You Frickin’ Hippies And Your Logic.
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of emails about this whole “Gas Out” day scheduled for May 15th of this year. Surprisingly, most of them have gone like this:
“Put this on your website because we want lower gas prices and you get a lot of people every day to visit your site and we want LOWER GAS PRICES!!!1!! GO GATORS!”
I’d tell you the email address of the guy who sent that, but that’s just cruel. Suffice to say, it had the words “bro” “surfer” and the numbers “1″ “6″ and “9″ in it. If you’d like to thank him for ringing the bell of truth in my inbox, you are more than welcome to shift those around and try ‘em out.
I’ve even gotten chain messages on Myspace, group invites on Facebook and random IM’s from the “babicake”’s and “sexycalikitten”’s of my AOL buddy list.
Let me just reply to all of you with this:
You stupid fucking hippies have no idea how basic economics works and if you think not pumping gas on one day will do a damn thing, you’re sadly mistaken.
How do I know this? Because I’m smarter than most of you out there. How do I know that? I’m about to graduate college. Only about 1 in 3 of us Americans do that. Eat it.
Let’s examine the goals of this event/group/day/stupid frickin’ thing for a second. The only pretense of this group is to not buy gas for an entire day. Sounds good in theory, right?
Wrong! It doesn’t even sound good in theory. Communism sounds good in theory for Christ’s sake and people are dying all over the world because of that shit.
If, for instance, you weren’t going to use gas for an entire day, then we have something that could put a dent in the ever-increasing profits of oil companies. But to just not purchase gas doesn’t make an ounce of sweet, sweet gasoline…er, sense.
Stay with me here, guys. I’m about to use an example: No one buys gas on May 15th. But you still use the same amount. You are still using THEIR PRODUCT, FOLKS, WHETHER YOU PURCHASE IT OR NOT. All you’re doing is making it so that you will have to buy more gas on May 16th and 17th than you would if you had filled up your tank on the 15th.
Not only that, but gas prices are rising at an exponential rate. If you put off buying gas a few days, the price will most assuredly rise a few cents a gallon. Doesn’t sound like that big of deal, right? Fill up your tank at 5 more cents a gallon.
Well, the more successful your little “Gas Out” day is, the more money you’re putting into THEIR pockets. All YOU’VE managed to do is prolong that money getting into their pockets a day or two later.
The same amount of gas is being sold, just at a later time.
And at 5 additional cents a gallon for millions of idiots, I’m sure they won’t mind.
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:40
THANK YOU! I hate it when people do stupid stuff like this and expect it to make any difference whatsoever.
I concur with you on this subject.
May 2nd, 2007 at 8:19
Ugh, yes, that drives me frickin nuts! And then all the people who get so upset about the price going up, as though they can’t understand why. Oil is a NON RENEWABLE resource, people, which means the more you use, the LESS THERE IS. Prices are only ever going to go up. Basic principle of supply and demand. Quitcherbitchin.
I’m looking forward to the day when Hummer dealerships have to sell them buy-one-get-one-free, ‘cos nobody wants them!
May 2nd, 2007 at 12:43
I’m glad someone finally got it right! Funny thing is a oil company probably started that chain email…
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:29
I really want to hear or read someone defend this…. I’ll admit, I never thought about it that in detail although I did recognize the fact that it wouldn’t work… so please.. someone defend it… I would really like to know your thought process.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:32
My Mom actually sent me one of these once and when i had the audacity to send a mass e-mail to her whole group debunking it, i got busted for Flaming them….
Personally IMHO we should dump our gasoline engines for Deisels….which can then run on Used cooking oil, which is WAY better for the environment, and cheaper too, as most places that have to change their oil have to PAY to have it taken from them
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:12
I just found your blog, and I love it! I’ve added you to my blogroll.
Mother Jones, RN
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:02
This is how our world works. I commend people for “trying” to make a difference. These mickey mouse no gas days don’t do anything.
Scenario 1.) Thousands of Americans + several hundreds thousand innocent iraq people killed in our current war.
