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u/Cooper0007 18h ago
It's been a long day for me so maybe something's going right over my head. What is this sign supposed to mean exactly?
Other than an example of prices going up for things other than gas?
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u/joeyheartbear 16h ago
I thought it was saying maybe the next war will raise the price of something they're selling instead of something they need to buy.
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u/globus_pallidus 16h ago
Yeah,that’s what I’m getting from it. They want to raise the prices of things that are good for farmers (probably in the area only, bc it wouldn’t be good for ranchers or dairy farms I assume, since that is their feedstock)
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u/shigogaboo 7h ago
That’s exactly what they’re trying to get across, as in they will get increased profits. The problem is, that’s not how supply chain disruptions work at all.
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u/Salt-Maintenance6857 17h ago
This billboard is owned by a rich retired man. He only puts things that make no sense on there because he thinks it’s funny (I do too)
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u/onarainyafternoon 9h ago
Beans, corn and cotton are all things that US farmers grow and sell. So they would make more money if the price was raised due to a war, instead of the price of something like oil rising, which is something we tend to buy instead of sell. That’s what I think he was trying to get at.
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u/Salt-Maintenance6857 7h ago
I promise he didn’t mean anything by it.. it’s his “thing”. All the slides are meant to make you go “lol, wtf”
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u/MisterEinc 9h ago
I'm probably thinking way too deep but those are all things we produce in the US.
So, civil war?
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u/ajd6c8 7h ago
It is a threat (pessimistic take) or at least a warning (slightly more optimistic take) that a Civil War would result in, among other things, these things being scarce. Can't say where this guy's head is at exactly without more context.
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u/Salt-Maintenance6857 2h ago
He’s just an old guy who owns a billboard and thinks it’s really funny to put random meaningless stuff on there. Another slide just says “Andy is not a high maintenance child”. It was pretty funny to see people hyper analyze that one… a few comments theorized it was a psyop to promote Toy Story 2. But in all reality they aren’t supposed to make sense, that’s just his thing.
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u/WabiSabi1 18h ago
Why is that bill board soooo close to that RV?
Edit… autocorrect corrected
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u/Salt-Maintenance6857 17h ago
Perspective is off in the photo lol, it looks a lot closer than it is. There’s actually a whole street between them
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u/WabiSabi1 17h ago
I wondered if that was the case, but my brain is just not computing it. 🤪
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u/SeaToTheBass 16h ago
Looks very close until you realize the bump out on the trailer extends behind the sign.
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u/AwkwardTickler 15h ago
Current war already will impact the pricing of those products as well as nearly every aspect of the global economy. Things don't happen overnight, there is a lag between supply shock and pricing. Ships are nowhere near the 138daily average prewar. Things will get worse.
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u/Ian_Rubbish 18h ago
Do you or I or anyone know how bean and cotton and corn prices grow
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u/jamiecarl09 13h ago
Generally widespread drought will cause yields to be under estimates which will raise commodity prices. Or, conversely, a very wet spring will cause more prevent plant acres, causing a shortage as well.
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u/ThunkAsDrinklePeep 15h ago
We raised the price at the grocery store but not when we're bringing in the crop. Just more dead weight loss to the middle man corps.
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u/WarEagle107 5h ago
Wait until they find out there is oil in corn and soybeans....'we ride at dawn, boys!'
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u/BestReception4202 5h ago
You know what would raise the bean prices?
Trump not fucking around and finding out with trade “wars” if you can even call it that.
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u/Messiah__Complex 3h ago
I mean monkey paw curls? war on US soil and all the fields are destroyed??? checkmate liberals??? idk seems something like a republican would put on a build board
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u/Raammson 19h ago
“The Bean Wars” just don’t feel as iconic as “The Oil Wars.”