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[–] Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net 21 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This could also be just a text post

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 6 points 2 months ago

A text post would be much more agreable to read.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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 2 months 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 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months 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 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

just think of the poor shareholders

[–] BroBot9000@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months 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 2 months 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 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

Or, you know, not overproduce.

[–] morto@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

That would only be possible in a planned economy, and for some reason, most people don't like the idea

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

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 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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 2 months ago

Yep, welcome to the false scarcity world.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months 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 2 months ago

Hungary mention 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