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40RatRod

(566 posts)
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:26 PM Dec 2022

Today I had to go into town today but stopped for gas because I thought I might run out.

Gas is usually about a dime more in the county. When I started pumping the gas at 2.59 a gallon, I saw a man about my age in the 80s at a near by pump. I smiled at him and nodded.
He said gas will be $4.00 a gallon in two weeks.
I said, "I had not heard that."
Then he said Biden ordered it.
I said "I had not heard that."
Then he said Biden has stock in the gas companies.
I said "I had not heard that."
When I got to town Walmart gas was $2.49 a gallon.
Something tells me he was a MAGA. LOL

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Today I had to go into town today but stopped for gas because I thought I might run out. (Original Post) 40RatRod Dec 2022 OP
Yep. Sounds like MAGA to me Rebl2 Dec 2022 #1
"The price of gas is soaring again..... " MichMan Dec 2022 #2
I'm sure he was. I interact with the public all day long, every day. dewsgirl Dec 2022 #3
"Where did you hear that?" maxsolomon Dec 2022 #4
Houston County Georgia near Robins AFB. 40RatRod Dec 2022 #7
Why would Biden order it? Republicans are so gullible Emile Dec 2022 #5
MAGAt...? myohmy2 Dec 2022 #6
Parroting the latest word from Hannity. lpbk2713 Dec 2022 #8
Just tell him that the price of gas is coming down, because of immigration! 70sEraVet Dec 2022 #9
Call their bluff. Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #10
...adding: "Now you do the same if it doesn't!" Grins Dec 2022 #15
Should have told him you already knew, the price increase was in Hunter's lsptop. dem4decades Dec 2022 #11
I always just bust out laughing in their face Beachnutt Dec 2022 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #14
Better: Yeah; Republicans will control the House. Grins Dec 2022 #13
I like asking them "Where did you hear that?" Diamond_Dog Dec 2022 #16
Spreading maga BS doesn't make it funny bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #17
I would have bet him a hundred on the spot randr Dec 2022 #18

dewsgirl

(14,965 posts)
3. I'm sure he was. I interact with the public all day long, every day.
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:34 PM
Dec 2022

It is painful to pretend that I don't pay attention to politics. I need my job, so I have to stay neutral. Sometimes I just want to jump out and strangle the person, depending on what they're saying and it's usually about Biden and it's always absurd like the $4 gas. SMH
Fox news and all these RWNJ podcasts/Newsmax/OAN channels have really been successful at their brainwashing of people that are susceptible to brainwashing. 😔

maxsolomon

(39,127 posts)
4. "Where did you hear that?"
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:37 PM
Dec 2022

BTW, Gas is $4.59 in Seattle, so he should count his lucky stars. Fucking dipshit.

40RatRod

(566 posts)
7. Houston County Georgia near Robins AFB.
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:44 PM
Dec 2022

The price of gas here is always cheaper in middle Georgia than I-75 and other counties near by.

Emile

(43,265 posts)
5. Why would Biden order it? Republicans are so gullible
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:41 PM
Dec 2022

they even got suckered in and voted for a well known con man!

70sEraVet

(5,616 posts)
9. Just tell him that the price of gas is coming down, because of immigration!
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:51 PM
Dec 2022

Biden is letting in all of the illegal immigrants, provided that each one carry in 5 gallons of gasoline as an 'entrance fee'. And they can do it (they have legs like cantalopes, you know).

Sorry, I just can't resist sharing a funny thought!

Tetrachloride

(9,703 posts)
10. Call their bluff.
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:52 PM
Dec 2022

Example:

here’s my email. if gas hits 4 dollars per gallon for any reason in the next 2 weeks for all of the gas stations within a half mile, i’ll give you 100 dollars.

Beachnutt

(8,945 posts)
12. I always just bust out laughing in their face
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 06:53 PM
Dec 2022

and say "Turn off the fox news man you're living in an alternate universe".
And I turn away from them and ignore them while still laughing.
They're all loons.

Response to Beachnutt (Reply #12)

Grins

(9,523 posts)
13. Better: Yeah; Republicans will control the House.
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 07:00 PM
Dec 2022

Or…

“And when it doesn’t - will you admit someone played you for a sucker? Why would they tell you that? And what does that tell you what they think of YOU?”

Diamond_Dog

(41,049 posts)
16. I like asking them "Where did you hear that?"
Thu Dec 29, 2022, 07:08 PM
Dec 2022

Answer is usually “Fox News” or “some guy on the radio”, or “everyone is saying.” You know, those really accurate news sources.

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