Global Depression 2022 - Time to do the Breadline Boogaloo!

[Kane Lives]

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Oh god, Gold and Silver are analogue crypto, aren't they?

I mean, yeah. That's how currency operates. Gold has value because someone says it has. Same with crypto. Even the practical use of gold only came about with the advent of industrialisation and semiconductors. There were not actually any actual use of gold before that beyond being shiny and being seen as valuable by most of the world.

 

[Blobby's Murder Knife]

Checked meat prices.

I was in the cheap store. NOTHING was under $6 a pound. Didn't think to look for Chicken Breasts.

A few months ago, the same $6 a pound meat was $2.50-$3 a pound.

Around here, your cheapest cuts of meat on sale are very likely to be pork. Pork loin and pork butt, in particular. I think the cheapest cuts of chicken are either you buy whole chicken, leg quarters, drumsticks, and bone in skin on thighs. Wings are fucking ridiculous.

How are eggs looking? I've been using a lot of those mixed with some inexpensive sausage meat to compensate for not being able to eat as much protein as I otherwise would. But even those have been going up recent, from $2 to $3 or more per carton.

I have seen the price for these go up quite a bit because of the bird flu culls, at least in the US. Some grocery vloggers I have watched recently have flipped out about it and the price of beef, which is also going up. Remember when ground beef was just the meat of poor people? Now it costs as much, if not more, than some regular cuts of beef like brisket, London broil, etc. Though bizarrely, stew meat and beef tongue is more expensive than any of the former. I think I saw beef tongue for $7.99 a lb at fucking Winco.

I tend to like to buy Wheat Montana flour and the price of that has gone from $5.88 for 10lbs to $9.72 in the past 6 months. It is just...yeah and I know it will just get worse. I use a lot of flour because I bake all of my bread, rolls, make pasta, etc, so agh. The price of gluten has also gone up quite a bit too.

In good news, the price of real vanilla extract has come way down. It was as high as $36 a pint two or three years ago. Now it is down to $10.99 at warehouse clubs, which is likely the new $6.99 it was before the vanilla orchid crisis started several years ago.

 

[AnotherOne]

The first domino falls?

Sri Lanka warns it will default on its foreign debt amid crisis​

Sri Lanka was already in trouble before but Russia's sped military operation has made it much worse. Fertilizer needs energy. Food needs fertilizer. People need food. Russia is a major producer of all three. Unfortunately for them the countries that actually oppose Russia will probably survive this shock while third world countries go bankrupt trying to support their people.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

The first domino falls?

Sri Lanka warns it will default on its foreign debt amid crisis​

Sri Lanka was already in trouble before but Russia's sped military operation has made it much worse. Fertilizer needs energy. Food needs fertilizer. People need food. Russia is a major producer of all three. Unfortunately for them the countries that actually oppose Russia will probably survive this shock while third world countries go bankrupt trying to support their people.

Not if America bails them out while letting us starve.

 

[AncientPhosphur]

This is fine

This is sustainable

All Putin’s fault please don’t lay the blame on the federal reserve

 

[mindlessobserver]

I think the only thing I am surprised by is how long it took for all this inflation to really start biting. Hope you all bought beans, rice and flour last year.

 

[Ancient Pioneer]

I think the only thing I am surprised by is how long it took for all this inflation to really start biting. Hope you all bought beans, rice and flour last year.

The thing I find interesting is that it spiked the moment Biden entered office. Inflation was steady through 2020 then in 2021 it rockets off right away. I would have expected to see an upward trend as the money was being printed, instead its a hockey stick pattern.

 

[Polyboros2]

The thing I find interesting is that it spiked the moment Biden entered office. Inflation was steady through 2020 then in 2021 it rockets off right away. I would have expected to see an upward trend as the money was being printed, instead its a hockey stick pattern.

The first thing he did was kill Keystone XL. That was a very clear factor that was going to drive up energy prices and everything moved by fossil fuels passes it along.

 

[Return of the Freaker]

This is just depressing as hell. Sometimes I think even if I survive what's clearly coming I'll just be left a broken old man at the end with no family and friends cause they're all dead from the jab, war, or starvation plus single going into it all

 

[Audit]

Checked meat prices.

I was in the cheap store. NOTHING was under $6 a pound. Didn't think to look for Chicken Breasts.

A few months ago, the same $6 a pound meat was $2.50-$3 a pound.

How are eggs looking? I've been using a lot of those mixed with some inexpensive sausage meat to compensate for not being able to eat as much protein as I otherwise would. But even those have been going up recent, from $2 to $3 or more per carton.

Is this a European problem? Where are you shopping so that the cost of meat has doubled?

I'm in the US and shop at a major grocery chain that run regular sales. I just bought 18 eggs for $1.60. Pork is still $2 lb for some cuts on a normal sale. Chicken breasts were $2 lb when I got some a few weeks back. Stocked up on 80/20 ground beef at $3 lb. Standard grade shrimp is about $7 lb. Milk is the only thing that's really gone up in price in my locale. We had a heavy cream shortage for a few months.

