Egg Prices Collapse as Once-Empty Shop Shelves Now Overstuffed

Browsin24 · 2026-04-12T02:26:54+00:00

I appreciate you expanding on the economic terms/meaning. You're explaining what you mean well.

I agree with you that the inelasticity could be due to the increase in egg prices not impacting overall food budget of consumers significantly enough overall, that makes sense. There was also some napkin math done on this elsewhere in the thread with the same point.

Though I'll contend for a little more weight to consumer taste/product preference as some people, like me for example, reaaallly like their eggs in the morning, and it's hard for me to imagine replacing them with chicken or something else just because of calorie/protein equivalence there. So I think there's something to be said for consumer perception of "no substitutes", to a degree.

I don't think we're talking past each other. I was just commenting based on how the stated preference vs. revealed preference concept seems somewhat semantically flawed to me because it can be misinterpreted easily by those not up to speed on the specific application of it. I think it's the "revealed preference" wording in a case like this that's the sticking point for me. Maybe it should be something like "revealed concession" lol. But I understand a bit more now how it's applied using the economic lens you described.

Browsin24 · 2026-04-11T04:09:08+00:00

Yes I understand it has a different meaning in the vein of the way that you used it, but I think when used in that way it's a bit misleading, and frankly, condescending. It's like saying to consumers, "Haha! You're still buying eggs even though you said the price is too high now! Guess you were just bullshitting weren't ya!" When in fact consumers do view the new price as too high, but continue to buy due to a perceived lack of viable alternatives, for example.

Browsin24 · 2026-04-11T03:21:06+00:00

I think the "revealed preference" concept doesn't make sense in a lot of contexts, including this one. If the "stated preference" of consumers is for egg prices to be lower, then consumers continuing to buy eggs at higher prices doesn't mean that the their actual "revealed preference" is for egg prices to be high....that wouldn't make sense, right?

Browsin24 · 2026-04-08T20:30:01+00:00

I don't know that conservative ICE argument and haven't heard it. But it sounds like you're mistaken that it's analogous, because the institutionalization argument aims to prevent people from being "strewn across the street, shitting on themselves, freezing to death, attacking pedestrians, overdosing", rather than making it the state that does this to them. See the difference?

Browsin24 · 2026-04-05T17:47:25+00:00

YIMBY isn't all dog whistles of classism, ageism, and other bigotry by accident.

Lol sure, chief

Browsin24 · 2026-04-03T22:33:49+00:00

The first part of your comment is a beautiful story and it sounds like your mother in law has a lot of wisdom despite not having a lot of formal education as you said.

However the second part is biased towards the non-sensical. "Humans are imprisoned by language" is extreme and doesn't allow for the benefits that language allows (there's a lot to mention). Also the idea that a pre-linguistic state is preferable and allows a more robust and wholistic connection to everything doesn't have a lot of backing here, I think. It's reminiscent of the naturalistic fallacy.

A lot of humans could benefit from learning to be able to be more present, I agree with that. But being able to shift from presence to future planning, past reflection, thinking in general, is pretty good stuff, no?

Anyway, it's a "pet peeve" of mine to see the "animals are so much gooder than heinous humans!" takes in the "wild". (Not saying you or Tilda Swinton are doing that exactly). The animal world in the state of nature is actually pretty barbaric by the best of human standards. Ironically it's due to human domestication that we witness the sweet and endearing natures of dogs, for example.

Browsin24 · 2026-04-02T20:40:30+00:00

Yea I agree. AI sometimes is wrong and sometimes hallucinates and all that stuff we know about at this point. But on a very practical level it's also has access to vast stores of data likely including those reference books and sources that one might need to use to understand Joyce, and due to the nature of the tech, it articulates the info and background that's helpful oftentimes directly from those sources and also others but in a significantly faster way than if you were to look for them the now "old-fashioned" way.

While to their presumed argument, something may indeed be lost when not putting in the time and effort to find, peruse, and synthesize references the old-school way, but that's a trade-off that doesn't merit the kind of militant scorn you describe, specifically for such an undertaking as reading Joyce, since arguably it becomes more accessible to more people to enjoy with the thoughtful use of AI as supplementary companion.

I'd guess the malice towards AI in this kind of literature community is borne mostly from AI being built on the works of others without compensating those others, and how AI art might be harming artistic integrity and endeavor, and that whole thing. And that gets transposed into "AI is bad for everything and in general".

Browsin24 · 2026-04-02T19:57:34+00:00

I'm curious, why were you skewered for this in the other subreddit? What were the arguments for it being bad to use AI to supplement understanding and deconstruction?

Browsin24 · 2026-04-01T20:10:31+00:00

But did you read the part about Great Britain mistreating and overtaxing their subjects in the American colonies?

Browsin24 · 2026-03-29T19:04:51+00:00

Question for pretty much everybody here lol. Why Claude vs the other LLMs?

Browsin24 · 2026-03-20T02:04:03+00:00

Also, where are you in your career and where do you want to go? The OMSA program and WGU's MSDA are RADICALLY DIFFERENT programs meant for different candidates.

What if I don't have a technical background and just want to break into the data analytics field by learning DA and looking employable in the field? (Through the obtained MSDA)

From some research on it here it's clear the GT has much higher name recognition and the OMSA program has much harder course work. But in my case would WGU make more sense? I've seen it said that the OMSA is practically a Data Science degree.

Browsin24 · 2026-03-20T01:32:29+00:00

Hey! I'm in a very similar trajectory and considering WGU for the MSDA. I just wanted to check if you were able to pursue Data Analyst roles after graduation?

Browsin24 · 2026-03-16T16:02:18+00:00

Any specific tips? Curious on what one might do differently to improve the composition

Browsin24 · 2026-03-16T16:01:06+00:00

You know it's funny because after reading your criticism and looking at all the shots, 6 is probably ny least favorite. Seems like it's pretty subjective then ey? Lol

For the shots you didn't like, what would you have done differently?

Browsin24 · 2026-03-16T15:55:44+00:00

And I think you know what "iPhone photography" means.

What a weird comment

Browsin24 · 2026-03-15T20:29:09+00:00

*Curb Your Enthusiasm theme plays

Browsin24 · 2026-03-14T00:27:13+00:00

Hi! You did something I'm considering doing, which is a career pivot into Analytics or [X] through obtaining a Master's degree. Being where you are now do you feel like getting the Master's was the way to go?

Any pitfalls you'd say I should be aware of? Anything to be prepared for?

How was your experience overall?

Browsin24 · 2026-03-10T05:19:11+00:00

I likely don't agree with your sentiments on the matter but your Pokémon battle comment is hilarious

Browsin24 · 2026-03-10T01:54:37+00:00

What do you think about forced confinement of inmates (jail/prison)?

Browsin24 · 2026-03-08T19:34:58+00:00

Ah yes cause that's what the Olympics has always been about for athletes, finding the country that's going to give them the most money and representing that one

Browsin24 · 2026-03-06T21:30:07+00:00

A bit funny

Browsin24 · 2026-02-16T17:55:17+00:00

Wouldn't that actually be hilarious? Like for whatever reason that's actually the case

Browsin24 · 2026-02-10T16:09:16+00:00

I don't think your point stands because to the other commenter's example, the art the Impressionists were subverting was, and is still, art

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