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[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 91 points 1 month ago (65 children)

Yeah but DLS would be a significant downgrade for many people, who already fight the suggestion to only eat meat six days a week tooth and nail.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6013539/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10537420/

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.est.3c03957/suppl_file/es3c03957_si_001.pdf

Things that count as DLS:

  • 10 m² of personal living space + 20 m² for every 4 ppl as bathroom / kitchen
  • 2100 kcal/day
  • 1400 kWh/year, but this already includes public services (education/healthcare)
  • 1 washing machine per 20 ppl
  • 2.4 kg clothing / year
  • wear tops for three days and bottoms for 15 days without washing
  • 1 laptop per 4 people with a yearly power consumption of 62 kWh. (bizzarely they talk about an 800 MHz computer and seem to confuse HDD and RAM). If your gaming computer used 400 W you could use it for 150 hr/year.
[–] Cypher@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Their idea of ‘decent’ is disgusting.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

well then you'll enjoy thinking about how most people on earth don't meet that standard, so maybe it's time we give up some of our luxuries so the rest of planet earth can stop living in abject suffering?

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I won’t be giving up anything so someone in a country I have zero responsibility for can have something they, their people and their government didn’t earn.

Their problem, they can fix it. Or not. I really don’t give a shit.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

oh goodie, you're just a terrible person then

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

sure, better that than hateful.

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

There’s nothing hateful about putting my family, community and country first.

Maybe more people would enjoy better living standards if they did the same.

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