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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.

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[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

That was the immediate thought I had. The US is going around like a beggar asking for eggs, it's pathetic.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 25 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] oce@jlai.lu 3 points 7 hours ago

You know it's AI because of the waist sizes.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 52 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Has the US even said thank you?!

Tell us to take a long walk off a short pier, Lithuania!

[–] tfm@europe.pub 16 points 16 hours ago

And where is the suit?!?

[–] Anyone@slrpnk.net 11 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

If you look in /r/conservative on reddit they have a completely different view. Prices are down according to them. If you check from November. I can't be arsed to check because I don't care.

That whole subreddit is a huge circlejerk, so small doses are required or you'll get nauseous.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Surely it’s easier to import from land neighbours? Oh..you’ve pissed them off?

[–] NewDay@feddit.org 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Trump right now: They do not want to send their eggs to us? Fine, I will just conquer them and send it by myself.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 12 hours ago

Cue Canadians and Mexican torching their farms as they retreat, Russian-style

[–] gorillaNdaMist@lemm.ee 11 points 13 hours ago

I wasn't really into eggs, but now I'm gonna start enjoying our european eggs.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Is there even an egg shortage? They stores where I shop usually have their egg fridges as full as usual, only more expensive

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago

They’re full because they’re expensive. And they are expensive because there’s a shortage

[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 22 points 15 hours ago
[–] Kaput@lemmy.world 36 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

How come they haven't contacted Canada yet, their closest and best friend?

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 43 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

We'd rather egg the white house than give them eggs at this point

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 22 points 18 hours ago

Now this is just pathetic.

[–] eric5949@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago

This is fucking embarrassing.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Seriously? This is just getting sad at this point. Look, you could eat anything else. Literally anything. Why are they so obsessed with fucking eggs? Is it because someone stupid made it a campaign promise?

[–] Joncash2@lemmy.ml 19 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Your missing the point. It's less about eggs than it is at showing the world how durable and reliable USA is, that it can overcome every problem. The hilarious irony is what it is now showing is how fragile and weak the US has become now that it's alienated it's allies. Unable to even cope with a tiny egg problem because the world is turning it's back. I'm living in America and yet I'm cheering this on, so bizarre.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 9 points 16 hours ago

Unable to even cope with a tiny egg problem because the world is turning it's back.

Tbf, eggs are perishable and thus not the ideal thing to transport for multiple weeks on a ship. There are multiple ptoblems here, not just the world turning its back.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Same. I want it to hurt. I'm not into BDSM, but I kinda get it now.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 5 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Eeeew who would bdsm a MAGA?

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Lmao! Not a maga, the rest of the world.

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 1 points 8 hours ago

I don't get it but I wouldn't bdsm a maga if they begged me

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

partially. And partially because it's used in making so many things like bread and mayonnaise and so on.

[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, and I get that, but comparatively, it's very low volume of eggs/loaf. Even at the nearly 3x price hike we've experienced, it shouldn't make a whole lot of issues for bread companies. Sure, mayo would get hit hard but that's another thing that really shouldn't be that hard to live without.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 7 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

What kind of bread needs eggs? Are you talking about cake and donuts? Even so, in many recipes, eggs can be replaced by things like linseed/chia, bananas, or bean water ("aquafaba"). I'd actually expect American food manufacturers to be price-conscious enough to have cut such corners a long time ago.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I mean, bread and mayo is like . . the foundations of civilization. For me. Personally. So - those aren't going to be lived without at least for now.

But just based on stupid internet searching, the number I'm seeing is 300 million eggs per day for bread. That's a lot of 19% highers.

The actual number might be quite different, but I'm assuming that's probably not that far off.

[–] cron@feddit.org 8 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

Who makes bread with eggs?

You might be floored to discover there’s an entire chunk of breads that involve eggs. Brioche and Challah are perhaps the best known.

[–] KasimirDD@feddit.org 5 points 16 hours ago

"Bread". Did you know that Subway isn't allowed to call their sandwiches "bread" in Germany because it contains to much sugar?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] cron@feddit.org 2 points 13 hours ago

Thank you, this is an interesting experiment!

[–] Lemmist@lemm.ee 16 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Lithuania isn't a big country. Are they famous for their enormous egg production?

[–] CAVOK@lemmy.world 28 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I'm sure Ukraine would send eggs if asked. 5 eggs for a patriot missile, 10 for a fully equipped abrams tank.

[–] MissingMongoose@lemm.ee 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yikes, that's extortion, atleast 6 eggs for a patriot and 12 for a abrams

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

in europe egg cartons are metric (10 instead of 12)

Lies. Mines 6, 12, 24!

[–] seewinkler@feddit.org 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

They even have already asked Austria. Trump is now famous for having no eggs.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 4 points 14 hours ago

It's so sad that the joke doesn't work in English.

(For readers who don't speak German: Testicles are called Eier=eggs in German slang.)

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Why are we asking for this? Just let the flu work itself out, deal with our costs, and focus on domestic production. Eggs are getting thrown out still. And those imports won't save anyone who's actually starving.

[–] Don_alForno@feddit.org 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I bet they're asking only to be able to say "see? Nobody helps us. Why should we defend them?"

I don't think their thoughts go that far in advance. But yes, that's how it'll be sold in six months to a year when our chicken populations stabilize. For me though, this shouldn't even be a matter for the government, if it's going to happen at all. The egg producers should be doing this as part of their private enterprise, not the government. Eggland's Best, Goldhen, and the like could handle it. I don't want the government trying to do something that should be left to the free market.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 13 points 18 hours ago

In before, Trump promises military help in exchange for eggs.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 17 hours ago

I’m making extra Easter eggs this year just for you, America.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 17 hours ago

inb4 due to disagreements on, or shitty enforcement of sanitary norms new and exciting chicken plague will develop

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Donald Cuck and company probably think bringing down egg prices will solve all their problems.

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 17 hours ago

This has Chris Griffin vibes, the episode where Chris and Meg take on Peter and Lois' tasks, and Chris has a heart attack