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.

  • @morrowind@lemmy.ml
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    -711 months ago

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

    This is one thing I don’t want from reddit

    • @Anissem@lemmy.ml
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      18711 months ago

      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.

      • TheSaneWriter
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        9111 months ago

        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.

      • @barsoap@lemm.ee
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        1711 months ago

        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.

    • @SeedyOne@lemmy.ca
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      9011 months ago

      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.

    • oce 🐆
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      4711 months ago

      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.

    • @NuPNuA@lemm.ee
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      711 months ago

      Some of us can only deal with existential horror by laughing and the absurdity of it all.