I know what the cartoon is trying to say, but those graphs make no sense

Why is the dog so concerned about gas prices?

I don’t know a single person who is more upset about gas prices than the victims of this, and I live in an oil state. Yet I keep seeing memes like this, I can’t help but think there is some “America bad” going on here.

30% of humans are subdiagnostically psychopathic. I will die on this hill.

Ngl, I hadn't really noticed the gas prices, but hearing that we bombed a school and killed hundreds of children made me cry so much I threw up

Both plots are incredibly upsetting. What kind of monster labels their plots like this?

Selfish land of selfish people electing selfish "leaders."

I'm so sick of living here I almost wish ICE would deport me.

I find the first panel very upsetting. I'm well aware that we have an extensive history of being warmongers, but this level of pure evil without even a hint of any sort of legitimate reason is beyond the pale. I saw a truck with a graphic of an American flag and silhouettes of troops on it the other day, and all I could see were soldiers of an evil bloodthirsty government. I lived in Germany for 10 years and grew up around the US military, and even though I'm not a fan of combat I know it's sometimes necessary, but the mask has been fully ripped off now. Most of the soldiers didn't sign up for this, but they're meat for the grinder to commit war crimes just like in Russia now.

America has taught me even American lives don't matter when it comes to the American business. American citizens can be written off in death like day old donuts. And no one blinks an eye. We are pawns and slaves in an evil game that plays out theater on the world stage. Wake up for real. We don't have much to lose and the phrase "by any means necessary" should be constant mantra in all our minds.

But then again shuving a syringe of mass media, materialism, and desensitizing entertainment that drowns out reality like heroin is so worth it. So worth it we literally murder people via tax money for it and pretend we aren't murderers and will still have a spot in "heaven."

A lot of the discourse around gas prices that I see comes from people who do care about the human issues desperately trying to convince Trump supporters this is a bad idea. And since Trump has never exactly been big on legality or moral conduct cost of living is what gets used.

I've spent decades watching conservatives not give a flying fuck about anything until gas prices increase.

It's so very pathetic.

I think two things can be true at once.

I’m upset about both!

Hydrocarbons are killing the climate anyway. Electrification is the future.

The reality is people are too busy trying to get by and too tired of all the doom on the news to keep up or care as much as they should about the deaths. They're tragic, but also disconnected from the day-to-day reality of trying to get by.

Gas prices, however, impact them directly and can't be ignored.

There is a, seemingly, large portion of the population who willingly and unashamedly admit to things like "The only thing I can do is vote for who I think is best for me" the moment the political discourse goes beyond Red Team GUD Blue Team BAAAAHD, NO BLUE Team GUD Red Team BAAAHD. This is not to both sides this shit. This is simply to point out that it's very common for people to ignore reality, deny the facts, and metaphorically stuff their heads in the sand while the world burns around them. UNTIL the flames finally reach them, and they are personally affected. It sucks, really SUCKS. But it's the reality we're dealing with. If a certain subset of people don't care about the loss of human life, the devastation imposed on others, and the only thing that gets them in alignment with my desire (for no war / less war) is the cost of fuel/gas/oil/food/whatever, then I'll take it.

Both are bad and both cause damage. Poverty and the cost of living causes a lot of death if you haven’t experienced poverty or a family member who died prematurely from our system that prices people out of life you’re looking down from a privileged position

This really has some r/im14andthisisdeep energy. Also looks suspiciously like some gen AI bullshit.

The average person is not personally impacted by the deaths of people on the other side of the world.

They are impacted and concerned when the cause of those deaths also results in consequences they personally feel.

What a tough concept to understand.

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Almost like there's been decades of colonialism sustained though an overwhelmingly well-funded information campaign to associate that land only with the resources it holds for the metropole.

When I woke up to see the news about the unprovoked assault on Iran, I was sick to my stomach. It's senseless and my heart goes out to Iranian people that, like me, just want to go about their lives. When I saw gas prices hitting $3.49, I did not feel pity for myself. Instead I thought, good. This will hurt the idiots who support Trump. They are the narcissists that only care about themselves and when they feel pain I am happy

Death to America

I am 16 and this is…..

Nope its still shit.

I'm so tired of this take.

It's been bad news after bad news every day for years and a lot of it is happening locally. Most people don't have the mental capacity to think about every problem that doesn't affect them.

And as for gas prices in particular, people are barely scraping by and any drastic fluctuation in the cost of essentials threatened stability. Gas is up like 35% and it's going to continue to rise.

I think everyone should care but let's be real - stressing about dead people doesn't do anything. It doesn't stop them from dying, it doesn't bring the prices down, and it doesn't make you feel any better.

Jokes on you, the US doesn't understand price by Liter, only Dollars per freedom unit!

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