–] TheCheddarCheese@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

instead of a black dot they put an ad, its the perfect strategy

[–] IamLost@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Was thinking the same thing. You know ppl are absolutely destroy those things.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm already planning how to.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, my dicks already out and just need to adjust the aim.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You use urine, I use a knife. As long as the ads are dead we win.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I feel like if you're resorting to having a knife fight with a toilet, there are no winners in that situation.

[–] toasteecup@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Say what you want, I don't wanna hear about some bullshit medicine or the latest coke ad when I'm taking a leak.

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 2 points 11 months ago

Imagine, you walk into the bathroom and everyone is receiving a magnum condom ad with audio, but then you get an ad for penis growth hormones. 😞

[–] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think it's designed for that as it's curved to deposit in the toilet.

Pee on the floor next to it.

[–] oshitwaddup@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Or the wall above it

or smear shit over the screen to block the ad 🧐

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

man if you feel like smearing your own shit for the employees to clean up I am not going to stop you

[–] theluddite@lemmy.ml 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

One of the gas stations near me started putting ads on their pumps, so I started carrying around blank paper and painters' tape to make a little cover for it, that way you can flip it up to pay, and then flip it back down to fill in peace. This screen, though, is exclusively for ads, so, theoretically, one could just smash the screen, and it will only be improved. Theoretically, that is.

[–] TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If it's the standard one with four rectangular buttons on each side of the screen, the second button from the top on the right side should mute the audio. Ad will still play but at least you don't have to listen to it.

[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Where I live, that used to be a reliable way to mute the ads, but they've started disabling it as word gets out.

I accidentally invoked the admin menu once while screwing around with all of the buttons on one. It was kind of a thrill at first, but then I was worried I'd get caught on CCTV committing a "hacker crime" or some other fascist bullshit, so I just exited out of it.

I don't remember the exact sequence but it was something like I pressed all 4 of the outer buttons at the same time then pressed all 4 of the inner ones at the same time.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

It's usually something dumb like that, shitty manufactures have shitty default passwords.

[–] theluddite@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oh nice! I will check next time. I try to avoid that gas station for obvious reasons. If that does actually work, I'll start writing instructions for muting on my flap of paper.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 18 points 11 months ago

I won VIP thickets to Rock In Rio a couple years ago, and they had this in the urinals of the VIP area. It was supposed to show a stream of the shows but it just said server connection lost and a random local IP network (10.something) and there was an IT guy in the bathroom with a laptop connected to one of the urinals trying to fix the connection. I think it was the acid I took that day, cause I couldn't stop laughing at the absurdity of the scene.

[–] Ddhuud@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

You just have to aim a little higher.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

You know where to aim

[–] Sabata11792@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If you see an ad in the bathroom, you have a moral obligation to shit and piss on the walls.

[–] Sh1nyM3t4l4ss@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The poor cleaning staff isn't responsible for the dystopian ads, neither are other people who just need to use this bathroom.

Vandalizing the ads themselves, and only the ads, is something I could get behind though.

[–] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A can of spray paint will do

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 1 points 11 months ago

So that’s why they check my id whenever I buy a can.

[–] ZILtoid1991@kbin.social 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I prefer the Sega urinal, that is also an arcade game.

[–] dan@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

Advertisements with piss on them

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why does that look like a camera under the screen?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sensor because people don't flush

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh so Testicle Biometrics Scanner why didn’t you just say that?

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

It identifies a correct flushing profile to use by using a biometric scan of your balls to retrieve your user data from the cloud.

[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

It should be running the trashiest, goriest, sleaziest, slimiest & far out movies ever made 24/7.

Just for the Aesthetics.

[–] NullaFacies@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 6 points 11 months ago

That's just rude to the wage slave that has to clean it.

Just shoot it.

[–] KingGordon@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Drop an upper-decker right on it.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 11 months ago

Piss on the screen.

[–] Mechanite@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Honestly if I had to choose a place or time to be subjected to an ad this ain't bad. That being said I can imagine how nasty it would get if not washed. Imagine how the color would shift over time

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

my friend saw one that said "Android is starting"

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

I wonder how hard it would be to make a pocket sized RF blaster for stuff like this.

[–] retrolasered@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 months ago

Taking the piss

[–] glimse@lemmy.world -4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I could not possibly care less about this as long as there's no audio. I'm fine with a restaurant making a bit of extra money this way

[–] Shikadi@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

That's nice, I care though and would smash it.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It only starts this way. Then, they add audio and then, you can only pee after watching the ad.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Oh my god, I fear you are on to something here. It's only a matter of time before some venue decides to make an ad-supported restroom that forces you to watch a 30-second video ad before you can enter the stall.

Bonus dystopia points if it has a camera for view tracking that pauses the ad if you close your eyes or look away.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

That's different and would change my opinions. But once I get my drangus aimed, I'm looking straight ahead at a urinal anyway so a silent ad below my sight is whatever to me