Umbasaborne
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we cant catch a fucking break
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Main gas pipeline from Texas to East Coast shutdown by ransomeware. East Coast GAF, are you still able to get gas in your area? Has the price gone up?
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Hulk_Smash
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It’s here in NC and it fucking sucks. I am on E and couldn’t get to a gas station yesterday because I was at work. After work? Nowhere to be found. I went to half a dozen stations. Nothing.
Why do people do this? Why do they freak out and hoard shit? And I guarantee you it’s people that have the time to go and buy extra containers to put gas in. People that are either retired or on unemployment. They ain’t going anywhere.
Why do people do this? Why do they freak out and hoard shit? And I guarantee you it’s people that have the time to go and buy extra containers to put gas in. People that are either retired or on unemployment. They ain’t going anywhere.
CertifiedKiwi
Member
Can't be worse than the toilet paper apocalypse last year
M1chl
Currently Gif and Meme Champion
Still insanely cheap for 1 US Gallon, try 1.52USD for 1 litre...
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
There is definitely some panic buying here in southeast ga. Lots of people filling up their tanks and fucking 55 gallon drums and all kinds of shit. We didn't learn shit from the tp shortage of last year.
Aesius
Member
People don't learn because they don't consider the fact that THEY are the hoarders.
"I need to stock up before the hoarders do!"
It's the same fallacy with traffic. "I'm stuck in traffic!" No, motherfucker, you ARE the traffic!
LordCBH
Member
I stole a 24 pack from some lady who had like 20 24 packs in her cart. I had to shit and there was none to buy. Said fuck it and took from a hoarder when her back was turned. Fuck you Karen. I regret nothing.
NickFire
Member
CRUNCH!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Quick, someone drop an anonymous tip to Bloomberg's gaming reporter. There's crunch afloat and someone needs to get on it!
DeepBreath87
Banned
Social media fueled insanity. These shortages would be happening regardless of any pipeline shutdowns due to the panic driven demand spike.
CloudNull
Banned
I have a theory that this panic on social media is driven by bots.
- #gasshortage was trending all day yesterday and then removed sometime last night. All night nothing was trending and even into the morning.
- Now #gasshortage2021 is trending out of nowhere and if you look at the new post being made they seem to be bots.
- People see the hashtag trending and normal people jump on the bandwagon.
- This spreads to real people who then panic buy.
If we didn't have social media none of this would be happening.
- #gasshortage was trending all day yesterday and then removed sometime last night. All night nothing was trending and even into the morning.
- Now #gasshortage2021 is trending out of nowhere and if you look at the new post being made they seem to be bots.
- People see the hashtag trending and normal people jump on the bandwagon.
- This spreads to real people who then panic buy.
If we didn't have social media none of this would be happening.
Fox Mulder
Member
It’s insane that NC is hit with like double the shortages compared to all the surrounding states.
www.gasbuddy.com
Colonial Pipeline Shutdown: Fuel Outages by State
Effects of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown due to Friday's cyberattack are being felt in several states in the Southeastern U.S. The following provides
www.gasbuddy.com
CGiRanger
Banned
Is there a particular theory why NC seems to be suffering the most from this shortage compared to other states so far?It’s insane that NC is hit with like double the shortages compared to all the surrounding states.
Colonial Pipeline Shutdown: Fuel Outages by State
Effects of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown due to Friday's cyberattack are being felt in several states in the Southeastern U.S. The following provides
NickFire
Member
My first guess would be they have a population that, for reasons I don't know, seems more easily swayed by social media nonsense than surrounding states.
Zangiefy360
Banned
You can blame the people all you want, but this wouldn't be happening if we had our elected officials show some actual leadership so we never got into this mess in the first place.
It was only a short time ago we were entirely energy independent and we were a net exporter. Heck, last year our export of oil was a record high.
NickFire
Member
The government should not need to tell people that plastic bags don't go on your head, and should not be used to store gasoline. What is it about plastic bags that make people so STUPID?
BouncyFrag
Member
The is fucking embarrassing. Just throw the Deep Impact and Armageddon meteors our way and have Unicron on standby to finish the job.
Hardensoul
Member
No not swayed by social media, we panic with small snowstorms too. Little ice on roads, shutdown the schools lol
Recent history dating back to Hurricane Hugo, since I've been in the area. Any sign of something like this people would hoard/panic buy.
QuantumZebra
Member
I see hope in humanity with the muon g-2 experiment and the SpaceX launch... and then I see this.
Smdh.
Ikutachi
Gold Member
You did this, didn't you.
QuantumZebra
Member
Precisely.
Which makes me wonder if this wasn't a targeted attack.
Seems odd/random for this to happen.
LordCBH
Member
Honestly the people putting gas in plastic bags don’t deserve to be warned about it. If common sense won’t kick in that’s their problem.
CloudNull
Banned
Seems like all this madness was for nothing. I bet the hoarders feel like idiots lol.
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
I work in transportation. Can't get any drivers to hit the road on the east coast out of fear of being stranded. Southeast has been a dead zone all day.
Elpidio Valdés
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