Oregon Is Freaking Out About...

[OJsDad]

So, does this mean if they buy an electric vehicle, that they'll need someone else to plug it in for them. 

[Pinetree]

Man, I saw the title of the thread and immediately thought that OL were finally realising their deluxe clippers are flawed....

[Sir Slash]

Next thing you know, they'll expect people to mow their own grass, check themselves out at Wal-Mart and scoop their own dog's poop.  :hide:

[Martok]

Bwahahaha!!  Brilliant! 

[JasonPratt]

"You have died of dysentery from pumping your own gas."

"You have died of carbon monoxide poisoning from pumping your own gas."

"You have died of spontaneous combustion from pumping your own gas."

"You have died of boredom from pumping your own gas."

[bayonetbrant]

what's funny is watching the social media reactions trickling in...

Patrick Balogh Helpless Libs

Robert Winstead OMG! Really? Typical for liberals.

Robert Winstead Brandon Velez Oregon is a Democratic liberal state so it is no wonder they are freaking out about doing something for themselves.

yeah....

http://wncn.com/2018/01/04/oregonians-come-to-terms-with-pumping-their-own-gas/

The law applies to most of eastern Oregon and many western counties including Clatsop, Tillamook and Curry. Folks in Hood River didn't seem too intimidated by the change.

"I think it'll be a bit of a struggle for a while," Hood River gas station attendant Dakota Browning told KOIN 6 News. "I think Oregonians are just going to have to get used to it eventually."

At her station, an attendant will still be around to help those who may not know the way.

"I just [have] to learn how to because I've never done it before," Shaylynn Hase of Hood River said. "I'm going to ask the worker to help me."

Self-service will also be allowed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Hmmmm.... take a look at the map of Oregon.  See all those very RED counties in the east?  Yeah, there the ones that all went 70-30 or more for Trump...


what a bunch of mooks...

I hate stupid people

[Emeraldlis]

There is a petrol station in town near me that has an attendant for filling up the car . When I use that petrol station , I always feel awkward that the guy is filling up my car for me . First of all I'm very capable of doing that job .Also I never know what to do , stay in the car until he's finished and appear rude , or , get out of the car and try to talk to the guy ...who I don't know , so I never quite know what to say ! Or ...go and stand near the office and wait to pay him , but that always makes me feel like I'm maybe insulting the guy .....it's a dilemma ! (I usually get out of the car, and talk to the guy ,for the sake of being polite and thankful that someone is doing a job for me )

I would just much sooner fill my own petrol tank , and have none of those 'petrol attendant forecourt anxieties '  ;D The only plus thing I can see , is that the guy has a job , and I'd feel bad if he lost it . So , I guess I'll just carry on using that petrol station when I need to . And go through my ritual anxiety/panic as I pull up onto the forecourt !

It looks as if Oragon has none of those anxieties !

[trailrunner]

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Almost any online debate - no matter what the issue - seems to instantly blame Obama, Trump, Hillary, libtards, MAGA, or some other political group with no basis whatsoever.

What's sad is that people believe it, or they buy into it.

[Sir Slash]

I went 70/30 for Trump thank you.

[MetalDog]

Also I never know what to do , stay in the car until he's finished and appear rude , or , get out of the car and try to talk to the guy ...

Growing up, there were attendants pumping gas.  Whoever was driving would roll down the window, tell the attendant how much of which grade of gasoline and then pay the person when they were done.  A lot of times, the attendant would check your oil.  At the very least, they would wash your windows for you.

[airboy]

Brant - the entire State Government is controlled by the Dems.  The less populous counties (the ones who voted for Trump) wanted to pump their own gas.  Those in the stupid leftist enclaves (the big cities) want to have other people pump their gas by law.

So if the law works according to any normal microeconomics would suggest, the blue part of Oregon will pay a ton for gas because they are stupid people.  The conservatives will pay less for gas, if they are willing to pump it for themselves.

Oregon is having a slight degree of Federalism at the county level.

[bayonetbrant]

that has -zero- to do with my point.

my point was that everyone was assuming it was a bunch of lazy snowflake liberals who had no idea how to pump their own gas

except that in all the counties overrun with those lazy snowflake liberals, the law is still in place

the counties where people are going to have to start pumping their own (despite not knowing how) are overwhelmingly red counties, which completely demolished the asshat commentary about lazy snowflake liberals not knowing how to pump their own gas

[MetalDog]

So all of the people in the red counties don't know how and are complaining?  I'm a bit obtuse.  Could you point out to me where each complainer signed off from the place they lived?  Cuz that would make your assertion bulletproof. 

[mirth]

this may be the stupidest argument in the history of this forum.

[bayonetbrant]

So all of the people in the red counties don't know how and are complaining?  I'm a bit obtuse.  Could you point out to me where each complainer signed off from the place they lived?  Cuz that would make your assertion bulletproof. 

no, the people making jokes about Oregon seem to be a bunch of right-wing Trumpeters who making fun of lefty snowflakes.

the reality is that the places in Oregon where they're allowing self-serve are the red counties full of Trumpsters