CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoTrump Boosts Message Telling Americans to ‘Shut Up’ About Egg Priceswww.thedailybeast.comexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up1988arrow-down111cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up294arrow-down1·3 days agoYeah, you hear that, PEASANTS? Shut the fuck up about the prices of things, and TAKE IT. Show some goddamn respect for your BETTERS. Billionaires need some peace and quiet while they divvy up the country’s spoils amongst each other. Spoils from YOUR hard labor, by the way.
minus-squaregrumps@lemmy.i.secretponi.eslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up108arrow-down1·3 days agoI believe the traditional response to “the peasants have no eggs” would be, “let them eat cake!”
minus-squareFreshparsnip@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66arrow-down1·3 days agoYou need eggs to make cake
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·3 days agoHave they tried substituting smaller cakes for the eggs?
minus-squaregrumps@lemmy.i.secretponi.eslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·edit-23 days agoThat was the “joke” from the first time around. The French version uses brioche which is just even more fancy bread. Maybe a parallel would be “the peasants have no eggs!” -> “let them eat omelettes!”
minus-squaremercano@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up53·3 days agoWhy aren’t you wearing a suit to go grocery shopping? Show some respect!
minus-squaregrumps@lemmy.i.secretponi.eslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·3 days agoHave you instructed your servant to search more thoroughly?
minus-squaregravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days ago It can’t be that bad. What does one egg cost? Ten dollars? That’s nothing.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-23 days agoSomeone needs to update this for eggs…
minus-squareClent@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·3 days agoHave you said thank you once?
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoSomehow, democrats’ messaging from September made it into this thread.
Yeah, you hear that, PEASANTS? Shut the fuck up about the prices of things, and TAKE IT. Show some goddamn respect for your BETTERS.
Billionaires need some peace and quiet while they divvy up the country’s spoils amongst each other. Spoils from YOUR hard labor, by the way.
I believe the traditional response to “the peasants have no eggs” would be, “let them eat cake!”
You need eggs to make cake
Have they tried substituting smaller cakes for the eggs?
That was the “joke” from the first time around. The French version uses brioche which is just even more fancy bread.
Maybe a parallel would be “the peasants have no eggs!” -> “let them eat omelettes!”
Let them eat quiche
Ew, gluten free cake
Why aren’t you wearing a suit to go grocery shopping? Show some respect!
Have you instructed your servant to search more thoroughly?
Someone needs to update this for eggs…
Have you said thank you once?
Somehow, democrats’ messaging from September made it into this thread.
Uh-huh. 🙄