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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 303 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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 112 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 68 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You need eggs to make cake

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have they tried substituting smaller cakes for the eggs?

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Yes, but it turns out those smaller cakes need smaller eggs.

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[–] dan@lemmy.i.secretponi.es 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 2 years ago (7 children)

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

[–] dan@lemmy.i.secretponi.es 28 points 2 years ago

Have you instructed your servant to search more thoroughly?

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 years ago

Have you said thank you once?

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 217 points 2 years ago (5 children)

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

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 72 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 111 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

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 43 points 2 years ago (13 children)

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

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[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 37 points 2 years 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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[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 99 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I voted for Trump because he Promised to LOWER Egg Prices and I STILL support Trump after he told me to SHUT UP and ACCEPT these Super High Egg Prices! I think for MYSELF!

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MYSELF

I really could not stop laughing from earlier today (I think it was the Young Turks podcast I was listening to) when I heard them play some crazy bullshit from the State Media Television and someone was talking, in the context of little d destroying our economy with tariffs, about how this will be just more of "Biden's economy" if things get painful due to what little d is doing to us.

I mean, seriously. I guess Biden made little d play his tariff game? But I'm sure there are a non-zero amount of redcaps that watch that shit and nod their heads to it.

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[–] Tailzse836@lemm.ee 88 points 2 years ago (9 children)

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

/s

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[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 83 points 2 years 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 69 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 58 points 2 years ago (5 children)

“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 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Crikeste@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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[–] Typotyper@sh.itjust.works 44 points 2 years ago (6 children)

The real reason trumps wants Canada to be US

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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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[–] Dimmer@leminal.space 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Make American Grocery Affordable

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No pre-shredded cheese. Make America grate again

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[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (17 children)

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

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[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Good. Americans deserve this.

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[–] RedC@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 years 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.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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[–] Graphy@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] foggy@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If I keep posting this every time there are egg related political news stories, maybe it'll come true?

I put together a little short story about how I would like to see Donald Trump meet his demise. Drowning in eggs:

The Eggsecution.

The once-proud leader, now stripped of title and dignity, stands in the center of the barren, concrete abyss. The abandoned Olympic swimming pool—thirty feet deep, dry as bone—has become their final stage. Above, the gathered masses stretch in every direction, a writhing sea of anticipation.

They do not jeer. They do not boo.

They simply chant.

"Eggs. Eggs. Eggs."

It starts as a murmur, a low thrum of human voices vibrating in unison. Then it grows, swelling into a deafening roar that rattles windows, that shudders in the bones of every person present. A chant as ancient as it is absurd, a single-minded invocation of punishment.

The first egg arcs high overhead, tracing a lazy curve before splattering against the fallen leader’s shoulder. The yolk bursts, oozing down his baggy, ugly, now-useless suit. A streak of yellow, the first of many.

Another egg. Then another.

Then dozens.

The first impacts make them flinch, stagger—hands raised in a futile shield. But soon there are too many to dodge, too many to deflect. They curl inward as the sky rains viscous judgment. The chant never stops.

"Eggs. Eggs. Eggs."

Shells crack. Yolk drips. The scent of sulfur and shame thickens in the stagnant air. It coats their skin, their hair, their pride, turning them into something less than human. Something… egg-like.

At the top of the pit, a child—no older than seven—steps forward. They hold their egg with both hands, cradling it like something precious. Reverent. With a deliberate motion, they lob it downward. It strikes the leader square on the forehead, exploding with an almost musical plap. The crowd erupts into a fresh crescendo of cheers, but the chant never falters.

"Eggs. Eggs. Eggs."

No escape. No reprieve. The pit is smooth concrete, slick now with raw egg and humiliation. They can do nothing but stand there, endure, become part of the ritual.

Somewhere in the throng, a vendor hawks boiled eggs. Another sells cartons to the unprepared. A man in a chicken suit waves encouragingly at the crowd.

The night wears on, but the spectacle does not end.

It cannot end.

Not until the last egg is thrown. Not until the last voice is hoarse.

Not until the world is rid of this one, failed leader, broken not by swords or exile, but by the inescapable weight of public yolk and scorn.

"Eggs. Eggs. Eggs."

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago

Tell him to go fuck off back to putinland and leave us to ourselves

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

The high price of eggs is in no way President Trump’s fault

To be fair - that is true. It's not like he infected all the birds.

However, if you're the president that just slapped a bunch of tariffs on neighboring countries ... optics looking kinda bad ngl.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago

He did fire a bunch of the people in public health who were trying to make policies to prevent the birds being infected.

Just like how we have routine food recalls because he shuttered lots of food regulation during his first term. Wonder how much Boar’s Head has donated to the Republican Party….

[–] I_Cant_Even@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not entirely true, as H5N1 isnt working to do this on its own. He's made nondocumented workes feel unsafe so it's hard for them to work. Specifically in the low wage work one finds on a farm, especially if the work is in a red state. Look at Kentucky, for example.

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[–] civil_drive@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

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