• 👍Maximum Derek👍
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      3814 days ago

      I started driving in the 90s. I remember my favorite local gas station closing because their gas pumps could only go up to $0.999

      • @[email protected]
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        I’m from Australia and remember when gas hit $1/litre in the 90s. The pumps could handle it, but the signs only had space for three digits (cents and tenths of a cent) so petrol stations (as we call them in Australia) had a hand-painted “1” at the start of the price, until they could upgrade the signs.

    • @[email protected]
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      1314 days ago

      And for the billions and billions of dollars given to Telco companies, we should all have under $10 a month gigabit symmetrical connections to our house […]

      One of the biggest thefts from the American people?

      (Just one of, of course)

  • qyron
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    Lemme share something with you people.

    Eggs are still stupid cheap, today. However, there are too many greedy people between the producer and people that need them for eating.

    My everyday job has me go around to places most will not go and one day I discovered an egg farm, somewhat off the beaten path, that sells directly. Only requirement is that they sell a minimum of thirty eggs (a tray).

    I made a few questions and now I’m bringing eggs weekly from there, invoiced to me by weight. No size distinction but most eggs are L size. Roughly speaking, each egg is 0,1667€, with VAT already included. The same egg in supermarkets is sold anywhere between 6 to 11 cents more expensive.

    That’s too much.

    • @[email protected]
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      614 days ago

      I buy from a Mennonite farmer.
      $3/doz, often laid same day…CAD…sure sucks to be me, egg-wise.

      • @Delphia
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        514 days ago

        But fuck can they run…

      • @[email protected]
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        414 days ago

        Unwashed eggs?!? Gross

        Just kidding, I’m actually extremely jealous, those eggs taste so much better (and are probably way safer at this point)

    • @Cheems
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      If you’re getting fancy eggs. The mass produced eggs are like $2.99.

      • @[email protected]
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        414 days ago

        In a high cost-of-living area too?

        $7.42 at Wal-Mart in Northern California omg wtf (that’s for the fake cage free, that discount store doesn’t even have the pasture raised at all)

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          I‘m glad Austria banned battery cage systems in 2009 and the EU banned it in 2012. Also, Austria banned cages in 2020 and regulated the amount of animals depending on the space of the stable.

          • @[email protected]
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            113 days ago

            Good! Do you know which chickens get the most space, at minimum? California’s hens may get more than most but it’s still not enough. Even before recent price increases, it would probably take about 10 bucks to get organic pasture raised that you could feel reasonably good about.

            • @[email protected]
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              There’s farmers who sell “roaming chicken eggs” for ~ 65 cents a piece; they also don’t kill the male chicks and let them be with the herd. Also one of their “gimmick” is that they have a modified trailer and let the chickens roam different areas.

              • @[email protected]
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                213 days ago

                Love it!!! I’d buy those all day!

                Consuming animal products isn’t perfect but we still gotta do the best we can :)

    • @BlackPenguins
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      They’re $3 in Wegmans. You need a better egg guy.

  • @[email protected]
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    Wow, this comment thread is like I’m back in reddit! Does this mean lemmy’s made the big time, that now we’re getting disinformation and bots? 🤩

  • @[email protected]
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    1314 days ago

    You guys don’t throw cow manure at your traitorous neighbour’s freshly white washed house walls?

    • @sunbrrnslapperOP
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      Not a totally terrible idea if you want the eggs for vandalism.