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maybe i don't want gas anymore - Me at the gas station

This meme jokes about the extreme financial burden of high gas prices. The top text reads 'ME AT THE GAS STATION'. On the right is the popular reaction image of Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker from Spider-Man 3, crying with a pained half-smile. On the left is a mock gas pump payment selection screen that lists standard credit card options (VISA, MasterCard, American Express), but the selected option is a drawing of human buttocks. The joke is a vulgar pun: gas prices are so expensive that people cannot pay with standard cards, so they have to 'pay with ass' (implying they must resort to desperate measures like sexual favors just to afford fuel), and the crying reaction emphasizes how upsetting this situation is.
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This meme jokes about the extreme financial burden of high gas prices. The top text reads 'ME AT THE GAS STATION'. On the right is the popular reaction image of Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker from Spider-Man 3, crying with a pained half-smile. On the left is a mock gas pump payment selection screen that lists standard credit card options (VISA, MasterCard, American Express), but the selected option is a drawing of human buttocks. The joke is a vulgar pun: gas prices are so expensive that people cannot pay with standard cards, so they have to 'pay with ass' (implying they must resort to desperate measures like sexual favors just to afford fuel), and the crying reaction emphasizes how upsetting this situation is.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit, with the original post title 'maybe i don't want gas anymore'. It remixes the popular pre-existing 'crying Tobey Maguire' reaction meme template taken from Spider-Man 3, and jokes about skyrocketing gas prices that became a major topic of public discussion during the 2020s inflation surge.

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