Girl lives on 30 cents a day to take care of her ill brother dies from starvation

[BangBang]

I read this in bed last night before trying to sleep, I've been a bit down the past week or so and this particular story ruined me. So depressing and sad. I can't believe nobody at her university stepped up and said "look this girl is clearly fucked, someone needs to do something".

Quite unbelievable. Certainly puts first world problems into perspective.

 

[Bitcoin]

If only she were a dime

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

I don't think you researched that very well.

I don't think you thought this through very well.

Math question: If the entire world wasted 40% of the food produced (doubtful, rich nations like the US are probably the worst) and 100% of that waste could be prevented/redistributed (not remotely possible to be perfect), how long would it take before world population growth surpassed the extra food available from the magical Zero Waste?

 

[STRYDG]

But is that a Huawei in her hand?

 

[n...not crazy]

That's crazy. It makes me feel like a piece of shit for throwing away food/leftovers or giving my kids 50 cents for the damn Mike and Ike machine at the grocery store.

Will you feel better if we all stop buying stuff and the economy collapses?

Everything sucks.

And yes, the economy is very dependent on candy machines.

 

[Literally Bricked]

How does wasting 40% of a country’s food only end up feeding 7.6% of the population?

Does that mean that 40% is very inefficient in feeding people and should be cut from society or is this infographic a series of factoids that don’t add up?

 

[nostradumbass]

I don't think you thought this through very well.

Math question: If the entire world wasted 40% of the food produced (doubtful, rich nations like the US are probably the worst) and 100% of that waste could be prevented/redistributed (not remotely possible to be perfect), how long would it take before world population growth surpassed the extra food available from the magical Zero Waste?

I don't think you thought this through very well. Why the eff would growing populations in 3rd world countries on other continents affect food availability in the 1st world, and why would you think food production and agriculture are static?

 

[TSO]

That's crazy. It makes me feel like a piece of shit for throwing away food/leftovers or giving my kids 50 cents for the damn Mike and Ike machine at the grocery store.

Why? They're just living the socialist dream over there. It's just one more death from Utopia.

 

[Sonnyboi83]

poor girl, very sad to hear this kind of stories.

Also make me sick of restaurants franchise offering food challenges where 95% of time people won't be able to finish their food.

 

[nostradumbass]

How does wasting 40% of a country’s food only end up feeding 7.6% of the population?

Does that mean that 40% is very inefficient in feeding people and should be cut from society or is this infographic a series of factoids that don’t add up?

Huh? Is English not your first language? I have no idea what you're even asking.

Meat and produce go bad, so it's thrown away if it's not eaten, and the current amount that is thrown away is enough to feed a 40% growth in an already obese population without even having to produce more food. On a list of problems society will face in the future, food shortage doesn't even rank unless we turn into a communist country.

 

[Literally Bricked]

Huh? Is English not your first language? I have no idea what you're even asking.

Meat and produce go bad, so it's thrown away if it's not eaten, and the current amount that is thrown away is enough to feed a 40% growth in an already obese population without even having to produce more food. On a list of problems society will face in the future, food shortage doesn't even rank unless we turn into a communist country.

Huh? Is English not your first language? I have no idea what you're even asking.

Meat and produce go bad, so it's thrown away if it's not eaten, and the current amount that is thrown away is enough to feed a 40% growth in an already obese population without even having to produce more food. On a list of problems society will face in the future, food shortage doesn't even rank unless we turn into a communist country.

I would have to ask the same of you. It very clearly states that America wastes 40% of its food which is enough to feed 25 million people. The population of the US is ~328 million. 25/328 comes out to ~7.6%.

How does 40% of America’s food only feed 7.6% of its population?

Is that 40% that is wasted inefficient in that it is only capable of feeding such a small amount of people?

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

I don't think you thought this through very well. Why the eff would growing populations in 3rd world countries on other continents affect food availability in the 1st world, and why would you think food production and agriculture are static?

I made some oversimplifications to make the math easier.

However, if you think growing populations outside NA & Europe isn't affecting and won't affect food availability in the first world, you should come back to this thread after you've done some reading.

