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This meme uses an iconic high-action chase scene from the 2015 film *Mad Max: Fury Road*, where members of the fictional War Boys faction ride on extremely long, flexible poles mounted atop moving post-apocalyptic vehicles surrounding a large central armored war rig truck. The overlaid text sarcastically comments on rising global gasoline prices: it first acknowledges that gas is costly, then jokes that the extreme, absurd measures (represented by the outlandish pole riders) people are taking to deal with high fuel costs have become completely unmanageable.

Gas prices are getting way too out of hand

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The image shows a bright pink and purple battery-powered children's ride-on toy Jeep placed on a neatly kept green grass lawn. White text with a black outline is overlaid across the center of the image, reading 'What I'm about to drive if these gas prices get any higher'. The meme uses humorous exaggeration to voice frustration with growing gasoline costs, jokingly implying that if fuel prices rise further, the poster will stop using their gas-powered adult vehicle and switch to using an electric toy car that does not require purchasing gas to operate.

Rising Gas Prices Force Switch to Toy Car

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This is a two-panel reaction meme that uses clips from the HBO series Euphoria to joke about rising gasoline prices. The top panel features the character Maddy Perez, with overlaid text reading 'Me complaining about the price of gas January 2026: This is just the beginning.' The bottom panel features the character Cassie Howard, who appears injured with a bloody nose and a distressed expression, overlaid with text reading 'Me paying for gas now:'. The humor comes from the implication that current gas prices are already so painfully high that consumers already feel financially beaten, and future price increases will make current costs look like the mild start of a worse trend, highlighting widespread frustration with rising fuel costs and cost of living pressures.

I miss when filling the tank didn’t feel like financing a vehicle

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This is a two-panel comparative meme. The top panel features a formally dressed male celebrity at the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, wearing a white beret and glasses, with a subtle amused expression. The overlaid text for the top panel reads: 'Celebrities debuting their new $20,000 faces at cannes'. The bottom panel shows a viral photo of a woman with stray hairs sticking out wildly from the sides of her head, looking stressed, wide-eyed and harried. The text on the bottom panel reads: 'me calculating whether i can survive until friday on the gas already in my car'. The joke contrasts the excessive, lavish spending of wealthy celebrities at elite high-profile events with the everyday financial stress average people face over affording basic needs like gas, highlighting the stark wealth gap and current economic strain on regular households.

The american economy got me treating full tanks of gas like luxury purchases

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This is a nighttime photo of a gas station price sign. At the top of the sign, the 7-Eleven convenience store logo is displayed. Below the logo, branding for 'Synergy Fuel Technology' is visible, followed by digital price readouts: regular gasoline is priced at 7.11 in red text, and diesel fuel is also priced at 7.11 in green text. Above the photo, a text caption reads 'the prophecy has been fulfilled'. The humor stems from the perfect coincidence that both fuel prices match the numerical namesake of the 7-Eleven brand, framed as a long-awaited prediction coming true. A partial Mobil gas station sign is visible in the bottom left of the frame.

The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled 7-Eleven Gas Price Meme

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This is a two-panel collage meme commenting on rising cost of living and inflation. The top panel shows examples of increasingly expensive necessities: a dilapidated budget home priced at $420,069, an edited Shell gas station sign that reads 'BRO JUST WALK' paired with text stating gas is too expensive, and a baby holding a money bag labelled as having children costing large sums of money, next to a panicked, stressed rage comic character complaining 'Everything is so Expensive'. The bottom panel displays a variety of Arizona iced tea cans and the famous Costco food court 1/4 pound beef hot dog + 20oz soda (with refills) combo priced at $1.50, next to a happy, relieved rage comic character giving a thumbs up, with text stating 'At least we have Arizona iced teas & Costco Hotdogs'. The joke centers on the widespread internet recognition that these two items have famously kept their low fixed prices unchanged for decades, serving as a small comfort for consumers facing widespread price hikes.

