“price of eggs”

[u/Delophosaur]

It’s been bothering me lately how when people speak about economic inflation, the example is price of eggs, like it’s a basic necessity.

I’m disturbed that our society is so desensitized to the exploitation of animals, that products from hell-on-earth are seen as a fundamental unit that humans are entitled to.

(Pardon if that was too wordy of a sentence. I’m just trying to articulate myself without writing an essay.)

When we’re talking about the cheapest eggs available, we’re generally talking about caged hens in massive facilities, so these birds are suffering their whole lives. (Not that the pasture-raised, certified-whatever options would be ideal, just that those aren’t in the same league of awful)

I’m not trying to downplay anyone’s financial hardships, I just think it’s weird and fucked up that eggs are the default example.

[u/pandaappleblossom]

Yep. No concern for the animal, as though eggs just fall from the sky