 

[Midnighter]

Well thats pretty fucked up. But it’s China sooooooooo ya

Gonna stock up on guns and ammo to take it from you.

 

[nostradumbass]

I made some oversimplifications to make the math easier.

However, if you think growing populations outside NA & Europe isn't affecting and won't affect food availability in the first world, you should come back to this thread after you've done some reading.

Ok, did some reading. Global population is up, starvation and poverty are down.

I'd be down for sterilizing poor people too, but not because I'm worried about going hungry.

 

[HI SCOTT NEWMAN]

Thats heart breaking, very sad to read that

Sad no one got involved and helped either, thats says more than anything. I know my man @TheLinguist would have helped if he knew about this..

 

[Blayt7hh]

I don't think you researched that very well.

Yeah, I did. You just didn't read much into it. A long time ago I read a philosophy book from an 18th century economist who's name I can not longer remember. In it, he argued that every time there are technological advances the maximum population the society can support will rise. The population will continue to grow until it reaches that cap.

What that means for us today is that we are living in a blessed time. America is able to waaaay over produce for the number of people we have in the country. That's part of why we are such a wealthy nation. However, our population growth isn't static. Looking at your graphic in the simplest terms, we can support lets say 40% more people living in this country. Then things start to get rough as we have to compete for food and live off potato soup like they did in the bad old days. Resources aren't unlimited. Even America has a population cap. I'm not saying we are going to be having food shortages in 10 years. We won't. But 100 years from now (if climate change hasn't ended the world) might be a different story.

Further, a quick glance at that graphic and I can tell is't not based on any real stats. Think about it. 40% of food we produce is thrown away, and it claims that that is enough to feed 25 million people. There's like 350 million Americans. If we really are throwing away 40% of our food, then that 40% should be able to feed a hell of a lot more than 25 million. More like 150 million.

 

[smooth assassin]

Sometimes I eat just because I’m bored.

The shit we take for granted is horrifically shameful

 

[ClubFoot]

Reading this makes me feel hungry.

 

[nostradumbass]

Yeah, I did. You just didn't read much into it. A long time ago I read a philosophy book from an 18th century economist who's name I can not longer remember. In it, he argued that every time there are technological advances the maximum population the society can support will rise. The population will continue to grow until it reaches that cap.

What that means for us today is that we are living in a blessed time. America is able to waaaay over produce for the number of people we have in the country. That's part of why we are such a wealthy nation. However, our population growth isn't static. Looking at your graphic in the simplest terms, we can support lets say 40% more people living in this country. Then things start to get rough as we have to compete for food and live off potato soup like they did in the bad old days. Resources aren't unlimited. Even America has a population cap. I'm not saying we are going to be having food shortages in 10 years. We won't. But 100 years from now (if climate change hasn't ended the world) might be a different story.

Further, a quick glance at that graphic and I can tell is't not based on any real stats. Think about it. 40% of food we produce is thrown away, and it claims that that is enough to feed 25 million people. There's like 350 million Americans. If we really are throwing away 40% of our food, then that 40% should be able to feed a hell of a lot more than 25 million. More like 150 million.

The guy was Thomas Malthus, but all the trends and predictions estimate the population will max out between 9 and 10 billion and start shrinking as families in developed countries are getting smaller.

As for the numbers on the graphic, perishable food gets thrown away and replenished, non perishables that aren't eaten aren't thrown away.

The 40% is from what we currently produce, not the capacity to produce. I'm sure there is a number the population could conceivably get to that would create food shortages, but it's an obscene number that we'll never get near, and of the problems caused by poor people from primitive and barbaric cultures having tons of kids, food shortage doesn't even rank.

• Industrialized countries waste almost as much food each year as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (222 million vs. 230 million tons).
• In 2009, a report showed the amount of food wasted annually is equal to more than half of the world’s annual cereals crops (2.3 billion tons).
• Lost or wasted food on a global level adds to an amount valued at nearly $3 trillion.
• Fruits and vegetables, tubers and roots are most likely to be wasted and end up in the world’s landfills.

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[GSP_37]

The correct solution would have been well compensated well fed fully nude stripper.