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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

These people are fucking goldfish holy shit

“Oil prices are down!!!!”

Is still 50% more than it was 6 months ago.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

Its hard to get a man to understand something when he is paid to misunderstand.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

modern social media propaganda is truly unprecedented in how they can burn people the fuck up

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The memory of the average burgerlander only goes back like two weeks, anything before that may as well never have happened

[–] thebasementcakes@leminal.space 10 points 2 weeks ago

Rocks are smarter

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

They're that way with everything right now, oil prices, costs of goods, the opening of the strait (which was already open before his war).

These fucking rubes could be stabbed by trump but they'd still thank him for calling an ambulance afterwards.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Dont worry, it will be up again. Even with the straight open, refining capacity damage will take years to fix.

The US does not have sufficient reserves left to feed the shortfall for more than a month or two now.

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Standard revisionism to always come out on top against a gullible population.

This is how some dumbass will say "We're living the the most peaceful time in the world because of us" by ignoring facts about who started all the colonialism, genocides and wars.

[–] nosuchanon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oil futures are a scam anyway. It’s not worth the paper it is no longer printed on. Futures are just Wall St. speculation.

Actual prices for physically barrels was way higher, near $150 a barrel.