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[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

An entire whole half of the world eats rice in large quantities. I don't believe this bullshit about "weather conditions". This is just ol' fashioned enshittification, using some excuse to justify it.

[–] oscarmeyer82@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The other part of this that's notable is they're substituting in corn in place of rice. Corn production is heavily subsidised in the states. This is also part of the reason why there's so much high fructose corn syrup in their food and they turn a ton of corn into ethanol.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You should believe it. Between global warming, overworked soil, deforestation, drought, water waste, water pollution, and lack of fertilizer, we better do something yesteryear. Today is the next best time.

[–] farfalla@jlai.lu 5 points 19 hours ago

They don't even acknowledge global warming/climate change, it's just the weather 😅

[–] MufinMcFlufin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Accepting that global warming is real is not mutually exclusive with doubting it's the sole or even primary cause for this change.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 22 hours ago

Exactly. Of course global warming is one of the biggest problems we haven't tackled yet. But, also, corpos do this shit all the time where they misdirect the excuse for their cost-cutting actions.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 22 hours ago

No one said it's not.