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  • Dry goods are still reliable, but the issue at hand is that a dozen eggs are now 8-9 dollars, and that rise was pretty fast.

    People relying on eggs for survival and not part as a diversified diet need to switch to other sources right now which they might not have available. You won’t survive on rice only. Beans should definitely be added to your diet for their health benefits and as a way to be less insecure with food. However, eggs were also playing that part and now it’s not reliable anymore.

    In a vacuum, it isn’t that big of a deal, but in reality, already strained people are even more strained right now and the egg prices exploding is just another kick in the guts.




  • It’s a multifaceted problem, and you are thinking in terms of people getting the best for their money instead of people being starved and trying to make a dollar last.

    1. Buying in bulk is expensive upfront. If you are squeezing pennies, it is probably not an option for you.

    2. Eggs have different nutrients that beans don’t have. One of them being fat for example. If you can’t get it from eggs anymore, you need to add that cost as well to your expenses.

    3. People that lives day to day with a squeezed budget have to pivot right now, as in today, to different sources of food. I can afford to phase out expensive food from my diet, but for many people it’s the difference between starving or not today. If you already don’t have much options, switching on a dime isn’t realistic.




  • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneTofu scramble rule
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    5 months ago

    The issue is that for a lot of poor people, eggs were a great and easy way to get proteins.

    Vegan diet is absolutely viable for the vast majority of people. However, the access to quality vegan food to all the population isn’t there yet.

    Food desert are real and at least eggs were easier to get there than dried beans and rice. And that options is getting out of reach for a lot of people.










  • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneStitch rule
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    7 months ago

    Do you realize that the exemple you give is the same principle as you criticize?

    It sends my dysphoria through the roof every time.

    But even I can manage not to get bent out of shape […]

    You are sure about that? Dysphoria is a pretty big deal.

    Seems to me you still internalize the generalization made about people in your situation and it does affect you. Same as my examples.

    I can make the difference between women calling “all men” and myself as a person, and that wasn’t my point.

    If everywhere you look, there is someone or something telling you that you are a bad person because of something you can’t control, you can be as stoic as you want, it will affect you negatively. It’s not a matter of if, but when.

    And it seems to me that you don’t understand that my response was directly to your response to OP, not the #AllMen debate.