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.

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.

      • pingveno
        211·
        1 year ago

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

      • Anissem
        41·
        1 year ago

        It’s sad to just watch it all unfold the way we’ve been warned for decades.

    • morrowind
      147156·
      1 year 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
        1969·
        1 year 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@lemmy.thesanewriter.comEnglish
          932·
          1 year 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.

          • Anissem
            373·
            1 year ago

            I’ve had a lot of trauma in my life and have become a very pessimistic and dark person. Everyone has their cross to bear and I wear mine with a fake smile.

        • barsoap@lemm.ee
          17·
          1 year 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
        966·
        1 year 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 🐆@jlai.lu
        5810·
        1 year 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.