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The US, grappling with an egg shortage, is reaching out to Lithuania for egg exports after Finland declined. The situation has prompted ridicule online.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/europeans-gloat-as-usa-approaches-lithuania-to-export-eggs-door-to-door-begging-101742378501562.html


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[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I personally find it hilarious that they would rather beg than enact the regulations necessary to prevent the problem from happening in the first place

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago (2 children)

You find it hilarious. I find it pathetic and sad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Its all stupid. We need to crash and start over.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, that's what some of them want to do. Start over, unregulated and without the rule of law or protections of society, as it now stands. We shouldn't burn it down. They should face consequences for their attempts to regreas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

It takes so much effort and blood to build up a safe and free democracy.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Dismantling safety nets, regulation and government involvement in general, while encouraging rampant capitalism appears to be their main goal here. Are these politicians trying to make Cyberpunk a reality? It seems to be working.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Seems like the only thing they're trying to make happen is to end America's status as a superpower and line their own pockets for as long as possible

They don't seem to know or care what the consequences are

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

If another country wanted to shift the balance of power, this is exactly what they would want USA to do. If you can’t beat them in war, you have to play the long game and start dismantling your enemy from the inside.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You joke, but yes. That's exactly their hope

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I like to discuss heavier topics in this semi-humorous manner. Sort of like a joke, but still kinda serious.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

That would require a basic level of intelligence and self awareness.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The egg prices where I'm at in the US aren't even that bad. I was just at the store and saw a dozen of the fanciest extra-large pasture-raised, organic-fed eggs were $7.99, and the cheap eggs were $4.35. Is it worse other places?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same here, initially anyways.

Ours were the usual price while people were saying theirs we 7 or 8 dollars

Today ours were over $6

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What was the usual price? I obviously have not been paying attention until recently 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ours had been a steady $2.83 at Aldi

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I remember when they sold for $0.98 at Aldi 🥲

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I suspect that's the point, this admin is being told to do things that will further humiliate the US on the world stage and further erode the respect the US (no longer) gets.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 months ago

I know trump doesn't know world history.

But helping Russia and asking Lithuania for help are mutually exclusive options.

[–] al_Kaholic 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Egg shortage or you mean egg exploitation?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Missed opportunity for eggsploitation, do better.

[–] al_Kaholic 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

My bad this is my porn account after all.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’ll let it slide cuz I like the name, it’s like looking in a mirror!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

spiderman.jpg

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Very eggciting

[–] RamblingPanda 3 points 2 months ago

We are dozens!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Takes a every entitled, narcissistic mind set to shit all over your neighbor's car and porch, threaten them with violence and then ask them for a few eggs to help then through their trying times.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

The "find out" part of fuck around is already right there, yet most US citizens seem unaware that this is the "find out" stage of how they handled poultry for decades now.

RFK now wants all chickens to get bird flu, because his worm told him so and what could possibly go wrong?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

A slight step up from trumps usual door to door scamming

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Are we Great again? This seems like an alpha move. I think we're great again.

/s

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

US deserve this meme

[–] al_Kaholic 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Come on how long is it from egg to chicken before it's chicken to egg. You stupid fucking Americans are getting taken advantage of.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

4.5 months to start laying eggs and about 20 million chickens culled year to date since this map from February.

https://www.newsweek.com/egg-shortage-prices-bird-flu-map-2029051

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it's a few weeks or so. The problem is that enough flock purges happened over the last while, that it will take several generations to get the numbers back to where they were.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

With Bobby Brainworm in charge of food safety, I’m sure we’ll be eating beached whale carcasses in no time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

What a pathetic loser move

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

As an American don’t give us eggs we don’t deserve them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This request has strong "Have you seen my stapler?" vibes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I was told… I could beg for eggs… at a reasonable volume.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Don't do it Lithuani, we don't deserve it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Fuck it, just don't eat eggs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

How each and every single world leader should be responding to requests from the current administration.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Maga: "Oh by oh boy, can't wait for Trump to make eggs cheap again."