Tired of Getting Raped at the Gas Pump?

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17 Jun 2007, 08:07 PM
Drewbacca

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Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

Not at all, I did it the right way man

Intern-Mr. Nobody-Mr. Nobody with a small amount of clout-Somebody-Someday worth a shit.

I have over 200 on my payroll and we are hiring 4 new this month what the fuck have YOU done to improve our situation? At least I help creat jobs to put food on other peoples table

Oh it's a can of worms. You do what you're told like everybody else. Stop fronting. I'm not sure why you've hijacked a gas thread in to your own personal cock measuring contest but, yeah, it's fucking retarded.
17 Jun 2007, 08:07 PM
Othello Harrington

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Originally Posted by Hubbitron

Biff, why are you being such a dick to everyone in this thread?

Because our society coddles the weakling, fuck that, I know you all can be somebody special. Take that for bullshit or not, it's the truth.
17 Jun 2007, 08:08 PM
Othello Harrington

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Originally Posted by Drewbacca

Oh it's a can of worms. You do what you're told like everybody else. Stop fronting. I'm not sure why you've hijacked a gas thread in to your own personal cock measuring contest but, yeah, it's fucking retarded.

Hey you crybabies all reported in on this thread to bitch, I'm just representing the other side of the pillow, big baby.
17 Jun 2007, 08:09 PM
Othello Harrington

At the risk of turning this into a Gozen like fuck you fest, I'm retiring from this thread.

it's a new Biff.

http://www.dailyhaha.com/_pics/car_crash.jpg
17 Jun 2007, 08:13 PM
Gooch

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Originally Posted by g0zen

LOL an MBA is fancy toilet paper. Get the fuck over yourself.

If you get one of those online MBAs, then yes, it is worthless beyond the knowledge you gain. If you really knew the difference in future cash flow potential and opportunities a good MBA (i.e. Kellogg, U of Chicago) can bring to you, however, then you would sing a different tune. Unless money is irrelevant to you, which it very well may be.

If you're saying that because Biff was able to get one, thus discrediting its value, then IAWTP.

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Originally Posted by Type Ryan

The real answer to all this... build more refineries.

You're not the first to propose this but tell me, where are you going to build these things? No one is readily volunteering to having a refinery in their town. And these things aren't cheap either. It makes more financial sense to upgrade your existing refineries (some of which really need it) to output more efficiently. The reduced output and higher prices we've recently been suffering from seems like legalized collusion to me.
17 Jun 2007, 08:13 PM
A Robot Bit Me

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

Not at all, I did it the right way man

Intern-Mr. Nobody-Mr. Nobody with a small amount of clout-Somebody-Someday worth a shit.

...What the fuck?

Quote:

I have over 200 on my payroll and we are hiring 4 new this month what the fuck have YOU done to improve our situation? At least I help create jobs to put food on other people's tables.

I intentionally miss the toilet in public restrooms to create more janitorial positions so that people without MBA's have a chance at finding employment.
17 Jun 2007, 08:19 PM
Drewbacca

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Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

Hey you crybabies all reported in on this thread to bitch, I'm just representing the other side of the pillow, big baby.

I took the same stance on gas prices that you did -- for different reasons, but the same stance. You don't even know what's going on in this thread anymore.

But I didn't then go out on a tyrade as though I were single handedly pulling America through a depression by doing my fucking designated job.
17 Jun 2007, 08:27 PM
FirstBlood

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Originally Posted by Biff

Intern-Mr. Nobody-Mr. Nobody with a small amount of clout-Somebody-Someday worth a shit.

I'm going to assume this is the Biff Pocoroba employment time-line.

but I imagine if we rewound to his intern days, he wouldn't be saying "Well golly, these gas prices sure are high, but I'm ok with that because I'm on the road to success and in an unknown number of years I may or may not be a big shot!"

And holy shit I think Andrew just owned Biff.
17 Jun 2007, 08:30 PM
MarsKitten

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Originally Posted by Hubbitron

Biff, why are you being such a dick to everyone in this thread?

He's bitter for some reason, probably hating his life :p

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

Real cute guy, you really pwnt me there. You should be flagged for being stupid.

Ha.

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Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

Not at all, I hate crybabies. Stop bitching about life being unfair. I'm tired of carrying your ass creating jobs that you bitch about being beneath you, you're heavy and my back hurts. Don't argue with me here kid, you're way over your head.

Here's an idea, do what I do, you know, for a year, then tell me how overpaid I am.

For the record, I employ Jones Day to oversee our purchase contracts, real high flight stuff, snoor.

Hmmm when did I mention overpaid, jobs I won't do, or unfair life? You're projecting a lot of hostility towards me on points I've never brought up.

