AylaRainpetal2 on April 26, 2026 5:26 pm It is called rockets and feathers. Prices shoot up like a rocket but drift down like a feather.
CarpenterEntire8103 on April 26, 2026 5:49 pm gas station owner have the fastest reflexes in the world until they have to touch the ‘minus’ button on the sign
gloomlythra on April 26, 2026 5:52 pm The classics “rockets and feathers” effect. Up like a SpaceX launch, down like a sloth on a Sunday afternoon
CarpenterEntire8103 on April 26, 2026 5:54 pm gas station owner have fastest reflexes not until they have to touch the ‘minus’ button on the sign
veilsereth on April 26, 2026 5:59 pm Oil prices drop 10$: Gas stations drop 2 cents. Oil prices rise 1$: Gas stations invent a new surcharge
Ruck_Famos on April 26, 2026 6:01 pm It’s funny the car in the meme is an EV though. Rimac Nevera for those interested.
Skysr70 on April 26, 2026 6:04 pm > all of reddit pretending that $15 extra gas cost each week is equivalent to martial law and will put their family on the street
SLiiQ_ on April 26, 2026 6:13 pm Always go to a gas station that has a competing gas station within view. That’s the only time they get competitive with prices
TheCakeMan2001 on April 26, 2026 6:21 pm this is why I am happy that I switched to EV, no more lining up to get gas when you can charge at home overnight
Superkostko on April 26, 2026 6:22 pm if you win they go out of bussines simple someone has to slave away
Bargadiel on April 26, 2026 6:35 pm It would be so easy for there to be regulation for this, but isn’t it interesting how there isn’t?
ladylucifer22 on April 26, 2026 7:21 pm hell, I remember when oil prices were negative and we STILL had to pay
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It is called rockets and feathers. Prices shoot up like a rocket but drift down like a feather.
gas station owner have the fastest reflexes in the world until they have to touch the ‘minus’ button on the sign
The classics “rockets and feathers” effect. Up like a SpaceX launch, down like a sloth on a Sunday afternoon
gas station owner have fastest reflexes not until they have to touch the ‘minus’ button on the sign
Oil prices drop 10$: Gas stations drop 2 cents. Oil prices rise 1$: Gas stations invent a new surcharge
It’s funny the car in the meme is an EV though. Rimac Nevera for those interested.
> all of reddit pretending that $15 extra gas cost each week is equivalent to martial law and will put their family on the street
Always go to a gas station that has a competing gas station within view. That’s the only time they get competitive with prices
Rocket and Feather effect in a nutshell
this is why I am happy that I switched to EV, no more lining up to get gas when you can charge at home overnight
if you win they go out of bussines simple someone has to slave away
It would be so easy for there to be regulation for this, but isn’t it interesting how there isn’t?
why’s bootleg ai elon in a bootleg ai rimac?
Why is Elon driving a Rimac?
sloth looks like it’s deep in thought
“This meme deserves fuel subsidy 😆”
hell, I remember when oil prices were negative and we STILL had to pay
The speed of greed vs. the speed of ‘we’ll get to it’.