Some Things Are Still Affordable Inflation Meme

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This is a 3-panel edited boardroom meme comparing relative gasoline (petrol) prices across different global regions, highlighting the unit discrepancy between litres (used in most countries) and gallons (used in the US). In the first panel, the representative for New Zealand/Australia angrily complains that $3.30 per litre of petrol is extremely expensive. In the second panel, the EU representative notes petrol prices in their region exceed €1.71 per litre, the China representative states ¥9.35 per litre is unreasonable, and the US representative dismisses all these complaints as overblown, claiming those prices are cheap compared to the US's $4 per gallon. The final panel shows the enraged NZ/AU representative throwing the US representative out of the office window, as $4 per gallon converts to roughly ~$1.06 per litre, which is drastically cheaper than all the other listed regional prices, making the US's lack of perspective on gas costs the punchline of the joke.

How I feel when I see Americans complaining about gas prices

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This is a two-panel comparison meme that uses a simple visual trick to joke about rapidly rising gasoline prices and general inflation. The top panel labeled 2020 shows a masked man filling his car at a gas station, holding the base of the fuel nozzle to represent when gas was more affordable. The bottom panel labeled 2026 shows the same man with his mask slid up to cover his eyes; his hand now grips the fuel nozzle much further down the handle, creating the visual illusion that the nozzle has grown much larger. The joke implies that gas prices have increased so drastically that consumers can now only afford to buy a tiny amount of gas at a time, exaggerating the loss of purchasing power from inflation.

High Price

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This is a humorous relatable meme about reactions to rising gas prices. The top text sets up the premise: gas prices have increased, and the image shows the poster's response. A real man is positioned on all fours on a concrete surface, with a car tire placed over each of his four limbs to make himself look like a car. The joke exaggerates how expensive gas has become, implying people are so desperate to save fuel money they will turn themselves into a car instead of driving a regular vehicle.

When Gas Prices Increase I Become A Car

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This meme jokes about modern inflation and rising gas prices, referencing Bryan Adams' famous song *Summer of '69*. It features the teasing anime character Takagi from *Teasing Master Takagi-san* smiling at the viewer in a classroom. Large overlaid text reads 'REMINDER THAT YOU MISSED OUT ON' at the top, and 'AND THERE'S NO GOING BACK' at the bottom. An inset screenshot of an old gas station price menu shows full-service gas ranging from $0.54 9/10 to $0.79 9/10 per gallon, an incredibly low price compared to modern costs. The wordplay ties the '69 song reference to the low vintage prices, teasing viewers that they can never get these cheap gas prices again.

Starts Playing Summer of 69: Reminder You Missed Out On Cheap Gas

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This is an image macro meme. At the top, there is text reading 'If I win the lottery I won't tell anyone but there will be signs'. The image below shows a real photo of a person inserting a gasoline pump nozzle backwards into their car's fuel inlet: the fuel-dispensing tip of the nozzle is left outside the tank, while the wider handle end is stuffed into the opening. This means all the gasoline being pumped will spill out onto the ground instead of filling the car. The joke is that this completely wasteful act, throwing away expensive gasoline with no care at all, is a clear 'sign' that the person has won the lottery and now has more money than they care to spend on fuel, which resonates strongly with audiences facing high modern gas prices.

Absolute Luxury: If I Win The Lottery There Will Be Signs

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This is a two-panel mashup meme. The top panel features characters from the *Calvin and Hobbes* comic strip: Calvin's dad, an enthusiastic cyclist, rants at car drivers, declaring cyclists have a right to the road, calls car users noisy, polluting, inconsiderate maniacs, and says he hopes gas prices rise to eight dollars a gallon. Young Calvin stands nearby looking on. The bottom panel is a real photograph of a modern Chevron gas station price sign that shows regular gasoline is priced at over $8 per gallon, meaning the dad's offhand wish from the comic has actually come true in real life. The humor comes from the irony of a decades-old comic quote becoming reality with recent skyrocketing gas prices in the United States.

Seems like Calvin’s dad finally got his wish

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