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    7 days ago

    Unintentionally, most likely, but yeah kinda. As much as I hate having higher prices connected higher fuel cost, I also have schadenfreude for every dickhead with an F150 have to spend $100 every fill up.

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      7 days ago

      This is me talking to my brother who just got an enourmous Ram 2500 last year after he gave me so much shit about my subcompact.

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        6 days ago

        it’s six dollars plus here. there’s a guy who’s truck hood is as high as my chest that parks nearby, iirc he’s got a 36g fuel tank lol.

        tho, while insanely expensive, the idiots are still drag racing up and down a few blocks over - so it isn’t painful enough… yet.

        so effing glad I bought an ev.