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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)
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The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

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[–] 169 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Started the food wars have

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Been prepping for years just in case this happens. Scary to see its possible.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    There's no prepping for a food war. Prepping is for a temporary situation. Food supplies must be constantly restocked.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The survivors will be those able to adapt. There's plenty of nourishing fauna, but how many are ready to eat bugs? Rats?

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  • [+] -7 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    Can we please not have silly jokes on a serious topic like global hunger?

    This is one thing I don't want from reddit

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  • [–] 188 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    If I don’t laugh about the world I’ll just start crying. It’s sadly the defense mechanism I’ve developed. I use humor to avoid uncomfortable moments in all aspects of my life.

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  • [–] 92 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I agree, humor is a valid coping mechanism. It's not like a serious conversation on Lemmy is going to solve world hunger, your joke was fine in my opinion.

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It's not sadly the defence mechanism you developed, but luckily.

    Because face it some defence mechanism is needed, and the vast majority of them are absolutely harmful. Fuck the ruffled feathers those are the exact kind of people who say "I'd rather ignore it", "I'd rather deny it's happening", "I'd rather say that it's bad everywhere", "I'd rather say it's because of the Jews", "I'd rather sit here and unproductively wallow in pity", or whatever. You are a human, and as such you have the birth right to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

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  • [–] 90 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It may sound silly but it's put succinctly and there's an element of grim truth to it.

    Additionally, do we have to compare everything to Reddit? It's the Internet, people are going to cope how they cope.

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  • [–] 37 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I just want to filter out the words Reddit, Elon and Trump. I’m just so tired.

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  • [+] -20 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Yeah but it's in bad taste.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    Bad taste is when people draw attention away from the actual issues and towards making sure the language is sufficiently inoffensive and mild enough for their delicate sensibilities. This is one of the worst traits that the Fediverse has developed.

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  • [–] 48 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm sorry if this disturbs you but free humour is one of the extremely important aspects of the internet that Lemmy needs to support. When you know who you are talking to you can avoid subjects that may hurt the other person but on the public internet this is not possible. The alternative to never dare making any joke because of the risk to hurt someone is dystopian.
    Top comment isn't even a joke, it's a movie reference that supports the idea that this is a serious topic.

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