CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTrump Boosts Message Telling Americans to ‘Shut Up’ About Egg Priceswww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square207fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down111
arrow-up11.02Karrow-down1external-linkTrump Boosts Message Telling Americans to ‘Shut Up’ About Egg Priceswww.thedailybeast.comCharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square207fedilink
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up305arrow-down1·1 month agoYeah, 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.
minus-squaregrumps@lemmy.i.secretponi.eslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up114arrow-down1·1 month agoI believe the traditional response to “the peasants have no eggs” would be, “let them eat cake!”
minus-squareFreshparsnip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down1·1 month agoYou need eggs to make cake
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up42arrow-down1·1 month agoHave they tried substituting smaller cakes for the eggs?
minus-squareReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·edit-21 month agoYes, but it turns out those smaller cakes need smaller eggs.
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 month agoPheasant eggs aren’t any cheaper.
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoGo through the cycle a few times and maybe they can use insect eggs? Peasants have plenty of insects, right?
minus-squaremasterofn001@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoGilead decrees all women of breeding age surrender their ova immediately.
minus-squareRedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoPeasants do have each other, yes. They keep to themselves, as God intended.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoIt’s eggs all the way down.
minus-squaregrumps@lemmy.i.secretponi.eslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-21 month agoThat 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!”
minus-squaremercano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·1 month agoWhy aren’t you wearing a suit to go grocery shopping? Show some respect!
minus-squaregrumps@lemmy.i.secretponi.eslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 month agoHave you instructed your servant to search more thoroughly?
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 month ago It can’t be that bad. What does one egg cost? Ten dollars? That’s nothing.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-21 month agoSomeone needs to update this for eggs…
minus-squareklu9@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAlso, Whoa, whoa, whoa! There’s still plenty of albumen on those eggshells! You take 'em home, throw 'em in a pot, add some broth, a potato…
minus-squareklu9@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHopefully that ↑. But I suspect most will be like ↓
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoHAHAHAA. Perfect reference. 🤣
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 month agoHave you said thank you once?
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 month agoSomehow, democrats’ messaging from September made it into this thread.
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.
I believe the traditional response to “the peasants have no eggs” would be, “let them eat cake!”
You need eggs to make cake
Have they tried substituting smaller cakes for the eggs?
Yes, but it turns out those smaller cakes need smaller eggs.
Pheasant eggs aren’t any cheaper.
Go through the cycle a few times and maybe they can use insect eggs? Peasants have plenty of insects, right?
Gilead decrees all women of breeding age surrender their ova immediately.
Peasants do have each other, yes. They keep to themselves, as God intended.
It’s eggs all the way down.
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!”
Let them eat quiche
Ew, gluten free cake
Why aren’t you wearing a suit to go grocery shopping? Show some respect!
Have you instructed your servant to search more thoroughly?
Someone needs to update this for eggs…
Also,
Whoa, whoa, whoa! There’s still plenty of albumen on those eggshells! You take 'em home, throw 'em in a pot, add some broth, a potato…
Hopefully that ↑.
But I suspect most will be like ↓
HAHAHAA. Perfect reference. 🤣
Have you said thank you once?
Somehow, democrats’ messaging from September made it into this thread.
Uh-huh. 🙄