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gas prices are so expensive even the pump is telling you to just walk ✌🏽

This is a two-panel meme joking about extremely unaffordable gasoline prices. The left panel shows an edited photo of a Shell gas station price sign, where the numerical price values for Regular Unleaded and Regular Diesel fuel are replaced with the text "JST WALK" (a shortened spelling of "just walk"), with overlaid text reading "New gas price just dropped" accompanied by a smirking emoji and peace sign emoji. The right panel features a deadpan, unamused rage comic-style character wearing a backwards cap printed with "RAGE", a hoodie, watch, and chain, holding up two fingers in a peace sign that matches the emoji in the left panel, emphasizing the sarcastic, relatable frustration of high fuel costs making driving not worth the expense.
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New gas price just dropped 🤌✌; Regular Unleaded: JST WALK; Regular Diesel: JST WALK

Overview

This is a two-panel meme joking about extremely unaffordable gasoline prices. The left panel shows an edited photo of a Shell gas station price sign, where the numerical price values for Regular Unleaded and Regular Diesel fuel are replaced with the text "JST WALK" (a shortened spelling of "just walk"), with overlaid text reading "New gas price just dropped" accompanied by a smirking emoji and peace sign emoji. The right panel features a deadpan, unamused rage comic-style character wearing a backwards cap printed with "RAGE", a hoodie, watch, and chain, holding up two fingers in a peace sign that matches the emoji in the left panel, emphasizing the sarcastic, relatable frustration of high fuel costs making driving not worth the expense.

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This meme was originally shared to the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, as confirmed by the provided source information. It combines an edited photograph of a real Shell gas station price sign with a custom rage comic character created using the Rage Builder tool, as evidenced by the RAGEBUILDER.COM watermark at the bottom of the image. The joke taps into widespread global public frustration over rising inflation and record-high gas prices that have made fuel unaffordable for many consumers.

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