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate, and Hate leads to suffering. - Yoda.

Fear me much? Certainly much anger and hate coming at me Biffypoo. And yes Janis Day rocks the corporate world. There's a reason they're rolling in the monies.
17 Jun 2007, 09:01 PM
Survival Kid

This thread is about as retarded as Yoshi and me arguing about the DS and PSP, probably more so.
17 Jun 2007, 09:08 PM
Advocate

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Originally Posted by Survival Kid

This thread is about as retarded as Yoshi and me arguing about the DS and PSP, probably more so.

I definitely agree with that post!
17 Jun 2007, 09:19 PM
MarsKitten

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Originally Posted by Survival Kid

This thread is about as retarded as Yoshi and me arguing about the DS and PSP, probably more so.

+1 :tu:
17 Jun 2007, 09:22 PM
B-Ri

I voted 36.

Oh wait wrong thread....
17 Jun 2007, 09:23 PM
Hubbitron

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Originally Posted by Survival Kid

This thread is about as retarded as TNL arguing about religion, probably more so.

wooooooo
17 Jun 2007, 09:30 PM
Tain

i heard the motherfucker had

like

thirty goddamn dicks
17 Jun 2007, 09:52 PM
g0zen

Biff is the epitome of the fat corporate drone on a power trip.
17 Jun 2007, 10:08 PM
Brand X

Biff is the epitome of being a huge douche. I don't give a fuck how successful I am, if I ever had the attitude he did in this thread I would kill myself.

Being successful and applying yourself != pushing your elitist I did it right learn from me it's the only way bullshit he is trying to talk in here.
17 Jun 2007, 10:15 PM
bbobb

Gas is over $4 a gallon here.

Stop whining and buy more fuel efficient cars.
17 Jun 2007, 10:48 PM
D_N_G

i work for big oil, and they are always pumping propaganda that its not the oil companies faults for the prices and that they arent realizing the profit from the pump/retail, but on the backend they are (as in plastics and pipelines), they even have a powerpoint presentation to take home to your family and friends if they ask about it, lol

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Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

I'd much rather roll a BMW than a Hummer.

Tru dat

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Originally Posted by stormy

I want a bumper sticker like Maddox's vegetarian sticker. For every gallon you don't burn, I'll burn 3.

lol @ that sticker. awesome
17 Jun 2007, 10:56 PM
Hubbitron

They never caught the guy who raped me at the gas pump.
18 Jun 2007, 12:40 AM
icarusfall

Biff is one of those tough guy corporate types that like to act like they're all aggressive; then someone punches them in their overpaid face for acting like such a dick and they cry about lawsuits.

You're not a tough guy. You're a fucking suit. My people would eat you a-fucking-live.
18 Jun 2007, 03:31 AM
The_Meach

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Originally Posted by Stormy

1. It takes much more energy to make ethanol than is contained in ethanol. It's still relying on fossil fuels to produce and ferment.
2. The energy content of ethanol is about 1/3rd less than gasoline, so you have to burn more of it. It's not helping the environment.
3. Ethanol is even more expensive than regular gasoline, and is costing the government billions in subsidies.
4. The cost of corn has already increased and mexicans are mad because it is a staple of their diet. Tortillas are costing more.
5. We have to grow a shitload of corn to support a nation of ethanol. I haven't read about this specifically but I don't believe we have the capacity to produce that much continuously and reliably.

QFT
18 Jun 2007, 04:12 AM
Calliander

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Originally Posted by Gooch

If you're saying that because Biff was able to get one, thus discrediting its value, then IAWTP.

Biff only has an Associate's Degree and he's a low-level manager for some faux telecom company.
18 Jun 2007, 04:39 AM
arjue

lol @ Biff, he's fucking clueless.
18 Jun 2007, 07:13 AM
Othello Harrington

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Originally Posted by Calliander

Biff only has an Associate's Degree and he's a low-level manager for some faux telecom company.

You writing my book for me?

Graduated from U of M
Masters from Case Western

Oh, there is this to:

First Quarter Highlights

• Sales of $876.5 million in the quarter, including a $18.7 million increase
in sales.

lol, not bad for a faux telecom company, nice work.
18 Jun 2007, 09:25 AM
Type Ryan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gooch

You're not the first to propose this but tell me, where are you going to build these things? No one is readily volunteering to having a refinery in their town. And these things aren't cheap either. It makes more financial sense to upgrade your existing refineries (some of which really need it) to output more efficiently. The reduced output and higher prices we've recently been suffering from seems like legalized collusion to me.

I'm fully aware of these reasons and aware of the fact that since most people who are investing in oil companies don't want to see their stock portfolios get thinner; however, at some point I think someone should assign a region/territory, give incentives/benefits for those who "host" a refinery and build one (or many) for the greater good of society. It's amazing to see and feel (in the wallet) how oil consumption will affect (and is affecting) our economy.

