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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 293 points 1 month ago

Yeah, you hear that, PEASANTS? Shut the fuck up about the prices of things, and TAKE IT. Show some goddamn respect for your BETTERS.

Billionaires need some peace and quiet while they divvy up the country's spoils amongst each other. Spoils from YOUR hard labor, by the way.

[-] dan@lemmy.i.secretponi.es 109 points 1 month ago

I believe the traditional response to "the peasants have no eggs" would be, "let them eat cake!"

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 66 points 1 month ago

You need eggs to make cake

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 month ago

Have they tried substituting smaller cakes for the eggs?

[-] dan@lemmy.i.secretponi.es 29 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That was the "joke" from the first time around. The French version uses brioche which is just even more fancy bread.

Maybe a parallel would be "the peasants have no eggs!" -> "let them eat omelettes!"

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[-] mercano@lemmy.world 54 points 1 month ago

Why aren’t you wearing a suit to go grocery shopping? Show some respect!

[-] dan@lemmy.i.secretponi.es 28 points 1 month ago

Have you instructed your servant to search more thoroughly?

It can’t be that bad. What does one egg cost? Ten dollars? That’s nothing.

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[-] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 month ago

Have you said thank you once?

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 206 points 1 month ago

Fucking LOL. He ran on egg prices. “Shut the fuck up about eggs.”

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 69 points 1 month ago

High egg prices are doubleplusgood.

In the end, the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it.

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[-] blackberry@midwest.social 106 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

saved you a click:

President Donald Trump promised cheaper groceries when he took office, but two months in, it seems the president is sick of all the complaining. To make his point, the president shared an article from the Daily Caller on Truth Social titled “Shut Up About Egg Prices — Trump Is Saving Consumers” that minimizes concerns about the increasing cost of eggs. The article, written by right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk, concedes that “a dozen currently costs around $7, up from just $2 in October.” However, Kirk contends that inflation during Trump’s presidency isn’t as severe as critics suggest and tells voters to stop whining. “The high price of eggs is in no way President Trump’s fault,” Kirk writes. “Almost all the increase took place during Biden’s final months in office.” The pro-Trump article further defended the president, saying, “Trump is already hard at work to deliver savings for American families.”

[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 42 points 1 month ago

Despite the factual accuracy of when this began, it does not mean he can go unblamed.

[-] earphone843@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 month ago

I mean, the price increase of eggs is largely because of the bird flu. I criticize him at every opportunity, but he doesn't have a ton of control over that.

[-] mvmike@lemmy.ml 96 points 1 month ago

Well, he made the cost of eggs one of his main campaign topics. He had absolute control over that.

[-] Whats_a_lemmy@ponder.cat 81 points 1 month ago

They did fire a bunch of people working on bird flu...

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[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 31 points 1 month ago

There are people who will argue about bird flu influencing the price. However, when it comes to the Trump Administration, they will only blame the previous administration. They won’t try to take any responsibility for failing to meet the expectations of lowering the price that they promised.

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 27 points 1 month ago

I think bird flu is a convenient excuse for price gouging, just like we saw during pandemic. He could easily address that if he wanted to. He just doesn't care.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago

When he ran on that specific thing he better figure it out. And why is America seeing increases when other places are not?

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[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Egg supplies in the US are down like 5%. The price bullshit isn't just from that.

EDIT: Because I know some people will want some hard numbers, I looked some up quickly.

USDA report puts some hard numbers on American egg production (Published: February 20, 2025, so these are 2024 numbers)

The average number of egg-laying hens fell to 375 million, a 2 percent drop from the previous year, while egg production declined 1 percent to 109 billion eggs. The total U.S. chicken inventory also decreased by 2 percent, reaching 514 million birds.

Despite a modest rise in broiler chicken prices, egg prices have surged. In late January, the wholesale price for large eggs in New York soared to $7.46 per dozen — more than double last year’s $2.94. USDA now projects an annual average egg price of $4.44 per dozen.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza remains a major driver of price fluctuations. Though the report does not account for recent bird losses in 2025, economist Bernt Nelson of the American Farm Bureau Federation estimates that 43 million birds were lost in January and February alone — representing 25 percent of all birds affected since the outbreak began in 2022. These losses suggest continued price volatility as producers work to rebuild flocks.

https://www.agdaily.com/livestock/poultry/usda-report-puts-hard-numbers-on-american-egg-production/

Now, the article does mention the recent bird infections being higher at 25%, however look at the specific wording used. "representing 25 percent of all birds affected since the outbreak began in 2022". So it's saying the recent infections and kills represent that amount from the last 2+ years of avian flu infections, not a sudden spike of 25% of the current supply.

