Text on the meme:
“Dad, where is our gas?”
Context:
This is a remix of an old Russian meme that originally said “Dad, where is our child support?” — a joke about an absent father.
Now, after recent Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and fuel shortages, the punchline has been changed to “Dad, where is our gas?”
Basically, the meme shifted from family drama to Russia’s gasoline crisis.
Russians have started mass-searching online for how to siphon gasoline.
In just three months, the number of such searches jumped tenfold — from 4,000 to 44,000 per week.
Because of gas station limits, people on social media are discussing a new workaround: fill up the car, drive away, pour the fuel into a gas can, then return to the station again.
A Russian gas station sign glitched into life advice.
Instead of showing prices, the fuel board spelled out “Ходи пешком” — basically, “Just walk.”
Given Russian gas prices lately, it accidentally became the most honest sign at the station.
Russia has allowed the sale of lower-quality gasoline to avoid shortages, according to Kommersant.
Several refineries have been allowed to produce Euro-3 gasoline and diesel instead of Euro-5.
Experts say this fuel can contain dozens of times more sulfur, which may speed up wear on engines, catalytic converters, and exhaust systems in modern cars.
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