In the end, we're all huge consumers of oil. The one thing I think people are now starting to understand is that we can control how much of it we use, right down to the way we drive our cars, to help curb the high prices.

I didn't expect this thread to get so much feeback - hooray for the Internet!
18 Jun 2007, 09:31 AM
Type Ryan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hubbitron

They never caught the guy who raped me at the gas pump.

It was Phil Leotardo...
18 Jun 2007, 07:06 PM
Survival Kid

Quote:

Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

You writing my book for me?

Graduated from U of M
Masters from Case Western

Oh, there is this to:

First Quarter Highlights

• Sales of $876.5 million in the quarter, including a $18.7 million increase
in sales.

lol, not bad for a faux telecom company, nice work.

Be sure to let me know when I'm supposed to be impressed.
18 Jun 2007, 07:17 PM
Othello Harrington

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Originally Posted by Survival Kid

Be sure to let me know when I'm supposed to be impressed.

You don't have to be, where did I ever say you did? I say go to school and do something with yourself, that's all.
18 Jun 2007, 07:18 PM
Thief Silver

But if you can make something of yourself without school that's fine.

The problem is you're insisting you have to go to school, if you want to be a corporate sellout (no offense) yeah you have to, but there are other ways.
18 Jun 2007, 07:19 PM
Othello Harrington

fair enough, perhaps I came off a bit too harsh.
20 Jun 2007, 03:03 AM
Anthony

Man I would totally rather have like 40k a year than turn into Biff when i get old.
20 Jun 2007, 03:06 AM
Nash

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Originally Posted by Biff_Pocoroba

Oh, there is this to:

Talk about going to school.
20 Jun 2007, 09:43 AM
Type Ryan

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Originally Posted by Destin

Man I would totally rather have like 40k a year than turn into Biff when i get old.

Wouldn't you be too if you had sand in your vagina?

(I'm sorry, but that was the perfect setup....)
21 Jun 2007, 02:09 AM
gameoverDude

E85 is not that much cheaper than gasoline. Does it greatly reduce CO2 output? HELL NO. I think it's a joke. All this corn that could be used for food production is being wasted.

I agree that there likely is a collusion among oil companies. They want the prices to be high. It's as close to racketeering as you can get without violating RICO.

Whoever came up with the idea of using ethanol as fuel must have had too much of it in their bloodstream at the moment. Maybe we need a car that runs on bullshit, because there's plenty of that going around. :lol:
23 Jun 2007, 03:40 AM
kedawa

You can make fuel from algae more efficiently than you can from corn, and algae consumes far more CO2. This corn bullshit is just propaganda from companies that invested in it.
23 Jun 2007, 09:45 AM
Type Ryan

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Originally Posted by kedawa

You can make fuel from algae more efficiently than you can from corn, and algae consumes far more CO2. This corn bullshit is just propaganda from companies that invested in it.

Well, with the new Energy Bill waiting to pass the House of Representatives, there are more provisions that would set penalties for gasoline price-gouging and would give the government new powers to investigate oil companies' pricing.

This is the first step in heading the right direction.
23 Jun 2007, 10:04 AM
Advocate

Now if we could cut our need for foreign oil and get it off shore instead.

Last part is a joke.
23 Jun 2007, 12:49 PM
Shooting Love

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Originally Posted by Type Ryan

Well, with the new Energy Bill waiting to pass the House of Representatives, there are more provisions that would set penalties for gasoline price-gouging and would give the government new powers to investigate oil companies' pricing.

This is the first step in heading the right direction.

No, this is the first step:

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Originally Posted by Shooting Love

Buy a more efficient car.

and btw,

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Originally Posted by Type Ryan

Don't take things so seriously. This is the Internet. Get over it.

yawn...:|
23 Jun 2007, 01:21 PM
Drewbacca

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Originally Posted by gameoverDude

E85 is not that much cheaper than gasoline. Does it greatly reduce CO2 output? HELL NO. I think it's a joke. All this corn that could be used for food production is being wasted.

Jatropha is a better biofuel source than corn. It has something like 10 times the amount of energy in it than corn does and would probably be the crop of choice for energy farms if they ever became a huge reality in America.
23 Jun 2007, 03:18 PM
Type Ryan

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shooting Love

No, this is the first step:

and btw,

yawn...:|

I'm not going to waste my time by getting in some petty pissing contest with you. It's not worth my time.
24 Jun 2007, 03:13 AM
Shooting Love

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Originally Posted by Type Ryan

I'm not going to waste my time by getting in some petty pissing contest with you. It's not worth my time.

