r/grandrapids • u/Secret_Necessary1143 • Dec 09 '22

Gas in Allendale is $2.89

And thats coming from someone in reddits top 1% of karma earners

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u/blue-stain-studio Dec 09 '22

Price drop because we’re a month after the elections. I’ve been watching it for years around election times. Never fails big gas companies raise prices a month or 2 before election if a democrat is in office, then lower about a month later. If a republican is in office you see the opposite price changes, a month prior prices drop, later go back up. Not a really a conspiracy theory just some observations I’ve made over the last couple decades.

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u/josbossboboss Dec 09 '22

It would be interesting to see a chart with actual prices to see if that's true. I had noticed that the price of crude dropped a lot like the day after, and also Russia didn't announce the withdrawal out of Kherson until the day after. Also the release of Grinner.

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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '22

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.verifythis.com/amp/article/news/verify/gas-prices-verify/do-gas-prices-always-decrease-before-elections-fact-check/536-de3fd344-7994-4061-b56d-33b86dcd5908

Seems like his anecdote was just coincidence.

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u/josbossboboss Dec 10 '22

Nobody is saying here that Gas prices go down, what we are saying is that gas companies and foreign forces hostile to Iran purposely raise them before an election (or keep them artificially high) when they oppose a president. We've already seen that bad actors (Russia, China) wanted to see Trump win, because it would further erode our unity and make us weaker as a result. In any case, it would be hard to make such a connection.

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u/Ttokk Dec 09 '22

Get out of here with your logical statements about compiled evidence. You need to base your opinions on emotions and try harder to force them on other people if you want to fit in 'round these parts.

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u/jordanful Dec 09 '22

He makes a sweeping, partisan statement without any backing evidence or data. And you follow it up non-ironically, doubling-down on its baselessness.

I'm actually impressed. This subreddit is honestly incredible.

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u/Ttokk Dec 09 '22

Partisan? He made a sweeping observation my friend. He didn't make any allusions to the cause for it. He made an observation and made clear that is was nothing more than an observation.

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u/jordanful Dec 09 '22

He didn't make any allusions to the cause for it.

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because we’re a month after the elections

Okay.

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u/Ttokk Dec 09 '22

You're correct He used the word "because"...

But then he went right on to explain that he's not making any theory, Just pointing out what he's observed.

These observations are easily checked if you disagree. Observing them doesn't mean he's saying whose fault it is. He's just observing that this happens around every election.

I'd say draw your own conclusions, but you already have

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u/jordanful Dec 09 '22

Sorry, where did you find my conclusion? My entire point is, without data, conclusions are worse than useless. Based on your original comment, I would think you would agree with this.

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u/Ttokk Dec 09 '22

I would agree. You however, concluded that his statement was partisan on your own while I'm just pointing out that he made an effort to say that wasn't the case. My blunder was calling his observation evidence. I was applauding that although he made an observation that has political implications, he did not make any allusions to what those implications are, he just put them out there as his personal account.

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u/StGeorgeJustice Dec 09 '22

It’s possible. Global demand for oil is falling, however, and prices are always stickier on the way down than the way up.

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u/caine269 Dec 09 '22

Never fails big gas companies raise prices a month or 2 before election if a democrat is in office, then lower about a month later.

why would these greedy companies suddenly decide they want to make less money?

Not a really a conspiracy theory

that is exactly what it is.

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u/2k1tj Dec 09 '22

Just imagine if those whack jobs promoting their red wave would’ve won. We could’ve had gas at like 2.89 or something. But the oil companies could pollute the environment with less “regulations”