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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (31 children)

I heard they jacked up prices due to the Avian Flu. They culled over 80,000,000 egg laying hens

[–] SadSadSatellite 48 points 1 year ago (25 children)

That was 17% of the total population. The price went up by 400-900%, and there was never a shortage. As usual, we got shafted.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (17 children)

If the prices didn't go up because of a shortage, because there was never a shortage, why did prices go back down again?

The law of supply and demand explains the price of eggs. If you're saying it's wrong then what's your better egg-splanation?

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The prices went back down right after the federal government announced a price fixing investigation and a bunch of news coverage came out about how their claims were bogus.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s correlational, not causal. There isn’t going to be a definitive source on this

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the federal government announced a price fixing investigation

a bunch of news coverage came out about how their claims were bogus

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Then you can find it, if you really care.

The harder you look, the more conclusively you prove you're right!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, what I care about (in this context) is other people making arguments that they can't substantiate. I'm not spending my time trying to substantiate someone else's arguments, I spend enough time doing that for my own.

I have no need to prove that I'm right. Claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.

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