Hello good people of TPM! Many of you wont remember me, Id wager. At one time, back in 2001-2003, I was known as Mister Mew. Then I was Mister Myuu in 2004-2005. Now I have returned as Myster Myuu! Why? Because I forgot the passwords of my other accounts and no longer have the email addys I used under them :p
Im hoping my infamously short attention span wont make me leave this place again when the next shiny piece of tin foil wofts by me during a breezy day... but I cant make any gaurentees. Those shiny pieces on tin foil are TRICKY, I tell ya.
If anyone out there actually remembers me.. HIYA! LONG TIME NO SEE! If you dont remember me, then allow me to prod you with a pointy metal stick until my name is etched in your brain for all eternity ^_^

Now that the introductions are through, Ill get to the part that makes this not SPAM: the debate.

If there is one thing human beings do better than anything, it is complaining. We have perfected it. We have turned it into an artform. On average, a human spends 33% of their life sleeping/complaining in their sleep, 33% of their life working/complaing about work-related stuff, 33% complaining in general, and 1% eating/complaining about the food.
And there is always a hot topic that is ripe for the pickings. The people that live in my imediate area have chosen gad prices as their primary gripe as of late. And who could blame them with gas prices jumping from 2.20 to 2.70 in 2 weeks. All the while, they hear from MSNBC and other news networks that crude oil prices are dropping and gas is no longer a hard-to-get, precious commodity.
While I can see where their coming from, allow me to submit this list for your approval:

(These prices are based on rough averages)
Gas: $2.50 per gallon
Milk: $3.25 per gallon
Orange Juice: $2.00 per quart,
$3.50 per gallon
Soda Pop: $1.40 for 2 liters,
$1.29 for 18 ounces
Liquid Detergent: $6.00 per gallon
Bottled Water: $3.00 per gallon

Based on this short list, is gas prices really what we should be complaining about? I'd wager that an average human uses more milk, water, and soda pop than they do gas. They pay substantially more for it, yet you rarely hear anybody mutter even the slightest complaint. However, when gas prices go up 5 cents, everyone is up in arms and ready to lynch the innocent gas station attendants, whom have nothing to do with the setting of prices.
My question are:
-Is it really worth it to make such a fuss over the price of gas when its painfully obvious that those in power could give a flying fuck about what we think?
-If we are going to whine about the prices of gas, shouldnt we also be upset over the outrageous prices for milk, water, pop, ect? Isnt it hypocritic of us to do otherwise?
-Am I the only one on this entire miserable planet that, when gas prices started rising to insane heights, started walking everywhere instead of forking my hard-earned dough?

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