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The skyrocketing prices of eggs in early 2023 inspired this week\'s episode. GamerDude first talks about how the price spikes seem more like the result of collusion amongst the "vertically integrated" egg producers than the story those companies are feeding us about the avian flu and alleged supply line issues.

GamerDude then shifts gears to talk about what shopping at the grocery store was like when he was a kid. He talks about the cereal and candy often sharing the same supermarket aisle when he was a kid. He talks about his mom\'s budgeting techniques and how he carried those over to his adult hood. He remembers the days before the UPC codes and scanners at the checkout line, when every item in the store had to be priced and individually rung up at the register. He also remembers how cashiers actually had to calculate change in their heads at the register, how cash was king, and how credit cards weren\'t even accepted at the supermarket. He also remembers the free sample stands they used to have in the supermarket, and how he and his friends basically ate lunch there during their college days.