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Road Warrior

MonolithMonolith Registered User regular
edited June 2007 in Social Entropy++
I believe I have found the best way to protest high gas prices. None of that silly "don't buy gas on the 15th" or some other such date.

ROAD WARRIOR!

We start welding scrap metal to our cars, wear leather, and start driving in circles around gas stations when gas hits $5/gal. I personally shall dress as Lord Humongous and will yell in a husky voice into a bullhorn.

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    abloo abloo abloo

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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    yeah haha you got dress up in leatherin 90 degree heat

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  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    What I'm saying is I don't drive so these protests make me laugh.

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  • MonolithMonolith Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    A) We have no public transportation here.
    B) You gotta admit, playing Mad Max for a day would be sweet.

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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    you know what's pretty rad dudes

    public transportation

    and walking

    and bicycles

    i wnodre if tfs cudl ticrk sume on ta rpea im

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    I can't wait till I see the day when you see a bunch of squatters all hosting a benefit show to raise money for enough gas to make a molotov

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    any place that has no public transportation probably isn't worth living in

    not by virtue of the public transportation itself, but rather because you have to be pretty backwoods not to have public transportation

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  • NucshNucsh Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I always kind of cringe whenever someone throws out the "lol public transportation" argument when someone complains about gas prices.

    What about those who don't live in urban areas? What about Joe Blow who lives out in Kansas and has to fill up numerous farm vehicles? What about people who live in less populated areas who have no other choice but to drive to where they need to go?

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    No buses come near my house, and it would take about an hour and a half to get to my first job, and probably around 2 hours to get to my current consistent gig by bicycle. Walking would be awful.

    But my motorcycle gets 45 mpg on average and I almost never have problems parking and it's just as fast as a car and I got it for $2,200. I may not be completely eco-friendly, but I'm a hell of a lot closer than those damn SUVs. Unless you have 5 kids all of whom need to get to an event that can only be reached by going through a muddy forest then you have no excuse for those things.

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  • ShimShamShimSham Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Nucsh wrote: »
    I always kind of cringe whenever someone throws out the "lol public transportation" argument when someone complains about gas prices.

    What about those who don't live in urban areas? What about Joe Blow who lives out in Kansas and has to fill up numerous farm vehicles? What about people who live in less populated areas who have no other choice but to drive to where they need to go?
    Exactly

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    daily show did a skit about this

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  • NucshNucsh Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    But then again who lives in Kansas, right? lol

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  • MonolithMonolith Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I can't wait till I see the day when you see a bunch of squatters all hosting a benefit show to raise money for enough gas to make a molotov


    They coudl even have the poor starving children commercials.
    "Hi I'm hollywood actor Cameron Diaz, and for just $20 a gallon you can sponsor this squatter."

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    Nucsh wrote: »
    I always kind of cringe whenever someone throws out the "lol public transportation" argument when someone complains about gas prices.

    What about those who don't live in urban areas? What about Joe Blow who lives out in Kansas and has to fill up numerous farm vehicles? What about people who live in less populated areas who have no other choice but to drive to where they need to go?

    what about the fact that inflating gas prices ends up making every product you buy cost more, as the cost of fuel is a major part of the shipping cost for distribution, and is quickly becoming a major contributing factor to general product cost inflation?

    what about that?

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  • NucshNucsh Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Nucsh wrote: »
    I always kind of cringe whenever someone throws out the "lol public transportation" argument when someone complains about gas prices.

    What about those who don't live in urban areas? What about Joe Blow who lives out in Kansas and has to fill up numerous farm vehicles? What about people who live in less populated areas who have no other choice but to drive to where they need to go?

    what about the fact that inflating gas prices ends up making every product you buy cost more, as the cost of fuel is a major part of the shipping cost for distribution, and is quickly becoming a major contributing factor to general product cost inflation?

    what about that?

    Or there's that, which I hadn't even stopped to think about before.

