Published 18:01 IST, April 21st 2020

'Cheaper than toilet paper': Plunging oil prices trigger meme fest on Twitter

Even though the oil prices jumped back to $1.10 for barrel in a matter of few hours, netizens were quick to turn the news into a meme fest amid COVID-19 crisis.

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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As coronavirus outbreak continues to tighten its grip worldwide, for first time in history, oil prices in United States plunged as low as -$37.63. Even though y jumped back to $1.10 for a barrel in a matter of few hours global crude oil prices still remain at an all-time low. However, netizens were quick to turn news into a meme fest. From pointing out that oil is w “cheaper than toilet paper” and "more affordable than Netflix", internet users mocked that y are going to “buy” multiple barrels of oil. unprecedented outbreak has severely impacted global ecomy, and oil prices in world have also reached an all-time low. Sending shock waves to world leaders, internet users have started making memes around incident. Here are some of ‘Oil prices’ memes. 

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18:11 IST, April 21st 2020