If anything has gone to pot, it's the quality of onions. I bought some the other day and one was rotting the day after. Still having good luck with the quality of most veggies. Strawberries are molding on the shelves though. I'm not touching berries right now.

 

[Puff]

Is this a European problem? Where are you shopping so that the cost of meat has doubled?

I'm in the US and shop at a major grocery chain that run regular sales. I just bought 18 eggs for $1.60. Pork is still $2 lb for some cuts on a normal sale. Chicken breasts were $2 lb when I got some a few weeks back. Stocked up on 80/20 ground beef at $3 lb. Standard grade shrimp is about $7 lb. Milk is the only thing that's really gone up in price in my locale. We had a heavy cream shortage for a few months.

If anything has gone to pot, it's the quality of onions. I bought some the other day and one was rotting the day after. Still having good luck with the quality of most veggies. Strawberries are molding on the shelves though. I'm not touching berries right now.

It's heavily localized within the US.
Anywhere you have to ship perishables is still fucked. I'm seeing eggs around 2.25 a dozen. I don't pay much attention to meat because, just buy half a cow and have it slaughtered, peasant.
Onions and potatoes are always fucking moldy.

 

[Tsukasa Kadoya]

The first thing he did was kill Keystone XL. That was a very clear factor that was going to drive up energy prices and everything moved by fossil fuels passes it along.

Biden voters are the number 1 people to blame for this.
If mass starvation does come, take their food and leave them with nothing. They aren't human, they don't deserve to be treated like human beings.
Just tell them as you cart off all their food "At least no more mean tweets"
Yes this is extremely cuntish, and yes,

 

[Puff]

Biden voters are the number 1 people to blame for this.
If mass starvation does come, take their food and leave them with nothing. They aren't human, they don't deserve to be treated like human beings.
Just tell them as you cart off all their food "At least no more mean tweets"
Yes this is extremely cuntish, and yes,

This is Happenings. There is no Moai. Just political sperging.

 

[Kane Lives]

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This is fine

This is sustainable

All Putin’s fault please don’t lay the blame on the federal reserve

My favourite part of that picture isn't the prices. It's the juxtaposition with the DOW going up. Haha funny money makes bigger number go bigger!

 

[Non-breath oblige]

Is this a European problem? Where are you shopping so that the cost of meat has doubled?

I'm in the US and shop at a major grocery chain that run regular sales. I just bought 18 eggs for $1.60. Pork is still $2 lb for some cuts on a normal sale. Chicken breasts were $2 lb when I got some a few weeks back. Stocked up on 80/20 ground beef at $3 lb. Standard grade shrimp is about $7 lb. Milk is the only thing that's really gone up in price in my locale. We had a heavy cream shortage for a few months.

If anything has gone to pot, it's the quality of onions. I bought some the other day and one was rotting the day after. Still having good luck with the quality of most veggies. Strawberries are molding on the shelves though. I'm not touching berries right now.

Chicken and onions used to be half or close to half what it is now per lb even without sales here at the major grocery chain near me. Leafy green stuff is starting to rise a bit. Dairy products in general seems to have stayed relatively the same.

 

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How are eggs looking? I've been using a lot of those mixed with some inexpensive sausage meat to compensate for not being able to eat as much protein as I otherwise would. But even those have been going up recent, from $2 to $3 or more per carton.

Didn't think to look, will check next time.

Chicken and onions used to be half or close to half what it is now per lb even without sales here at the major grocery chain near me. Leafy green stuff is starting to rise a bit. Dairy products in general seems to have stayed relatively the same.

Dairy is usually fairly local, isn't it? That won't be hit until feed prices rise, and then they'll go off the rails.

 

[Lorne Armstrong]

Where I am, (and, no, I’m not going to tell you where I am), the price of meat has definitely doubled. 73/27 ground beef was around $1.99 per lb regular price and it’s best regular price among all grocery stores local to me is $3.99lb. Pork butt could be got for $0.79 per lb and it’s sitting at around $1.60. Chicken’s the same story. Dairy has also been up across the board, but the increase is more like 20%-25%. The cheapest whole milk in town used to be $2.10 and it’s $2.69 now. Cream cheese up from $0.80 to $1.20 for the store brand.

Something else that I’ve noticed is products that haven’t risen in price have shrunk in size. Chorizo is still the same $0.99 BUT they’ve shaved a couple ounces off. Something like 8oz where you used to get 10 or 10oz where you used to get 12.

Long story short, It looks to me like everything is the store has increased in price maybe 20%, but meat for sure is 50%

 

[Vince McMahon]

Not if America bails them out while letting us starve.

How do you imagine one of the biggest exporters of food in the world letting its populace starve? Unless I'm missing something, of course.

 

[Quijibo69]

How do you imagine one of the biggest exporters of food in the world letting its populace starve? Unless I'm missing something, of course.

The US will never be like China 2: Electric Boogaloo.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

How do you imagine one of the biggest exporters of food in the world letting its populace starve? Unless I'm missing something, of course.

>base your policy around expecting you'll harvest a certain amount of food
>don't actually harvest that food because shit happens during the harvest
>export food to feed Africans and Haitians as planned
>WTF A FAMINE

Just ask the Africans in your rapefugee camp, Ivan.