• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 days ago

    Isn’t easier to just… stop buying eggs?

    Won’t the prices come down if people, you know, stop pushing demand for them?

    Seriously not a bad time to consider vegetarianism or veganism.

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      10 days ago

      You say that like we don’t import a fuck ton of our produce from Mexico.

      Everything is about to get way more expensive.

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        10 days ago

        This is why backyard and community gardens are about to get a whole lot more important. A few of us have been trying to convince my job to set one up and I’m hoping tariffs are the push we need to get it done.

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        10 days ago

        Won’t prices come down if people, you know, stop buying vegetables?

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      10 days ago

      Agree.

      There is a great push towards this stuff. Mostly trough the meat industry whos products getting shittier by the day.

      A good meal is texture + flavor. As long as you give me the texture and flavor I want I couldn’t care less how it is accomplished.

      And if I have the choice between 2 products who are equal in texture and flavor, I pick the option that caused less suffering in the world.

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        10 days ago

        It’s not even a push. My elderly mother was telling me about her elderly friends who were going on “missions” to find eggs where they spent tons of gas driving around all day just trying to find eggs to buy since they’re scarce.

        It floored me. I literally said to her “do they not understand if they stop buying them the demand will decrease and so will the price?” She shrugged and agreed that it was really foolish and wasteful.

        Some people are just really ingrained in their habits and don’t even consider changing things like this in their lives.