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Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:52 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Sounds like you hate hearing the truth.
There are absolutely a lot of "poor" people in America who will spend hundreds of dollars this month on restaurants, coffee shops, vapes, nicotine pouches, alcohol, on payments for stuff they can't really afford, etc., and then complain daily because gas costs them $1 more at the pump. And then they'll drive around all over creation.
I know a dude who just lost his arse by trading in a full size GM truck on a Tacoma, because the Tacoma gets a few more MPG.
That dude traded because he wanted a new Tacoma and claimed it was because of gas prices to justify him wanting a new Tacoma. Mental gymnastics.
I just bought a 2 year old Corolla to commute in so I could stop driving my GMC 3500. I need the GMC to haul equipment and boats but driving it to work 96 miles a day at 12 MPG was getting expensive. About $485 a month in gas. It costs me about $126 to commute in the Toyota. Payments and insurance costs me about $400 a month so I am in the hole for about $50....however....tires for my truck cost about $1200 and about $400 for the Toyota. Brakes and oil changes are about a wash....but I can buy 3 corollas for what it would take to but my truck....and my truck is probably able to last about as long as half of those corollas if I push it. I am retiring sometime within the next 2-5 years. I am NEVER buying another new truck if I can help it....so buying 3 corollas for the price of one truck is a no brainer. I have to have the truck, I do not have to have it for a commuter because it is impractical. It is 12 years old now and has 126K miles on it. I know from experience I can get 400k out of it...I have done it with multiple GM trucks because I drive like an adult and maintain them myself. Its 1/8 th of a mile to the boat ramp and no more than 20 anywhere I will ever take any equipment.....that truck will be left to my heirs while those cheap arse toyotas, with 300k on them, sit in junkyard...it is a no brainer. Not everyone can own multiple vehicles. I understand that, but for my situation its a no brainer.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 1:55 pm to YouKnowImRight
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How many people starve to death in the United States each year due to poverty? How many sleep under bridges for reasons other than a drug addiction or mental illness? How many have to wear the same clothes all year until they can afford to buy new pants or shoes when the harvest comes in?
Y'all have used the word "poor" so long, you don't even know what poor is.
Poor is a relative term. People do not suffer as described because of social spending. It is a common refrain from old folks who say "we were poor but didn't know it because everyone was poor". The illusion today is many are not poor and those who do not live in a similar style assume they are. Compared to 14th century Europe the wino under a bridge today lives better than the king of England...that doesn't mean the King of England was poorer than the wino under a bridge...it means poor is a relative term.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:04 pm to Galloglaich
$20 more, for now. Prices will continue to increase regardless if Hormuz opens back up this afternoon. Wait until jet fuel shortages really ramp up. No more international flights for your vacations. The way the world worked pre February 2026 is gone, at least for the foreseeable future.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:06 pm to Galloglaich
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It’s just 20 more bucks at the pump
Were you saying the same thing under Biden? No shot.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:08 pm to AwgustaDawg
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That dude traded because he wanted a new Tacoma and claimed it was because of gas prices to justify him wanting a new Tacoma. Mental gymnastics.
No doubt.
My point is people use "gas prices" to act irrationally and freak out when actual gas prices are a very small part of their monthly spend.
I am not including inflation caused by fuel prices in that argument as the types of people who do what I'm referring to don't even realize they're paying more at Walmart.
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:29 pm to SidewalkTiger
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My point is people use "gas prices" to act irrationally and freak out when actual gas prices are a very small part of their monthly spend.
You do you realize increased fuel prices effects everything we spend money on right?
Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:30 pm to Powerman
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Always the same stupid predictable responses
if the board hates the president, surging gas prices are his fault
when its Trump....well that's a poor people problem and they should spend better instead of complaining. Not being worried about rising gas prices is a solid flex on the poors
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 5/5/26 at 2:35 pm to Galloglaich
The EVs are coming, the EVs are coming!!
Posted on 5/5/26 at 5:17 pm to 67hestood
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$20 more, for now. Prices will continue to increase regardless if Hormuz opens back up this afternoon. Wait until jet fuel shortages really ramp up. No more international flights for your vacations. The way the world worked pre February 2026 is gone, at least for the foreseeable future.
Yep
Posted on 5/5/26 at 6:15 pm to Galloglaich
People that have a loan on a shite vehicle and paying a fortune to drive it.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 7:48 pm to Galloglaich
I’m not all that upset about it, but since you ask, I had a below average month last month. The thing is I thought it was going to be huge. Like I was pretty sure it was gonna be huge.
I’ve been kind of deflated.
I’ve been kind of deflated.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 7:51 pm to Galloglaich
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Posted on 5/5/26 at 8:00 pm to Bonkers119
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You do you realize increased fuel prices effects everything we spend money on right?
The very next sentence, after the one you replied to:
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I am not including inflation caused by fuel prices in that argument as the types of people who do what I'm referring to don't even realize they're paying more at Walmart.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 8:02 pm to BilJ
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if the board hates the president, surging gas prices are his fault
when its Trump....well that's a poor people problem and they should spend better instead of complaining. Not being worried about rising gas prices is a solid flex on the poors
In both cases, fuel is still a very small part of their monthly spending. And sure, fuel increases the prices of everything across the board, but that's fairly minuscule compared to some of the inflation we've experienced in recent years.
Posted on 5/5/26 at 8:07 pm to Galloglaich
quite the collection of OT Moderates in this one. 
Posted on 5/5/26 at 8:37 pm to Galloglaich
They ought to be crying over the taxes attached to a gallon of gasoline
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:24 am to AwgustaDawg
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increase our consumption by about 152 eggs/week per person and it's a wash.
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that is a lot of sore chicken asses right there....
Truth...also, a lot of people don't know it...but in the black market egg business...one Goose Egg = 1.275 Chicken Eggs. So, I could get by with right around 119 Goose Eggs/week.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:33 am to GeorgeTheGreek
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A lot of people are terrible with their money and already have compounding credit card debt running away from them.
I don’t know how people with credit card debt wake up and look at themselves in the mirror.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:40 am to JTM72
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I was filling up for $80ish at the pump in february. It cost me $127 last week to fill up at 3.69/gal or 3.79/gal i cant remember. Not real sure where you got $20 more from, maybe in a kia soul
Your 36 gallon tank is over twice the size of an average gas tank size, and you just said that it cost you about $47 more to fill your tank. 47/2=23.5
Our Lincoln Aviator has around an 18 gallon tank, so it’s not just small vehicles that have sub 20 gallon tanks.
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