And turn the lights off when you leave the room.
24 Jun 2007, 12:30 PM
Pineapple

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Originally Posted by Shooting Love

And turn the lights off when you leave the room.

:lol:
28 Jun 2007, 11:39 AM
Type Ryan

:rolleyes:

Anyway...

It looks like gas prices are starting to go down - for now.

Who wants to start betting on when they'll start going back up?
28 Jun 2007, 12:50 PM
stormy

Buy now before July 4th, they'll be back up by then.
28 Jun 2007, 04:30 PM
SapphirePhoenix

It's so obscene how much the oil companies make per barrel of oil produced. It costs them like 10 cents to pull it out of the ground and then they sell it for $70-85 a barrel (depending on the grade). And if you project last year's prices against this year's prices + the stockpiled oil they have = bullshit about their oil refineries and huge amounts of raping going on than ever before. I wish I could get a Hybrid. I lose for not saying no to the Nissan car salesman and going over to the Honda dealership to get one.
28 Jun 2007, 04:41 PM
torgo

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Originally Posted by SapphirePhoenix

I wish I could get a Hybrid. I lose for not saying no to the Nissan car salesman and going over to the Honda dealership to get one.

Why? The added cost of the hybrid is not recouped from gas savings. And hybrids are just as bad for the environment, if not more so.
28 Jun 2007, 05:48 PM
dave is ok

I can't afford to go to school because I spend too much on gasoline :(

Oh no, Biff will never accept me into his boys club now and I will remain as ass-virgin for life. It's a good thing that I life in Massachusetts, a state which coddles the weak, so I might get to go to community college for free.
28 Jun 2007, 07:16 PM
g0zen

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Originally Posted by torgo

And hybrids are just as bad for the environment, if not more so.

Wrong, and don't bring up that battery bullshit. You can recycle batteries.
28 Jun 2007, 07:36 PM
icarusfall

I already tried to say they're wrong earlier. No one believes me. :(
29 Jun 2007, 12:00 AM
Shooting Love

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Originally Posted by Type Ryan

It looks like gas prices are starting to go down - for now.

What!!!? Gas prices are going down!!
Well, FILL 'ER UP!!!
:rolleyes:
29 Jun 2007, 12:31 AM
nixhex311

Gas prices would make more sense if they followed the normal laws of supply and demand, but since they seem to follow whatever "analysts" think is going to happen with the supply, it's all over the place

Case in point, in 2004 gas peaked in my area in may at $2.09, while oil was in the mid $30's per barrel. Fast forward to october, when oil was setting new records of over $50 a barrel, gas was $1.79. Heck even right now, oil is close to $10 more a barrel than it was before memorial day, yet gas has dropped 40 cents a gallon since after memorial day. Complete garbage.
29 Jun 2007, 01:43 AM
Anthony

Quote:

Originally Posted by nixhex311

Gas prices would make more sense if they followed the normal laws of supply and demand, but since they seem to follow whatever "analysts" think is going to happen with the supply, it's all over the place

Case in point, in 2004 gas peaked in my area in may at $2.09, while oil was in the mid $30's per barrel. Fast forward to october, when oil was setting new records of over $50 a barrel, gas was $1.79. Heck even right now, oil is close to $10 more a barrel than it was before memorial day, yet gas has dropped 40 cents a gallon since after memorial day. Complete garbage.

Gas prices do follow advanced supply and demand. Its just more complicated than it looks. They actually follow it much closer than most of the things we buy.
29 Jun 2007, 09:43 AM
Type Ryan

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Originally Posted by Destin

Gas prices do follow advanced supply and demand. Its just more complicated than it looks. They actually follow it much closer than most of the things we buy.

...and then add just a dash of price collusion and greed and you'll have the ingredients necessary for Butthurt Pie. Yum.
29 Jun 2007, 01:58 PM
Shooting Love

Quote:

Originally Posted by Type Ryan

...and then add just a dash of price collusion and greed and you'll have the ingredients necessary for Butthurt Pie. Yum.

..and the selfish egos of the Kings of the Roads....
29 Jun 2007, 03:56 PM
Type Ryan

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Originally Posted by Shooting Love

..and the selfish egos of the Kings of the Roads....

???
29 Jun 2007, 05:43 PM
icarusfall

I'm just tired of being raped. I don't care about gasoline prices.
29 Jun 2007, 06:37 PM
Lordmrw

Reading all this stuff makes me glad we have RIPTA here in RI. I only drive on the weekends, and use my $20 bus pass to get where I need to during the week.
29 Jun 2007, 07:37 PM
Pineapple

Quote:

Originally Posted by icarusfall

I'm just tired of being raped. I don't care about gasoline prices.

:lol:

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