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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] paranoid@lemmy.world 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mythbusters tested out cell phones starting fires while pumping gas, and it's not a thing that happens with normal use.

The expert they had on the episode explained most fires that begin while pumping are from static discharge. It's even more likely to happen if you get back into your car while the pump runs and then get back out when it's done, as doing that can increase your static charge

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know cars really don't need more complexity, but I am surprised we haven't implemented a function that if there is a pump pumping gas into the tank that the car won't turn on the first time but rather alert you something is in the tank. Maybe make it so it only warns the first time, and then if you try to start it a second time it will start so if your gas cap has an issue you can still go get a new gas cap, but I have seen many a tired person on road trips accidentally turn the car on while pumping gas.

That said, the amount of other cars that get started next to you pumping gas and fires don't start seems to indicate the chance of a fire starting from a car being started must be low. Like it can't be uncommon for the distance between your pumping gas fumes and the car engine on the other side of the pump is about as close as the engine of your actual vehicle.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your sensor would certainly help minimize the number of people driving off with the pump still attached.

So true, I didn't even think of that