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[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 19 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This could also be just a text post

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago

A text post would be much more agreable to read.

honestly this is the first time i've seen someone want a text post and not complain a text post could have been a meme. am i on the wrong instance (shut up betteridge)

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes but how do you crosspost an image as text? If this is PieFed newest functionnality I might finally feel like moving.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You type it out, and manually link to the original.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago

That would not be crosspost then. But honestly I didn't check if there was alt text, so I should take the blame.

[–] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

just think of the poor shareholders

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Honestly so sick of that joke. It’s not even funny. That’s literally how these chucklefucks think and behave.

[–] teft@piefed.social 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It’s more a problem with distribution than with production. If we could figure out how to get perishable items everywhere then we’d have less waste.

Unfortunately that would eat into people’s bottom lines and we can’t be having that. /s

[–] halm@leminal.space 6 points 1 week ago

If we could figure out how to get perishable items everywhere then we’d have less waste

Or, you know, not overproduce.

so i went down a rabbit hole about the village of Chorleywood in Hertfordshire in England and the US Army being responsible for all bread being nasty nowadays and all i can find of it now is this article for the US military and this article for Chorleywood but like, follow this train of thought: you got a dry perishable. put it in a chip bag. fill the chip bag with nitrogen gas. seal it. bam. aerobic processes stop. as far as food distribution, there is no problem. we have refrigerated rail, train, and air. the only thing missing is the will.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's also the fact that housing requires upkeep to remain habitable, and many unused homes rapidly fall into significant disrepair. And these homes may not all be in good locations for people who don't have anything. Congrats homeless person, here is your home 20 miles from any source of employment or food!

Certainly not insurmountable, still emblematic of the issues at the core of society, but there's more to this than only numbers of things existing.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 10 points 1 week ago

Yep, welcome to the false scarcity world.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

The US grows enough corn to feed the world. Unfortunately most of it goes to feeding livestock and cars

[–] bali10050@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Hungary mention 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