you know you've been brainwashed when...

....you see the Shell has brought their regular down to $3.97 and you start smiling and screaming "yay!!!" in your car.

when the gas has been over $4 dollars for weeks and it suddenly drops back into the 3's i guess that's reason to celebrate. but i remember when the gas hit over $2 and that was a huge, anger-inducing deal. now i'm celebrating that it's not $4.05 anymore??

my mind is being conditioned. i don't like this.