# If our fallout with Mexico causes a disruption in the avocado/guacamole supply... **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 27, 2017, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340 "2017-01-27T20:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/21 "2017-01-28T00:19:16Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Mexican avocado supply is controlled by the mob, anyway. I thought they were controlled by the [Cannibal Women.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094834/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/22 "2017-01-28T00:24:45Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Mexican avocado supply is controlled by the mob, anyway. > > [sub]Seriously, it is. I heard it on NPR.[/sub] The cartel doesn’t control the avocado supply. But, they do collect insurance premiums from the farmers. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/23 "2017-01-28T00:35:28Z")
Back when Hugo Chavez was insisting that the USA was planning to bomb Venezuela, my first thought was, “Why would we do that? Where would we get our shortstops then?” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/24 "2017-01-28T00:36:54Z")
> [@Salvor](#): > > THAT is what I will never forgive Trump and his supporters for. > > Mass deportations, fine, nuclear Armageddon? We’ll survive. Trump becomes a true Russian puppet on the world stage? Again, we can handle it. > But I swear to the god I don’t believe in, if ANY disruptions in the avocado supply occur, and by extension a disruption in the guacamole supply… My wrath upon all Trump supporters will be terrible. The catchphrase from the DUNE movie applies here. The guac must flow. > Be warned Trump supporters. This post has been avocadoed by the avocadoist! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/25 "2017-01-28T00:41:33Z")
The word avocado is a Spanish transliteration of the nahuatl “ahuacatl”, which means testicles. Because avocadoes look like 'em, so that’s how Native Americans called 'em. Don’t mind me, I just like to trot out this factoid whenever avocados become a discussion topic. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/26 "2017-01-28T00:45:09Z")
A dark vision of your future: [Avocado shortage fuels crime wave in New Zealand | New Zealand | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/15/avocado-thieves-shortage-crime-fruit-black-market-new-zealand) ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/27 "2017-01-28T00:47:51Z")
This is one of those times I’m grateful that my wife works on what used to be an avacado and lemon farm. Still hundreds of the trees merrily producing fruit, almost all going unpicked. I take home as much as I can carry. Limes gonna be a problem though. I have a lime tree, but it’s young. I think I got 10 or 15 limes off it last year, but there’s still a long way to go. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/28 "2017-01-28T02:58:53Z")
The Texans, including very possibly trump voters, are freaking out about a trade war with mexico because of the interdependence of Texas and Mexico’s economies. Did anyone ever consider the Texas economy before they voted for this fool, even inside fucking Texas? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/29 "2017-01-28T03:07:41Z")
You expected Trump voters to consider things? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/30 "2017-01-28T03:36:52Z")
It ain’t just the avocados. Mexico sends us a large percentage of all fresh fruits and vegetables sold in U.S. groceries. Expect prices to rocket skyward. Trump don’t give a shit. Trump eats only McDonald’s and KFC. (In your FACE, Michelle Obama, with your fancy liberal “eat fresh and healthy” campaign!) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/31 "2017-01-28T04:19:05Z")
Now this is a Trump policy I can get behind. I hate that soapy green shit. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/32 "2017-01-28T04:21:22Z")
> [@Ukelele Ike](#): > > (In your FACE, Michelle Obama, with your fancy liberal “eat fresh and healthy” campaign!) Riiight… Because Obama doesn’t stuff his face with fast food as much as Trump does. ---
**Author:** ![Blinkyandpinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@Blinkyandpinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blinkyandpinky)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/33 "2017-01-28T04:24:51Z")
I am a Trump voter and if one of the consequences from removing vast numbers of illegal criminal aliens or imposing a toll on certain items from Mexico is that the price of Avocados will increase, then I am 100% ok with that. I think that I can live with that. I am also ok with price increases for certain other items and services that might have benefited from illegal alien slave labor. If a business can not function without illegal alien slave labor, then the business does not have any right to exist and it should rightfully go out of business. The market will naturally sort itself out. Not all businesses have the right to life. That’s just plain common sense, simple economics and basic human dignity, traits which most liberals lack. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/34 "2017-01-28T04:35:47Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > …We will have Jimmy Buffett fans rioting in the streets. … Shufflin’ around, stoned out of their minds, burger in one hand, beer in the other… casual sex like the 70’s… This is a party, er… _Riot_ I can seriously get behind! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/35 "2017-01-28T04:47:16Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > Riiight… Because Obama doesn’t stuff his face with fast food as much as Trump does. Considering there were multiple controversies about how he didn’t each shitty food like a real 'Murican, I kinda doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/36 "2017-01-28T04:48:56Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > I am a Trump voter and if one of the consequences from removing vast numbers of illegal criminal aliens or imposing a toll on certain items from Mexico is that the price of Avocados will increase, then I am 100% ok with that. I think that I can live with that. > > I am also ok with price increases for certain other items and services that might have benefited from illegal alien slave labor. > > If a business can not function without illegal alien slave labor, then the business does not have any right to exist and it should rightfully go out of business. The market will naturally sort itself out. Not all businesses have the right to life. > > That’s just plain common sense, simple economics and basic human dignity, traits which most liberals lack. “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” - H. L. Mencken You are not only wrong but you are also mostly inhuman. **Basic human dignity actually should tell us that the slaves should be freed, not expelled to cause unrest in other nations** (And then causing a lot of refugees that many times do choose America to seek asylum, talk about making a problem worse) [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-03-14/amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-has-economic-benefits](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-03-14/amnesty-for-illegal-immigrants-has-economic-benefits) > [@](#): > > Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants Has Economic Benefits > Washington’s last amnesty for illegal workers led to higher wages and economic growth ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/37 "2017-01-28T05:00:31Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > I am a Trump voter and if one of the consequences from removing vast numbers of illegal criminal aliens or imposing a toll on certain items from Mexico is that the price of Avocados will increase, then I am 100% ok with that. I think that I can live with that. > > I am also ok with price increases for certain other items and services that might have benefited from illegal alien slave labor. > > If a business can not function without illegal alien slave labor, then the business does not have any right to exist and it should rightfully go out of business. The market will naturally sort itself out. Not all businesses have the right to life. > > That’s just plain common sense, simple economics and basic human dignity, traits which most liberals lack. You’re a conservative man…wow. It must be tough clinging to being not cool as a life raft against even worse things in your imagination. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/38 "2017-01-28T05:02:38Z")
> [@Blinkyandpinky](#): > > I am a Trump voter and if one of the consequences from removing vast numbers of illegal criminal aliens or imposing a toll on certain items from Mexico is that the price of Avocados will increase, then I am 100% ok with that. I think that I can live with that. > > I am also ok with price increases for certain other items and services that might have benefited from illegal alien slave labor. > > If a business can not function without illegal alien slave labor, then the business does not have any right to exist and it should rightfully go out of business. The market will naturally sort itself out. Not all businesses have the right to life. > > That’s just plain common sense, simple economics and basic human dignity, traits which most liberals lack. So basically, the US economy is fucked six ways to Sunday, because Trump pisses off Mexico, but it’s all worth it if Trump stops illegal immigration? Ever heard of cutting heard of cutting your nose off to spite your face? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/39 "2017-01-28T05:40:32Z")
I personally despise avocados so the outlook of a decreased supply bothers me not at all. This won’t prevent me from collecting my avocado ration and selling it to the highest bidder. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2017, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-fallout-with-mexico-causes-a-disruption-in-the-avocado-guacamole-supply/778340/40 "2017-01-28T05:53:01Z")
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