Do you steal snacks at gas stations because you have to pump your own gas?
A false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed or false reasoning. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency. Colloquially, a false equivalence is often called “comparing apples and oranges.”
- Attendants used to pump the gas for gas station customers.
- Associates used to scan and bag groceries for grocery store customers.
- Gas stations no longer have attendants pumping customers’ gas.
- Grocery stores no longer have associates scanning and bagging customers’ groceries.
Such a false equivalence 🙄
They would check your fluids, clean your windshield and it was normal to tip them. Self service stations were at first an options and were cheaper. Sound the same? You only get a discount for self check if you steal, and I’ve never tipped a cashier at a grocery store.
Not to mention gas pumps got a lot simpler, and added auto-shutoff. The cash register at the grocery store is requiring you to do exactly the same job they used to pay someone to do, for free.
