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[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 92 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (3 children)

Makes these old images of Biden raising gas prices funnier to dig back up. Omg $3! When some places now are pushing $6.

[–] redsand 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I've already seen several of Trump at the pump

[–] AdmiralSnackbar@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 hours ago

Saw one in the middle of nowhere a couple weeks back and was pleasantly shocked

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Many places In europe charge more than 2 euro per liter. so like 9 usd for a gallon.

also many places in europe have more fuel efficient cars

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 7 hours ago

Also, we're kind of used to those prices, because most of it is tax. The changes in actual gas price (which are upsetting Americans now) are fractions of the usual price for us.

Of course we also complain about high prices, but it doesn't break our budgets.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 43 points 22 hours ago

Here in the Southeast, those stickers were all over the place, too! Sometimes I'd even see them inside stores, people were putting them out faster than employees could remove them. They weren't just used at gas pumps, though that was obviously the primary placement for them.

I've only seen the Trump version online so far. Wonder why those same people who were putting out the Biden ones aren't getting the Trump ones out as quickly?

I'm sure it's not that they're low-life partisan hypocrites. It's probably the lingering effects of the illegal tariffs driving up the cost of the stickers at a time when they've lost their jobs and healthcare so they literally just can't afford the gas or the stickers to be able to put them out. I'm sure it's that.