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- Epsteinfiles@lemmy.world
alright, which one of you beautiful geniuses did this?
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Should say I’m “fucking you and your kids”
touché
I saw one yesterday too
There is absolutely no reason to censor the fucked, dumb sticker because of it
…the f*ck are you talking about?..
Rationale was most likely it would survive longer in the wild.
Regula
Must be from a gas station in Massachusetts.
I hate that Republicans previously put the counterpart Biden stickers on pumps when Biden played no major part in gas prices at that time, yet now with Trump having started war in the middle East actually causing an abnormal rise in gas prices it just looks like the left is doing exactly the same thing back.
cool
He is a narcissist. He wants to be famous, he wants to be remembered. This is a perfect way to accomplish this.
“It’s never bad advertizing if they remember your name”
Doubt that the “and fucked kids!” mention is desirable for the brand.
He is a narcissist. He wants to be famous, he wants to be remembered.
Love how the slightly oversized head perfectly embodies this. 👌🎯
1.02 €/L
I mean omega giga lulz. Are you trying to tell europeans out there that turd face did a good job?
I think that’s like half the price most europeans pay.
Most Europeans have options besides driving
And those that do drive on average have shorter commutes than Americans.
Canada doesn’t and the prices the US pays are still comparable to our pre war prices.
1.65 cad/l
There’s also the fact that it’s heavily subsidized in the US, so comparing it to prices elsewhere does not change the fact that trump has basically doubled gas prices from what they were before he took office.
He’s also directly responsible for the surge in gas prices in Canada and Europe, so I don’t know what’s with this idea that “Oh, gas is cheaper in the US, I guess trump can’t be that bad after all…”
The idea is that this being the sticking point for people is hilarious.
There’s so many other things people are okay with but this is where they draw the line.
You gotta meet people where they’re at. It’s about the messaging.
I doubt the person who put the sticker there was like “Alright, this is the last straw.” But maybe a dozen people who fill their tanks there will see it and have a moment of self-awareness. Like “Hey, you know what? The sticker is right, this is trump’s fault.”
Not saying most trump supporters are capable of self-awareness, but if it heaps shame on them and makes them embarrassed to speak up then that’s a net plus. And there’s always a few fence sitters for whom this is the line they draw.
Whether we agree with them or not about their complacency pertaining to other things is beside the point.
This price is artificially low as the US is depleting their reserves to offset true impact of the PERMANENT damage he’s caused to the global energy supply chain. Clock is ticking.
https://afdc.energy.gov/data/10327
(Old data but still you get the point)
The point being that you subsidize the destruction of the planet even more than we do?
Good job.
Those are pre-war numbers here
Still fascinated the US has not managed to ban < 95 octane rated gasoline.
High octane fuel prevents engine knock (premature ignition) in high compression engines. Most gasoline powered vehicles in the US do not have a high compression engine and do not benefit from higher octane.
Bought a Kia Optima 2016. Engine is built for 98 octane.
That’s because some of those Kia engines are high compression. If it has a turbocharger, that increases the compression further because the turbocharger forces air into the cylinders under pressure.
You don’t technically have to use high octane fuel in those. The ECM (the engines computer) will adjust the timing to prevent premature detonation. However, doing so will diminish performance and fuel economy to the point where you’re not saving any money by buying cheaper fuel.
That was very insightful, thank you!
This guy knows boost.
95 RON is about the US 91 octane.
Around my area, we typically have 87, 89, and 93. My cars run fine on any of them, but one of them recommends 91+.
TIL that octane != octane.
RON ! = (RON+MON)/2
They still sell 91 in Germany.
Idk, 95 is bad for my relatively new motorcycle
$5.89 where I live
Double it to get European prices.
Once US reserves are depleted you’ll see them double if not triple.
I hope this kills suburbia. The only chance we have at fucking the ghost of Henry Ford.
They’re the same if the US taxed it the same, Us gas tax is 18 cents per gallon, parts of Europe gas tax 7 dollars a gallon
That is call cheap where I’m from. He did not do that.