Community response: “Oh.. thats sad… someone should do something…”
Scenario 2.) Facebook changes its layout
Community response: !?!#$:?$>#@ FRAAAWWWW WHAAT THE FUCKKKK CHANGE IT BACK QUICK EVERYONE JOIN TOGETHER TO STOP THIS CRIME AGAINST SOCIETY. (several hours later 750,000 individuals have led a massive facebook group revolt because someone changed how their picture appears)
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:50
Frawwww!
May 4th, 2007 at 11:36
/Sydney Steps Onto Soapbox\
National no gas day is sickening because of the fact that it is only because of soaring gas prices that people are even somewhat willing to lower their consumption of this non-renewable resource. If you really want change then you have to completely stop supporting exxon mobile every single day. This means no gas, purchasing products from compainies that exxon mobile is invested in (Dean Dairy which encompasses Horizon Organic and Soy Silk, Hain Food Group which encompasses Garden of Eatin’, Health Valley, Terra Chips, Westbrae, and Celestial Seasoning as well as General Mills (say goodbye to your cereal for breakfast in other words)) and also reducing your daily consumption of non renewable resources in general. Instead of driving your car take a bus or better yet walk or ride a bike, carpooling isn’t enough. If we really want gas prices to drop society needs to rethink the way we put so much emphasis on driving as its own culture and right of passage (see: My Super Sweet 16) and more emphasis on alternative energy and modes of transport.
And yes, I am a dirty fickin’ hippie, your point? Its not so much hippies that i think you have a problem with as stupid people buying into a lifestyle for five minutes as a trend to rebel against their rich white parents while still driving everywhere and suffering from verbal diarrhea.
\Sydney Steps Off Soapbox/
May 4th, 2007 at 1:37
Ryan thinks only douches speak of themselves in the third person.
May 15th, 2007 at 2:49
I have a car my sister’s husband gave me for free. It’s an 84′ Tempo with 65k miles on it due to being in storage for about 20 some years. My nice brother-in-law is a painter by trade and worked out something in trade for his services, hence me getting this car. Gets decent gas mileage and is in great shape.
Anyway- Back to the frigging point. I don’t use it to put around town here in Minneapolis/ST. Paul due to the excellent bus system we have, and my job being conveniently located on one of the main routes. The only thing I use it for is to drive long distances across my state, visiting my dad and daughter. This doesn’t happen that often because: 1.) Gas prices are too high 2.) Child support is a bitch. I get a nice guilt trip when I drop off my daughter after one of my visits from her mother/harpy, saying “It would be nice to see you more often so you can spend MORE time with your kid.” To which I reply: “Blame the oil business and your own damn greed, you blood-sucking shrew.” (Not within ear shot of the kid of course)
I’m taking the bus (or bicycle when the weather is good) every day and doing my part in not using anymore of this non-renewable resource than I absolutely have to. Forced sacrifice or not, it still counts. Eat that hippies. (And please just die already so there is still some Social Security left after you are done sucking on uncle Sam’s tit.)
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:09
check out in the fort worth star telegram today (Easter sunday) the top of the auto section is a syndicated auto writer but he discusses topics nonvehicular and is sharp as a tack.
today article
1. refined gas stocks in storage NOW exceed levels since 1990s ie record level of refined gas sitting idle
2. actual demand for gas is DOWN
3 ethanol is diluting the amount of needed gas but causing company’s due to the cost of grain to layoff works ex given is pilgrim’s pride chicken
From other sources the cost of grain for food in Afica is doubled or more since the ethanol craze)
SO why is gas sky high
partially the dollar is 30% down to other glbal currencies
BUT MAINLY its due to SPECULATION ie the rich getting richer by screwing over EVERYONE else.
March 23rd, 2008 at 3:11
check out in the fort worth star telegram(McClatchy owned paper) today (Easter sunday) the top of the auto section is a syndicated auto writer but he discusses topics nonvehicular and is sharp as a tack.
today article
1. refined gas stocks in storage NOW exceed levels since 1990s ie record level of refined gas sitting idle
2. actual demand for gas is DOWN
3 ethanol is diluting the amount of needed gas but causing company’s due to the cost of grain to layoff works ex given is pilgrim’s pride chicken
From other sources the cost of grain for food in Africa is doubled or more since the ethanol craze)
SO why is gas sky high
partially the dollar is 30% down to other global currencies
BUT MAINLY its due to SPECULATION ie the rich getting richer by screwing over EVERYONE else.