kattfisk

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[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 days ago

It's an ironic title. Like saying "A benefit of loosing your legs is that you don't need to buy shoes anymore. I mean I can't get down the stairs to leave my apartment, but at least I never have to shop for shoes again!".

The benefit is real, but it's also clearly not in proportion to the drawbacks presented, so focusing on the benefit is a joke.

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So you're saying we should invade Poland?

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 5 days ago (12 children)

You missed the part in between where they made a deal with the nazis and invaded eastern Europe

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

No they call it Sequel Server

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I honestly kind of like the title and the angle of being brutally honest about the fact that the author (like most who are well off) actually benefit a lot from world hunger. That's an important point, not because we should support world hunger, but because if we are to tackle it we must be willing to lower our standard of living.

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

To quote the article in question (highlight is my own):

"[H]ow many of us would sell our services so cheaply if it were not for the threat of hunger? When we sell our services cheaply, we enrich others, those who own the factories, the machines and the lands, and ultimately own the people who work for them. For those who depend on the availability of cheap labour, hunger is the foundation of their wealth."

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 1 week ago (19 children)

Before you have an opinion on it, just read the article, it's just one page. https://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/BenefitsofWorldHunger.pdf

The UN really shot themselves in the foot by deleting it, because the title only looks bad if you don't actually read the rest of the text, which they now made more difficult.

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It does explain those things! I quote:

"While it is true that hunger is caused by low-paying jobs, we need to understand that hunger at the same time causes low-paying jobs to be created."

The title is clearly thinly veiled satire and a pointed reminder that our current wealth is founded on the suffering of the poor.

Just read the article, it's one page. https://www2.hawaii.edu/~kent/BenefitsofWorldHunger.pdf

But I'm sure George Kent, author of "Freedom from Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food" is actually a shill for wealthy scum.

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Imagine if China, Taiwan or Korea would start doing this shit. Or maybe they already have! Maybe the device you are reading this on would explode in the event of war!

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

The US doesn't even recognize the authority of the internation war crime tribunal, you really think they (or any other superpower) would accept binding arbitration in matters of international relations?

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Discovered exactly the same thing when I replaced my dead Gigabyte Z370 recently! Also took me a while to figure it out.

Both those chipsets were released in 2017 so I guess it's no surprise they were made with the same thermal pads.

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