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The real deal (thelemmy.club)
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[+] -35 points 3 months ago (17 children)

Okay, but let's be realistic about that. Let's say it's worst case scenario and 2 eggs are broken, how does that affect me? Eggs represent like 0.001% of my budget, if half my eggs were cracked, I wouldn't notice much.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    You are ok with being ripped off is what you are saying. I’m not going to argue with you over whether this is smart or not.

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  • [+] -9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    My point is a single egg is less than $1, with the cheap ones it's less than 50 cents. I don't remember the last time I made a different decision to save 50 cents.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago

    You want to take broken, leaky eggs home, where they will leak all your other groceries, and leak all over stuff in fridge? And if they leaked in your car, it's going to rot, and make your car smell like the worst farts you've ever experienced.

    It's like a Dirty Bomb, you'll be cleaning it up for weeks.

    Or you can be a normal person, and demand that when you pay for 12 unbroken eggs, you take home 12 unbroken eggs. Not because you can't afford it if there only 10, but because you don't let ANYONE take advantage of you in the marketplace, especially big companies that are trying to rip you off at every turn. You don't accept it, you fight back, and stick THEM with their inferior products, not yourself.

    What a loser attitude. Gross.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Look at Mr Money-Bags over here

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Most people don't have 1.000.000 Euro to spend each month. If you are here to brag about your wealth it makes you sound even more like a douchbag.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Okay, you caught me, I didn't do the math. If you make minimum wage in America, that's $1160/month gross. An egg costs on average 50 cents. So a single broken egg works out to 0.04% of their monthly budget. I don't see a broken egg much, less than once a year, so maybe it worth dividing that number by 12.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Subtract rent, bills, gas, savings for maintenance, etc.
    Your food budget is much smaller than $1160/month, so why not take <10 seconds to make sure you aren't overpaying?
    Plus it's just annoying having to go back to the store sooner because you have less eggs than you needed.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    But if I’m going to pay the same amount of money, why would I not put down the carton with cracked eggs and buy a different one that contains no cracked eggs? I may not starve if an egg is cracked, but I’m going to have to pay the store the same amount, and due diligence allows me to get 12 eggs for that rather than only 11 or 10.

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