None of them.
The beautiful geniuses are donating that money to food banks instead of spending it on dumbass, pointless stickers.
Woof that’s a take, you think we can food bank our way out of this?
While I would agree these stickers are not giant forms of activism and can only hope it’s not the only thing whoever has this sentiment is doing, I wouldn’t say it’s useless.
It’s cathartic for one, and helps broadcast and share to like-minded people there are allies in the area, while also helping cultivate a sense of shame onto any of Trump’s enablers, which is what they need to have done to them.
Note the distinction between making them feel shame (which is impossible) and shaming them.; these enablers have shown they lack empathy, which means they distill interpersonal relationships down to transactions; what can someone else do for them? If another party can’t do anything for them, then that party is useless and in the negatives, “subhuman,” pretty much.
Shaming these Trump enablers offsets their interpersonal transactions, putting them in the negative, leaving them in a defensive position instead of offensive.
Granted one little sticker is not going to do that alone, but you can’t make waves without drops.
I don’t judge anyone for buying or using these stickers. To each their own.
I’m just over here amazed that anyone expects me to be excited at this pointless, performative nonsense. People can’t eat in this country, but folks honestly expect me to pump my fist that someone plopped a sticker on a gas pump.
And yes, there are better uses for the money being spent on it. If you have money to spend on this crap, make better choices with it.
You’re operating in black and white in a world of grays, bud. I already stated the catharsis and swaying minds and public shaming, and your response is pretty much “food banks or bust.”
I know dogmatism when I see it, so have a good one.
There’s also the matter of protests not being intended to make onlookers “fist pump” or be excited. They’re SUPPOSED to be uncomfortable, they’re supposed to make people upset or inconvenience their day, or else they can just be ignored. What’s the point of just making people happy or go about their day? That’s not a protest, that’s just doing random shit like every other day.
Reminding anyone who drives a car why their gas prices are so high and who is responsible for that, is not a pointless gesture.
Also, how would it be performative if literally no one knows who put the sticker there? Isn’t the whole point of performativism specifically to garner approval?
While food banks are important, if those stickers manage to influence the minds of the voters, the money spent on them could achieve way more against poverty and hunger than any food bank could.
You could say that about literally anything. You realize there are different purposes for different things and people will spend money as they see fit?
You’re right, more direct action is necessary. Where do you want to meet and what should I bring?
No no, you heard them, donating to a food bank will fix it all.
That sounds a lot like the conservative christians who use it to argue against government welfare…
It does to me, too, (but they’re being sarcastic here, of course.)
“Don’t tax the church, they provide charity to the needy. It’s the community’s job to provide for the less fortunate, not the government’s.”
“Jesus said the poor will always be with us, so we’ll always have time to prove our faith by alleviating their suffering. Therefore it would be a sin to try to end poverty, because it goes against God’s will.”
Literally the logic I’ve heard from these people…
Depressingly unsurprising. Up there with viewing being opposed as proof that they’re right.
“The bible says we’ll be persecuted, so if people don’t hate us then we must not be living according to God’s will. We have to be even more annoying in order to prove our faith!”
Can’t tell you how long into my adulthood it took me to unlearn the pattern that “If I can get people to hate me, then I must be doing something right. In fact, if people like me then I must be doing something wrong!”
I mean, even years after dropping christianity, that subconscious pattern was very much still underlying my perceptions and behavior. Sometimes I couldn’t figure out why it was so difficult to make friends, why I always compulsively self-sabotaged. There was this deep-seated feeling of guilt that always accompanied any sign of approval that I received from others. Even today, I feel uncomfortable whenever I receive a compliment or praise (rare because I avoid situations where that might happen).
People are really mad at you for wanting the poor to eat food instead of spending money on paper they can’t eat.
Yeah that tracks for this community. Performative fluff but don’t actually get involved in helping people. Just vote the problems away that can’t be solved by voting!!