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[-] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 35 points 1 month ago

“Trump is already hard at work to deliver savings for American families.”

Yes, we know. All 735 of the billionaire families will receive savings at the very least. Thank you for your generosity.

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[-] Tailzse836@lemm.ee 83 points 1 month ago

Why are they complaining about eggs, can’t they just eat cake?

/s

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[-] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 80 points 1 month ago

Imagine campaigning on ‘immediate relief’ and then reposting an article that screams ‘suck it up.’ Iconic failure. Missed opportunities to explore potential solutions or broader economic implications.

🐱🐱

[-] sloppychops@lemmy.ca 66 points 1 month ago

The Americans need to learn from the French where one egg is un oeuf.

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[-] 60d@lemmy.ca 57 points 1 month ago

“I will immediately bring prices down starting on Day 1,” he said on Aug. 15, for example. “Starting the day I take the oath of office, I will rapidly drive prices down,” he promised later that same month.

He backed away from that last month.

This is what Murca needs. More lies and long cons. Murca was lied to, and Krasnov only needed 1/3 of them to fall for it.

[-] j0ester@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

MAGA supporter: “iT wAs NeVeR aBoUt tHe PriCe of EgGs. yOu’Re MiSsiNG tHe PoInT.”

[-] Crikeste@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago
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[-] BlueLagoon@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 month ago

I mean, to be fair.... stock prices are rapidly being driven down, so he was kinda right.

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[-] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago

"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

[-] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 42 points 1 month ago

We handed the country over to a dictator because of eggs. The least he could do to say thank you is lower their prices.

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[-] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 month ago

The real reason trumps wants Canada to be US

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 47 points 1 month ago

Also for American audiences its even worse than you think. That $3.93 is in CAD. Paying USD would put it at $2.75 because of the exchange rate.

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[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 month ago

Good. Americans deserve this.

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[-] Dimmer@leminal.space 37 points 1 month ago

Make American Grocery Affordable

[-] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 23 points 1 month ago

No pre-shredded cheese. Make America grate again

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[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Fox News was pushing that Americans should get chickens so they can get their own eggs.

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[-] rumba@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 month ago

We need some trump did this stickers to match the biden ones.

[-] Xatolos@reddthat.com 22 points 1 month ago
[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

He should be sieg-heiling instead of pointing. It's amazing how many people out there don't realize he's a full on fucking nazi.

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[-] RedC@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago

It's so incredible that everything was bidens fault day one of his presidency, but with Trump it's the fault of the previous administration, and no body brings up this double standard at all. What a double standard.

Also, we all know that Trump can't lower the price of eggs himself, just like biden couldn't lower gas prices by himself. The fact that Trump and his ilk RAN on lowering grocery prices, especially eggs, is why we're still talking about it and why a lot of Americans are upset. Now the right are calling us idiots and whiners for still talking about eggs while they are still going up, while the last 4 years nobody on that side could shut up about gas prices.

They put those 'biden did this' stickers on pumps until the final moments of his administration, I say we do the same to eggs.

[-] Graphy@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

What’s funny is I was just thinking about how all the news sites are itching to drop their Easter egg story so we’re about to hear a lot more about eggs

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[-] civil_drive@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

A dozen eggs cost almost $13 at the grocery store today. We didn’t get eggs.

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[-] SabinStargem@lemmings.world 16 points 1 month ago

Hm. Maybe I should buy Trump and Musk "We did that." stickers, and add them to price tags while shopping? After all, they shut down the agencies meant to control bird flu, meat inspection, and so many other things...

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago
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[-] CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 month ago

When the Democrats said "What are you talking about? The economy is doing great!" the rightoids correctly called this shit out. Now that it's Trump doing it, I wonder what the response will be?

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