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    It's alright for nucsh, he flies everywhere.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    Monolith wrote: »
    I can't wait till I see the day when you see a bunch of squatters all hosting a benefit show to raise money for enough gas to make a molotov


    They coudl even have the poor starving children commercials.
    "Hi I'm hollywood actor Cameron Diaz, and for just $20 a gallon you can sponsor this squatter."

    um no you got it wrong

    I'm talkin a bunch of gutterpunk crusters all throwin some rock show in an abandoned warehouse somewhere and a chick at the door is taking dollar bills she is stuffing into a box so that they can scrape it all together and buy enough gas to firebomb a police station, but the chick ends up sneaking off and buying heroin with it and everyone is all damn

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    Nucsh wrote: »
    Nucsh wrote: »
    I always kind of cringe whenever someone throws out the "lol public transportation" argument when someone complains about gas prices.

    What about those who don't live in urban areas? What about Joe Blow who lives out in Kansas and has to fill up numerous farm vehicles? What about people who live in less populated areas who have no other choice but to drive to where they need to go?

    what about the fact that inflating gas prices ends up making every product you buy cost more, as the cost of fuel is a major part of the shipping cost for distribution, and is quickly becoming a major contributing factor to general product cost inflation?

    what about that?

    Or there's that, which I hadn't even stopped to think about before.

    well that will teach you to open your big dumb pilot face and start blabbing

    or something

    i dunno, I just wanted to say big dumb pilot face

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  • NucshNucsh Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    $4.17/gl is a-ok for me let me tell you

    :|

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  • MonolithMonolith Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Yes, public transportation would be nice, if everyone had it. Personally I'd be happy if we just had sidewalks in more than 1/2 a square mile of town where all the tourists are.

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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Nucsh wrote: »
    I always kind of cringe whenever someone throws out the "lol public transportation" argument when someone complains about gas prices.

    What about those who don't live in urban areas? What about Joe Blow who lives out in Kansas and has to fill up numerous farm vehicles? What about people who live in less populated areas who have no other choice but to drive to where they need to go?

    what about the fact that inflating gas prices ends up making every product you buy cost more, as the cost of fuel is a major part of the shipping cost for distribution, and is quickly becoming a major contributing factor to general product cost inflation?

    what about that?

    look here tfs/shoes isn't have time for your ideoligicallalalal bullcripes, wing-chun. Theys got lattes to drink and books to read.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    with all that money saved on gas via public transportin' you can by yourself a right nice SCO

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  • MonolithMonolith Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Monolith wrote: »
    I can't wait till I see the day when you see a bunch of squatters all hosting a benefit show to raise money for enough gas to make a molotov


    They coudl even have the poor starving children commercials.
    "Hi I'm hollywood actor Cameron Diaz, and for just $20 a gallon you can sponsor this squatter."

    um no you got it wrong

    I'm talkin a bunch of gutterpunk crusters all throwin some rock show in an abandoned warehouse somewhere and a chick at the door is taking dollar bills she is stuffing into a box so that they can scrape it all together and buy enough gas to firebomb a police station, but the chick ends up sneaking off and buying heroin with it and everyone is all damn

    Ah, my bad, I tend to think of things in the funniest possible context. Liek that old balding dude carying around a hobo instead of a little black or hispanic girl.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    man I don't even give a damn

    gas is never going to cost more than the majority is willing to pay

    so I guess you're fucked

    P.S. if gas riots break out feel free to tell me I'm wrong

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  • redimpulseredimpulse Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Hey maybe we should keep talking about doing things about gas prices that we will never do in the first place. It seems to be working.

    Gas is down to 3.209 today. Keep it up.

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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    look people its not ok to be tfs

    stop it shoes

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  • MonolithMonolith Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Speaking of things in real life, I gotta go to work, toodles for now.

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  • NucshNucsh Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    redimpulse wrote: »
    Gas is down to 2.839 today. Keep it up.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    nah seph I ain't no tfs

    I enjoy meat and I don't care about the suffering of others as a whole

    I mean sure if I can help a dude I will

    but I ain't looking to change the world

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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    places without public transportation are good

    ok they are fine places

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    See guys, when I get my sailboat, I'll be living large after the collapse of civilization, all pirating up & down the West coast, not needing fuel to get around.

    Also smart car with solar panels bolted on all over the place.

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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    ACK! ACK ACK ACK ACK ACK!

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