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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Referring to the potential starvation deaths of a large group of people as a positive for climate change is like saying you’re glad someone died early from a car accident instead of suicide.

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Yes, but im just a very positive thinker today!

(is irony dead? Does everything need the /s? Are people so insane they think someone would writing that in a serious note…)

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From the rest of your comment history? Yes, it’s entirely believable. It’s more surprising that you’re walking it back, really.

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Eh, the way it was written I wouldn’t have read it as sarcasm. Text and tone yada yada. That said, I’ve definitely seen people who seriously think like this.

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For real? (serious) a nuclear war might be beneficial because mostly citys of big polluters will be taken out, starvation always hits those that already basically don’t pollute. So that argument would make 0 sense regardless…

And i don’t think a nuclear war is exactly what we want… There are better ways than to suicide on species level…

Edit to clarify that im not in favor of nuclear war…

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Honestly? Yeah, I thought you were serious, because I’ve seen that attitude expressed before. Generally it’s more “this hazy, unspecified population can be sacrificed to help me deal with the existential dread that me and my world are walking off a cliff” than “dear me I so DO delight in death”, but it makes my teeth ache.

Thank you for clarifying, and I’m sorry for jumping on you.

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For real? (serious) a nuclear war might be beneficial because mostly citys of big polluters will be taken out, starvation always hits those that already basically don’t pollute. So that argument would make 0 sense regardless…

And i don’t think a nuclear war is exactly what we want… There are better ways than to suicide on species level…

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I didn’t think he was serious, fwiw.

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Literally no way to discern whether it was a sarcastic joke or if you were legitimately an eco-fascist

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My entire existence is basically a joke so don’t take me too serious.

In general its a better approach to think everything on the internet is satire until clarified that its not, way better for your believe in humanity, trust me.

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This bot needs to die, or at least be upfront about what it is. I’m fine with piracy, but don’t dress it up as “privacy respecting open source”. If you don’t agree with Youtube’s model, then just don’t use it.

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