I get that the point is inflation, but why eggs? If they went to $12/dozen, it would cost me like $4 extra dollars per week.

  • tiredofsametab
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    114 minutes ago

    Most weeks maybe just un oeuf. I think since I stopped eating breakfast and found out my body hates gluten (so heavily reducing baked goods, my other main use of eggs), my egg consumption went way down. The one weekly is generally from going to get sushi and there being some tamagoyaki in there. I guess the odd exception is throwing one (boiled or raw) into soup and the rare occasion that I knock out a fried rice.

    Edit: I think 10 local eggs are around 500 yen, at least the last time I checked. More expensive than non-local, and the price has definitely gone up generally in the last few years.

  • @astanix
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    52 hours ago

    I eat 3 eggs every morning. 21 a week.

    Eggs are too expensive.

  • @LaunchesKayaks
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    83 hours ago

    I don’t really eat eggs. I have ducks that lay eggs and if I really want some, I eat what they produce. I might try selling their eggs as a side hustle but a lot of people are grossed out by the concept of eating duck eggs for some reason lol

    • @TodayOP
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      110 minutes ago

      How are they compared to chicken eggs?

  • @BigBenis
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    Zero. I used to have a fried egg for lunch every day but many years ago something switched in my brain and now the flavor of them really puts me off.

  • @Zak
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    84 hours ago

    About 14. I’m not particularly price-sensitive about it given the absolute cost is low relative to many food options.

    Eggs keep getting cited by people trying to blame their political opponents for increases in food prices because they have increased to about 2.5x from five years ago, which is a bigger increase than most foods. The bulk of the increase is due to the ongoing bird flu outbreak, but that fact doesn’t seem to have great distribution among the general public.

  • Majorllama
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    44 hours ago

    Probably like 2 dozen a week. I like eggs lol.

  • @[email protected]
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    95 hours ago

    Eggs because:

    Vance gave a quote bashing the price of eggs, but he cited a number much higher than the sign he was standing next to.

    Dems pounced on this, mocking the blatant exaggeration and dismissing any concerns about a cost of living crisis.

    It stuck around because it’s emblematic of the overall situation:

    Repubs don’t give a shit about facts, just vibes, and wanna paint as dark of a picture as possible.

    Dems only care about being correct on paper, and don’t give a shit about listening to the problems of ordinary people or doing anything that could be called “radical”.

  • @bitchkat
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    65 hours ago

    Whatever gets put in pad Thai once a week.

  • @FireTower
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    65 hours ago

    Because eggs are seen as a very reasonable weekly purchase that a consumer can see a price delta in over a short period of time.

  • @Unlearned9545
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    5 hours ago

    When I was younger about 14 eggs a week. Now about 9.

    Where I am eggs have only gone up about $0.20 in the last few months. Still under $6 per dozen for cage free eggs. Maybe $3.50 for caged eggs?

    • @TodayOP
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      About the same here. I think sprouts had large cage free for $4 this week.