Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’www.theguardian.comRumblestiltskin@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareBrooklynMan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agosigh… a drought can’t be a pandemic because it’s not a disease. ffs, is there nobody literate in journalism anymore? if drought is on the verge of becoming widespread and devastating, just say that.
minus-squareRaphael@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoOk, Mr. Literal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_and_figurative_language
minus-squaresin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWords should matter though. The guy you responded too is correct. There is a very big difference in responses to pandemics vs drought. Both can cause upheaval, but that’s about where the similarities end.
sigh… a drought can’t be a pandemic because it’s not a disease. ffs, is there nobody literate in journalism anymore?
if drought is on the verge of becoming widespread and devastating, just say that.
Ok, Mr. Literal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_and_figurative_language
Words should matter though. The guy you responded too is correct. There is a very big difference in responses to pandemics vs drought. Both can cause upheaval, but that’s about where the similarities end.