Y’all need “I did that” Trump stickers like the ones that were put next to gas pumps with Biden
Wonder how long this has to keep up for more products to start becoming accidentally vegan due to having to avoid eggs as they’re too volatile.
Today, I paid $7.79 for a dozen, extra large, white, store brand eggs here in New Jersey.
Awesome. Carnists gonna be crying about paying the real price for destroying the planet.
The truth is that eggs are extremely efficient as far as emissions go
Is egg production really that bad for the planet? Isn’t it a decent source of fertilizer for plant based food production?
Even if it is not, someone who eats eggs likely also consumes other animal products.
Is a carnist anyone who happens to consume animal protein or just any of a dozen or so influencer/charlatans who advocate for meat consumption?
It ranges from people eating meat to people religiousl defending eating meat. I would usually tend towards the latter when using the word. Bloodmouth is another apt one.
Hmmm. Is there a slur for people who eat synthetic meat?
It just occurred to me that I cannot think of a slur for vegans or vegetarians off the top of my head.
The slur is “self righteous pricks” when they behave like the above. I say this as somebody who thinks vegans get a very unfair, underserved bad rap. People like the commenter above give all of them a bad name even though I find most vegans are just trying to live their life their way and don’t lecture folks.
Every vegan and vegetarian I’ve met in person has been pretty normal and non-judgemental about it.
As long as MAGA doesn’t blame Trump or the corporations directly then those corporations will continue to raise prices because higher profits are in their best interest.
I brought some yesterday for 3 dollars
Come on, it’s only 92 cents apiece. It was $6.99 for two dozen under Biden. Do the math folks.
It’s a dozen eggs, Michael. How much could it cost, $10?
£3.15($3.90) at Tesco in the UK btw
We had our moment in 2022
brexit was 5 years ago
Im talking about the cost of living crisis that happened a few years after that
Let’s Go Trump!
In hawaii we cant get eggs at all for the past week or two-- or even those milk carton pints of liquid eggs. I was told at the foodland today to come at 5am tomorrow when the doors open and theres always just a few boxes. So… I guess I get up at 430 tomorrow. Then elbow the old ladies – or whatever I need to do to get to the eggs first.
They are mean and have canes but they can’t take a punch and I can run to the egg aisle first.
you be nice to dem auntie
Out here fighting for eggs like scalpers fighting for RTX 5090s.
This sounds like the stories my grandma told me about the GDR. They also had to get up early to get basic necessities, otherwise they were gone.
It seems easier to just go buy a live chicken.
no need buy
just go to any parking lot
I see lots of chickens, never any eggs.
You have to search in the bushes for the eggs. Haven’t you been Easter egg hunting? This year everyone will be pushing the kids down to get to the eggs first though.
Or somehow corral some of the wild chickens that are running rampant on the islands
So, I guess no… Denver omelet? Sorry I’ll leave.
Anecdote: My Trumpster in-laws could not stop yacking about “Biden’s high eggs prices” just last month. Haven’t heard a peep about the price of eggs since Trump came back. Now it’s just “God’s will.”
Wouldn’t it be great if this was the impetus for people going back to raising animals and growing some of their food for themselves? Almost everyone has room for a garden, even if it’s just a window sill for some fresh herbs. And raising even some of your own food can save you a ton of money.
Or you can take advantage of the rising egg prices to sell them for $9.99/dozen to your neighbors, whatever. Be the neighborhood eggpin. Lead your own fowl empire to dominance over the local Whole Foods.
Then you will need to hire armed security guards to keep folks from stealing your eggs.
It is getting popular to do stuff like that. Most people I know have at least one or two half dead herb plants on their windowsill.
My gf is getting us chickens this year.
Lots of luck with getting chickens this year. You know they come from eggs and EVERYBODY will be thinking the same thing. There will be riots at the Rural Kings.
I do this, but I swear I spend so much on potting soil, and containers (though now that I have enough that cost is taken care of) that I’m not sure it’s saving me anything. I’d love to plant into the ground but I’ve got hard soil so I’d have to rent a tiller and amend the soil for ages, which is also an additional cost. Still planning on planting tons of potatoes, various tomatoes, and an herb garden this spring. It’s an enjoyable hobby, but it is just that; a hobby. Those tend to be expensive, at least the ones I choose.
I spend so much on potting soil
you’d think it would be dirt cheap
Why not start with what you got and improve the quality over time as you can, rather than hope for maximum efficiency setup from scratch. Like maybe rent the tiller and just see what grows with the soil as is? Then compost and fertilize.
Like change the parameters of the game. See how much you can do with as little money as possible. It might be less time efficient, but more cash efficient, if that’s what you care about.
Remember it’s YOUR, hobby, you make the rules of the game, then play it.
I spent approximately $500 on a raised bed and grew like, idk, less than 20 cherry tomatoes. (I wasn’t doing it for money, but still.)
I save most of my seeds and buy super good seeds from the Ukraine for cheap, also do all my garden work with a hoe, shovel and 5-tine fork. Just dug another 15 pounds of the sweetest carrots, not at all like the tasteless ones you get at the grocery store. I mulch with leaves and old hay that are free. One bag of organic fertilizer lasts two years. We give a lot of extra produce away every year. Had to start selling some garlic to get rid the extra. Masanobu Fukuoka and Ruth Stout were my inspirations for low labor gardening. Did I mention I’m pretty lazy?
I’m pretty lucky where I live, my house used to be on the side of a lake, and the soil is very soft and easy to dig into. I’ve got a tiller attachment for my weed trimmer that I use to till the soil in the spring.
But even if you don’t have good soil, you can still set up a hydroponics bay with whatever space you have available. It’s not too expensive to get started either. Probably less than you’ll spend on eggs these days. 😂
They’re cage free/organic. Those are always more expensive.
Do people in the US buy caged eggs?! In the UK free range is almost a ubiquitous minimum.
The US is horrendously backwards on animal welfare.
And human
And healthcare
And literary everything
Not organic, and cage free < free range < pasture raised
… < just not eating eggs
cage free is better than nothing, but if it were organic it would say so and not just cage free I suspect. I’m not even sure they’re free-range, maybe they’re just all in a barn with no access to outside fields?
even if they were ecological, to me that seems expensive
People eating caged eggs in 2025??
Yeah. Complaining about the cost of top shelf eggs is kinda disingenuous.
I don’t know what cage free means but I do know it’s marketing speak designed to tempt me away from free range. Not buying it.
no, it’s an actual term. 1-1.5 sqr feet per hen in the egg-laying facility https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB20-1343
So they’re free within their 1ft square… As i said, marketing bullshit designed to confuse. Fuck that shit.
