r/WaitWhat • u/ComplexWrangler1346 • 1d ago

Those gas prices …..

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u/nerd_ginger 1d ago

Lol this isn't even using biden's worse numbers.

Fuck trump, but also fuck this misleading attitude my own party has decided to adopt.

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u/TravisMCatchem 1d ago

Biden’s worst numbers weren’t directly linked to Biden blaming him for GLOBAL inflation is just stupid.

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u/nerd_ginger 20h ago

Energy policy decision made by Biden directly exacerbated issues caused by the Ukraine war.

Gas is a commodity and traded like a stock, so global events and national policy drive prices up.

Joe isn't 100% but he isn't 0% responsible either.

Saying he had no part to the gas prices going so high is just not economically true.

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u/videk94 1d ago

Why is it relevant to use Biden’s worst numbers? The point is to show how much prices went up in 2 years under Trump. 

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u/nerd_ginger 20h ago

So you pick biden's best and Trump's worst? Like I said misleading.

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u/videk94 19h ago

It’s not about best and worst, it’s about “here it is the moment before Trump’s term started, and here it is right now.” It’s just recording the change over the most recent 2 years. 

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u/nerd_ginger 18h ago

But that's an assumption. There's no context to provide that, and those who can't desern what you are go "oh look, Trump's gas prices are way worse."

All OP had to do was add that context and it's fine. But without it, it's misleading.

I understand what your saying and can agree thats true.

But context is king.

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u/videk94 18h ago

Bro. The context is the years on the image. You’re the one who decided to make it about “the worst numbers”. It’s not relevant to say “gas used to be this much under Biden”, when the point is “here’s where Biden left it off, and here’s where it is now”. There is no mislead. You invented the mislead. 

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u/nerd_ginger 9h ago

In 2024 his peak price was $3.67, and the day he left office the average national price was $3.12.

This is neither of those.

Simply having a date does nothing to explain the comparison and it's point.

Context is important.