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The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation(www.abc.net.au)

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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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laylawashere44@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Yeah but it’s in bad taste.

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Solar Bear@slrpnk.net
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Bad taste is when people draw attention away from the actual issues and towards making sure the language is sufficiently inoffensive and mild enough for their delicate sensibilities. This is one of the worst traits that the Fediverse has developed.

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scrypt@lemmy.world
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you’re a bad taste

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lowleveldata@programming.dev
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I want to taste both of you bad

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ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
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You can’t, they’ve both been banned from export

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